{"id":1849,"date":"2017-08-30T11:52:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/?page_id=1849"},"modified":"2017-09-01T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T08:11:35","slug":"games-including-commented","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/mt-bielecki\/mt-bielecki-bulletin\/games-including-commented\/","title":{"rendered":"Games, including commented"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>MT-Bielecki Bulletin<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/?page_id=1836\">&lt;- Back to\u00a0Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Games Statistics<\/h2>\n<h4><strong><u>Draw percentage<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Draw percentage is high (83%), but this is common feature of current cc tournaments, especially high rated.<\/p>\n<table border=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" rowspan=\"2\">Result<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">N<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">78<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">100<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">White Win (1:0)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"86\">11<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">Black Win (0:1)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"86\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\">Draw (0,5:0,5)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"86\">65<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Number of moves<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Number of moves in the event in total: 2888; Average number of moves per game: 37<\/p>\n<p>The longest game has 92 moves (Ljubicic-Lafarga) and the shortest one 15 (Hoeven-Langeveld).<\/p>\n<p>David Lafarga \u2013 503 moves in the event with average 42 and Leonardo Ljubicic &#8211; 498 moves with average 42 were the most persistent players. They played also the longest game (92 moves).<\/p>\n<p>Maximilian Voss \u2013 347 moves with average 29 and Arno Nickel &#8211; 348 moves with average 29 were on the economical side.<\/p>\n<p>More detailed statistics see below.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Openings statistics<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table border=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"104\">Openings<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">N<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">78<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">100,0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">1.e4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">48<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">61,5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">1.d4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">27<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">34,6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">1.Nf3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"104\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">3,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most popular opening was Sicilian Defence (27) &#8211; especially Najdorf (14) &#8211; ahead of Queen&#8217;s Gambit (13) and Ruy Lopez (13). For more detailed statistics see below.<\/p>\n<p>Openings classification by ECO (78 games)<\/p>\n<table border=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"28\">A<\/th>\n<th width=\"28\">3<\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"425\">A \u2013 Flank openings<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">A1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">A17<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">A17 English Opening, Hedgehog Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">A9<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">A90<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">A90 Dutch Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"28\">B<\/th>\n<th width=\"28\">30<\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"425\">B \u2013 Semi-Open Games other than the French Defence<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B12<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B12 Caro\u2013Kann Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B3<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B30<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B30 Sicilian Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B31<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich\u2013Rossolimo Attack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B33<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B33 Sicilian, Sveshnikov (Lasker\u2013Pelikan) Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B4<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B40<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B40 Sicilian Defence, 2.Nf3 e6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B49<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B5<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B54<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B54 Sicilian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B9<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B90<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B90 Sicilian, Najdorf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B94<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B94 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.Bg5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B96<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B96 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7.f4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">B97<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">B97 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7&#8230;Qb6 including Poisoned Pawn Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"28\">C<\/th>\n<th width=\"28\">19<\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"425\">C \u2013 Open Games and the French Defence<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C10<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C10 French, Paulsen Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C6<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C67<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C8<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C88<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C89<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counterattack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C9<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C92<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, 9.h3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C93<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">C95<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defence, 10.d4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"28\">D<\/th>\n<th width=\"28\">17<\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"425\">D \u2013 Closed Games and Semi-Closed Games<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D20<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D20 Queen&#8217;s Gambit Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D27<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D27 Queen&#8217;s Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D3<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D30<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D30 Queen&#8217;s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D4<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D43<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D43 Queen&#8217;s Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D44<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D43 Queen&#8217;s Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defence 5.Bg5 dxc4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D7<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D72<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D72 Neo-Gr\u00fcnfeld, 5.cxd5, Main line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D76<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D76 Neo-Gr\u00fcnfeld, 6.cxd5 Nxd5, 7.0-0 Nb6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D8<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">D81<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">D81 Gr\u00fcnfeld; Russian Variation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"28\">E<\/th>\n<th width=\"28\">9<\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"38\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"425\">E \u2013 Indian Defenses<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E0<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E04<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E05<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E17<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">E17 Queen&#8217;s Indian, 5.Bg2 Be7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E3<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E32<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical Variation (4.Qc2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E5<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E58<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8&#8230;Bxc3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E6<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"425\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"28\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">E60<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"425\">E60 King&#8217;s Indian Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Game records<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Game records can be displayed at <a href=\"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/?page_id=759\">the tournament website<\/a> or downloaded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iccf.com\/GetEventPGN.aspx?id=26550\">ICCF server (pgn format)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Few games annotated by participants can be found below as an attachment to this file. One game was annotated by GM (OTB) Twan Burg. Many thanks for that.<\/p>\n<p>==================<\/p>\n<p>Please select specific annotated game from pull down menu.<\/p>\n<div class='chessboard-wrapper'><textarea id='pgn4web_492be131' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'>   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Busemann, Stephan\"]  [Black \"Nickel, Arno\"]  [Result \"1\/2-1\/2\"]  [ECO \"B97\"]  [WhiteElo \"2606\"]  [BlackElo \"2643\"]  [Annotator \"Nickel,Arno\"]  [PlyCount \"95\"]  [EventDate \"2012.??.??\"]   {[Annotations by Arno Nickel]} {My Sicilian game versus the tournament winner  of the Bielecki Memorial turned out to be much more time consuming and  complicated as expected. To introduce the reader, I like to mention that  Stephan, whom I met first in an o-t-b game 30 years before (!), had won a  couple of correspondence chess games against the Najdorf with 6.Bg5. But that  was around 1998-2004 and already history. Yet, what I did not know, he was  just about to win another game against the Poisoned Pawn (vs. Zambor). So he  was in good shape to give me a hard time. Some months after start of our game  he opted again for 6.Bg5 vs. Stalmach, which shows that he still preferred  that weapon in difference to other concepts like the trendy English Attack  with Be3.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4  h6 (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13.  Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 (17... Qd5 {There  is not much difference capturing one move later on d4. Black allows 18.c4 \u0155  tempo, but that does not help White too much.} 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20.  Rd2 O-O 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. g4 Nc6 23. O-O Nde5 24. h4 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 b6 26. g5 Qc5  27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Bh5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Bd7 30. Nxf7 Be8 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Re2 Bxh5  33. Rxe5 a5 34. Rxc5 a4 35. Ra1 a3 36. Kf2 a2 37. Ke3 Bg6 38. Kd4 Bb1 39. Ke5  Kh7 40. Kxe6 Kg6 41. Rc7 {1\/2-1\/2 (41) Ziese,G (2469)-Szczepankiewicz,D (2467)  ICCF 2014}) 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Rd8 {In a detailed analysis  (from 2013) to this game SIM H. Bellmann dislikes this rook move and  recommends either 20...Nc6 (developing queenside) or counter attack by 20....  f5!. It seems, 20...f5 recently showed some good results for Black.} (20... Nc6  21. O-O Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nd6 f6 25. Nxb7 a5 26. Nc5 Ne5 27.  Rd6 Nd5 28. Nxe6+ Ke7 29. Rxd5 Bxe6 30. Rb5 a4 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Rb4  a3 34. Bf1 a2 35. Rb2 Rc8 36. c4 Nxc4 37. Rbxa2 Ne5 38. Ra7 Be4 39. Be2 Kg8 40.  Re7 Kh8 41. h3 Rc2 42. Bf1 Rc8 43. Kh2 h5 44. Ra2 Bd5 45. Ra3 Kh7 46. Raa7 Rg8  47. Ra6 Rc8 48. Rd6 Bf7 49. Bd3+ Nxd3 50. Rxd3 Bg6 51. Rdd7 {1\/2-1\/2 (51)  Boldysh,K (2402)-Cardelli,G (2385) ICCF 2014}) (20... f5 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Nd6  Nbd7 23. g4 fxg4 24. Bxg4 Qa1+ 25. Bd1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Re2 Nf3+ 28. Kf2  Ng5 29. h4 Nf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Ke3 Bd7 32. Rf2+ Kg8 33. Bf3 Rb8 34. Rd1 b6  35. Rd6 {1\/2-1\/2 (35) Serradimigni,R (2564)-Glazman,M (2553) ICCF 2013}) 21.  Qg3 Nc6 22. Bc7 Qa1+ 23. Rd1 Qb2 24. c3 Rf8 25. Bd6 f5 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Nd6  Bd7 28. Qe3 f4 29. Qd2 Qxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Ne5 31. O-O g5 32. Nxb7 a5 33. Re1 Kf7  34. Bh5+ Kf6 35. Nc5 Rc8 36. Rxe5 Kxe5 37. Nxd7+ Nxd7 38. Rxd7 Rxc3 39. Ra7 Ra3  40. Ra6 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 a4 42. h3 Kd4 43. Rxe6 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 a3 45. Ra6 Kc5 46. Bf7  Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Kb5 48. Ra8 Kb4 49. Rb8+ Kc5 50. Rc8+ Kb4 51. Rd8 Kc5 52. Rd5+ Kb4  53. Rd4+ Kc5 54. Ra4 Kb5 55. Be8+ Kb6 56. Ra8 Kb7 57. Ra5 Kb6 58. Ra4 Ra2+ 59.  