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Rustam Kasimdzhanov Endgame For Experts PDF

1) The document provides analysis and commentary on two chess games between Golod and Kasimdzhanov from 2006 and between Ramirez Alvarez and Kasimdzhanov from 2004. 2) In the first game, Golod defeats Kasimdzhanov with black in the Nimzo-Indian defense. 3) In the second game, Kasimdzhanov defeats Ramirez Alvarez with white in the Sicilian defense.
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov Endgame For Experts PDF

1) The document provides analysis and commentary on two chess games between Golod and Kasimdzhanov from 2006 and between Ramirez Alvarez and Kasimdzhanov from 2004. 2) In the first game, Golod defeats Kasimdzhanov with black in the Nimzo-Indian defense. 3) In the second game, Kasimdzhanov defeats Ramirez Alvarez with white in the Sicilian defense.
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E32 [ 44.¢a2 e3-+ ]


Golod,Vitali 2576 44...¤xa3+ 45.¢b4
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2672 [ 45.¢b2 b4 46.¦h6+ ¢d5
Mainz Ordix op 13th rapid (7) 20.08.2006 47.¦h2-+ ]
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] 45...¤c2+ 46.¢xb5 a3 47.¦h6+ ¢d5
48.¥e7 ¦b8+ 49.¢a4 a2 50.¦d6+
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4... ¢c4
0-0 [ 50...¢c4 51.¦c6+ ¢d3 52.¥f6 ¤d4
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 53.¥xd4 ¢xd4 54.¦d6+ ¢c5 55.¦d1
0-0 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.£xc3 b6 7.¥g5 ¦b1 56.¦c1+ ¢b6 57.¦xb1+ axb1£
¥b7 8.f3 h6 9.¥h4 d5 10.e3 ¤bd7 58.¢a3 ¢c5 59.¢a4 £a2# ]
11.cxd5 ¤xd5 12.¥xd8 ¤xc3 13.¥h4 0-1
¤d5 14.¥f2 c5 15.¤e2 f5 last book
move 16.0-0-0 ¦ac8 17.dxc5
[ 17.¢b1!?= ] C68
17...¤xc5µ 18.¢b1 ¦fd8 19.¦g1 e5 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2652
20.¤c1 ¤c3+ 21.bxc3 ¦xd1 22.¥c4+ Adams,Michael 2731
¥d5 23.¦xd1 ¥xc4 24.¥g3 ¦e8 FIDE-Wch k.o. (7.4) 10.07.2004
25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.¢c2 ¢f7 [Ftacnik,L]
28.¦d6
[ 28.¦h1!?³ ] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6
28...¥f1µ 29.¦d2 e4 dxc6 5.0-0 ¥g4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 £f6
[ 29...¢e6 30.¤b3 ¤a4 31.¥e1-+ ] 8.¥e3 ¥xf3 9.£xf3 £xf3 10.gxf3 ¥d6
30.f4 11.¤d2 ¤e7 12.¦fb1 f5 The position
[ 30.¦d5!?³ ] is not drawish, since white has better
30...¥d3+µ 31.¢b2 g4 32.¥h4 ¦c8 bishop and some chances for play on
33.¤a2 the queenside.
[ ¹33.¢a1!?µ ] [ 12...c5 13.¢f1 a5 ( 13...¤g6
33...a5-+ 34.g3 14.¤c4 f6 15.¢e2 ¥e7 16.¦g1 ¢f7
[ 34.¦d1-+ ] 17.a4 b6 18.¦g3 ¤f8 19.f4 exf4
34...¤a4+ 35.¢a1 b5 20.¥xf4 ¤e6 21.¥e3 b5 22.¤a5
[ 35...¤xc3?! 36.¤xc3 ¦xc3 1-0 Zhang Zhong-Iuldachev,S/Jodhpur
37.¢b2µ ] 2003/ (51) ) 14.a4 ¤c6 15.c3 f6
36.¦h2 ¥c4 37.¦d2 16.¢e2 b6 17.¦g1 ¢f7 18.¤c4
[ 37.¤c1 ¤xc3 38.¦h1 ¤a4-+ ] ¦ad8 19.¦g2 h4 20.¦ag1 g5 21.¦d1
37...¢e6 38.¥d8 ½-½ De la Villa Garcia,J-Delchev,A/La
[ 38.¤c1 ¤xc3 39.¦c2 b4-+ ] Roda 2004/ (30) ]
38...¥xa2 39.¢xa2 ¤xc3+ 40.¢b3 [ 12...¢d7 13.b4 ¤g6 14.¢f1 ¤f8
[ 40.¢b2 ¤d5 41.¥xa5 ¤xe3 15.c3 ¤e6 16.¢e2 ¦hf8 17.d4 f5
42.¢a2-+ ] 18.d5 cxd5 19.exd5 ¤d8 20.¦g1 ¦f7
40...a4+ 41.¢b2 ¤d5 42.¥g5 ¤xe3 21.¤c4 b5 22.¤a5 1-0 Kobalija,M-
43.¦h2 ¤c4+ 44.¢c3 Kazhgaleyev,M/playchess.com INT
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2004/ (41) ] Black is losing patience, he have


