Chess: Understanding Petroff's Defense Part I
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4 d5
6 Bd3 Nc6 7 O-O Be7 8 c4 Nb4 9 Be2 O-O 10 Nc3
10 ... Be6 Line
What's the game plan for White?
What's the game plan for Black?
1 e4
1 ... e5
2 Nf3
2 ... Nf6
3 Nxe5
3 d4
3 Nc3
3 d3
3 Bc4
3 Qe2
3 a3
3 ... d6
3 ... Qe7
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 O-O O-O-O 10 Nc3 Nxe5 11 Be3 Bxb5 12 Nxb5 a6
13 Rad1 Re8.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 Qb4 10 Bc4 O-O-O 11 a3 Qa5 12 Bxf7 Nxe5
13 b4 Bxb4 14 Qxb4 Qxb4 15 axb4 Nxf7 16 Rxa7.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 O-O-O 10 Bf4 g5 11 Bg3 Bg7 12 O-O-O.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 Nxe5 10 Nd5 Qd6 11 Bf4.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 Qxe5 10 Bxc6.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Nc3 Qxe5 9 Qxe5+ Nxe5 10 Bf4 Bd6 11 Bg3 Bd7 12 O-O-O O-O-O
13 Ne4 Bc6 14 Nxd6+ cxd6 15 f3.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 Nc6/ 6 ... f6/ 6 ... Nd7.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 d5/ 4 ... Nf6.
3 ... Nxe4 4 d4.
4 Nf3
4 Nc4
4 Nxf7
4 Nd3
4 ... Nxe4
5 d4
5 Qe2
5 c4
5 d3
5 Bd3
5 Nc3
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Bf6 14 Bd3 Be6
15 h4 c5 16 Bg5 h6 17 d5 Bd7 18 Bf4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Bf6 14 Bd3 Be6
15 g4 Bd5 16 Rhf1 Qe7 17 Rde1 Bh4 18 Re2.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 c6 14 Bd3 Be6 15 Kb1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Bg5 13 f4 Bf6 14 Nf3 b6/Nc5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Bg5 13 Nxe6 Bxe3 14 Nxd8 Bxd2+
15 Kxd2 Rxd8 16 Bd3 Bd7 17 Rhe1 Re8 18 Rxe8+ Rxe8.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Bg5 13 Bxg5 Qxg5 14 Qxg5 Nxg5
15 Nb5 Ne6 16 Re1 Bd7 17 Rxe6 Bxb5 18 Rxe8+ Bxe8.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Bf6 14 Bd3 Be6
15 g4/h4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 c6 14 Bd3 Be6 15 Kb1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 h4 Nxf4 13 Qxf4 d5 14 Nf5 Bf6 15 Bd3 Be5 16 Qd2.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Ne6 11 Be3 Nxd4 12 cxd4 c6 13 Bd3/d5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Ne6 11 Be3 Nxd4 12 cxd4 Bf5 13 f3 Re8 14 g4 Bg6
15 Kb1 Bh4 16 Bf2 h6 17 f4 Be4 18 Rg1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Bf6 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Re8 14 Bd3 Be6
15 g4/h4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Re8 11 Bc4 Be6 12 Bxe6 Nxe6 13 h4 Qd7 14 Kb1 Qb5
15 g4 Qc4 16 Rdg1 Nc5 17 g5 Ne4 18 Qd3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Re8 11 h4 Bg4 12 Be2 Qc8 13 Kb1 Ne4 14 Qe1 Bf6 15 h5 Qe6
16 h6 Nxf2 17 Qxf2 Qxe3 18 Qg3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Be6 11 Kb1 a6 12 Nd4 Bd7 13 f3 Re8 14 h4 Na4 15 Bg5 b5
16 Bd3 Nb6 17 Qf4 c5 18 Nf5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Be6 11 Kb1 Qc8 12 Nd4 Bd7 13 h4 Re8 14 f3 Bf8 15 g4 Ne6
16 h5 Nxd4 17 cxd4 Bc6 18 Rh3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h3 Re8 11 g4 Ne4 12 Qe1 Bf6 13 Be3 c6 14 Bd3 Qa5 15 Bxe4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h3 Re8 11 g4 Ne4 12 Qe1 Bf6 13 Be3 b6.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h3 Re8 11 Bc4 Be6 12 Bxe6 Nxe6 13 Be3 a5 14 h4 a4 15 a3 Qd7.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Kb1 Bf6 11 Be3 b6 12 Nd4 Bb7 13 f3 a6 14 h4 Re8 15 Rh3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Kb1 Bf6 11 Be3 Re8 12 Bc4 Be6 13 Bxe6 Rxe6 14 Nd4 Re8 15 f3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h4 c6 11 Bg5 d5 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Nd4 Ne4 14 Qe1 Qf6 15 f3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Re8
10 Bc4 Nb6 11 Bd3 Be6 12 Ng5/12 Kb1/12 h4/12 Rhe1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Re8
10 Nd4 Nc5 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3/12 h4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Re8
10 Bd3 Nc5 11 h3 Be6 12 Kb1 Qd7 13 Nd4 Nxd3 14 Qxd3 Bf6 15 f3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 O-O-O Bf6
10 Bd3 Ne5 11 Bxe5 dxe5 12 Qe3 Qe7 13 h4 Re8 14 Rde1 g6 15 h5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 Nc6 8 Qd2 Bg4/ 8 ... Be6.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 Nd7 8 Qd2 O-O/ 8 ... Nc5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Be3 O-O/ 7 ... Nc6/ 7 ... Nd7/7 ... d5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Qd4 O-O 8 Be3 Nc6 9 Qf4 Qd7
10 h3 Qf5 11 Qa4 Qa5 12 Qxa5 Nxa5 13 Nd4 a6 14 g4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Be2 O-O 8 O-O Nd7 9 c4 Nf6
10 Be3 Bf5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Nc6 7 Bf4/ 7 Be2/ 7 Be3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Nd7 7 Bf4 Be7 8 Qd2 O-O/ 8 ... Nc5.
