[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Center Game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. O-O-O O-O
8. h4 d5 9. h5 d4 10. Qg3 dxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe8 12. hxg6 Nxg6 13. Qh2 h6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qxh6+ Kf6 16. Rh4  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evans gambit"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Ba3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Qb4 c5 12. Qb2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 f6 14. Rd1 Qc6
15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. O-O Be6 17. c4 Rd8 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxe5
21. Qb5 Nh6 22. Nxc5 Kf7  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Max Lange Attack"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. g4 Qg6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe6+ Kd7 14. f4
Qxc2 15. Qxc2 d3+ 16. Kg2 dxc2 17. fxg7 Kxe6 18. gxh8=Q Rxh8 19. Bd2 Rd8 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. Rc1 Rd4  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Muzio gambit"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

{page 138}

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8.
d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Rae1 Qf5 12. Nd5 Kd8 13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Qf3 Qf5
15. Qe2 Qe6  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bourdonnais"]
[Black "McDonnell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]

{page 196, see position after Black's 31st move}

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 Ne7 6. f4 exf4 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxf4
d6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Kb1 cxd4 15.
cxd4 a5 16. Ngf3 Bd7 17. g4 h6 18. Rdg1 a4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 a3 21. b3 Bc6
22. Rg4 Ba5 23. h4 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Ra5 25. h5 Rxg5 26. Rxg5 Nf4 27. Qf3 Nxd3 28.
d5 Nxd5 29. Rhg1 Nc3+ 30. Ka1 Bxe4 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Qg3 Bg6 33. hxg6 Qe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxe1 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. gxf7+ Kxh7 38. f8=N+ Kh6 39. Nb1 Nc2#
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bird"]
[Black "Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]

{page 228}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 e4 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Bg5
Bd6 9. Nh5 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe8 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Qxh5 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Be2 Qh3
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. O-O-O Rxf2 18. Bxf2 Qa3 19. c3 Qxa2 20. b4 Qa1+
21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kb2 Bxb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4+ 24. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Kc2 e3 26. Bxe3
Bf5+ 27. Rd3 Qc4+ 28. Kd2 Qa2+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Riviere, J"]
[Black "Morphy, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]

{page 203, see position after White's 14th move}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. h3 O-O 11. Nh2 Nh7 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. O-O Bxh2+
15. Kxh2 f4 16. Qxe4 Ng5 17. Qd4 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qh4 19. Rh1 Bxh3 20. Bd2 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotlevi, G"]
[Black "Rubinstein, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]

{page 206, see position after White's 22nd move}

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a6 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. Be4
Qh4 22. g3 Rxc3 23. gxh4 Rd2 24. Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25. Qg2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.00"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein"]
[Black "Hromadka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]

{page 204}

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd4 9. Qg3 Qe7 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Kd1 c6 12. a4 Rg8 13. Rf1 h6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bb6 17. a5 Bc7 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Kc2 Ka8 20. Rf3 Nd5 21. Bg1 Nf4
22. Qf2 Bb8 23. g3 Nxh3 24. Rxf7 Qd6 25. Qb6 Rd7 26. Bc5 Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Rf2+ 28.
Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]

{page 234}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nf5 Qd8
15. N3xd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qb6 18. Qd6 Ned7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qg3 g6
21. Qg5 Kh8 22. Nd6 Kg7 23. e4 Ng8 24. Rd3 f6 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres"]
[Black "Laurentius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]

{page 227, see position after Black's 20th move}

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Qd4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nf3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Rxd3 Qa5 14. d6
Bd8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Rh3 Nd5 17. Be7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bb5 19. Kb2 Bxe7 20. dxe7
Rfe8 21. Ng4 Rxe7 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxf6 Rd7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glucksberg"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 232, Polish Immortal}

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2
Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. f4 Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 Bg1 14. Nxg1 Qh2+
15. Kf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 f4 20. exf4 Bg4+
21. Kxg4 Ne5+ 22. fxe5 h5# 0-1

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Schapiro, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]

{page 224, see position after Black's 24th move}

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Ng5 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Be3 e6 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. dxe6 Qf6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qf3 Nd4
15. Qxb7 Qd8 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Qd5 c6 18. Qe4 Ke7 19. O-O Nxe6 20. f4 Nc5 21.
Qxc6 Nxd3 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd5+ Ke6 24. Rae1 Qc8 25. Nc7+ Ke7 26. Rxe5+ dxe5
27. Nd5+ Kd8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qd6+ Qd7 30. Qxb8+ Qc8 31. Qd6+ Qd7 32. Qxf8+
Qe8 33. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Sakovsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]

{page 225, see position after Black's 13th move}

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Re3 Nbd7 14. Qh3 g6
15. Qh4 Re8 16. Rh3 Qd8 17. g4 h5 18. f3 Kg7 19. Ne2 Rh8 20. Nf4 hxg4 21. Bh6+
Kg8 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qg5 Nf8 24. Bxg6 Ne8 25. Qxg4 Nf6 26. Qg5 Ne8 27. Bh7+
Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kf6 29. Rh4 Qd6 30. Rf4+ Qxf4 31. Bxf4 Rxh7 32. Be5# 1-0

[Event "California"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Essen"]
[Black "Duff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1q1k2r/p1pb1n1p/3pN1pn/1BpN4/4P3/2Q5/P1P2PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 1"]


1. Qf6 Ng8 2. Qe7+ Nxe7 3. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Chernikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]

{page 104}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qh4 Qa5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Qxf6 Ne2+ 13. Nxe2 exf6 14.
Nc3 Re8 15. Nd5 Re6 16. Bd4 Kg7 17. Rad1 d6 18. Rd3 Bd7 19. Rf3 Bb5 20. Bc3 Qd8
21. Nxf6 Be2 22. Nxh7+ Kg8 23. Rh3 Re5 24. f4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rc8 26. Bd4 b5 27.
Ng5 Rc7 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Nxd8 Rxe4 32. Nc6 Rxf4+
33. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Moscow cq"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, E"]
[Black "Smyslov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]

{page 237}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. f4 e6 13. Kh1 b6 14. f5 Na5 15.
Bd3 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Ng3 Qc6 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qf4
Rd7 22. Ne4 c4 23. Bc2 Rde7 24. Rcf1 Rxe4 25. fxg6 f6 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. Kg1 Bg7
28. Rxf6 Rg4 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Tallinn URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, V"]
[Black "Bronstein, D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]

{page 197, see position after White's 24th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Ne1 Qc8 10. Nd3 Bd8 11. f4 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. fxe5 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Be3 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Rf4 Nc5 18. exd6 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1
Qxd6 21. Rh4 h6 22. a3 Rfe8 23. Bf3 Qe5 24. Rb4 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]

{page 223, see position after Black's 21st move}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Qb7 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bxe7 Nxd5 19. Bxc5 Ne7 20. Ne5 Rc8
21. Rd7 Rc7 22. Rd8+ Kxd8 23. Nxf7+ Kd7 24. Qg4+ Kc6 25. Qe6+ Kxc5 26. Qd6+ Kc4
27. Ne5# 1-0

[Event "Moscow-Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, B"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]

{page 238}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4
gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8
22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6 27. Qe3 Nd7 28.
Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8
35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41.
Qd1 Ng4 42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1 (44. Ke2 Qf4 45. Qd4 Qf3+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+
47. Kd1 Qxd4+ 48. cxd4 Rh1 49. Rxh1 gxh1=Q+ 0-1)

[Event "Reykjavic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szabo, L"]
[Black "Sigurjonsson, G"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 204, see position after White's 21st move}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Qc2 e5 14. Rae1 Rac8 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Bb8 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Nb3
c5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. Ng3 Nxd2 27. gxf3
Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Qc6 29. e4 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Re5 32. Rd1 Rxc5 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. Qe2 f5 35. Rd4 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 bxc4 38. Kf3 g5 39. exf5 h5
40. Ke4 c3 0-1

[Event "Denver"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fischer, Robert"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]

{page 241}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 f6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Ba3 fxe5 14. dxe5 Ncxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Bh5 Kf7 18. f4 Rhe8 19. f5 exf5 20. Qxd5+ Kf6 21.
Bf3 Ne5 22. Qd4 Kg6 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Rad8 25. Qxb7 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Rd2 27.
Qc6+ Re6 28. Bc5 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd2+ 31. Kh1 Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Qxc3
33. Rg1+ Kf6 34. Bxa7 g5 35. Bb6 Qxc2 36. a5 Qb2 37. Bd8+ Ke6 38. a6 Qa3 39.
Bb7 Qc5 40. Rb1 c3 41. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hartston, William R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]

{page 210, see position after White's 36th move}

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Bh6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Bb2 a5 15.
a3 Nh5 16. g3 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Rd7 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Nf1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1
Bc4 22. Nd2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Bc1 Bb3 26. Bd3 Bc4 27. Bb1 Nf6
28. Qd8 Qa6 29. Kf2 Bf1 30. Qd1 Bc4 31. Bc2 Qe6 32. Kg2 h6 33. Be3 g5 34. Qd2
Ne8 35. Qd8 Nf6 36. Qxc7 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Honfi"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail N"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 211, see position after White's 25th move}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. f4 d6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bd6 16. g4 Bb7 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Bf3 a5 19. Be4 b4 20. Qg2 a4 21. Qh3 g6
22. Bc1 Ba6 23. Rhe1 Bc4 24. Re3 Rfc8 25. Qg2 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. axb3 Be2 28.
Qxe2 Qa5 29. Rc3 Qa2+ 30. Kc2 Rxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Bb4+ 32. Kxb4 Qa5+ 33. Kc4 Qa6+
0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lein, A"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E11"]

