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Catalan Opening

Accepted Variation CA 3.1 (E04)

Catalan at the Highest Level

by Emil Anka (special contribution by Joël Lautier)

1. d4

d5

2. c4

e6

3. Àf3

Àf6

4. g3

dc4

5. Ãg2

Ãb4

6. Ãd2

a5

7. ©c2

Ãd2

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With the highest possible

in-terest, the entire chess world

followed the so-called

‘Reunifi-cation Chess World

Champion-ship’ match between Vladimir

Kramnik and Veselin Topalov in

the capital of Kalmykia, Elista.

Garry Kasparov, retired from

‘long’ chess tournaments, made

the following wise prognosis for

the match: Kramnik had the

better chances, since although

Topalov is the better tournament

player because of his incredible

energy resources, Kramnik has a

better mastery of chess, plus he

has more match experience, and

his safer style may be more

ef-fective in such an event. Of

course, all chess players were

ex-cited and very curious about the

preparation of the stars and

mostly about which openings

were going to appear on the

chessboard.

Bets on the Catalan?

If somebody would have placed

a bet that Topalov would allow

the Catalan three times

(sur-prise!) out of his seven black

games, he would probably have

got very advantageous odds and

made a very positive result at any

betting office... not to mention an

article in Yearbook 81! In his

re-maining four black games

Topalov played the Slav and the

Semi-Slav Defence. I had

some-how been expecting a Modern

Benoni, maybe a Benko or a

King’s Indian, but I also know

that in a match against Kramnik

these would be extremely

dangerous openings.

So Topalov entered the Catalan in

the first game and achieved a

promising position!

Unfortu-nately he would also suffer from

the ‘Leko Syndrome’ – Leko also

lost his first match game while

pushing too hard against Kramnik

– but his fighting spirit (like

Leko’s in Brissago in 2004)

de-serves full respect. I am sure that

even what happened in the later

rounds in Elista, the ‘Toiletgate

Scandal’, so unfortunate for the

popularity of chess, could not stop

us from enjoying the games of the

match and the resulting analyses

and Surveys! I should add that

Topalov did not try this playable

line (7...Ãd2!?) again during the

match because of the possible

preparation of Kramnik’s team,

and he also had other lines to test

against his opponent.

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Now let’s see how we can reach

the conclusion that it can be

logi-cal to play 7...Ãd2!?. After

White’s 7.©c2 there are, of

course, different moves than the

subject of our article (33 games).

The most frequent is 7...Àc6

(165 games), with the main lines

8.©c4 ©d5!? (8...0-0) 9.©d3

(9.©d5 ed5) 9...©e4.

Another possible move is 7...b6

(8 games). I give this move a ?!,

with respect to Boris Gulko, who

made a quick draw with it against

Alex Wojtkiewicz in San Diego

2004. Now I simply recommend

8.Ãb4!? (which appears to be a

novelty) 8...ab4 9.©c4, with the

idea of taking the b4 pawn too,

with advantage for White.

The move 7...b5?! (9 games) is

not accurate at this point either,

since after 8.a4! Black does not

have 8...c6? in view of 9.ab5

Ãd2 10.Àfd2!, as in

Gulko-Ljubojevic, Linares 1990, with a

clear advantage for White.

The move order 7...0-0 8.©c4

Àc6 (2 games) amounts to the

same as the above 7...Àc6 8.©c4

0-0 line.

Having studied all these

possi-bilities, we can come to the

con-clusion that exactly at move 7 the

move ...Ãd2!? is logical and

very interesting, and worthy of

deeper and more detailed

analy-sis. White has two main moves:

8.©d2! and 8.Àbd2 (otherwise

the d4 pawn falls). In this kind of

position, the sacrifice of one or

even two pawns is normal, as

White gets full compensation.

His pawn structure is solid,

whereas Black has several weak

pawns and more pawn islands.

play for his investment(s). The

question is whether Black can

hold the targeted pawns or

whether they will fall. Our Game

Section will highlight the lines in

this ‘compensation fight’ deeply

and in great detail.

Overview of the Games

The move 7...Ãd2!? was

intro-duced by Gregory Kaidanov as

Black

against

Alexander

Fauland in Moscow, 1989. It is

remarkable that 28 out of the 33

games with this line were played

between 2003 and 2006! In this

Survey you will find 16 analysed

games, with 17 more games

mentioned in the notes.

Our two main games with

8.©d2! c6!? are

Kramnik-Topalov, Elista 2006, and

Grischuk-Moiseenko,

Sochi

2006. 8…Ãd7 was tried at least

three times in 2006. Gulko

played his 8...b6 set-up against

Wojtkiewicz at the US

Champi-onship in San Diego 2006 using

a better move order than in 2004.

Not Dangerous

The move 8.Àbd2 is not

danger-ous for Black if he knows what to

do. 8.Àbd2 b5 9.a4 c6 10.b3 cb3

11.Àb3 0-0 12.0-0 Ãa6! is the

main line.

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is 12...Àd5, which is discussed

in Fauland-Kaidanov, Moscow

1989, and Ovetchkin-T.

Kosin-tseva, Moscow 2005. Three

additional games, Danielian-T.

Kosintseva,

Calvia

2004,

Bunzmann-Pelletier, Lausanne

1999, and Veingold-Baron

Ro-driguez, Zaragoza 2004, provide

us with an additional taste of this

line.

I have made use of comments

and remarks by Csaba Horvath,

Gregory Kaidanov, Yannick

Pelletier, Peter Svidler,

Alexan-der Grischuk, Malcolm Pein and

Maxim Notkin.