Kf3 Ra1 60. Bf7 Kb5 61. Ra8 Kb4 62. Ra6 Kb5 63. Ra8 Kb4 64. Rb8+ Kc5 65. Rc8+  Kb4 66. Rc4+ Kb5 67. Rc2 Kb4 68. Kg4 Rd1 69. Kh5 Rd6 70. Ba2 Rb6 71. Rc1 Rd6  72. Rc4+ Kb5 73. Rc2 Rf6 74. Rf2 Rc6 75. Bf7 Kb4 76. h4 Rf6 77. Ba2 gxh4 78.  Kxh4 Kc5 79. Kh3 Rf8 80. Rf3 Rf5 81. Kh2 Kb4 82. Kg1 Ra5 83. Rxf4+ Kc3 84. Rf6  Rb5 85. Rxh6 {1-0 (85) Busemann,S (2624)-Zambor,N (2471) ICCF 2010}) 8. Bh4 Qb6  9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 {A modern tabiya, where Black as  to decide between three moves.} Nd5 {Looking forward to the probably arising  topical position around move 20, I decided for this somehow 'natural' move  keeping my pawn structure in order and trading pieces if being attacked.  Somewhere I had read, Black needs not to worry about that many possibilities  as in most other lines of the Poisoned Pawn. Well, after this game, I am no  longer sure about that statement...} (12... Nfd7 {see the two games above,  where Nfd7 happened before ...h6, which usually leads to the same position.  Recent correspondence chess games seem to give Black quite good drawing  chances with Nfd7. Yet, at the time when this game started things were rather  unclear. After 20 moves White enjoys a lot of piece pressure for the three  pawns that he sacrified. And I was not prepared to enter such an unclear  position. I would have meant to study the position after 17. Bg3 for some  weeks in order to answer the question how realiable 12...Nfd7 really is.}) (  12... g5 {Black scores quite well with this radical method.} 13. exf6 gxh4 14.  Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qe1 h3 18. gxh3 Qe5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Qe3 Qe5  21. Ne4 Bc5 22. Rbd1 b5 23. Bf3 Bb7 24. Rfe1 O-O-O 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7  27. Qf3+ Qd5 28. Qxd5+ exd5 29. Re7 Kb6 30. Rf1 Rhf8 31. h4 Nc5 32. Nf5 h5 33.  Nh6 Rc8 34. Nxf7 Rc6 35. Rf5 b4 36. Kg2 a5 37. Kf3 Ka6 38. Rxd5 Rxf6+ 39. Ke3  R8xf7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Rxc5 Rf1 42. Rxh5 {1\/2-1\/2 (42) Busemann,D (2607)  -Stalmach,K (2562) ICCF 2012}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 (14. Bc4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7  16. Bxd5 O-O 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 {1\/2-1\/2 (18) Gavrilakis,N (2475)  -Bellmann,H (2471) BdF 2009}) 14... Bxe6 15. Nxe6 (15. Rxb7 {This capture  doesn't bring White anything.} Bd6 (15... Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Kd1 O-O 18. Qe1  Be3 19. Bd3 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd4 22. Kd1 Rf7 23. Be7 Nc6 24. Rxe6  Ne5 25. Be2 Rc8 $11) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20.  O-O+ Kg8 21. Qg4 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qe3+ 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bd4 Qxh2+ 26.  Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Bg4 Nc6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7  32. Bxc6 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 34. Be4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 {1\/2-1\/2 (35) Karjakin,S  (2782)-Anand,V (2786) Moscow 2013}) 15... fxe6 16. Bd3 {Pressure with the two  bishops, especially on the white squares, supported by heavy pieces, looks  like a promising comcept. Black will not be able to castle and has to hide his  king behind his center pawns.} Be7 17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 {First step to  consolidation, starting to build some kind of fortress.} 19. O-O Nd7 (19... b5  $6 20. c4 $1 $40 bxc4 21. Rf7 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nd7 23. Rb7 Ne5 24. Rxg7 Nxg6 25.  Qe1 Rf8 26. Rxg6 Qc6 27. Rgg7 c3 28. h4 Qd6 29. Kg1 d4 30. Qe4 c2 31. Qxc2 Rc8  32. Qd2 Rc6 33. Qxh6 Qc5 34. Rb8+ Rc8 35. Qxe6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh3 {  1-0 (37) Ljubicic,L (2626)-Kuosa,N (2498) ICCF email 2011}) 20. Rf7 Qc5+ 21.  Kh1 Rf8 22. Rxg7 Rf6 (22... Rc8 $6 {The idea to activate the rook on the  c-file and hide the king via c7 and b8 is too slow.} 23. h3 $6 {But this is  too slow too. White shall control the f1-square by Bd3!.} (23. Bd3 $1 Kc7 24.  h3 $14) 23... Rc6 $11 24. Qxh6 (24. Rxb7 $2 Rf1+ 25. Kh2 Nf6 $11) 24... Kc8 25.  Bd3 Qd6 26. Qh7 Rc7 27. Re1 Nc5 28. Rxc7+ Qxc7 29. Qh6 Qd6 30. Qe3 Rf4 31. g3  Rf7 (31... Ra4) 32. h4 Kc7 $6 {Too passive} (32... d4 $14) 33. Kg2 $16 d4 34.  Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kd6 36. Rg5 e5 37. h5 e4 $2 (37... Rf8) 38. Bc4 Rf6 39. Rd5+  Kc6 40. Rxd4 e3 41. Rf4 {1-0 (41) Solak,D (2639)-Antoli Royo,J (2443) Biel 2014  }) (22... Qf2 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kg1 Rf8 25. Rxb7 Nc5 26. Rb6 Nd7 27. Rxe6 Rb8  28. h3 Kc7 29. Rxa6 {1-0 (29) Obregon Rivero,J (2519)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R  (2446) Merida 2013}) (22... Kc7 $6 23. Qe1 $6 (23. c4 $40) 23... Qd4 $2 (23...  Qd6 $11) 24. Re7 $16 e5 25. c4 Kd8 26. Rh7 Qxc4 27. h3 Rc8 28. Rxb7 Rf1+ 29.  Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Qg3 Rcc1 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. Bf7+ Kf6 34. Qxf4+ exf4 35.  Rxh6+ Kxf7 {0-1 (35) Kosintseva,T (2570)-Forsaa,E (2306) Caleta 2011}) 23. Bd3  (23. Rg8+ Rf8 24. Rxf8+ (24. Rg7 $11) 24... Qxf8 25. c4 Qg7 26. Bc2 Qg5 27. Qe2  Qe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. cxd5 Rc8 30. Bb3 Nd3 31. dxe6 {1\/2-1\/2 (31) Horvath,J  (2514)-Horvath,C (2540) Montesilvano 2015} Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 33. Bd5 b5 34. g3  a5 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 b4 37. Ke3 a4 38. Kd2 Nxa2 39. Bxa2 b3 40. Bxb3 axb3 41.  Kc3 Kxe6 42. g4 Ke5 43. h4 Kf4 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 b2 46. Kxb2 Kxg5 {1\/2-1\/2  (46) Giri,A (2730)-Popilski,G (2475) Eilat 2012}) 23... Kc7 (23... Qf8 24. Rh7  Rc8 25. Qa5+ b6 26. Qxa6 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Rf1 Qg7 29. Qa4 Nc5 (29... Qe5  30. Bb5 Nc5 31. Qh4+ Qg5 32. Qb4 Ke7 33. Be2 Rc6 34. a4 Qe3 35. Qh4+ Qg5 36.  Qd4 Rc8 37. Qb4 Qe5 38. Bd3 Rc6 39. Bg6 Qg5 40. Qb5) 30. Qb4 Kc7 (30... Nd7)  31. Rb1 Nd7 32. a4 Qf8 33. Qe1 Nc5 34. Qe5+ (34. a5) 34... Qd6 35. Qc3 d4) 24.  c4 d4 25. Qe2 Raf8 {[#] Black managed to activate und coordinate all his  pieces, he protects all weak squares, and he has counter play along the f-file.  For the endgame his central pawns will be a trump. This assessment for reason  enough for me to play this line. I did not care too much for the weak h6-pawn,  but that did cause me some headache when going deeper into analysis. I had to  consider that White might be able to to set up threats on both sides of the  board at the same time.} 26. Qe4 b6 (26... Qc6 $5 {sacrifying the d-pawn now  looks to me as an interesting try for active counter play, but it also looks  rather committing.. You don't love to give up such a nice pawn.} 27. Qxd4 R6f7  (27... R8f7) 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qe3 (29. Be2 $5 e5 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Bf3 Nc5 32.  Bd5 Rf8 33. a4 a5 34. Qc3 b6 $13) 29... Qd6 30. h3 Nc5 31. Bc2 Kb8 32. Rd1 Qc7  33. Qxh6 Rf2 34. Qh7 Qf4 35. Qe7 Rf1+ 36. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+  $11) 27. Qh7 Rd8 28. h3 (28. a4 Kd6 29. h3 {is just a different move order.})  28... Kd6 {[#]} (28... Qe5 29. a4 Qc5 (29... Kd6 30. c5+ bxc5 {see below  variation A - different move order}) 30. Ra1 Qe5 (30... Kd6 $2 31. a5 $18 (31.  Rb1 $2 Kc7 32. Kg1 Qe5 33. Kh1 {Kosintseva,T (2517)-Hou,Y (2617) Geneve FIDE  GP (Women) 2013 (1) 1\/2})) 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rc1 Kd6 (32... Qc5 $2 33. Rb1 $18  Qe5 34. c5 Qxc5 35. Qe4 Kd6 36. Qb7 Qc6 37. Qa7 Rf4 38. Bxa6 Ke5 39. Bb5 Qb6  40. Rxd7 Qxa7 41. Rxa7 d3 42. Rxa5 Rd5 43. Raa1 Kd4 44. Rb4+ Ke5 45. Rxf4 Kxf4  46. Bc4 Rd6 47. Rf1+ Ke5 48. Re1+ Kf5 49. Kg1 d2 50. Rd1 Rd4 51. Bf1 Kf4 52.  Kf2 Rd8 53. Bc4 Rd6 54. g3+ Ke5 55. Ke3 Rc6 56. Bd3 Rc8 57. Rxd2 Rg8 58. g4 h5  59. Rg2 hxg4 60. hxg4 Kf6 61. Kf4 e5+ 62. Kf3 Rg7 63. Rh2 Rd7 64. Rh6+ Kg5 65.  Rh5+ Kf6 66. g5+ Ke6 67. Rh6+ Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kd8 69. Rxd7+ {1-0 (69) Markic,V  (2208)-Mat\u00fasek,I (2156) ICCF 2012}) 33. c5+ Nxc5 34. Rc7 $16 {see below line B  to 30.Ra1 (instead of 30.Re1)}) 29. a4 {Only now, when reaching this position,  I realized, how difficult it is for Black to defend. White is about to sacrify  the c-pawn or the a-pawn in order to open files against Black's king.} (29. Bc2  {Parimarjan Negi's new suggestion in his book \"1.e4 vs The Sicilian I\"  (Quality Chess 2015), pp. 242-247} Nf8 30. Qd3 Rd7 31. Qg3+ e5 32. Rg8 Rdf7 33.  Kh2 Rf4 34. a4 Kc7 35. Bg6 Rd7 36. Be8 Re7 37. Bh5 {Negi: \"White can continue  improving his pieces with Bf3, Bg4, or even Rh8xh6. Black's position has not  yet been breached, but he remains under pressure, with no clear way to  simplify or obtain counterplay.\" - Well, no counterplay? All I see is, Black  perfectly controlling all critical squares, especially in the centre and along  4th-8th rank same as on the e- and f-file with quite active rooks. White's  manouevres starting with 29.Bc2 lead to nowhere. He gave up pressure on the  7th rank and allowed Black to coordinate all his pieces. Black will play 37...  Nd7, and 38.Bg4 will be met by 38...Rf8. - We will come back to Negi some  moves later...} Nd7 38. Bg4 Rf8 39. Rg6 Rf6 40. Rg8 Rf8 $11) 29... Kc7 {  I preferred, not to allow c4-c5, even though I could not find a win for White  after 29...Qe5 30.c5!? - But may, Stephan would find it... Yet, as said before,  this was not the end of my pain. What, if White would threaten a4-a5 after 29..  .Kc7 30.Ra1 Kd6 ?} (29... Qe5 30. c5+ $5 (30. a5 $6 $11 bxa5 31. Rb7 Kc5 32.  Rbxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 30... Nxc5 $5 (30... bxc5 $2 31.  Bxa6 Qe3 32. Bc4 (32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rb6+ Ke5 34. Qxd7 $11) 32... d3 (32... Rf5  $6 33. Re7 Rf6 34. a5 d3 35. Qg7 Qg5 (35... d2 36. Rxd7+ Rxd7 37. Qxf6 Qe1+ 38.  Qf1 $18 Qxf1+ 39. Bxf1 Ke5 40. Be2 c4 41. a6 c3 42. Bd1 Ra7 43. Rb6 Rc7 44. Bc2  Rd7 45. Rb1 Ra7 46. Ra1 Kd4 47. Kg1 Ke3 48. Ra4 d1=Q+ 49. Bxd1 Kd2 50. Bb3 c2  51. Ra2 Rxa6 52. Rxc2+ {1-0 (52) Martin Gonzalez,A (2286)-Shpakovsky,A (2411)  ICCF 2010}) 36. a6 Qxg7 37. Rxg7 Rf4 (37... d2 38. Rd1 Rf2 39. Kg1 Rdf8 40. Rg6  $18) 38. Bxd3 Ra8 (38... Rb4 39. Ra1 $18) 39. Bb5 Ne5 40. Rb7 c4 41. Rb6+ Kd5  42. Ba4 {1-0 (42) Schramm,A (2509)-Fenwick,J (2425) ICCF email 2011}) 33. Bxd3  Rf4 34. Bb5 Nf6 35. Qc2 Nd5 36. Rc1 (36. Qh7) 36... Rf2 37. Qb1 Nc3 38. Qa1 Ne4  $8 (38... Nd5 $2 39. Rg6 Ra2 40. Qb1 Nf4 41. Re1 Rb2 42. Qa1 Qc3 43. Rxh6 Qc2  44. Rg1 Rg8 45. Rh7 Rxb5 46. Qd1+ Qxd1 47. Rxd1+ Kc6 48. axb5+ Kxb5 49. Re1 Re8  50. g4 $18) 39. Re1 Qc3 40. Qxc3 Nxc3 41. Bc4 Rf6 42. a5 Rd7 43. Rg8 Ra7 44. a6  Nd5 45. Re8 Nc7 46. Rb8 $16) 31. Rxb6+ Kd5 32. Bc4+ Kxc4 33. Qc2+ Kd5 34. Qa2+  Ke4 35. Rb1 Rf1+ 36. Rxf1 Qxg7 37. Re1+ Kf5 38. Qc2+ Kf6 {This position made  it up into a brandnew opening book by the Indian FIDE grandmaster Parimarjan  Negi. In his detailed survey \"1.e4 vs The Sicilian I\" (Quality Chess 2015) he  analyses the position after 21...Rf8 on six pages (pp. 238-243) using a lot of  correspondence games, but without ever mentioning the names of the players. He  is fascinated by all those games and especially how this line seems to hold a  draw for Black. - It's of course nice to see that we correspondence chess  players produce top opening theory as acknowledged by a world class player,  but refusing credits to the players who created the games, looks quite  irritating to me. May be he felt, he had quoted enough correspondence chess  games (with names!) in the previous chapters of his book, so that should do...  Anyway, recommends a different move for White: 29.Bc2 \"!N\" - \"an important  impovement...\" instead of 29.a4 as he says.} 39. Qxc5 Rd5 40. Rf1+ Kg6 (40...  Kg5 41. Qc1+ Kg6 42. Qc8) 41. Qc8 Rd7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxe6 Qe7 44. Qf5+ Kh8  45. Qg6 (45. Rf3 Qd6 46. Qg4 Rg7 47. Qc8+ Rg8 48. Qc4 a5 49. Qf1 Re8 50. Kg1  Qb4 51. Kh2 {1\/2-1\/2 (51) Auzins,M (2387)-Rawlings,A (2403) ICCF 2013}) 45...  Rd6 46. Qd3 a5 $5 (46... Qe3 47. Qf5 (47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kh2 (48. Re1 Rd3 49. g3  Ra3 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Kf3 Rxa4 52. Rxe3 a5 $11) 48... Kg7 49. Kg3 Rd4 50. Kf3  Rxa4 51. Kxe3 a5 $11) (47. Qb1 Rd8 48. Qg6 (48. Qb6 Rg8 49. Qd6 Kh7 (49... d3  $2 50. Rf6) 50. Rf3 Qg5 $132 (50... Qd2 $6 51. Qe7+ Rg7 52. Qe4+ Kg8 53. Rf1  Qe3 54. Qd5+ Kh7 55. Qf5+ Rg6 56. Rb1 Qe6 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Qf4 Qf6 59. Qb8+ Qf8  60. Qxf8+ Kxf8 61. Rd7 Rg5 62. Rxd4 h5 63. Kh2 $16)) 48... Rg8 49. Qd6 Kh7 50.  Qd5 Rg5 $132) 47... Qe7 48. Rf4 Rd8 49. Rg4 d3 50. Rg6 Rd6 $11) 47. Rb1 Rd8 $6  48. Rb6 Rd6 (48... Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qe3 51. Qf1 (51. Qxe3 dxe3 52.  Rxh6+ Kg7 53. Re6 Rd2+ 54. Kg1 Rd4 55. Rxe3 Rxa4 56. Kg2 Kf6 57. Rf3+ Kg5 58.  Rc3 {1-0 (58) Dmitrieva,G (2166)-Lil',P (2160) ICCF 2012}) 51... Re8 52. Qf6+  Kg8 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qxh6+ Qxh6 55. Rxh6+ Kg7 56. Rd6 Re2+ 57. Kg1 Rd2 58. Kf1  d3 $132) 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Qg3+ Rg6 51. Qf4 d3 52. Qd4+ Rf6 53. Qxd3 Qe1+ 54.  Kh2 Qe5+ 55. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 56. Kxg3 Rf5 57. Rb7+ {1\/2-1\/2 (57) Kubicki,T (2420)  -Jensen,C (2330) ICCF 2013} Kf6 58. Kh4 Re5 59. g4 {1\/2-1\/2 (59) Ljubicic,I  (2639)-Fleetwood,D (2578) ICCF 2012}) (29... Qc6 $2 30. a5 $16 bxa5 31. Be2 Rf5  (31... Nc5 $6 32. Ra7 $18 Rd7 33. Qh8 Rf5 34. Ra8 Rf4 35. Rd1 {1-0 (35)  Titzhoff,F (2297)-Popov,V (2213) ICCF 2013}) 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Bg4 Re5 34. Qxh6  $16) 30. Re1 {Gasp of relief for Black... Now I felt for sure, I would not  risk to lose the game...