5 ... d5
5 ... Be7
5 ... Bg4
5 ... Nf6
5 ... Qe7
6 Bd3
6 Ne5
6 h3
6 Be2
6 ... Nc6
6 ... Bd6
6 ... Be7
6 ... Bf5
6 ... Nd6
6 ... Bg4
7 O-O
7 Qe2
7 Nbd2
7 h3
7 ... Be7
7 ... Bg4
7 ... Bf5
8 c4
8 Re1
8 Nc3
8 Nbd2
8 c3
8 ... Nb4
3 ... Nf6
3 ... Bg4
3 ... O-O
3 ... Be6
9 Be2
9 cxd5
9 Re1
9 ... O-O
9 ... Be6
9 ... dxc4
9 ... Bg4
9 ... Bf5
10 Nc3
10 a3
10 Ne5
10 ... Be6
10 ... Bf5
10 ... b6
10 ... Bg4
By ChessCoach@care2.com
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
Courtesy of Chessgames.com
[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bf7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nh4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 25. Rxc5 Bxa2 26. h3 Bf7 27. Nf5 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Ra5 g6 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Ne6 h5 32. Nc5 Rb8 33. Nd7 Ra8 34. Nxf6 a6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Bxa6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Ne4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. f3 Bf1 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Nd2 Bd3 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ne4+ Kf7 45. Kg5 Bf1 46. g3 Be2
47. Nd2 Kg7 48. f4 Bd1 49. Nc4 1-0
[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Bermuda BER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qb3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 b6 20. Re2 Bd6 21. Rae1
Qd7 22. g3 Rae8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qd5 Qg8 28. Qb7 Qxa2 29. Qa8+ Qg8
30. Qxa7 h5 31. Qb7 Qe6 32. Qf3 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. h4 Be7 35. Qb7 Bd6 36. Qc6 Kf7 37. Nc4 Ke7 38. Ne3 Kf7 39. c4 f5 40. Qf3 Qe4 41. Qxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Wijk aan Zee Corus A"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bd2 c6
21. c4 Nb6 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. Nf5 Kf7 24. Kf1 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8
26. Ne3 g6 27. Ke2 f5 28. c5 Nd7 29. Nc4 Bg7 30. Ra4 Kf8 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. Na5 b6 33.cxb6 Nxb6 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Rd8 36. Nxc6 Rd7 37. Bb4+ Kf7 38. Bc5 Nd5 39. Kc4 Nf4 40. g3 Ne6 41. Ra2 1-0
[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 f5 14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 Bf6
17. Be3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rb1 b6
22. Nf3 Bf7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Bg8 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. d5 Na5
27. Re5 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Qc2 f4 30. Rd1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Re7 32. Bc2 Nb7 33. h3 a5 34. Nd4 Qf6 35. Qf3 Nd6 36. Qc3 Nb7
37. Qf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nd2 f5 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Bf3 Bg8 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Nb3 b6 20.Bf4 Ne7 21.Be5 c6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6
23.Nc1 Ng6 24.Nd3 h6 25.Ne5 Nh4 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.f3 c5 28.dxc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c6 14. a3 Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Ne2 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rb8 24. Qh3 Rb6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. f3 g5 27. fxe4 gxf4 28. exf5 Qg5 29. Rc8 Qg7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Nd7 Qg7 32. f6 Rxf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Qc3 Qg7 36. Re7 1-0
[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[EventDate "2002.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. h3 f5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5
17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 f4 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 c5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. f3 d3 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 dxe2 27. Rd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "David Marciano"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 c5 13.Be3 Rc8 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd5 18.Nf5 Be6 19.Qb1 g6 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.h4 b6
23.Ba6 Rcd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qe4 Ne5 26.Bd4 Bd5 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.Bxe5 fxe5 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Qd3 e4 31.Qd4 e3 32.fxe3 Rd7 33.Bc4 1-0
[Event "BGN Computer Qualifier"]