Conclusion

The move 7...Ãd2!? forces

White to answer either 8.©d2!

or 8.Àbd2. Either of these

choices gives the position a

unique character. The question

is: Does White have enough

compensation or not? The

per-manent tension makes the line

absolutely playable for both

sides. White may regain the

sac-rificed pawn(s) with a superior

position, or Black may either

keep the pawn(s) or give it

(them) back in order to obtain the

better game.

This kind of unbalanced chess

makes our game exciting. There

is still a lot of room for analysis

in this line. An example may be

the position that could have

arisen after 20.Àd7!? in our

main game.

I agree that 8.©d2! (Lautier) is

more accurate than 8.Àbd2, but I

think that the refutation (if it

exists at all) of 7...Ãd2!? is very

far away.

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Main Game 8.©d2 Kramnik,Vladimir Topalov,Veselin Elista Wch-m 2006 (1) 1.d4 Àf6 2.c4 e6 3.Àf3 d5 4.g3 dc4 5.Ãg2 Ãb4 6.Ãd2 a5 7.©c2 Ãd2 8.©d2! c6 [8...b5 9.©g5!] 9.a4 [£ 10.Àa3] 9...b5 10.ab5 cb5

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11.©g5 0-0 [11...b4 12.Àe5 (12.©g7 Õg8 13.©h6 Ãb7 14.0-0 Ãd5 £ 15...Àc6) 12...Õa7 13.Àc4 0-0 (13...©d4 14.Àd6 ©d6 15.©g7å) 14.e3å]

12.©b5 Ãa6N [12...Àa6 –

Grischuk-Moiseenko, Sochi tt 2006] 13.©a4 [13.©a5 Ãb7 14.©d8 Õa1! 15.©f8 (15.©b6 Õb1 16.®d2 c3! 17.®c3 Àd5î; 15.©c7 Õb1 16.®d2 Õb2 17.®c1 c3ç) 15...®f8 16.0-0 (16.®d2 Àg4!) 16...Õa2ì] 13...©b6 14.0-0 ©b2 15.Àbd2 Ãb5 16.Àc4 Ãa4 17.Àb2 Ãb5 18.Àe5 Õa7Ç 19.Ãf3?! [19.Àbc4 Àbd7 (19...a4

20.Õfb1Ê) 20.Àa5 Ãe2 21.Õfe1 Ãh5 22.Àac6 Õa1 23.Õa1Ç] 19...Àbd7

20.Àec4 Õb8! 21.Õfb1 [21.Àa5 Ãe2

22.Ãe2 Õb2ì] 21...g5! 22.e3 [22.g4 Àd5ì; 22.Àd6 g4 23.Àb5 Õb5 24.Ãg2 Õb4ì] 22...g4 23.Ãd1 Ãc6! 24.Õc1 [£ Àb2-d3-e5; 24.Àa5? Ãe4î; 24.Ãc2 a4] 24...Ãe4 25.Àa4 Õb4 26.Àd6

Ãf3! 27.Ãf3?! gf3 28.Àc8 Õa8 29.Àe7 ®g7 30.Àc6 Õb3 31.Àc5 Õb5 [a5>] 32.h3 Àc5 33.Õc5 [33.dc5 Àd7 34.Àd4 Õc5 35.Õc5 Àc5 36.Àf3 a4ç] 33...Õb2! [33...Õc5 34.dc5 Àd7ì] 34.Õg5 ®h6 35.Õga5 Õa5 36.Àa5?! [36.Õa5 Àe4 37.Àe5 Õb1

(37...Àf2?! 38.Àf7 ®g7 39.Àg5) 38.®h2 Õf1 39.Õa2 Àf2 40.Àf3 Àd1 41.Àe5 Àe3ì] 36...Àe4 37.Õf1 Àd2 38.Õc1

Àe4 39.Õf1 f6! 40.Àc6 Àd2

41.Õd1 Àe4 42.Õf1 ®g6 43.Àd8 Õb6!? [43...e5 44.Àc6 (44.de5 fe5

45.Àc6 ®f6) 44...®f5â] 44.Õc1 h5! 45.Õa1 [45.h4?! ®f5ç] 45...h4 [45...Àg5!? 46.®h2 (46.h4? Àh3 47.®f1 Õb2î) 46...Õb2 47.Õf1 ®f5ç] 46.gh4 ®h5 47.Õa2! ®h4 48.®h2 ®h5 49.Õc2 ®h6 50.Õa2 ®g6 51.Õc2 ®f5 52.Õa2 Õb5 53.Àc6 Õb7

