[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Qd2

b5 9. g5 Nge7 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. Kb1
Na5
15. Qf2 Rb8 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Nd4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Qd2 a5 21.
f5
e5 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. f6 Bf8 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 Rc4 27. g6
hxg6
28. h5 Rbc8 29. Rc1 a4 30. hxg6 b3 31. Qd5 R4c7 32. gxf7+ Kf8 33. Nh4 bxc2+
34.
Ka1 Qg1 35. Qxd6+ Kxf7 36. Qd5+ Ke7 37. Nf5+ Kf8 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Qd2
Qd1 40.
Qg5 Bf6 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Nd4+ Qxd4 43. Qf5+ Kd6 44. Qxf6+ Kc5 45. Rxc2+
Kb4 46.
a3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Wells"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.

d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 $5 {I am sure that white has to look here to those
moves which disrupt the smooth flow of black's planned set-up, viz: ...d6, ...
Re8, ...Nbd7, ...a6 etc. Either 10 Na4, or the text therefore look the most
likely to make an impact, and I am not surprised to see Sadler turn to it.} ({
After} 10. Na4 $5 {the reply} b6 {seems to be holding up well eg.} 11. Nec3
$5
{I prefer this to} (11. Nxc5 $6 bxc5 12. Nc3 Re8+ 13. Be2 Ba6 14. O-O Bxe2
15.

Nxe2 Qb6 16. Nc3 d6 17. Rb1 Nbd7 18. Be3 Qa6 19. b4 Qc4 20. Qd2 Rac8 21.
bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nb5 Nce4 {
when black was very active. Gallego,V-Lalic,B/Benasque 1996/CBM 53 ext.})
11... Re8+ 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Na6 15. Nac3 $5 Bd6 16. h3
Nc5 17.
Be3 Nfe4 18. Rc1 Qf6 19. b4 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Ne4 21. Nb5 $5 Qe5 22. Nxd6
Qxd6 23.
Qd3 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Rac8 {with a very slight edge for white at the most..
Yakovich,Y-Alterman,B/Beijing 1997/CBM 61.}) 10... Bd6 {Topalov decides to
keep this piece, since white's arguably loosening 10th move creates fresh
opportunities for play on the e5-a1 diagonal. It is also quite possible to
play 10...Bb6 and look to rapid development to compensate for the bishop pair
after} (10... Bb6 11. Na4 Re8 $1 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 $5 d6 (13... Re5 $6 {
This kind of greed is very often misguided in these positions} 14. Bb2 Rxd5 15.
Qc2 Nc6 16. g4 d6 17. Bg2 Be6 18. O-O Rc8 19. Nf4 Rg5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. f4
$16
{Malaniuk,V-Tunik,G/Yalta op 1996}) 14. Be3 Ne4 $1 {Black's counterchances
rest on impeding white's development and play on the light squares.} 15. Qd4
Nd7 16. g4 f5 $1 17. Bg2 Ne5 18. O-O Ng6 $1 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Nh4 21.
Nxf5
Nxf5 22. Qxb6 Qf6 23. Bf4 Nh4 $44 {Guliev,S-Volzhin,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 45
ext.})
11. g3 (11. Bb2 Be5 12. Ng3 a5 13. b5 (13. Be2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1
Na6)
13... d6 14. Be2 Nbd7 (14... Nfd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Nh5 $1 $40) 15.
O-O Nc5 (15... Nb6 $5 16. f4 (16. Qd2 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxb2) (16. Bf3 $2 Nc4
$132
) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nbxd5 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Qd2 $44 Bg4 $140 $5 20. Bd3 $1
(20.
Bxg4 $6 Nxg4 21. Bxg7 Qh4 22. h3 Nge3 23. Rf3 Rac8 24. Re1 Kxg7 25. Rfxe3
Nxe3
26. Rxe3 Kg8 27. Nf5 Qf6 $15)) 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 a4 18. f5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Re8

$132 {Knaak,R-Piket,J/GER-chT 1997. Black has sufficent squares for his

knights and rook to compensate for the bishop pair.}) 11... Re8 12. Bg2 Be5 13.
O-O a5 $1 {An important element in black's set-up. He needs either the c5
square, or a weak b4 pawn to attack.} 14. b5 (14. Bb2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16.
Bxa1 Na6 $5 (16... d6) 17. f4 $5 (17. b5 Nc5 $132) 17... Bxc3 (17... Qb6+ 18.
Kh1 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Qxb4 20. d6 $44 {looks quite reasonable for white since
there are still quite a few question marks hanging over black's development.})
18. Nxc3 $1 (18. Bxc3 Qe7 $1 $36) 18... Nxb4 (18... d6 19. Qd4 $14) 19. d6
Qb6+
$140 20. Kh1 Re6 21. Na4 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rc1 $132 {I am not
surprised
that Sadler rejected 14 Bb2 since it looks rather speculative, but still I
find it interesting and worth further investigation.}) 14... d6 15. h3 (15. f4
Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bg4 $5 $132 (17... Bf5) (17... Ng4 $6 18. Ra2 $1
$14
)) 15... Nfd7 $5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Ra2 $1 {Efficient development. Working along
the second rank the rook can find a role either on the c-file, or supporting
the king-side push. The c1 bishop, on the other hand, is best placed at home,
particularly covering e3.} Nc5 18. g4 g6 $1 19. Rc2 Bg7 {
Is this really what Nimzovitch had in mind?} 20. Ng3 Nbd7 {The position
somewhat resembles a Benoni. Black has a great square on c5, but white has
secured the e4 square, and will challenge this with Ne4 while keeping some
hopes on the king-side.} 21. Kh2 $5 {This square turns out to have some
drawbacks in the game continuation, but at the same time there are good
reasons to wish to vacate g1 ( the desire to threaten d6 among others ).
Black's reply also raises interesting questions. It arguably misplaces his
other knight, since that would ideally reserve the option to jump into c5
after its colleague is exchanged. On the other hand, the bishop on c8 gets to
support f5.} (21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 (22... Nc5 $5) 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng5
Nf6 (24... Nc5 $6 25. Qh5 h6 $140 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Bb2) 25. Qd3 $5) 21... Nb6
22. Nce4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Ng5 (24. gxf5 $2 Bxf5 $17) 24... fxg4 25. hxg4

Bd7 26. Ne6 (26. Rh1 $5 {-Fritz 5.}) 26... Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Rxe6
29.
Rc7 $1 (29. Bxb7 Rae8 $40) 29... Re7 (29... Rae8 $2 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+
Kg8
32. Qxb6 Qxg4 (32... Re1 33. Bd5+) 33. Qxb7) (29... d5 30. Rxb7 Rae8 31.
Rxg7+
Kxg7 32. Bb2+ Kf7 33. Qd4 $132) 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 $1
(32. Bg2
Rc8 33. Qxd6 (33. Qf3 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Bxh3 Rc3 37.
Bg2 Bc5
$132) 33... Rc2 34. Bd2 Qxg4 $13) 32... Qh3+ (32... Re8 33. Qf3 Qh4+ 34. Kg2
$14) 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15.
Nxd4 Bf8 16. b3 Bb7 (16... Nb7 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Ndf5 Bb7 19. f3 Ncd7 20. Bf4
Ne5
21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Bb1 d5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G-Pavlovic,M/Vrnjacka Banja 1988/EXT 97 (29)}) (16... g6 17.
Bb2 Bg7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. f3 $14 {
1-0 Emms,J-Hebden,M/London 1993/TD (65)}) 17. Ng3 Nc6 (17... Rc8 18. Bb2
g6 19.
Qd2 h5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Pavlovic,M/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 97 (23)}) 18. Bb2 Nxd4 19.
Bxd4
(19. Qxd4 $5) 19... Rc8 20. Bd3 d5 $5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qg4 (22. Nxe4 dxe4 23.
Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Qd3 (25. Qe2 $2 f5 26. Rf4 g5 $19) (25. Re2 Red8
26.
Rd2 Qe4 $44) 25... Bc5 26. Rd1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rexd4 Rxe5 $11) 22...
Qg5
23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. Rad1 Ne6 $14 {White has the better P-formation, but Black
has a nice blockading square on e6. At this moment the pressure is on Black to
get some activity before White consolidates by placing a piece on d4.} 25. Bb2
g6 26. Ne2 Bb4 27. Rf1 d4 $5 28. Bb1 (28. Nxd4 $2 Nf4 $36) (28. f4 Bc3 29.
Bc1
Nc7 $13) 28... Bc3 29. Bc1 b4 $6 (29... Kh7 30. f4 $40) (29... Kg7 $142 30. f4
b4 31. f5 Nc5 32. fxg6 (32. Nf4 $5) 32... fxg6 33. Nf4 Ne4 $13) 30. Bxh6 a5 31.
Bd3 Nc5 32. Bc4 Rcd8 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Bf6 $16 Bc6 35. f3 d3 36. Nxc3 $1 bxc3
37.
e6 Nxe6 38. Bxc3 Nf4 39. Bd2 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Be3 $6 (41. Rfe1 $18)
41...
Nc2 42. Bc1 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Nd4 44. a4 d2 45. Bb2 Ree7 46. Kf2 Nc2 47. Bf6 {
Resigning a bit too early. Black can still put up a fight.} (47. Bf6 Re8 48.
Bg5 Na3 $1 49. Be2 (49. Rxd2 Nxc4 50. bxc4 Bxa4 51. Ra1 Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2
Bb3 $14)

49... Rb7 50. Rxd2 (50. Bxd2 Rxb3 51. Bxa5 Bxa4 $16) 50... Rxb3 51. Bf6 Bxa4
52. Ra1 $16) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6

9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 $5 {This somewhat unnatural
move
is the product of a colourful development in this sharp line. It doesn't bring
any advantage and will probably be seen less in the future.} (12. Nce2 d5 13.
Bh3 (13. Ng3) (13. Rg1 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 exf3 16. gxf6 fxe2 17. Qxe2
gxf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Qg6+ Ke7 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Qc7 23.
Rf2

Rc8 24. Bf4 e5 25. Bg5 Qc6 {0-1 Prie,E-Shneider,A/Corsica rap op/1997/}) (13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Bc4 O-O-O 17. Nd3 Qc7 $15 {
Sax,Gy-Anand,V Philadelphia 1986}) 13... dxe4 (13... Ne5 14. Nf4 g5 15. hxg5
Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Kb1 hxg5 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg5 Be7 20. Nxe6 $16 {
De La Riva-Vera/1993/}) (13... Qa5 14. Kb1 g6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 O-O-O 17. f5
gxf5 18. exf5 e5 19. Ne6 $18 {Magem Badals,J-Brenninkmeier,J/Novi Sad
olm/1990/
}) 14. g5 hxg5 (14... exf3 15. Nf4 (15. Ng3 Nd5 16. g6 Nc5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18.
Nxf3 $13 {Savko-Karklins/URS/1990/}) 15... Ne4 16. Qe1 Qa5 17. g6 O-O-O 18.
Nb3
Qxa2 19. gxf7 Bd6 20. Nxe6 Bc6 21. Rxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxb4 Nxf7 23. Nxd8 Nxd8
24.
Bf4 Nb7 25. Qb6 {1-0 Kalesis,N-Kouvatsou,M/Hania op/1997/}) 15. hxg5 exf3
16.
Ng3 (16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Qe1 f2 18. Bxf2 Qxg5 19. Be3 Qh4 20. Ndxe6 $1 Qxe1 21.
Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Rhxe1 Rxh3 $1 23. Nxh3 Bxg7 {
Anand,V-Beliavsky,A/Groningen/1993/1-0 (38)}) 16... Ne4 (16... Ne5 $5 17. gxf6
gxf6 $13 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd5 20. Qe3 Be7) 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe6 $1
(18.
Bf4 $2 Nc5 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bd5 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Qc5 $19 {
0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Topalov,V/Moscow olm/1994/}) (18. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 19. Bxe6
Nc5
$1 20. Rxh8 Qxd2+ 21. Bxd2 Nxe6 22. Bxb4 (22. Re1 Bd5 23. Bxb4 Kd7 24.
Bxf8
Rxf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 {0-1 Cvicela,A-Solodovnichenko,Y/SVK-ch/1997/ (37)}) 22...
Kf7 $19) 18... Rxh1 19. Rxh1 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qe7 $1 21. Nc7+ Kf7 22. Qd4 Kg6
$1
23. Rh4 Nc5 24. Nxa8 $1 Bxa8 25. Rf4 $1 Qe8 26. Rxf8 Qxf8 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28.
Bxc5 $11 {Zagrebelny,S-Efremov,V/Alushta op/1994/0,5 (37)}) (12. Na4 d5 13.
Bh3
Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. g5 Nxa4 16. bxa4 Nd7 17. g6 Nc5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3
Nxb3+
20. axb3 $16 {Gunawan,Ru-Paschall,W/New York op (09)/1994/1-0 (34)}) 12...
d5 (

