[Event "4th Danzhou Tournament"]
[Site "Danzhou CHN"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[EventDate "2013.05.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Bg4 12. f3
Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ne2 Bd6
17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qe1 Kg7 21. Qe3
f5 22. c3 Qf6 23. Re1 d4 24. Rxd4 Bxb3 25. g4 Rfe8 26. g5 Qc6
0-1
[Event "French Team Championship"]
[Site "Le Grau-du-Roi FRA"]
[Date "2015.06.08"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Almira Skripchenko"]
[Black "Didier Leroy"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 h6 10. d4 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. h3
Be6 13. Bc2 Rad8 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Qc1 Kh7 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Nxe5 Bc7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. e5+ g6 20. exf6 Ng8 21. Ne4
Rfe8 22. Re1 Qb5 23. Bxh6 1-0
[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3
Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8
12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Rb1 h6 15. Qf3 b6 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. exf5 Kh8 18. g4 Qc7 19. h4 cxd4 20. cxd4 e4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qd3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. c3 Nd7 26. g5 hxg5
27. hxg5 Re8 28. Re3 Kg8 29. Kg2 1-0
[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Solomon B Celis III"]
[Black "Osvaldo Gama Dos Santos Lima"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1727"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bc4 h6 15. Nf5 Nh7 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Qg3 Kh8 18. h4 Rg8 19. Nd6 Raf8 20. h5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Qxf4 Ng5 23. Rd5 Ne6 24. Qe5 a6 25. a4 Qe7 26. Rad1 Bc7
27. R5d2 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6
Qh4 1-0
[Event "GpB"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3
Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5
12. Bf1 Rd8 13. g3 Rb8 14. a4 Nf8 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. Ng2 Qe8 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Ne3 h6 20. Bc4 Qh3 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. f4 cxd4 23. f5 dxe3 24. Bf1 Bxf5 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. Qh5 Be6
27. Qxh6 d5 28. Rxe3 dxe4 29. Qxf6 Nh7 30. Qh6 Rbc8 31. Rxe4
Rxc3 32. Rxe5 Rc6 33. Rg5+ 1-0
[Event "Ch World (cadets) (under 18)"]
[Site "Cala Galdana (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Rauf Rzaev"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3
7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Bf1 Rd8
13.g3 b6 14.d5 Nf8 15.Nh4 Re8 16.Bb5 Rd8 17.a4 a6 18.Bd3 Re8
19.Qf3 Ng6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Qd7 22.Qf3 Qc8 23.c4 a5 24.Bg5
Nd7 25.Bf1 1-0
[Event "09, Hostdans, Copenhagen DEN"]
[Site "09, Hostdans, Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5
12. a4 Rd8 13. Bf1 Nc7 14. h3 Bd7 15. g3 b5 16. Nh4 bxa4
17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ncd5 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2
Rab8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Rxa4 Rxc2 27. Rxc5 Rbb2 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rxa7 Rxf2
30. Rxf7 h5 31. Rff8 Kh6 32. h4 Rxf5 33. Bd3 1-0
[Event "Manila (ol) 55/315"]
[Site "Manila (ol) 55/315"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Stefano Tatai"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3
7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Nh4 c6 10.Ba4 Ne8 11.Bb3 Be6 12.d4 h6
13.Be3 b6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qg4 Rf6 16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 e5
18.Rxf6 Nxf6 19.Qe6+ Kh7 20.Rf1 Qf8 21.Rf3 Re8 22.Bxh6 Kxh6
23.Rh3 1-0
[Event "Julianadorp (5 min.)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hebert Perez Garcia"]
[Black "Rashid Ziatdinov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd5 Bc5 10. c3 Rg8 11. Kh1 f5 12. h3
fxe4 13. hxg4 exf3 14. Qxf3 Rg6 15. d4 exd4 16. Rae1+ Kf8
17. Bxc6 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 bxc6 19. Ne7 Rxg4 20. Re4 Qg5 21. Rxg4
Qxe7 22. Qg3 1-0
[Event "Midwest Masters-B"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tim Sage"]
[Black "Mike Zelkind"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qe7
12. Qf3 Nd8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 h6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Kh1 g6