} (30. Ra1 $5 {Westera,B (2463)-Noble,M (2509) DE5A\/F  ICCF 2014 1\/2-1\/2} Qe5 (30... Qa5 $6 31. Qe4 Rdf8 32. Qxd4 R8f7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7  34. Bg6 e5 35. Qe4 Rf4 36. Qa8 Qd2 (36... Rxc4 37. Qa7+ Kd8 38. Rd1 Rd4 39.  Qa8+ Ke7 40. Qe8+ (40. Rc1 Qxa4 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42. Bd3 Rf4 43. Be2 Qb4 44. Bxa6  Qd2 45. Rc8) 40... Kd6 41. Rc1 Qxa4 42. Bd3 Rf4 (42... Rxd3 $2 43. Qg6+ $18)  43. Be2 Qa2 44. Bg4 Rxg4 45. hxg4 Qd2 46. Qg6+ Ke7 47. Qb1 Qg5 48. Qb4+ Kd8 49.  Rd1 $13) (36... Qc3 37. Rd1 Rd4 38. Rg1 Qxc4 39. Qa7+ Kd6 40. Bf5 Qxa4 41. Bxd7  Qxd7 42. Qxb6+ Qc6 43. Qb8+ Qc7 44. Qf8+ Kd7 45. Qf5+ Kd8 46. Qf6+ Kd7 47. Qxa6  Qd6 48. Qe2 Ke7 49. Rf1 Kd8 50. Ra1 Qf6 51. Qa2 Ke7 52. Qg8 Rd7 53. Qh7+ Qf7  54. Qxh6 Qf6 55. Qh7+ Qf7 56. Qh8 Qf6 57. Qg8 Qf7 58. Qg3 Qf6 59. Ra5 {1-0 (59)  Serradimigni,R (2564) -Philippeit,B (2269) ICCF 2013}) 37. a5 (37. Qa7+ Kd8 38.  Qxa6 Qe2 39. Kh2 Qxc4 40. Qa8+ Qc8 41. Qxc8+ {1\/2-1\/2 (41) Noble,M (2547)  -Selen,D (2405) ICCF 2012}) 37... Rxc4 38. axb6+ Kd6 39. Rf1 Rc1 40. Qxa6 Qe3  41. b7+ Kc7 42. Be8 Nb8 43. Qf6 Rxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Kxb7 45. Qc4 Qd4 46. Qf7+ Kc8  $11) 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rc1 Kd6 33. c5+ Nxc5 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. R7xc5 Rxh7 36. Rxe5  Kxe5 37. Bxh7 Rf7 38. Bd3 Rb7 39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Ra1 Rb3 41. Bxa6 e5 42. Kg1 Kf5  43. Rxa5 Kf4 44. Rd5 Rb6 45. Bb5 $16) 30... Kd6 (30... h5 $6 31. Rb1 Qe5 (31...  Rf2 32. Qg6 Qe5 33. a5 bxa5 34. c5 a4 35. Bxa6 a3 36. Re7 Rb2 37. Rc1 a2 38.  Rxe6 Qf4 39. Rd1 Ne5 40. Qh7+ Nd7 41. c6 Rb3 42. Re2 Ra3 43. Ra1 d3 44. Rexa2  Rxa2 45. Rxa2 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 h4 47. Qxh4 Qxc6 48. Qg3+ Qd6 49. Bxd3 Qxg3+ 50.  Kxg3 Nc5 51. Bf5 Rf8 52. Kg4 Kd6 53. h4 Rg8+ 54. Kf4 Nb3 55. g4 Nd4 56. Rd2 {  1-0 (56) Simakhin,A (2521) -Vassiliev,I (2332) ICCF 2012}) 32. c5 Qxc5 33. Qe4  Rdf8 34. Bxa6 R6f7 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxe6 Re7 37. Qg8 Re3 38. Bb5 Qe5 39. Qf7  Qe7 40. Rf1 d3 41. Qxe7 Rxe7 42. Bxd3 $16) (30... a5 $6 31. Rb1 Rff8 32. Qxh6  Rg8 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Qxe6 Rg7 35. Bf5 Re7 36. Qg6 Re3 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Rf1  Re7 39. Rd1 $16) (30... Qb4 $6 31. Ra1 $5 (31. Qe4 Qf8 32. Qg4 Qc5 $5 (32...  Kb8 $6 33. Re4 a5 (33... h5 34. Qg3+ e5 35. Rxd4 Rd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Be2 Nc5  38. Bxh5 Nxa4 39. Rg6 Qc7) 34. Rxd4 Ne5 35. Qe4 Nf7 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qe3 Qd6  38. Be2 Qb4 39. Bf3 Qb2 40. Qe1 Qd4 41. Rg4 Qe5 42. Re4 Qd6 43. Qc3 Rf5 44. Qg7  Kc7 45. Re1 e5 46. Qh7 Qf6 47. Kg1 e4 48. Bxe4 Qc3 49. Qxf5 Qxe1+ 50. Kh2 Nd6  51. Qh7+ Kd8 52. Qh8+ Kc7 53. Qg7+ Kd8 54. Qf6+ Kd7 55. Bf3 Qe3 56. h4 Kc7 57.  Kh3 Ne8 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Kg4 Qd4+ 60. Kf5 Qd3+ 61. Be4 {1-0 (63) Kilichenko,A  (2355)-Kunz,H (2350) ICCF 2012}) 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Qxe6 Qd6 $14) 31... Kd6 32.  Qe4 Qc5 33. Rb1 $16) (30... Qa3 $6 31. c5 Qxc5 32. Rd1 $5 (32. Qe4 Kb8 33. Bxa6  Qd5 34. Qh4 Rdf8 35. Qg3+ e5 36. Bb5 Nc5 37. Rxe5 Qd6 38. Qe1 (38. Kg1 d3 39.  Rd5 Qxg3 40. Rxg3 Rf5 41. Rxf5 Rxf5 42. Bxd3 Nxd3 43. Rxd3 Rf4 44. Ra3 h5 45.  g3 Rc4 46. Kg2 Kc7 47. Kf3 Kd6 $11) 38... R8f7 39. Re8+ Kb7 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41.  a5 d3 42. a6+ Ka7 43. Ra8+ Kxa8 44. Qe8+ Qb8 45. Qxf7 Qc8 46. Qf4 Ka7 47. h4  Nxa6 48. Qxh6 Nb4 $11) 32... Rf4 33. Bxa6 $16) 31. Qe4 Rb8 (31... Kc7 $6 32.  Ra1 (32. Rd1 $5 e5 33. Be2 Rf4 34. Qh7 h5) 32... a5 33. Rb1 Rdf8 34. Qh7 Rd8  35. Kg1 h5 (35... e5 36. Re7 $16) 36. Kh1 Rff8 37. Re1 Rfe8 38. Qg6 e5 39. Be4  $16 (39. Qh7 Re6 40. Be4 Qd6 41. c5 $1 Qxc5 42. Qxh5 Kb8 43. Qh7 Qc7 44. Rb1  Rd6 45. Qf5 Rc8 46. Rd1 Re8 47. Qf1 Rf8 48. Qa6 Qa7 49. Qe2 Qc7 50. Bf3 Ka7 51.  Qe4 Rb8 52. h4 $18 b5 53. axb5 Rxb5 54. g4 Rb3 55. g5 d3 56. h5 Ka6 57. Rg6 Kb5  58. Rxd6 Qxd6 59. g6 Nc5 60. Qg4 Ne6 61. h6 {1-0 (63) Lebedev, V (2415)  -Borisenkov,D (2288) ICCF 2012})) (31... Re8 $6 32. a5 $6 $11 (32. Rb1 $1 Re7 (  32... Rf5 $2 33. a5 $18) 33. Rg8 Ref7 34. a5 $40) 32... Re7 33. Rg8 Qe5 34. Qh4  Qf4 35. Rg4 Qf2 36. axb6 Qxh4 37. Rxh4 Nxb6 {1\/2-1\/2 (37) Ohtake,S (2446)  -Krueger,H (2322) ICCF 2013}) 32. Rb1 Rf5 33. Qh4 Rg5 34. Rh7 Kc7 {[#]} (34...  Rf8 $2 35. Re1 Rf6 36. a5 $1 b5 (36... bxa5 37. Qe4) 37. cxb5 Ne5 38. Rxh6 Nxd3  39. Rxf6 Nxe1 40. Qxe1 $18) 35. Rxh6 (35. a5 $5 {I was very happy, Stephan did  not push forward his a-pawn. Finally it would have shown that Black could not  prevent White from opening the position on the queenside. 35.a5 had been the  move, I was worrying about. A dangerous attack and lots of more work seemed to  wait for me... Today, looking behind, I might have overestimated White's  chances; yet I had not anticipated all strong moves for Black like 37...Qe5!  in the lines below.} Qd6 (35... Qxa5 $4 36. Qxd4) 36. axb6+ Rxb6 37. Rd1 (37.  Rf1 Rb2 38. Be4 d3 39. Qxh6 Rc5 40. Qe3 d2 41. Bf3 Qe5 42. Qd3 (42. Be4 $11 Qd6  43. Bf3 Qe5) 42... Qd6 43. Qa3 Rb6 44. Qe3 Rxc4 45. Rd1 Rc2 $11) 37... Qg3 (  37... Qe5 $1 38. c5 Rc6 39. Bc4 Rg7 40. Re1 Qxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Rxh7 42. Qa5+ Kb8  43. Bxa6 Nxc5 44. Qd8+ Ka7 45. Qxd4 Kxa6 46. Qa1+ Na4 (46... Kb7 $4 47. Qb1+  $18) 47. Qxa4+ Kb7 $11) 38. Qxg3+ Rxg3 39. c5 Rb4 40. Be4 Re3 (40... Rc3 41. c6  Rxc6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Rxh6 Nc5 44. h4 Ne4 45. Kh2 Nc3 46. Rxe6+ Kd7 (46... Kd5  47. Rde1 d3 48. R1e5+ Kc4 49. Rd6 Rb5 50. Re1 Nd5 51. g4 $18) 47. Rde1 d3 48.  Re7+ Kd6 49. R1e6+ Kd5 50. Rh6 Kc5 51. Rc7+ Kd4 52. Rd6+ Nd5 53. Kg3 Rb3 54.  Kf2 d2 55. Rxd5+ Kxd5 56. Rd7+ Ke6 57. Rxd2 a5 $11) (40... d3 41. Bxd3 Rd4 42.  Be2 Rxd1+ 43. Bxd1 Rd3 44. Be2 Rd2 45. Bxa6 Kc6 46. Rxh6 Nxc5 47. Bc4 Kd6 48.  Kh2 Rc2 49. Bb5 Rb2 50. Bf1 Rf2 51. Kg1 Rb2 52. Rf6 Ke5 53. Rf8 (53. Rf2 Rb1  54. Rf8 Ne4 55. Kh2 Rb2 56. Bd3 Nf6 57. Ra8 Rd2 58. Bg6 Nd5 59. Ra3 Nf4 60.  Re3+ Kf6 61. Be4 e5) 53... Ne4 54. Bd3 Nf6 55. Bg6 Nd5 56. Bh5 Ne3 57. Bf3 Rb1+  58. Kf2 Nf5 59. Rg8 {1\/2-1\/2 (59) Ljubicic,I (2639)-Hall,R (2640) ICCF 2012})  41. c6 Rxe4 42. cxd7 d3 43. Rxd3 Red4 44. Rc3+ Rbc4 45. Ra3 Rxd7 (45... Ra4 46.  Re3 Rxd7 47. Rxh6 Rd6 48. Rexe6 Rxe6 49. Rxe6 a5) (45... Rc6) 46. Rxh6 Rd6 47.  Kh2 (47. Rf6 Rc5) 47... Kb6 48. g4 (48. Rh8) 48... a5 49. g5 a4 50. Re3 Kc5 51.  Rhxe6 Rxe6 52. Rxe6 $16) 35... Re5 $11 36. Rd1 (36. Be4 Rf8 37. Rh7 Qd6 38. Rd1  Ra5 $11) 36... Re3 37. Bc2 Rf8 38. Qxd4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Rxd1 40. Qxc5+ Nxc5 41.  Bxd1 Rf4 42. h4 {White's rook was well placed for attacking the king, but now  it is badly placed in front of its own passed pawns.} Kd6 43. h5 Ke7 44. Kh3  Rxc4 45. g4 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. Rh8 Ne4 48. Be2 {Last move on 22nd June, 2013.  } (48. Kh4 Rd4 49. Bf3 Nd6 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Kg3 b4 $11) 1\/2-1\/2   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Busemann, Stephan\"]  [Black \"Papenin, Nikolai\"]  [Result \"1-0\"]  [ECO \"B90\"]  [WhiteElo \"2606\"]  [BlackElo \"2729\"]  [Annotator \"Busemann,Stephan\"]  [PlyCount \"91\"]  [EventDate \"2012.??.??\"]   {[Annotations by Stephan Busemann]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6  5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5  12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1  bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 {[#] This position has occurred  thousands of times, resulting in a draw in most of the cases. While play is  highly unbalanced, a frequent pattern has both sides succeed in their attacks  on the enemy king, with one side giving a perpetual to avoid getting mated.}  22. Qg2 {With this move, a less frequently visited territory is entered. I  desperately wanted to deviate to seek chances against the then leader of the  Elo list.} ({The most common continuation is} 22. h4 Ra4 23. Bd4 Nf3 (23... Qa8  {is another branch of playable positions.}) 24. Qc3 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4  d5 27. Qxd5 Qb6 28. Bc4 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Nd6 30. g6 hxg6 31. fxg6 Nxc4 32. gxf7+  Kh7 33. Qxc4 Qf2 34. Qxb3 Rxf7 35. Rd1 Rf6 36. Qc3 Rf3 37. Qc2 Qb6+ 38. Ka2  Qe6+ 39. Rd5 Qf7 40. Qc5 Rf2+ 41. Kb1 {1\/2-1\/2 (Hall,R (2640)-Papenin,N (2729),  this Bielecki\/Top-Memorial).}) 22... Qb8 23. Bf4 Kh8 (23... Ra4 {is seen more  often, when the following game is of interest:} 24. f6 Bd8 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26.  Bb5 Rd4 27. Bc4 Nd6 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qg3 Qb4 30. Bd3 g6 31. Rc1 Re8 32. e5 Nf5  33. Qf4 {Black needs to quickly pull out its survival kit. White won in Kraft,  D (2395)-Krueger,H (2402) ICCF 2011.}) 24. h4 Qb7 {[#]} 25. h5 $5 {An idea of  CC-GM H.D. Wunderlich, which he employed twice in the  Alfonso-Lannaioli-Memorial (2007-2010). I liked it because a more closed  position will arise, in which the White initiative must be met with a purely  defensive approach.} ({The common way White plays this is} 25. Rh3 Ra4 26. Re3  f6 27. Qe2 d5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rxd5 Bxa3 {with the usual mess that leads to a  draw, e.g., Giuliani,S (2632)-Nimtz,M (2641) - just to quote another game of  the Lannaoli Memorial.}) 25... f6 26. g6 h6 {Now the box is closed, and the  only breakthrough White has as its disposal is a bishop sac on h6. On the  other hand, Black may get problems with his back rank, as his King is easily  mated. In more pathetic words, the box may become a coffin...} 27. Rd5 Ra4 (  27... Nc7 $2 {leads to a rude awakening:} 28. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30.  g7+ $16) 28. Bb5 Ra7 29. Be3 {[#]} Rxa3 $2 {The thematic move already, also  played by Nimtz against Wunderlich. White gains a strong initiative to which  Black so far has not shown sufficient counterplay.} ({Better is} 29... Ra8 {  when Wunderlich was not able to grab the full point:} 30. Rc1 Nc7 31. Bxh6 Rxa3  32. bxa3 Nxb5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. h6+ Kg8 35. g7 Nxa3+ 36. Kb2 Nac4+ 37. Kc3 Kh7  38. gxf8=Q Bxf8 39. Rg1 Qf7 40. Qg6+ Qxg6 41. fxg6+ Kxh6 42. Kxb3 Kg7 43. Rb5  Nd2+ {1\/2-1\/2 (Wunderlich,HD (2618)-Giuliani,S (2632) ICCF Lannaioli-Memorial  2007).}) 30. bxa3 Nc7 31. a4 $16 {Secures an advantage, as the a-P is becoming  very nasty. Since this has been played before with a loss for Black, I don't  understand why my opponent chose this line, in which he can only fight for a  draw.} Rc8 32. Rc1 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 {[#] Black will soon activate  his B via d8. Amazingly, his well-centered N is controlled by the white B and  is simply out of play. Play happens on the files a-c, where the a-pawn is the  major activist -- even though in the game it won't move anymore.} Qc8 35. Kb2  Qxf5 36. Qe2 Bd8 {Accompanied by a draw proposal...} 37. Kxb3 Qh3+ 38. Ka2 Qh1  39. Qc2 Qxd5+ 40. Qb3 Qb7 {Black has grabbed two pawns in for his b3, but the  balance is not in his favour due to the white diagonals opened.} 41. Bb2 Qa8  42. Qe6 {[#]} Ba5 {Here Papenin deviated from the game Wunderlich-Nimtz. (42  moves are my personal record in game copying.) He had used up his time and  continued in \"24 hours mode\".} ({In said game, Black continued} 42... Bc7 43.  Bc3 Qd8 44. Kb3 {when the race of the passers will start, with the a-P  remaining victorious, as White can enforce its advance with back rank mate  threats.} d5 45. a5 d4 46. Bb4 Qa8 47. Ka4 d3 48. a6 Qb8 49. Qe7 {with a  winning position in Wunderlich,HD (2618)-Nimtz,M (2641) lCCF  Lannaioli-Memorial 2007.}) 43. Qxd6 {At first this looks like an easy win,  with the black K cut off and a Q swap lying in the air. When I studied this  position to find a win, I got stuck many times. Much to my dismay, I found  that Black - though in a completely passive position - has amazing resources  at his disposal to escape into a draw, ranging from piece sacrifices to  stalemates. The position can hardly be analysed in terms of concrete  variations. Rather, a methodological approach was called for, identifying the  conditions under which a victory was possible or denied. Computer engines are  helpful to check lines but don't know about strategies. Houdini just doesn't  see the N sacrifice on a4. A human conjectures that the a-pawn eventually  might cost a piece, and then, how is the K-side structure cracked open? - I  slowly understood that I had to delve deeper. The weeks during which I worked  this out were quite fascinating. Such times are a major reason to play and  enjoy CC. Let us look at the major findings. After a queen swap, which is  much desired by White, Black can strive for a draw in several ways: 1. Black  sacrifices the N for the a-P. The extra white square B suddenly is useless, as  the black K's \"coffin\" is locked safely - there is no way to crack it. Thus  White must not allow the N sacrifice and deny it the squares b6 and c5, which  basically means to keep c4 and d7 safely covered by the B. 2. White exchanges  the N (appearing on b6 or c5), leaving differently coloured bishops on the  board. Black then gladly gives his B for the a-P, again leaving White with a  useless extra B. 3. Black exchanges the N for the white squared B and manages  to sacrifice his B for the a-P. The remaining Bf8 plus Kf7 can't break the  \"coffin\" either since the f-P would promote first. If, on the other hand, the  f-P is taken, the attempt results in stalemate. 4. Black gives his B for the  a-P and manages to win h5. Not all BB-N endings are won. If the N can  establish itself on e5, it seems to be a draw.} Qc8 44. Qd5 {Taking away a8  and g8 from the black Q, and preventing ...Nc4.} ({As a consequence of the  above, queens cannot be exchanged immediately. For instance:} 44. Qe7 Qa8 45.  Qe8+ $2 Qxe8 46. Bxe8 Nc4 {\/\\ N-b6xa4 =}) 44... Bb4 45. Kb3 ({The computer  wants to play} 45. Ba6 {which may also work, but I have my doubts.