12... e5 13. Nf5 d5) 13. Bh3 Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 dxe4 (15... Qa5 16. f4
Nc4
17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rhg1 Rc8 22. Nxe6
(22.
Qg3 Bd5 23. Qg6+ Ke7) 22... Nxe6 23. Rd7+ Be7 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qh3+ Kf7
26.
Rxb7 Qc5 {Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk/1996/1/2-1/2 (64)} (26... Rxc2+ 27.
Kxc2
Qc5+ 28. Nc3 $1 Qf2+ 29. Ne2 $1)) (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 Rxh3 17. Rxh3
dxe4
$44) 16. f4 Nd3+ $1 {The time factor plays dominant role in this type of
positions and Topalov was obviously well prepared from home.} (16... Nc6 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 $18) (16... Nf3 17. g6 Nxd4 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd4 $40)
17.
cxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 (18. Qh5 $2 g6 19. Qg4 Bxh1 $19) 18... Nc5 (18... Rc8+ $5
19. Kd2 (19. Nc2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nc5 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxc5
(23.
Nxb4 Nd3+ 24. Nxd3 Rxd3 $19) 23... Bxc5 24. Nd2 Bd6 $17) 19... Nc5 20. Qf1
(20.
Qe2 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Qd5 $17) 20... Bxh1 21. Qxh1 $15) 19. Qc2 (19. Qf1 $5 Qc8
20.
Nd2 $1 (20. Nc2 b3 $1 $19) 20... Ne4+ 21. Qc4 Nxd2 (21... Bd5 22. Qc2 Nxd2
23.
Qxc8+ Rxc8+ 24. Kxd2 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 $14) 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8+ 23. Kxd2 Bxh1
24. Rxh1
$14) 19... Be4 (19... Bxh1 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 (20... Qxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Nxe6 22.
Qxh1
$18) 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Qxb4+ Ke8 23. Qa4+ Ke7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxa6 $16)
20.
Nxe6 $1 {If anybody worries about chess becoming boring he should check this
entertaining position. There are many pieces attacked, lines opened and
dangers waiting for both sides.} (20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Kd2 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Qd5 $17)
20... fxe6 $1 (20... Qa5 21. Nxg7+ Bxg7 22. Bd7+ Kf8 23. Qxc5+ Qxc5+ 24.
Bxc5+

$18) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 (22. Qh2 Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Nf2+ 24. Kb3 Nxh1 $17)
(22.
Qc4 Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Nc5+ (23... b3+ 24. Kc3 (24. axb3 $2 Nb4+ 25. Kc3 Na2#)
(24.
Kxb3 Bd5 25. Bxe6 Rb8+ 26. Kc2 Bxc4 27. Bxc4) 24... Bb4+ 25. Kxb3 Bd5 26.
Bxe6
Bxc4+ 27. Bxc4 hxg5 $13) 24. Kc1 $11) 22... Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 (23... Bxb1 24.
Bxg7 Rh7 25. Kxb1 (25. gxh6 Bxa2 26. f5 $13) 25... Rxg7 26. Re1 $14) (23...
Rxf8 24. Kxc2 Rxf4 25. Bxe6 $14) 24. Kxc2 hxg5 25. fxg5 (25. hxg5 Rd4 26.
Bg2
Rxh1 27. Bxh1 Rxf4 $13) 25... Rxh4 26. Nd2 {White must reestablish
coordination of his pieces, fortunately for him black pawns are all
potentially weak.} Ke7 27. Nf3 Rc4+ 28. Kb1 (28. Kb3 Re4 $11) 28... Re4 (28...
Rf4 29. Ne5 $16) 29. Rc1 Rd3 30. Bg2 Ree3 (30... Re2 $2 31. Bf1 Rxb2+ 32.
Kxb2
Rxf3 33. Bxa6 $18) 31. Nh4 Rd2 32. Bf1 (32. Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nf4 Rf2 34. Rc7+
Ke8
$15) 32... a5 33. Bc4 Kd6 (33... Rd4 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Nh8+ Kg8 36. g6 $5
Kxh8
$4 37. Bxe6 $1 Rd8 38. Rh1+) 34. Ng6 Re4 35. Nf8 e5 (35... Rf4 36. Nxe6 Rxc4
37. Rxc4 Kxe6 38. Rc7 $11) 36. Ng6 Rg4 (36... Rg2 37. Nh8 $1) 37. Nh8 $1 {
This fine move keeps the balance, white is playing creatively in the defense
of this endgame position.} e4 (37... Rxg5 $4 38. Nf7+ $18) 38. Nf7+ Ke7 39.
Re1
Kf8 (39... Rd4 $2 40. Ne5 $1 $18) 40. Ne5 Rxg5 41. Rf1+ (41. Kc1 $2 Rf2 $17)
41... Ke8 (41... Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd8 (42... Ke8 43. Bb5+ Kd8 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45.
Ne5+
$11) 43. Nc6+ Ke8 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ $11) 42. Bb5+ Ke7 (42... Kd8 $2 43.
Nf7+ $18) 43. Nc4 Rh2 44. Ba4 Rc5 45. Ne3 g6 46. Re1 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]

[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

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. Qb3 c6 13. c5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc2
15.
Qxb7 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Qe8 17. Qa6 f6 18. Ne1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bd8
21. Nc2
Re8 22. Bd3 a5 23. Ne3 Ra7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 a4 26. Kf1 Ba5 27. Rc1 a3
28.
Rc2 g6 29. Bd3 Rb7 30. Bc1 Rb1 31. g3 Reb8 32. Ke2 R1b2 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Be2
f5
35. Kd3 g5 36. Bd1 Kf6 37. h3 h6 38. Bf3 Kg6 39. g4 Bc7 40. gxf5+ Kf6 41. Re2
Rxe2 42. Bxe2 Bf4 43. Bxa3 Ra8 44. Bb2 Rxa2 45. Kc2 Kxf5 46. Bf3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]

[White "Piket, Jeroen"]

[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1

c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 c5 11. h3 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. g3 Ng4 14. Bd2 f5
15. h3 Nf6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nh5 $132 {
1-0 Brglez,R-Tratar,M/Ljubljana 1997/CBM 61 ext (46)}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 (12.
Bg5 h6 (12... Kh8 13. a3 $6 Qb8 14. Qc2 (14. Bd3 Ng8 15. g4 f6 16. Bd2 Bh6
17.
Kh2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 g5 19. Ne2 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Quinteros,M/Villa Ballester 1997/EXT 98 (45)}) 14... Ng8 15.
Bd3 f6 16. Bh4 $6 Nh6 17. Rf1 Qd8 18. Nd2 Nf7 19. Bg3 Bh6 $11 {
0-1 Miles,A-Cramling,P/Malmo 1996/CBM 54/[Hazai] (69)}) 13. Be3 (13. Bd2
Ne8
14. g3 f5 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Be3 Nac7 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. b4
cxb4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd4 a5 23. Qh5 Qf7 24. Be2 Qxh5 25. Bxh5 b5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Oms Pallise,J-Comas Fabrego,L/ESP-chT 1995/CBM 50 ext (49)}) 13...
Nh5
(13... Kh7 14. a3 Ng8 15. Rb1 f5 16. b4 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Be2 Rg8

20. Ng4 Bf8 21. Rb3 Rg7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bg4 $16 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Reeve,J/Montreal 1998/EXT 99 (30)}) 14. Qd2 g5 15. Nh2 Nf4 16.
a3 h5 17. Be2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 21. f3 f5 22.
exf5
Bxf5 23. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Mitenkov,A-Ziger,S/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (34)}) (12. g3
Nh5 13. a3 Nc7 14. b4 b6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bh6 Qc8
19.
Kh2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rb8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Soffer,R-Timoshchenko,G/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (23)}) (12. Nh2 Nh5 13.
g3
Nc7 14. Be2 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. g4 Bf6
20.
Kh1 Bg5 21. Rg1 Kh8 $132 {
0-1 Szymanski,A-Obsivac,J/Frydek-Mistek 1997/EXT 98 (81)}) 12... Kh8 (12...
Ne8
13. Rb1 (13. Nh2 Nac7 14. Be3 b6 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. f4 $14 {
Krasenkov-Larsson, Sweden 1989/90}) (13. g3 f5 14. Bg2 f4 15. Bd2 h5 16.
gxf4
exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 $36 {
1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Sutovskij,E/Medellin 1996/Juniors (57)}) 13... f5 14. b4 f4
15. Na4 b6 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Bc3 Nd6 19. Nb2 Nc7 20. Nd3 Nf7
21. a4
$16 {1-0 Volke,K-Reschke,S/BL9293 1993/GER-chT (40)}) 13. b4 Ng8 14. Rb1
Bh6 (
14... b6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Nh6 18. Bd3 Nf7 19. Nh2 Bh6 20. Nf1
Bg5
{1/2-1/2 Antoniewski,R-Szelag,M/Augustow 1996/EXT 99 (20)}) 15. Bxh6 (15.
Bb2
f6 16. Ba1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Nh6 21. Nb5 Nf7
22.
Ng4 Bg7 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. Bd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Cramling,P/Malmo 1998/CBM 66/[King] (47)}) 15... Nxh6 16.
Qd2
Kg7 17. Rb3 $6 (17. Bd3) 17... b6 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Bc2 f6 (19... f5 20. exf5

gxf5 (20... Nxf5 21. Ne4 $14) 21. Qg5+ (21. Ne2 Qf6 22. Ng3 Kh8 $132) 21...
Qxg5 22. Nxg5 Kg6 23. f4 $36) 20. Rb2 Rac8 21. b5 Nc7 22. a4 Nf7 23. a5 Rb8
24.
Ra2 Rb7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nh2 Kh8 (26... f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. f4 $16) 27. Nf1
Ne8 28. Ra8 Nc7 29. Ra3 Qd8 30. Ng3 Ne8 31. Rea1 Ng7 32. Nce2 (32. Ra7
Qc7)
32... h5 33. Bb1 Kh7 34. Nf1 $6 f5 35. exf5 Bxf5 (35... Nxf5 36. Nfg3 N7h6 37.
Ne4 $16) 36. Neg3 (36. Nfg3 Bxb1 37. Rxb1 Qh4 38. Qd3 Ng5) (36. Bxf5 Nxf5 (
36... gxf5 $5) 37. Neg3 Nxg3 (37... Qh4 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qe2) 38. Nxg3 Qh4
39.
Qe2 Ng5 40. Ra7 Rff7 $11) 36... Bxb1 37. Rxb1 Qh4 38. Qd3 (38. Ne3 Ng5 $36)
38... Ng5 39. Nd2 Rf4 40. Re1 Rbf7 41. Nde4 Nxe4 42. Nxe4 (42. Rxe4 $5 Nf5
43.
Rxf4 Qxf4 (43... exf4 44. Nxf5 (44. Ne4 $5 Re7 45. Ra6 $36) 44... Rxf5 45.
Ra7+
Kh6 46. Qc3 Re5 47. Rb7 $36) 44. Ne4 $14 Kg7) 42... Rxe4 $1 43. Rxe4 (43.
Qxe4
Qxf2+ 44. Kh2 Rf4 45. Qe3 Qb2 (45... Qxe3 46. Rexe3 Rxc4 47. Ra6 Nf5 48.
Re1)
46. Ra7 Kh6 47. Re2 Qb1 48. Rf7 g5 $1 $44 (48... Nf5 49. Rxf5 Qxf5 50. g3
$18))
43... Qxf2+ 44. Kh2 Qb2 45. Qb3 (45. Re2 Qc1 (45... Qd4 $5) 46. Rc2 Qf4+
(46...
Qb1 47. Rca2 Qe1 48. Ra1 Qh4 49. Ra7 $16) 47. g3 Qd4 $1 $44 48. Qxd4 $140
cxd4)
(45. Qc3 Qf2 $44) 45... Qc1 46. Qe3 Qb2 47. Qb3 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]

[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lautier"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.

Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2
Be6
15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O f5 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. Na3 b4 $2
(20...
Na7 $8 $13) 21. Nb5 $1 $16 {/\ Ndc7} bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Ndxc3 e4 $5 (22...
Rb6
23. Na4 $1 $16 (23. Rxd6 $2 Nd4 $17)) (22... Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxe6 (24.
Nb5 Qb6 (24... d3 $6 25. Qxd3 (25. Qxe6 Rxb5 26. Rxd3 Rxb2 27. Rxd6 Qf6
$14)
25... Bxb2 26. Rab1 (26. Nd4 $6 Bd7 27. Rab1 Qf6 $11) 26... Bg7 (26... Qf6 $2
27. Rd2 Be5 28. f4 $16) 27. a4 $1 $16 (27. Nxd6 Bxa2 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Nxf5
Qb2
30. Be4 (30. Nxg7 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Kxg7 32. Qc3+ (32. Rf1 Qb2 33. Qd7+ Rf7
34.
Qg4+ Kh8 $11) 32... Qf6 33. Qxa5 $14) 30... Be6 31. Rb1 Qf6 32. Rb6 $36)) 25.
Qxe6 (25. a4 $6 Bb3 26. Rd2 Bxa4 $11) 25... Qxb5 26. b3 Qb4 $14) 24... dxc3
25.
bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rac1 (26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Bxa1 $14) 26... Be5 {/\ f4} 27. f4

Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rbe8 29. Qd5 (29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Bb2 31. Rb1 Ba3 32. Rd5
Bc5
33. Bh3 Re3 34. Bxf5 Rb8 35. Rd3 Re2 $44 {/\ a4}) 29... Bg7 30. Rc2 $16 (30.
Qxd6 $4 Re1+ $19) (30. Bh3 Re2 $132)) 23. Rxd6 Qc8 24. Rad1 (24. Nd5 $2
Be5)
24... Ne5 $14) 22... Bg8 $8 (22... Rf7 $2 23. Ne3 $18) (22... Ne7 23. Ndc7 Bg8
24. Rxd6 $16) 23. Ndc7 (23. Ne3 $142 e4 24. Nxd6 (24. Rxd6 Qb6 (24... Qc8
$14 {
/\ Ne5}) 25. a4 Qc5 26. Rad1 Ne5 $132 27. Qh5 $140 Nd3 28. Rd7 $2 f4 $1)
24...
Nd4 $8 25. cxd4 (25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Nexf5 Bxc3 27. Rd1 Qf6 $14) 25... Qxd6
26.
Rac1 $16 {/\ d5} (26. Bh3 Qg6 $132 {/\ f4, /\ Rbd8}) (26. Qh5 Qg6 $132)) 23...
Na7 $8 (23... Rb6 $2 24. Qe3 $1 (24. Rxd6 Nd4 25. cxd4 Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6
27.
Nb5 Qb6 28. dxe5 Re8 $132) 24... Qb8 25. Rxd6 $18) 24. Bd5 $1 (24. Rxd6 Qc8
{
/\ Nb5, Bc4} 25. Bd5 (25. a4 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Bc4 27. Qd2 Bxb5 28. axb5 Rxb5
$11)
(25. Bf1 Rf7 $1 $132) 25... Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Qc5 27. Bxg8 $8 (27. c4 $2 Rxb5 28.
Rc6 Qd4 $19) 27... Rxb5 (27... Rxg8 $2 28. c4 Rxb5 $2 29. Rd5 $18) 28. Bc4
(28.
Rd5 $2 Qxc3 29. Rad1 (29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rb6 $19) 29... Rb2 $19) 28...
Qxd6
29. Bxb5 e4 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. c4 f4 $132) 24... Nxb5 25. Nxb5 Qb6 $8 {
/\ Rf6, Raf8, >< d6, f5-f4|^} 26. a4 $6 {/\ Ra2-d2} (26. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 27. Bxg8
Qc5 28. Bd5 (28. Bc4 Rbc8 29. Be6 Rce8 $11) 28... Qxc3 29. Rac1 Qa3 $11)
(26.
c4 $5 e4 $5 (26... Rf6 27. Rab1 $1 {(Topalov): /\ Nc3} Bxd5 (27... Qc5 28. Nc3
Rxb1 (28... Rb4 $2 29. Bxg8 Kxg8 30. Nd5 $18) 29. Rxb1 Rf8 30. Rb7 (30. Rb5
Qd4
$132) 30... e4 31. Bxg8 Rxg8 32. Nd5 $16) 28. Rxd5 $16 (28. Nc3 Qa7 (28...
Qxb1
29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Nxb1 Bc6 31. Nc3 $16) 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Rxd5 $16 {/\
Nb5}))

27. Rab1 Be5 28. Bxg8 Rxg8 29. Nc3 (29. Nxd6 $6 Qxb1 (29... Qxd6 $2 30.
Rxd6
Rxb1+ 31. Rd1 $18) 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Qb2 32. Qh5 (32. Rd7+ Kf6 33.
Qh5 Qxe5
{- 31.Qh5} (33... Kxe5 $2 34. Rd5+ $18)) 32... Qxe5 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Qh4+
(34.
Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qxh7 Qh8 $1 $17) (34. Rxh7 Rg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 $36) 34... Rg5
35.
Qh6+ Rg6 36. Qh4+ $11) 29... Qc5 30. Nd5 $14) (26. Rab1 $1 Qc5 (26... e4 27.
Bxg8 Kxg8 (27... Rxg8 28. Nxd6 Qxb1 $2 29. Nf7#) 28. Nxd6 Qxb1 29. Rxb1
Rxb1+
30. Kg2 $16) (26... Rf6 27. c4 $1 {- 26.c4}) 27. c4 $16 (27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. c4
$16)) 26... Rf6 27. Ra2 (27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 f4 $1 (28... Bh6 $2 29. Kf2 f4
30. gxf4 exf4 31. e4 f3 32. Rd3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Re8 34. Nd4 $1 $16) 29. e4 (29.
Bxg8 Rxg8 30. Rxd6 (30. Nxd6 fxg3 31. hxg3 Bh6 32. Ne4 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Rf4
$36)
30... fxg3 31. hxg3 Rf3 $11) 29... fxg3 30. hxg3 Bh6 31. Kg2 Rg6 $11 (31... Be3
32. Bxg8 Rxg8 33. Nxd6 Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Rf3 35. Nf5 Bf4 $132)) 27... f4 $1 $132
28.
Rad2 $4 (28. Qe4 fxg3 (28... Rbf8 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. Rd3 $14) 29.
hxg3 Rbf8 30. Bxg8 {/\ Qh7} Kxg8 31. Rdd2 Bh6 32. Re2 $11) 28... fxg3 (28...
Bh6 $2 29. Bxg8 fxg3 (29... f3 $2 30. Qe4 Rxg8 31. Rxd6 $18) 30. Rxd6 $1
gxf2+
31. Kh1 (31. Kf1 $2 Rxg8 $19) 31... Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Qc6+ 33. Bd5 Qxd6 34.
Qxf2
$11) 29. hxg3 Bh6 $19 30. Rc2 (30. Rd3 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxf2 $19) (30. Bxg8
Bxd2
31. Rxd2 Rxg8 32. Kg2 (32. Rd3 Rgf8 $19) 32... Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Rh6 $19) (30.
Kg2
Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Bxd5+ 32. Rxd5 Rbf8 $19) 30... Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Be3 32. Kg2 Bxf2
33.
Rxf2 Qe3 $1 34. Nxd6 Rb1 $3 (34... Rb1 $3 35. Rxb1 (35. Rdd2 Qh6 $19) (35.
Rf8
Rb2+ 36. Kh3 (36. Kf1 Qe2+ $19) 36... Qh6+ $19) (35. Bf3 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Qd3
$19)

35... Bxd5+ 36. Kg1 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Lukacs"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.

Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 (10... Nbd7 $2 11. Ng6 $1 $16) 11. Bf4 (11. Bd2
{
See Ivanchuk-Bareev, President's Cup 1998 CBM 65}) 11... Qa5+ {
This is played against 0-0-0.} 12. c3 (12. Bd2 Qa6 (12... Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4
Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nbd7 {
1/2 Gomez Esteban-Magem Badals, Spain 1998 with an equal _|_.}) 13. c4 (13.
Qb3

c5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bb4 {1/2 Emms-Teschke, BL
1998
}) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O Be7 15. Rfe1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18.
Nd6+
Bxd6 19. exd6 c5 20. Bc3 Nf6 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Bxf6 $14 {
with a strong o^ d6, Rosito-Slipak, ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1998}) 12... Qa6 (12...
Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 (13... Nd5 $6 14. Qf3 $1 Qd8 15. Rfe1 N7f6 16. Nh5 {
White has got a dangerous ->.} g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Re4 Qg7 (18... Qe7 19.
Rae1 $16 {/\ Nxg6!}) 19. c4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 f5 21. Nxc6 $1 $18 {
Pavlovic-Tukmakov, Biel (op) 1998}) 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Qf3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rd8
17.
Rfe1 Be7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Re3 g5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rg6 22. Qh8+ Ke7
23. Qh7
gxh4 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxg6 Qxe5 27. Qxh6 {
1/2 Vehi Bach-Magem Badals, ESP-ch Linares 1998}) 13. Qf3 {Certainly White
has
to avoid the exchange of queens, otherwise he has no chances for an ->.}
Nbd7 {
Now White cannot castle anywhere.} 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 (14... Nxd7 $2 15. Ne4 $1
$16)
15. Be5 Be7 16. b3 ({Corrupting Black's P structure is a healthy alternative:}
16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Nh5) 17. Nh5 f5 18. Nf4 $14 {/\ Nd3}) 16... Rhd8
(16... Rad8 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Kc8 19. Rhd1 $14) 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Ke8
19.
Rhe1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Rd7 21. a4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Kg8 23. Rd3 (23. Nh5 $4 Nxh5 24.
Qxh5
f6 $19 {The vertical threats are very dangerous!}) (23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf8
$11) 23... Ne8 24. Nh5 Bd6 {#} ({The P hunt after} 24... Bxh4 $2 {
is punished by} 25. Qg4 Bg5 26. f4 $18) 25. Bxg7 $5 (25. Qg3 Bxe5 26. Rxe5
Qb4
27. Re4 (27. d5 $2 cxd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 $1 29. Rdxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 exd5) 27...
Qe7 $11) (25. Bxd6 Rxd6 (25... Nxd6 $2 {leaves the vital >< g7 unattended:}
26.