{page 157}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bc2 Bc6 16. f4 e4 17. g4 Nf6 18. gxf5 Qe7 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rg1 h6 21. Rg3 Bxf5
22. Ba4 Kh7 23. d5 b5 24. Bxb5 a4 25. Rb1 g6 26. Bc6 Rab8 27. Rb4 Nh5 28. Rg1
Qf6 29. Nb1 Qh4 30. Bxa4 g5 31. Bd1 Bg6 32. Qg2 Rbe8 33. Rb7 Nxf4 34. Rxc7+ Kh8
35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. Bxg4 Nd3 37. h4 Rb8 38. Kh2 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Ne5 40. Rc8 gxh4+ 41.
Kh3 Rxc8 42. Bxc8 h5 43. c5 dxc5 44. d6 Nf3 45. Rh1 Kg7 46. a4 Rb8 47. Bd7 Kf6
48. Bb5 Bf5+ 49. Kg2 c4 50. Kf2 h3 51. d7 Ke7 52. Rd1 h2 53. Na3 Bh3 54. Bxc4
Rb2+ 55. Kg3 Bxd7 56. Rh1 h4+ 57. Kf4 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Lucerne"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schneider, L"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail N"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 211, see position after Black's 29th move}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 e5 11. Qe1 b5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qh4 h6 14. a4 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Bd2 Bxd5 18. Bxb4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Be4 Rc8 21.
Bd5 O-O 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Qxe6 Rc6 26. Qh3 Qxc2 27.
Rd7 e4 28. Ng5+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. g3 h5 31. Ng5 Qxb2 32. Ne6 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1
Bf6 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Ng5+ Ke7 36. Nxe4 Kxd8 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov"]
[Black "Salov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]

{page 72}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nf5 b5 14. Bd5 Bb7 15.
g5 exf5 16. g6 hxg6 17. Rxg6 Ne5 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rg1+ Ng6 20. exf5 Rh8 21.
Bd4+ Bf6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qg4 Rh6 24. Bxf6+ Kh7 25. Re1 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qc8 27.
Re7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rg8+ Kxg8 30. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, J"]
[Black "Pritchett, C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]

{page 83}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 Rb8 13. Rhe1 Nc4 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Nf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. exf5 O-O 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Re8 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Reg1 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rb5 27.
Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai olm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, A"]
[Black "Ribli, Z"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 217, see position after Black's 51st move}

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
a6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
h3 Rfe8 16. a3 Qb8 17. b4 Red8 18. Qe3 Ba8 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. Nf1 Bb7 21. Kh2 Nef6
22. Nd2 Ne8 23. Re1 Ba8 24. Nb3 Bg5 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rec1 Rdc8 28.
Nd1 Bb7 29. Qd3 Bxb2 30. Nxb2 Qa8 31. Nd1 a5 32. Nd4 Rd8 33. Nb5 Rcc8 34. Ndc3
Qb8 35. Rd1 Ndf6 36. Rcd2 h6 37. Qe2 Ba8 38. Kg1 Bc6 39. Kh2 e5 40. f5 Qa8 41.
g4 Qb8 42. h4 Qb7 43. Bf3 Qe7 44. Kg3 axb4 45. axb4 d5 46. cxd5 Bxb5 47. Nxb5
Qxb4 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Nh7 50. d6 Rc5 51. Rb2 Qc4 52. Qh2 Rxb5 53. Qxh7+
Kxh7 54. Rh2+ Kg8 55. Rdh1 f6 56. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pinter, J"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A41"]

{page 178}

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. f4 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
e6 9. Ne4 Ndf6 10. Ng5 Ne7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qa3 Nf5 15.
Bb4 Ne8 16. d5 c5 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Rg1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. b4 e5
22. bxc5 exf4 23. cxd6 Bxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nexd6 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Bxf5 Nxf5 27. Qc3+
Ng7 28. e4 f3 29. Rg3 h6 30. Nxf3 Qxe4+ 31. Kf1 g5 32. Kg1 Qf5 33. Qb2 Rbd8 34.
Re1 Rde8 35. Rd1 Re4 36. Nd4 Qf6 37. Rf3 Rg4+ 38. Kh1 Rf4 39. Rxf4 Qxf4 40. f3
Rd8 41. Rd3 Qe5 42. Rd2 Qe3 43. Kg2 Qf4 44. Nb3 Rf8 45. Nd4 g4 46. Rf2 Rf6 47.
Kf1 Rd6 48. Nc2 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry M"]
[Black "Gruen, Gerd Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]

{page 185, see position after Black's move 28}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Bg3 g6 14. a4 a6 15.
h4 Na5 16. Ncd2 Nf6 17. b4 Nc6 18. Ng5 Nh5 19. Bh2 e5 20. d5 Nb8 21. Qf3 Rf8
22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Qxh5+ Kg7 24. Qf3 Bxh4 25. Nc4 Be7 26. a5 Nd7 27. axb6 Nxb6
28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. c4 Qxb4 30. Rab1 Qa5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Bxe5+ f6 33. Qg4 Rf7
34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Bf4 Bb4 36. Bh6+ Ke8 37. Bd2 Bxd2 38. Rxb7 Qa1+ 39. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Porz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Gutman, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]

{page 155}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. c5 d6
9. cxd6 cxd6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Rc8 13. Re1 Nc4 14. Rb1 Nd7 15.
h4 Re8 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. a3 Nf6 18. f4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc5 20. h5 f5 21. Re6 Kf7
22. Qe2 Bf6 23. a4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Rc7 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28.
Be4 Rg8 29. b3 Na3 30. Rxf6+ exf6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Bb2 Rf7 33. Rc1 Qa7 34. Rc3
b4 35. Rg3 Qe7 36. Bxg6 Kf8 37. Qc8+ Qe8 38. Qf5 Qd7 39. Qh5 Nb5 40. Qh6+ Ke7
41. Bxf7 Rxg3+ 42. fxg3 Kxf7 43. Qxf6+ Ke8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Bf6
1-0

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Perenyi, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A61"]

{page 175}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Ne5 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 Nfd7 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. a5 Bd4 21. h3 Nde5
22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Nb5 axb5 24. Rxd4 Qxa5 25. b4 Qb6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rdd1 c4
28. d6 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Bf1 Re6 31. Rd5 b4 32. Bxc4 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxf2 34.
Rg1 b3 35. Qxb3 Rxe4 36. Qf3 Qe2 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rc1 Kf8 39. Qc3 Ke7 40. Qc5+
Kf6 41. Qb6+ Kg7 42. Qxd8 f3 43. Rg5+ hxg5 44. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Germany"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]

{page 163}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. b3 e5 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. Nc4 d6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ba5 Qe8 12. b4 cxb4 13. Bxb4 c5 14. Bc3 f5
15. Nfd2 Nf4 16. Kh1 Qg6 17. g3 Nh3 18. f3 fxe4 19. dxe4 Ba6 20. Ne3 Bg5 21.
Nd5 Rf7 22. Kg2 Qh5 23. Rb1 Raf8 24. Rb3 Qh6 25. Rh1 Bd8 26. Bb2 Bc8 27. Bc1
Bg5 28. Nc4 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Qg6 30. Re1 h5 31. Nd2 Be6 32. c4 h4 33. Ne3 Ng5 34.
Nd5 Qh5 35. g4 Bxg4 36. fxg4 Qxg4+ 37. Kh1 Rf2 38. Rg1 Qe2 39. Nf1 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silman, J"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]

{page 193}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bf4 g5
9. Bxg5 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bg7 12. Qe2 b3+ 13. Kf1 f5 14. f3 O-O 15. fxe4
fxe4 16. g3 Qxa2 17. Rxa2 bxa2 18. Bxa2 Rxa2 19. Nc7 Bf5 20. Ne6 Rxb2 21. Nxf8
Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Kxf8 23. Kf2 Na6 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Nf4 Be5 26. Ba5 Bxf4 27. Bxc7
Bg5 28. h3 Ke8 29. g4 Bc8 30. Kg3 Bd2 31. Rb1 e3 32. Kf3 Kd7 33. Bb8 Ba6 34. h4
e2 35. Kf2 Bd3 36. Ra1 Kc8 37. Ba7 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Werfen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klinger, J"]
[Black "Glek, I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]

{page 131}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ne4 8.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. c5 Bg4 14. Qxc6
Re6 15. Qxd5 Nxc3 16. Qc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Nxc5 19. Be3 Rg6+ 20.
Kh1 Qf6 21. f4 Ne6 22. Rc1 Qf5 23. d5 Qh3 24. Qc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Nf8 26. Rxf8+
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gavrikov, V"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B42"]

{page 107}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. f4 e5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. f5 b5 13. O-O Ne7 14. a4 b4 15.
Nd1 O-O 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Re8 18. Ne3 Nexd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Ra4 e4 21. Bc4
Qe5 22. Rxb4 Qxb2 23. Rb6 Qe5 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Ng4 26. g3 Rxa6 27. Qxa6
e3 28. Qe2 Nf2 29. Qf3 Qc3 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Rxf2 exf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rd8 33. Qe2 h6
34. h4 Qc3 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Kh3 Qb2 37. a6 Rxc2 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. a7 h5 0-1