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54.Õa5 [54.d5! e5 55.h4 Õg7 (55...Àc3 56.Õd2 Õg7) 56.®h3 Àc3 (56...Õg2?? 57.Àe7X) 57.Õd2 Àe4ì] 54...®g6 55.Õa2 ®h5?! 56.d5! [56.Õa5 ®h4! £ 57...Õb2; £ 57...Õg7] 56...e5 [56...ed5? 57.Àd4 Àg5 58.®g3; 56...Õg7? 57.de6 Õg2 58.®h1 Àf2 (58...Àg3 59.fg3 Õa2 60.e7 Õa8 61.Àd8ê) 59.Õf2 Õf2 60.e7 Õf1 61.®h2 Õf2 62.®g3 Õg2 63.®f3 Õg8 64.Àd4! ®g6 65.e4 ®f7 66.Àf5ê] 57.Õa4! f5?? [57...Àf2! 58.®g3 e4! 59.®f2 Õb2 60.®e1 (60.®g3? Õg2 61.®f4 f2 62.Õa1 Õg1î) 60...Õb1 61.®f2 (61.®d2? f2) 61...Õb2ì] 58.Àe5ê Õb2 59.Àd3 Õb7 60.Õd4 Õb6 61.d6 Àd6 62.®g3 Àe4 63.®f3 ®g5 64.h4! ®f6 [64...®h4 65.Àc5ê] 65.Õd5 Àc3 66.Õd8 Õb1 67.Õf8 ®e6 68.Àf4 ®e5 69.Õe8 ®f6 70.Àh5 ®g6 71.Àg3 Õb2 72.h5 ®f7 73.Õe5 Àd1 74.Àe2 ®f6 75.Õd5 [75...Õe2 76.Õd6 ®e7 77.®e2] 1-0 Lautier M/06-7-15 Kramnik,Vladimir Topalov,Veselin Elista Wch-m 2006 (1) 1.d4 Àf6 2.c4 e6 3.Àf3 d5 4.g3 dc4 5.Ãg2 Ãb4 [5...Àc6!? 6.©a4 Ãd7 7.©c4 Àa5 8.©d3 c5 9.0-0 Ãc6 10.Àc3 cd4 11.Àd4 Ãc5 12.Õd1 Ãg2 (12...Ãd4 13.©d4 ©d4 14.Õd4) 13.©b5 Àd7 14.®g2 a6 15.©d3 Õc8N (15...Ãe7 Tkachiev-Solozhenkin, France tt 1999/00) 16.Ãg5 Ãe7 (Kramnik-Topalov, Elista Wch 2006 m-3) 17.Àe4!Å] 6.Ãd2 a5 7.©c2 [The calmest move; 7.0-0 is sound; 7.a3?! wastes time; 7.Ãb4?! doesn’t seem right; 7.Àc3 gambits a pawn for decent compensation but this is not how Kramnik wants to play against Topalov in Game One; 7.©c1 was played by Jan Gustafsson against Efimenko in the German Bundesliga 2005/06; 7.Àa3!? Ãa3 8.ba3 gives also reasonable compensation] 7...Ãd2!? [7...b6 8.Ãb4!?N (8.©c4 Ãa6 9.©c2 0-0 10.Àc3Ç; 8.Àe5 ©d4 9.Àf7 ®f7 10.Ãa8Ç c6) 8...ab4 9.©c4Ç Anka; 7...b5?! 8.a4 c6 (8...ba4 9.Àe5 Õa6 10.©a4 Ãd7 11.Àd7Ç; 8...Ãd2 9.Àfd2! Àd5 10.ab5å) 9.ab5 Ãd2 (9...cb5?? 10.Ãb4ê) 10.Àfd2!å Anka; 7...Àc6 (Smyslov) 8.©c4 ©d5!?] 8.©d2! c6 [8...b5 9.©g5!Ç; 8...b6Ç; 8...Ãd7Ç] 9.a4 [£ Àa3] 9...b5 [9...0-0 10.Àa3 Àe4 11.©c2 Àd6 12.Àc4Ç Pein; 9...Àbd7 10.Àa3 Àb6 11.Àe5Ç Pein] 10.ab5

cb5 11.©g5 0-0 [11...b4 12.Àe5 (12.©g7 Õg8 13.©h6 Ãb7º 14.0-0 Ãd5 £ Àc6) 12...Õa7 13.Àc4 0-0 (13...©d4 14.Àd6 ©d6 15.©g7å) 14.e3Ç] 12.©b5 Ãa6!N

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13.©a4 [13.©a5 Ãb7! 14.©d8 Õa1!

15.©f8 (15.©b6 Õb1 16.®d2 c3! 17.®c3 Àd5ç; 15.©c7 Õb1 16.®d2 Õb2 17.®c1 c3î) 15...®f8 16.0-0 (16.®d2 Àg4!) 16...Õa2 17.Àe5 (17.Õc1 Õb2 18.Àa3 Àbd7 (18...Õe2?? 19.Õb1!) 19.Ãf1 Ãf3 20.ef3 Õd2 21.Õc4 Àd5= Cs. Horvath) 17...Ãa6 18.Àc3 Õb2ÿ Pein] 13...©b6

14.0-0 ©b2 15.Àbd2 Ãb5 [15...c3?

16.Õfb1ê Pein] 16.Àc4 Ãa4 17.Àb2

Ãb5 18.Àe5 Õa7 [18...Õa6?! 19.Àbd3!

Àbd7 20.Õfb1 Àe5 (20...Õb8 21.Àc5ê;

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Ãe2 20.Õc2 Ãa6 (20...Ãb5 21.Õc5 Ãe8 22.Ãd5 ed5 23.Õca5 Õa5 24.Õa5 f6 25.Àed3 Ãf7 26.Àb4å) 21.Ãd5 ed5 22.Õa5 f6=) 19...f6 (19...Àc6; 19...a4) 20.Õfb1 Ãa6 21.Ãh3 Àc7 22.Àb6 Õa7 23.Àec4 Àc6 24.e3 Õb8Ç Cs. Horvath]

19.Ãf3?! [19.Àbc4!? Àbd7 (19...a4?!