Re5 Qb4 27. Qg3 $16) 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nf4 Qf5 $11) 25... Nxg7 26. c5 $2 (26.
Nf6+
Kf8 (26... Kh8 $2 27. c5 $1 Bb8 (27... Bf8 28. Qe4 Nf5 29. g4 Rxd4)) 27. Nh7+ (
27. Nxd7+ $6 Rxd7 $15) (27. c5 $6 Be7 $1 (27... Bxc5 $4 28. Nxd7+) 28.
Nxd7+
Rxd7 $15) 27... Kg8 28. Nf6+ $11 {with perpetual checks}) 26... Nxh5 $1 (26...
Bxc5 $4 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxd7+ $18) (26... Be7 $2 27. Qg4 Bf8 28. Nf6+ Kh8
29.
Qe4 Nf5 30. g4 Rxd4) (26... Bb8 $2 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qg6 $18) 27. Qxh5 Qa6 $1
$19
{This intermediate move pins the dangerous R with a tempo, after which
White's
-> collapses. Leko is very strong in defence and counterattack!} 28. Ree3 Bf4
$1 29. Qg4+ (29. Rf3 Rxd4) 29... Kf8 $1 30. Qxf4 Rxd4 31. Qxh6+ Ke8 32. Kg1
Rxd3 33. Rxe6+ Kd7 34. Rf6 Kc8 35. Rxf7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2 37. Qf4 R1d7 38.
Rxd7
Rxd7 39. Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qf4+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Rd8 42. Qf5+ Kb8 43. Qf4+ Ka8 44.
g4
Qe7 45. g5 Rf8 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. fxe3 Kb8 48. g6 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]

[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qb6 8.

Nf3
Qc7 9. Re1 Bc5 10. e5 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. Bxc6
Qxc6
15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Rad1 Nd5
21.
c3 Ba7 22. Rd2 a5 23. Qe4 a4 24. a3 Bb8 25. f3 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qc6 27. Bd4
Rce8
28. h3 Rf4 29. Qe5 Rf7 30. Qg3 h6 31. Re4 Kh7 32. Rg4 Rg8 33. Qe1 Rf5 34.
Qb1
Ne7 35. Re2 Qb7 36. Rf4 Kh8 37. Rh4 Kh7 38. Kg1 Qc7 39. Re5 g6 40. Re2 Rxf3
41.
Qe4 Rf5 42. Rxh6+ Kxh6 43. Qh4+ Rh5 44. Qxe7 Qd8 45. Be3+ g5 46. Qb4
Qe8 47.
Qxb5 d5 48. Qb4 Kh7 49. Bd4 Qd7 50. b3 axb3 51. Qxb3 g4 52. Qb1+ Rf5 53.
hxg4
Rxg4 54. Rb2 Qd6 55. Rb7+ Kh6 56. Rb6 Rxg2+ 57. Kxg2 Rg5+ 58. Kf1 Qf4+
59. Ke1
Qh4+ 60. Kd1 Qh3 61. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 (4. Nc3 $6 d5) 4... Bb4+ (4... exd4 5. Qxd4
d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 {Das ist die andere Hauptvariante. Schwarz hat
lebendiges Figurenspiel fr seinen isolierten Damenbauern. Ribli.}) 5. Bd2
Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 {Die Stellung hnelt der Bogoindischen Verteidigung nach
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bd2. Schwarz tauschte den schwarzfeldrigen Lufer,
hat
eine etwas passive, aber feste Stellung.} (6... e4 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. f3
exf3 10. exf3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 $10 {
Panno,O-Nikolic,P/Buenos Aires/1992/}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 (8. e4 a6 $5 {
Das ist ein Abwartezug. Schwarz wartet auf 9.Nf3, denn er will 9...Bg4 ziehen
und den Lufer abtauschen.} 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1
b5
13. cxb5 axb5 14. a3 Qb6 15. b4 $14 {
Khalifman,A-Rublevsky,S/Russia (ch) 1996/Inf 68/[Gurevich,M] (15)}) 8... exd4 {
Schwarz gibt das Zentrum freiwillig auf. Es scheint, der d6-Bauer sei schwach,
aber diese einzige Schwche hat Schwarz im Griff.} (8... Be6 $5 $146 9. b3 (9.
d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Nge2 Na6 12. O-O b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Nd1 b4 15. b3
Nc5

16. Nb2 a5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. f4 {

1/2-1/2 Foisor,C-Puljek Salai,Z/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 9... exd4 10. exd4
d5 11. c5 Re8 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 14. f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 b6 16. cxb6
axb6
17. Nf4 Nbd7 $11 {Lobron,E-Huzman,A/Budapest 1996/Inf 68 (17)}) (8... Re8 9.
Nge2 e4 10. Rc1 d5 11. b3 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf4 Nc7 14. O-O Ne6 15.
Nxe6
Bxe6 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Na4 b6 19. Bf1 Bh3 20. Ba6 Rxc2 21. Rxc2
Qf5
22. Be2 h5 {0-1 Ruck,R-Beim,V/Oberwart 1997/EXT 99 (39)}) 9. Qxd4 Qb6 10.
Qxb6
{Jetzt bekommt Schwarz eine starke Bauernmasse am Damenflgel, aber seine
Bauern auf b6 und d6 bleiben etwas schwach.} (10. O-O-O $5 Be6 11. Nf3 $14)
10... axb6 11. Nge2 (11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nge2 Be6 13. b3 Na6 $11) 11... Nbd7 12.
Rd1 Ne5 13. b3 (13. Rxd6 $2 Nxc4 $17) 13... Rd8 14. h3 {
Wei bereitet den Raumgewinnungszug 15.f4 vor.} (14. f4 Neg4 $132) 14... Kf8
{
Der Knig strebt nach e7, um den Bauern d6 zu verteidigen.} 15. f4 Ng6 16.
Kf2
Ke7 17. Rd2 $14 {Wei hat freie Hand, denn er kontrolliert mehr Raum.
Trotzdem
kann Schwarz die Stellung gut verteidigen.} Nd7 18. Rhd1 Nc5 {Der schwarze
Springer provoziert Wei zu b3-b4, aber in diesem Fall bekommt Schwarz
Gegenchancen.} 19. g4 {Wei ist konsequent und spielt nicht e3-e4. Er hlt
sich so die Mglichkeit zu Ne4 offen und schliet sich nicht die Diagonale
seines Lufers.} f6 {Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug. Schwarz verteidigt sich
gegen den thematischen Plan g4-g5 / Kf2-g3 / h3-h4.} 20. Ne4 Nxe4+ 21. Bxe4
Nf8
22. Nc3 Be6 23. Bf3 g6 (23... f5 $6 24. g5 $14 {Und Wei lt e3-e4 folgen.} (
24. Kg3 $14)) 24. h4 {Wei plant 25.g5. Er gewinnt so weiteren Raum und im
Falle von 25...fxg5?! kann er 26.hxg5 spielen. Der schwarze Bauer h7 wird dann
schwach.} h6 (24... Ra3 $2 25. Ne4 d5 26. Nc3) 25. Kg3 Bf7 26. Bg2 Rd7 27.
Bh3

(27. Na4 $5 Rxa4 (27... Ra6 28. Bf1 {Und Wei droht 29.c5.} c5 29. Nc3 $16)
28.
bxa4 Bxc4 29. Rb1 b5 30. axb5 Bxb5 31. Rb4 $14) 27... Ne6 28. Ne4 Rad8
(28...
d5 $2 29. Nc3 Nc7 30. g5 f5 31. e4 $16) 29. Nc3 {Wei droht 30.Na4.} Ra8 30.
Bg2 (30. Na4 Ra6 31. Bf1 Nc5 32. Nc3 $14 (32. Nxc5 bxc5 $11)) 30... Nc5 31.
Bf3
Rdd8 {Schwarz spielt seine unbequeme Stellung gut. Er strebt nicht nach z.B. ..
.g6-g5, sondern wartet ab.} 32. Ne2 Ra3 33. h5 gxh5 (33... Rda8 $2 34. hxg6
Bxg6 35. Nc3) 34. gxh5 f5 35. Kh4 {Der weie Knig steht auf h4 gut. Er
verteidigt den h5-Bauern und bereitet den Springerzug Ng3 vor.} Ne6 36. Ng3
Ng7
37. Re1 Kf8 (37... Rda8 38. Ree2) 38. Bg2 Rda8 39. Ree2 (39. Rxd6 Rxa2 40.
Bh3
Be6 41. e4 Ke7 $11) 39... Be6 (39... Ke7 $6 40. e4 fxe4 41. Bxe4 $16) 40. Bh3
Rd8 (40... Kf7 41. e4 fxe4 42. Nxe4) 41. e4 fxe4 42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. Nxe4 Ng7 (
43... d5 44. cxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxd5 cxd5 46. Nc3 Nc7 47. Rd2 $14) 44. Kg4 {
Wei vermeidet Motive mit ...Nf5+.} Ne8 45. c5 $6 {Es ist interessant, da
Wei den b6-Bauern tauscht. Meines Erachtens wre es besser, den f-Bauern
vorzurcken.} (45. f5 $5 Kf7 46. Kf4 $14) 45... bxc5 46. Nxc5 Kf7 $11 47. Kf3 (
47. Nxb7 Rd7 48. Rxe8 (48. Nc5 $2 Nf6+ 49. Kf5 dxc5 $19) 48... Kxe8 49.
Nxd6+
Kf8 $11 {Wei hat zwei Bauern fr die Qualitt, steht aber nicht besser.})
47... Rb8 48. Ne4 Rd8 (48... d5 $5 $11) 49. Nc5 Rb8 50. Nd7 $5 {Wei weicht
der Stellungswiederholung aus, denn er besitzt die aktivere Stellung.} Rba8 (
50... Rd8 51. Ne5+ Kf8 (51... Kf6 52. Ng4+ Kg7 53. Re7+ $16) 52. Ng6+ $16)
51.
Nb6 Rd8 (51... R8a6 $2 52. Nc4) 52. Nc4 $14 Raa8 53. Rg2 b5 $8 (53... d5 54.
Ne5+ $14) 54. Ne3 Ng7 55. Rg6 (55. Ng4 $5 Nf5 (55... Nxh5 56. Nxh6+ Kf6 57.
f5)
56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Nxh6 d5+ 58. Kd3 Nxh6 59. Rg6+ Kf5 60. Rxh6 c5 $14) 55...
Nxh5