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, V"]
[Black "Timman, J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A18"]

{page 125}

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 Ng5 7. Nxg5 Bxg5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. a3 Na5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qe2 b5
15. Bc2 Rb8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bxh6 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qf4 c6 21.
Rde1 Be6 22. Re3 c5 23. Bxf8 Bg5 24. Qg3 Kxf8 25. h4 Bh6 26. h5 g5 27. Na2 Rb8
28. dxc5 g4 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Rb3 Nd2+ 31. Ka1 Nxb3+ 32. Bxb3 Qa5 33. Rd1 Qb5 34.
Rd3 Bf5 35. Rxd5 Qxb3 36. Qxb3 Rxb3 37. c6 Rd3 38. Nb4 Rxd5 39. Nxd5 Ke8 40.
Nf6+ Kd8 41. f3 gxf3 42. gxf3 Be6 43. Ng8 Bf4 44. h6 Bxe5 45. h7 Kc7 46. f4 Bg7
47. Nh6 Kxc6 48. f5 Bb3 49. Kb1 Kd6 50. Ng4 Bd5 51. Nh6 Ke5 52. Kc2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, A"]
[Black "Anand, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B09"]

{page 68}

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5
9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bh2 dxe5 13. fxe5 e6 14. O-O-O exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nc6 16. c3 Ncd4 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. cxd4 Bg7 19. d5 c4 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Kb1
Bh6 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Bxd5 24. h4 c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. h5 Ne3 27. Ng5 Qc7
28. Nxh7 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik WC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, A"]
[Black "Timman, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B08"]

{page 222, see position after Black's 26th move}

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Rfe1 a5 11. Rad1 Re8 12. d5 Bf8 13. Bc4 Be7 14. h3 Qb6 15.
b3 Qb4 16. Qc1 Bf8 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bh6 Qc7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qh6 cxd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Ng5 Be6 24. Re3 Qe7 25. Rf3 Rfd8 26. Rb5 Rab8 27. Qh4
Bxc4 28. Nxh7 Nd5 29. Qh6 Bxb5 30. exd5 f5 31. Qxg6+ Qg7 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nh7+
Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Qxf5 Be8 36. Nh5+ Qf7 37. Qg5 Rbc8 38. Qg7+ Ke7 39. Qg5+
Kd7 40. Rxf7+ Bxf7 41. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "British Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, J"]
[Black "Martin, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D00"]

{page 199, see position after Black's 15th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 f5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qc2
Nd7 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. g4 f4 14. Ng5 Nf8 15.
Nce4 h6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. d5 Be5 18. dxe6+ Kg7 19. Qc5 Bc8 20. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Chalhidiki"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotronias, V"]
[Black "Adams, M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C89"]

{page 134}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. a4 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. axb5 Nf4 19. gxf4 Bxf4 20. Nf3 Qg4+ 21.
Kf1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Winants, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D38"]

{page 152}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. Bh4 Qc6 16. Bf1 Rac8 17. c4 h6 18. Qb3 Ba8 19. Rcd1 Nh5 20. Qe3 Qc7
21. Ne5 Nhf6 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bg3 Qb7 24. Bd6 Nf6 25. f3 Red8 26. Be5 Nd7 27.
Bg3 Nf8 28. a4 Qd7 29. Qa3 Bc6 30. a5 Ng6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Qb4 h5 33. h3 Qb7
34. Qb2 Rd7 35. Rb1 Ne7 36. Bf2 Rb8 37. Qc3 Qc7 38. Re5 Nf5 39. Qb2 g6 40. Rbe1
Qd8 41. Rd1 h4 42. d5 b5 43. Rxf5 exf5 44. Qe5 Rc8 45. Rd4 Bb7 46. Rxh4 f6 47.
Qe6+ Kg7 48. Be3 g5 49. Bxg5 fxg5 50. Rh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch36 Jakarta"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Timman, J"]
[Black "Karpov, An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E32"]

{page 169 (analysis of Wang-Christiansen 1993)}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 f5
15. f3 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. Nf2 Ba6 18. Nd3 d5 19. b3 Rxb3 20. Qxb3 dxc4 21.
Qa2 cxd3+ 22. Kf2 Rf6 23. Rc1 Kg7 24. f4 c4 25. Qb2 e5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rc3
Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Rh5 Ne7 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Rc7 Re6 32. Ke1 Bb5 33. g4 Kg6
34. Rh8 f4 0-1

[Event "Iraklion"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atalik, S"]
[Black "Miles, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E81"]

{page 12}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
e6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 h6 13. Be3 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. Qd2 f5 19. Qxd6 Qe8 20. Qxc5 fxe4 21. f4
Nd3+ 22. Nxd3 exd3 23. Kf2 Rc8 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qxd3 g5 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe2
gxf4 28. Bc5 f3 29. Qxe8 fxg2+ 30. Bxf8 gxh1=N+ 0-1

[Event "Lucerne"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Li"]
[Black "Christiansen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]

{page 169}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 f5
15. f3 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. Nf2 Ba6 18. Nd1 Rf6 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. Be2 d5 21. b3
d4 22. f4 Nf7 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Ra2 Bb7 25. Kh2 Qc7 26. Rf1 dxe3 27. Nxe3 Rd4 28.
Kg1 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. Qc3 Rd4 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rg6+ 33. Rg2 Ng5 34.
Qe1 Qf4 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. Re1 Nxf3+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Kf1 Qh3 40. Kf2
Rxg2+ 41. Nxg2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Petersburg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, V"]
[Black "Ivanov, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D39"]

{page 9}

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14.
Rh3 Qa5 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Qc1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Nf8 19. Qa3+ Ke8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Na5 Qe7 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Nc4 Ke7 25. Qd2 b5 26. Nd6 Rb8 27.
e5 fxe5 28. Qg5+ f6 29. Qg8 Bb7 30. Nf5+ exf5 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Skembris, S"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D90"]

{page 200, see position after White's 20th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qb1 O-O 12. a3 N4d5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxe7
Rfe8 15. Bb4 Bg4 16. Ne5 c5 17. Bxc5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 Bf4 19. Bc5 b6 20. Bb4 Bxe2
21. Bxe2 Qxg2 22. Rf1 Rxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Re8+ 24. Kd3 Qf3+ 25. Kc2 Rc8+ 26. Bc3
Qe2+ 27. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gulko, B"]
[Black "Rivas, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A21"]

{page 23}

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bd2 h6
9. e3 Nf6 10. f3 a6 11. fxe4 fxe4 12. Nf2 d5 13. Qb3 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1
Bb7 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Kf8 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Bh5 Rh7 21. O-O
Qd6 22. Rxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Re7 25. d5 Ne5 26. Bb4 Rd8 27. e4 Rd7
28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. d6 1-0

[Event "US-ch Key West"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Kaidanov, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A29"]

{page 148}

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Ng5 exd3 10. exd3 b6 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Bxh6 Be6 17. Qg6 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bd5 19. Rae1 Bf7 20. Qg5
Bxa2 21. Be5 Rf8 22. c4 Rf7 23. Re2 Bb3 24. Rfe1 Raf8 25. Bb2 Qxd3 26. Re8 Bxc4
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Ba3+ c5 29. Bxc5+ bxc5 30. Qxc5+ Qd6 31. Qxc4 Qb6 32. Qe2 g6
33. Qc2 a5 34. Re4 Kg7 35. h4 Qf6 36. Rc4 Qe5 37. Rc6 Qf5 38. Qxf5 Rxf5 39.
Rxc7+ Rf7 40. Rc4 Ra7 41. Ra4 Kf6 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Kh3 Kd5 44. Kg4 Kc5 45. Kg5
Ra6 46. f4 Kb5 47. Ra1 a4 48. g4 Kc4 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Kb3 51. h6 a3 52. h7
Ra8 53. f5 Kb2 54. Rh1 a2 55. f6 1-0

[Event "US-ch Key West"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, A"]
[Black "Ivanov, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C22"]

{page 52}

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Qg3 Rxe4 9. a3 Bd6 10. f4 Re8 11. Nf3 Bc5 12. Bd3 d5 13. Rde1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1
Ne7 15. Nh4 Ng6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. g4 c6 21.
g5 Nd7 22. Ng4 Nb6 23. f5 Qd7 24. Rf1 Bd6 25. Qh3 Kh8 26. f6 gxf6 27. gxf6 Ng6
28. Bh6 Bf8 29. Bg7+ Bxg7 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qh6+ Kh8 32. Nf6 1-0

[Event "New York USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]

{page 50}

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Bd2 d6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Bb3 Be6 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nf3 c6 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Qg3
Bf8 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. b3 Ba6 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Qg5 Re6 19. Re3 Kh8 20. Rh3 Rae8
21. Be3 Ng8 22. Bd4 Rg6 23. Qh4 h6 24. g4 Be7 25. g5 Qe6 26. Nxg7 Rxg7 27. f5
Qd7 28. gxh6 Bxh4 29. hxg7+ Kh7 30. Rxh4+ Nh6 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Bf6 d5 33. Rxh6+
1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Nunn, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E70"]