[Site "Cadaques ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[Black "Deep Fritz (Computer)"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "217"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc6 18. b4 d4 19. Qd2 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rfe1 Qd5
22. a4 a6 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. h4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Nd2 Bd3 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rc8 Kg6 29. Rc7 Nxb4 30. Rxb7 Nd5 31. Rc1 Nc3 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Nb3 Nxf2 34. Rcc7 Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Rxg7+ Kf5 37. Rxh7 Bc2 38. Nd2 Bxa4 39. h5 Rd8 40. Rhg7 Bc6 41. Rb1
a5 42. Nb3 Ke4 43. Nxa5 Bd5 44. h6 d3 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. h7 Rh8 47. Rb4+ Kc5 48. Rh4 Kb6 49. Nb3 Bxb3 50. Rb4+ Kc6 51. Rxb3 d2 52. Rc3+ Kd5 53. Ke2 Nc4 54. Rg8 Rxh7 55. Rd8+ Kc5 56. Rc8+ Kd5 57. R8xc4 Rh2 58. Rg4 d1=R 59. Kxd1 Rh1+ 60. Ke2 Ra1 61. Rg6 Ke4 62. Re3+ Kf5 63. Rg8 Kf4 64. Rf3+ Ke5 65. Re8+ Kd6 66. Rd3+ Kc6 67. Re6+ Kc5 68. Rxf6 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra8 70. Rc6+ Kb5 71. Rc5+ Kb4 72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Rd4+ Kc3 74. Rc5+ Kxd4 75. Rf5 Ra1 76. Kf4 Rf1+ 77. Kg5 Ra1 78. g4 Ke4 79. Rb5 Kd3 80. Kg6 Ra6+ 81. Kh5 Kc4 82. Rf5 Ra8 83. g5 Rh8+ 84. Kg4 Rg8 85. Rf6 Rd8 86. g6 Rd7 87. Rf5 Kd3 88. Rg5 Rd4+ 89. Kh5 Rd8 90. g7 Rg8 91. Kh6 Ke3 92. Kh7 Re8 93. g8=Q Rxg8 94. Kxg8 Kf4 95. Rd5 Ke4 96. Rd7 Ke3 97. Kf7 Kf4 98. Re7 Kf5 99. Re6 Kg4 100. Rf6 Kg5 101. Kg7 Kg4 102. Kg6 Kh3 103. Kf5 Kg3 104. Kg5 Kh2 105. Kf4 Kg2 106. Kg4 Kh1 107. Rf2 Kg1 108. Kg3 Kh1 109. Rf1# 1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Bf7 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bd2 c5 21. d5 b5 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Rfd1 Kg7 26. h3 Bf7 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd7 30. Nb2 Qd4 31. Re4 Qd5 32. Ra4 Qd7 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Qc1 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Rb8 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Nxd2 Rxb5 39. Kf1 f5 40. Nc4 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Bg7 42. a4 Rc1 43. Ne3 f4 44. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bc8 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Nf3 c5 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Re8 17.Rd1 Bf8 18.Be3 Rxc4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.a3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qd3 Re8 23.Bxa7 Rce4 24.Be3 f5 25.b4 Qh4 26.b5 d4 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Rxd4 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Qf6 30.Rdd1 f4 31.Bd4 Qe6 32.Qd3 f3 33.Be3 fxg2 34.a4 Qh3 35.Qc3 Rc8 36.Qd2 h6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bc8 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Nf3 c5 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Nxd5 Bd6 17.Nxb4 Ng3 18.Qd3 Nxf1 19.Nd5 Nxh2 20.Nxh2 Re1+ 21.Nf1 Qe8 22.Bf4 Rxa1 23.Bxd6 Qe1 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Nxc8 Rd1 26.Qf5 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 Qh1+ 28.Kg3 Rg1 29.Qd5 g5 30.Ne7 Qh4+ 31.Kf3 Qh5+ 32.Ke4 Qg4+ 33.Kd3 Qxd4+ 34.Qxd4 cxd4 35.g3 Rg2 36.Bc5 Rxf2 37.Bxd4 Rf3+ 38.Ke4 g4 39.Nf5 h5 40.b4 Ra3 41.Bxf6+ Kh7 42.b5 Rxa2 43.c5 Rc2 44.c6 bxc6 45.Nd4 Rf2 46.Be5 cxb5 47.Nxb5 a5 48.Nc3 Kg6 49.Bc7 Rf3 50.Bxa5 Rxg3 51.Ne2 Ra3 52.Nf4+ Kh6 53.Bd8 Ra4+ 54.Kf5 g3 55.Bg5+ Kh7 56.Bh4 g2 57.Nxg2 Rg4 58.Nf4 Rxh4 0-1
[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bxg4 13.Nxg4 dxc4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nd2 fxg4 16.Nxc4 c5 17.a3 Nc6 18.dxc5 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxc5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 h5 22.Rd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Qd6 17. f3 f5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4 Be5 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3 Rae8 26. Bf4 h6 27. Bd6 Rf6 28. Nf4 Qe4 29. Ne6 Rexe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Bh4 Re6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qc2 Bd4 36. Qxf5 Qxc4 37. Kh2 Qe2 38. Bg3 Qd1 39. Rf1 Qb3 40. Qe4 Qb5 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 1-0