56. Rxh6 (56. Rgxd6 Rxd6 57. Rxd6 Rxa2 $11) 56... Nf6 57. Ng4 {Wei strebt
ein
Turmendspiel an. Ich bin der Meinung, da es besser wre, die Springer auf
dem
Brett zu behalten.} (57. Nf5 $5 d5 58. Re2 $1 (58. Rg2 Rg8) 58... Rd7 (58...
Ne4 59. Rxc6 $16) 59. Rg2 Rg8 60. Rxg8 Nxg8 61. Rxc6 $16) 57... Nxg4 58.
Kxg4 {
Das Material ist reduziert, aber Schwarz mu vorsichtig sein, denn Wei
entfaltet groe Aktivitt.} b4 59. f5 (59. Rhxd6 $6 Rxd6 60. Rxd6 Rxa2 61.
Rxc6
Rb2 $11) 59... Rg8+ 60. Kf4 Rg1 $5 {Es geht fr Schwarz nicht darum, seinen
d-Bauern zu halten, sondern um aktives Spiel.} 61. Rdxd6 $16 (61. Rhxd6 Rf1+
62. Ke4 Re8+ 63. Kd4 Rxf5 $14) 61... Rf1+ 62. Ke4 (62. Ke5 Ra5+) 62... Rxa2
63.
Rd7+ (63. Rxc6 Re2+ 64. Kd3 Re8) 63... Kg8 64. Rxc6 Re2+ 65. Kd3 Re8 {
Schwarz mu die Grundreihe verteidigen.} 66. Rg6+ Kf8 {Wei scheint gute
Gewinnchancen zu besitzen, aber in Turmendspielen ist die Remisbreite immer
gro.} 67. Rf6+ Kg8 68. Rff7 (68. Kc4 Rf4+ 69. Kd5 $5 $16) 68... Rg1 69. f6
Rc8
$1 70. Rh7 (70. Rc7 Rg3+ $11 71. Kc4 $2 Rc3+) 70... Rd1+ 71. Ke2 (71. Ke4
Re1+
72. Kf3 Rf1+ 73. Ke2 Rxf6 74. Rdg7+ Kf8 75. Rb7 Kg8 $11) 71... Rxd7 72. Rxd7
Rc3 {Theoretisch steht Wei noch immer besser, denn er hat einen
Mehrbauern,
aber Schwarz kann jetzt Remis halten.} 73. Rd3 Rc2+ (73... Kf7 $2 74. Rxc3
bxc3
75. Kd3 Kxf6 76. Kxc3 Ke5 77. Kc4 $18) 74. Kd1 (74. Ke3 Kf7 $11) 74... Rf2 75.
Rd4 Kf7 $5 (75... Rxf6 76. Rxb4 Rf2 $11) 76. Rxb4 Kxf6 77. Re4 Kf5 {Und in
dies
er theoretische Remisstellung wurde Remis gegeben. Die Beweglichkeit des
weien Knigs ist beschrnkt und der schwarze Knig steht gut in der f-Linie.
Der Franzose Chron analysierte ein hnliches Endspiel l955 (Wei: Ka1, Rf1
und Pb3; Schwarz: Kg7, Rh2). Der Knig war also noch eine Linie weiter

abgeschnitten, aber das Ergebnis der Studie war auch Remis.} (77... Kf5 78.
Re8
(78. Re2 Rxe2 79. Kxe2 Ke4 80. Kd2 Kd4 $11) 78... Rb2 79. Re3 (79. Rb8 Ke5
$11)
79... Kf4 80. Kc1 $1 Rh2 (80... Kxe3 $2 81. Kxb2 Kd4 82. Ka3 Kc5 83. Ka4 Kb6
84. Kb4 $18) 81. Re8 Kf5 $11 {Und die Stellung ist theoretisch remis.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]

[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 $6 {

After this move,white has a very small advantage in the endgame.} (7. Qb3 $5
{
-is the main line.See comments to Dreev,A-Bareev,E/Elista,1998/CBM65(0-1);
[Golod,V];(32)}) 7... exf5 8. Bf4 $5 ({Other alternatives are:} 8. Bd2 $5) ({

and} 8. a3 $5 {
-also see comments to Dreev,A-Bareev,E/Elista,1998/CBM65(0-1);[Golod,V];
(32)})
8... Be6 $1 $146 {is the best move.} ({Worse is:} 8... c6 {(weakness:d6)} 9.
a3
Be7 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Na5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Jacimovic,D-Cao Sang/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 (58)}) ({Senseless:} 8...
Nd5 {
because of:} 9. Bd2 $14) 9. a3 $5 (9. Bxc7 $2 {this move is refuted by:} Nd5
$1
(9... Nc6 $2 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 {+/=/+/-}) 10. Bxb8 $8 Rxb8
$1 (
10... Nxc3 $2 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bd6 $16) 11. Rc1 (11. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc3
{
=/=/+}) 11... Rc8 12. Kd2 $2 (12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxc3 {=/=/+}) 12... O-O
$1
13. e3 $140 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rxc3 $1 15. Rxc3 Rc8 16. Bc4 Rxc4 17. Rhc1 Rxc3
18.
Rxc3 Bxa2 $17) 9... Bd6 $1 ({Badly:} 9... Ba5 {in view of:} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4
{and white has a positional advantage in the endgame.}) 10. Bxd6 cxd6
{+/=/=}
11. e3 ({Senseless:} 11. Nb5 {because of:} Kd7 12. Rc1 Nc6 $11) 11... Nbd7
$5 {
Black's plan:Ke7,Rac8,Nb6(><d5;c4)} 12. Rc1 ({Dubious:} 12. Nb5 Ke7 $140
13.
Nc7 Rac8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 $11) 12... Ke7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Ke2 $5 {
White's plan:Nd2,Rc2,Rac1} Nb6 15. Nd2 a6 $5 {(><b5;/\Rc7,Rac8,Nbd5)} ({
Now badly:} 15... Rc7 {in view of:} 16. Nb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 $14) 16. Rc2
Rc7
17. Rhc1 Rhc8 18. h3 $5 {/\f3;g4or e4} h5 $5 ({Worse is:} 18... Kd8 {
(/\Nbd5 or Nc4)} 19. f3 h5 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 {+/=/=}) 19. h4 (19. f3 $142
$5
Nfd5 ({Loses:} 19... Nc4 $2 {because of:} 20. Nd1 $1 b5 21. b3 $18) (19... d5
$6 20. Nb3 Nbd7 (20... Nfd7 $143 21. Na5 $1 {+/=/+/-}) 21. Na5 $14) 20.
Nxd5+

Nxd5 21. Rxc7+ Rxc7 22. Rxc7+ Nxc7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 {+/=/=}) 19... Kd8
$5
20. Kf3 $5 {with the idea after 20...Nc4? 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.Bxf5+-} g6 21. Kg3
Kd7 $11 ({Is the better move,than:} 21... Nbd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc7 Rxc7
24.
Rxc7 Kxc7 {+/=/=_|_}) 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Ke7 $5 {
><Pf7 and /\Bd7-c6(diagonal a8-h1)} 25. Nf4 Bd7 26. f3 Bc6 27. Kf2
({Dubious:}
27. e4 {in view of:} fxe4 28. fxe4 Na4 $1 {
and already black has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 27... Nfd5 28.
Nxd5+
Bxd5 {/\Nc4} 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Be6 31. Ke3 (31. d5 $2 Bg4 32. Nf3 Nd7 33.
Ke3 Ne5 $1 $15) 31... Nc4+ 32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. Kf4 ({Can be recommended:}
33. b3
Be6 34. b4) 33... a5 $1 $11 34. Kg5 b6 35. g3 Ke6 36. Kh6 Ke7 37. Kg7 Be6 ({
Badly:} 37... Ke6 38. Kf8 b5 (38... Kd7 $2 39. b3 $18) 39. Ke8 a4 40. Kd8 f6
41. Kc7 {+/=/+/-}) 38. b3 b5 $1 {(/\b4;><c4 for bishop)} 39. b4 $8 axb4 40.
axb4 Bc4 41. Bd1 Bd3 42. Bf3 Bc4 43. Bg2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]

[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 {Eine schlaue Zugfolge. Wei

spielt nicht Nc3 oder d3, denn er mchte mit sofortigem d2-d4 das Spiel im
Zentrum ffnen. Ribli.} Nc6 {Jetzt haben wir eigentlich die sizilianische
Drachenvariante, aber mit Tempoplus fr Wei.} 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 $5 {
Schwarz strebt nach zweischneidigem Spiel, aber der Textzug ist auch logischer
als die Alternative 7...exd4, nach der Wei freie Hand im Zentrum und die
Diagonale fr den Lufer g2 bekommt.} (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6
(9...
Nb4 10. Qxg7 $5 {#} (10. Qe4 c6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14.
Rac1
Rfd8 15. a3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qa4 {
1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Rogic,D/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (33)}) 10... Bf6 11. Qh6 Nc2 12. Nc3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa1 14. Qg7 {1-0 Schwarz,M-Stickler,A/BL9192 1992/GER-chT
(14)})
10. Qa4+ $5 (10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc3 c6 (11... O-O 12. b4 $14) 12. b4 Bd7
(12...
O-O 13. a4 Be6 14. Bb2 a6 15. b5 Ba5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Bc4
19. Rfc1 Bxe2 20. Rc2 Bg4 21. Rxc6 Rfe8 22. f3 Bc8 23. Bc3 $14 {
1-0 Lalic,B-Mohr,G/Zagreb 1993/CBM 37 ext (37)}) 13. Bb2 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {
1/2-1/2 Martin,A-Pritchett,C/England 1998/CBM 64 ext (17)}) 10... c6 (10... Qd7
11. Qc2 c6 12. e4 $6 (12. Rd1 Qe6 13. e4 $14) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rd8 $1 {
1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Hertneck,G/Muenchen 1994/Inf 60/[Hertneck,G] (59)}) 11.
Rd1
Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qa5 $14 {

Lobron,E-Kharlov,A/Leeuwarden 1997/Inf 71/18}) 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {

Der weie g2-Lufer ist eingeschlossen, aber Schwarz hat mit
seinenDoppelbauern
in der c-Linie auch Schwchen.} 10. Qa4 (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qa4 (11. f3 exf3 12.
Bxf3 Be6 13. e3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Qd5 17. Rf2 Rae8 18.
c4
Qd7 19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Qc3 Re4 21. Rb7 Rfe8 22. Rf3 f4 23. gxf4 Qg4+ 24. Rg3
Qd1+
25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ {
1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Vehi Bach,V/Ampuriabrava 1997/CBM 62 (27)}) 11... Qd6
12.
Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Qa6 14. Qc2 c6 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. e3 Qb6 17. Bf1 a5 18. Rab1
Ra7 19. Qd1 Re8 20. Kg2 Rb7 21. Be2 Bf8 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Qd8 24. Rc2
Bd6
25. Bg3 Rf8 26. Rbc1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Kh8 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd2 Qg4 30. Rxc6
Rbf7
31. R6c2 h5 $40 {0-1 Bauer,C-Smejkal,J/Germany 1996/GER-chT (44)}) 10...
Qd7 $5
{#Mit der Partiefortsetzung verteidigt Schwarz den Bauern c6 und bereitet
gleichzeitig den Befreiungszug ...c6-c5 vor. Das ist der Unterschied zu 10...
Qd6.} (10... Qd6) 11. Rd1 c5 $5 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, aber befreit
sich dabei von seinen Bauernschwchen und bekommt aktives Figurenspiel.}
12.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 (12... Kxd7 $2 13. dxc5 Kc6 14. Nd2 $16) 13. dxc5 Be6 (13... Bc6)
14. Nd2 O-O-O {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung. Der weie Mehrbauer auf
c5
ist kaum zu halten.} (14... Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 $11) 15. a3 e3 $1 {Schwarz ist
nicht zufrieden mit der sofortigen Annahme des c5-Bauern. Zuerst mchte er
die
gegnerische Bauernstruktur verschlechtern.} (15... Bxc5 $11) 16. Nf1 (16. Nb3
Nf4 $1 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. gxf4 Rd1+ 19. Bf1 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bxb3 $17) 16...
exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bxc5+ $15 {Schwarz hat lebendiges Figurenspiel und der weie
Knig steht im Zentrum ein wenig unsicher.} 18. Ke1 Rhe8 19. Bg5 (19. b4 Bb6