{page 250, see position after Black's 17th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Bc2 Nxc2 10. Qxc2 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Bd7 14. Rae1 exf4
15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Qf6 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Rd1 Rf7 19. Rd3 Kh8 20. Qd2 a6 21.
a4 b6 22. b3 Qh4 23. Ne2 Qg4 24. Rdf3 Rfe7 25. Ng3 Qg6 26. Bg5 Re5 27. Be3 c5
28. Bf4 R5e7 29. b4 Bxa4 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Bg5 Re5 32. Nxf5 Re2 33. Qf4 Rf8 34.
Nh4 Qh5 35. Qxf8+ Bxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Bh6+ Kxh6 38. R1f6+ Qg6 39. Nxg6 hxg6
40. h4 Re4 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rff8 Rxc4 43. Rfg8+ Kf6 44. Rb8 b5 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46.
Rc8 Rxh4+ 47. Kg1 b4 48. Rc7+ Kh6 49. Rxa6 b3 50. Rb6 c4 51. Rb4 Rd4 52. Rcxc4
Rxd5 53. Rc1 Bd7 54. Rxb3 Rd4 55. Rcb1 Bf5 56. R1b2 Kg5 57. Rb4 Rd3 58. Kf2 Rd1
59. Rb5 Rc1 60. R2b3 Rc4 61. Rg3+ Kf4 62. Rb2 Rd4 63. Rgb3 Kg5 64. Rb4 Rd1 65.
g3 Rc1 66. R2b3 Rc2+ 67. Kf3 Bd7 68. Ra3 Bc6+ 69. Ke3 Rc5 70. Rd4 Re5+ 71. Kf2
Rf5+ 72. Kg1 Rc5 73. Rad3 Rc2 74. Rd2 Rc3 75. Kh2 Rc1 76. Rd1 Rc2+ 77. R4d2 Rc5
78. Rf1 Bb7 79. Rb1 Bc6 80. Ra1 Be4 81. Rb2 Bf5 82. Kg2 Rc3 83. Re1 Ra3 84. Kf2
Rc3 85. Re3 Rc4 86. Ra3 Kg4 87. Rab3 Kg5 88. Rb4 Rc1 89. R2b3 Rc2+ 90. Ke3 Be6
91. Ra3 Rc5 92. Rba4 Bf5 93. Kf3 Rc1 94. Rb4 Rf1+ 95. Kg2 Rc1 96. g4 Bd7 97.
Ra5+ Kh4 98. Ra7 Rc2+ 99. Kf3 Rc3+ 100. Kf2 Rc2+ 101. Ke3 Bxg4 102. Raa4 Re2+
103. Kd3 Rg2 104. Ke3 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 63}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Qa4 dxc4 13. Qxa6 cxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O
15. g5 Nd5 16. Bd2 f5 17. O-O-O c5 18. Kb1 b5 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qa5 Rb3 21. Ka2
Rfb8 22. Rb1 e5 23. Rhc1 Qe6 24. Ka1 exd4 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Nc3 27. Nxd4
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sherbakov, R"]
[Black "Shabanov, Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D46"]

{page 209, see position after Black's 18th move}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc2 e5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 exd4
15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qc3 a5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Rd6 Qb4 19. Qe5 Qxc4 20. Bd3 Qg4 21.
h3 Qh5 22. Qg3 Nd5 23. Re5 f5 24. Rg6 Rf7 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. f4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, V"]
[Black "Sokolov, I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C88"]

{page 219, see position after Black's 18th move}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h3 d4 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3
Nxg4 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. Nfd2 h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Rf5 g6 21. Qxg4 hxg4
22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 Rd7 26. R1f2 Qc5 27. Nb3 Qa7 28.
Nxe5 Qxe3 29. Nxd7 Rh8 30. Kg2 Rh3 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36. Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 39. Ke3 Qg1 40.
Kf3 Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. d4 Qxa5 46. e5
Qa1 47. Ke4 a5 48. d5 a4 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, V"]
[Black "Gelfand, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B23"]

{page 253}

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. e5 Nf5 11. Kh1 Nfd4 12. Ne4 Nxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Rf1 g5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Ng6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Rf5 Bf6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Kg7 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h4 1-0

[Event "32nd ol"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, N"]
[Black "Stefansson, H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B57"]

{page 215, see position after Black's 26th move}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7
15. Rad1 Nc5 16. f5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Re8 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 Qc5 21.
Qxf6 Qe5 22. Qh4 f5 23. Rd3 Kh8 24. Bf4 Qg7 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Bxd6 e5 27. Nd5
fxe4 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Bf5 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rg5 Re6 32. Bb8 e3 33. Kg1
Bg6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5+ Kg8 36. c3 Bf7 37. c4 Bg6 38. Bd4 Bc2 39. Bxe3 Bxb3
40. c5 Kf7 41. Kf2 h5 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Kf4 Bd5 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Bc6 46. h4
Bd5 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Kf5 Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EuT-ch"]
[Site "Pula CRO"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorov, A"]
[Black "Lanka, Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B89"]

{page 74}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nf5 b5 14. Bd5 Bb7
15. g5 Rfc8 16. Rg3 Ne5 17. Rh3 Ng6 18. Qh5 Nf8 19. Nxg7 Bxd5 20. Qh6 e5 21.
Nh5 Nce6 22. exd5 b4 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Zonal 1.5"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velimirovic, D"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Mi1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B40"]

{page 20}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f4 Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Rxf7 Kxf7 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Qxh8 Nxe5 17. Qh7+ Bg7 18. Bh6 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2
Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Dieren"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalevski"]
[Black "Rabinovitch"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 43}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc8
15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qh5 Qb7 18. f3 Nc2 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf6 Nxf6 21.
exf6+ Bxf6 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "Sanz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1pr1ppb1/p5p1/2nRp2p/1qP2P2/1P4PB/P3Q2P/2BR3K w - - 0 1"]


1. Rd8 Rxd8 2. Rxd8+ Kh7 3. Qxh5+ Bh6 4. Qxe5 Bg7 5. Qe2 e6 6. f5 exf5 7. Qh5+
gxh5 8. Bxf5# 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov Alexei"]
[Black "Short Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]

{page 117}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kh8 13. c3 e5 14. Qh5 Nd5
15. Rad1 exd4 16. Rxd4 f5 17. Ng3 Bc5 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Qe5 Kg8 21.
h3 Re8 22. Qxe8+ Nxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. b4 Qc6 25. Rdd8 Bb6 26. Rg8+ Kf6 27.
Nh5+ Ke5 28. Rd3 Qh6 29. Be2 Qc1+ 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Rxa8 Qxb4 33.
Re8 Bd4 34. Rd8 Bb6 35. a3 Qa5 36. R8d2 f4 37. Bg4 Bc4 38. Re1+ Be3 39. Rdd1
Bb3 40. Rb1 Bc2 41. Rb4 f5 42. Bf3 Be4 43. fxe3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Qxa3 45. Nxf4 b6
46. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milov"]
[Black "Volkov"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 10}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Nd2 g6 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Be2 Ng7 14. O-O Na5 15.
Nc5 g5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Bg3 Nf5 19. e4 dxe4 20. a3 Bd6 21. d5 Ke7
22. b4 e5 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Nxe4 Nab3 25. f4 Qb6 26. Kh1 gxf4 27. Bh4+ Kf8 28.
Rb1 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Nd4 30. Qh5 f5 31. Ng5 Qc7 32. Ne6+ Nxe6 33. dxe6 Kg8 34. Bf6
Qh7 35. Rbd1 Be7 36. Rd7 Bxf6 37. Rxh7 Kxh7 38. Qf7+ Bg7 39. Qxf5+ Kg8 40. Rd1
Rf8 41. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Eikrem mem"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, S"]
[Black "Bekker Jensen, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "B90"]

{page 92}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15.
Nc1 Ra5 16. Bc4 Na6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nd3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4
Nc5 22. Rde1 Ra7 23. h4 a3 24. h5 axb2 25. h6 Rfa8 26. hxg7 b3 27. cxb3 Rxa2
28. Rxe7 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 11}

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nf2 Rg8 8. d4
Bh6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Nb4 13. c4 Bf5 14. Qa4+ Kf8
15. Qxb4 Re8 16. Qd2 Rxg2 17. Kf1 Rg3 18. Qd1 Be4 19. Rh2 f5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21.
Bg4 e3 22. Bf3 Qg7 23. Rh1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "C Lutz"]
[Black "L Ftacnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B90"]

{page 38}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Qc7 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. c3 O-O 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. f5
Bxb3 22. Bxb3 Qa5 23. Rg1 Red8 24. g4 hxg3 25. Rxg3 Kf8 26. h4 Qb6 27. h5 Qc6
28. Bd5 Qd7 29. Rdg1 Rc5 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rg6+ fxg6
34. Rxg6+ Ke7 35. f6+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schneider"]
[Black "Yudasin"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 37}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Bf8 18. fxg6 Nxg6 19. Qh5 b4 20. Nce2 Bb7 21. Ng3
Nxe4 22. Qh3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bg7 24. Re2 Be4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf7
Re7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh2+ Nh4 30. Rxh4+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ Bxf6 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33.
gxf6+ Kf8 34. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 26}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3
15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Bf4 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Bh3 Kd8 20. Bb4 Qxf6 21.
Qc4 Rg5 22. Rd6 Qg7 23. f6 Rg1+ 24. Bf1 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 17}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. Ne4 Qe5
15. Nf3 Qxb2 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. a4 b4 18. Rab1 Qxc2 19. Nfg5 Qc7 20. Rxb4 Bxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bxb4 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nf6+ Kd8 24. Nxg8 Bc5 25. Nf6 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Kc8 27.
Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 15}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O Qb4 13. Rf3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Qb6+
15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rg3 Bf8 17. Bh5 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. e5 Qa5 20. Qe2 dxe5 21.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Ne4 Bd7 24. Qh4 exf4 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 26. Rg7 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "V Topalov"]
[Black "A Morozevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C78"]

