Eröffnungsbericht

Datenbank: bajonett.pgn (1,397 Partien)
Bericht: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (1394 Partien)
ECO: E97l [King's Indian: Mar del Plata, Bayonet Attack, 9...Nh5]
Erzeugt durch Scid 3.6.16, 2007.08.02

BR :: BB BQ BR BK ::
BP BP BP BN BP BB BP
:: BP :: BP ::
:: :: WP BP :: BN
WP WP :: WP :: ::
:: WN :: WN ::
WP :: :: WB WP WP WP
WR WB WQ :: WR WK

1. Statistiken und Geschichte

1.1 Statistiken

                     Partien     1-0     =-=     0-1   Punkte
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 Alle Berichtspartien   1394     600     463     331    59.6%
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1.2 Älteste Partien

1: =-=(27) Trifunovic Petar (YUG) -- Larsen Bent (DEN) 2461, Wageningen (Netherlands) 1957
2: 0-1(33) Larsen Bent (DEN) 2461 -- Dittmann Sieghard, Reykjavik (Iceland) 1957
3: 1-0(41) Geller Efim P (RUS) 2455 -- Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2447, Leningrad (Russia) 1957
4: 0-1(26) Peterson Andrey (LAT) -- Gufeld Eduard (USA) 2434, Tashkent (Uzbekistan) 1958
5: 0-1(70) Matulovic Milan (SCG) 2424 -- Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2447, Ljubljana (Slovenia) 1960

1.3 Neueste Partien

1: =-=(34) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2602 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2636, France 2007.06.03 [50]
2: 1-0(30) Doettling Fabian (GER) 2539 -- Calistri Tristan (FRA) 2368, France 2007.05.31
3: 1-0(36) Landa Konstantin (RUS) 2608 -- Chevelevitch Evgueni (GER) 2422, Hamburg (Germany) 2007.05.28 [76]
4: =-=(34) Shen Yang (CHN) 2440 -- Nemcova Katerina (CZE) 2164, Ekaterinburg (Russia) 2007.05.27
5: =-=(21) Pozo Vera Sandro (CUB) 2448 -- Guerra Mendez Jose Angel (CUB) 2399, Habana (Cuba) 2007.05.26

1.4 Popularität

Jahr               1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09

Eine pro X Partien   ---     ---      1       1       1       1       1
Häufigkeit in allen Jahren: Eine pro 1 Partien
der letzten 10 Jahre: Eine pro 1 Partien (keine Änderung in allen Jahren)
der letzten 5 Jahre: Eine pro 1 Partien (keine Änderung in allen Jahren)
im letzten Jahr: Eine pro 1 Partien (keine Änderung in allen Jahren)

1.5 Häufigste Spieler (Weiß)

1: 48 1990-2007 61% 2714 Van Wely Loek (NED) [19,21,24,27,28,30,31,55,...]
2: 31 1996-2006 65% 2657 Epishin Vladimir (GER) [2,3,4,5,6,7,44,73,...]
3: 28 1991-2005 88% 2485 Veingold Aleksandr (EST) [8,21,31]
4: 19 1997-2006 82% 2583 Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) [31,44,61,87,92,95,106]
5: 16 1996-2002 69% 2807 Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) [44,50,59,70,71,79,91,92,...]
6: 16 1999-2007 69% 2624 Pelletier Yannick (SUI) [38,50,61,80,82,97,100,101,...]

1.6 Häufigste Spieler (Schwarz)

1: 21 1961-2003 57% 2535 Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) [11,13,14,15,20,36,80]
2: 20 1990-2006 50% 2605 Nijboer Friso (NED) [1,2,8,31,46,56,58,60,...]
3: 18 1997-2007 47% 2683 Bologan Viktor (MDA) [15,37,39,40,50,61,62,63,...]
4: 16 2000-2007 50% 2729 Radjabov Teimour (AZE) [76,85,96,103,105,108]
5: 16 1990-2004 56% 2698 Smirin Ilia (ISR) [1,12,18,22,52,54,55,56,...]
6: 16 1996-2005 34% 2659 Fedorov Alexei (BLR) [6,30,36,47,50,61,67,69,...]

2. ELO und Performance

2.1 Durchschnitts-ELO und Performance

ELO Weiß: 2477 (1375 Partien); Performance Weiß: 2508 (59% vs 2443)
ELO Schwarz: 2443 (1369 Partien); Performance Schwarz: 2405 (40% vs 2477)

2.2 Spiele mit dem höchsten ELO-Durchschnitt

1: 1-0(32) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Kasparov Garry (RUS) 2820, Novgorod (Russia) 1997 [44]
2: 1-0(71) Karpov Anatoly (RUS) 2775 -- Kamsky Gata (USA) 2745, Elista (Russia) 1996 [31]
3: =-=(45) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2765 -- Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2750, Novgorod (Russia) 1996 [70]
4: =-=(46) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2780 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720, Linares (Spain) 1998 [106]
5: =-=(46) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2780 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720, Monaco 1998 [71]
6: 0-1(43) Kamsky Gata (USA) 2695 -- Kasparov Garry (RUS) 2805, New York (USA) 1994 [12]
7: 1-0(23) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) 2719, Monaco 2000 [79]
8: 1-0(61) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2729 -- Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2743, Dortmund (Germany) 2002 [90]

3. Ergebnistrend

3.1 Ergebnis nach Längen und Häufigkeiten

                   Punkte      Partielänge            Häufigkeit       
                             1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Berichtspartien    59.6%     41     38     41   43.0%   33.2%   23.7% 
 Alle Partien       59.6%     41     38     41   42.9%   33.3%   23.6%

3.2 Kürzester Sieg (Weiß)

1: 1-0(19) Martin Andrew D (ENG) 2415 -- Britton Richard (ENG) 2295, Eastbourne (Great Britain) 1991
2: 1-0(20) Gorshkov Yuri (RUS) 2334 -- Gulkov Igor A (RUS) 2492, Dubna (Russia) 2000
3: 1-0(20) Bogdanovski Vlatko (MKD) 2443 -- Gicov Zoran (MKD) 2240, Macedonia 1993
4: 1-0(21) Kekelidze Mikheil (GEO) 2477 -- Schuette Manfred (GER) 2297, Bad Woerishofen (Germany) 2001
5: 1-0(21) Ivanov Sergey (RUS) 2553 -- Forsberg Viktor 2137, Stockholm (Sweden) 2004

3.3 Kürzester Sieg (Schwarz)

1: 0-1(16) Araujo Miguel -- Leitao Rafael (BRA) 2475, South America 1996
2: 0-1(17) Grimm Sascha (GER) 2342 -- Mainka Romuald (GER) 2550, Cologne (Germany) 1992
3: 0-1(19) Thetis Jimmy (FRA) 2149 -- Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2557, Paris (France) 2000
4: 0-1(20) Nemet Ivan (SUI) 2341 -- Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (GEO) 2435, Bern (Switzerland) 1992
5: 0-1(21) Nielsen Peter Heine (DEN) 2663 -- Van Wely Loek (NED) 2320, Lyngby (Denmark) 1989 [15]

4. Züge und Themen

4.1 Zugfolgen zum Erreichen der Berichtsposition

Es gab 92 Zugfolgen zur erreichten Position. Die ersten 8 sind:
1: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (555)
2: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (189)
3: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (181)
4: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (140)
5: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (43)
6: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (27)
7: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (18)
8: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 (17)

4.2 Züge ab der Berichtsposition

    Zug    ECO       Häufigkeit    Pkte   Elo  Erflg Jahr %Remis
 1: Re1    E97o      932: 66.7%   62.2%  2489  2533  2001   35%
 2: g3     E97n      197: 14.1%   52.0%  2446  2450  1990   29%
 3: c5     E97m      172: 12.3%   52.9%  2431  2468  1992   28%
 4: Qc2               42:  3.0%   69.0%  2567  2527  2003   38%
 5: Nd2               32:  2.2%   53.1%  2439  2447  1991   19%
 6: Qb3               10:  0.7%   60.0%  2453  2536  1996   40%
 7: Ne1                6:  0.4%   58.3%              1996   50%
 8: [end]  E97l        3:  0.2%   50.0%              2003  100%
 9: a4                 2:  0.1%  100.0%              2003    0%
10: Qe1                1:  0.0%   50.0%              2004  100%
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SUMME:              1397:100.0%   59.6%  2476  2514  1998   33%

4.3 Themen

Häufigkeit der Themen in den ersten 20 Zügen jeder Partie:
Gleichseitige Rochaden: 100% Weißer isolierter Damenbauer: 9%
Verschiedenseitige Rochaden: 0% Schwarzer isolierter Damenbauer: 6%
Bauernsturm auf König: 2% Weißer Bauer auf Reihe 5/6/7: 100%
Damen getauscht: 59% Schwarzer Bauer auf Reihe 2/3/4: 46%
Eine Seite hat Läuferpaar: 4% Offene c/d/e-Linie: 40%

4.4 Endspiele

Materialklassifikation von Endspielstellungen:
P BN R R,BN Q Q,BN Q,RQ,R,BN
Berichtspartien 1% 7% 7% 25% 2% 6% 3% 48%
Alle Partien 1% 7% 7% 25% 2% 6% 3% 49%

5. Theorietabelle

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5: +600 =463 -331 (831.5/1394: 60%)
1011121314151617
1 Qc21
a52 		bxa5
Rxa5 		Re1
c53 		dxc64
bxc6 		Be3
Nf4 		Rad1
Bg45 		Qd26
Nxe2+ 		Qxe2
d57 		36: 49%
2 c5
Nf48 		Bxf49
exf4 		Rc110
a511 		Nb512
axb4 		cxd6
cxd6 		Qb3
Bg4 		Rc7
Re813 		Rfc1
Nf514 		26: 60%
3 ...
... 		...
... 		...
h6 		Nd415
g516 		Bh5
Kh817 		Re1
Ng8 		h3
Nf6 		Bf3
Re818 		14: 54%
4 g3
f519 		Ng520
Nf6 		f3
c621 		b522
h623 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
Qc724 		Rb125
Rfd8 		Qa4
Qc826 		28: 46%
5 ...
... 		...
... 		...
f4 		Kg227
c628 		Qb329
h6 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
Qc8 		Rd1
Rd830 		23: 50%
6 Re1
c631 		Nd232
Nf4 		Bf1
h533 		a434
Bg4 		Qb3
h4 		h3
Bd7 		Nf3
cxd5 		cxd5
g535 		32: 63%
7 ...
Nf4 		Bf1
a536 		bxa537
c538 		a439
h640 		Nb541
g542 		g3
Nfg6 		Nd2
Kh8 		Ra3
Ng843 		33: 76%
8 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Rxa5 		a444
c545 		Nb546
Ra647 		Ra3
Nh548 		g3
Kh8 		Nh4
Ng849 		20: 68%
9 ...
a5 		bxa550
f551 		c552
Rxa553 		cxd6
cxd6 		Rb1
Rc5 		Rb3
Nf4 		Bf1
Kh8 		Nd2
fxe454 		25: 66%
10 ...
... 		...
... 		Nd2
Nf655 		c556
Rxa557 		cxd6
cxd6 		a458
fxe459 		Ndxe4
Nxe4 		Nxe4
Bf560 		18: 67%
11 ...
... 		...
Rxa5 		Nd261
Nf4 		Bf1
Ra8 		a462
f563 		g364
Nh5 		c5
dxc5 		Nc4
fxe465 		24: 60%
12 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		...
c5 		a466
Ra667 		Ra3
h568 		Nf3
f6 		h4
Bg469 		16: 75%
13 ...
f5 		Ng570
Nf671 		f372
h673 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
Re874 		b5
fxe4 		fxe4
Kh7 		Bg4
c675 		31: 52%
14 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Kh8 		Be376
Ne877 		Rc178
c6 		c5
Ng8 		exf5
gxf5 		f4
Ne779 		16: 53%
15 ...
... 		...
... 		...
Nh5 		c580
Nf481 		Bc482
Kh883 		Rb184
dxc585 		bxc5
Nexd5 		Nxd5
Qxg586 		17: 41%
16 ...
... 		...
... 		...
c6 		Kh187
h688 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
Ne889 		Qb3
Nc7 		c5
d590 		32: 56%
17 ...
... 		...
... 		Bf3
fxe491 		Ncxe492
Nf5 		Bb293
Nxe494 		Nxe4
a5 		b5
b6 		g3
Bd795 		17: 68%
18 ...
... 		...
... 		...
c6 		b596
cxd597 		cxd5
h698 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
fxe499 		Nxe4
Nxe4100 		36: 65%
19 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Qb3
h6101 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
Qc8102 		Rd1103
Rd8 		b5104
Qxe6105 		18: 42%
20 ...
... 		...
... 		...
... 		Be3
h6106 		Ne6
Bxe6 		dxe6
fxe4107 		Nxe4
Nxe4 		Bxe4
d5108 		38: 55%
Erzeugt aus 500 Partien mit höchster ELO-Zahl.
  1. 10.Nd2 Nf4 11.Bf3 f5 12.a4 g5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.g3 Nh3+ 15.Kg2 g4 16.Bxg4 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Nh6+ 18.Bf3 Ng4+ 1-0(42) Parker Jonathan (ENG) 2537 -- Gallagher Joseph G (SUI) 2543, Hastings (England) 1991; 15...Qd7 16.Nb3 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Nb5 c6 =-=(29) Keene Raymond D (ENG) 2505 -- Kavalek Lubomir (USA) 2555, Teeside (England) 1975; 12...Kh8 13.Nb3 g5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.g3 Nh3+ 16.Kg2 Nh6 17.Be4 Ng4 18.Ra2 Qe8 0-1(35) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2520 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2525, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1996; 12...Bd7 13.Ba3 g5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.g3 Nh3+ 16.Kg2 Qc8 17.c5 g4 18.Be4 Nd4 0-1(30) Zagorskis Darius (LTU) 2486 -- Frolov Artur (UKR) 2535, Berlin (Germany) 1993; 12...c6 13.Ba3 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.b5 Rc8 16.Qb3 Rf6 17.Ne2 g5 18.Nxf4 gxf4 =-=(24) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2525 -- Reinderman Dimitri (NED) 2455, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1995; 11...Nd3 12.Ba3 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Nb3 Ra4 16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Qxd3 Bxb5 18.cxb5 Bh6 =-=(46) Anand Viswanathan (IND) 2765 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2695, Dortmund (Germany) 1997; 12...b6 13.Be2 Nf4 14.c5 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 bxc5 16.bxc5 a5 17.Nc4 Ba6 18.Rab1 f5 =-=(82) Zagorskis Darius (LTU) 2485 -- Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2550, Berlin (Germany) 1994; 11.a4 f5 12.Bf3 g5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.g3 Nd4 15.gxf4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 g4 17.Qh1 exf4 18.Bb2 Bf5 0-1(33) Petrosian Tigran V (ARM) 2580 -- Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2447, Rovinj/Zagreb (Croatia) 1970; 14...Nh3+ 15.Kg2 Qd7 16.Be2 g4 17.Nb3 Qe7 18.Qd3 h5 0-1(38) Manion Josh (USA) 2390 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2600, Las Vegas (USA) 1997; 11.c5 f5 12.f3 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 f4 14.Nc4 g5 15.Ba3 Rf6 16.b5 Ng6 17.Rfe1 Bf8 18.b6 axb6 0-1(28) Commons Kim S (USA) 2445 -- Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2575, Lone Pine (USA) 1975; 11.Nb3 f5 12.a4 g5 13.f3 Neg6 14.Ra2 h5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Rf2 Nxe2+ 17.Raxe2 g4 18.Ne4 Qd7 1-0(58) Tosic Miroslav (SCG) 2502 -- Antic Dejan (SCG) 2494, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1999.
    10.Qb3 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.c5 h6 13.h4 g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 Ng6 16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Rac1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Be5 =-=(55) Skembris Spyridon (GRE) 2525 -- Rogers Ian (AUS) 2600, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1995; 12.Rad1 h6 13.c5 g5 14.e5 g4 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Nd4 Ng6 17.Ne6 fxe6 18.dxe6 d5 =-=(68) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2582 -- Tseitlin Mark D (ISR) 2445, Biel (Switzerland) 2000; 10...h6 11.c5 f5 12.a4 Kh8 13.Rd1 a6 14.Ra2 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.Ng3 Nf4 17.h3 Bd7 18.Bc4 b5 =-=(24) Sokolov Ivan (NED) 2625 -- Piket Jeroen (NED) 2625, Groningen (Netherlands) 1992.
    10.Ne1 f5 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.f3 Nh5 13.c5 Nf4 14.Bc4 =-= Shneider Aleksandr (UKR) 2528 -- Efimenko Zahar (UKR) 2594, Istanbul (Turkey) 2003.
    10.a4 Nf4 11.a5 h6 12.Bd2 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 f5 14.Rac1 g5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Ne4 Bg4 17.Rc3 Ng6 18.h3 Bf5 1-0(58) Lobron Eric (GER) 2509 -- Golubev Mihail (UKR) 2520, Internet 2004.