20. Bb2 g5 $36) 19... Rd6 (19... Be7 $5) (19... Rd7) 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Bf3 h6
22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Be5 g5 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Knigsflgelbauern. Es ist
fr Wei schwierig, etwas aktives Gegenspiel zu entfalten.} (23... Bg8 $2 24.
Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Bxd5 $16) 24. Bd4 g4 (24... f4) 25. Bh1 Bf7 26. Bxb6 axb6 {
Schwarz hat die etwas bessere Bauernstruktur und leichte Initiative, aber im
Lager des Weien finden sich keine besonderen Schwchen.} 27. Rc6 f4 (27...
h5)
28. Kf2 (28. Rxh6 $2 f3) 28... h5 29. Rd4 fxg3+ 30. Nxg3 (30. hxg3 $5) 30...
Re5 31. Rh6 Rd8 32. Ke1 Rd6 33. Rh8+ (33. Rxd6 cxd6 $11) 33... Kd7 34. Rh7
Ke8
35. Ra4 $11 {#Beide weien Trme stehen aktiv und der strukturelle Vorteil
des
Schwarzen ist von geringer Bedeutung.} Nf4 $4 {
Ein unglaublicher Fehler in ausgeglichener Stellung!} 36. Rxf4 $18 {
Schwarz mu aufgeben.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]

[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 {Alterman,B} c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6

7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 d6 $5 {After} (11... Nxb3
12.
cxb3 d6 {is supposed to be bad because of:} 13. Nd5) 12. Nd5 (12. O-O Nxb3
13.
cxb3 Be6 $132) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 (13. O-O Be6 $132) 13... Nxb3 14. Bb6 {
'!' Alterman,B.} (14. cxb3 {Alterman,B} Ra6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6 Rc6 $11) 14...
Qd7 15. cxb3 Ra6 16. Bd4 Qd8 {The blacksquared B will soon be exchanged so
the
black Q has to be in a position to defend these squares.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
Threatening to exchange even more pieces with e7-e6. After alle black has the
slightly better P-structure so the ending might even be a little bit better
for him} 18. Qg3 (18. O-O $6 {Alterman,B} e6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne3 Rc6 $1
21.
Nc4 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6 $11) 18... Be6 {in the lines where black plays d7-d6 this
bishop is always well-placed on e6. It attacks the P on b3 and can be
exchanged against the strong N on d5.} 19. O-O Rc6 20. Qe3 Bxd5 (20... f6 $5
{
maybe best. The idea is to follow up with Rc5-c5 and b7-b5} 21. Nf4 Bf7 {
This is why f7-f6 maybe better than 20. - Rc5}) (20... Rc5 {
Black would like to see what white will do before he takes on d5} 21. Nf4 $5
$14) 21. exd5 Rc5 22. h4 $1 $14 {'|^' Alterman,B. ()} (22. f4 $5) 22... Qd7 (
22... e5 $2 23. dxe6 Rxe6 {
would be a good idea if it was not for the tactical trick:} 24. Qxc5) (22... h5
23. f4 (23. Rd4 $14 {Alterman,B}) 23... Qb6 24. Kh1 $36) 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. h5
Qf5 {Now d5 is just as weak as e7, but still black has some problems after the
opening of the h-<-> to coordinate the defence of Kg8 and Pe7} 25. hxg6 hxg6

26. Rfe1 b5 (26... e5 {Alterman,B} 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxd6
Qxd6
30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rb6 $16) 27. Rd3 (27. Re3 {
Now the R on the third rank now does not have to cover d5 as in the game.} b4
(
27... f6 $6 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qa4 $1 $14) 28. Rh3 Qf6 $1 {
This is the negative side of 27.Te3 - no pressure in the e-<->}) 27... f6 28.
axb5 (28. Rh3 {Alterman,B} g5 29. Qd1 Qxd5 30. Qh5 Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 $11)
28...
Rxb5 29. Rh3 g5 30. Qc4 Rb4 $6 (30... Rc5 31. Qa4 $14) (30... Qxd5 $1 31.
Qe2
$44 {However this is similar to a postion in the game - only in the game black
does not have an extra P} (31. Qc2 Qf7 $17) (31. Rxe7 {Alterman,B} Rxe7 32.
Qc8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Kg6 34. Rxe7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 31... Kg7 32. Rh7+
(32.
Qh5 Qg8 33. f4 (33. Rc1 Kf8 $5 (33... Rc5 $11)) 33... Kf8 {
Black does not seem to be in any real danger - white is a P down.}) 32... Kxh7
33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Qxe8 Rb7 $11) 31. Qe2 Qg6 (31... Qxd5 {Alterman,B} 32.
Qh5 Kf8
$1 33. Qh6+ (33. Rhe3 Rh4) 33... Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qd7
Qf7
34. Rhe3 Kf8 {'[]' Alterman,B.} (34... e5 {Alterman,B} 35. dxe6 Qxd7 36. exd7
Rd8 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. Rd1 $18) 35. Rh3 Kg7 36. Rhe3 (36. Re6 $5 {
With the idea 37.Rxd6 exd6 38.Rh7+ seems to put black in a difficult position}
Rbb8 37. Qa4 $1) 36... Kf8 37. Rh3 (37. Qa7 {Alterman,B} Rb5) 37... Kg7 1/21/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 {Eyeing the K on e8.} Nd5 12.
Ne4
Nb4 $146 (12... c5 13. a3 h6 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Kg2 Rd8 18.
Be3 Nd7 19. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmid,L-Bisguier,A/Tel Aviv 1964/EXT 99
(30)})
13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4 (14. Bd2 $5 {would have bred more life into the position}
Nxc2 $140 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Nd6+ $1 cxd6 17. exd6+ Be6 18. Bxb4 Rd8 19.
Rd1 $36)
14... Bxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. a3 (16. Nb5 Nxc2 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Nxa1 19.
Ra4
a6 20. Rf4 Be7 21. Nb6+ Ke6 $15) 16... cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxd4 Be7 {
White has a microscopic advantage, but Black is alright with careful play.} 19.
Be3 a6 20. Rad1 h5 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kf2
g6
26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5 b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32.
f5
gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

{My comments to this fantastic game will be limited to some moments of

interest, which I haven't seen highlighted before in the earlier published
sources (Internet, various magazines etc.)} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} d6 {Topalov is a
Sicilian player, but against Kasparov he prefers to spring a slight surprise
on his well prepared opponent as soon as possible.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 ({
Pirc is a somewhat rare opening in Gary's practice and he often used to react
with} 3. f3 $5 {e.g.} e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 cxd5
9. Na4 $1 Qc7 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Be2 Bd8 14. O-O Qa5
15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21.
Qf3

Rc7 22. Nf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. Qg3 Nxc3 25. Rae1 f6 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27.
Nxd6
$36 {Kasparov,G-Wahls,M/GER-Kasparov/1992/ But the Bulgarian was probably
well
prepared for a fight in the Saemisch, after all he is King's Indian expert.})
3... g6 4. Be3 Bg7 $6 {A major exponent of the 4.Be3 line GM Vlastimil Jansa
would be dissatisfied with this move, as later Black will have to lose a tempo
capturing on h6.} (4... Ng4 $6 5. Bg5 {
is also not ideal, as it rather loses than gains time.}) (4... c6 $5 {
has the best reputation.} 5. h3 $1 {This useful and flexible move keeps open
both possibilities of development for White, depending on Black's reaction-f4,
or Nf3.} ({Less dangerous is} 5. Qd2 $143 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b5 7. Nf3 e5 $5 $132)
{
Black's most reasonable alternative is} 5... Nbd7 (5... b5 $143 $6 6. e5 $1
dxe5 (6... Nfd7 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 b4 9. dxc6 bxc3 10. cxd7+ Nxd7 11. b3 Be7
12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 h5 17. Qd3 g4 18.
hxg4
hxg4 19. Bxc3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bb4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Ba8 24.
Rxg4
Rh8 25. O-O-O $18 {Sokolov,A-Zakharevich,I/Elista/1995/}) 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.
Rxd1
Nfd7 9. f4 Bg7 10. Nf3 f6 11. e6 Nf8 12. Nxb5 Nxe6 13. Nxa7 Bb7 14. Bc4 Nc7
15.
Kf2 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxa2 19. Rb5 O-O 20. Rd1 Nc6
21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc8 23. Rd2 $18 {Jansa,V-Schlosser,M/Muenster/1992/})
(5...
Bg7 $143 $6 6. f4 $1 {[+]()} O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bh8 10. g4 Ng7
11. Bg2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nb6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nf4 Bd5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17.
Qe2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. c3 Nce6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Ne4 a5 22. Rf2 b5 23.
Ref1
Qb6 24. Kh1 $40 {Jansa,V-Hoi,C/Gausdal/1991/}) 6. f4 e5 7. Qf3 $5 {
This position is still quite rare in practice.} {Black's main problem is to

break up effectively the strong pawn cahin e4,f5, so deserving attention is} b5
$142 $5 (7... Qa5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 b5 (10... gxf5 $6 11. Qxf5 $1
b5 12. Nge2 b4 13. Nb1 Nb6 14. Qf2 Na4 15. O-O Be6 16. b3 Nb2 17. Ng3 Nxd3
18.
cxd3 Qb5 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bg5 $40 {Movsesian,S-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg
op/1997/}) 11.
Nge2 $36 (11. g4 $143 $6 b4 12. Nd1 gxf5 $1 13. gxf5 b3+ 14. Nc3 bxc2 15.
Nge2
Rb8 16. Bc1 Rg8 17. Bxc2 Bf8 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. a3 Nh5 21. Qxh5
Bxe2
22. Nxe2 Bxd2+ $17 {Kharlov,A-Labok,V/Podolsk/1992/})) 8. O-O-O (8. Bd3
Bb7
$132) 8... b4 9. Nce2 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 (12. exf5 $6 Bb7
13. g4 Nd5 14. Bf2 e4 15. Qg3 e3 16. Be1 Bg7 17. g5 Be5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg2
O-O-O 20. Nf3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Be2 c5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.
Kb1
Nxf3 {0-1,Wagener,C-Andersen,J/Szeged/1994/}) 12... Qe6 $5 $13 {<=>}) 5.
Qd2 c6
6. f3 {More consistent and preferred by Jansa is} (6. Bh6 $5 {
as White can sometimes effectively play f4 later on.} Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 (7... b5
8. e5 $1 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 10. bxc3 exf6 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Ne2 Qf8 13. Qd2 Qe7
14.
O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 f5 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Qa5 Be6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. c5
dxc5
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc5 $16 {Jansa,V-Gazik,I/CSR-chT/1992/}) 8. Bd3 c5 $5 (8...
b5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Rg8 14. Qd2
Rb8 15.
a3 Qb5 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Rxa7 Rxb2 20. e5 $1
$36 {
><Ke8,Van der Wiel,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) ({Rather passive
is
} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Qh5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Qe5 14.
f4
Qe7 15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Rd8 17. b3 c5 18. Nde2 Bd7 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. a4 $16
{

(),[+]Adams,M-Nogueiras,J/Buenos Aires/1991/}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 $143 Bg4 $1