{page 197, see position after Black's 32nd move}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 h6 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nbd4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Nfxg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxh5 Bxd4
21. Qf5 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Bf6 24. Ra7 c5 25. Be4 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27.
Bb7 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd5 Rfe8 31. Rxc5 Re7 32. Rb5 Nd3 33. Be4
1-0

[Event "Foxwoods"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Shulman"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Qc2
Bd7 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh2 Nc8 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 exf4 20. e5 Kg7 21. exf6+ Qxf6
22. Nce4 Qe7 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Rh7+ Kxh7 26. Nxg5+ Kh6 27. Qh7+ Kxg5
28. Qg7+ Kh4 29. Qh7+ Kg5 30. Qg7+ Kh4 31. Rh1+ Kg3 32. Nf1+ Kf2 33. Rh2+ Kg1
34. Qc3 Qe3+ 35. Nxe3 Kxh2 36. Nf1+ Kg1 37. Qe1 Kg2 38. Nd2 Ne5 39. Bf1+ Kg1
40. Be2+ Kg2 41. Qf1+ Kh2 42. Qf2+ Kh3 43. Ne4 Rg8 44. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "ch-SVK"]
[Site "Kaskady SVK"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian"]
[Black "Sutovsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B90"]

{page 95}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be2 a5 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Bd3 a4 19. Nd2 a3 20. Bc4 axb2 21.
Qxf7+ Kh8 22. c3 Ra3 23. Bb3 Qxc3 24. Nc4 Nc6 25. Nxb2 e4 26. Rc1 Qxf3 27. Qe6
Rf8 28. Bd5 Bf6 29. Bxe4 Rxa2 30. Rc2 Rxb2+ 31. Rxb2 Qa3 32. Qb3 Bxb2 33. Qxb2
Qe3 34. Bc2 Nd4 35. Rd1 Nxc2 36. Qxc2 Qb6+ 37. Kc1 Qe6 38. Qa4 Qh6+ 39. Kb1
Qxh2 40. Qb4 Ra8 41. Qxb7 Rb8 42. Kc1 Qf4+ 43. Kc2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Poland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staniszewski"]
[Black "Kuczynski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/4ppb1/q5p1/1pR2P1p/p1n1N1P1/P3B2P/1PP3Q1/1K2R3 w kq - 0 1"]


1. Rc6 Qxc6 2. Nf6+ Qxf6 3. Qxa8+ Kd7 4. Qb7+ Kd8 5. Rd1+ Nd6 6. Bb6+ Ke8 7.
Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 136}

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. f4 b5 8. a3 Nf6
9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. O-O a5 12. g4 Ne8 13. Rb1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Ne2
Nc7 16. f5 Nb5 17. Qd2 Nbd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Bh6 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Ra8 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. d4 Qb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Bc6 25. f6+ exf6 26. Rxf6 c4+ 27. Kh2 Rac8
28. Rbf1 Qc5 29. Qf4 Be8 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5 Rd4 32. h6+ Kg8 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Qxc5
Rxc5 35. e6 Re5 36. Bd5 Rxd5 37. e7 Re5 38. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 24}

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 e6 13. Qb3 Qb5 14. Rxe6+
fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc8 17. Re1 Rf8 18. Qe7 Kc7 19. Qxg7 Rxf3 20. Re5
Qxb2 21. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely"]
[Black "Acs"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 35}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8.
O-O Bd6 9. a3 Ng4 10. h3 Nh2 11. Re1 Nf3+ 12. gxf3 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Nf4
Bxh3 15. Ncxd5 Re6 16. Nxe6 Bf5+ 17. Kg1 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 112}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bb5
h6 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. h4 Ng4 18. Kb1 Bc8 19. Rde1 g6 20. Re6 Bxe6 21.
dxe6 f5 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Qe7 24. Nh4 Qxe6 25. Nxf5 Be5 26. Bd5 1-0

[Event "ICC-blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "LarryC"]
[Black "Kingroche"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2k2r/2qb1pp1/p2ppb1p/1pn5/3NPQ2/P1N5/BPP2PPP/3RR1K1 w k - 0 1"]


1. Nf5 exf5 2. Nd5 Qd8 3. exf5+ Be5 4. Rxe5+ dxe5 5. Qxe5+ Kf8 6. Qd6+ Kg8 7.
Ne7+ Kh7 8. Qg6+ fxg6 9. fxg6# 1-0

[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, P"]
[Black "Radjabov, T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C12"]

{page 103}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qa5 15.
dxc5 d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 dxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rhg8 19. Qe4 Qc7 20. g4 Ne7 21.
Bb5 hxg5 22. Rb3 Nd5 23. Rhb1 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4 Qa6+ 26. Ke1 Rd7 27. c6
Rc7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Nb6 30. Qh7 Rf8 31. Qg7 Qa3 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nb5
Qc5 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. c7+ Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. h6 Nd7 38. h7 1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 106}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Nfd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bb2 Re8 18. a4 Rc8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. e5 bxa4 21. bxa4
c4 22. Bd4 Bc5 23. Re4 a5 24. Rb1 Bb4 25. Qe2 Bg6 26. Rd1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf8 28.
Nfg5 Rc6 29. Qh5 Rg6 30. e6 f5 31. Nxh7 Rexe6 32. Bxb6 Qxb6 33. Nxf8 Bxf8 34.
Qxf5 Qc6 35. Rd8 Re8 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Qxa5 Re6 38. Qd5 Qc6 39. Qf5 Qe8 40. Qg4
Qe7 41. Qf5 Re5 42. Qg6 Qf7 43. Qh7+ Kxh7 44. Ng5+ Kg8 45. Bh7+ Kh8 46. Nxf7+
Kxh7 47. Nxe5 c3 48. Kf1 Ba3 49. a5 1-0

[Event "Baku ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail N"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 235}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nf5 g6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Nh6 Ne6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5
Bxe5 22. Re1 f6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd4 Kf8 25. Rxe5 Qd8 26. Rf5+ gxf5 27. Qxh8+
Ke7 28. Qg7+ Ke6 29. gxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]

{page 230}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.
f3 Ne4 9. O-O d3 10. fxg4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng3+ 12. hxg3 Qg5 13. Rf5 h5 14. gxh5
Qxf5 15. g4 Rxh5+ 16. gxh5 Qe4 17. Qf3 Qh4+ 18. Qh3 Qe1+ 19. Kh2 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, A"]
[Black "Tarrasch, S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]

{page 33}

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. exd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Bxg2 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27.
Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogolyubov"]
[Black "Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 5}

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2
Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3
29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 Ne1
35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8 Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2
41. d5 Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2
Qe2 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4
d5+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Udovcic, Mijo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]

{page 240}

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qa4 Qd8 17. Rc2 Kf8 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. Ba5 Rc8 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bb4 g6 23. Qh4 g5 24. Nxg5 Ke8 25. Bb5+ Bd7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.
Qh5+ Kf8 28. Rc3 Rh7 29. Qg6 Rg7 30. Qxh6 Bxb5 31. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail N"]
[Black "Donner"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 213}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. a5 bxa5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. dxc5 Ne7 14. c6 Qxc6
15. O-O Qxc3 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Bd6 Qc4 18. Qe3 Qe4 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. c4 Qxc4 21.
Qa3 Qa6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Nd2 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Qf3 Kd7 26. Qxf6 Rhe8 27. Ne4
Ne7 28. Nc5+ Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Nc4 30. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "USSR vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Spassky"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 14}

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1
15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shashin"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]

{page 244}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Rad8 16. Re2 Rd7 17. Ba2 Rfd8 18. Rae1 exd4 19. cxd4 Qb6 20. Qc3 Nxd4
21. Re7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Nf5 23. Rxf7 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Qd6+ 25. g3 Ng4+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+
27. gxh4 Qh2+ 28. Kf3 Qxf2+ 29. Ke4 Qe2+ 30. Kf4 Rf1+ 31. Kg5 h6+ 32. Kg6 Ne5+
33. Qxe5 Rg1+ 34. Qg5 Qxb2 35. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]

{page 247}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Bc6 13. Nd4 g6 14. Rf2 e5 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf1 Qc8 18. h3 Nd7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qc4 Bh4
22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rf1 Rfd8 24. Nb1 Qb7 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. c3 Na6 27. Re2 Rf8 28. Nd2
Bd8 29. Nf3 f6 30. Rd2 Be7 31. Qe6 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Rd1 Nb8 34. Bc5 Rh8
35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Be7 1-0

[Event "WchT U26 fin-A"]
[Site "Caracas"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Fernandez, Juan C"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 129}

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc8 12. Nge4 Rd8 13. Bg5 Qb7 14. f3 Nc6 15.
Qe3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 d4 19. Qc1 Rac8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Qd2 Nf5 22. Rdc1 Ne3+ 23. Kg1 h5 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. b3 h4 27. g4 f5
28. g5 Qe5 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Kh1 Nf4 31. Qc4+ Kh7 32. Qf7 Qxe2 33. Qxf5+ Ng6 34.
Ne4 Rf8 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. gxf6 Qe5 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qg7+ Kg5 39. Rg1+ Kf4 40.
Qxg6 Qd5 41. Qg4+ Ke3 42. Re1+ Kd2 43. Re4 d3 44. Qf4+ Kd1 45. Rd4 Qxd4 46.
Qxd4 d2 47. Kg2 Rc8 48. f7 Kc2 49. Qd7 Rh8 50. Qc6+ Kb1 51. Qe4+ Kc1 52. Qc4+
1-0