17. Rg1 c6 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Qh4 g5 21. Bxg5 Rxg5
22. Rxg5 d5 23. Rag1 h5 24. Rxh5+ 1-0
[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.03.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.a4 Rd8
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bc4 h6 16.Nh4 Re8 17.Nf5 Nf4 18.Qf3
Bxf5 19.exf5 Rad8 20.a5 N4d5 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.h3 Re7 23.Bf1 Qc8
24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Re8 26.Qg3 c4 27.Bb2 Qxf5 28.Bxc4 Ne4
29.Qf3 Qxf3 30.gxf3 Nexc3 31.Kf1 Rc8 32.Bd3+ Kg8 33.Ra3 b5
34.axb6 1-0
[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.e4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
{The Rubinstein Counter-Attack (4...Nd4) is sound enough, but
Lilienthal was no doubt unwilling to provide the 'novice' with
a ready-made simplifying line-5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5, etc.} 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 {This and his next two moves
constitute the Metger Defence; while holding on firmly to the
center Black seeks to unpin himself and drive back the
agressive Bishops.} 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 {Here we
have a position which is not only of fundamental importance
for the theory of the opening but also extremely interesting
from the point of view of general strategy. It is a question
of Bishops versus Knights and of the advantages and
disadvantages of the doubled pawn complex. Nimzovitch
considered that White was not in an attacking but a
'crouching' position and that any move on the part of his
central pawns would disclose their dynamic weakness. He
recommended Black's last move as the correct way to challenge
them. On the other hand, Botvinnik has frequently demonstrated
that this type of position can be very favourable for White if
he can stabilise the situation in the center and consolidate a
piece-preferably his KB-on d5. To this end the continuation
12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bc4 (Not 13.Nxe5 Nc7, etc.) is well worth
considering.} 12.Bf1 Qc7 {Inconsequential play; Black could
and should have carried out the positional threat of 12...cxd4
13.cxd4 Qc7 with prospects on the c-file. He is not given a
second opportunity.} 13.d5 Nd8 {13...Nf4 would allow White to
break up the center to his advantage by 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.e5
dxe5 16.Nxe5. Petrosian supports this as follows 16...Rd8
17.c4 b5 18.Qf3 Bb7 (or 18...bxc4 19.d6 Qb7 20.Qxf4, etc.)
19.Rad1 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Rd6 21.Bb3. It shoul be noted that while
Black has succeeded in immobilising the enemy pawns this is
not necessarily a permanent state of affairs. Wite immediately
starts preparing for a thrust on the K side with h4.} 14.Nh4
Ne8 15.g3 Qe7 16.Nf5 Bxf5 {Otherwise this Knight may settle on
c4 and harass him on all sides. However, leaving onelf with
two knights against two bishops, even in a closed position, is
a serious step,. It may be all right in theory, but in
practice many difficulties are involved. The trouble is that
the player with the Knights must be extremely cautious about
changes in the pawn formation, whereas his opponent may
undertake almost any action he likes. The rest of the game
affords a good illustration of the way the bishops work
towards the breaching and ultimate collapse of the opposing
defences.} 17.exf5 Qf6 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.a4 f6 {After
non too happy manouvering with his Queen, Black was faced with
the threat of 21. Bb5 Qc7 22.Bxe8 Rxe8 23.Bf6 and wins.}
21.Bd2 g6 {Is this not helping White? Yes; but if he does
nothing to relieve his rather cramped position, White will
buid up a K side offensive at his leisure. That is Black's
dilemma.} 22.Bh3 Qxf5 {Not 22...Ng7? 23.fxg6! winning a pawn;
while if 22...g5, White simply retires his KB again and gets
ready to strike back with h4.} 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.Bxf5 Ng7 25.Bd3
f5 {He ought to have played 25...Nf7 and kept his pawns firmly
entrenched where they were. By his weakening his support to
the strongpoint at e5 he makes it easier for White to
undermine it. It is doubtful whether Black's game can be saved
after this.} 26.f4 e4 {Closing the position again, but the
respite is only temporary. With every new advance the Knights
find it harder to plug the gaps. 26...Nf7 was therefore the
better choice.} 27.Be2 Rc8 28.c4 Ne8 29.h3 Nf6 30.g4 {!