[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "159"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Bd6 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5 21. b3 Rae8 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Qf5 h5 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Nb5 Rd7 35. Bf4 Re7 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. c5 g5 38. Bd6 Re3 39. c6 Kf7 40. Bb8 Nxb8 41. c7 Re8 42. cxb8=Q Rxb8 43. Rd1 f5 44. Rxd4 Kf6 45. Rc4 Ke5 46. Rc7 Kxd5 47. Rxa7 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ke4 49. Rd1 Rc3 50. a5 Rxb3 51. a6 Ra3 52. Rb1 f4 53. Rxb4+ Ke3 54. Rb1 Rxa6 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb2+ Kd3 57. gxf4 gxf4 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 f3+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rd2 63. Kg1 Ke3 64. Rb3+ Rd3 65. Rb1 Rd4 66. Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Rd1+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+ 70. Kh1 Re2 71. Kg1 Ke3 72. Re8+ Kd2 73. Ra8 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Ke3
75. Ra3+ Kf4 76. Ra4+ Kg5 77. Ra8 g3 78. hxg3 Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kh3 80. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22. Rb3 Ne8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd6 25. Rb3 Qf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qa1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Kf7 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. Rab1 h6 32. g3 g5 33. Ke3 g4 34. Kf2 Rae8 35. Rh1 Rb8
36. Rhb1 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 h5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. Kf2 Kc7 41. Ke3 Rb8 42. Rxb8 Kxb8 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kb6 45. Bd1 Ka5 46. Bb3 Nc8 47. Kd2 Nd6 48. Kc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. Rb1 a5 22. b3 Qf6 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 b6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bd2 Rf7 28. Rb3 Rfa7 29. Rfb1 Ra2 30. Qd1 h6 31. Rb8 Kh7 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qc2 Nd6 34. Rb3 Qe7 35. Bc1 Qc7 36. Kf1 Ra4 37. Ra3 Rxa3 38. Bxa3 Qa5 39. Bc1 Qa1 40. Kg2 g6 41. Bf1 h5 42. Be2 Ne8 43. h3 Nf6 44. Kh2 e3 45. Kg2 Qa5 46. Qd3 Qe1 47. Bxe3 Ne4 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Qf3 Nxg3 50. Bf1 Ne4 51. Bd3 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Kg7 54. Bxe4 fxe4 55. Qa3 Qd2+
56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Kg1 Qxf4 59. Qa7+ Kg8 60. Qxd4 Qg3+ 61. Kf1 Qxh3+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Ke3 Qf3+ 64. Kd2 e3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a3 Bxe5 13. axb4 Bf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be3 c6 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. b5 cxb5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c5 Qe7 21. Ra3 Bc6
22. d6 Qe5 23. b4 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rb1 Be5 27. f4 exf3 28. Bxf3 Rac8 29. Ra3 f6 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bf3 Bc6 32. Bg4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "12, Bugojno ;MCL 01"]
[Site "12, Bugojno ;MCL 01"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 c6 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. a3 Na6 16. Nc2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qa4 c5 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Qxa7
Nd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 exd3 24. Rxd3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Re3 Qd6 27. h3 f6 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 b5 30. Bb4 h5 31. Re7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. Bc3 Rc2 34. Bd4 Rd2 35. Rd7 Rd3 36. h4 Kh7 37. f3 Kg6 38. Rd8 Kf7 39. Bb6 Rxd8 40. Bxd8 Kg6 41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Ke3 Bb3 44. Bc7+ Kd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Bd3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Kh8 18.Qb3 Nd8 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 Ne6 22.Re5 Rg8 23.Bc4 Bf6 24.Re4 b5 25.Bb3 c5 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.Qxf4 Qxf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Hilversum 48/418"]
[Site "Hilversum 48/418"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxa2 14.Rc2 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 c6 17.Rb1 a5 18.Rxb7 a4 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nxc6 Qc8 21.Rb6 Ra6 22.c5 Rxb6
23.cxb6 Qb7 24.Na7 Qxb6 25.Nb5 Ra8 26.Bc1 Bf8 27.g3 g6 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Bd3 Qc8 30.Bb2 a3 31.Ba1 Qxc3 32.Nxc3 Rd8 33.Bc2 Bg7 34.Na2 Rc8 35.Bb3 Rb8 36.Bc2 Rc8 37.Bb3 Rb8 38.Bc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Manila"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 f5 12.a3 1/2-1/2
6 Bd3 Nc6 7 O-O Be7 8 c4 Nb4 9 Be2 O-O 10 Nc3
10 ... Be6 Line
What's the game plan for White?
What's the game plan for Black?