[Event "Malaga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szmetan, J"]
[Black "Garcia Gonzales, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]

{page 82}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Rg1 Nc5
15. e5 g6 16. Rh4 Bb7 17. Rg3 Kg7 18. Bd4 d5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21.
e6+ f6 22. Qh5 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 gxh5 24. gxf6+ Kh8 25. fxe7+ Ne5 26. exf8=Q+ Rxf8
27. Rxh5 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sunye Neto, J"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]

{page 193}

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Re8 8.
e4 d6 9. Be2 a6 10. h3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Ne7 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Ng6 15.
Bf1 Bb7 16. Rc1 c5 17. Nd2 Ba8 18. Nb3 c4 19. dxc4 Nxe4 20. cxb5 Nf4 21. Re3
Re6 22. Na5 Rxb5 23. Bxb5 Rg6 24. g4 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Nxh3+ 27. Rxh3
Qxh3 28. Bc6 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nunn, J"]
[Black "Murshed, N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]

{page 133}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. h4 b4
15. Na4 Nc5 16. h5 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Qc6 20. Kb1 Qxa4 21.
Rh4 Rb8 22. Rd5 Qd7 23. Qd3 b3 24. cxb3 O-O 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxd6
Qe7 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Bc5 Rfd8 30. Qd5 Rxd6 31. Bxd6 Qd7 32. Qxe5 Qd8 33. Qg3
Rb5 34. h6 Rd5 35. Bc7 Qe8 36. Ka2 Rd2 37. Be5 Rxf2 38. Re4 Bxe5 39. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint John op III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Velikov, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]

{page 171}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. a4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Rad1 Bb4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 h6 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Nxe5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxa4 20. d6 Be6 21. Rd4
a5 22. Qh5 Qc2 23. Nd3 Rfd8 24. Rc1 Qb3 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Bxd6 27. Nc5
Bxc5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Rxc5 Qxb2 32. h4 a4 33. Rg5+
1-0

[Event "Saint John open-1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]

{page 173}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b3 O-O 12. Ne1 c6 13. Nd3 Na6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. f4
Rfe8 16. a3 Qd8 17. fxe5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 dxe5 19. Qe2 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bb5 21. Qf2
Qd6 22. Nb2 Ng4 23. Qg1 Qh6 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Ndc4 a4 26. Bf3 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nf6
28. Qb6 Nc5 29. Kg2 Qg6 30. Re2 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Rde1 Rg8 33. Rh1 Qh6 34. Qd6
g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Rh3 Rg6 37. Qe7 Kg7 38. Nd1 Nd3 39. Ne3 Nf4+ 40. Kh2 Nxe2
41. Nf5+ Kg8 42. Qxb7 Qd2 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nxg6 Nf4+ 45. Kh1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "Blatny, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]

{page 162}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O-O Qc7 8.
e3 a6 9. g4 Qa5 10. Bh4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bh3 b4 14. Na4 Nc5 15.
Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Ne4 Qa5 20. Kb1 O-O 21. Rd7
Rb8 22. Rhd1 Bd8 23. c5 Bc7 24. Qb3 Rbc8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Rxf7
Rxf7 28. g6 1-0

[Event "Germany"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "Nunn"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 160}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Nc1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Nd1
Qb6 16. Nf2 Qxb3 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. O-O Be8 19. Ra3 Qb6 20. b4 Nd7 21. bxc5 dxc5
22. Bh6 Bh8 23. f4 Qd6 24. f5 b5 25. Nf2 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rb6 27. Nh3 Nf6 28. fxg6
fxg6 29. Ng5 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 31. Ne6 Rb7 32. Qg5 Kh7 33. Rg3 Ng4 34. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, S"]
[Black "Speelman, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E54"]

{page 154}

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Rc5 Qa3 16. dxe5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 Re8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg5
Qf8 21. Rd1 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6 23. Rg4 Be2 24. Bxg7 Bxg4 25. Bxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxg4
Rac8 27. h4 Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qf4 a5 30. Qxf7+ Kc6 31. Qf3+ Kc5 32. Qe3+ Kc6
33. Qf3+ Kc5 34. Qa3+ Kc4 35. Qb3+ Kc5 36. a4 Rb8 37. Qc3+ Kd5 38. f4 Ke4 39.
Qf3+ Kd4 40. Qc6 Ke3 41. Qc1+ Ke2 42. h5 Rec8 43. Qf1+ Kd2 44. Qb5 Ke3 45. g3
Kd4 46. Kg2 Kc3 47. h6 Rh8 48. Qd7 b5 49. axb5 a4 50. b6 a3 51. Qa4 Kb2 52.
Qb4+ Ka2 53. h7 Rbc8 54. b7 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Qc4+ Rb3+ 57. Kg4 Kb2 58. Qc8
Rxh7 59. b8=Q Rg7+ 60. Kh5 Rxg3 61. Qd6 Rh3+ 62. Kg6 Rbg3+ 63. Kf7 Rh7+ 64.
Kxe6 Rh6+ 65. Kf5 Rxd6 66. exd6 a2 67. d7 a1=Q 68. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Razuvaev"]
[Black "Christiansen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]

{page 191}

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bg5 8.
Bxg5 Qxg5 9. g3 a6 10. h4 Qe7 11. Bh3 h5 12. O-O Ndf6 13. b4 Nh6 14. Qe3 Nh7
15. c5 g5 16. c6 b6 17. Bd7+ Kf8 18. Kg2 Rg8 19. Rh1 Qf6 20. hxg5 Rxg5 21. Rh4
Ke7 22. Rah1 Qg6 23. a4 Nf6 24. a5 b5 25. Qf3 Rg8 26. Nd1 Nxd7 27. cxd7 Ng4 28.
Ne3 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 f5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Qa7 Rgf8 32. Rf1 Qf7 33. Kg1 Kxd7 34.
Rc1 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rf3 36. Re4 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qf3 38. Rde1 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 40.
Qf2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Vaganian, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]

{page 183}

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Re1 e6 13. Bg5 b5 14. a4 b4
15. Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bh6 N7b6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qxh7+ Kf6 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Rf3 Qf5 26. Qc7 g5 27.
Qxb6 Kg6 28. Rfe3 Qf6 29. Re5 Rad8 30. Qe3 Rd6 31. Rxa5 Qxb2 32. Qe4+ Kf6 33.
Qh7 1-0

[Event "FRG BL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gschnitzer, O"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A33"]

{page 186, see position after White's move 28}

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nb5 a4 15.
Na1 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. h3 Be6 18. Red1 Qc8 19. Kh2 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qc4 Qf5 24. Be3 Rec8 25. g4 Qg6 26. Qc2 e4 27. Bf4 Ra5 28.
Nd6 Nxg4+ 29. hxg4 Qxg4 30. Bg3 Rh5+ 31. Kg1 Nd4 32. Qxe4 Qh3 33. Qg2 Rxc1 34.
Qxh3 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Lyngby DK-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]

{page 201, see position after Black's 31st move}

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rad1 Bxf4 14.
exf4 c5 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Re2 Rad8 17. g3 Rd6 18. Ne5 c4 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rd4 Qc7
21. h4 Rb6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Rfb8 24. b4 Rc8 25. Qa4 Qb7 26. Re3 Ne4 27.
Rexe4 dxe4 28. Rd7 Ra6 29. Qd1 Rc7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. h5 f6 32. Rg8+ Kxg8 33.
Qd8+ Kg7 34. h6+ Kxh6 35. Ng4+ Kh5 36. Nxf6+ Kh6 37. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo cm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman"]
[Black "Huebner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]

{page 109}

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d6 Qf6 14. d3 Qxd6
15. Bf4 Qa6 16. b4 Bd8 17. Re1 Rf8 18. Qh5 d6 19. Bd5 Bd7 20. a4 Rc8 21. Be4 g6
22. Qf3 Rc7 23. b5 Qb6 24. Bh6 a6 25. Bd5 Bf5 26. g4 Bc8 27. Re2 axb5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, G"]
[Black "Anand, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B48"]

{page 202, see position after White's 14th move}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bb5+ axb5
15. Ndxb5 Qc6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Nce4 Qd4 20. Qh5 Rf8
21. Rd1 Qe3 22. Qh4 Qf4 23. Qe1 Ra4 24. Qc3 Rd4 25. Rxd4 Qf1+ 26. Kh2 exd4 27.
Qc5 Kd7 28. Nb5 Qf4+ 29. g3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, J"]
[Black "Korchnoi, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C11"]

{page 34}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 14.
Qxe1 Kxf7 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. Qe6 Bxg5+ 17. hxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. Qg8+ Ke7
20. Re1 Bd7 21. Qxa8 Qd2 22. Rxe5+ Kf6 23. a3 Kxe5 24. Qb8+ Kf5 25. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, J"]
[Black "Rogers, I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B18"]