  2. 10...f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 c6 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.c5 dxc5 17.bxc5 Rad8 18.Bb2 Nh7 =-=(60) Yermolinsky Alex (USA) 2570 -- Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (MGL) 2453, Berkley (USA) 2005; =-=(60) Yermolinsky Alex (USA) 2570 -- Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (MGL) 2453, Berkley (USA) 2005; =-=(60) Yermolinsky Alex (USA) 2570 -- Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (MGL) 2453, Berkley (USA) 2005; =-=(60) Yermolinsky Alex (USA) 2570 -- Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (MGL) 2453, Berkley (USA) 2005; 11...Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rae1 Nc6 14.dxc6 Qxg5 15.Bf3 bxc6 16.b5 Bd7 17.exf5 Qxf5 18.Be4 Qg5 =-=(24) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2583 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2565, Apeldorn (Netherlands) 2001; 11.c5 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Rxf4 14.g3 Rf8 15.Rfd1 Bf5 16.a4 a5 17.Rab1 Kh8 18.cxd6 cxd6 1-0(39) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2599 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2565, Reykjavik (Iceland) 2004.
    10...Kh8 11.a4 f5 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Bg5 Neg8 14.a5 a6 15.Bd3 Qd7 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Ng5 fxe4 18.Ncxe4 Qe7 =-=(42) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2599 -- Hebden Mark (ENG) 2550, Hastings (England) 2004; 11.Re1 f5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Bb2 c6 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nce4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Rad1 Nd4 0-1(33) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2599 -- Hebden Mark (ENG) 2550, Port Erin (England) 2003.
    10...h6 11.Re1 Nf4 12.Bf1 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.a4 f5 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.e5 g5 17.Rad1 g4 18.exd6 cxd6 =-=(44) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2567 -- Paragua Mark (PHI) 2423, Torino (Italy) 2000.

  3. 12...f5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Rad1 h6 16.Bd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Nb5 g5 0-1(46) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2567 -- Shchekachev Andrei (RUS) 2503, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2000; 13.a4 c5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ne4 Qd7 16.Nfd2 Nf4 17.Bd1 h6 18.Qb3 Nc8 1-0(49) Yermolinsky Alex (USA) 2596 -- Paragua Mark (PHI) 2423, Philadelphia (USA) 2000.

  4. 13.Rb1 Nf6 14.Bd2 Ra6 15.Rb2 Nd7 16.Reb1 Kh8 17.a4 Ng8 18.Bd3 Bh6 =-=(75) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2599 -- Gallagher Joseph G (SUI) 2543, Geneva (Switzerland) 2003; 13...h6 14.Rb3 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Ne4 Nf6 17.Bd3 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 g5 1-0(37) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2626 -- Palliser Richard (ENG) 2455, Port Erin (England) 2002.
    13.Nd2 Nf4 14.Bf1 Kh8 15.Rb1 Ng8 16.a4 f5 17.Rb5 Ra6 18.Nb3 Nh5 =-=(30) Epishin Vladimir (RUS) 2561 -- Teran Alvarez Ismael (ESP) 2417, Coria del Rio (Spain) 2007.

  5. 15...Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 f5 17.c5 fxe4 18.Rxd6 Qe8 =-=(86) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2583 -- Cheparinov Ivan (BUL) 2461, Lausanne (Switzerland) 2001.

  6. 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Nd4 h5 18.Qd2 Qb6 0-1(32) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2567 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2646, Saint Vincent (Italy) 2000.

  7. 18.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(58) Epishin Vladimir (RUS) 2605 -- Baklan Vladimir (UKR) 2584, Northeim (Germany) 2005; =-=(58) Epishin Vladimir (RUS) 2605 -- Baklan Vladimir (UKR) 2584, Northeim (Germany) 2005; 1-0(41) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2626 -- Paragua Mark (PHI) 2504, Sevilla (Spain) 2002; =-=(81) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2583 -- Smirnov Pavel (RUS) 2510, Elista (Russia) 2001.

  8. 10...h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Nc4 f5 13.f3 g5 14.Be3 Rf6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 b6 17.a4 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 f4 1-0(27) Azmaiparashvili Zurab (GEO) 2670 -- Belotti Bruno (ITA) 2400, Reggio Emilia (Italy) 1996; 14...Neg6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Nh4 17.g3 Nh3+ 18.Kh1 f4 =-=(31) Karlsson Lars (SWE) 2550 -- Sznapik Aleksander (POL) 2465, Pohja (Finland) 1985; 14.Ba3 Rf6 15.Rc1 Rg6 16.Nb5 g4 17.fxg4 fxe4 18.Ne3 c6 1-0(43) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2600 -- Reinderman Dimitri (NED) 2435, Antwerpen (Belgium) 1993; 12...Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 f5 14.f3 f4 15.a4 g5 16.a5 h5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 Rf6 =-=(33) Kuzubov Yuriy (UKR) 2558 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2680, Warsaw (Poland) 2005; =-=(33) Kuzubov Yuriy (UKR) 2558 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2680, Warsaw (Poland) 2005; 16.Ba3 Rf6 17.b5 Ng6 18.b6 axb6 0-1(60) Gurevich Mikhail (BEL) 2630 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2665, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1991; 11.Qb3 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rad1 g5 14.e5 dxe5 15.d6 cxd6 16.Rxd6 Qc7 17.h3 Nf5 18.Rd2 b6 1-0(36) David Alberto (LUX) 2573 -- Watson William N (ENG) 2505, Bad Mondorf (Germany) 1991; 11.g3 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.f3 fxe4 14.fxe4 Bh3 15.Rf2 Qd7 16.Nc4 Ng4 17.Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.Bf3 Kh7 1-0(55) Lalic Bogdan (ENG) 2515 -- Petrushin Alexander I (RUS) 2468, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 1986.
    10...f5 11.Qb3 h6 12.a4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Bd3 g5 15.Nfd2 Nf4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nc4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Ng6 =-=(42) Skembris Spyridon (GRE) 2525 -- Kotronias Vasilios (CYP) 2590, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1995; 13...Nf4 14.Bxf4 Rxf4 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Bd3 b6 17.Rfe1 Bb7 18.Nc3 Rc8 =-=(39) Grivas Efstratios (GRE) 2425 -- Nunn John D M (ENG) 2610, Athens (Greece) 1991; 11...fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf4 13.Bc4 Bg4 14.Bxf4 Rxf4 15.Nfd2 Nf5 16.Rfe1 Nd4 17.Qd3 Qf8 18.Rac1 Bh6 1-0(70) Veingold Aleksandr (EST) 2473 -- Fedorowicz John P (USA) 2560, Candas (Spain) 1992; 11.Ng5 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.e5 Bxe5 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.Qd2 a5 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.bxa5 c6 18.Nf3 Bf6 =-=(35) Bunzmann Dimitrij (GER) 2498 -- Degraeve Jean-Marc (FRA) 2542, Bethune (France) 2002; 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.f3 f4 14.Nc4 g5 15.Ba3 Ne8 16.b5 b6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Bb4 Rf6 =-=(42) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2530 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2485, Eindhoven (Netherlands) 1992.
    10...b6 11.g3 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.f3 g5 14.Nc4 f4 15.g4 h5 16.h3 Ng6 17.Rf2 Rf7 18.a4 Bf8 0-1(32) Garcia Ilundain David (ESP) 2435 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2575, Oviedo (Spain) 1992.

  9. 11.Bc4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Re1 a5 14.Rb1 Nc8 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 Kh8 17.Bf1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 1-0(37) Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) 2605 -- Nunn John D M (ENG) 2615, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1995.

  10. 12.Qb3 h6 13.Rad1 g5 14.e5 dxe5 15.d6 cxd6 16.Rxd6 Qe8 17.h3 Nf5 18.Rdd1 e4 0-1(54) Najer Evgeniy (RUS) 2597 -- Kotsur Pavel (KAZ) 2589, Elista (Russia) 2000.
    12.Qd2 h6 13.Rad1 Bd7 14.Rfe1 g5 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Ng6 17.c6 bxc6 18.dxc6 Be6 =-=(61) Gostisa Leon (SLO) 2420 -- Damljanovic Branko (SCG) 2555, Ljubljana (Slovenia) 1989.

  11. 12...Bg4 13.Nd4 Bxe2 14.Ncxe2 g5 15.Qc2 Ng6 16.f3 Be5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qc7 Qf6 1-0(37) Azmaiparashvili Zurab (GEO) 2670 -- Rodriguez Talavera Juan Carlos (ESP) 2405, San Roque (Spain) 1996.
    12...f5 13.e5 dxe5 14.d6 Nc6 15.Qd5+ Kh8 16.b5 Nd4 17.Nxe5 Qe8 18.Qxd4 Bxe5 =-=(59) Suba Mihai (ROM) 2555 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2505, Romania 1983.

  12. 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Nb5 Bg4 15.Rc7 axb4 16.Qd2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Be5 18.Rxb7 Qa5 0-1(43) Kamsky Gata (USA) 2695 -- Kasparov Garry (RUS) 2805, New York (USA) 1994; 14.Qd2 axb4 15.Nb5 f5 16.Bd3 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Ra4 18.Rc4 Bf5 1-0(41) Henley Ron W (USA) 2525 -- Spraggett Kevin (CAN) 2490, New York (USA) 1983.
    13.a3 axb4 14.axb4 f5 15.Re1 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 fxe4 17.Ng5 f3 18.gxf3 exf3 =-=(24) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2600 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2640, Burgas (Bulgaria) 1993; 14...h6 15.Nd4 g5 16.Bh5 c6 17.Nde2 b6 18.dxc6 dxc5 1-0(37) Beliavsky Alexander G (SLO) 2595 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2535, Manila (Philippines) 1992.

  13. 16...Bc3 17.Rc1 b6 18.Nfd4 Bd7 =-=(46) Boensch Uwe (GER) 2535 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2510, Nordhausen (Germany) 1986.

  14. 18.Qxb4 Rxa2 1-0(28) Yrjola Jouni (FIN) 2515 -- Grivas Efstratios (GRE) 2520, Salonika (Greece) 1984.
    17...Bc3 18.Rxb7 Bc8 0-1(65) Boensch Uwe (GER) 2460 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2515, Potsdam (Germany) 1985.