20.Õfb1Ê) 20.Àa5 Ãe2 (20...Àe5 21.de5 Àd7 22.f4 Ãe2 23.Õfe1 Ãb5 24.Àb7 Õfa8 25.Õab1å Cs. Horvath) 21.Õfe1 Ãh5 22.Àac6 Õa1 23.Õa1Ç] 19...Àbd7 [The critical moment]

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20.Àec4 [20.Àd7! Ãd7 (20...Àd7 21.Õfb1 (£ Àd1-c3!? Notkin) 21...Õc8 22.Àd1 Ãc6 23.Õc1 Õac7 (23...Ãb7 24.Õc8 Ãc8 25.Àc3Ç) 24.d5! Ãd5 (24...ed5 25.Õa5 Àf6 26.Õac5å Svidler) 25.Õc7 Õc7 26.Ãd5 ed5 27.Õa5å, d5< Svidler) 21.Àd3 a4 (21...Õb8 22.Õa3 a4 23.Õfa1Ç Svidler) 22.Àc5 Õb8 23.Õa3 Ãe8 24.Õfa1 Õb4 25.e3 Àd5 26.Ãd1 Àb6ÿ Grischuk; 20.Àbc4 Àe5 21.Àe5 Àd5 22.Õa3 Àb4!â Cs. Horvath; 20.Àc6 Ãc6 21.Ãc6 Õc8 22.Ãa4 Àe4â Cs. Horvath] 20...Õb8! 21.Õfb1 [21.Àa5 Ãe2 22.Ãe2 Õb2â; 21.Õa2 Àd5 22.Õfa1 Õc7! 23.Àa5? (23.Ãd5 ed5 24.Àa5 Ãe2 25.Àd1â Cs. Horvath) 23...Àb4 24.Õa3 Àc2 25.Õc1 Õbc8 26.Õa2 Àd4ç Cs. Horvath] 21...g5! 22.e3 [22.Õa5 Õa5 23.Àa5 g4 24.Ãg2 Ãe2â Pein; 22.h3 Ãc4 23.Àc4 Õb1 24.Õb1 a4 25.Õa1Ç Anka; 22.g4 Àd5=; 22.Àd6 g4 23.Àb5 Õb5 24.Ãg2 Õb4=; 22.®f1!? Cs. Horvath]

22...g4 23.Ãd1 Ãc6! 24.Õc1

[24.Àa5 Ãe4! 25.Àac4 (25.Àb3 Õab7ç Anka) 25...Õab7ç Pein; 24.Õa5?? Õa5 25.Àa5 Ãe4î; 24.Ãc2 a4] 24...Ãe4

25.Àa4 [25.Ãe2 £ 26.Àd3 Cs. Horvath] 25...Õb4 26.Àd6 [26.Àc5 Àc5 27.dc5

a4 28.Õa3 h5= Cs. Horvath] 26...Ãf3!

32.Àd7 Õd7â Cs. Horvath; 28.Àc3 £ Àe4-d2 Cs. Horvath] 28...Õa8 29.Àe7

®g7 30.Àc6 Õb3 31.Àc5 Õb5

[31...Àc5 32.dc5 Õb2 33.Àd4 (33.Õa5? Õa5 34.Àa5 Àe4 35.Õf1 (35.c6? Àf2 36.c7 Àh3 37.®h1 (37.®f1 Õh2 38.®e1 f2 39.®e2 f1© 40.®f1 Õh1î) 37...Õg2! 38.c8© Õg1! (38...Àf2X) 39.Õg1 Àf2X Cs. Horvath) 35...Àg5 36.h4 Àh3 37.®h2 Àf2 38.®g1 Àg4 39.Õf3 Õb5ç Cs. Horvath) 33...Àe4 34.Àf3 Àf2 35.c6= Cs. Horvath] 32.h3 [32.Àa4 Àe4 Pein; 32.Õa2!? Cs. Horvath] 32...Àc5 33.Õc5 [33.dc5 Àd7 34.Àd4 Õc5 35.Õc5 Àc5 36.Àf3 a4ç] 33...Õb2! [33...Õc5 34.dc5 Àd7=; 34...a4 35.Àd4 a3 36.Àf3 a2 37.c6 Àd5 38.Àd4 ®f6 39.Àb5 ®e7! 40.e4 Àb4 41.c7 ®d7 42.Õd1 Àd5! 43.Õa1 (43.ed5?! a1© 44.de6 ®c8 45.Õa1 Õa1 46.®g2 fe6â Cs. Horvath) 43...Àb4= Cs. Horvath; 34...Àe4 35.Õa5 Õa5 36.Àa5 Àc5= Anka] 34.Õg5 [34.Õaa5?? Õa5 35.Õa5 Àe4î; 34.Àa5?? Àe4 35.Õf1 Àc5î; 34.Õca5?! Õa5 35.Àa5 Àe4= Anka] 34...®h6 35.Õga5 [35.Õaa5? Àe4 36.Àe5 Àg5 37.Õa8 Àh3 38.®h2 Àf2 39.Àf3 Õe2ç Anka] 35...Õa5

36.Àa5?! [36.Õa5 Àe4 (36...Õb1

37.®h2 Õb2= Cs. Horvath) 37.Àe5 Õb1 (37...Àf2?! 38.Àf7 ®g7 39.Àg5Ç) 38.®h2 Õf1 39.Õa2 Àf2 40.Àf3 Àd1 41.Àe5 Àe3=] 36...Àe4 37.Õf1 Àd2

38.Õc1 Àe4 39.Õf1 f6! 40.Àc6 Àd2 41.Õd1 Àe4 42.Õf1 ®g6 43.Àd8! Õb6!? [43...e5 44.de5 (44.Àc6