{page 199, see position after Black's 40th move}

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. b3 Ngf6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2
Rad8 15. Rad1 b6 16. c5 Bf4 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfe1 Nbd5 19. Nf1 Nb4 20. Qc4 Qb7
21. g3 Bd6 22. Bf3 Rc8 23. a3 Nbd5 24. Nd2 Red8 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Qc2
Nfd5 28. b4 Rb8 29. Bc1 Nf5 30. Bg5 Rdc8 31. Kg2 a5 32. Nxa5 Bxa5 33. bxa5 Qb3
34. Qd2 Ra8 35. h4 Qa4 36. h5 gxh5 37. Bxh5 Qxa5 38. Qe2 Qc7 39. Rd3 Ra4 40.
Rh1 Rxd4 41. Bg6 Rxd3 42. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, V"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E15"]

{page 190, see position after White's 25th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. b4 Bb7 10. Bg2 d5 11. O-O dxc4 12. Nxc4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
bxa5 15. bxa5 Qd5+ 16. f3 Qxa5 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Qc2
Nd5 21. Bc5 h6 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Bb4 Nd5 24. Bc5 Nb6 25. Kf2 e5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27.
Red1 Nxe5 28. Bd4 Rd5 29. Qe2 Qe6 30. Bxa7 Ra5 31. Bc5 Qh3 32. Kg1 Qf5 33. Bb4
Nxf3+ 34. Kg2 Ng5 35. Bxa5 Qxa5 36. Qd3 Qa8+ 37. Qd5 Qxa3 38. h4 Rxe3 39. hxg5
Rxg3+ 40. Kf1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D44"]

{page 205, see position after Black's 28th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bh6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 exd5 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Bg7 20. a4 Qh6 21.
h4 Bf6 22. Qe1 Bxh4 23. Qa5 Be7 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25. Qa5+ Kb8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Rfe1
Bd6 28. Qb6 Bb8 29. a5 Rd7 30. Re8 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 d4+ 33. Qxb7+
Rxb7 34. Rxh8 Rxb5 35. a6 Ka7 36. Rf8 Rxb2 37. Rxf7+ Ka8 38. a7 c3 39. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, A"]
[Black "Topalov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B52"]

{page 114}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 Ne5 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. a4 Qd8 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Rc1 O-O
15. h3 Nbd7 16. g4 Ne5 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. g5 Nb4 21. Nce2
Nc5 22. Rc4 a5 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Qg4 Nxb3 25. fxg6 Rxc4 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. g6 Nc2
28. Nf5 Bg7 29. gxf7 Rxf7 30. Qh5 Rf6 31. Ng6+ Rxg6+ 32. Qxg6 Qf8 33. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 38}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 g6 18. Nf2 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nh5 20. Qe3 Nxf4 21.
Qxf4 e5 22. Ng4 f6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Kg7 26. Qf4 Rad8 27. c3
h6 28. Rb1 Qa8 29. Rb6 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Bxe4 31. Re1 f5 32. Qe5+ Bf6 33. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Wiesbaden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry (USA)"]
[Black "Sher, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e5
Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nh4 Qxd4 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Bxg6 Rec8 21. Kh2
Nf8 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. f4 g6 24. Rf1 Be7 25. a5 Qc6 26. Bf2 Qe8 27. g4 Bc5 28.
Bxc5 Rxc5 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 d4 31. fxg6 Rxe5 32. Bc4+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Qxf7 34.
Qxe5+ Qf6 35. Qc7+ Kh8 36. Rf1 Qg7 37. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Donner"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Ju"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A45"]

{page 217, see position after Black's 16th move}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. f4
g5 9. Nh3 gxf4 10. Nxf4 c6 11. Bc4 d5 12. e5 Qg5 13. Be2 c5 14. b4 cxd4 15. Nb5
Bb6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bh5+ Kg8 19. O-O Rh7 20. Rf3 Rg7 21. Raf1
Nd7 22. Rg3 d3+ 23. Kh1 Qf5 24. Bg6 Qf8 25. Qxd3 Nxe5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Ng6+
Nxg6 28. Bxg6 Qg8 29. Rf6 Bd8 30. Qe3 Bxf6 31. Qxh6+ Rh7 32. Bxh7 Bg7 33. Qh5
Qf8 34. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Generations"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "1996.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Relange, E"]
[Black "Mednis, E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]

{page 78}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. g5 Nc5 14. Qh5 g6
15. Qe2 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. h4 Qc6 18. Rh2 Bd7 19. h5 Be8 20. Rdh4 Nxb3+ 21.
axb3 d5 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Rxh7 Bxh7 24. Qh5 Kf8 25. Qxh7 Ke8 26. g6 Kd7 27. Na4
Re8 28. g7 d4 29. Bxd4 Rg5 30. f4 Rg2 31. Rh3 Qd6 32. Qe4 Qc6 33. Nb6+ Kd8 34.
Rc3 1-0

[Event "Parsippany"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.07.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanov, AV"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]

{page 188, see position after Black's 40th move}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Ng5 13. N1h2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 O-O
15. g4 Bg6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c6 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Bf4
c5 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rad1 c4 25. b4 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2 28.
Re2 Re8 29. Red2 Bf8 30. Qg3 d5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Bxe5 Qb6+ 33. Bd4 Qh6 34. g5
Qh5 35. Rf1 Re2 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Bd1 Qe4 38. Qg4 Bd6 39. Bf3 Qd3 40. Bg2 Bh5
41. f6 Bxg4 42. Bxd5+ Be6 43. Bxe6+ Kf8 44. fxg7+ Ke7 45. Bf6+ Kxe6 46. g8=Q+
Kd7 47. Qd8+ Kc6 48. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "32nd ol"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, L"]
[Black "Anastasian, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E40"]

{page 176}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. e4 O-O 10. f3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Nf5 Nf4 14. Bc2 g6 15.
Nh6+ Kg7 16. g3 Kxh6 17. gxf4 Kg7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bh3 21.
Bg5 Bxf1 22. e5 Nxd5 23. Bxd8 Bxc4 24. Bh4 Rae8 25. Qg4 b5 26. Re1 Bxa2 27. Qd7
Re6 28. Qxa7 Bc4 29. Qxc5 Nxc3 30. Bf5 Ra6 31. Bc8 Ra2 1-0

[Event "32nd ol"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djurhuus, R"]
[Black "Kaidanov, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C16"]

{page 252}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Nb5 Qd7 8. a4
Ne7 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Qf4 c6 11. g4 Nh6 12. Nc3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Na6 14. h4 Nb4 15.
Ke2 Be7 16. Bd2 Qb7 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 a5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Be3 Ng8 21. h5 h6
22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Nh4 Kd7 24. Qxf7 Raf8 25. Qxg7 Rfg8 26. Qf6 Rf8 27. Qg7 Rfg8
28. Qf6 Rf8 29. Ng6 Rxf6 30. exf6 Nxg6 31. hxg6 Bf8 32. g7 Bxg7 33. fxg7 Rg8
34. Bxh6 Qb8 35. Rhc1 c5 36. dxc5 Qe5+ 37. Kf1 Qd4 38. cxb6 Qxg4 39. Rc7+ Kd6
40. Be3 d4 41. b7 dxe3 42. Rc8 e2+ 43. Ke1 Qb4+ 44. Kxe2 Qxb7 45. Rxg8 Ke5 46.
f4+ 1-0

[Event "32nd ol"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Kramnik, V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B66"]

{page 215, see position after Black's 25th move}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. c3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Rhf1 Bc5 21.
g4 Nf8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Qh5 Qa7 24. Rd3 g6 25. Qxg5 Bxd4 26. Rh3 Bxe5 27. Qxe5
Nh7 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ginsburg, G"]
[Black "Lanka, Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B89"]

{page 76}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nf5 b5 14. Bd5 Bb7
15. g5 Rfc8 16. Qh5 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Rg3 b4 19. Rh3 Nf8 20. Bd4 exd5 21. Bxg7
Bd8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Qxh7 Ke8 24. exd5 Be7 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Rhe3 1-0

[Event "Germany"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik"]
[Black "Cvitan"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 44}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. b6 g3 20. Kh1 Nh7 21. d6 Qh4 22. Bg1 Bh3
23. bxc7 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kxh3 Ng5+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "NY Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, L"]
[Black "Lein, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D31"]

{page 102}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Rfe1 c5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Qf4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Re3 h6 18. g4 Bc6 19. b4 Qxb4 20. g5 hxg5 21.
Qxg5 Be4 22. Rg3 Ne8 23. Qh5 1-0

[Event "EuT-ch"]
[Site "Pula CRO"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, A"]
[Black "Korchnoi, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D20"]

{page 131}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. a3 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Na4 h5 14. Rc1 h4
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Kb8 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Nf4 Rhg8 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Qf3 Nd5
21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rfc1 c6 23. b4 Ka8 24. a4 h3 25. g3 Qe6 26. Kf1 Nd6 27. b5
Ne4 28. R5c2 c5 29. dxc5 d4 30. Rc4 f5 31. Bf4 d3 32. c6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 Qd5 34.
Kg1 d2 35. Rd1 Rge8 36. Be3 f4 37. Rxd2 Nxd2 38. Rc8+ Kb7 39. Qxd5+ Rxd5 40.
Rxe8 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Nxh2+ 42. Ke2 fxe3 43. Rh8 exf2 44. Kxf2 Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Nf1+
0-1

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boto"]
[Black "Peric"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 19}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. O-O Nd4
8. Nxd4 exd4 9. b3 c6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Ba3 d6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qd5 Kd8 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxd6 Qb7 18. Qc5 Ra8 19. Re1 Qb6 20. Bc7+
Qxc7 21. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, J"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C47"]