  15. 13.Nd2 g5 14.Nc4 a6 15.a4 Ng6 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.a5 Re8 18.h3 Rb8 =-=(23) Keene Raymond D (ENG) 2510 -- Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2565, Bad Lauterberg (Germany) 1977; 18.Nb6 Rb8 0-1(47) Skembris Spyridon (GRE) 2446 -- Milos Gilberto (BRA) 2593, Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) 1990; 15.Bh5 b5 16.Na5 Be5 17.Ne2 dxc5 18.bxc5 c6 0-1(34) Legky Nikolay A (UKR) 2490 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2585, Sevastopol (Ukraine) 1997.
    13.h3 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.a5 Re8 16.Nd2 f5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.exf5 Bxf5 0-1(47) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2525 -- Van Wely Loek (NED) 2585, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1995; 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nbd4 Re8 17.Rc4 Qf6 18.Qc2 h5 0-1(65) Suba Mihai (ROM) 2505 -- Schmidt Wlodzimierz (POL) 2470, Prague (Czech Republic) 1985.
    13.a4 g5 14.h3 Ng6 15.a5 Bd7 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nbd4 Re8 18.Bd3 h5 =-=(57) Boensch Uwe (GER) 2535 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2510, Eger (Hungary) 1986; 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Ne5 17.Nfd4 Qf6 18.Bh5 Bd7 1-0(40) Henley Ron W (USA) 2525 -- Gufeld Eduard (USA) 2480, Tbilisi (Georgia) 1983.
    13.Nb5 g5 14.h3 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nc7 Rb8 17.Qa4 a6 18.b5 Bd7 0-1(21) Nielsen Peter Heine (DEN) 2663 -- Van Wely Loek (NED) 2320, Lyngby (Denmark) 1989.
    13.Qc2 g5 14.Rfd1 Ng6 15.h3 Ne5 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nbd4 Bd7 18.a4 b6 1-0(60) Lein Anatoly (USA) 2525 -- Zuckerman Bernard (USA) 2455, New York (USA) 1977.

  16. 13...Kh8 14.a4 Ng8 15.a5 Nf6 16.Re1 h5 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.a6 Bh6 1-0(37) Beliavsky Alexander G (SLO) 2655 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2665, Paris (France) 1991.
    13...a6 14.Re1 Bd7 15.a3 Kh7 16.Nb3 f5 17.Bf3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5 1-0(37) Psakhis Lev (ISR) 2582 -- Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2491, Israel 2002.
    13...Bd7 14.Re1 a5 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 Kh7 17.Ncb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Ng8 1-0(80) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2600 -- Pablo Marin Alejandro (ESP) 2409, Barcelona (Spain) 1993.

  17. 14...c6 15.Nb3 cxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.Nb5 a4 18.Na5 dxc5 1-0(65) Beliavsky Alexander G (SLO) 2640 -- Romero Holmes Alfonso (ESP) 2450, Leon (Spain) 1994.

  18. 18.cxd6 cxd6 =-=(29) Ivanov Sergey_ (RUS) 2553 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2673, Moscow (Russia) 2003.

  19. 10...c6 11.Nh4 Nf6 12.Be3 Ne8 13.Qd2 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Ng2 cxd5 16.cxd5 Ng6 17.f4 Bd7 18.Rac1 Nf6 0-1(53) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2635 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720, Monaco 1998; 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Rb1 Nf6 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Be3 Ng4 15.b5 Na5 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bc1 Be6 18.Nd2 Nh6 0-1(39) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2643 -- Shchekachev Andrei (RUS) 2503, France 2000.
    10...Bh3 11.Re1 h6 12.Nh4 Nf6 13.Be3 g5 14.Ng2 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Bd2 Ra3 17.Qb1 Qc8 18.Nb5 Ra8 1-0(28) Timoscenko Gennadij (SVK) 2529 -- Mynn Htoo (MYA) 2537, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000.
    10...a5 11.Ba3 f5 12.bxa5 Nf6 13.Nd2 Bh6 14.Bf3 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nfxd5 17.Bg2 Nb6 18.axb6 Rxa3 1-0(39) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2535 -- Van der Wiel John T H (NED) 2493, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 1979.

  20. 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.c5 f4 13.Nc4 Bh3 14.Re1 Nc8 15.a4 h5 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Nd1 Nh6 18.Ra3 Bg4 0-1(35) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2535 -- Kavalek Lubomir (USA) 2590, Waddinxveen (Netherlands) 1979; 13...g5 14.Ba3 Bh3 15.Re1 Rf7 16.b5 Nc8 17.Bb2 Re7 18.c6 b6 0-1(39) Sosonko Gennadi (NED) 2470 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2535, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1975.
    11.exf5 gxf5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Bb2 Ng6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 c6 16.Qc2 f4 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Bd3 Qxe6 1-0(34) Dydyshko Viacheslav (BLR) 2581 -- Yuferov Sergey N (RUS) 2431, Minsk (Belarus) 1977.

  21. 12...Kh8 13.Kg2 Neg8 14.c5 Qe7 15.Qb3 Ne8 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 c6 18.Be3 d5 0-1(39) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2525 -- Wahls Matthias (GER) 2540, Taastrup (Denmark) 1992; 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Qb3 fxe4 17.fxe4 Ng4 18.Bd2 Bd7 =-=(30) Vera Reynaldo (CUB) 2535 -- Hernandez Gilberto (MEX) 2510, Linares (Mexico) 1993; 13...a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.a4 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Nc6 18.Bd2 fxe4 1-0(40) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2525 -- Popovic Petar (SCG) 2535, Novy Smokovec (Slovakia) 1992; 13.Be3 Ne8 14.Qd2 f4 15.gxf4 exf4 16.Bxf4 h6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Rxf4 1-0(32) Speelman Jonathan S (ENG) 2605 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2630, Hastings (England) 1993.
    12...a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Qb3 b6 15.Bd2 Re8 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.a4 f4 18.Nb5 Bh6 1-0(41) Hjartarson Johann (ISL) 2595 -- Yurtaev Leonid (KGZ) 2524, Manila (Philippines) 1992; 14...Kh8 15.Bd2 Re8 16.Bd3 b6 17.Kg2 f4 18.a4 Bh6 0-1(24) Veingold Aleksandr (EST) 2465 -- Atalik Suat (BIH) 2535, Oviedo (Spain) 1993; 14.a4 Ne8 15.Bd2 Ra8 16.Qb3 Kh8 17.a5 f4 18.Ne6 Bxe6 0-1(47) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2560 -- Pugachov Alexey (RUS) 2480, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 1994.
    12...Ne8 13.Qb3 fxe4 14.fxe4 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Nc6 18.Bg4 Qf6+ =-=(27) Kunte Abhijit (IND) 2550 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2565, Bratislava (Slovakia) 1993.

  22. 13.Be3 Bh6 14.Qd2 Nh5 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 fxe4 17.Bxh5 gxh5 18.Ncxe4 Nf5 0-1(37) Sunye Neto Jaime (BRA) 2522 -- Milos Gilberto (BRA) 2620, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2005; 0-1(37) Sunye Neto Jaime (BRA) 2522 -- Milos Gilberto (BRA) 2620, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2005; 14.Kh1 Nfxd5 15.cxd5 f4 16.gxf4 exf4 17.dxc6 Bxg5 18.cxb7 Bxb7 =-=(62) Miles Anthony J (ENG) 2595 -- Georgiev Krum (BUL) 2448, Komotini (Greece) 1992; 13...f4 14.Bf2 Ne8 15.Qb3 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 fxg3 18.hxg3 Nc7 1-0(44) Miles Anthony J (ENG) 2595 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2710, Biel (Switzerland) 1992; 13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc7 16.b5 Rfd8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qa4 Qc8 =-=(37) Kolev Atanas (BUL) 2524 -- Timoscenko Gennadij (SVK) 2495, Vrnjacka Banja (Yugoslavia) 1990.
    13.Kg2 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Ne8 16.Qb3 Nc7 17.c5 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 =-=(42) Speelman Jonathan S (ENG) 2590 -- Akopian Vladimir (ARM) 2600, Debrecen (Hungary) 1992; 15...Qc7 16.b5 Rfd8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rb1 Qc8 1-0(38) Arencibia Walter (CUB) 2550 -- De La Paz Frank (CUB) 2470, Cuba 1998; 13...Kh8 14.Be3 f4 15.Bf2 Neg8 16.Qd3 fxg3 17.hxg3 Nh5 18.Nh3 Bxh3+ 0-1(31) Soffer Ram (ISR) 2530 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2625, Tel Aviv (Israel) 1996.

  23. 13...cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Rc8 17.Qd3 d5 18.Ba3 Qb6+ 0-1(38) Zlatilov Ivailo (BUL) 2374 -- Georgiev Kiril (MKD) 2595, Sofia (Bulgaria) 1988.

  24. 15...Ne8 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Ba3 Rf6 18.Rb1 Rxe6 1-0(69) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2560 -- Kupreichik Viktor D (BLR) 2545, Germany 1994; 17...c5 18.Qa4 Nc7 =-=(56) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2475 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2532, San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy) 1991.

  25. 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Rc1 Qc8 18.Bxa7 Qxe6 =-=(36) Atalik Suat (BIH) 2549 -- Polzin Rainer (GER) 2465, Berlin (Germany) 2000.

  26. 18.bxc6 bxc6 =-=(42) Schmidt Wlodzimierz (POL) 2450 -- Huebner Robert Dr (GER) 2590, Skopje (Macedonia) 1972.

  27. 13.b5 fxg3 14.hxg3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Qc8 17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.Nxc7 Qh3 =-=(21) Tkachiev Vladislav (FRA) 2642 -- Morovic Fernandez Ivan (CRO) 2541, Cap d'Agde (France) 2002; 1-0(24) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2643 -- Golubev Mihail (UKR) 2523, Romania 2000; 0-1(40) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2643 -- Degraeve Jean-Marc (FRA) 2540, Mondariz (Spain) 2000; 14...Nh5 15.Qe1 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Qc8 18.Nd5 Qxe6 0-1(55) Prakash G B (IND) 2451 -- Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2569, New Delhi (India) 2001; 13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxg3 16.hxg3 Qc8 17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.Nxc7 Qh3 =-=(21) Khasin Alexander (RUS) 2522 -- Loginov Valery A (RUS) 2509, Tashkent (Uzbekistan) 1986.
    13.c5 fxg3 14.hxg3 Nh5 15.Qe1 Nf4 16.gxf4 exf4 17.Rf2 Bd4 18.Kh1 Nf5 1-0(30) Stein Leonid Z (UKR) 2620 -- Gufeld Eduard (USA) 2434, Grozny (Russia) 1969; 15.Kg2 Nf4+ 16.gxf4 exf4 17.Qd3 Nc6 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1(28) Dokutchaev Alexander (RUS) 2425 -- Shulman Yuri (USA) 2548, Dallas (USA) 2000; 14...h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 d5 17.exd5 Nfxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 =-=(30) Huebner Robert Dr (GER) 2585 -- Liberzon Vladimir M (ISR) 2540, Athens (Greece) 1976; 13...dxc5 14.Bc4 cxb4 15.d6+ Kh8 16.Nb5 h6 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Bxf7 cxd6 0-1(36) Hansen Curt (DEN) 2600 -- Nunn John D M (ENG) 2610, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1991.

  28. 13...Nh5 14.c5 fxg3 15.hxg3 Nf4+ 16.gxf4 exf4 17.Qe1 Nf5 18.Bxf4 Bxc3 1-0(44) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2560 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2585, Moscow (Russia) 1994; 1-0(44) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2560 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2585, Moscow (Russia) 1994; 14.g4 Bf6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Ng7 17.c5 Kh8 18.cxd6 cxd6 1-0(54) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2585 -- Zapata Alonso (COL) 2530, Matanzas (Cuba) 1995.
    13...Kh8 14.c5 h6 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.Nb5 Qb6 17.a4 Nfxd5 18.exd5 hxg5 1-0(36) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2525 -- Nunn John D M (ENG) 2595, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1992; 14...c6 15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.cxd6 h6 18.Nh3 g5 =-=(50) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2605 -- Degraeve Jean-Marc (FRA) 2515, Belgium 1996; 14.Rb1 Ne8 15.Nh3 Bf6 16.Nf2 h5 17.gxf4 exf4 18.Nb5 g5 0-1(35) Garcia Gonzales Guillermo (CUB) 2490 -- Marjanovic Slavoljub (SCG) 2505, Banja-Luka (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 1979.
    13...a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 Ne8 16.Bd2 Ra8 17.c5 Kh8 18.cxd6 Nxd6 0-1(44) Lobron Eric (GER) 2625 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2685, Munich (Germany) 1992; 14.b5 b6 15.Rb1 Ne8 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Bh6 18.Nd5 Ng7 1-0(41) Miles Anthony J (ENG) 2595 -- Wojtkiewicz Aleksander (USA) 2530, Komotini (Greece) 1992.
    13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 c6 16.b5 Qc7 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Ba3 Rfd8 0-1(45) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2585 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2535, Biel (Switzerland) 1993.
    13...Ne8 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 c6 16.b5 c5 17.Nd5 Nc7 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 0-1(38) Banikas Hristos (GRE) 2538 -- Vouldis Angelos (GRE) 2524, Komotini (Greece) 1993.

  29. 14.b5 c5 15.Qd3 Ne8 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Nc7 18.Rd1 Nc8 0-1(52) Finegold Benjamin (USA) 2531 -- Michelakis George (RSA) 2438, Groningen (Netherlands) 1993.

  30. 18.c5 d5 1-0(40) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2647 -- Pruijssers Roeland (NED) 2319, Netherlands 2006; 1-0(40) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2647 -- Pruijssers Roeland (NED) 2319, Netherlands 2006.
    18.Nd5 cxd5 =-=(87) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2629 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2659, Batumi (Georgia) 1999.