$13)
9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 ({Unplayable is} 10... Qb6 $2 11. O-O-O Nc6 12.
Nxc6
bxc6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qg7 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Qxf6 Rhe8
18.
Rhe1 Bg4 19. f3 e4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Ba6+ Qxa6 22. Rxd8+ Kb7 23. Qxf7+
Kb6 24.
fxe4 {1-0,Jansa,V-Hoffmann,H/BL2-O 9697/1997/}) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nd5 (12.
O-O-O
Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rxe3 g5 18. g3
h5
19. f4 h4 20. Bb5 Ng4 21. Re2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rh3 $15 {
Kroeze,F-Beim,V/Leeuwarden/1994/}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 $5 $132 (13...
Ne5
14. O-O Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Qc7 18. c4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4
20.
Qf4 Ne5 21. Ra4 g5 22. Qd4 h5 23. Rc1 h4 24. Qe3 h3 25. g3 e6 26. Nd4 Qc5
27.
Rc3 Ng4 28. Qd2 e5 29. Nb3 Qc8 30. c5 $40 {Hamdouchi,H-Chabanon,J/FRAchT/1998/
})) 6... b5 7. Nge2 {White has various possibilities here.} ({
Not too promising is the old line} 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10.
Qxh6 Nb6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 12. Qxh3 Na4 $1 $15) ({Ultra-sharp is} 7. g4 h5 $5
(
7... Nbd7) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 {
Black should strive for immediate counterplay.} (9... e5 $142 $5 10. a3 {
and forcing a central exchange costs Black precious time, e.g.} ({Too soft is}
10. dxe5 $143 $6 dxe5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. b4 a5 15. a3
Kc7
16. Be2 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 $11 {Kristensen,B-Hansen,C/Vejle/1994/}) 10... Qa5
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc1 Bb7 13. b4 $1 Qb6 14. Nb3 $14) (9... Qa5 10. Nc1 b4 (
10... Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. Ne3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qa6 (15... c5
$5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nbxa5 cxd4 18. Qd2 $14) 16. Kf2 Rc8 17. Kg1 c5 18. dxc5
Nxc5

19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. b3 Ncd7 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Ne3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rc5
25.
Rad1 Rg8 26. Rd2 g5 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rg6 29. Rxf6 {
1-0,Moroz-Janda/Decin/1998/}) 11. Nb3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd1 a5 14. a3
Bb7
15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20.
Nbxc5
Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rc8 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Kd1 b3 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5
gxf5
27. Nb4 $1 $14 {Rantanen,Y-Jamieson,R/Haifa olm/1976/}) 10. a3 $1 {
The right moment for prophylaxis} (10. O-O-O $143 $6 Qa5 $36) ({
Gary tries to achieve a better version of} 10. Nc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 a6
13. O-O-O Qc7 $5 14. Qg7 Rf8 (14... Rg8 $2 15. Rxd7 $18) 15. g3 O-O-O 16.
Bh3
Kb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxh7 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nc1 a3 21. b3 b4 22. N3e2 c5
23.
Qh6 f5 $5 $44 {Moroz,A-Yurasov,A/Simferopol/1991/}) 10... e5 (10... a5 11. Nd1
b4 12. Ng3 $5 $14 {As Black's K will have to castle <<, he doesn't want to
weaken his position here any further.}) 11. O-O-O Qe7 {
Black wants to get his K to safety as soon as possible.} ({But interesting was
} 11... a6 $5 12. Kb1 (12. f4 Ng4 13. Qg7 Qf6 $11 {nikam nevedie a po}) 12...
Qc7 {/\ (Covers a5.)} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qg7 Ke7 $5 $132) 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1
$1
O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 $5 {Topalov realizes the danger, connected with Na5
followed by a timely d5-> and decides to open up the position and fight.} (
14... c5 $6 15. d5 $16) 15. Rxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nb3 {-15.Rd4}) 15... c5 16.
Rd1 Nb6 {/\d5} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 d5 $2 18. f4 {/\e5+/-}) 17. g3 {'!' Ftacnik.}
Kb8 (17... d5 $5 18. Bh3+ (18. Qf4 d4 19. Bh3+ Nfd7 $13) 18... Kb8 19. exd5 (
19. Qf4+ Ka7 $1 {/\} 20. Nxc5 $2 Nh5 21. Qe3 d4 $1 $17) 19... Nbxd5 20.
Nxd5
Nxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Qf4+ $5 Qe5 22. Qxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd6 $36) 21. Na5 $14)
18.
Na5 $6 {Kasparov already envisages the rich combinational possibilities, but

this very natural move is probably objectively not the best.} (18. Bh3 $142 $5
{/\Rhe1} d5 19. exd5 {-17...d5!?}) ({Deserving attention is also} 18. Qf4 Ka7 (
18... Ka8 19. Na5 $36) 19. g4 $5 {/\Bb5 and Black can't play} (19. Bxb5 Nh5
20.
Qh4 $5 Qxh4 21. gxh4 axb5 22. Nxb5+ Kb8 23. Nxd6 f5 24. Nxc5 Bd5 $5 $13)
19...
d5 $2 20. Nxc5 $1 $16) 18... Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 {
Ftacnik: 'Black has achieved impressive success, but his position is a bit
dangerous. Kasparov unleashes phantastic combination.'} ({
Opening the position is suicide, after} 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 {/\Nd5} Nxe4 (22...
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Rd7+ $1 $18) 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25.
Re1 Re8
26. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Nc6 $18) 22. Nd5 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nbxd5
(22...
Nfxd5 $2 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qxf7+ $18) 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 $1 {'!!'
Ftacnik.} (
24. Qxd6 $2 Rxd6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Nxd5 $17) (24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. dxc6
Qxf4
26. Re7+ (26. gxf4 Nd5 $5 $15) 26... Kb6 27. gxf4 Nd5 28. Rxf7 Rdf8 $15) 24...
cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It should be noted, that 24...Kb6! would most certainly
save the game for black, but we would be robbed of some fascinating lines. '} (
24... Kb6 $142 $1 $11) (24... Bxd5 $5 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 (25... Qxf4 26. Rxd8
Qh6
(26... Qc7 27. Rxh8 Qxa5 28. Re7+ $18) 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. b4 $1 $18) 26.
Qxf7+
Nc7 27. Re6 Rd7 (27... Qd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. Re7 $16) 28. Rxd6 Rxf7 29. Nc6+
Ka8
30. f4 $44) 25. Re7+ $3 {'!' Ftacnik. The real point of the combination.} (25.
Qxd4+ $2 Qb6 $1 26. Re7+ Nd7 27. Rxd7+ (27. Qc3 Qg1+) 27... Rxd7 28.
Qxh8 Rxd5
$19) 25... Kb6 (25... Qxe7 $2 26. Qxd4+ $18) (25... Kb8 26. Qxd4 Nd7 27. Bxd7
Bxd5 28. c4 $1 $18) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 (26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 28. Be6 $3
Bxd5 29.
b4 $18) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 $5 {This shows Kasparov's combination was more

intuitive, than arithmetically exact. Ftacnik: 'It seems, that white could
have won more easily with the help of a fine move 28.Ra7!!'} ({
A simpler and even more beautiful win was found by (I think) Kavalek:} 28. Ra7
$1 {/\} Bb7 (28... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa6+ $3 Qxa6 30. Qb2 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3
Bd5
32. Kb2 Qe6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qb3+ $1 Bxb3 35. cxb3#) 29. Rxb7 Qxd5 (29...
Nxd5
30. Bd7 $3 Ra8 (30... Rxd7 31. Qb2 Nc3+ 32. Qxc3 Qd1+ 33. Kb2 Rd3 34. Ra7
$1
$18) 31. Bxb5+ axb5 32. Ra7+ Qa6 33. Qxd5 Qxa7 34. Qb3#) 30. Rb6 $1 $18
(30.
Rb6 Ra8 (30... a5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Qe3 $3 Rxa6 (32... Rhe8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34.
Kb2
$18) 33. Kb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kxb4 35. Qc3+ Ka4 36. Qa3#) 31. Qxf6 a5 32. Bf1
$18)
) 28... Qxd5 (28... Bxd5 $2 29. Kb2) 29. Ra7 (29. Kb2 $2 Qd4) 29... Bb7 $8 30.
Rxb7 (30. Qc7 $2 Qd1+ $11) 30... Qc4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Black is spoiling the
defensive effort, it was much tougher to win the game after the best 30...
Rhe8!'} ({A better chance was} 30... Rhe8 $1 31. Rb6 (31. Ra7 $2 Rd6 32. Kb2
Qe5 $19) 31... Ra8 32. Bf1 $3 $18 {/\Rd6} (32. Be6 $143 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qc4
$1
34. Qxc4 bxc4 35. Rxf6 Kxa3 36. Rxf7 Re8 $11)) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 {
Now White wins by force.} (31... Rd1+ $142 32. Kb2 Ra8 (32... Qd4+ 33. Qxd4
Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Rd6 35. Re7 {/\Be6}) 33. Qb6 Qd4+ (33... a5 34. Bd7 $1 Rd5 35.
Qe3 axb4 36. Ra7+ $18) 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 a5 36. Be6 axb4 37. Bb3+
Ka5 38.
axb4+ Rxb4 (38... Kb6 39. Rxh7 {
and with 3 pawns for the exchange White gradually wins.}) 39. c3 $16 {_|_R}) (
31... Ra8 $2 32. Qb6 a5 33. Ra7 $18) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ $1 Kxc3 (33...
Kb3
34. Qa2+ Kxc3 35. Qb2+ Kd3 36. Re7 $1 $18) 34. Qa1+ Kd2 $8 (34... Kb4 35.
Qb2+
Ka5 (35... Qb3 36. Rxb5+) 36. Qa3+ Qa4 37. Ra7+ $18) 35. Qb2+ Kd1 {

Ftacnik: 'You are not dreaming, black king went all the way from e8 to d1!'} (
35... Ke3 $2 36. Re7+) (35... Ke1 36. Re7+ Kd1 37. Bf1 $1 $18 {
is the same as in the game.}) 36. Bf1 $1 Rd2 $8 37. Rd7 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The
final trick, but white is completely right, the game is finally over.'} Rxd7
38. Bxc4 bxc4 $8 39. Qxh8 Rd3 (39... Rb7+ 40. Ka2 Kc2 41. Qd4 $18) 40. Qa8
c3
41. Qa4+ Ke1 (41... Kd2 42. Qc2+) 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.

Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O
14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O e4 17. Nf4 (17. Bc2 $2 {Ftacnik} f4 18. Bxe4

fxe3 19. Qh5 exf2+ 20. Kh1 (20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Kxf2 Ra7 23. Kg1
Rf7 $17) 20... Rf7 $19 {Bestagno-Kuntz/Cagnes/1989/}) 17... Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5
19.
Nfd5 {/\f4} (19. Nh3 Kh8 20. f4 (20. Nxf5 Be6 21. Ng3 Bxh3 22. gxh3 d5 $44)
20... Qb6 21. Re1 $2 Bg7 22. Kh1 Ne7 $17 23. g4 $6 d5 $6 (23... b4 $1 24.
Nxf5
Nxf5 25. gxf5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxe4 Qc6 28. Ng5 Bd5 29. Qh5 Ra7 $17)
24.
gxf5 b4 25. Ng5 Bg8 26. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 27. fxe6 Qxe6 28. c4 Rxf4 29. cxd5 Qh3
30.
Qe2 Raf8 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Rf2 33. Bxe4 Nc8 $1 $15 {
Lutz,C-San Segundo,P/ Pamplona 97-98}) (19. Ned5 Kh8) (19. g3 Bxf4 20. gxf4
Qf6
$11) 19... Qg5 (19... f4 $2 20. Ng4 (20. Qg4+ {Ftacnik} Bg6 21. Bxe4 fxe3 22.
Bxg6 exf2+ (22... hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. fxe3 $13 (24. Qe6+ $13)) 23. Rxf2
hxg6
24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Raf1 $13) (20. Nf5 $2 Bg6) 20... Bg6 21. Re1 e3 22. fxe3
Bxc2
23. Qxc2 Qg5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Kh1 $16) 20. f4 exf3 21. Rxf3 $146 {'!?'
Ftacnik
. Ftacnik: 'The first independent move in a well known line of Sveshnikov
Sicilian. White sacrifices an exchange in order to get active chances.'} (21.
Qxf3 Bh5 22. Qf2 (22. Qh3 {Ftacnik} f4 23. Nc7 $1 (23. Qd7 Ra7 24. Qxc6 fxe3
25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qb6 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 23... fxe3 24.
Nxa8 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 $16) 22... f4 23. h4 $6 (23. Nc7 $5) 23... Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg6
25. Nd4 Nxd4 (25... Bxc2 {Ftacnik} 26. Nxc2 Ne7 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $13 28.
Nd4) 26.
cxd4 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (26. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} Ne6 (26... Nf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 $14) 27.
Be4 $14) 26... Bxc2 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Qc5 Rf7 $15 {1/2-1/2, Anand,VKramnik,V/
Linares 1998 Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares/1998 (28)'}) 21...
Bh5
(21... f4 $2 22. h4 $1 Qd8 23. Nxf4 $1 (23. Ng4 Be6) 23... Qxh4 24. Rh3 $1
Qxf4