}) 45... Ba5  {[#] This position I took with me on a holiday trip to Botswana and Namibia.  During the long road travels through the country, when there was not much to  see, I used paper and pen to try to find winning positions I could enforce,  studying diagrams, and noting key moves, (almost) always with an eye on  possible traps.} 46. Bd4 {After my return I played this and was sure to win.  To my amazement - and some disappointment - Papenin simply overstepped the  time limit. When I wrote these comments several months after the end of the  game, applying the \"findings\" laid out above made me find several mistakes in  my previous analyses. I more than once went as far as thinking that White  couldn't win. It certainly would have been a thrilling time to play this out.  Let's see a summary of my (updated) analyses.} (46. Bd4 {As mentioned before,  the first task is to swap queens without letting the N approach Pa4. In  carrying this out, zugzwang plays a role since the black Q must protect the  first row. Basically Black is forced to repeat the same kind of position,  while White slowly progresses. The second task, which I won't demonstrate in  full detail, is to advance the a-P. This P is a gem; it must not be sacrificed  for a worthless N or B. White's active K should make the difference.} Qf8 (  46... Qh3+ 47. Kb2 Qc8 48. Bc5 {leads to a position discussed below.}) {So} 47.  Bc5 {is forced.} (47. Bc3 {is quite doubtful since the N may become a real  hero:} Bxc3 48. Kxc3 Nf3 $1 49. Kb3 Ng5 50. a5 Qb8 {[#]} 51. a6 (51. Ka4 f5 (  51... Qf4+ 52. Bc4 Qb8 53. a6 $18) 52. a6 Ne4 53. Qxf5 Nd6 (53... Nf6 {with  similar ideas.}) 54. Qc5 Qd8 55. a7 Nc8 {\/\\ Nxa7} 56. a8=Q Nb6+ $11) 51... Ne6  52. Ka4 (52. Qxe6 Qxb5+ {leads to a perpetual.}) 52... Nc7 53. Qb7 {[#] Looks  threatening, doesn't it? Well, there is} Nxa6 $1 $11 {Note that even though  the Nb8 will fall, White can't win.}) 47... Qc8 {[#] Watching out for a check  on h3.} 48. Kb2 (48. Bb4 {attempts to carry out the second step before the  first one.} Qh3+ 49. Bd3 Qxd3+ 50. Qxd3 Nxd3 51. Bxa5 Nc5+ {and takes a4.}) (  48. Qd6 {is not working since Black can now use h1 to give a perpetual.}) 48...  Qb8 49. Ka2 (49. Qd6 $4 {is the right plan, but} Nc4+ {throws a spanner in the  works.}) 49... Qc8 {We have reached the same position as after move 47, but  with the Ka2 instead of b3. The lack of Qh3+ finally allows} 50. Qd6 {  [#] to be played.} Kg8 {tries to avoid the Q swap at the cost of checks with  tempo on the white diagonal.} (50... Nf3 {accepts the Q swap and aims for  counterplay on the K side.} 51. Qf8+ Qxf8 52. Bxf8 Nd4 53. Bc5 Ne6 (53... Nxb5  {loses as the P will promote.}) {After} 54. Bd6 ({The obvious} 54. Be3 {  which leaves Ph5 alive, leads to an ending of BB vs B.} Bc7 55. Bc4 Nf4 56. a5  Bxa5 (56... Nxh5 $2 57. a6 Bb8 58. Be2 Ng3 59. Bf4 $3 $18) 57. Bxf4 Bc3 58. Kb3  Be5 {Again, there is no win, it seems to me.}) 54... Bb6 55. Bb4 (55. Kb3 $2  Nc5+ {and Nxa4 =}) 55... Nf4 (55... Nc5 56. a5 Ba7 57. Bc6 $1 {Protecting the  P from a Nb7 attack. White has everything under control.}) 56. a5 Bxa5 57. Bxa5  Nxh5 {[#] we have another kind of endgame with an extra piece on the board.}  58. Bc7 {\/\\ Be2, forcing the f-P to move.} ({After} 58. Kb3 Nf4 59. Be8 Nd3 60.  Kc3 Ne5 {the N will use e5 as its basis from where it deprives the white K to  reach f7 in order to threaten Bf8xg7#.}) 58... f5 $22 {Giving up square e5.}  59. Kb3 {Now, since the N doesn't have the means to check the white K on f7  and f8, the \"coffin\" should be cracked by the K marching to f7 or f8 and the B  using the diagonal b2-g7.}) 51. Ba6 (51. Qa6 {doesn't work because of} Qxa6 52.  Bxa6 Nd7 {followed by N-b6xa4}) 51... Qe8 (51... Qa8 52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Qc8+ Qxc8  54. Bxc8 {White should control everything and win with the a-P.}) 52. Kb3 Nd7  53. Bd4 Kh8 54. Bb5 Qg8+ 55. Ka3 Ne5 56. Bc5 {followed by Qf8 etc. . This was  a most unusual game that started - for me - in move 42 with a clearly superior  position. Delving into the secrets of hidden defense ideas and finding ways to  outmanoeuver Black was thrilling, and again so at the later time of writing  the comments. Dear reader, if you have had the patience to follow this until  here, perhaps you have other thoughts about this analysis? You are most  welcome to write, and I promise to answer.}) 1-0   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Busemann, Stephan\"]  [Black \"Hoeven, David A. van der\"]  [Result \"1\/2-1\/2\"]  [ECO \"C89\"]  [WhiteElo \"2606\"]  [BlackElo \"2629\"]  [Annotator \"Hoeven,David\"]  [PlyCount \"52\"]  [EventDate \"2012.??.??\"]   {[Annotations by David Hoeven]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 {  is the major alternative nowadays, but this is not to everyone's taste!}) 4.  Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {For the Witold Bielecki, I had  decided to play the 'Marshall attack'. The opening also occurred against  Lafarga and Nickel (8. h3) and Wilczek (15.Qe2 in the old main line).} 8. c3 d5  9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. g3 $5 {As played by R.J. Fischer  against Spassky, Santa Monica, 1966.} (12. Re1 Bd6 13. d4 (13. g3 $5) 13... Qh4  14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf3 20.  Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bd2 Qg4 22. a4 Qd7 23. Qf1 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 h5 $1 26.  Qe4 h4 27. axb5 axb5 28. gxh4 Qh3 29. Qe8+ Bf8 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Qxb5 Qf3 32.  Be1 Bd6 33. Bg3 Bxg3 34. Qe8+ {1\/2-1\/2 Wilczek, T (2597)-Hoeven,D (2629)\/ICCF  2012}) {Now black has a couple of alternatives.} 12... Bf6 {The move of Efim  Geller leads to sharp play. This line is not as deeply analysed as some main  lines of the Marshall.} (12... Nf6 $5 13. d4 {and now} c5 {as recommended by  the great world champion Spassky after the game with Fischer: \"...I declined  [DvdH: to play 15..., c5] at the last moment because of the reply 14. Bg5. Of  course, only careful analysis can determine whether 15. ..., c5 is a good or  bad move.\"} (13... Bd6 $6 {Spassky: \"Inconsistent\"} 14. Re1 $14 {Fischer -  Spasskij, Santa Monica 1966}) 14. Bg5 {and now} cxd4 15. cxd4 h6 {seems  critical. Perhaps white is just a little bit better.}) (12... Bd6 13. Re1 {  which can also be reached after 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3, may lead to the main lines  of the Marshall after 13...., Qd7-h3, but black may also try Bf5 or Re8.}) 13.  Re1 c5 14. d4 {[#]} Bb7 $1 {This is what Geller had prepared: black sacrifices  a second pawn for getting another bishop on a fantastic diagonal. Chess  engines have difficulties in seeing full compensation.} 15. dxc5 Re8 16. Nd2 (  16. a4 $5 {seems crazy. White is lagging in development, but moves a pawn.  However, refuting it is not so easy.} Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd7 (17... b4 $5) 18. axb5  Re8 19. Qf1 axb5 20. Ra7 $5 {White gives back material if needed, and develops  with Bd2, Na3 and targets the pawn at b5.}) 16... Nxc3 $1 {a great find by  Geller. Black sacrifices a knight to create killer bishops!} 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18.  Rb1 {[#]} (18. c6 $2 Bxc6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Qc2 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Be4  23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Bd5 25. Qb4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Rb2 Rd4 28. h3 Bd5  29. Rc2 Ra4 30. Rc7+ Ke6 31. g4 Rxa2 32. Be3 b4 33. Bd4 g5 34. Rxh7 Rd2 35. Bh8  Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rxg4+ 40. Kh2 Rh4 41. Rxh4  gxh4 42. f4 a5 {0-1 Braga,F (2480)-Geller,E (2490)\/ Amsterdam 1986\/EXT 1997})  18... Qd3 $1 {[#] The most active move is required to keep the balance.} (18...  Qd7 $4 {Recommended by Nunn and Harding, but loses after} 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.  Nf1 $1 Qc6 21. f3 Qxc5+ 22. Kg2 $18) 19. Rxe8+ (19. Rb2 $5 {The alternative in  this line.} Bxb2 (19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bxd2 21. Qe7 Qf3 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23.  Bxf7+ Kxf7 {may be difficult to win, due to opposite colored bishops}) 20. Bxb2  Rad8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. a3 (22. Nf1 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Re1 $11) 22... a5 23. a4 Bc6  24. axb5 Bxb5 25. c6 Bxc6 26. Bc4 Qf5 27. Qc1 Kh8 {with a balanced position.})  19... Rxe8 20. Bc2 Qd5 21. f3 Rd8 $1 {Black wins back his piece} 22. Kg2 Bxd2  23. Be4 Qc4 24. Qf1 (24. Bxb7 Ba5 $1 25. Qb3 Qe2+ 26. Kh3 Rd3 27. Qb2 Bd2 28.  f4 Qh5+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 Qh5+) 24... Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Kf8  1\/2-1\/2   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Hoeven, David A. van der\"]  [Black \"Papenin, Nikolai\"]  [Result \"1-0\"]  [ECO \"B90\"]  [WhiteElo \"2629\"]  [BlackElo \"2729\"]  [Annotator \"Hoeven,David\"]  [PlyCount \"133\"]  [EventDate \"2012.??.??\"]   {[Annotations by David Hoeven]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.  Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12.  g5 b4 13. gxf6 $5 {An interesting move played by world champion Anand and by  Topalov.} (13. Ne2) 13... bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+  Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 {White has the two bishops and targets on d6 and a6, but weak  pawns on f3 and h2.} 19. Kb1 (19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 (20. Kb1 d5 21. Bg5 d4 $2 (  21... dxe4 $5 22. fxe4 Kh8 23. Bd3 h6 {seems to equalise}) 22. f4 $1 h6 23.  Bxh6 Ng4 $2 24. Bxg7 $1 Rxc2 {1-0, (70) Topalov,V (2775)-Grischuk,A (2747),  Monaco 2011} 25. Bxe5 $1 $18) 20... Bh3 21. Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6  {1\/2-1\/2 Anand,V (2810)-Grischuk,A (2773), Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 19... Rfc8 20.  Rd2 $146 (20. Rg1 {transposes to Topalov - Grischuk}) 20... Nh5 21. Rg1 Qf6 22.  Be2 Nf4 23. Bd1 Rb8 {[#]} (23... Nh3) 24. c3 {White is a little bit better} Nh3  25. Re1 Qh4 26. Rh1 Qf6 27. Ka1 Bc4 28. b3 Be6 29. c4 {White has fixed the  target on d6 by b3 and c4. Now he would like to double rooks on the d-file,  and, if possible, bring the bishop to the a3-d6 diagonal (Bb4 and Qa3). Then  some tactics may work.} h6 30. Rf1 Nf4 31. Bc2 Bh3 {Not an ideal square for  the bishop.} 32. Rfd1 Ng2 33. Bg1 Kh7 34. Qc3 Nf4 35. Ba7 {Trying to create  confusion, as I did not see how to make progress.} (35. Be3) 35... Rb7 36. Be3  {White still hasn't got much of an advantage. Perhaps black should just wait  and see.} g6 37. Bb1 Ng2 38. Bf2 Nf4 39. Qa5 Qe7 40. Qa4 Rbc7 41. Qb4 Rd7 42.  Be3 Rb7 43. Qa4 Rbc7 44. Qa3 Rd7 45. Qa4 Rdc7 46. Qa5 Rb7 47. Rf2 {[#]  Vacating the square d2, to let pass the bishop} Ng2 $6 48. Bc1 $16 {Black  allowed white to bring the bishop to the diagonal a3-f8, targeting the weak  point d6. Now Black has serious problems.} Rbb6 (48... Rd7 49. Ba3 Qf6 50. Rfd2  Qxf3 51. Rd3 {followed by Rxd6}) 49. Rfd2 Qf6 50. Ba3 h5 (50... g5 51. Rd5 Ne3  52. R1d3 Nxd5 53. exd5) (50... Qxf3 51. Rxd6 Rxd6 52. Rxd6 Rxd6 53. Bxd6 {  and the pawn on e5 will fall.}) 51. Bb4 h4 $6 {The moves h5-h4 didn't help  black.} (51... Nh4 {would make life more difficult for white. Perhaps white  should play Rf2 and Rg1, then Qa3 and then bring back the rooks to the d-file.}  52. Rf2 Ng2 (52... Nxf3 $2 53. Rd3 Bg4 54. h3) (52... g5 53. Rg1 {intending Bd2  } Ng6 (53... Nxf3 54. Rg3 {followed by Bd2 and Qc3}) 54. Qa4 {followed by Qa3  and bringing over the rooks to the d-file again.}) 53. Rb2 $1 (53. Rg1 $6 Nf4)  53... g5 (53... Nh4 54. Rg1 {intending Rf2 and Bd2}) 54. Qa4 a5 55. Bxa5 Ra6  56. Qb4) 52. Qa3 $18 {White has achieved the ideal set-up. The black pieces  lack coordination.} Ne3 (52... Qxf3 53. Rd3) 53. Re1 Ng2 54. Rc1 Qf4 55. Ba5  Rb7 56. Rh1 {The black pieces are badly placed.} Ne3 (56... Qe3 57. Rxd6 Rxd6  58. Qxd6 f6 59. Qd3) (56... Qf6 57. Rhd1 Ne3 58. Rxd6 Rxd6 59. Rxd6 Qxf3 60.  Qc5 {followed by Qc6 or Qxe5}) (56... Rd7 57. Qb2 {and now the knight becomes  a target.} Ne3 58. Rf2) 57. Qc1 Ng2 58. Qc2 Qe3 59. Rxg2 Bxg2 60. Qxg2 Rxc4 61.  Re1 Qc5 62. Qd2 Rd4 63. Qc3 Rb5 64. Rc1 Qa3 65. b4 Qxc3+ 66. Rxc3 Rd2 67. Rc2  1-0   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.01.23\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Ljubicic, Leonardo\"]  [Black \"Lafarga Santorroman, David\"]  [Result \"1-0\"]  [ECO \"B54\"]  [WhiteElo \"2639\"]  [BlackElo \"2643\"]  [Annotator \"Ljubicic,Leonardo\"]  [PlyCount \"183\"]   {[Annotations by Leonardo Ljubicic]} {I was a late entry to this tournament,  having received invitation to play to replace OTB GM and 2685 ELO ICCF player  Tischbierek, Ray. The strongest CC tournament of modern times, and 3rd  strongest of all times? Yes, I was little impressed. Also, going through the  players names in tournament table wasn't the most enjoyable experience. Most  of them I classify as either \"Unstoppable force\" or \"Immovable object\" kind of  players. How does one even begins to play facing that kind of opposition?} 1.  e4 {I sent my 1st move on 23.01.2012, although tournament official start date  was 01.03.2012. Interestingly enough, just 20 days before that I've finished  another game with white against David, played on another super strong  invitational tournament (Jos\u00e9 Antonio Barrios Memorial - A, cat. XV). David  finished second with 2 \"pluses\", while I ended up in the lower half of the  table with a single loss and all rest games drawn. We played Ruy Lopez, where  I chose unambitious and safe line, so game ended in a draw. That 1...e5 of his  in that game I never saw coming. He usualy plays Sicilian, although it is  impossible to predict which particular line, as David is not an easy player to  prepare against.