  31. 10...h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.c5 g5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nc4 g4 16.b5 Rf6 17.Qb3 Kh7 18.b6 a6 1-0(33) Sokolov Ivan (NED) 2630 -- Van Wely Loek (NED) 2585, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1995; 13...Kh8 14.f3 fxe4 15.fxe4 Ng8 16.Nc4 Rf7 17.a4 Bf8 18.Ra2 Kh7 1-0(41) Nikcevic Nebojsa (SCG) 2535 -- Zimmerman Yuri (ISR) 2445, Cetinje (Yugoslavia) 1996; 13.g3 Nh5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Nd4 16.Bg2 Nf6 17.h3 Bf5 18.Be3 g5 0-1(51) Kindermann Stefan (AUT) 2519 -- Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2582, Germany 2000; 13.a4 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nf5 15.Ra3 a6 16.g3 Nh5 17.Bg2 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 =-=(75) Piket Jeroen (NED) 2630 -- McShane Luke J (ENG) 2455, Germany 1997; 12...g5 13.c5 f5 14.g3 Nfg6 15.Nc4 f4 16.a4 h5 17.Qxh5 Bf6 18.cxd6 cxd6 1-0(26) Xu Jun (CHN) 2582 -- Zhou Jianchao (CHN) 2494, Hyderabad (India) 2005; 1-0(26) Xu Jun (CHN) 2582 -- Zhou Jianchao (CHN) 2494, Hyderabad (India) 2005; 12...a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.c5 f5 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nd2 g5 18.Rb1 g4 1-0(71) Karpov Anatoly (RUS) 2775 -- Kamsky Gata (USA) 2745, Elista (Russia) 1996; 11.c5 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.Bxf4 fxe4 14.Bxe5 exf3 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.g3 Kh7 17.Re3 Bg4 18.h3 Nf5 =-=(37) Sherbakov Ruslan (RUS) 2558 -- McShane Luke J (ENG) 2480, Internet 2000; 12...g5 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nc4 a6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.a4 Neg6 17.Ba3 Rf7 18.b5 Bf8 0-1(32) Wells Peter K (ENG) 2530 -- McShane Luke J (ENG) 2455, London (England) 1997; 11...f5 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.b5 Kh8 15.Ba3 fxe4 16.Ndxe4 Nexd5 17.Bxd6 Nxc3 18.Nxc3 Re8 1-0(79) Ionov Sergey (RUS) 2545 -- Loginov Valery A (RUS) 2520, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1998.
    10...Kh8 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 f5 13.g3 Nh5 14.c5 Nf6 15.Bg2 h6 16.Nc4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bg4 18.Qb3 Nxe4 =-=(38) Schlosser Philipp (GER) 2550 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2605, Germany 1997; 14...f4 15.Nc4 Ng8 16.a4 Ngf6 17.Ra2 Ne8 18.Rc2 Bd7 1-0(52) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2681 -- Krylov Sergey (RUS) 2407, Calvia (Spain) 2004; 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Nd4 16.Bg2 Nf6 17.Bg5 Bf5 18.Nb5 Nxb5 1-0(47) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2629 -- Paunovic Dragan (SCG) 2520, Andorra 2003; 12...a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.a4 c5 15.Ra3 Ra6 16.Nb5 Nh5 17.Bb2 Ng8 18.g3 Bh6 1-0(40) Korobov Anton (UKR) 2467 -- Golubev Mihail (UKR) 2530, Ordzhonikidze (Ukraine) 2001; 12...Ng8 13.c5 Qg5 14.Kh1 Nf6 15.f3 N6h5 16.Nc4 Qh4 17.Kg1 g5 18.Be3 g4 1-0(30) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2550 -- Santos Carlos P (POR) 2430, Panormo (Greece) 2001; 11.c5 f5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bc4 Ng8 14.Bf1 Nf6 15.g3 fxe4 16.gxf4 exf4 17.Rb1 e3 18.fxe3 Ng4 0-1(37) Veingold Aleksandr (EST) 2462 -- Paunovic Dragan (SCG) 2522, Burgos (Spain) 2001; 12.Ng5 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Rc1 dxc5 15.bxc5 h6 16.Bc4 hxg5 17.e5 Re8 18.Qf3 Ng8 0-1(37) Korobkov Piotr (UKR) 2400 -- Tseshkovsky Vitaly (RUS) 2577, Krasnodar (Russia) 2004; 11.a4 f5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 g5 14.g3 Nfg6 15.Be2 c6 16.a5 Bd7 17.c5 cxd5 18.cxd6 Nc6 1-0(54) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2605, Gouda (Netherlands) 1997; 12.Ng5 Nf4 13.Bf1 h6 14.Nf3 g5 15.Nd2 g4 16.Ra3 c6 17.a5 Rb8 18.exf5 cxd5 0-1(42) Sher Miron N (USA) 2425 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2605, Cappelle la Grande (France) 1997.

  32. 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b5 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Rc1 Bg4 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxg4 Qxd1 18.Bxd1 f6 1-0(103) Evdokimov Alexander A (RUS) 2503 -- Amonatov Farrukh (TJK) 2599, Sochi (Russia) 2005; 1-0(103) Evdokimov Alexander A (RUS) 2503 -- Amonatov Farrukh (TJK) 2599, Sochi (Russia) 2005.
    11.a4 f5 12.c5 Kh8 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.cxd6 h6 16.Be3 Nf6 17.b5 Na5 18.Bc5 Bd7 =-=(47) Palo Davor (DEN) 2526 -- Nevednichy Vladislav (ROM) 2552, Istanbul (Turkey) 2003; 11...cxd5 12.cxd5 Nf4 13.Bf1 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Ra3 h6 16.Kh2 g5 17.g3 Nxh3 18.Bxh3 Bxh3 =-=(29) Bunzmann Dimitrij (GER) 2484 -- Nevednichy Vladislav (ROM) 2582, Germany 2000.
    11.Bb2 Nf4 12.Bf1 b6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.a3 Re8 15.Nd5 Ne6 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Rad1 Rf8 0-1(43) Psakhis Lev (ISR) 2565 -- Ehlvest Jaan (EST) 2610, Polanica Zdroj (Poland) 1997.

  33. 12...g5 13.a4 a5 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.Re3 c5 16.g3 Nfg6 17.Nb5 Qd8 18.Re1 Ra6 1-0(42) Miroshnichenko Evgenij (UKR) 2617 -- Mamedov Rauf (AZE) 2517, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2004; 13.Rb1 g4 14.Rb3 Kh8 15.Bb2 a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Qb1 f5 18.dxc6 bxc6 =-=(38) Zlotnik Boris A (RUS) 2419 -- Nevednichy Vladislav (ROM) 2567, Halkidiki (Greece) 2002.
    12...Kh8 13.a4 h6 14.Nb3 cxd5 15.cxd5 g5 16.a5 Neg6 17.a6 bxa6 18.Na5 Ne7 1-0(51) Van der Sterren Paul (NED) 2575 -- Dydyshko Viacheslav (BLR) 2495, Germany 1998.
    12...a5 13.bxa5 Qxa5 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.a4 Qc7 16.Nb3 c5 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Nc1 Ra6 0-1(55) Butnorius Algimantas (LTU) 2445 -- Kruppa Yuri (UKR) 2570, Lubniewice (Poland) 1998.
    12...Bd7 13.Nb3 cxd5 14.cxd5 Rc8 15.Bd2 f5 16.g3 Nh5 17.Na5 Nf6 18.Nc4 Ng4 0-1(63) Moreno Carnero Javier (ESP) 2430 -- Degraeve Jean-Marc (FRA) 2580, Zaragoza (Spain) 1998.
    12...f5 13.g3 g5 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Bb2 g4 16.c5 Ng6 17.dxc6 Qh4 18.Qb3+ Kh8 1-0(31) Malakhatko Vadim (UKR) 2537 -- Stryjecki Marek (POL) 2448, Krakow (Poland) 1999.

  34. 13.Rb1 h4 14.Rb3 cxd5 15.cxd5 f5 16.Nc4 a6 17.a4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5 =-=(72) Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2495 -- Popovic Petar (SCG) 2510, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1998.

  35. 18.Nxg5 Neg6 =-=(59) Barus Cerdas (INA) 2465 -- Ehlvest Jaan (EST) 2592, Bali (Indonesia) 1999.

  36. 11...h6 12.c5 g5 13.Nd2 f5 14.g3 Nfg6 15.a4 f4 16.Nc4 g4 17.Nb5 Rf6 18.Ba3 h5 1-0(33) Anand Viswanathan (IND) 2765 -- Almasi Zoltan (HUN) 2615, Groningen (Netherlands) 1997; 15.Nc4 f4 16.Ba3 Rf6 17.b5 b6 18.cxd6 cxd6 1-0(43) Iskusnyh Sergei (RUS) 2460 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2555, Omsk (Russia) 1996; 14.Nc4 fxe4 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.b5 Bf6 18.a4 Be7 1-0(31) Schlosser Philipp (GER) 2560 -- Touzane Olivier (FRA) 2495, Lippstadt (Germany) 1996; 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nc4 Kh7 16.b5 Rf6 17.Ba3 g4 18.b6 a6 1-0(33) Hauchard Arnaud (FRA) 2500 -- Touzane Olivier (FRA) 2495, Auxerre (France) 1996; 13...Neg6 14.Nc4 h5 15.Be3 f5 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nb5 fxe4 18.Nbxd6 Bg4 =-=(29) Ionov Sergey (RUS) 2490 -- Khalifman Alexander (RUS) 2640, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1996; 12...f5 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.e5 g5 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Nd4 Be5 17.cxd6 Ng6 18.Ne6 Bxe6 1-0(24) Delchev Aleksander (BUL) 2521 -- Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2567, Batumi (Georgia) 1999; 12.Nd2 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.a3 a5 15.Rb1 axb4 16.axb4 Nd4 17.Nb3 Nfe6 18.Nb5 Bd7 =-=(26) Lalic Bogdan (ENG) 2565 -- Atalik Suat (BIH) 2525, Hastings (England) 1996; 13.a4 Kh8 14.a5 cxd5 15.cxd5 f5 16.Nc4 g5 17.b5 Rf6 18.b6 a6 1-0(42) Piket Jeroen (NED) 2580 -- Xie Jun (CHN) 2510, Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996; 13.Bb2 h5 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.b5 Nd4 16.Nd5 Bg4 17.f3 Nxd5 18.fxg4 Nf6 =-=(51) Manor Ilan (ISR) 2496 -- Rechlis Gad (ISR) 2525, Israel 2000.
    11...f5 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 a5 15.c5 axb4 16.Bc4 Be6 17.dxe6 bxc3 18.Nd7 Re8 1-0(30) Lputian Smbat G (ARM) 2595 -- Nalbandian Tigran (ARM) 2490, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996; 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Qb3 Qd6 17.Nd3 Ra3 18.Nb5 Rxb3 1-0(58) Komarov Dimitri (UKR) 2575 -- Oral Tomas (CZE) 2410, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 1995; 13...h6 14.Qd2 g5 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Nd4 Ng6 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.c5 a5 1-0(60) Bellaiche Anthony (FRA) 2482 -- Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 2620, Cannes (France) 1997; 12...fxe4 13.Bxe5 exf3 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.g3 g5 16.Re3 Ng6 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.c5 Bf5 1-0(50) Istratescu Andrei (ROM) 2550 -- Vajda Levente (ROM) 2445, Bucharest (Romania) 1997.
    11...Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 f5 14.Qd1 fxe4 15.Nxe4 h6 16.Rb1 Qd7 17.Qg4 Qe8 18.Rb3 Kh8 1-0(35) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2600 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2510, Zurich (Switzerland) 1995; 14...a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.a4 b6 17.Ra3 Qd7 18.Bd2 fxe4 =-=(48) Farago Ivan (HUN) 2486 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2488, Austria 2000; 14.g3 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nh5 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Bg2 Rf7 18.c5 Raf8 1-0(39) Almasi Zoltan (HUN) 2668 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2488, Dresden (Germany) 2000.

  37. 12.Ba3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb5 Nxb4 =-=(19) Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2700 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2585, Cologne (Germany) 1997; 13.bxa5 f5 14.c5 Rxa5 15.Bb4 Ra8 16.a4 Kh8 17.Ra3 dxc5 18.Bxc5 b6 0-1(37) Sorokin Maxim (RUS) 2555 -- Sutovsky Emil (ISR) 2590, Villa Martelli (Argentina) 1997; 13.Re3 Bh6 14.h3 Bd7 15.c5 f5 16.bxa5 fxe4 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nxe4 Nxh3+ 1-0(40) Ivanisevic Ivan (SCG) 2540 -- Najer Evgeniy (RUS) 2515, Zagan (Poland) 1997; 12...c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b5 c5 15.Bc1 Ne6 16.Nd5 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bg5 Nxg5 1-0(41) Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2625 -- Georgiev Krum (BUL) 2515, Kranevo (Bulgaria) 1996.

  38. 12...Bg4 13.h3 Bc8 14.a4 c5 15.Nb5 h6 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.e5 Nf5 18.Ra2 dxe5 1-0(52) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2624 -- Langheinrich Ferenc (GER) 2366, Germany 2002.

  39. 13.Nd2 Rxa5 14.a4 Ra6 15.Ra3 Bd7 16.Nb5 Qc8 17.Kh1 g5 18.g3 Nh3 1-0(38) Xu Jun (CHN) 2668 -- Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2573, Udaipur (India) 2000; 14.Nb3 Ra6 15.a4 Kh8 16.Nb5 g5 17.g3 Nh3+ 18.Bxh3 Bxh3 0-1(43) Gormally Daniel (ENG) 2425 -- Nunn John D M (ENG) 2620, Kilkenny (Ireland) 1997; 14.Rb1 Ra6 15.g3 Nh5 16.Bg2 Nf6 17.Rb3 Nd7 18.Ra3 Rxa3 =-=(29) Prakash G B (IND) 2429 -- Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2573, Guntur (India) 2000.
    13.Rb1 Rxa5 14.Qb3 Ra6 15.g3 Nh5 16.Bg2 h6 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Nc3 b6 0-1(46) Shariyazdanov Andrey (RUS) 2465 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2585, Krasnodar (Russia) 1997.
    13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bd2 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Rxa5 17.Ne2 Nxe2+ 18.Bxe2 Ra7 =-=(27) Ivanov Sergey_ (RUS) 2515 -- Urban Klaudiusz (POL) 2470, Poland 1996.

  40. 13...Rxa5 14.Ra3 Ra6 15.Nb5 Bd7 16.Kh1 h6 17.Nd2 Qc8 18.g3 Nh5 =-=(94) Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2707 -- Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2573, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000; 16.Bb2 Qc8 17.Kh1 h5 18.g3 Nh3 1-0(31) Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2668 -- Saravanan V (IND) 2357, Mumbai (India) 2003; 14...Nh5 15.Nb5 Nf6 16.g3 Ra6 17.Nh4 Nd7 18.f4 exf4 1-0(45) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2613 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2641, Cap d'Agde (France) 2000.
    13...f5 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Kh8 17.Nb5 Rxa5 18.Ra3 Bxe5 1-0(36) Krasenkow Michal (POL) 2645 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2585, Reggio Emilia (Italy) 1997.