®f5¤) 44...fe5 45.Àc6 ®f6¤; 43...Àg5! 44.®h2 (44.h4?! Àh3 45.®h2 Àf2ç Cs. Horvath) 44...e5 45.Àc6 (45.de5 fe5 46.Àc6 ®f6 47.h4 Àe4 48.®g1 h5¤) 45...®f5 46.g4 ®e6â Cs. Horvath] 44.Õc1 h5! 45.Õa1 [45.h4?! ®f5] 45...h4 [45...e5 Pein; 45...Àg5!? 46.®h2 (46.h4? Àh3 47.®f1 Õb2î) 46...Õb2 47.Õf1 ®f5¤] 46.gh4! [Cs. Horvath; 46.g4 e5 47.de5 fe5 48.Õc1 (48.Õa2? Õb1 49.®h2 Õf1î Pein) 48...Õb2¤ Anka] 46...®h5 47.Õa2 ®h4 48.®h2 ®h5 [48...Àg5 49.Õa4 Õb2 50.d5 ®h5 51.Àe6 Õf2 52.®h1 Õf1= Cs. Horvath] 49.Õc2 ®h6 50.Õa2 ®g6 51.Õc2 ®f5 52.Õa2 Õb5 [52...®g6= Cs. Horvath] 53.Àc6 Õb7 [£ Õg7-g2 Pein] 54.Õa5 [54.Õc2? Õg7 55.d5 e5î Pein; 54.d5! e5 55.h4 Õg7 (55...Àc3 56.Õd2 Àe4=)

55.Àe5!ê Pein] 55.Õa2 ®h5?! [55...®h6 56.d5 Õg7 57.de6 Õg2 58.®h1 ®g7 59.Õa7 ®g6 60.Àe7 ®h6 61.Õa2 Àf2 62.Õf2 Õf2 63.Àf5 ®g6 64.Àd6 Õf1 65.®h2 f2 66.®g3 Õd1 67.e7 f1© 68.e8© ®g7 69.©e7= Cs. Horvath]

56.d5! [56.Õa5 ®h4! 57.Õa8 Õb2

58.Õh8 ®g5 59.Õg8 ®h6 60.®g1 Õb1 61.®h2 Õf1 62.Õg4 f5! 63.Õe4 (63.Õf4 Õf2 64.®g1 Õg2 65.®f1 Õc2 66.Àe5 Õc1X) 63...fe4ç Pein] 56...e5 [56...ed5? 57.Àd4 Àg5 58.®g3å; 56...Õg7? 57.de6 Õg2 58.®h1 Àf2 (58...Àg3 59.fg3 Õa2 60.e7 Õa1 (60...Õa8 61.Àd8ê) 61.®h2 Õa2 62.®g1 Õa8 63.Àd8ê) 59.Õf2 Õf2 60.e7 Õf1 61.®h2 Õf2 62.®g3 Õg2 63.®f3 Õg8 64.Àd4! (64.®e4?! ®g6 65.®d5 ®f7 66.®d6 Õg3= 67.®d7 Õe3 68.Àd8 ®g6 69.e8© Õe8 70.®e8 ®g5) 64...®g6 65.e4 ®f7 66.Àf5ê £ h4-h5] 57.Õa4!

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58.Àe5ê Õb2 59.Àd3 [59.Õe4 fe4

60.®g3 ®g5 (60...Õd2 61.®f4 Õf2 62.®e4 ®h4 63.Àf3 ®h3 64.d6ê) 61.Àf7 ®f6 62.Àd6 Õb4 63.®f4ê Pein] 59...Õb7 [59...Õd2 60.Õd4!ê Pein] 60.Õd4 Õb6 61.d6! Àd6 62.®g3 Àe4 63.®f3 ®g5 64.h4! ®f6 65.Õd5 Àc3 66.Õd8 Õb1 67.Õf8 ®e6 68.Àf4 ®e5 69.Õe8 ®f6 70.Àh5 ®g6 71.Àg3 Õb2 72.h5 ®f7 73.Õe5 Àd1 74.Àe2 ®f6 75.Õd5 1-0

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The More Accurate 8.©d2 Grischuk,Alexander Moiseenko,Alexander Sochi tt 2006 (10) 1.d4 Àf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Àf3 dc4 5.Ãg2 Ãb4 6.Ãd2 a5 7.©c2 Ãd2 8.©d2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.ab5 cb5 11.©g5 0-0 12.©b5 Àa6 13.©c4 [13.Àbd2 Àc7 14.©e5 Ãa6Ç] 13...Àb4Ç 14.©b3 e5?! [14...Ãb7!?Ç] 15.Àe5å

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18.©c3 ©d8 19.Õc5 [19.©c5 Õe8

20.Àc3å] 19...©b6 20.Àa3 Àbd5 [20...Àfd5 21.©d4 Õbc8 22.Àd3å; 22.Ãd5?! ©c5 (22...Õc5?? 23.Ãe6 Àc6 24.Àc6 Õc6 25.©b6 Õb6 26.Ãd5ê) 23.©c5 Õc5 24.Ãe6 Õe5 (24...fe6?? 25.Àd7ê) 25.Ãg4=] 21.©c1! ©b2