1 e4
1 ... e5
2 Nf3
2 ... Nf6
3 Nxe5
3 d4
3 Nc3
3 d3
3 Bc4
3 Qe2
3 a3
3 ... d6
3 ... Qe7
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 O-O O-O-O 10 Nc3 Nxe5 11 Be3 Bxb5 12 Nxb5 a6
13 Rad1 Re8.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 Qb4 10 Bc4 O-O-O 11 a3 Qa5 12 Bxf7 Nxe5
13 b4 Bxb4 14 Qxb4 Qxb4 15 axb4 Nxf7 16 Rxa7.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 O-O-O 10 Bf4 g5 11 Bg3 Bg7 12 O-O-O.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 Nxe5 10 Nd5 Qd6 11 Bf4.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Bb5 Bd7 9 Nc3 Qxe5 10 Bxc6.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 dxe5 7 dxe5 Nc6
8 Nc3 Qxe5 9 Qxe5+ Nxe5 10 Bf4 Bd6 11 Bg3 Bd7 12 O-O-O O-O-O
13 Ne4 Bc6 14 Nxd6+ cxd6 15 f3.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 Qe7 5 Qxe4 d6 6 d4 Nc6/ 6 ... f6/ 6 ... Nd7.
3 ... Nxe4 4 Qe2 d5/ 4 ... Nf6.
3 ... Nxe4 4 d4.
4 Nf3
4 Nc4
4 Nxf7
4 Nd3
4 ... Nxe4
5 d4
5 Qe2
5 c4
5 d3
5 Bd3
5 Nc3
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Bf6 14 Bd3 Be6
15 h4 c5 16 Bg5 h6 17 d5 Bd7 18 Bf4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Bf6 14 Bd3 Be6
15 g4 Bd5 16 Rhf1 Qe7 17 Rde1 Bh4 18 Re2.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 c6 14 Bd3 Be6 15 Kb1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Bg5 13 f4 Bf6 14 Nf3 b6/Nc5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Bg5 13 Nxe6 Bxe3 14 Nxd8 Bxd2+
15 Kxd2 Rxd8 16 Bd3 Bd7 17 Rhe1 Re8 18 Rxe8+ Rxe8.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Bg5 13 Bxg5 Qxg5 14 Qxg5 Nxg5
15 Nb5 Ne6 16 Re1 Bd7 17 Rxe6 Bxb5 18 Rxe8+ Bxe8.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Bf6 14 Bd3 Be6
15 g4/h4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 c6 14 Bd3 Be6 15 Kb1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Re8 11 f3 Ne6 12 h4 Nxf4 13 Qxf4 d5 14 Nf5 Bf6 15 Bd3 Be5 16 Qd2.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Ne6 11 Be3 Nxd4 12 cxd4 c6 13 Bd3/d5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Ne6 11 Be3 Nxd4 12 cxd4 Bf5 13 f3 Re8 14 g4 Bg6
15 Kb1 Bh4 16 Bf2 h6 17 f4 Be4 18 Rg1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Nd4 Bf6 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3 Nxd4 13 cxd4 Re8 14 Bd3 Be6
15 g4/h4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Re8 11 Bc4 Be6 12 Bxe6 Nxe6 13 h4 Qd7 14 Kb1 Qb5
15 g4 Qc4 16 Rdg1 Nc5 17 g5 Ne4 18 Qd3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Re8 11 h4 Bg4 12 Be2 Qc8 13 Kb1 Ne4 14 Qe1 Bf6 15 h5 Qe6
16 h6 Nxf2 17 Qxf2 Qxe3 18 Qg3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Be6 11 Kb1 a6 12 Nd4 Bd7 13 f3 Re8 14 h4 Na4 15 Bg5 b5
16 Bd3 Nb6 17 Qf4 c5 18 Nf5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Be3 Be6 11 Kb1 Qc8 12 Nd4 Bd7 13 h4 Re8 14 f3 Bf8 15 g4 Ne6
16 h5 Nxd4 17 cxd4 Bc6 18 Rh3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h3 Re8 11 g4 Ne4 12 Qe1 Bf6 13 Be3 c6 14 Bd3 Qa5 15 Bxe4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h3 Re8 11 g4 Ne4 12 Qe1 Bf6 13 Be3 b6.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h3 Re8 11 Bc4 Be6 12 Bxe6 Nxe6 13 Be3 a5 14 h4 a4 15 a3 Qd7.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Kb1 Bf6 11 Be3 b6 12 Nd4 Bb7 13 f3 a6 14 h4 Re8 15 Rh3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 Kb1 Bf6 11 Be3 Re8 12 Bc4 Be6 13 Bxe6 Rxe6 14 Nd4 Re8 15 f3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Nc5
10 h4 c6 11 Bg5 d5 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Nd4 Ne4 14 Qe1 Qf6 15 f3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Re8
10 Bc4 Nb6 11 Bd3 Be6 12 Ng5/12 Kb1/12 h4/12 Rhe1.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Re8
10 Nd4 Nc5 11 f3 Ne6 12 Be3/12 h4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nd7 9 O-O-O Re8
10 Bd3 Nc5 11 h3 Be6 12 Kb1 Qd7 13 Nd4 Nxd3 14 Qxd3 Bf6 15 f3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 O-O 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 O-O-O Bf6
10 Bd3 Ne5 11 Bxe5 dxe5 12 Qe3 Qe7 13 h4 Re8 14 Rde1 g6 15 h5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 Nc6 8 Qd2 Bg4/ 8 ... Be6.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Bf4 Nd7 8 Qd2 O-O/ 8 ... Nc5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Be3 O-O/ 7 ... Nc6/ 7 ... Nd7/7 ... d5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Qd4 O-O 8 Be3 Nc6 9 Qf4 Qd7
10 h3 Qf5 11 Qa4 Qa5 12 Qxa5 Nxa5 13 Nd4 a6 14 g4.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Be7 7 Be2 O-O 8 O-O Nd7 9 c4 Nf6