{page 122}

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Be6 7. Na4 h6 8. c3
Qd7 9. O-O Bh3 10. d4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bb6 12. Re1 O-O 13. b4 Rfe8 14. d5 Ne7 15.
c4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Bd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. b5 Ng6 20. f3 Ne5 21. Qxd4
Nxf3 22. Kxf3 Qh3 23. Bb2 Re7 24. Nc3 Rae8 25. Qg1 Ng4 26. Ke2 Nxh2 27. Kd3 f5
28. Qf2 Ng4 29. Qg1 f4 30. Kc2 fxg3 31. Qh1 Nh2 32. Re3 Rf8 33. Rg1 Rf1 34.
Rxf1 Qxf1 35. Qxf1 Nxf1 36. Rf3 g2 37. Ne2 Rxe4 38. Ng1 Rxc4+ 39. Kd3 Rc5 40.
Rf2 Rxd5+ 41. Bd4 c5 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Rxg2 c5 44. Rxg7+ Kf8 45. Ne2 Rxd4+ 46.
Nxd4 Kxg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Nxd6 Ke6 49. Ne4 Kd5 50. Nf6+ Kc6 51. Ne4 Kb5 52.
Ke2 Nh2 53. Ke3 c4 54. Kf4 Kc6 55. Kg3 Kd5 56. Nc3+ Kd4 57. Nb5+ Kc5 58. Nc3
Nf1+ 59. Kh4 Kd4 60. Nb5+ Kd3 61. Kh5 Ne3 62. Kxh6 Nf5+ 63. Kg5 Nd6 64. Nc7 Ke4
65. Na6 c3 66. Nb4 Nb5 67. Kg4 Na3 68. Kg3 Kd4 69. Kf2 Kc4 70. Na2 c2 71. Ke3
Kb3 72. Nc1+ Kb2 73. Nd3+ Kc3 74. Nc1 Nc4+ 75. Ke2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Vaulin"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 87}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. g4 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Qc7 15.
h5 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. Qd3 a4 19. Nd2 a3 20. Qf5 axb2 21. Bd3 g6
22. hxg6 Rxa2 23. c4 Nxd5 24. Bd4 Qa7 25. g7 Ra1+ 26. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Dubai"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian"]
[Black "Gadjili"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 44}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. Bf2 Bf8 20. Qd2 g3 21. hxg3 Rg7 22. Nxe5
fxg3 23. Bxg3 Bc5+ 24. Rf2 h4 25. Bh2 h3 26. Nd3 Bxf2+ 27. Nxf2 hxg2 28. e5 Nh5
29. Ra4 Bf5 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. fxg4 Qh4 32. Nd1 Nxe5 33. Ne3 Rf8 34. Bd1 Nf4 35.
Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Nxg2 Rf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, J"]
[Black "Smirin, I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2677"]

{page 66}

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O-O
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 Bg4 12. h5 Bxh5 13. Rxh5 gxh5 14. Qd5 Rc8
15. Qxh5 Bg7 16. e5 Qe8 17. Qh3 h6 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Be4 e6 20. f5 Rxc3 21. f6
Qb5 22. Qg3 1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov"]
[Black "David"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 41}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 Nf6 11. f4 O-O 12. g4 Bc8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 Re8 15. Be3
b6 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Rf3 g6 18. Qh4 Bf8 19. Rh3 h6 20. e5 d5 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22.
Bxd4 Qd8 23. Qg3 h5 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxd5 Bb7 26. Rxh5 f4 27. e6 gxh5 28. exf7+
Kxf7 29. Qxf4+ Kg8 30. Qf5 Re7 31. Qg6+ Bg7 32. Be4 Nf8 33. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 187, see position after Black's 21st move}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Nbd2
Qd6 15. Qa4 h5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Bf5 h4 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Nc4 Qf6 21.
Rxd5 Nce5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Ncxe5 Bxe5 25. Bg5 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qd6+
27. Ne5 Rxe5 28. Bf4 Rfe8 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Be4 g5 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Bxe5+ Qxe5+
33. Kg1 Bb5 34. Qd5 Qf4 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Bxb7 Qxd4 37. cxd4 f5 38. f4 g4 39. g3
1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

{page 90}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. g4 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Rhe1 Qc7 20. h4 Nb6 21. f4
exf4 22. Qxf4 O-O 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Nh6+ Bxh6 26. gxh6 Kh7 27. Qf6
Kxh6 28. Re6 1-0

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boto"]
[Black "Bostic"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 84}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Rhg1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 b4
15. Qh5 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Nf4 18. Qf3 e5 19. g6 bxc3 20. Qxf4 Kh8 21. gxf7
Bf6 22. Rxg7 Bxg7 23. f6 Qd8 24. Rg1 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bg5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Qc3 Raa7 19. Qf6 Qf8 20. Bd2 Re6 21.
Qh4 Nc6 22. Ng5 Qg7 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bc3 d4 25. Bd2 d3 26. Bc3 dxc2 27. Bxg7
Rd7 28. Rf1 Rd1 29. Bh6 Bc4 30. h3 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 c1=Q 32. Bxc1 Rxc1 33. Qf4 Re1
34. b3 Bxb3 35. Qf3 Nd4 36. Qc3 Rd1 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxa6 Ba4 39. Qc8 Ne6 40.
Qc3+ Kg8 41. Qe5 Rd3 42. Qb8+ Nf8 43. f4 Rxa3 44. g4 Rd3 45. f5 Rd5 46. Qb7 Bb3
47. f6 Bc4 48. h4 h5 49. g5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahade, G"]
[Black "Yudasin, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f3 Be6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. g4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. h4 Rc8
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. h5 Nfd7 17. g5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rdg1 f5 20. g6 f4 21. h6
gxh6 22. gxh7+ Kf7 23. Bf2 Rh8 24. Rxh6 Bf8 25. Na5 Qb4 26. Rxe6 Qxa5 27. Rxd6
Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Nf6 29. Bb6 Rc6 30. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "EUCup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 58}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qc5 15. h4 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Nf3 h6 18. Ne5 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. gxf6 Bxf6
21. f4 Rad8 22. Qg4 Bg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxg6+ Kf8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]

{page 97}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 15.
gxf6 Rxf6 16. Na5 Nf4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Rg1 Qf7 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Bh3
Bh4 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Be6 g6 26. Nxe5 a5 27. Qd2 dxe5
28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxh4 Qc5 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Rf8 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Qxh7+ Ke8
34. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "German Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naiditsch"]
[Black "Zeller"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 b6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Bd2 h5 14. Qh3 Ng4 15.
Rac1 Ndf6 16. f5 Qd7 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. b3 Bd8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nd5 O-O 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Qxh5 Ne5 23. Bb1 Rc5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Ne2 b5 26. Be3 Rc6 27. Nf4 bxc4
28. Ng6 Nxg6 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Nf7
34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Bg5+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dgebuadze"]
[Black "Baramidze"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 80}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. g5 Nc5 14. Rg1 f5
15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Rh4 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 g6 18. Rg3 Bd7 19. Rgh3 Rf7 20. Qd3 Rg7
21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Qxg6+ Rg7 23. Qh6 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Bc6 25. Bf6 Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Qd7
27. Qf4 1-0

[Event "ICC-3 minute"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wannabee"]
[Black "Vaska"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rk1r/1p1b1pb1/3p1q2/p1pP3p/2P1PPp1/2NQ2P1/PPN3K1/4R2R b - - 0 1"]


1... h4 2. Ne3 hxg3 3. Kxg3 Qxf4+ 4. Kxf4 Be5+ 5. Kg5 f6+ 6. Kg6 Rg8+ 7. Kh5
Re7 8. Nf5 Rh7+ 9. Nh6 Rg5+ 10. Kh4 Rxh6# 0-1

[Event "Leeuwarden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janssen, R"]
[Black "Sokolov, I"]
[Result "0-1"]

{page 208, see position after White's 23rd move.}

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Qb3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 e6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Rd1 Nd7
15. Be2 Qe7 16. O-O O-O 17. Kh1 Bh5 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Rxd7 Rad8 20. f4 Qh4 21.
g3 Qh3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, A"]
[Black "Christiansen, L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E12"]

{page 180}

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 c5 12. e3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Ne2 Qe7 15.
Ng3 Rfd8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qc2
Rd6 22. Re1 Ng6 23. b4 h6 24. Nd4 Nh4 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd3 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Qh4
28. Kg1 Nxf2 29. Qf1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qf2 Qh5 33. f5 Kh7 34.
Qf4 Rf6 35. Rf1 Bh3 36. Rc1 Bxf5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "WCN-ch North America"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2002.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 110}

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8.
b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a3 f5 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nf3 Qe8 13. O-O exf4 14. exf4 Be7
15. Re1 Qd8 16. d6 cxd6 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng5 d5 19. Qe2 h6 20. Re1 hxg5 21.
Qxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, A"]
[Black "Van Wely, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C10"]

{page 55}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Nd7 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Rg3 Qc5 19. Qh6 1-0

[Event "correspondence"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vogel"]
[Black "Kliesch"]
[Result "1-0"]

{page 31}

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 c5 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Qe3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Ne5
cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. Rhf1 Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh6 25. Rd3 Rc3 26. Qh4+
Kg6 27. Qg3+ Kh6 28. Rf4 1-0