22.Àc6 ©c1 23.Õfc1 Õb3 24.Àb5 Õb2 25.Àbd4 Õe8 26.Àe6 fe6 27.Ãf3 [27.e4!?å] 27...Àd7 28.Õa5 À5f6 29.Õd1 e5 30.Ãd5 Àd5 31.Õad5 Àf6 32.Õ5d2 Õd2 33.Õd2 ®f7 34.Õd6 e4 35.Àd4 g6 36.®g2 Õe7 37.Àc6 Õe8 38.h3 h5 [38...Õa8!?å] 39.Àd8 ®g7 40.Àe6 ®f7 41.Àg5 ®g7 42.Àe6 [42.f3 ef3

43.®f3 (43.ef3? Õe2=) 43...Õe5å]

42...®f7 43.Àg5 ®g7 44.Õc6 Õe7 45.Àe6 ®f7 46.Àd8 ®g7 47.Àe6 ®f7 48.Àf4 Õd7 49.Õc5 Õd6 50.Õe5 Õa6 51.h4 [g6<] 51...Õa8 52.Õb5 Õa7 53.Õg5 Õa2 54.®f1

[54.Õg6?! Àd5 55.Õg5 (55.Àd5?! ®g6 56.Àf4 ®f5=) 55...Àf4 56.gf4 Õe2 57.Õh5 e3 58.®f3 Õf2 59.®e3 Õh2= endgame tablebase] 54...Õa1 55.®g2 Õa2

56.Õb5 [56.Õg6?!] 56...Õa7 57.Õc5 Õb7 [57...Àg4!? 58.Õc4 Õe7 59.Õc6 Àe5 60.Õa6 ®g7å] 58.Õa5 [58.Õg5 Õb2!å] 58...Õc7 [58...Àg4!?å] 59.Õg5 Õc2 60.Õb5 [60.Õg6?!] 60...Õc7 61.Àh3 Õe7 62.Õg5 Àh7 63.Õc5 Àf6 64.Õa5 Àh7 65.Àf4 Õb7 66.Õe5 Àf6 [66...Õb4? 67.Àd5 Õd4 68.Õe7 ®f8 69.Õd7ê; 69.Õh7?! Õd5 70.f4 ef3 71.®f3 (71.ef3 ®g8å) 71...Õf5 72.®e4 Õf2 73.e3å] 67.Àe6 Õe7 68.Àd8 ®f8

69.Àc6 Õc7 70.Õe6 ®g7 [70...®f7?

71.Àd8 ®g7 72.Õe4!ê] 71.Àe5 [71.f3?! ef3 72.ef3 Àd7å] 71...Õa7

72.Õc6 Õe7 73.Õc5 Õa7 74.Õc2 Õe7 75.Àc6 Õc7 76.Àd4

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chances] 77.Àc2ê Àg4 78.f3 ef3

79.®f3 ®f6 80.®f4 Àe5 81.Àd4 Àd7 82.Àf3 Àc5 83.Àg5 Àd7 84.e4 Àe5 85.Àf3 Àd3 86.®e3 Àb4 87.®d4 ®e6 88.Àg5 ®d6 89.e5 ®e7 90.Àh3 ®e6 [90...®d7

91.Àf4 Àc6 92.®d5 Àe7 93.®e4 ®c6 94.Àe6 ®d7 95.Àd4ê] 91.Àf4 ®f5 92.e6! Àc6 [92...®f6 93.®c5ê] 93.®c5 Àe7 94.®d6 Àg8 95.e7 Àe7 [95...Àf6 96.Àd5 Àe4 97.®c6ê] 96.®e7 g5 97.Àg2 ®g4 98.®f6 gh4 99.gh4 ®g3 100.®g5 ®g2 101.®h5 ®g3 102.®g5 1-0 Delchev,Alexander Giorgadze,Giorgi Spain tt 2006 (1) 1.d4 Àf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Àf3 Ãb4 5.Ãd2 a5 6.Ãg2 dc4 7.©c2 Ãd2 8.©d2 Ãd7 9.Àe5 Ãc6 10.Àc6 Àc6 11.Àa3 [11.e3 ©d7

(11...a4?! 12.©c2!) 12.Àa3 e5!? 13.Àc4 (13.de5 Àe5 14.©d7 Àfd7Ç) 13...ed4 14.ed4 0-0 15.d5 (15.Àe5 Àe5 16.de5 ©e6=) 15...Àb4 16.0-0 Àbd5 (16...Àfd5??

17.a3ê) 17.Õfd1 c6 18.Àa5 ©c7 19.Àc4 Õfd8 20.a3 Àb6 (20...b5 21.Àe3â) 21.©c2= Àc4 22.©c4 ©b6 ½-½ Miroshnichenko-Kengis, Abu Dhabi 2006]

11...0-0 12.e3 Àb4 [12...©e8 13.f4!?Ç] 13.Àc4Ç c5 14.a3 Àbd5 15.0-0 [15.dc5 ©c7 16.©d4 Àd7 17.e4 Àe7Ç] 15...b5 16.Àe5 cd4 17.©d4 Õc8 18.Õfc1 a4? [18...Àe7!?Ç] 19.Ãf1!å [b5<] 19...©a5?! [19...Àe7 20.Ãb5 ©d4 21.ed4 Õb8 22.Ãa4 Õb2å] 20.e4ê

Àe7 [20...©b6 21.©b6 Àb6 22.f3!ê] 21.Àd7! Àd7 22.©d7 Õc1 [22...Õce8 23.©b5 ©a7 24.Õc4 Õa8 25.Õd1 Õfb8 26.Õcd4!ê] 23.Õc1ê Àg6 24.©b5 ©d2 25.Õc4 f5 26.ef5 Õf5 27.Õc8 [27.©b6 ®f7 28.f4 Õh5ê] 27...Àf8 [27...®f7 28.©e8 ®f6 29.©d8 ©d8 30.Õd8 Õe5 31.Õd4ê]