  41. 14.Nd2 Qxa5 15.Nb5 Qd8 16.Ra3 =-= Brodsky Michail (UKR) 2526 -- Moiseenko Alexander (UKR) 2569, Ordzhonikidze (Ukraine) 2001.

  42. 14...Rxa5 15.Ra3 g5 16.Nd2 Ra6 17.g3 Nfg6 18.Be2 f5 1-0(58) Sherbakov Ruslan (RUS) 2555 -- Sapunov Evgeny (RUS) 2473, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1998.

  43. 18.Bd3 N6e7 =-=(35) Ivanov Sergey_ (RUS) 2550 -- Loginov Valery A (RUS) 2520, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1998.

  44. 13.Nd2 c5 14.a4 Ra6 15.Ra3 g5 16.g3 Nh3+ 17.Bxh3 Bxh3 18.Qh5 Qd7 1-0(32) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Kasparov Garry (RUS) 2820, Novgorod (Russia) 1997; 15.Nb3 b6 16.a5 bxa5 17.Ra4 Nh5 18.Bd2 f5 =-=(27) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2570 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2530, Geneva (Switzerland) 1997; 15.Rb1 Kh8 16.g3 Nh5 17.Be2 Nf6 18.h4 h6 1-0(39) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2565 -- Relange Eloi (FRA) 2505, Cappelle la Grande (France) 1997; 14...Kh8 15.Ra3 Ng8 16.Nb5 Ra6 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bb2 Nh6 0-1(34) Xu Jun (CHN) 2589 -- Xie Jun (CHN) 2569, Taiyuan (China) 2004; 14...h6 15.Nb3 Ra6 16.a5 b6 17.Nb5 f5 18.g3 Nh5 0-1(29) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2620 -- Pikula Dejan (SCG) 2495, Biel (Switzerland) 1996; 14.Bb2 Ra6 15.Nb5 f5 16.g3 Nh5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Ne4 Nf6 1-0(40) Krasenkow Michal (POL) 2605 -- Urban Klaudiusz (POL) 2470, Poland 1996; 14.Nb3 Ra6 15.a4 f5 16.g3 Nh5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Ne4 Bh6 =-=(36) Ivanov Sergey_ (RUS) 2515 -- Renet Olivier (FRA) 2505, Budapest (Hungary) 1996; 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nb3 Ra7 16.a4 c5 17.Nb5 Ra6 18.Bxf4 exf4 0-1(35) Moskalenko Viktor (UKR) 2470 -- Atalik Suat (BIH) 2525, Halkida (Greece) 1996.

  45. 13...f5 14.Ra3 h6 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Ne4 g5 17.g3 Ng6 18.c5 dxc5 0-1(35) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2690 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2595, Elista (Russia) 1998; 14...c5 15.Ng5 Bf6 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Be5 1-0(32) Hansen Curt (DEN) 2613 -- Krakops Maris (LAT) 2522, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000; 14.Nd2 fxe4 15.Ndxe4 Nf5 16.Nb5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 1-0(35) Xu Jun (CHN) 2505 -- Sutovsky Emil (ISR) 2590, Bad Homburg (Germany) 1997.

  46. 14.Ra3 Ra6 15.Nb5 h6 16.Nd2 g5 17.g3 Nfg6 18.Qh5 Qd7 =-=(23) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2575 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2595, Krynica (Poland) 1998; 15...Bd7 16.Nd2 Nh5 17.g3 Nf6 18.Bb2 Nc8 1-0(42) Gofshtein Zvulon (ISR) 2545 -- David Alberto (LUX) 2460, Tel Aviv (Israel) 1997; 14...h6 15.Nd2 Ra6 16.Nb5 Bd7 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bb2 Be8 =-=(43) Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2700 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2525, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1998.
    14.Rb1 h6 15.Nd2 Ra6 16.Nb3 g5 17.a5 f5 18.g3 Nfg6 =-=(40) Sokolov Ivan (NED) 2635 -- Glek Igor V (GER) 2505, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1997.
    14.Nd2 Ra6 15.Ra3 Kh8 16.Nb5 Ng8 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bg2 Bh6 1-0(41) Stohl Igor (SVK) 2540 -- Muse Mladen (GER) 2440, Germany 1998.

  47. 14...h6 15.Ra3 Ra6 16.Nd2 g5 17.g3 Nfg6 18.Be2 f5 1-0(35) Krasenkow Michal (POL) 2645 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2600, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1997.
    14...f6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Qd2 Ra6 17.Qxf4 g5 18.Qd2 Ng6 1-0(53) Oll Lembit (EST) 2630 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2530, Beijing (China) 1997.

  48. 15...f5 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Nc6 1-0(40) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2575 -- Wilhelmi Christian (GER) 2470, Portoroz (Slovenia) 1998.

  49. 18.Ng2 Nhf6 1-0(44) Kobalia Mikhail (RUS) 2603 -- Smirnov Pavel (RUS) 2510, Elista (Russia) 2001.

  50. 11.Ba3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb5 Ned4 =-=(24) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2765 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2665, Dortmund (Germany) 1996; =-= Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2670 -- Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2745, Novgorod (Russia) 1997; 15...b5 =-= Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2570 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2570, Nova Gorica (Slovenia) 1997; 13.bxa5 f5 14.Bb4 c5 15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.Bxd6 Nd4 17.Bxf8 Nh3+ 18.gxh3 Bxf3 0-1(22) Ostenstad Berge (NOR) 2446 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2659, Aars (Denmark) 1999; 13.Re3 f5 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qb3 a4 16.Qc2 fxe4 17.Nh2 Nf5 18.Nxe4 Qh4 1-0(32) Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) 2610 -- David Alberto (LUX) 2435, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996; 12...axb4 13.Bxb4 Bg4 14.Re3 c5 15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.Bxd6 Re8 17.c5 Nd4 18.Nb5 Nxf3+ =-=(138) Ivanisevic Ivan (SCG) 2555 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2570, Antalya (Turkey) 2002; 14...f5 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qb3 Bh6 17.Nh2 c5 18.dxc6 Nxc6 1-0(41) Ivanisevic Ivan (SCG) 2540 -- Popovic Petar (SCG) 2545, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1997; 12...f5 13.bxa5 fxe4 14.Nd2 b6 15.Ndxe4 Rxa5 16.Bb4 Ra8 17.a4 Nf5 18.a5 bxa5 =-=(20) Dorfman Josif D (FRA) 2600 -- Renet Olivier (FRA) 2520, France 1997; 12.c5 axb4 13.Bxb4 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 dxc5 15.Bxc5 b6 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nb5 Ra5 18.Qc4 Qd7 =-=(34) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2602 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2636, France 2007; 12...f5 13.Nd2 Kh8 14.bxa5 Ng8 15.Bf1 Nh6 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nc4 Qg5 18.Re3 Ng4 1-0(31) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2589 -- Libiszewski Fabien (FRA) 2469, La Roche-sur-Yon (France) 2007; 11...f5 12.c5 Nf4 13.Nd2 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 axb4 15.Bxb4 fxe4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Ndxe4 Nf5 18.Nb5 Nd4 =-=(74) Gavrikov Viktor (LTU) 2575 -- Renet Olivier (FRA) 2520, Switzerland 1997; 13.b5 =-= Rashkovsky Nukhim N (RUS) 2508 -- Lugovoi Aleksei (RUS) 2534, Samara (Russia) 2000; 12.bxa5 Nf4 13.Nd2 c5 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Bf1 Rxa5 16.Nb5 Nd4 17.Bxd6 Rxb5 18.Bxf8 Rb2 =-=(37) L'ami Erwin (NED) 2617 -- Cheparinov Ivan (BUL) 2646, Malme (Sweden) 2007; 11...axb4 12.Bxb4 Nf4 13.Bf1 Bg4 14.Re3 b6 15.h3 Bd7 16.a4 f5 17.a5 bxa5 18.Bxa5 Nc8 1-0(66) Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) 2610 -- Van Wely Loek (NED) 2605, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1996; 12...b6 13.a4 Nf4 14.Bf1 f5 15.h3 h6 16.a5 bxa5 17.Bxa5 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Bf5 0-1(47) Karpov Anatoly (RUS) 2775 -- Maki Veijo (FIN) 2410, Helsinki (Finland) 1996.

  51. 11...c5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 Rxa5 14.a4 g5 15.Nb3 Ra6 16.g3 Neg6 17.Kh1 g4 18.Ra2 =-= Shariyazdanov Andrey (RUS) 2582 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2574, Samara (Russia) 2000; 14...Ra6 15.Ra3 h5 16.Nf3 f6 17.Kh1 g5 18.Ng1 g4 =-= Ionescu Constantin (ROM) 2515 -- Nevednichy Vladislav (ROM) 2545, Bucharest (Romania) 1998; 14.Nb3 Ra6 15.g3 Nh3+ 16.Kg2 g5 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Be2 Nhf4+ =-=(67) Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2665, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1998; 12.a4 Nf4 13.Bf1 h6 14.Nb5 g5 15.Nd2 Kh8 16.Ra3 Ng8 17.g3 Ng6 18.Be2 N6e7 1-0(52) Lautier Joel (FRA) 2653 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2569, Leon (Spain) 2001; 12...Rxa5 13.Ra3 Ra6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Bf1 h6 16.Nb5 g5 17.g3 Nfg6 18.Be2 f5 1-0(67) Cheparinov Ivan (BUL) 2461 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2569, Tsarevo (Bulgaria) 2001.

  52. 12.a4 Rxa5 13.Ra3 Nf6 14.Bf1 f4 15.Nb5 Nd7 16.Bd2 Ra8 17.Bb4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 =-=(26) Sokolov Ivan (NED) 2620 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2615, Dresden (Germany) 1998.
    12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Bf3 Rxa5 14.a4 Kh8 15.Ba3 fxe4 16.Ncxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 b6 18.Bb4 Ra6 1-0(42) Flumbort Andras (HUN) 2448 -- Nevednichy Vladislav (ROM) 2594, Hungary 2005.

  53. 12...Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Rc1 Rxa5 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Bc4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Kh8 18.Qd2 Nf5 1-0(42) Sherbakov Ruslan (RUS) 2558 -- Loskutov Oleg (RUS) 2423, Smolensk (Russia) 2000.

  54. 18.Ndxe4 Ra5 1-0(38) Mrva Martin (SVK) 2507 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2673, Czech Republic 2004; 1-0(38) Mrva Martin (SVK) 2507 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2673, Czech Republic 2004.

  55. 12...Nf4 13.Nb3 Nxe2+ 14.Rxe2 f4 15.Rc2 f3 16.gxf3 h6 17.c5 g5 18.cxd6 cxd6 1-0(40) Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2746 -- Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2582, Czech Republic 2000; 18.Nb5 Ng6 0-1(43) Mikhalevski Victor (ISR) 2516 -- Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2562, Israel 1999; 17...Qd7 18.Be3 g5 1-0(50) Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2535 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2615, Givatayim (Israel) 1998; 15...g5 16.Nb5 Ng6 17.c5 dxc5 18.Rxc5 c6 1-0(28) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Shaked Tal (USA) 2500, Tilburg (Netherlands) 1997; 17...Qd7 18.a4 f3 1-0(29) Mikhalevski Victor (ISR) 2540 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2615, Givatayim (Israel) 1998; 13.Bf1 fxe4 14.Nb3 Nd3 15.Bxd3 exd3 16.Ne4 c5 17.Qxd3 h6 18.Bd2 Nf5 1-0(44) Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 2620 -- Moreno Carnero Javier (ESP) 2512, Bermuda 2003.

  56. 13.f3 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.c5 f4 16.a4 g5 17.Ba3 Ng6 18.a5 Nh4 0-1(56) Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2567 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2698, Dos Hermanas (Spain) 2001; 18.Nb5 Ne8 1-0(63) Najer Evgeniy (RUS) 2599 -- Shomoev Anton (RUS) 2533, Toljatti (Russia) 2001.
    13.Bd3 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.a4 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Nf5 18.c5 Bd7 =-=(63) Golod Vitali (ISR) 2590 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2677, Internet 2000.
    13.a4 c5 14.Bf1 f4 15.Ra3 g5 16.Nb5 g4 17.Bb2 Ng6 18.Rd3 Rf7 =-=(79) Ernst Sipke (NED) 2521 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2567, Dieren (Netherlands) 2003.

  57. 13...dxc5 14.f3 c6 15.d6 Qxd6 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Qc2 Rd4 1-0(39) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2681 -- Visser Yge (NED) 2451, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 2004; 14.Nb3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Bc4 Nf5 17.Nxc5 Nd6 18.Bb3 Rxa5 1-0(27) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2613 -- Shchekachev Andrei (RUS) 2503, France 2000.

  58. 15.Nc4 Ra6 16.f3 b5 17.Ne3 f4 18.Bxb5 fxe3 1-0(47) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2629 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2567, Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 2003; 17...Qa5 18.Bd2 b4 0-1(35) Dambacher Martijn (NED) 2407 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2567, Groningen (Netherlands) 2003; 16.Nd2 Ra8 17.a4 Bh6 18.Ba3 Bxd2 1-0(70) Ulko Jaroslav (RUS) 2472 -- Shchekachev Andrei (RUS) 2572, Moscow (Russia) 2002.

  59. 15...Bh6 16.Ba3 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 fxe4 18.Bb5 Bf5 0-1(39) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2807 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2664, Moscow (Russia) 2002.

  60. 18.f3 Kh8 =-=(59) Nielsen Peter Heine (DEN) 2663 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2567, Sanxenxo (Spain) 2004.
    18.Bb5 Bxe4 =-=(36) Wells Peter K (ENG) 2504 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2567, Calvia (Spain) 2004.