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {If white wants to avoid the main line  Sicilian 3. d4, and the most probable Lasker-Pelikan after 3...cxd4 4. Nxd4  Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 which is a powerful weapon in the hands of a strong black player,  than this is one obvious choice. The other is 3. Bb5, which I prefer less,  knowing that 3...g6 gives black very good game and reduces white's chances of  gaining an advantage to minimum.} d6 {There are quite a few moves black has  available here, this one is played obviously expecting the game to transpose  to the main line Lasker-Pelikan. Other main moves are 3...e6, 3...Nf6, 3...e5  and 3...g6.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 $5 {[#] I find it remarkable that  this fine move is only 4th choice in OTB and only 5th in CC chess databases.  It has excellent statistics, and provides white with long term advantage, as  black in most cases has to take ...Bxf5, thus giving away the bishop pair,  while d5 remains strong white outpost. This was my plan when playing 3. Nc3,  as I rightly pressumed my opponent will expect the transposition to  Lasker-Pelikan via 6. Ndb5. I awarded myself a small opening-phase victory  here, which at this level of CC play could mean a half way to winning the game.  } Bxf5 {The only choice by correspondence players. OTB players more often  choose:} (6... Nf6 7. Bg5 Bxf5 (7... a6 $6 {This is just weak, and white has  from number of pleasant choices to choose, e.g. 8. Nd5, 8. Bxf6 or even 8. Be2,  all with significant advantage.}) 8. exf5 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 $14) 8... Be7 9.  g3 $14) 7. exf5 Qd7 {Probably the only feasible choice. The alternatives look  rather grim:} (7... Be7 8. Nd5 $14 (8. g4 $6 h5 $13)) (7... Nf6 8. g4 $1 $16 {  ... and black is in real trouble.}) 8. Nd5 {[#]} ({White defends f pawn  indirectly.} 8. g4 {looks as an attractive try, but my analysis showed nothing  pulpable for white after} h5) {This is the first key position. White is  slightly better, having bishop pair, d5 stronghold, and can easily develop,  with the choice of castling on either side. Black has backward d pawn, and is  faced with difficult decision where to find long term king safety, which in  turn also makes the finish of development not an easy task for him.} 8... Be7  $6 {Black chooses not to contest the annoying Knight on d5 immediately, but  develops dark squared bishop instead, with the idea of Bd8, guarding c7 thus  increasing pressure on f5 pawn, as well as hoping for later active position  for the bishop on b6 or a5. In hindsight, this might not have been the best  choice. Other possibilities are:} (8... Nge7 $5 {Probably the best black reply.  It removes the Knight from his strong outpost d5, and puts additional pressure  on f5 pawn.} 9. f6 Nxd5 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. Qxd5 Qe6 $1 ({There is no real need  for castling any more, as once Queens are off the board, it is even  advantageous for black King to be in the middle.} 11... O-O $6 12. c3 Ne7 13.  Qb5 $14) 12. Bc4 Nd4 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Bd3 d5 15. f3 h5 16. Be3 $13 {Ljubicic  2639 - Schuppel 2483, 2012, World Cup Final XV}) (8... Nf6 9. Bc4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5  Qxf5 $44) 9. Qg4 $1 $146 {Using the fact that white Knight on d5 is not  contested as yet, it defends the f5 pawn, and makes room for Queen side castle,  as well as permanently damages black King side, leaving the black King in the  centre of the board, this is a significant improvement over} (9. Bc4 Nf6 10. c3  Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qxf5 12. Qb3 Nd8 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bg5 $1 {and white has  difficulties to prove the pawn sacrifice was justified (Riccio 2606 - Vesely  2571, 2011, Umansky Memorial)} (14... Qd7 $6 {Voiculescu 2565 - Nekhaev 2528,  2009, Alpert Memorial} 15. Rad1 $14)) 9... g6 $8 (9... Kf8 $2 10. Bd3 $16) 10.  Qg3 Bd8 (10... Nf6 $5 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 $14 (11... Qxe7 $2 12. Bg5 $18) (11... Nxe7  $5)) 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. O-O-O $1 {Black position is not sustainable  in long term, unless the menacing Knight on d5 is removed. So, why not enter  another heavy piece into battle using this fact?} (13. Qf3 $6 Nxd5 (13... Qf5  $5) 14. Qxd5 $14) 13... Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qe6 15. Qf3 Ne7 {[#]} (15... Bb6 $5) (  15... O-O $6 16. h4 $40) 16. Rb5 $1 {This was the point behind 13. 0-0-0! This  rook is both attacking b7 and defending the b2 pawn after eventual black Queen  intrusions via a2.} e4 $2 {This move concedes the middle game battle to white  hands leaving black position in a mess, and hopes for drawishnes of opposite  coloured bishop endgames. But there are a lot of issues to deal before that  would come true.} (16... Qxa2 17. Qxb7 O-O {was better, with some counterplay.}  ) 17. Qd1 Nf5 (17... Qxa2 $2 18. Qd4 $16) 18. Rd5 Bf6 19. Bc4 Be5 20. c3 Qe7  21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 {The smoke has cleared somewhat, and black can breathe  more easily. Still, there is a lot of firing potential left on board, and  black King has not settled yet. White has significant advantage by now. [#]  The next phase is to pinpoint the black Kings safety issue by advancing the  King side pawns and destroying whats left of black pawn shield.} f5 23. Kb1 b6  24. f4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Rc8 26. Bd3 Qg5 27. Bc2 Kf8 28. Rdd1 Rc7 29. Rde1 Kg7 30.  Qd5 Qe7 31. h3 f4 32. h4 Rh5 33. Bd1 Rh6 34. h5 Qf7 35. Qd2 gxh5 {[#] White  has combined his light square dominance with unsafe position of black King to  achieve even more advantage.} 36. Rh4 Rc8 37. Bb3 Qg6+ 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Reh1  Rch8 40. Qe2 Qf7 {The main difficulty for black is the fact that is has no  counterplay whatsoever, and despite being the pawn up, is doomed to passive  defence.} 41. Ka1 Qe8 42. Qd3 Qe7 43. a3 $18 {White triangulates here a lot,  and combines the threats to black King over light squared diagonals with  better ability to move Rooks from one side of the board to another. In the  process, black is forced to give away almost all of his pawns, one by one, in  hope to achieve draw in opposite coloured bishops ending. This move opens up  another diagonal and another square for triangulation of white bishop. White  has a decisive advantage now.} Qf7 44. Bb1 Qe7 45. Qf3 Qf6 46. Qe4 Qf7 47. Ba2  Qd7 48. R1h3 a5 49. Bb1 Qf7 50. Bd3 Re8 51. Bc4 d5 {What else? For instance:} (  51... Qg6 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Rg4 $1 {and the Rook is tabu because of mating  threat on f7.}) (51... Bf6 52. Qxf4) 52. Bxd5 Qg6 53. Qf3 Bd6 54. Qd1 Re5 55.  Bf3 Qe6 56. Rh1 Rg5 57. Re1 Be5 58. Qa4 Qf7 59. Rd1 Bd6 60. Rhh1 Rf6 61. Rd3 {  White Rooks have done enough damage on the h file, now they return to centre  to help finish the game off.} Re5 62. Qd1 Qe7 63. Qd2 Qe6 64. Rxh5 Rxh5 65.  Bxh5 b5 {Black will lose all of its pawns, so is at least trying to exchange  one of them.} 66. Qd1 b4 67. Bg4 Qe7 68. cxb4 axb4 69. axb4 Qa7+ 70. Ra3 Qb6  71. Bh5 f3 72. Qd5 Bxb4 73. Ra8 {From now on this is forced win in X moves, as  6-men won ending for white is inevitable.} Rf8 74. Rxf8 Qa7+ 75. Kb1 Bxf8 76.  Qg5+ Kh8 77. Bxf3 Qh7+ 78. Ka2 Qf7+ 79. Qd5 Qf6 80. Be2 Bg7 81. Qa8+ Bf8 82.  Qe8 Kg7 83. Qd7+ Be7 84. Qg4+ Kh6 85. Qh3+ Kg6 86. Bd3+ Kg5 87. g3 Qf7+ 88. Kb1  Kf6 89. Qf5+ Kg7 90. Qxf7+ Kxf7 91. Kc2 {Mate in 38 according to 6-men  tablebases.} Ke6 92. Be2 1-0   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Langeveld, Ron A. H.\"]  [Black \"Szczepanski, Zbigniew\"]  [Result \"1\/2-1\/2\"]  [ECO \"C10\"]  [WhiteElo \"2681\"]  [BlackElo \"2561\"]  [Annotator \"Szczepa\u0144ski,Zbigniew\"]  [PlyCount \"74\"]  [EventDate \"2012.??.??\"]   {[Annotations by Zbigniew Szczepanski] Many thanks to the organizer - great  tournament! I finished it with mixed feelings. Now I would play differently,  but would that change anything? Playing at such a level teaches humility, but  the experiences I have gathered will certainly be fruitfull for me in the  future.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {French Defence? OK, but why this  variation?} 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 {Here Stephan Busemann  played 7.c3 and I worried about game result.} b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 {  This means that variation with 7.g3 is not the best one.} (10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.  O-O Qd5 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. c4 Bd6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Rd8 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nf3 O-O  18. Qe2 $11) (10. Bc4 b5 11. Be2 Bc6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. O-O Nd7  15. d5 Bxd5 16. Bxb5 c6 (16... Bd6 17. Nd4 c6 18. Be2 Bc5 19. Be3 $14) 17. Be2  Be7 18. c4 Be4 19. Qd4 Nf6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Qe3 $11) 10... Bc6 (10... Bc8 11. Ne5  Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qg2 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2  Nd5 18. Nc6 Rfe8 19. c3 Bd6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. h3 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Kf3 f6  24. Rad1 $11) (10... Bd6 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. c4 Nb4 13. a5 O-O 14. axb6 cxb6 15.  Nxd7 Qxd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Be3 Be7 18. Qb3 a5 19. Rfd1 h6 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5  Nd5 22. Rac1 a4 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. c6 $11) 11. O-O (11. Be3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13.  O-O O-O 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Bg5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 19. f3  Qd4+ 20. Kg2 Nd7 $11) 11... Be7 $5 {There was a lot of possibilities, but this  move gave me a sense of safety.} (11... Bb7 12. Ne5 Be7 (12... c5 13. Be3 cxd4  14. Qxd4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Rad1 f6 (16... Bd6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19.  Rfe1 $18) 17. Nc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rb8 19. Nxb6 Bc6 20. a5 Bc5 21. Nc4 Ke7 22. Kf2  $11) 13. c4 (13. Be3 O-O 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qg2 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nd5  18. Nc6 Rfe8 19. c3 Bd6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. h3 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Kf3 f6 24.  Rad1 $11) (13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Kg2 Rd8 16. Rd1 h5 17. h4 Qxf3+ 18.  Kxf3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Ke4 $11) 13... O-O 14. Bf3 Ne4 15. Be3 a5 16. Qc2 f5  17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Bg2 Qe8 19. b3 Rd8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bxg2 23.  Qxg2 Bf6 24. Rfe1 Rd6 25. Rd2 $11) (11... Nd7 12. a5 (12. c4 Bd6 (12... Be7 13.  a5 (13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rd1 a5 $5 (14... Bb7 15. a5 Bb4 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Bg5 f6  18. Bf4 Qe7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nd4 $14) 15. d5 (15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Be3 h6 17. Rac1  Bb4 18. c5 Bd5 19. c6 Nb8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Bb5 Na6 22. Qe2 $11) (15. Be3 Bb7 16.  Rab1 h6 17. Rbc1 Bb4 18. c5 Bd5 19. c6 Nb8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Bb5 Na6 22. Qe2 $11)  (15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Rac1 h6 17. Be3 Bb4 18. c5 Bd5 19. c6 Nb8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Bb5  Na6 22. Qe2 $11) 15... Bb7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Be4 Bxe4  20. Qxe4 Bd6 21. Be3 Qf6 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. Ng6 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Re8 25. b3 Rad8 $11)  (13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qc2 (14. a5 h6 15. Qd2 Be4 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Be3 Qb8 18. h4 bxa5  19. hxg5 Bb4 20. Qd1 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Qb7 22. d5 exd5 23. gxh6 $16) 14... Bb7 15.  Rad1 a5 $14) 13... O-O 14. Bd2 Qc8 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bc3 Qb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nd4  Rfe8 (18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nf6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bf1 b5 (21... Bc6 22. Re7 b5  23. Qh4 Nd5 24. Bd3 h6 25. Bxg7 $18) 22. Re5 Rfd8 23. Rae1 Bc6 24. Qf4 $14) 19.  Nxc6 Qxc6 20. cxd5 Qc5 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bf3 bxa5 $11) 13. a5 O-O 14. Bd2 Bb7  15. axb6 cxb6 16. b4 Nf6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. c5 $14) (12. Be3 Bd6 13. c4 O-O 14. a5  bxa5 15. Rxa5 Bb4 16. Rh5 h6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Ng5 f5 20. Nxe6 Qf6  21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Qa4 Qd6 23. d5 Kg7 24. Qc2 Nc5 $11) 12... Be7 13. Bf4 (13.  axb6 cxb6 $14) (13. c4 O-O 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bc3 $14) 13... O-O 14.  c4 Bb4 (14... h6 15. Qd2 Be4 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 bxa5 19. Qe3  Bc2 20. Rd2 Bf5 21. Bf3 $16) 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Ne1 a5 $5 (16... Be7 17. Nd3 a5  18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rc8 20. b3 Bf6 21. Qe4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rfd1 Rfd8  24. h4 Qf6 25. Qe3 $14) 17. d5 (17. Nd3 Be7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Re1 Nf6 $14) 17...  exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. Re1 Qf6 $14) (11... Bd6 12. Ne5  Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Bf4 f6 16. Nd3 O-O 17. Re1 f5 18. Qe2 Re8 19.  a5 b5 20. Rad1 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qd7 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5 24. b3 Rad8 25. Qd3  Bb7 26. Qe3 $14) 12. Ne5 Bb7 (12... Be4 $5 13. a5 Qc8 14. c4 (14. Re1 O-O 15.  Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 b5 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. c3 $16) 14... O-O 15. Qa4  bxa5 (15... c5 16. axb6 cxd4 17. Bf4 Bc5 18. Bg5 Rd8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Bxb6  21. c5 Bc7 22. Qc6 Re8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 (24. Rfe1 e5 25. Qxf6 Qe6 26. Qg5+  Qg6 27. Qxg6+ hxg6 28. Nb4 $14) 24... e5 25. b5 $16) 16. Qxa5 (16. f3 Bb7 17.  c5 Qe8 (17... Qd8 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Ra3 Ra7 20. Kg2 Qa8 21. Qxa5 f6 22. Nc4 Bc6  23. Ne3 Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 (24. Bxe3 Qb7 25. Qc3 $14) 24... Bd5 25. Qc3 $16) 18.  Qxa5 Nd5 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. b3 Bf6 21. Qe1 Bb5 $16) (16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rd8 18.  Rd1 Bb4 19. Bf4 $16) 16... Rd8 17. f3 Bb7 18. c5 $14) 13. c4 (13. Re1 c5 14.  dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. c3 a5 20. Bg2  Bxg2 21. Kxg2 O-O 22. Bd4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Bf6 $11) 13... O-O (13... Nd7 14. Bf3  Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Qg4 $5 (17. Be3 Bb4 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. b3 h6  20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 a5 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Qd1 Kg8 26.  Bd2 Bc5 27. Bc3 $14) 17... h5 18. Qxh5 Qd3 19. Be3 $14) (13... Ne4 14. a5 O-O  15. Be3 Rb8 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bxe4 Bxf4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7  21. gxf4 Kg8 22. Qd3 f6 23. Ng6 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. f3 Qd6 26. Rad1 Rbd8 27.  Kf2 $16) 14. Bf3 Ne4 (14... Qc8 15. Nc6 (15. Bc6 Kh8 16. Qf3 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Ng8  18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Nf6 21. Qf3 a5 22. Rad1 Qa6 23. Qd3 h6 24.  Kg2 Rae8 25. f3 Kg8 26. Qb3 $16) 15... Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rd1 Qd8  19. b3 Bb4 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Ra2 Rfd8 22. d5 e5 23. Re2 e4 24. Qf5 $18) (14...  Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 (15... a5 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Re1 Bd6 18. b3 h6 19. Bb2 Qd7 20.  Rad1 Rfe8 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. g4 Nh7 23. h4 Bb4 24. Re2 Nf8 (24... Bd6 25. Rc2 $18  ) 25. Rd3 $18) 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Rd1 Bd6 18. Bg5 Ng4 (18... Qe8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.  a5 Be7 21. b3 f5 22. Ra2 Kg7 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Ne5 $14) 19. a5 f6 20. Bf4 e5  21. axb6 cxb6 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. Qxd6 (23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxd6 exf4 25. gxf4 Nh6  26. Nb4 Rc8 27. Rxa6 (27. b3 b5 28. Rc6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 Rc7 30. Rxa6 bxc4 31.  bxc4 Nf5 32. Kg2 $14) 27... Rxc4 28. Nd5 Rb7 29. Raxb6 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Nf5 31. b4  Rd4 32. Rb5 Kf7 33. Rc5 Ke6 34. Nc7+ Kd7 35. b5 Nh4 36. h3 Rb4 37. Na6 Rb1+ 38.  Kh2 Rb3 39. Rh5 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kg1 Nd3 42. Rd5+ $11) 23... exf4 24. Qxf4  Ne5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rd5 Raf8 28. Rd2 Ra7 29. b4 Kf7 30. Rd6  Rb8 31. Rc6 $16) 15. Qe2 $5 (15. Qc2 f5 16. Bf4 (16. Rd1 a5 17. Bg2 $14) 16...  a5 (16... Bf6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. h4 Qe7 $14) 17. Bg2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rfe1  Rad8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qb3 Rfe8 22. Re3 Rf8 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Ree1 Kg8 25. Re2 Kh8  26. Bg2 Kg8 27. Rd3 Rfe8 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Re2 Rfe8 $14) (15. Be3 a5 16. Qc2 f5  17. Rad1 (17. Bg2 c5 (17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 (18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 (  20. f3 Nf6 (20... f4) 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qb4 23. b3 $11) 20... Rad8 21. Rd3  Ba8 22. Rad1 Qb4 23. b3 Rd6 24. Rc1 Re8 25. f3 Nf6 26. c5 Rdd8 27. f4 Bxg2 28.  Kxg2 Rd5 29. Rc4 Qa3 30. cxb6 (30. Qd2 Ne4 31. Qc2 bxc5 $11) 30... cxb6 31. Qc1  Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd6 $11) 18... Qxg5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Qb3 $14) 18.  dxc5 Bxc5 (18... bxc5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qf6 23.  Qxc5 Rfc8 24. Qb6 Bf3 25. Rd7 e5 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rd6 f4 28. gxf4 Rxc4 29. Rc1  Rxa4 30. Rxf6 exf4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Bxf4 Rd8 33. Bc7 Rd2 34. h4 Rxb2 35. Rc5  h6 36. Rxa5 Kh7 37. Rf5 Be4 38. Rf6 Rc2 39. Re6 Bd5 {bishops of opposite colour  }) 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Rd7 Qxe5 (22... Qc8 23. Rfd1  Nc5 24. Re7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rd6 Nxa4 27. Qd2 $16) 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxb8  Rxb8 (24... Qxb8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qe2 Re8 27. b3 $14) 25. Rd1 f4 26. Kg2 $14)  17... Qe8 (17... Bf6 18. Bg2 (18. Rfe1 Qe8 19. Bg2 Rd8 20. f3 Bxe5 21. dxe5  Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc5 $11) 18... Qe8 19. f3 (19. b3 c5 $5 (19... Rd8 20. f3 Ng5 (  20... Bg5 21. Rfe1 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nf6 $14) 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bxg2 23. Qxg2  Bf6 24. Rfe1 Rd6 (24... Bxe5 25. Rxe5 $14) 25. Rd2 $11) 20. f3 (20. Qb2 Qc8 21.  Rfe1 (21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Bd4 bxc5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Bc3 Rad8 $11) 21... Qc7 22.  f3 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. f4 $11) 20... cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qe2  Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qc8 $11) 19... Bg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. d5  exd5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxc7 Qxa4 25. Qxb6 Qc2 26. Kh1 a4 27. h4 Nf7 28. Nxf7  Rb8 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Qd4 Bf7 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Qxa4 Qxg3 33. Rg1 Bh5 34. Qc4+  Rf7 35. Rd7 Kh8 36. Qd4+ Qg7 37. Qf4 Qxb2 38. Rxf7 Bxf7 39. Bh3 Bg6 40. Bxf5  Bxf5 41. Qxf5 Qd4 $11) 18. b3 (18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Bg2 Bf6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nd3 Qd7  22. b3 (22. c5 Nc8 23. Ne5 Qe8 24. c6 Ba8 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bc1 $11) 22... Nf7 23.  Nf4 $14) (18. Bg2 Bf6 (18... Rd8 19. b3 Ba3 20. f3 Nf6 21. Rfe1 Qe7 22. Nd3  Rfe8 23. Re2 $14) 19. b3 Rd8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Bf6  24. Rfe1 Rd6 (24... Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf7 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. c5 Rc6 28. Qc4 $14) 25.  d5 Qa8 26. Qc2 $14) 18... Rd8 19. Bg2 Bf6 20. f3 Bg5 $5 (20... Ng5 21. Bxg5  Bxg5 22. f4 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Bf6 24. Rfe1 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf7 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27. d5  exd5 28. Rxf5 Qg6 29. cxd5 $11) 21. Rfe1 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nf6 $14) 15... f5 (  15... Nd6 16. Rd1 $16) (15... Qxd4 16. Bf4 $16) 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Bf6 (16... a5  17. Bg2 Qe8 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Bf4 Bf6 20. h4 Be7 21. Rd3 Bb4 22. Qc2 Bd6 23.  Rad1 Be7 24. Bf3 Bf6 25. Re1 Bc6 26. b3 Bb7 27. Qe2 $14) 17. Rfd1 Qd6 (17... a5  18. Bg2 Qe8 19. f3 Nd6 20. b3 $11) 18. Bg2 c5 19. f4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Rd3  Rad8 $11) (16. Rd1 a5 17. Bf4 (17. Bg2 Qe8 18. Be3 Bf6 (18... Rd8 19. Bf4 Bf6  20. h4 Be7 21. Rd3 Bd6 (21... Bf6 22. b3 $14) 22. h5 $14) 19. f3 Nd6 20. b3 Rd8  21. Rac1 $11) 17... Bf6 18. h4 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Ra3 Qe8 21. Qc2 Be7 22.  Rad3 Bb4 23. Bf3 Be7 24. b3 $14) (16. Bg2 Qxd4 (16... Bf6 17. Rd1 $14) 17. Bf4  Rfd8 $14) 16... a5 (16... Bf6 17. a5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 (18. Bg2 Rad8 19. axb6 cxb6  20. Rfd1 $14) 18... Rfd8 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. h4 Qb4 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Bxe4 fxe4  23. Qg4 Rd6 24. h5 e3 25. Bxe3 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. h6 e5 28. Re1 Qd5 29. Qh3  $14) (16... Rc8 17. Bg2 a5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. b3 Rcd8 22.  Be5 Bd6 23. Ra2 Rfe8 24. Rad2 Qe7 25. Qe3 Qf7 26. Qf2 $11) 17. h4 (17. Rfd1 Bf6  18. Bg2 g5 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rac1 c5 $11) (17. Bg2 Bf6 18. h4 (18. Rad1 Qe8 19.  Qc2 Rd8 20. h4 Be7 21. Rd3 (21. Kh2 h6 $11) 21... h6 (21... Bf6 22. Re1 Be7 23.  Red1 Bb4 24. Bf3 Be7 25. b3 $14) 22. Re1 g5 $11) 18... Qe7 (18... Qe8 19. Rfd1  $14) 19. Ra3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Raa1 Be7 22. Rd3 Bb4 23. h5 h6 24. Kh2 Rf6  25. Bf3 Bd6 26. b3 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rf7 $11) 17... Bf6 (17... Bd6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19.  Rd3 Rd8 20. b3 Bb4 21. Rad1 Ba8 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Qc1 Qe8 24. h5 h6 25. Qe3 Bb7  26. Qe2 Rf6 27. Re3 $14) (17... Qe8 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. b3 Bb4 21.  Rad1 Ba8 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Qc1 Qe8 24. h5 h6 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Ng6  Rf7 28. Qe2 $16) 18. Bg2 (18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Bg2 (20. Rfe1 h6 (20...  Ba8 21. Bg2 Be7 22. Re2 Bb7 23. Qb3 Bd6 (23... h6 24. Qc2 {+0,28}) 24. Qb5 Bc5  25. Be3 h6 26. Kh2 $14) 21. h5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rf7 23. b3 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25.  Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Be2 Be4 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd1 Bd3 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31.  Bc7 Qxc7 32. Qxd3 $11) 20... h6 21. f3 Nd6 22. b3 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bc1 Nf7  25. f4 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Be7 28. Be3 Qg6 29. d5 Qg7 30. Bd4 Qf7 $14)  (18. Ra3 Qe7 (18... Qxd4 19. Rd1 Bxe5 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rd3 $11)  19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Rad3 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 $14) (18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Rad1  c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Nd3 Qe8 26. b3  Qd7 27. Qf3 Bd4 (27... Nd8 28. Ne5 $14) 28. h5 h6 29. Be5 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31.  Kf1 $11) 18... Qe8 (18... Qe7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. Rfe1 Be7 22. Re2  Bb4 23. Qb3 Qh5 24. Bf3 Qe8 25. h5 h6 (25... c5 26. d5 exd5 (26... Ba6 27. Bxe4  fxe4 28. d6 $18) 27. cxd5 b5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Rc2 $14) 26. Rd3 $14) (18... Rc8  19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Rd3 h6 21. f3 (21. Bf3 g5 22. Be3 $11) 21... Nd6 22. b3 Kh7  23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Bc1 Be7 (24... Rg8 25. Bd2 Nf7 $11) 25. Bh3 Bf6 26. Ba3 Rg8  27. c5 Nf7 $11) 19. Rfd1 (19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. c5 bxc5 $11) 19... Rd8 (  19... Be7 20. Rd3 (20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Rd3 Bd6 22. h5 h6 23. b3 Bb4 24. Rad1 Ba8  25. Ng6 Rf7 26. Qb2 Nf6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qe2 Ne4 29. Qe3 $16) 20... Rd8 21. b3  Bb4 22. Rad1 Ba8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Qc1 Ba8 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. h5 h6 27. Qc2 Ba8 28.  Qb2 $14) (19... Rc8 20. Qe1 (20. Rd3 Rd8 21. b3 Be7 22. h5 Bf6 23. Re1 Qe7 24.  Qe3 (24. f3 Nd6 25. Qe3 Nf7 26. Red1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rd8 $11) 24...  c5 25. Red1 Rfe8 26. dxc5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxc5 28. Qd6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qb7+ 30. f3  Be7 31. Qd4 Qc8 32. Qe3 $14) 20... Be7 21. Rd3 h6 22. b3 g5 23. Bc1 Rd8 24.  hxg5 (24. f3 Bb4 25. Qd1 Nxg3 26. f4 Ne4 27. fxg5 Bd6 $11) 24... hxg5 25. Ba3  Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qe7 27. Ra2 $11) (19... Ra7 20. Kh2 h6 21. Bf3 g5 22. Be3 Qd8 23.  c5 Bd5 24. Rac1 Qe8 25. c6 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qg6 27. Qb5 Qf7 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. hxg5  hxg5 30. Rh1 $11) 20. Rd3 (20. Qe1 Be7 (20... h6 21. f3 Nd6 22. c5 Nc8 23. cxb6  cxb6 24. b4 $11) 21. Rd3 (21. Qe3 h6 22. Nd3 Bf6 23. Be5 Qe7 24. Rac1 (24. h5  Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qb4 26. Qe2 Qd6 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. f3 Bb7 29. Rac1 c5 30. dxc5  Qxc5+ 31. Kg2 Rfe8 32. Ng6 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 $16) 24... Bc6 25. Re1 (25. Nf4  Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rfe8 27. b3 $14) 25... Ba8 26. Rcd1 Rfe8 27. b3 Bb7 28. Bf3 $14)  21... h6 (21... Bb4 22. Qe2 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qc8 26. Be3  Rd8 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nd3 $11) 22. b3 g5 23. Be3 Kg7 24. hxg5  hxg5 25. f3 Nxg3 26. Bxg5 f4 27. Bxf4 Ne2+ 28. Qxe2 Rxf4 29. Rad1 $11) (20. Qc2  Be7 21. Rd3 h6 (21... Ba8 22. Rad1 h6 23. b3 Bb4 24. Be3 Rd6 25. Qc1 Bb7 26.  Bf4 Rd8 27. Qb2 Kh8 28. Qc2 Kg8 29. Bf3 Ba8 30. h5 Nf6 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Ng6  Rf7 33. Qe2 Ne4 34. d5 $16) 22. Be3 (22. Bf3 g5 23. Qd1 Bf6 24. Be3 $11) (22.  Qd1 g5 23. Be3 Bf6 $11) 22... g5 23. Rad1 Bf6 $11) (20. Bh1 h6 21. Bf3 g5 22.  Be3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qg6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rd4 Ba8 27. Bc1 g4 28.  Bg2 Nc5 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Qd1 Kh7 31. Rd7+ Nxd7 32. Qxd7+ Kh8 33. Qxc7 $11)  20... h6 (20... Be7 21. b3 Bb4 22. Rad1 Ba8 23. Qc2 Bd6 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Bxa8  Rxa8 26. Kg2 h6 27. Bc1 Rd8 28. Qe2 Bb4 29. f3 Nh5 30. Qc2 $14) (20... Ba8 21.  