White's strategy has won the day. The barrier of enemy pawns
that curbs his Bishops can no longer be maintained.} fxg4
31.hxg4 Rc7 32.Kf2 h6 33.Rh1 e3 {A desperate attempt at
counter-play. Passive defence was hopeless in any case; for
example, 33...Kg7 34.Bc3 Kg6 35.Ke3 Rh7 36.Rag1 Nf7 37.g5 hxg5
38.f5+!, winning a piece.} 34.Bxe3 Ne4+ 35.Kg2 Nf7 36.Bd3 Re7
37.Rae1 Rfe8 38.Bc1 Nc3 {The Knight makes a sortie at last.}
39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.a5 b6 41.Bd2 Ne2 42.axb6 axb6 43.c3 {And gets
trapped! As is fitting the Bishops have had the final way.} b5
44.Kf3 1-0
[Event "Living Chess Exhibition"]
[Site "Los Angeles,USA"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. e4 {From "Viaje al Reino del Ajedrez " de Y. Averbach et
al} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4 c6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4+ Kf7 14. f4 Rg8 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. fxe5
dxe5 17. Rxf6 Kxf6 18. Rf1+ Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Rxf5+ Ke7
21. Qf7+ Kd6 22. Rf6+ Kc5 23. Qb7 Qb6 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25. Qb4#
1-0
[Event "Augsburg GER"]
[Site "Nt"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lucius Endzelins"]
[Black "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.c4 Qe7
13.Qe3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Rab1 c5 16.Nd2 Qd7 17.Rb7 Qc6
18.Rfb1 Bc8 19.R7b2 a6 20.Qe4 Bd7 21.Rb7 Qxe4 22.Nxe4 1-0
[Event "ch BEL"]
[Site "Ghent BEL"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georges Koltanowski"]
[Black "Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.d3 Nd4 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5
Bg4 8.Bd2 O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nf5 12.Qe2 Qd6
13.Rg1 Rfe8 14.Bg5 b5 15.Bxb5 Nd4 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bxe8 Rxe8
18.Be3 Nxd5 19.Rxg7+ Kf8 20.Rg4 Qc6 21.Bh6+ Qxh6 22.Rg8+ Kxg8
23.Qxe8+ Kg7 24.Qe5+ Nf6 25.Ke2 Qg6 26.Qg3 1-0
[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.10"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3
7.bxc3 d6 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 a6 10.Ba4 Bd7 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Nh2 Nxb3
13.axb3 Nh7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 f5 16.e5 dxe5 17.Rxe5 Nf6
18.Qe2 Re8 19.Nf3 Nd5 20.Bd2 Qf6 21.Re1 c6 22.c4 Nc7 23.Bc3
Ne6 24.Qf2 Rf8 25.Qb6 Rab8 26.Rxe6 Qxc3 27.Re7 Be8 28.Qc7 Bh5
29.R1e5 1-0
[Event "Ramsgate schev"]
[Site "Ramsgate"]
[Date "1929.03.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2
Ne7 8.Ng3 c6 9.Ba4 Ng6 10.c3 Ba5 11.d4 Be6 12.Bb3 Bxb3 13.Qxb3
Bb6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bg5 Qe7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Nh5 Rxd1 18.Rxd1
Bxf2+ 19.Kf1 Bb6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rd7 Qc5 22.Qc2 Nf4 23.Nxf4
exf4 24.Nd4 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Qe2 Qg5 27.Nf5 h5 28.Qd3 Bb6
29.h4 1-0
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