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28.©f5 1-0 Damljanovic,Branko Korneev,Oleg Vrsac 2006 (3) 1.c4 e6 2.Àf3 d5 3.d4 Àf6 4.g3 dc4 5.Ãg2 Ãb4 6.Ãd2 a5 7.©c2 Ãd2 8.©d2 Ãd7 9.Àe5 Ãc6 10.Àc6 Àc6 11.Àa3 0-0 12.Õd1 ©e7 13.0-0 [13.Àc4 Àd5!?ÿ] 13...©b4 14.©c1 Àd5 [14...Õa6 15.Àc4 b5 16.Àe5 Àd4 17.®h1!¤ £ 18.a3] 15.Àc4 Õfd8 16.a3 ©b5 17.Õd3 a4 18.Õfd1 Àa5 [18...Àf6

19.©c2Ç] 19.Àa5Ç ©a5 20.e4 Àe7

21.d5 ed5 22.ed5 ©b6 23.©e3!? ©e3 [23...©d6!?Ç] 24.fe3 ®f8 25.d6! cd6 26.Õd6 Àc6!? [26...Õd6 27.Õd6 Õc8! 28.Ãb7 Õc1 29.®f2 Õc2 30.®f3 Àg6 31.Õa6 Õb2 32.Ãd5 Õh2Ç] 27.Ãc6 Õd6 28.Õd6 bc6 29.Õc6 Õb8 30.Õc2 ®e7 31.®f2 ®e6 32.®e2 Õb7 33.Õd2 ®e5 34.h4 f5 Survey CA 3.1

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drawing chances] 39.Õa5 ®f6 40.Õa6 [40.ef5 gf5 41.Õa6 ®e5 42.g4 fg4 43.®g4 Õd1 44.a4 Õd4 45.®g5 h6! 46.®h5 ®f5 47.Õa5 ®f6=] 40...®e5 41.Õa5 ®f6

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Õc7 47.®h6 Õc4 [47...®f5 48.Õa5

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50.a4 Õc7 51.Õb5 Õd7 52.a5 Õa7 53.Õc5 ®e6 54.®g5 [54.Õg5 ®f6

55.Õb5 ®e6 56.Õb6 ®e5 57.a6 ®f5 58.Õb5 ®e6 59.Õa5!ê ®f6 60.Õa2 ®f5 61.Õa3 ®f6 62.Õa5 ®f7 63.®g5 ®e6 64.®f4 ®d6 65.®f5 ®c6 66.®f6 ®b6 67.Õa1 ®c6 68.h6 ®c5 69.Õa2 ®d5 70.Õa5 ®c4 71.®e5 ®b4 72.Õa1 ®c4 73.®d6ê] 54...Õg7 55.®f4 [55.®h6!ê] 55...Õg1 [55...Õa7 56.®g5 Õg7 57.®h6 Õa7 58.Õb5 ®f6 59.Õb6 ®e5 60.a6 ®f5 61.Õb5 ®e6 62.Õa5ê]

56.Õc6 ®d5 [56...®d7 57.Õa6 ®c8

58.Õa7 Õf1 59.®g5ê] 57.Õb6 [57.Õc7 h6 58.Õd7 ®e6 59.Õh7ê] 57...Õf1 [57...Õg7 58.a6 Õa7 59.®f5ê] 58.®g5

Õf7 [58...®e5 59.Õb5 ®e4 60.Õb4 ®e5

61.Õb7 Õf5 62.®h6ê] 59.a6 Õa7 [59...Õg7 60.®f6 Õa7 61.Õe6ê]

60.®f6 [60.h6 Õa8 61.Õb7 Õe8ê] 60...®c5 61.Õe6 ®d5 62.h6 Õa8 63.Õe5 [63.Õe7 Õa6 64.®g7 Õa1

65.®h7 ®d6 66.Õf7 Õg1 67.Õg7 Õa1 68.Õg5ê] 63...®d6 64.Õe7 1-0 San Marino 2006 (4) 1.d4 d5 2.Àf3 Àf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dc4 5.Ãg2 Ãb4 6.Ãd2 a5 7.©c2 Ãd2 8.©d2 Ãd7 9.Àa3 Ãc6 10.Àc4 Ãd5 11.Àe3 [11.Àa5?? b6î] 11...Ãe4 12.0-0 Àc6 13.Õfd1 0-0 14.Õac1 ©e7 [14...©d6 15.Àc4 ©d5 16.©f4=] 15.Àe5Ç Ãg2 16.®g2

Àb4 17.a3 Àe4 18.©e1 Àd5 19.À3c4 a4 20.f3 Àd6 21.e4 Àc4 22.Àc4 Àf6 23.©b4 ©b4 24.ab4 Õfc8 25.Õc3 [25.®f2 ®f8Ç]