10 Be3 Bf5.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Nc6 7 Bf4/ 7 Be2/ 7 Be3.
5 Nc3 Nxc3 6 dxc3 Nd7 7 Bf4 Be7 8 Qd2 O-O/ 8 ... Nc5.
5 ... d5
5 ... Be7
5 ... Bg4
5 ... Nf6
5 ... Qe7
6 Bd3
6 Ne5
6 h3
6 Be2
6 ... Nc6
6 ... Bd6
6 ... Be7
6 ... Bf5
6 ... Nd6
6 ... Bg4
7 O-O
7 Qe2
7 Nbd2
7 h3
7 ... Be7
7 ... Bg4
7 ... Bf5
8 c4
8 Re1
8 Nc3
8 Nbd2
8 c3
8 ... Nb4
3 ... Nf6
3 ... Bg4
3 ... O-O
3 ... Be6
9 Be2
9 cxd5
9 Re1
9 ... O-O
9 ... Be6
9 ... dxc4
9 ... Bg4
9 ... Bf5
10 Nc3
10 a3
10 Ne5
10 ... Be6
10 ... Bf5
10 ... b6
10 ... Bg4
By ChessCoach@care2.com
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
Courtesy of Chessgames.com
[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bf7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nh4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 25. Rxc5 Bxa2 26. h3 Bf7 27. Nf5 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Ra5 g6 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Ne6 h5 32. Nc5 Rb8 33. Nd7 Ra8 34. Nxf6 a6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Bxa6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Ne4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. f3 Bf1 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Nd2 Bd3 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ne4+ Kf7 45. Kg5 Bf1 46. g3 Be2
47. Nd2 Kg7 48. f4 Bd1 49. Nc4 1-0
[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Bermuda BER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viorel Iordachescu"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qb3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 b6 20. Re2 Bd6 21. Rae1
Qd7 22. g3 Rae8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qd5 Qg8 28. Qb7 Qxa2 29. Qa8+ Qg8
30. Qxa7 h5 31. Qb7 Qe6 32. Qf3 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. h4 Be7 35. Qb7 Bd6 36. Qc6 Kf7 37. Nc4 Ke7 38. Ne3 Kf7 39. c4 f5 40. Qf3 Qe4 41. Qxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Wijk aan Zee Corus A"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bd2 c6
21. c4 Nb6 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. Nf5 Kf7 24. Kf1 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8
26. Ne3 g6 27. Ke2 f5 28. c5 Nd7 29. Nc4 Bg7 30. Ra4 Kf8 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. Na5 b6 33.cxb6 Nxb6 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Rd8 36. Nxc6 Rd7 37. Bb4+ Kf7 38. Bc5 Nd5 39. Kc4 Nf4 40. g3 Ne6 41. Ra2 1-0
[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 f5 14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 Bf6
17. Be3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rb1 b6
22. Nf3 Bf7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Bg8 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. d5 Na5
27. Re5 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Qc2 f4 30. Rd1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Re7 32. Bc2 Nb7 33. h3 a5 34. Nd4 Qf6 35. Qf3 Nd6 36. Qc3 Nb7
37. Qf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nd2 f5 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Bf3 Bg8 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Nb3 b6 20.Bf4 Ne7 21.Be5 c6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6
23.Nc1 Ng6 24.Nd3 h6 25.Ne5 Nh4 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.f3 c5 28.dxc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c6 14. a3 Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Ne2 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rb8 24. Qh3 Rb6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. f3 g5 27. fxe4 gxf4 28. exf5 Qg5 29. Rc8 Qg7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Nd7 Qg7 32. f6 Rxf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Qc3 Qg7 36. Re7 1-0
[Event "FIDE WCh KO Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[EventDate "2002.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. h3 f5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5
17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 f4 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 c5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. f3 d3 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 dxe2 27. Rd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "David Marciano"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 c5 13.Be3 Rc8 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd5 18.Nf5 Be6 19.Qb1 g6 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.h4 b6
23.Ba6 Rcd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qe4 Ne5 26.Bd4 Bd5 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.Bxe5 fxe5 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Qd3 e4 31.Qd4 e3 32.fxe3 Rd7 33.Bc4 1-0