25. Bxh7+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. Rh4 $1 $18) 22. Nc7 (22. Nxf5 $5 Kh8 23. Qd3
(
23. h4 $5) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ra7 $13) 22... Bf4 $1 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'In effect this move gives up the active dark squared bishop and black
position will become very vulnerable.'} (22... Rac8 23. Ne6 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qh6
25. Nxf8 (25. g3 {Ftacnik} Rf6 (25... Qxe6 $2 26. Bb3 $18) 26. Nxf5 Qd2 27.
Bb3
Kh8 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Ng5 $13) 25... Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Rxf8 27. Nxf5 Qf4 28. Qxf4
Bxf4 29. a4 $14) (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rac8 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Ne6 Qh6 26. Nxf8
Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxf8) 23. Qd5+ Kh8 (23... Bf7 24. Qxc6 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 $18) 24.
Rxf4 (24. Qxc6 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rac8 26. Rg3 Qh6 $36) (24. Nf1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3
Ne5
26. Qh3 Qe7 $1 27. Nxa8 Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Ng4 $19) 24... Qxf4 25. Re1 $2 (25.
Nxf5
$1 Ne7 26. Qd4+ (26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Ra7 (27... Rad8 $2 28. Ne6) 28.
Ne6 Rf6
$11) 26... Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Ra7 28. Nce6 Rf6 (28... Rb8 $13) 29. a4 $1 $13)
(25.
Qd2 Rae8 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1 Ne5 28. Bxf5 Rg8 $40 (28... Nf3+ 29. gxf3
Rg8+
30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. fxg4 Rxg4+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Ng2 Rxg2 34. Rxe4 Rxd2 $11)
(28...
Nc4)) 25... Rac8 $2 (25... Ne5 $1 26. Nxa8 Rg8 $3 27. g3 (27. Qxg8+ $8 Kxg8
28.
Bxf5 (28. Nc7 Ng4 $17) 28... Qh4 (28... Bg6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 29. Rf1 Qg5
30.
Nd5 Bf3 31. Be6+ Kg7 32. g3 Qd2 33. Rf2 Qc1+ 34. Rf1 Qxb2 35. Rf2 Qb1+ 36.
Rf1
Qxa2 37. Rf2 Qa1+ 38. Rf1 Qa3 $19) 27... Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 (29.
Ng2
Bf3) 29... Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) 26. Ne6 Qh4 27. g3 {Ftacnik: 'Black pieces
have lost coordination and the pawn structure is rather weak.'} Rg8 28. Nxf5
Qc4 {Ftacnik: 'The queen has no luck with a search for a proper square on the
board.'} 29. Qxd6 $18 Rg6 30. Ne7 {

Ftacnik: 'This small combination begins a mating attack.'} Nxe7 31. Qe5+ Kg8
32. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

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. Bg5 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 exf4
(
14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Bc3 Nd4 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. Ng3 Bf5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20.
Rae1 Rae8 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Nxf5 23. Nf4 Nd6 24. Ne6 $16 {
time. 1-0 Savchenko,S-Degerman,L/Gausdal 1993/TD 93\09 (39)}) 15. Nxf4 g5
16.
Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 f4 18. g3 fxg3 $2 (18... Ng6 19. gxf4 (19. Nd5 c6 20. e7
Nxe7

21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. gxf4 Bxb2 $17) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 gxf4 21. Kh1 (21. Rab1
b6
22. Rb5 c5) 21... Qf6 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Qg4 Rae8 24. Rab1 b6 25. Rbe1 Qxe6
$19 {
0-1 Blees,A-Klarenbeek,H/Heraklio 1993/TD 93\09 (29)}) 19. hxg3 Ng6 (19...
Qc8
20. Rxf8+ (20. Nd5 $2 Qxe6 21. Nxc7 Qh3 $17) 20... Qxf8 21. Rf1 Qc8 22. Nd5
$16
) 20. Nd5 c6 (20... Bxb2 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Qg7 24. Rf7 $16)
21. Qh5 $1 (21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (21... Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. e7 Nxe7
25.
Nf6+ Kh8 26. Bxg5 $40) 22. Qh5 (22. Ne3 Qf6 $17) 22... Ne5 23. Ne3 (23. e7
Bxe7
24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxh6 Nf3+ $19) 23... Qe8 $17) 21... cxd5 (21... Kh7 22.
Rxf8
Bxf8 23. e7 $1 Bxe7 (23... Nxe7 24. Qf7+ $18) 24. Rf1 $18) 22. Qxg6 Qb6+
(22...
dxe4 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rf1 $18) 23. Kh1 Qxb2 24. e7 $1 (24. cxd5 Rf6 $1 25.
Qh5 Raf8 26. Rfe1 Qe5 $40) 24... Rfe8 25. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27.
Rae1 $1
(27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qf7+ $11) 27... dxc4 (27... Qc3 28. Re2 Qxg3 29. Rh2+
Qxh2+
30. Kxh2 $18) 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Re2 Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe7 31. Qxc4+ $16 Kh7
32. Qd5
Rae8 33. Rf7 $1 Rxf7 $2 (33... Kg6 $1 34. Rxe7 (34. Qf5+ Kh6) (34. Rf5 Be5)
34... Rxe7 35. Qxd6+ Bf6 $14 {+/-}) 34. Qxf7 Re5 35. Qxb7 Ra5 36. Qb3 Be5 (
36... Re5 $142 37. Qd3 (37. Qa3 Rxe4 38. Qxa7 $16) 37... Bf8 38. Kg2 a5 39.
Kf3
Be7 $16) 37. g4 Bf4 38. a4 $1 $18 Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qd8 $1 Rc5 (40...
Ra6
41. a5 Bd2 $140 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qb2 $18) 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43.
Qxa7
Kg6 44. a5 Kf6 45. a6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]

[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d6 8. f4

e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. f5 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1
Bd7
15. Rad1 a5 16. Bc4 a4 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Nd1 g6 20. Ne3 Bg5 21.
Rfd1
Qb6 22. b3 Ra7 23. f6 axb3 24. cxb3 Bxf6 25. Rxd6 Bg5 26. Nd5 Qc5 27. Nf6
Qa3
28. h3 Kg7 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Rxc6 Qb2 31. Rf1 Qd4 32. Rd1 Ra1 33. Rxa1
Qxa1+ 34.
Kh2 Bf4+ 35. g3 Qb2+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bg5 38. Nd5 Be6 39. h4 Bd2
40. Kf3
Rb8 41. Ke2 Bb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4 43. Kd2 Bxc4 44. bxc4 f5 45. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]

[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.

Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15.
Rab1 e6 $6 (15... h5 16. Rfe1 Kh7 17. Bd1 e6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Bf4
Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 e5 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. Be3 Bh6 25. Bf2 Kg8 26. g4
hxg4
27. fxg4 Bf4 28. a4 Qe7 29. Kg2 {
2.26-2.15 0-1 Diaz,J-Garcia,G/Capablanca mem-B 1993/EXP 35 (49)}) 16. Rfd1
(16.
Bh6 $6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e5 $5 $13) (16. Nd1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nf2 Qe7 19.
Rbd1
Rfd8 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Nh3 e5 22. f4 Qg7 23. Bf3 e4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Be2 Ne6
26.

Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Nielsen,P/Open, Roskilde DEN 1998}) (16. Bd1 f5 17.

exf5
Rxf5 18. Ne2 {+/- Tringov,G-Haik,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1986/Inf 41}) (16. Rfc1 b6
17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Ra7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe3 Rb7
23.
Rcd2 e5 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. f4 Rbb8 27. f5 g5 28. Bg4 f6 29. h4 h6 30.
Bh5 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Olafsson,H/St.Martin op 1993/TD 93\03 (39)}) 16...
Be5 17. Bd4 (17. g3 Qe7 (17... Qf6 18. Bg5 $5) 18. Nb5 b6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6
Rfd8 21. f4 Bxe4 22. Rbc1 g5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Kf7 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. g4 Bg6
27. Rf1 Kg8 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Rcd1 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Cebalo,M/Porto San Giorgio op 1997/EXP 59 (31)}) (17. Bf4 Qe7
18.
Qe3 Rad8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 b6 21. a3 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5
Rxd5 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Bxd5 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Bd4 30.
Qxd4 Nxd4
31. Bxd6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc1 33. Bc7 {
1/2-1/2 Fishbein,A-Sorensen,J/Copenhagen PC 1991/EXT 91op}) (17. Bf1 $6 Qh4
18.
h3 Qg3 $36) (17. Nb5 Qh4 $5 18. g3 Bxg3 $5 $13) 17... Qe7 18. Bf1 (18. Qe3
Rad8
19. Rd2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 e5 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Nd5 Ne6 25.
Bf3 Kh8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Re1 e4 28. Bd1 Qe5 29. Bc2 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31.
Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. b4 Qxc2 {
0-1 Kristiansen,J-Sorensen,J/Obro-A Copenhagen 1990/EXT 90}) 18... Rfd8 19.
Qe3
(19. Bf2) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rd2 Ne6 22. Rbd1 Kg7 23. g3 h6 24. h4 g5
(
24... Kh7 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. Kh2 $16) 25. h5 g4 $5 (25... Kh8 26.
Bh3
Ng7 27. Bg4 $16) 26. fxg4 Ng5 27. Rf2 Qc7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Be2 Rf8 30. Kh2
Rad8
31. Rff1 Bd7 (31... Kh8 32. Rd2 $16) 32. Nd5 Qc5 33. Qd3 Be6 34. Ne3 Rf7 35.

Rd2 Qc6 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Bg2 Qc8 38. Qe2 Qc5 39. Rfd1 b6 40. Qf2 Kf8 41. Rd5
$1
{This is the point. Black can't take the rook because the knight from e3 will
go to d5 or f5. But on the other way the rook will continue to b5 and the pawn
on b6 is very difficult to defend.} Qc7 (41... Bxd5 42. Rxd5 Qc7 43. Rb5 $16)
42. Rb5 Rb8 43. Rd3 Kg7 44. a4 Kf8 45. b4 {Finally white opens the position on
the Qeen side and black has no defense against this attack because the Ng5 is
so far.} axb4 46. Rxb4 Ra8 47. Rdb3 Ra6 48. Nf5 Bxf5 49. Qxf5 Qd7 50. Qg6
Qxg4
51. Rxb6 Rxb6 52. Rxb6 Qd7 53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. a5 Qa7 55. Qg8 Ke6 56. Bh3+
f5 (
56... Nxh3 57. Re8+) 57. exf5+ Kf6 58. Qg6+ Ke7 59. f6+ 1-0