  61. 12.a4 c5 13.Ra3 Nf6 14.Nh4 Nd7 15.g3 f5 16.f4 Ra6 17.Ng2 Nf6 18.fxe5 dxe5 1-0(39) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2592 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2620, Enghien (France) 1999; 14...Ne8 15.g3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.f4 Ng6 18.Ng2 Nf6 1-0(44) Krasenkow Michal (POL) 2592 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2599, Leon (Spain) 2001; 14.Bf1 Ra6 15.Nb5 Kh8 16.g3 Neg8 17.Bg2 Ng4 18.h3 N4f6 =-=(43) Gulko Boris F (USA) 2618 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2659, Las Vegas (USA) 1999; 14...Ne8 15.g3 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Nb5 Nd4 =-=(73) Zhu Chen (CHN) 2492 -- Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 2734, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2002; 14.Bd2 Kh8 15.Qc2 Neg8 16.Rb1 Bh6 17.Be1 Nd7 18.Nb5 Ra6 1-0(41) Kiselev Sergey (RUS) 2500 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2585, Moscow (Russia) 1998; 14.Bb2 Kh8 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Nb5 Ra6 17.Qc2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 =-=(62) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2479 -- Dydyshko Viacheslav (BLR) 2521, Batumi (Georgia) 1999; 13...Ra6 14.Nb5 Nf6 15.Bf1 Kh8 16.Bb2 Ng4 17.h3 Nh6 18.Nd2 g5 =-=(25) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2671 -- Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2664, Bled (Slovenia) 2002; 14.Bf1 Kh8 15.Nb5 Nf6 16.g3 Neg8 17.Nh4 Ng4 18.Bg2 f5 =-=(39) Averkin Orest N (RUS) 2405 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2600, Krasnodar (Russia) 1998; 13.Nd2 Nf4 14.Bf1 h5 15.Nb5 Ra6 16.Ra3 h4 17.Nf3 Bg4 18.h3 Bh5 0-1(71) Salov Valery (RUS) 2670 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2665, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1998; 13...Nf6 14.Nb3 Ra6 15.Qc2 Nd7 16.Nb5 f5 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Bd3 f4 0-1(42) Golod Vitali (ISR) 2554 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2669, Internet 2004; 13.Nb5 Ra6 14.Ra3 Nf6 15.Nd2 Bh6 16.Bf3 Ne8 17.g3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 0-1(50) Bakre Tejas (IND) 2464 -- Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) 2664, Raipur (India) 2002; 12...f5 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Ba3 b6 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bb4 Ra8 17.Nf3 Ng6 18.a5 Bh6 =-=(35) Harikrishna P (IND) 2612 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2619, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2004; 12...b6 13.Ba3 Nf4 14.Bf1 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 f5 17.Qd1 Qd7 18.Bb4 Raa8 1-0(59) Khalifman Alexander (RUS) 2655 -- Klundt Klaus (GER) 2360, Bad Wiessee (Germany) 1997; 12...Nf4 13.Bf1 c5 14.Nb5 Ra6 15.Ra3 h6 16.Nd2 g5 17.g3 Nfg6 18.Be2 f5 1-0(37) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2565 -- Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (GEO) 2430, Lucerne (Switzerland) 1997.
    12.Rb1 b6 13.Nd2 Nf4 14.Bf1 f5 15.g3 Nh5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Rb5 Rxb5 18.cxb5 Nf6 =-=(22) Timman Jan H (NED) 2625 -- Piket Jeroen (NED) 2630, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1997.
    12.Bf1 c5 13.Nd2 Nf4 14.a4 Kh8 15.Ra3 Ng8 16.Nb5 Nh6 17.Nf3 Ra6 18.Bxf4 exf4 =-=(37) Golod Vitali (ISR) 2554 -- Avrukh Boris (ISR) 2614, Ramat Aviv (Israel) 2004.

  62. 14.c5 dxc5 15.Nc4 Bd7 16.Rb1 b6 17.a4 Nc8 18.a5 bxa5 =-=(78) Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 2738 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2666, Foros (Ukraine) 2006.

  63. 14...Nh5 15.c5 dxc5 16.Nc4 b6 17.a5 Nf6 18.Bg5 Bb7 1-0(34) Iskusnyh Sergei (RUS) 2463 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2636, Sochi (Russia) 2007.

  64. 15.Ra3 fxe4 16.Ndxe4 b6 17.Nb5 Kh8 18.g3 Nh5 1-0(47) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2729, Dortmund (Germany) 2005; 1-0(47) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2729, Dortmund (Germany) 2005.

  65. 18.d6 cxd6 =-=(33) Dorfman Josif D (FRA) 2603 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2683, France 2005; =-=(33) Dorfman Josif D (FRA) 2603 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2683, France 2005; =-=(33) Dorfman Josif D (FRA) 2603 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2683, France 2005; =-=(33) Dorfman Josif D (FRA) 2603 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2683, France 2005.

  66. 14.Rb1 f5 15.g3 Nh5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Nde4 Nd4 18.Bg2 Nf6 0-1(53) Lobron Eric (GER) 2585 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2665, Dortmund (Germany) 1996; 14...Ra6 15.Rb3 h6 16.g3 Nh5 17.Be2 Nf6 18.Nf3 Nh7 1-0(33) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2580 -- Christensen Tobias (DEN) 2400, Copenhagen (Denmark) 1996.
    14.Nb3 Ra6 15.a4 Kh8 16.a5 f5 17.g3 Nh5 18.exf5 Nxf5 1-0(59) Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) 2625 -- Nunn John D M (ENG) 2620, Leon (Spain) 1997.

  67. 14...Nh5 15.Ra3 Nf6 16.Nb5 Ne8 17.Bb2 f5 18.f4 exf4 1-0(39) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2714 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2599, Leon (Spain) 2001; 16...Ra6 17.g3 Nd7 18.Nf3 h6 0-1(40) Goloshchapov Alexander (UKR) 2552 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2659, Fuegen (Austria) 2006; 15...Kh8 16.Nb5 Ra6 17.g3 Ng8 18.Bb2 Nhf6 =-=(45) Ionov Sergey (RUS) 2544 -- Dolmatov Sergey (RUS) 2578, Elista (Russia) 2001; 15.Nb3 Ra6 16.Bd2 Nf6 17.a5 Nd7 18.Na4 f5 =-=(43) Chuprov Dmitry (RUS) 2424 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2646, Smolensk (Russia) 2000.
    14...Kh8 15.Ra3 Ng8 16.Nb5 Nh6 17.Nf3 f6 18.Bxf4 exf4 =-=(44) Sargissian Gabriel (ARM) 2577 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2579, Moscow (Russia) 2002; 1-0(52) Dorfman Josif D (FRA) 2596 -- Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2669, France 2004; 17...Ra6 18.Bxf4 exf4 1-0(56) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2629 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2619, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2004.

  68. 15...Nh5 16.Nb5 Nf6 17.g3 Nd7 18.Bb2 f5 1-0(35) Xu Jun (CHN) 2668 -- Magai Vladimir (KGZ) 2546, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000.
    15...h6 16.Nb5 Kh8 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bb2 Bd7 1-0(36) Milov Vadim (SUI) 2635 -- Gofshtein Zvulon (ISR) 2545, Israel 1997.
    15...Kh8 16.Nb5 Ng8 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bg2 Bh6 1-0(45) Portisch Lajos (HUN) 2610 -- Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (GEO) 2430, Copenhagen (Denmark) 1997.
    15...Bd7 16.Nb5 Qc8 17.Bb2 g5 18.Kh1 Neg6 =-=(34) Zagorskis Darius (LTU) 2510 -- Safin Shukhrat (UZB) 2500, Elista (Russia) 1998.

  69. 18.Be3 f5 1-0(28) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2628 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2611, Sibenik (Croatia) 2005; 1-0(28) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2628 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2611, Sibenik (Croatia) 2005.

  70. 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.c5 Kh8 13.f3 f4 14.Nc4 g5 15.Ba3 Ng6 16.b5 dxc5 17.Bxc5 Rg8 18.d6 Be6 0-1(44) Kobalia Mikhail (RUS) 2603 -- Miroshnichenko Evgenij (UKR) 2545, Ohrid (Macedonia) 2001; 16...Ne8 17.b6 axb6 18.cxb6 Rf6 0-1(35) Zlochevskij Alexander (RUS) 2463 -- Miroshnichenko Evgenij (UKR) 2545, Ohrid (Macedonia) 2001; 13...Neg8 14.Nc4 Nh6 15.a4 fxe4 16.fxe4 Nfg4 17.Bxh6 Nxh6 18.Rc1 Rf4 1-0(42) Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2625 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2540, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996; 18.Qd3 Nf7 =-=(31) Zhu Chen (CHN) 2515 -- Xie Jun (CHN) 2495, Beijing (China) 1997; 12...Bh6 13.Bd3 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxc1 16.Rxc1 Nf5 17.Qd2 Nd4 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ =-=(21) Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2675 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1998; 12.f3 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nb3 fxe4 16.fxe4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Bg4 18.Qd3 Nh5 0-1(22) Simutowe Amon (ZAM) 2428 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2698, Moscow (Russia) 2001.
    11.c5 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Rxf4 14.Nfd2 dxc5 15.Bc4 Nxd5 16.Nb3 c6 17.Nbxc5 Kh8 18.b5 Rf8 =-=(51) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2765 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2665, Novgorod (Russia) 1996; 15...Kh8 16.Nxc5 Nxd5 17.Nde4 c6 18.b5 Bg4 =-=(22) Lalic Bogdan (ENG) 2600 -- Oll Lembit (EST) 2630, Szeged (Hungary) 1997; 11...Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Bd7 17.Bd3 Ng8 18.cxd6 cxd6 =-=(45) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2765 -- Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2750, Novgorod (Russia) 1996; 12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nd2 h6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.cxd6 cxd6 =-=(60) Zontakh Andrey (UKR) 2540 -- Relange Eloi (FRA) 2490, Sabac (Yugoslavia) 1998.

  71. 11...Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 fxe4 17.Bf1 e3 18.fxe3 fxe3 =-=(31) L'Ami Erwin (NED) 2550 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2573, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2006; =-=(31) L'Ami Erwin (NED) 2550 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2573, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2006; 1-0(36) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2700, Tilburg (Netherlands) 1997; 18...a5 =-=(36) Browne Walter S (USA) 2530 -- Fedorowicz John P (USA) 2510, Chandler (USA) 1997; 17.Bg4 Nc6 18.Rxe4 Ne5 =-=(46) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2780 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720, Monaco 1998; 17...h5 18.Bh3 c6 1-0(55) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2545 -- Lanka Zigurds (LAT) 2565, Germany 1997; 13...fxe4 14.Ncxe4 Nf5 15.Bg4 Nd4 16.Bxc8 Qxc8 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qf5 1-0(36) Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2570 -- Koutsin Sergey (UKR) 2440, Kharkov (Ukraine) 1997; 15.c5 Nd4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Rf5 0-1(28) Dumitrache Dragos-Nicolae (ROM) 2495 -- Kupreichik Viktor D (BLR) 2510, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996; 13...Bh6 14.h4 Kh8 15.c5 a6 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Bf3 Ng8 18.Ne6 Bxe6 0-1(30) Stohl Igor (SVK) 2578 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2677, Pula (Croatia) 2000; 14...fxe4 15.Ncxe4 Nf5 16.Bg4 a5 17.b5 f3 18.Bxf5 gxf5 0-1(28) Bratanov Zsivko (BUL) 2448 -- Spasov Vasil (BUL) 2534, Sofia (Bulgaria) 2004; 13...Kh8 14.Bf3 Be5 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 c6 17.b5 Rf6 18.exf5 gxf5 =-=(35) Stohl Igor (SVK) 2540 -- Kupreichik Viktor D (BLR) 2505, Germany 1998; 13...Be5 14.Bf3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf5 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 c6 18.b5 Qf6 =-=(32) Teske Henrik (GER) 2531 -- Kupreichik Viktor D (BLR) 2490, Graz (Austria) 2002; 13...a5 14.b5 Bf6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 fxe4 18.Bg4 e3 =-=(36) Zhu Chen (CHN) 2480 -- Xie Jun (CHN) 2510, Beijing (China) 1998.
    11...Bf6 12.Bf3 c6 =-= Korobov Anton (UKR) 2509 -- Miroshnichenko Evgenij (UKR) 2538, Alushta (Ukraine) 2002.
    =-= Polak Tomas (CZE) 2525 -- Shulman Yuri (USA) 2520, Ostrava (Czech Republic) 1998.

  72. 12.c5 h6 13.Nf3 fxe4 14.Nd2 dxc5 15.Bc4 Kh7 16.bxc5 Nfxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxe4 Nb4 1-0(70) Burmakin Vladimir (RUS) 2575 -- Al Sayed Mohamad N (QAT) 2431, Oberwart (Austria) 2002.

  73. 12...Ne8 13.c5 a5 14.cxd6 Qxd6 15.Nb5 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Nd6 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nxd6 cxd6 1-0(32) Khalifman Alexander (RUS) 2702 -- Peng Xiaomin (CHN) 2607, Shanghai (China) 2001; 13.Kh1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8 16.c5 Qxe6 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Qa4 a6 0-1(39) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2620 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2665, Geneva (Switzerland) 1996.
    12...a5 13.b5 c6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Rb1 cxd5 16.cxd5 h6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Qc8 1-0(30) Eingorn Vereslav S (UKR) 2601 -- Golubev Mihail (UKR) 2530, Odessa (Ukraine) 2001.

  74. 14...c6 15.Kh1 Qc7 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Qb3 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Kh7 1-0(69) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2620 -- Nemet Ivan (SUI) 2415, Biel (Switzerland) 1996.

  75. 18.Bh3 d5 =-=(40) Notkin Maksim (RUS) 2535 -- Nevednichy Vladislav (ROM) 2530, Bucharest (Romania) 1997.