[Event "BGN Computer Qualifier"]
[Site "Cadaques ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[Black "Deep Fritz (Computer)"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "217"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc6 18. b4 d4 19. Qd2 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rfe1 Qd5
22. a4 a6 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. h4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Nd2 Bd3 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rc8 Kg6 29. Rc7 Nxb4 30. Rxb7 Nd5 31. Rc1 Nc3 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Nb3 Nxf2 34. Rcc7 Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Rxg7+ Kf5 37. Rxh7 Bc2 38. Nd2 Bxa4 39. h5 Rd8 40. Rhg7 Bc6 41. Rb1
a5 42. Nb3 Ke4 43. Nxa5 Bd5 44. h6 d3 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. h7 Rh8 47. Rb4+ Kc5 48. Rh4 Kb6 49. Nb3 Bxb3 50. Rb4+ Kc6 51. Rxb3 d2 52. Rc3+ Kd5 53. Ke2 Nc4 54. Rg8 Rxh7 55. Rd8+ Kc5 56. Rc8+ Kd5 57. R8xc4 Rh2 58. Rg4 d1=R 59. Kxd1 Rh1+ 60. Ke2 Ra1 61. Rg6 Ke4 62. Re3+ Kf5 63. Rg8 Kf4 64. Rf3+ Ke5 65. Re8+ Kd6 66. Rd3+ Kc6 67. Re6+ Kc5 68. Rxf6 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra8 70. Rc6+ Kb5 71. Rc5+ Kb4 72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Rd4+ Kc3 74. Rc5+ Kxd4 75. Rf5 Ra1 76. Kf4 Rf1+ 77. Kg5 Ra1 78. g4 Ke4 79. Rb5 Kd3 80. Kg6 Ra6+ 81. Kh5 Kc4 82. Rf5 Ra8 83. g5 Rh8+ 84. Kg4 Rg8 85. Rf6 Rd8 86. g6 Rd7 87. Rf5 Kd3 88. Rg5 Rd4+ 89. Kh5 Rd8 90. g7 Rg8 91. Kh6 Ke3 92. Kh7 Re8 93. g8=Q Rxg8 94. Kxg8 Kf4 95. Rd5 Ke4 96. Rd7 Ke3 97. Kf7 Kf4 98. Re7 Kf5 99. Re6 Kg4 100. Rf6 Kg5 101. Kg7 Kg4 102. Kg6 Kh3 103. Kf5 Kg3 104. Kg5 Kh2 105. Kf4 Kg2 106. Kg4 Kh1 107. Rf2 Kg1 108. Kg3 Kh1 109. Rf1# 1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Bf7 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bd2 c5 21. d5 b5 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Rfd1 Kg7 26. h3 Bf7 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd7 30. Nb2 Qd4 31. Re4 Qd5 32. Ra4 Qd7 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Qc1 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Rb8 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Nxd2 Rxb5 39. Kf1 f5 40. Nc4 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Bg7 42. a4 Rc1 43. Ne3 f4 44. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bc8 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Nf3 c5 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Re8 17.Rd1 Bf8 18.Be3 Rxc4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.a3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qd3 Re8 23.Bxa7 Rce4 24.Be3 f5 25.b4 Qh4 26.b5 d4 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Rxd4 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Qf6 30.Rdd1 f4 31.Bd4 Qe6 32.Qd3 f3 33.Be3 fxg2 34.a4 Qh3 35.Qc3 Rc8 36.Qd2 h6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bc8 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Nf3 c5 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Nxd5 Bd6 17.Nxb4 Ng3 18.Qd3 Nxf1 19.Nd5 Nxh2 20.Nxh2 Re1+ 21.Nf1 Qe8 22.Bf4 Rxa1 23.Bxd6 Qe1 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Nxc8 Rd1 26.Qf5 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 Qh1+ 28.Kg3 Rg1 29.Qd5 g5 30.Ne7 Qh4+ 31.Kf3 Qh5+ 32.Ke4 Qg4+ 33.Kd3 Qxd4+ 34.Qxd4 cxd4 35.g3 Rg2 36.Bc5 Rxf2 37.Bxd4 Rf3+ 38.Ke4 g4 39.Nf5 h5 40.b4 Ra3 41.Bxf6+ Kh7 42.b5 Rxa2 43.c5 Rc2 44.c6 bxc6 45.Nd4 Rf2 46.Be5 cxb5 47.Nxb5 a5 48.Nc3 Kg6 49.Bc7 Rf3 50.Bxa5 Rxg3 51.Ne2 Ra3 52.Nf4+ Kh6 53.Bd8 Ra4+ 54.Kf5 g3 55.Bg5+ Kh7 56.Bh4 g2 57.Nxg2 Rg4 58.Nf4 Rxh4 0-1
[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bxg4 13.Nxg4 dxc4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nd2 fxg4 16.Nxc4 c5 17.a3 Nc6 18.dxc5 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxc5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 h5 22.Rd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Qd6 17. f3 f5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4 Be5 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3 Rae8 26. Bf4 h6 27. Bd6 Rf6 28. Nf4 Qe4 29. Ne6 Rexe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Bh4 Re6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qc2 Bd4 36. Qxf5 Qxc4 37. Kh2 Qe2 38. Bg3 Qd1 39. Rf1 Qb3 40. Qe4 Qb5 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 1-0