25...Àe8Ç 26.d5 Õd8 27.Õcd3 ed5 28.Õd5 Õd5 29.Õd5 ®f8 30.®f2 ®e7 31.®e3 b6 32.e5 f6 33.b5 fe5 34.Õe5 [34.Àe5?? ®e6î] 34...®f6 35.®d4 Àd6 36.Àd6 cd6 37.Õe3 Õc8 38.Õc3? [38.Õa3 Õc2 39.®d5 Õc5 40.®d6 Õb5 41.Õa4 Õb2 42.Õf4=] 38...Õc5 [38...Õc3 39.®c3 ®e5 40.®c4!=] 39.Õa3? [39.Õc5 dc5 40.®e4= g5 41.®d5 ®f5 42.®c4 ®e5 43.®d3 ®d5 44.®c3=] 39...Õb5ç 40.®c3? [40.Õa4! Õb2 41.®d5ç Õd2 42.®c6 Õh2 43.Õf4 ®e6 44.Õe4 ®f7 45.Õf4 ®g6 46.®d6ç with drawing chances] 40...Õc5î 41.®d3 b5 42.Õa1 Õc4 43.b3 ab3 44.Õb1 Õc2 [44...d5 45.Õb3 b4 46.Õb2 ®e5î] 45.Õb3 Õh2? [45...Õc5î] 46.g4!= h5 47.Õb5 hg4 [47...h4 48.Õf5 ®e6 49.Õg5= h3 50.®e3 Õh1 51.®f2=] 48.fg4 Õg2 [48...g6 49.Õd5=] 49.Õf5 ®g6 50.Õd5 Õg4 51.®e3! ½-½ Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander Gulko,Boris

San Diego ch-USA 2006 (5)

9.©c2 0-0 10.a3 Ãd2 11.©d2 Àbd7 12.Àc3 c5 13.0-0 Õc8 ½-½ Wojtkiewicz-Gulko, San Diego ch-USA 2004) 8...ab4 9.©c4å] 8.©d2 b6 [8...0-0 9.Àa3!]

9.Àe5Ç Õa7 10.Àa3 Ãb7 11.Ãb7 Õb7 12.Àac4 0-0 13.0-0 ©e7 14.Õfd1 Õd8 15.©c2 Àd5 16.a3 f6 17.Àf3 ©e8 18.Õac1 Àd7 19.e4 Àe7 20.©b3 Õa7 21.Àe3 ©f7 22.Õc3 Àf8 23.Õdc1 Õd7 24.Õc4 ©g6 25.®g2 h6 26.Õ1c3 Õb7

Searching for Compensation 8.Àbd2 and 12...Ãa6 Wojtaszek,Radoslaw Hoffmann,Michael Pardubice 2006 (9) 1.d4 Àf6 2.c4 e6 3.Àf3 d5 4.g3 dc4 5.Ãg2 Ãb4 6.Ãd2 a5 7.©c2 Ãd2 8.Àbd2 b5 9.0-0 0-0 10.a4 c6 11.b3 cb3 12.Àb3 Ãa6 13.Àc5 ba4?! [13...Àd5!? Pelletier] 14.Àa6Ç Àa6 15.©c6 Àb4 16.©a4 Õa7

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[15.Àe4!?=] 15...Àc3â 16.e5 [16.Õe3 Àd7 17.Õc3 bc3 18.©c3 Àc5 19.©c5 ©b8â] 16...Àd7ç 17.Àe4 Àe4 18.Õe4 Õc8 19.Õh4 h6 20.Õe1 [20.Õd1 ©e7ç] 20...©e7 [20...c5!?î] 21.Àd2 Õfd8? [21...c5!? 22.Àb3 cd4î] 22.Àb3¤ [22.Ãc6?? Àb8î] 22...c5 23.Àa5= Àb8

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24...Õa3] 24.Õd4 [24.Õb1 Àc2ç]

24...Õa3 25.Õb4 [25.Àb7 Ãb7 (25...Àc6!) 26.Õb4 Õa4 27.Õb5 Ãe4 28.Õe5 ®g7ç, ®g1<] 25...Õa5 26.Õd4 [26.f4 ®f8 27.e5 ®e7â; 26.e5

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½-½ Didishko-Alexandrov, Minsk 1996; 11.Àe5 Õa6 (11...Àd5!?) 12.e3 ©b6? (12...Àd5!?) 13.b3! cb3 14.Àb3 Àd5 15.Õfc1å Dedijer-Djingarova, Turin ol 2006]

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36.Ãd3 Ãd3 37.Àd3 Õd3 38.Õa7 ®g8 39.Õe7Ç] 33...Àd3 [33...Õc4 34.Àd7 Àd3 35.Àf8 ®g8 36.Õa8 Õa4 37.Õb8 Àe1 38.®h1 g5 39.Àe6 ®h7 40.Õb7 ®g8 41.Õb8=; 33...Àc2!?] 34.Àd3 Ãd3 35.Õf7 [35.e5!Ç] 35...c5 [35...Ãe4

36.Ãe4 Õe4 37.Õc7=] 36.Õc7 c4 37.e5

®g8 38.Ãc6 c3 39.Ãd7 Ãe4? [39...Ãf5!=] 40.f3å Õd2 [40...Ãd5 41.Õc8 ®f7 42.Õc3å] 41.®h3 Ãf3? [41...Ãd5 42.Õc3 ®f7å] 42.Ãe6ê ®h7 [42...®f8 43.Õf7 ®e8 44.Õf3ê] 43.Ãf5 ®g8 44.Ãg6 Ãg2 [44...Õd8 45.e6!ê] 45.®h4 ®f8 [45...Õd8 46.e6 Ãf1 47.e7 Õf8 48.Õd7 Õe8 49.Õd8 Ãb5 50.Õe8 Ãe8 51.Ãe8 g5 52.hg6 ®g7 53.Ãa4 ®f6 54.e8© c2 55.Ãc2 h5 56.Ãb3 ®g7 57.©f7 ®h6 58.©h7X] 46.e6 Õe2 [46...Õd4 47.g4ê]