b3 Be7 22. h5 Bd6 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Qe3 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 h6 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Re3 Bb7  28. g4 $16) 21. h5 (21. f3 Nd6 22. b3 Kh7 $14) (21. Bf3 g5 (21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5  $14) 22. Bh5 Qe7 23. Ng6 Qh7 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Bd2 gxh4 26. Rd1 hxg3 27. fxg3  Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. Qh2 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 g4 32. Bg2 $11) 21... Kh7  (21... Ba8 22. Kh2 (22. Ng6 Bxd4 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 (23... Kxf8 24. Be3 e5 25. Rad1  c5 26. Re1 Kg8 27. g4 Qxa4 28. gxf5 Nf6 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Qd2 Re8  32. f4 e4 33. Rxd4 Qc6 34. Qe3 $11) 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxc7 Bc6 27.  Rxd4 Qxd4 28. b3 e5 29. Kh2 Be8 30. Qf3 Bf7 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Bxh5 33. Bxb6  Bd1 34. Bxa5 Bxb3 35. g4 Bxa4 36. gxf5 Nf6 $11) (22. Raa3 Bxe5 (22... Kh7 23.  f3 Ng5 24. Ng6 Rf7 25. Be5 Rfd7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 23. Bxe5 Qd7 24. Re3 (24. b3  Nc5 25. Re3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Ne4 27. Ra1 Nf6 28. Re1 Ng4 $11) 24... Rf7 (24... Rc8  25. Bf3 Rce8 26. Bh1 (26. Qd3 Nf6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. f4 Rd8 30.  Qc2 $11) 26... Rd8 $11) 25. Ra1 (25. Bf3 Rdf8 26. Red3 Nf6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. b3  Ng4 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. Re1 Rff8 31. f3 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Rfe8 33. g4 Qf7 34. Kg2 $11)  (25. b3 Nf6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd3 Ng4 28. Ra1 Rd8 29. Re1 Rff8 30. f3 Nxe5 31.  Qxe5 Rfe8 32. g4 Qf7 33. Kg2 Qd7 $11) 25... Nf6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxf6 (27. b3  Ng4 28. Rd3 Rd8 29. Re1 Rff8 30. f3 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Rfe8 32. g4 Qf7 33. Kg2 c6  34. Rdd1 $11) 27... Rxf6 28. d5 exd5 29. Re7 Qd6 30. cxd5 $11) 22... Bxe5 23.  Bxe5 Nf6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Kg1 Rc8 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. b3 Rd8 28. Re1 Qc6 29. f4  $11) (21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd7 (22... Rf7 23. b3 Rfd7 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Re3 Qg5  26. Bf4 Qe7 27. f3 Nc5 28. Be5 $11) 23. Re1 Qe7 24. b3 Qf7 25. Re3 Qe7 26. Rd1  c5 27. Red3 $14) 22. Rdd1 {[#]} Bxe5 {To simplify the game.} (22... Ba8 23. Ng6  (23. Ra3 c5 24. f3 (24. Bxe4 Bxe4 $11) 24... Ng5 25. dxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 bxc5  27. Re3 Nf7 28. Ng6 Bd4 29. Kf1 Rg8 30. Re2 Nh8 31. Nh4 Qxh5 32. Rxe6 g5 $11) (  23. Bh1 Rg8 $11) (23. Kh2 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rf7 25. Kg1 Nf6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxf6  Rxf6 28. b3 f4 29. Rd3 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rd8 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qc6 33. Kg1 Kg8  34. Qg4 Qd6 35. Kg2 c5 36. d5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Qe7 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 23... Rf7  24. Be5 Rfd7 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Nf4 Ne4 (27... Rd6 28. Rd3 Qf7 29.  b3 $14) 28. Kg2 (28. Rac1 Rad8 (28... Ng5 29. Kg2 c5 30. d5 e5 31. Ng6 e4 $11)  29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Nf6 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. Rd3 (32. Kg2 Re4 33. b3 Re5 $11)  32... Red8 (32... Re5 33. f3 $11) 33. Re3 Nxd5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxc7 f4 36.  gxf4 Rxh5 37. Ree7 Rg8 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Rb7 Rd4 40. f5 Rf4 41. Rf7 Rxa4 42. Rxb6  h5 $11) (28. f3 Nxg3 29. Qh2 Nxh5 30. Nxh5 Rad8 31. Kf1 Qf7 32. Nf4 Rxd4 33.  Qe2 e5 34. Nd5 Re8 {-0,73}) 28... Rad8 (28... Rd6 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. d5 exd5 31.  Rxd5 c6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rd1 Qf6 34. b3 $14) 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Nf6 31. Qxe8  Rxe8 32. Rac1 Re4 33. b3 Re5 34. Rd3 Nxd5 35. Kf1 Kg8 $11) (22... Rg8 23. Ra3  Rf8 24. Kh2 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rf7 26. Kg1 Kg8 27. Rdd3 Rfd7 28. Ra1 $11) 23. Bxe5  Rf7 24. Ra3 (24. f3 Ng5 25. f4 Ne4 $11) (24. g4 Kg8 25. Ra3 Nd6 26. Bxb7 Nxb7  27. Rg3 Nd6 28. b3 Ne4 29. Re3 Rfd7 30. Kg2 Qf7 31. Red3 Ng5 $11) (24. Rd3 c5  25. b3 (25. Kh2 Ng5 $11) 25... cxd4 26. Bxd4 (26. Rxd4 Rfd7 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28.  Rad1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Qc6 $11) 26... Rd6 27. Rad1 Rfd7 28. Bb2 (28.  Be5 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Nc5 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Bxb7 Nxb7 $11) 28... Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Nc5  30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Ba3 Ne4 33. Bc1 Nc5 (33... Qc6 $11) 34. Qe3 Qd7  35. Qf3 $11) 24... c5 $5 (24... Re7 25. g4 Ba8 26. Re1 c5 27. Rd3 cxd4 28. Rxd4  Red7 29. Red1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxa4 32. Bxb6 Bb7 33. Be3 Ba6 34.  Bxe4 fxe4 35. Bd4 Bxc4 36. Qxe4+ Kg8 37. Kh2 Qd1 38. f3 $11) (24... Kg8 25. Re1  Ba8 26. Rea1 Rfd7 27. Rd3 Ng5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. b3 Rad8 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Kg2 Nc5  32. Re3 Ne4 33. Rd3 Nc5 34. Re3 Ne4 35. Rd3 Nc5 36. Re3 Ne4 37. Rd3 Nc5 38. Re3  Ne4 39. Rd1 $11) (24... Ba8 25. Rda1 (25. Rad3 Qxa4 $11) (25. Re1 c5 26. Rd1  Rfd7 27. Rad3 Ng5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. dxc5 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 bxc5 31. Qd1 $11) 25...  Rfd7 26. Rd3 Ng5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. b3 Rad8 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Kg2 c5 31. Red1 Nf7  32. f3 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Rxd4 (33... Qf7 34. g4 Rd6 $11) 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4  cxd4 36. Qxd4 Qa3 $11) 25. f3 (25. Rb3 Qc6 26. Kh2 (26. f3 Ng5 27. f4 Ne4 $11)  26... cxd4 27. Rxd4 Rfd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bf4 Rd4 30. Be3 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4  32. Rxb6 Bd5 33. b3 Rc3 34. Rb5 Bxb3 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. g4 Bxa4 37. Rxa5 Bd1 $11  ) (25. Qe3 Rfd7 $11) 25... Ng5 {[#]} (25... Nf6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28.  Rd3 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. g4 Kg8 31. b3 Kf7 32. Kf1 Ba8 33. Kf2 Qd8 34. Kg1 Bb7  35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Kf2 Kg8 37. gxf5 Nxh5 38. fxe6 Qxe6 39. Qc3 Nf6 40. Kg1 $14)  26. Rb3 {After this move I knew that draw is unevoidable.} (26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27.  Qxd1 Rd7 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 bxc5 30. Bc3 Qxa4 31. g4 Qe8 32. gxf5 exf5 33.  Qxf5+ Kg8 34. Qxc5 Nxf3+ $11 (34... Qf7 35. f4 Bxg2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. fxg5 Qf1+  38. Kh2 hxg5 39. Qd7 Kh6 40. Qxg7+ Kxh5 41. Qh8+ (41. Qh7+ Kg4 $11) 41... Kg6  $11) 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Qa7 Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Kf2 (38. Bxa5 Be2 39. c5 Bxh5  40. c6 Ke7 41. c7 Kd7 42. Bc3 {0,00}) 38... Bxh5 39. Bxa5 Bd1 $11) (26. Rdd3  cxd4 27. Rxd4 Rfd7 28. Rad3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Qxa4 31. Bxb6 Qb3 32.  Be3 Ba6 33. Bd4 Bxc4 34. Qe5 Qb7 35. f4 Ne4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. g4 e3 $11) 26...  Qc6 27. d5 (27. f4 Ne4 28. d5 exd5 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxd5 Rdd7 31. Qxe4+ Kg8  32. Bc3 $11) 27... exd5 28. f4 Ne4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. cxd5 (30. Rxd5 Rdd7 31.  Qxe4+ Kg8 32. Bc3 (32. Rb5 Qe6 33. Qg6 Bxd5 34. Rxb6 Qe8 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. Kg2  $11) 32... Rfe7 33. Qd3 Rf7 $11) 30... Qxa4 31. Rxb6 e3 32. d6 (32. Qd3+ Kg8  33. d6 c4 $11) 32... Kg8 33. Rd3 (33. Qd3 c4 34. Qe2 Qd7 35. g4 Be4 36. Kh2 Re8  (36... Bd3 37. Qg2 $11) 37. Kg3 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Rf3+ 39. Qxf3 Bxf3 40. Rb8+ Kh7  41. Kxf3 e2 42. Re1 Qc6+ 43. Kxe2 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 Qd3+ 45. Kc1 c3 46. bxc3 Qxc3+  47. Kd1 $11) (33. Rc1 Qe4 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxc5 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Rxd6 37. Qc4+ Kh7  38. Bxd6 Rxb2+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ (39... e2 40. Rc8 Qf5+ 41. g4 Qxc8 42. Qxc8 e1=Q  43. Qf5+ $11) 40. Kg4 Qd1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ $11) 33... Qe4 34. Rxb7 (34. Rxe3 Qh1+  35. Kf2 c4 $11) 34... Rxb7 (34... Qxb7 35. Rxe3 Qd5 36. Rd3 Qe6 37. Qf3 $11)  35. Rxe3 Qd5 36. Rd3 Qe6 37. Qf3 Rb4 {The end - both players agreed to a draw.}  (37... Rb5 38. Rd5 Qd7 39. Qe4 Qg4 40. Kg2 a4 41. Rd2 Rb3 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Bc3  Qd7 44. Kh2 Rb6 45. Be5 Rb5 46. Kg2 Rb3 47. Qxc5 a3 48. bxa3 Qg4 49. Qf2 Rxa3  50. Bb2 Rb3 51. Be5 Rdb8 $11) (37... Rf7 38. Kg2 a4 39. Rd5 Rc8 40. g4 Qd7 41.  Kg3 Qb7 42. Qe4 c4 43. Bc3 Qc6 44. Qd4 Rd8 45. f5 Rfd7 46. Qe5 $14) 1\/2-1\/2   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"?\"]  [Date \"2012.05.12\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Voss, Maximilian\"]  [Black \"Hall, Richard\"]  [Result \"1\/2-1\/2\"]  [ECO \"A90\"]  [WhiteElo \"2657\"]  [BlackElo \"2640\"]  [Annotator \"Hall,Richard\"]  [PlyCount \"97\"]  [EventDate \"2012.05.12\"]  [EventType \"tourn (corr)\"]   {[Annotations by Richard Hall]} 1. d4 f5 {Though I ended up drawing all my  games in the Tournament I decided at the outset to play as aggressively as  possible. Hence my choice of the Dutch Defence. Many top CC players believe  the Dutch to be too risky.} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 {  An interesting positional treatment of the opening. White's plan is to  exchange the dark-squared bishops on f4 and, if allowed, to manoevre his  knights to f3 and d3 followed by Ne5 and a bind on the position. Black must  reply positively with a well-timed Ne4.} Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. O-O Ne4  10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qa4 Nc4  16. Qc2 a5 (16... Nd6 {Black could have offered a draw here by repetition of  moves with 16.....Nd6 but I was beginning to be confident in my position.}) 17.  a4 Nd6 18. h4 $1 {White must hold up .............g5 otherwise black has good  chances of a king-side attack.} Ne4 19. e3 Ndf6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Ne4 22.  Qc2 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Ba6 24. Bf1 {A moral victory for black! Black's c8 bishop is  normally his problem piece in the Dutch Stonewall but here is is exchanged at  white's behest.} Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rab8 26. Qb3 Qd7 27. Rc2 g6 28. Rdc1 Kg7 29. Qa3  h6 30. Kg2 g5 31. Nd3 Qe6 32. h5 {[#] After this move my confidence in black's  position eroded. I could not find a plan and must wait to see what white does.}  Kg8 33. b4 axb4 34. Qxb4 c5 $1 {[#] This pawn sacrifice is black's saving  grace. It must be accepted and after a forced sequence of moves a drawn rook  and pawn ending is reached.} 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxb4 38.  Rxc8+ $1 Kf7 39. R1c7+ Kf6 40. Rc6 Rxa4 41. Rh8 Qxc6 42. Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rxc6 d4  44. exd4 Rxd4 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. h6 Kg6 47. h7 Rd8 48. f3 f4 49. g4 {With 49....  Rd2+ Black draws by the skin of his teeth! Perhaps in CC the Dutch is not so  good after all...........} 1\/2-1\/2   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Wunderlich, Hans-Dieter\"]  [Black \"Wilczek, Tadeusz\"]  [Result \"1-0\"]  [ECO \"E58\"]  [WhiteElo \"2655\"]  [BlackElo \"2597\"]  [Annotator \"Wunderlich,Hans-Dieter\"]  [PlyCount \"111\"]   {[Annotations by Hans-Dieter Wunderlich]} {It was a big honour and challenge  for me to be invited to this extremely strong tournament. And I was especially  pleased to meet among others my well-known chessfriend Tadeusz.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.  c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... b6 {Neto-Wilczek, corr. 2010, 1:0 (31)}) 5.  Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 {This move is less  frequently played than 9....dxc4 and 9...Qc7.} 10. cxd5 {The natural reaction  to the obvious intention to play Ba6.} exd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5  Ng4 13. f4 f5 $6 14. h3 Nh6 15. Ra2 {Oosterom-Kramer, corr. 1991, 1:0 (41)})  12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a4 Re8 (13... Qd7 {Najdorf-Sliwa, Olympics Leipzig 1960, 1\/2:  1\/2 (37)}) 14. f3 Qc7 15. Qe1 {The queen may move to f2 or even better to h4,  possibly provoking the weakening of Blacks kingside with g6 or h6.} a6 16. Qe2  {Chang of plan! I do not want to allow Black's b6-b5. Btw.:This is a typical  kind of position, where the engines are not really helpful.} g6 {Everything  turns around the pending move e3-e4. Black would like to triple his heavy  pieces in the e-line. But a rook on e6 might be immediately attacked by Bf5.  This, and a possible f7-f5 motivates the move g7-g6.} 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bc2 Re6  19. Rfe1 {Obviously, since Black has played c5-c4, the queen on e2 is no  longer appropriately placed, and instead should pick up the previous plan to  move via f2 to h4. But the immediate 19.Qf2 would allow Black to rearrange his  pieces starting with 19...Ne8. The played move prevents the knight to leave f6,  as this would allow e3-e4.} Rae8 20. g4 {This space gaining move is jusified  by Black's closing move c5-c4.} h6 21. Qf2 {The engines show more or less  clear White advantage, but they do not show a reasonable way how to  materialize this! Of course White would like to open files for his bishops,  but how? One possible plan would be h2-h4 followed by g4-g5 to drive off the  Nf6. Then Kg2 and Qg3. If Black exchanges the queens, White can double his  rooks in the e-line and push the e-pawn. Otherwise the White queen controls  the black colored fields.} Kg7 22. Kg2 {OK, the king enters the indirect  threat of the Bc6. But as long as e3-e4 is not played, this is not a real  problem.