  76. 13.c5 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 d5 16.exd5 Nfxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qb3 Qxb3 =-=(42) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2616 -- Volokitin Andrei (UKR) 2645, Germany 2007; 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 =-=(38) Rechlis Gad (ISR) 2515 -- Avrukh Boris (ISR) 2614, Israel 2003; 13...dxc5 14.bxc5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Qd4+ 17.Qxd4 exd4 18.Nb5 fxe4 0-1(70) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2602 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2667, Moscow (Russia) 2005; 0-1(70) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2602 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2667, Moscow (Russia) 2005.
    13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 fxe4 15.fxe4 Nc6 16.Nd5 Nxe4 17.Bf3 Nf6 18.b5 Nxd5 1-0(40) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2648 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2704, Khanty Mansyisk (Russia) 2005; 1-0(40) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2648 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2704, Khanty Mansyisk (Russia) 2005; 14...Nh5 15.c5 Nf4 16.Bc4 fxe4 17.Rxe4 Nf5 18.Bxf4 exf4 0-1(74) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2683 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2729, Monte Carlo (Monaco) 2007.
    13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.fxe4 Nc6 17.Nd5 Ng8 18.Bd3 Nd4 0-1(38) Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 2710 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2003; 13...Nh5 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bc4 fxe4 16.Ngxe4 Nf5 17.g3 Nh3+ 18.Kg2 Nd4 1-0(36) Landa Konstantin (RUS) 2608 -- Chevelevitch Evgueni (GER) 2422, Hamburg (Germany) 2007.
    13.a4 Ne8 14.c5 a5 15.bxa5 dxc5 16.a6 bxa6 17.Be3 Qd6 18.Bc4 Rb8 =-=(49) Shneider Aleksandr (UKR) 2506 -- Volokitin Andrei (UKR) 2566, Alushta (Ukraine) 2001.
    13.Kh1 Nh5 14.Bf1 f4 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Bf6 17.Qd2 Ng7 18.Ba3 Nxe6 1-0(35) Ramirez Alejandro (CRC) 2519 -- Matamoros Franco Carlos S (ECU) 2513, Guayaquil (Ecuador) 2003.

  77. 13...Bh6 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxh6 f4 16.g4 Neg8 17.Bg5 h5 18.gxh5 Rh7 1-0(43) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2613 -- Acs Peter (HUN) 2521, Budapest (Hungary) 2004; 16.c5 Neg8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Rg7 0-1(51) Pogorelov Ruslan (UKR) 2439 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2565, Reykjavik (Iceland) 2004.
    13...Neg8 14.c5 Bh6 15.exf5 gxf5 16.f4 Ng4 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Nce4 Bf5 1-0(27) Piket Jeroen (NED) 2625 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2635, Aruba (Netherlands) 1995.

  78. 14.c5 f4 15.Bf2 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Qxg5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rc1 Be6 0-1(33) Korobov Anton (UKR) 2467 -- Volokitin Andrei (UKR) 2566, Kharkov (Ukraine) 2001.

  79. 18.cxd6 Nxd6 1-0(23) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) 2719, Monaco 2000.

  80. 13.g3 f4 14.g4 Bf6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Ng7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 =-=(76) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2571 -- Efimenko Zahar (UKR) 2590, Alushta (Ukraine) 2002; 17...Kh8 18.Bc4 Nc6 0-1(42) Bakre Tejas (IND) 2464 -- Kuzmin Alexey (RUS) 2576, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2002; 13...Bf6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 f4 16.g4 Ng7 17.Qb3 Nc6 18.c5 Kh8 0-1(26) Quinn Mark (IRL) 2387 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2706, Leon (Spain) 2001; 13...c6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qb6+ 16.c5 Qxb4 17.cxd6 Qxc3 18.dxe7 Qc5+ 1-0(39) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2545 -- Jenni Florian (SUI) 2487, Zug (Switzerland) 2001.
    13.Kh1 f4 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Bf6 16.c5 Bh4 17.Bc4 dxc5 18.Nd5 c6 0-1(35) Sargissian Gabriel (ARM) 2519 -- Baklan Vladimir (UKR) 2590, Ohrid (Macedonia) 2001.
    13.Be3 Nf4 14.g3 Nxe2+ 15.Rxe2 f4 16.gxf4 exf4 17.Bd4 Nf5 18.exf5 Qxg5+ =-=(36) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2585 -- Uhlmann Wolfgang (GER) 2446, Austria 2002.

  81. 13...Kh8 14.Bc4 Nf4 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.fxe4 Nc6 18.Be3 Nd4 =-=(51) Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 2620 -- Al-Modiahki Mohamad (QAT) 2577, Southampton (Bermuda) 2003.

  82. 14.Qb3 fxe4 15.fxe4 Kh8 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Nf7+ Rxf7 =-=(41) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2624 -- Smirin Ilia (ISR) 2664, Biel (Switzerland) 2002; 14...Kh8 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Rad1 fxe4 17.fxe4 Nf5 18.exf5 Qxg5 =-=(35) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2613 -- Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2546, Nagykanizsa (Hungary) 2003.

  83. 14...a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Nb5 Qf6 =-=(24) Goloshchapov Alexander (UKR) 2550 -- Golubev Mihail (UKR) 2530, Ordzhonikidze (Ukraine) 2001.

  84. 15.g3 h6 16.Ne6 Nxe6 17.dxe6 Nc6 18.cxd6 cxd6 =-=(29) Najer Evgeniy (RUS) 2585 -- Voitsekhovsky Stanislav (RUS) 2527, St. Petersburg (Russia) 2002; =-= Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2719 -- Baklan Vladimir (UKR) 2590, Moscow (Russia) 2001.
    15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.fxe4 Nc6 18.Be3 Nd4 =-=(37) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2572 -- Efimenko Zahar (UKR) 2523, Lausanne (Switzerland) 2001.

  85. 15...a6 16.Kh1 h6 17.Ne6 Nxe6 18.dxe6 Nc6 1-0(32) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2715 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2003.
    15...fxe4 16.fxe4 Nexd5 17.Nxd5 Qxg5 18.Nxf4 exf4 =-=(46) Zhu Chen (CHN) 2494 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2649, Ji Nan (China) 2003.

  86. 18.Nxf4 exf4 0-1(41) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2687 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2532, Maastricht (Netherlands) 2005; 0-1(41) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2687 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2532, Maastricht (Netherlands) 2005.

  87. 13.Be3 Bh6 14.h4 cxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 16.Qd2 f4 17.Bf2 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Nh5 1-0(50) Xu Jun (CHN) 2626 -- Safin Shukhrat (UZB) 2529, Bled (Slovenia) 2002; =-=(38) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2714 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2565, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 2001; 15...f4 16.Bf2 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Nh5 18.Rc1 Ng3 1-0(69) Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2567 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2565, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2001; 15...Nh5 16.Rc1 Ng3 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Bb5 Bxb5 1-0(29) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2550 -- Volokitin Andrei (UKR) 2566, Cappelle la Grande (France) 2001; 15.exd5 f4 16.Bf2 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Nh5 18.c5 Nf5 0-1(30) Bosboom Manuel (NED) 2430 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2605, Hoogeveen (Netherlands) 1997; 14.Bd2 cxd5 15.cxd5 fxe4 16.fxe4 Qb6+ =-= Panno Oscar (ARG) 2510 -- Ricardi Pablo (ARG) 2545, Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1995; 14...f4 15.Nh3 g5 16.Nf2 Kh8 17.a4 Rg8 18.a5 cxd5 1-0(54) Lobron Eric (GER) 2585 -- Barcenilla Rogelio (PHI) 2450, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996; 14...Kg7 15.Qb3 Nh5 16.Rad1 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 0-1(43) Pogorelov Ruslan (UKR) 2440 -- Avrukh Boris (ISR) 2550, Linares (Spain) 1997; 14.c5 f4 15.cxd6 fxe3 16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.d6 Qd8 18.Bc4+ Kg7 1-0(50) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2719 -- Balcerak Jakob (GER) 2415, Germany 2001; 13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc7 16.Rb1 Rfd8 17.b5 Qc8 18.bxc6 bxc6 =-=(42) Komljenovic Davor (CRO) 2476 -- Kuzmin Alexey (RUS) 2579, Benasque (Spain) 1999; 16.Qb3 Qc8 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Rd2 Qxe6 1-0(42) Schenk Andreas (GER) 2494 -- Bellaiche Anthony (FRA) 2482, France 2003; 13...Ne8 14.c5 cxd5 15.exd5 e4 16.cxd6 Nxd6 17.Bd4 h6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 1-0(44) Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2555 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2641, Ohrid (Macedonia) 2001; 13...f4 14.Bf2 Ne8 15.c5 Bf6 16.cxd6 Bxg5 17.dxe7 Bxe7 18.Qb3 Kh8 1-0(50) Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 2620 -- Pupo Emilio (COL) 2375, Internet 2003.
    13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Ne8 16.b5 c5 17.Nd5 Nc7 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 =-=(57) Schlosser Philipp (GER) 2570 -- Polzin Rainer (GER) 2517, Austria 2003.
    =-= Lerner Konstantin Z (UKR) 2524 -- Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2491, Givataim (Israel) 2007.

  88. 13...Kh8 14.b5 c5 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Ne8 17.Nd5 Ng8 18.exf5 gxf5 1-0(39) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2653 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2641, Linares (Spain) 2001.
    13...cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Rc8 17.Nd5 fxe4 18.Nxf6+ Rxf6 1-0(38) Najer Evgeniy (RUS) 2585 -- Sivokho Sergey (RUS) 2494, St. Petersburg (Russia) 2002.
    13...Nh5 14.b5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 f4 17.bxc6 Nxc6 18.Nd5 Re8 0-1(48) Estremera Panos Sergio (ESP) 2398 -- Avrukh Boris (ISR) 2606, Andorra 2001.

  89. 15...Qc7 =-= Bunzmann Dimitrij (GER) 2484 -- Blehm Pawel (POL) 2510, Yerevan (Armenia) 2000.

  90. 18.exd5 cxd5 =-=(45) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2687 -- Kotronias Vasilios (GRE) 2578, Warsaw (Poland) 2005; 0-1(45) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Kotronias Vasilios (GRE) 2587, Goteborg (Sweden) 2005; 0-1(45) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Kotronias Vasilios (GRE) 2587, Goteborg (Sweden) 2005; =-=(24) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2584, Hilversum (Netherlands) 2006; 0-1(50) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2533, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 2005; 0-1(50) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2655 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2533, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) 2005; =-=(34) Mraz Miroslav (CZE) 2559 -- Spitz Patrick (FRA) 2548, corr. 2004; =-=(34) Mraz Miroslav (CZE) 2559 -- Spitz Patrick (FRA) 2548, corr. 2004; =-=(60) Mraz Miroslav (CZE) 2559 -- Tiemann H (GER) 2513, corr. 2004; =-=(60) Mraz Miroslav (CZE) 2559 -- Tiemann H (GER) 2513, corr. 2004; =-=(52) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2715 -- Polzin Rainer (GER) 2517, Rethymnon (Greece) 2003; =-=(45) Van Wely Loek (NED) 2687 -- Kotronias Vasilios (GRE) 2578, Warsaw (Poland) 2005; 1-0(61) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2729 -- Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2743, Dortmund (Germany) 2002.

  91. 12...Kh8 13.Bb2 a5 14.b5 Rb8 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Ne8 17.Qb3 c5 18.exf5 gxf5 1-0(44) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2765 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2665, Vienna (Austria) 1996; 13...Neg8 14.c5 Qe7 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Rad1 a6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 b6 1-0(36) Golod Vitali (ISR) 2555 -- Timoshenko Georgy (UKR) 2595, Vienna (Austria) 1998; 13...c6 14.Qb3 cxd5 15.cxd5 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 0-1(63) Greenfeld Alon (ISR) 2540 -- Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2535, Jerusalem (Israel) 1997; 13...Nfg8 14.c5 a5 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.b5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxg5 18.Nb6 fxe4 =-=(80) Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS) 2410 -- Rogers Ian (AUS) 2593, Adelaide (Australia) 2004.
    12...h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 c6 15.Bb2 fxe4 16.Bxe4 d5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Bc2 Qd6 1-0(41) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2580 -- Hulak Krunoslav (CRO) 2545, Tucepi (Croatia) 1996; 16...Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Qg4 Kh7 1-0(61) Kiselev Sergey (RUS) 2500 -- Vajda Levente (ROM) 2480, Bucharest (Romania) 1998.
    12...Rb8 13.b5 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8 16.Nd5 Qxe6 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 1-0(59) Mikhalevski Victor (ISR) 2572 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2583, Montreal (Canada) 2005; 1-0(59) Mikhalevski Victor (ISR) 2572 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2583, Montreal (Canada) 2005.

  92. 13.Ngxe4 Nf5 14.Bg5 Nd4 15.Nb5 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bf5 17.Qb3 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Qd7 =-=(35) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2765 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2665, Vienna (Austria) 1996; 17.Nbc3 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 =-=(44) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2583 -- Golod Vitali (ISR) 2568, Vlissingen (Netherlands) 1999; 15.Be2 Bf5 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne2 Bh4 1-0(56) Karpov Anatoly (RUS) 2775 -- Yrjola Jouni (FIN) 2435, Helsinki (Finland) 1996; 15...a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Nb5 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Bf5 =-=(40) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2555 -- Stets Dmitry (UKR) 2435, Alushta (Ukraine) 1998.

  93. 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nd4 16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bh4 18.Qe2 Bf5 =-=(22) Topalov Veselin (BUL) 2750 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2665, Novgorod (Russia) 1996; 17...Bg7 18.Qe2 Bf5 =-=(39) Epishin Vladimir (GER) 2620 -- Danailov Silvio (BUL) 2455, Vienna (Austria) 1996.

  94. 14...a5 15.b5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 b6 17.g3 Bd7 18.Bg2 Qe7 =-=(26) Ionov Sergey (RUS) 2553 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2532, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1999.
    14...Nh4 15.Be2 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 a5 1-0(59) Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) 2625 -- Oblitas Carlomagno (PER) 2415, Peru 1997.

  95. 18.Bg2 g5 0-1(38) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2565 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2570, Lucerne (Switzerland) 1997.