[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "159"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Bd6 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5 21. b3 Rae8 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Qf5 h5 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Nb5 Rd7 35. Bf4 Re7 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. c5 g5 38. Bd6 Re3 39. c6 Kf7 40. Bb8 Nxb8 41. c7 Re8 42. cxb8=Q Rxb8 43. Rd1 f5 44. Rxd4 Kf6 45. Rc4 Ke5 46. Rc7 Kxd5 47. Rxa7 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ke4 49. Rd1 Rc3 50. a5 Rxb3 51. a6 Ra3 52. Rb1 f4 53. Rxb4+ Ke3 54. Rb1 Rxa6 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb2+ Kd3 57. gxf4 gxf4 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 f3+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rd2 63. Kg1 Ke3 64. Rb3+ Rd3 65. Rb1 Rd4 66. Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Rd1+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+ 70. Kh1 Re2 71. Kg1 Ke3 72. Re8+ Kd2 73. Ra8 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Ke3
75. Ra3+ Kf4 76. Ra4+ Kg5 77. Ra8 g3 78. hxg3 Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kh3 80. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22. Rb3 Ne8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd6 25. Rb3 Qf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qa1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Kf7 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. Rab1 h6 32. g3 g5 33. Ke3 g4 34. Kf2 Rae8 35. Rh1 Rb8
36. Rhb1 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 h5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. Kf2 Kc7 41. Ke3 Rb8 42. Rxb8 Kxb8 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kb6 45. Bd1 Ka5 46. Bb3 Nc8 47. Kd2 Nd6 48. Kc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. Rb1 a5 22. b3 Qf6 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 b6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bd2 Rf7 28. Rb3 Rfa7 29. Rfb1 Ra2 30. Qd1 h6 31. Rb8 Kh7 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qc2 Nd6 34. Rb3 Qe7 35. Bc1 Qc7 36. Kf1 Ra4 37. Ra3 Rxa3 38. Bxa3 Qa5 39. Bc1 Qa1 40. Kg2 g6 41. Bf1 h5 42. Be2 Ne8 43. h3 Nf6 44. Kh2 e3 45. Kg2 Qa5 46. Qd3 Qe1 47. Bxe3 Ne4 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Qf3 Nxg3 50. Bf1 Ne4 51. Bd3 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Kg7 54. Bxe4 fxe4 55. Qa3 Qd2+
56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Kg1 Qxf4 59. Qa7+ Kg8 60. Qxd4 Qg3+ 61. Kf1 Qxh3+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Ke3 Qf3+ 64. Kd2 e3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a3 Bxe5 13. axb4 Bf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be3 c6 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. b5 cxb5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c5 Qe7 21. Ra3 Bc6
22. d6 Qe5 23. b4 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rb1 Be5 27. f4 exf3 28. Bxf3 Rac8 29. Ra3 f6 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bf3 Bc6 32. Bg4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "12, Bugojno ;MCL 01"]
[Site "12, Bugojno ;MCL 01"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 c6 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. a3 Na6 16. Nc2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qa4 c5 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Qxa7
Nd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 exd3 24. Rxd3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Re3 Qd6 27. h3 f6 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 b5 30. Bb4 h5 31. Re7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. Bc3 Rc2 34. Bd4 Rd2 35. Rd7 Rd3 36. h4 Kh7 37. f3 Kg6 38. Rd8 Kf7 39. Bb6 Rxd8 40. Bxd8 Kg6 41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Ke3 Bb3 44. Bc7+ Kd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Bd3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Kh8 18.Qb3 Nd8 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 Ne6 22.Re5 Rg8 23.Bc4 Bf6 24.Re4 b5 25.Bb3 c5 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.Qxf4 Qxf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Hilversum 48/418"]
[Site "Hilversum 48/418"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxa2 14.Rc2 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 c6 17.Rb1 a5 18.Rxb7 a4 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nxc6 Qc8 21.Rb6 Ra6 22.c5 Rxb6
23.cxb6 Qb7 24.Na7 Qxb6 25.Nb5 Ra8 26.Bc1 Bf8 27.g3 g6 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Bd3 Qc8 30.Bb2 a3 31.Ba1 Qxc3 32.Nxc3 Rd8 33.Bc2 Bg7 34.Na2 Rc8 35.Bb3 Rb8 36.Bc2 Rc8 37.Bb3 Rb8 38.Bc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Manila"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 f5 12.a3 1/2-1/2
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