} Qd8 {Keeps any options in the e-line, but allows White to follow his  plans with Qg3.} 23. Qg3 R8e7 24. Kg1 $1 {Looks strange, but: The idea of Kg2  was to support the move Qg3. Thus, the king has done his job on g2 and can now  move away out of the distant effect of the Bc6.} Bb7 {Does Black follow a  plan? I was not sure ...} 25. Rab1 {Self-evident and logical.} Re8 {Although  basic parts of my plan could be realized I felt a bit lost in this position  (and for a moment thought about offering draw). How could I improve my  position? Yes, dear reader, 26.h4 is a natural choice. But does it really help?  } 26. h3 {The only motivation behind this move was to follow the rule that it  was White to move! I had no longer a reasonable plan, but decided to wait for  Black's answer.} (26. h4 h5 27. g5 Ng8 {Even with the knight driven away from  f6, White cannot push the e-pawn. And doubling the rooks would be answered by  Qe7. So what?}) 26... Qe7 27. Re2 Qd8 28. Rg2 Bc8 {Very interesting! Black  voluntarily leaves with his bishop the critical diagonal and thus allows  (after chasing the Nf6) to push the e-pawn!!} 29. Rf2 {I prefer to continue  maneuvering!} (29. h4 h5 30. g5 Ng8 31. e4 Qd7 {Even after White has realized  one major step in his plan, the situation is not really clear! E.g.:} 32. Bf4  Ne7 33. Be5+ Kg8 34. Re2 b5 $13) 29... Qe7 30. h4 Bd7 31. Qh2 {Immediate 31.g5  would be answered by 31...hxg5 32.hxg5 Nh5, attacking my queen. This is the  motivation of the text move. Maybe it is not the best move, but for Black it  is the most uncomfortable one, as the answer is not obvious. After 31.Qf4 the  answer 31...b5 would be easy.} Qa3 (31... b5 $6 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Nh5 34.  axb5 axb5 35. e4 $36) 32. Qf4 Qe7 (32... Bxa4 $6 {An incorrect sacrifice!} 33.  Bc1 Qxc3 34. Bxa4 b5 35. Bc2 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 Qxe3 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Kf1 $16 {  The threatening queen pawns don't provide sufficient compensation for Black.})  33. Re1 {Avoids the possible relief with Rxe3.} h5 34. g5 Ng8 35. Rb1 {Now  White has achieved his goal to push the e-pawn. It doesn't matter whether this  is done immediately or only after the text move.} Qd8 36. e4 Bc6 37. Bc1 {  A logical continuation. As the bishop is no longer needed to support White's  pawn on e3, the best place is on the diagonal a3-f8.} Qd7 {Covers f7 and thus  prepares d5xe4.} (37... dxe4 $2 38. fxe4 $18 {With twofold threat on d5 and f7.  }) 38. Rxb6 dxe4 {Obviously White has pretty good chances to win this position.  The bishop pair, the weak Black queenside pawns, the passive Black knight etc.  are big advantages for White. But I had to invest much time and energy in  finding the best plan. At first glance 39.Rxc6 seemed to be the favourite, but  my analysis did not confirm this estimation.} 39. d5 (39. Rxc6 e3 $1 {Avoids  the opening of the f-file and should hold the draw.} 40. Bxe3 Rxc6 41. d5 Rxe3  $1 42. dxc6 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Qxc6 44. Qd4+ Kf8 45. Be4 Qc7 46. Rb2 Ra1 47. Bd5 Qd6  48. Bxc4 (48. Qxc4 $6 Ne7 $44) 48... Qxd4 49. cxd4 Rxa4 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Bb3  Rxd4 52. Rb7 Kf8 53. Rxf7+ Ke8 54. Ra7 Ne7 $11 {The \"electronic friends\" still  show a significant advantage for White but it is obvious that the game is  drawn.}) 39... Bxd5 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41. fxe4 Bxe4 42. Re2 f5 43. Ba3 Qe5 {  Tadeusz seems to be sure that after the queen exchange he can hold the game.  Maybe 44.Qb6+ would have been more precise.} (43... Qb6+ $5) 44. Qxe5+ Rxe5 {  I was quite happy with this position, and my original comment in the remarks  of the game was (translated to English): \"Probably it doesn't make a  difference, whether I exchange the bishops first or start centralizing my king.  In both cases the plan is the transition into a rook ending and the capture of  the Black pawns on c4 and e4. Hopefully the c-pawn will then guarantee the  full point.\" This estimation was wrong! When Black defends correctly, he can  hold the game.} 45. Kf2 $6 {Objectively seen the wrong plan to win the game!} (  45. Bb1 $5 {Maybe this would have been a plan with (better) winning chances.}  Ra5 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Rb2 Rf5 48. Kg2 $16 {Its a long way for Black to hold  the game. Perhaps he is lost.} Rf7 (48... e3 $6 {This does not seem to be the  right plan.} 49. Rb7+ Rf7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. Kf3 e2 52. Kxe2 Ke6 (52... Ne7 53.  Bxe7 Kxe7 54. Ke3 $18) 53. a5 $18 {A desparate position for Black. The knight  is completely helpless. When entering the only available field e7, he will be  exchanged and the pawn ending is lost.}) 49. Rb8 $16) 45... Kf7 46. Bxe4 fxe4  47. Ke3 (47. Rb2 Ne7 48. Rb7 Ke8 49. Bxe7 Rxe7 50. Rxe7+ (50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Ke3  Rd7 52. Kxe4 Rd3 $11) 50... Kxe7 $11 {The pawn ending is drawn.} 51. Ke3 Ke6  52. Kxe4 a5 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Kxc4 (54. Kd5 Kg4 55. Ke6 Kxh4 56. Kf6 Kg4 57. Kxg6  h4 58. Kf6 h3 59. g6 h2 60. g7 h1=Q 61. g8=Q+ $11) 54... Kg4 55. Kb5 Kxh4 56.  Kxa5 Kxg5 57. c4 $11) 47... Ne7 48. Bxe7 {This exchange is more or less forced.  Otherwise the Black knight would become very active.} Kxe7 49. Kd4 Ra5 $2 {  What a pity! Exactly after reaching an equal position, Black makes the  decisive error, which looses the game.} (49... Ke6 $1 $11 {In this position I  did not find a way to win in my calculation. And I'm pretty sure that the  position is drawn.} 50. Rb2 (50. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 51. Kxe4 a5 $11 {The same position  as after 47.Tb2 above.}) (50. Kxc4 $6 {This is even risky, because Black can  further activate his king.} Kf5 51. Kd4 Re8 52. Ke3 Kg4 53. Rh2 Rc8 $13) 50...  Rd5+ 51. Kxe4 Rd3 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. Rxg6 Rxc3 54. Rxa6 Rh3 55. g6 c3 56. g7 Rg3  57. Kd5 c2 58. Rd6+ Kc7 59. Rc6+ Kb8 60. Rxc2 Rxg7 $11 {This is an easy  tablebase draw!}) 50. Rxe4+ Kf7 (50... Kd7 51. Rf4 $18) 51. Rf4+ Kg7 52. Rf6  Rxa4 53. Rc6 Ra5 54. Rc5 $1 {Unblocks the 5th row for the king. Of course  Black cannot exchange the rooks.} Ra1 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Ke5 $1 {The only  winning move! Black resigns - not too early. He is a pawn up in a rook ending,  but he cannot parry all White's threads like Kf6 or Rxc4 followed by advancing  the c-pawn.} (56. Ke5 Rb1 (56... Rf1 57. Rxc4) 57. Rxc4 Rb6 58. Rc7 $18) 1-0   [Event \"MT-Bielecki\/Top (POL)\"]  [Site \"ICCF\"]  [Date \"2012.03.01\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Langeveld, Ron A. H\"]  [Black \"Wunderlich, Dr. Hans-Dieter\"]  [Result \"1-0\"]  [ECO \"B12\"]  [WhiteElo \"2681\"]  [BlackElo \"2655\"]  [Annotator \"Burg,Twan\"]  [PlyCount \"97\"]  [EventDate \"2012.??.??\"]   {[Annotations by Twan Burg]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {The Advance variation of  the Caro-Kann. On the World Championship Langeveld also scored a few important  wins in this line. By advancing the pawn, white gives up a few possibilities,  but in return he gets more space. After that, the goal is to keep this space,  and to take advantage from the lack of mobility of the black pieces.} Bf5 4.  Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 {With this move, Black shows that he wants to  develop his knight to f5. He can do this in 2 ways, via e7 and via h6.} 7. a4 {  A plan that was also played by Ron in other Caro-Kann games: gain space on the  queenside and to prevent Nb6 (after a4-a5).} a5 {Black prevents the White plan,  but this is quite a weakness. The knight on b6 would not be protected anymore  by a pawn, and the pawn on a5 could later become a target.} (7... Ne7 {This  would be another way of playing, but also here the idea is to attack the  centre after the Nb6-d5 maneuver is not possible anymore.} 8. a5 Nf5 9. c4) 8.  Nbd2 Nh6 {Black can now develop his bishop easily, but as long as the knight  is on h6, he has to consider that white plays Bxh6. Often though, Black has  enough compensation for the doubled pawn with his bishop pair en control over  the dark squares.} 9. Nb3 {The knight on b3 sticks to a5. It also protects the  central pawn on d4 and enables the development of the bishop and rook.} Be7 10.  Bd2 {The pressure on a5 is already increasing.} O-O 11. c4 {Attacking the  centre.} Qb6 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 {Now is the desired maneuvre Nb6-d5 not  possible because the a5-pawn would be unguarded.}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... exd5 {  Now Bxh6 could be considered, after which White has much more healthy pawns on  the king side. Later on, f4-f5 would then be prepared.}) 13. Bb5 {Black now  feels the weakness of 7..a5: white has a firm grip over the weakened b5 square.  } Nb8 14. Qc1 {White makes use of the fact that Black is unable to play Rc8.  At this moment, the knight on h6 is attacked twice.} Nc6 (14... Nf5 {When the  knight tries to escape, White can force the exchange of queens, after which  the endgame is much better for White due to active pieces and a superior  queenside.} 15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc5 $16) 15. Bxh6 gxh6  16. Qxh6 {White has collected a pawn, but Black now will try to get something  in return.} Na7 {[#]} 17. Nc5 $1 Nxb5 (17... Bxc5 {Giving up the dark-squared  bishop is very risky for black, because of the weakened dark squares around  the black king.} 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. h4 {With a very strong attack.}) 18. Nd7 $1  Qd8 19. Nf6+ {White gives up his extra pawn, but in return gets the  dark-squared bishop.} Bxf6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. axb5 {The white advantage  consists of: -A superior king's position. Black will continuously face  problems due to the missing g-pawn. -A good knight versus a bad bishop. The  bishop is on the same colour as its pawns. Because of this, the dark squares  are quite weakened as well.} Rfc8 22. Ne5 {A nice square for the knight. Black  only could chase it away by weakening his position with f7-f6.} Qg7 23. Qh4 $1  {Because the weakened king's position of Black, White of course keeps the  queens on the board.} f6 24. Nxg6 {Langeveld heads for an endgame with heavy  pieces. The most important trumph is still the weakened king's position.} (24.  Ng4 {Alternatively, White could try to keep the knight on the board. However  h6 is the only weakened square, and generally a knight has less prospects on  the edge.}) 24... hxg6 25. Rfe1 Kf7 26. Rac1 {Black can't exchange rooks,  because White owuld enter through c7.} Qf8 {[#]} 27. b6 $1 {Now the b-pawn  could recapture the rook after Rc7+, after which it would become a dangerous  passed pawn. In other positions such a pawn could become weak, but due to the  weakened king's position, Black has no time to win the pawn.} a4 28. Qh7+ Qg7  29. Qh3 f5 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. h4 {Makes a hole for White king, and in some cases  could further weaken the black king by h4-h5. After the previous moves, White  again controls the e5 square.} f4 {Black cannot do much. When he would leave  the c-file, the white rook would enter on c7. If he goes to c6 or c4 with his  rook, the structure would get weakened even more.} (31... Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33.  h5 gxh5 34. Qf3 {Due to dxc4 the diagonal has been opened.} Rb8 35. Qxh5+ Kf8  36. Re5 Rd8 37. Qh7 $16) (31... Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Qf4 {And the passed  b-pawn decides soon.}) 32. Qh3 f3 33. gxf3 g5 {[#]} 34. h5 $1 {White prevents  the opening of the g-file. Also, White now has a passed pawn.} Qf5 35. Qg3 Qf4  36. Qg4 {The exchange of queens only under advantageous circumstances!} Qxg4+ (  36... Qf6 {When black would keep the queens on the board, he would not survive  long either. He now has too many weaknesses.} 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Re5  Rg8 40. f4 $1 $18) 37. fxg4 Rc4 38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. Rc1 {Forces the black rook  to protect the c-pawn.} Rc8 40. Kg2 Kf6 {[#]} 41. f4 $1 {Right. By playing  this move, White obtains connected passed pawns, which tend to be very strong  in rook endgames. The pawn on f4 will be recollected as well.} gxf4 42. Kf3 Kg5  (42... c3 43. bxc3 Kg5 44. c4 a3 45. Ra1 Rxc4 46. Rxa3 Rxd4 47. Ra5+ Kh6 (47...  Rd5 48. Rxd5+ exd5 49. h6 {The pawn endgame wins for White because he reached  the b-pawns first.}) 48. Ra7 Rd7 49. Kxf4 $18) 43. Re1 {The king should be  repelled from g5, so f4 can be taken by the king.} Rc6 44. Re5+ Kh6 45. Ra5  Rxb6 {Black gets rid of the strong b-pawn, but on the other side White  fortunately has connected passed pawns.} 46. Rxa4 Rxb2 47. Rxc4 Rb1 48. Kxf4  Rd1 49. Ke5 {Black realizes that the rook endgame is lost and resigns. It is  understandable that he doesn't let White to prove this is a win. Of course,  the World Champion would manage to do so with help of the engine and  tablebases. Probably also without them. The method of winning is quite  instructive, so I show it to you} (49. Ke5 Rg1 50. Kxe6 Rxg4 51. Rb4 Kxh5 (  51... Rh4 52. Rb6 Rxd4 53. Ke5+) 52. Rb5+ {Now the d-pawn can start running.  The Black king is on the long side and is far away, so the win is quite easy:}  Kg6 53. d5 Re4+ 54. Kd7 Kf7 55. d6 {White is not in a hurry with taking the  b-pawn, because Black cannot protect it anyway.} Rc4 56. Rxb7 Rc1 57. Kd8+ Ke6  58. d7 Kf7 {This endgame can be won in 2 ways: Either by building a bridge or  by putting his rook on c8.} 59. Rb8 (59. Rb4 Rc2 60. Rf4+ {The idea of this  check is to give the white king a few squares on the e-file.} Kg7 61. Ke7 Re2+  62. Kd6 Rd2+ 63. Ke6 Re2+ (63... Rd1 {When Black would wait, White could  shorten the bridge by Rf5-d5.}) 64. Kd5 Rd2+ 65. Rd4) 59... Rc2 60. Rc8 Rd2 61.  Kc7 Rc2+ 62. Kb6 Rb2+ 63. 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