  96. 13.Bb2 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(26) Varga Zoltan (HUN) 2515 -- Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2595, Tusnad (Romania) 2005; =-=(26) Varga Zoltan (HUN) 2515 -- Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2595, Tusnad (Romania) 2005; 1-0(66) Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2726 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Linares (Spain) 2004; 17...Nf5 18.b5 Rc8 =-=(24) Dautov Rustem (GER) 2615 -- Kindermann Stefan (AUT) 2536, Nussloch (Germany) 1996; 17.Bxe4 Nf5 18.b5 Qe8 1-0(53) Ionov Sergey (RUS) 2490 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2535, Budapest (Hungary) 1996; 16.Bxe4 d5 17.Bd3 e4 18.Bf1 Qb6 1-0(62) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2715 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Enghien les Bains (France) 2003; 16...Qb6 17.Qb3 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(52) Ivanov Sergey_ (RUS) 2550 -- Avrukh Boris (ISR) 2565, Beer-Sheva (Israel) 1998; 16...Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Qg4 Qe8 =-=(39) Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2575 -- Delchev Aleksander (BUL) 2525, Kastel Stari (Croatia) 1997; 15...Kh7 16.b5 fxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Ba3 Nxe4 =-=(37) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2545 -- Shulman Yuri (USA) 2510, Czech Republic 1997; 13...cxd5 14.exd5 Ne8 15.Qb3 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Nc7 =-=(57) Van der Sterren Paul (NED) 2555 -- Piket Jeroen (NED) 2630, Rotterdam (Netherlands) 1997; 14.cxd5 fxe4 15.Ngxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.a4 Nh4 18.Be2 Bf5 1-0(55) Sokolov Ivan (NED) 2670 -- Temirbaev Serik (KAZ) 2480, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996; 13...a6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(19) Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB) 2570 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2485, Linares (Spain) 1998.
    13.Ba3 cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.b5 Nxe4 =-=(34) Rashkovsky Nukhim N (RUS) 2508 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2574, Samara (Russia) 2000; 17...Nxe4 18.Nxe4 d5 =-=(34) Rashkovsky Nukhim N (RUS) 2505 -- Jenni Florian (SUI) 2487, Biel (Switzerland) 2001; 16...Rc8 17.Qb3 d5 18.Rad1 d4 =-=(25) Shariyazdanov Andrey (RUS) 2583 -- Cebalo Miso (CRO) 2520, Rabac (Croatia) 2003; 18.exd5 e4 =-=(58) Jedynak Radoslaw (POL) 2390 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2641, Panormo (Greece) 2001; 14.exd5 e4 15.Be2 Nfxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxa1 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qd5+ Kg7 =-=(24) Portisch Lajos (HUN) 2525 -- Acs Peter (HUN) 2521, Rethymnon (Greece) 2003; 15...Nh5 16.Qd2 Nf4 17.Qxf4 Bxc3 18.Qh4 h5 =-=(40) Lautier Joel (FRA) 2670 -- Moriuchi Toshiyuki (JPN) 2301, Tokyo (Japan) 2002; 13...a6 14.Qb3 h6 15.c5 hxg5 16.b5 fxe4 17.cxd6 Nexd5 18.bxc6 bxc6 =-=(45) Lautier Joel (FRA) 2670 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2545, Cannes (France) 2002; 13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Bxe4 d5 17.b5 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 =-=(70) Astrom Robert (SWE) 2452 -- Shulman Yuri (USA) 2559, Goteborg (Sweden) 1999.
    13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bc2 Qd6 =-=(32) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2715 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 2003; 13...Kh8 14.b5 cxd5 15.cxd5 fxe4 16.Ncxe4 Nf5 17.Bg4 Ne8 18.Rb3 h6 1-0(33) Beliavsky Alexander G (SLO) 2660 -- Aagaard Jacob (DEN) 2431, Malme (Sweden)/Copenhagen 2004.

  97. 13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 1-0(52) Nielsen Peter Heine (DEN) 2640 -- Gladyszev Oleg (RUS) 2457, Thessaloniki (Greece) 2006; =-=(21) Volke Karsten (GER) 2477 -- Bromberger Stefan (GER) 2491, Austria 2005; =-=(21) Volke Karsten (GER) 2477 -- Bromberger Stefan (GER) 2491, Austria 2005; 15...Qa5 16.Bb2 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 d5 1-0(31) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2603 -- Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 2660, Biel (Switzerland) 2005; 1-0(31) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2603 -- Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 2660, Biel (Switzerland) 2005.

  98. 14...fxe4 15.Ngxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.Ba3 h5 18.Be2 Bh6 1-0(32) Najer Evgeniy (RUS) 2597 -- Shinkevich Vitaly (RUS) 2424, Bor (Russia) 2000.

  99. 16...Rc8 17.Qb3 d5 18.Nxd5 Nfxd5 =-=(31) Georgiev Kiril (MKD) 2661 -- Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 2630, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000; =-=(43) Xu Jun (CHN) 2589 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2649, Taiyuan (China) 2004; 17.Bb2 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 1-0(33) Nyback Tomi (FIN) 2571 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2533, Germany 2005; 1-0(33) Nyback Tomi (FIN) 2571 -- Stellwagen Daniel (NED) 2533, Germany 2005.

  100. 18.Bxe4 d5 =-=(49) Lautier Joel (FRA) 2682 -- Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) 2705, Calvia (Spain) 2004; =-=(29) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2624 -- Gallagher Joseph G (SUI) 2526, Germany 2002; =-=(37) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2582 -- Degraeve Jean-Marc (FRA) 2540, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000; =-=(28) Fressinet Laurent (FRA) 2588 -- Hebden Mark (ENG) 2567, Lausanne (Switzerland) 2001.

  101. 13...Kh8 14.Rd1 fxe4 15.Ncxe4 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nf5 17.Bb2 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nh4 0-1(44) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2671 -- Kasimdzhanov Rustam (UZB) 2676, Moscow (Russia) 2002; 14.b5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Bb2 Qe8 =-=(97) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2671 -- Hebden Mark (ENG) 2515, France 2002; 14.Ba3 fxe4 15.Ncxe4 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Nf5 18.Ne6 Bxe6 =-=(41) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2589 -- Prusikin Michael (GER) 2525, Switzerland 2003.
    13...cxd5 14.exd5 Kh8 15.Bb2 b6 16.Rad1 Ne8 17.c5 bxc5 18.bxc5 e4 1-0(26) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2589 -- Obodchuk Andrei (RUS) 2439, Poikovsky (Russia) 2003.

  102. 15...fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qc8 18.Rd1 Rd8 =-=(41) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2584 -- Reinderman Dimitri (NED) 2509, Warsaw (Poland) 2005; =-=(41) Babula Vlastimil (CZE) 2584 -- Reinderman Dimitri (NED) 2509, Warsaw (Poland) 2005; 16...Nf5 17.Be3 Nh4 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 0-1(34) Antic Dejan (SCG) 2518 -- Popovic Petar (SCG) 2500, Herceg Novi (Yugoslavia) 2000.
    15...Qc7 16.c5 fxe4 17.cxd6 Qxd6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 =-=(55) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2583 -- Jenni Florian (SUI) 2481, Lenzerheide (Switzerland) 2006.

  103. 16.c5 fxe4 17.cxd6 exf3 18.dxe7 Re8 =-=(65) Adianto Utut (INA) 2588 -- Kuzmin Alexey (RUS) 2539, Biel (Switzerland) 2003; =-=(25) Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) 2605 -- Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (MGL) 2466, Los Angeles (USA) 2003; 0-1(38) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2589 -- Inarkiev Ernesto (RUS) 2604, Istanbul (Turkey) 2003.
    16.Ba3 Qxe6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.b5 Kh7 =-=(35) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2643 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2667, Moscow (Russia) 2005; =-=(35) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2643 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2667, Moscow (Russia) 2005.
    16.b5 Qxe6 17.Ba3 Kh7 18.Rad1 Rfd8 1-0(56) Eljanov Pavel (UKR) 2629 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2565, Calvia (Spain) 2004.

  104. 17.c5 fxe4 18.cxd6 exf3 0-1(39) Kallio Heikki (FIN) 2474 -- Kotronias Vasilios (CYP) 2573, Batumi (Georgia) 2002.

  105. 18.bxc6 Nxc6 0-1(41) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2718 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Tripoli (Libya) 2004; 18...bxc6 0-1(41) Pelletier Yannick (SUI) 2589 -- David Alberto (LUX) 2528, La Roche-sur-Yon (France) 2007.
    18.Ba3 Kh8 1-0(45) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2671 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2624, Bled (Slovenia) 2002.

  106. 13...cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 =-=(46) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2780 -- Shirov Alexei (ESP) 2720, Linares (Spain) 1998; =-=(41) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2595 -- Baklan Vladimir (UKR) 2584, Tusnad (Romania) 2005; =-=(41) Gyimesi Zoltan (HUN) 2595 -- Baklan Vladimir (UKR) 2584, Tusnad (Romania) 2005; =-=(24) Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2624 -- Moreno Ruiz Javier (ESP) 2436, Pamplona (Spain) 2002; 0-1(55) Malakhatko Vadim (UKR) 2537 -- Sivokho Sergey (RUS) 2434, Polanica Zdroj (Poland) 1999; 0-1(39) Savchenko Stanislav (UKR) 2579 -- Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 2630, Alushta (Ukraine) 2000; =-=(28) Xu Jun (CHN) 2668 -- Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR) 2630, Shenyang (China) 2000; =-=(30) Xu Jun (CHN) 2654 -- Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 2681, Shanghai (China) 2001; 1-0(38) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Polgar Judit (HUN) 2670, Linares (Spain) 1997.
    13...Kh8 14.b5 cxd5 15.cxd5 fxe4 16.Ngxe4 Nf5 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Nxe3 =-=(27) Delchev Aleksander (BUL) 2634 -- Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) 2731, Leon (Spain) 2001; 18...Bh4 0-1(56) Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2526 -- Avrukh Boris (ISR) 2606, Tel Aviv (Israel) 2001; 15.exd5 Ne8 16.Rc1 h6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 e4 =-=(32) Greenfeld Alon (ISR) 2538 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2504, Biel (Switzerland) 1999; 14...cxb5 15.cxb5 fxe4 16.Ngxe4 Nf5 17.a4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe3 1-0(60) Bareev Evgeny (RUS) 2698 -- Cvitan Ognjen (CRO) 2511, Bihac (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 1999; 14.Qb3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qc8 =-=(30) Schandorff Lars (DEN) 2520 -- Blehm Pawel (POL) 2510, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000; 1-0(58) Zontakh Andrey (UKR) 2540 -- Shulman Yuri (USA) 2520, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1998; 16...Qc8 17.c5 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 0-1(35) San Segundo Carrillo Pablo (ESP) 2500 -- Piket Jeroen (NED) 2649, Mondariz (Spain) 2000; 14.a4 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(65) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) 2592 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2504, Bermuda 1999; 14...Ne8 15.b5 h6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Nc7 18.c5 d5 =-= Tukmakov Vladimir B (UKR) 2557 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2504, Koszalin (Poland) 1999.
    13...f4 14.Bc1 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Nc8 17.b5 Qe8 18.bxc6 bxc6 =-=(66) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Gelfand Boris (ISR) 2695, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1997; 17.c5 Qe7 18.Qb3 Re8 =-=(41) Iskusnyh Sergei (RUS) 2455 -- Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2600, St. Petersburg (Russia) 1997; 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.c5 Re8 =-=(47) Zhu Chen (CHN) 2497 -- Wang Pin (CHN) 2498, Suzhou/Jiangsu (China) 2001; 16...Qc7 17.b5 Rfd8 18.Ba3 Qc8 =-=(24) Golod Vitali (ISR) 2555 -- Kantsler Boris (ISR) 2535, Givatayim (Israel) 1998.
    13...a5 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.Qb3 cxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7 17.a4 Rfc8 18.Rac1 h6 =-=(32) Toro Guillermo (CHI) 2636 -- Piccardo Vittorio (ITA) 2574, corr. 2004; =-=(32) Toro Guillermo (CHI) 2636 -- Piccardo Vittorio (ITA) 2574, corr. 2004; 16...h6 17.a4 b5 18.Ne6 Bxe6 1-0(55) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2780 -- Piket Jeroen (NED) 2605, Monaco 1998.

  107. 15...g5 16.h3 f4 17.Bc1 Ng6 18.c5 dxc5 =-=(66) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2770 -- Piket Jeroen (NED) 2630, Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1997; 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Qd3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Qe7 1-0(29) Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 2780 -- Nijboer Friso (NED) 2525, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1998.
    15...Kh7 16.b5 fxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Nxf6+ =-= Lalic Bogdan (ENG) 2515 -- Kotronias Vasilios (CYP) 2599, Hastings (England) 2005; =-= Lalic Bogdan (ENG) 2515 -- Kotronias Vasilios (CYP) 2599, Hastings (England) 2005.
    15...Nxe4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 =-=(30) Shariyazdanov Andrey (RUS) 2588 -- Iskusnyh Sergei (RUS) 2493, Tula (Russia) 1999.

  108. 18.cxd5 cxd5 1-0(41) Ibraev Nurlan (KAZ) 2508 -- Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE) 2674, Khanty Mansyisk (Russia) 2005; 1-0(41) Ibraev Nurlan (KAZ) 2508 -- Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE) 2674, Khanty Mansyisk (Russia) 2005; =-=(28) Iskusnyh Sergei (RUS) 2493 -- Motylev Alexander (RUS) 2532, Moscow (Russia) 1999; 0-1(39) Malakhatko Vadim (UKR) 2564 -- Jenni Florian (SUI) 2440, Istanbul (Turkey) 2000; 1-0(47) Gligoric Svetozar (SCG) 2495 -- Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2485, Cannes (France) 1998; =-=(43) Mikhalevski Victor (ISR) 2532 -- David Alberto (LUX) 2487, Vlissingen (Netherlands) 2000; 1-0(38) Sherbakov Ruslan (RUS) 2541 -- Iskusnyh Sergei (RUS) 2493, Tula (Russia) 1999; =-=(22) Nyback Tomi (FIN) 2554 -- Radjabov Teimour (AZE) 2663, Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 2003.