[ 12...¤g6 13.b4 f6 14.a4 ( 14.¢f1 probably missed 32.f4! by white. The
¤f8 15.¤c4 ¤e6 16.a4 ¢e7 17.¤a5 inferior position had to be defended
¤d8 18.c3 b6 19.¤c4 ¤e6 20.d4 passively.
¦hd8 21.¢e2 ¢f7 ½-½ Rozentalis,E- [ 30...¢e7 31.¦a3 ¢f7² ]
Relange,E/Belfort 1997/ (80) ) 14...¢f7 31.bxa5 ¦xa5 32.f4! ¥xf4
15.¢f1 ¤f8 16.¢e2 ¤e6 17.c3 [ 32...¤xf4+ 33.¥xf4 ¥xf4 34.¦xg7
¦hd8 18.¤c4 b6 19.¢d2 ¥e7 b4 35.¦dd7 ¦a2+ 36.¢f3 ¥h2
20.¢c2 ¦d7 21.¦d1 ¦ad8 37.e5+- ]
0-1 Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Madrid 1997/ 33.¦g6 ¢f7
(82) ] [ 33...¥xe3 34.¦xe6+ ¢f7 35.¦xc6
13.b4 a5 14.a3 ¥f4 36.¦f3 g5 37.¦xc7++- ]
[ 14.bxa5? f4 ] 34.¦xe6 ¢xe6 35.¥xf4 ¦a4 36.¢f3
14...0-0 ¦c4 37.¥e3 b4 38.¦d4 ¦xd4
[ 14...axb4 15.axb4 ¦xa1 16.¦xa1 [ 38...¦xc5 39.¦xb4 ¦c2 40.h4+- ]
¢f7 17.¤c4ƒ ] 39.¥xd4 g5 40.¢e3
15.¤c4 axb4 16.axb4 b5 17.¤a5 1-0
[ 17.¤xd6!? cxd6 18.¦a5 f4
( 18...¦ab8 19.¥g5 ¢f7 20.f4² )
19.¥b6 ¢f7 20.¦ba1 ¦ac8= ] B92
17...¦a6 18.c4 ¤g6 19.¢f1 ¦fa8 Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro 2542
[ 19...f4 20.¥d2 ¦d8 21.¤b7 ¦da8 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2652
22.¦a5 ¥e7 23.¦c1² ] FIDE-Wch k.o. (1.3) 20.06.2004
20.¥d2 fxe4?! Adams doesn't feel the [Ftacnik,L]
danger of simply keeping the balance.
The exchange of "f" pawns significantly 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
improves white's structure. ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e7
[ 20...¥e7 21.¦c1 ¤h4 22.¢e2 bxc4 8.0-0 0-0 9.¢h1 ¤c6 10.a4 ¥e6
23.¦xc4 ¢f7 24.¥c3 c5 25.b5 ¦6a7 11.f4 exf4 12.¥xf4 d5 13.exd5 ¤xd5
26.¦ca4÷ ] 14.¤xd5 £xd5 Diagram
21.fxe4 ¥e7 22.c5 ¥f6 23.¦d1 ¢f7
24.¢e2 ¢e8 (Diagram)
[ 24...¢e6 25.¥e3² ]
25.¦a3 ¤f8 26.d4!? 15.¥f3
[ 26.¥e3 ¤e6 27.¢f3 g5= ] [ 15.£xd5 ¥xd5 16.¦ad1 ¤b4
26...¤e6 ( 16...¥e4 17.¦d7 ¥xc2 18.¦xb7
[ 26...exd4!? 27.f4 g6 28.¦g1 ¢f7 ¥xb3 19.¦xb3 ¤d4 20.¦b7 ¤xe2
29.¦d3 ¤e6 30.¦dg3 ¤f8= ] 21.¦xe7 ¤xf4 22.¦xf4 ¦ae8 23.¦fe4
27.dxe5 ¥xe5 28.¥e3 ¥b2 ¦xe7 24.¦xe7 ¦b8 25.¦a7 g6
[ 28...g5 29.¦ad3 ¤f4+ 30.¥xf4 ¥xf4 26.¦xa6 ½-½ Gonzalez,R-Rodriguez
31.¢f3² ] Cespedes,A/Cienfuegos 1996/ (26) )
29.¦ad3 ¥e5 30.¦g1 ¦xa5?! 17.¤d4 ¦fe8 18.c3 ¤c6 19.¤f5 ¥b3
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XABCDEFGHY avoid bigger problems.


[ 25.¥d6 ¤xb2 26.¤c5 b5 27.axb5
8r+ + trk+( axb5µ ]
7+p+ vlpzpp' 25...a5 26.c4
[ 26.¢g1 b5! 27.¢f1 bxa4 28.¢e2
6p+n+l+ +& ¤xb2 29.¤xa5 a3-+ ]
5+ +q+ + % 26...¤e5?!
[ 26...f5 27.g3 g5 28.¢g2 ¢f7³ ]
4P+ + vL +$ [ 26...b6 27.h3 h6 28.¢g1 ¥f6
3+N+ + + # 29.¥e3 ¤xb2 30.¥xb6 ¤xc4
31.¥xa5³ ]
2 zPP+L+PzP" 27.c5? Antipositional and wrong
1tR +Q+R+K![ especially in the light of much better
saving idea 27.¤c5!
xabcdefghy [ 27.¤c5! b6 ( 27...¤xc4 28.¤xb7
20.¦d7 ¥g5 21.¥xg5 ¦xe2 22.¦xb7 ¥c7 29.b3 ¤e5 30.g3 f6 31.¢g2= )
¥xa4 23.¤d6 f6 24.¥h4 ¤e5 25.¤f5 28.¤b7 ( 28.¥f4 ¤xc4 29.b3 bxc5
1-0 Fishbein,A-Byrne,R/New York 30.bxc4 f5 31.¥e3 ¥b6 32.g3 ¢f7
1985/ (49) ] 33.¢g2 ¢e6 34.¢f3 ¢e5 35.h4µ )
15...£c4 16.¥e2 £d5 17.£xd5 ¥xd5 28...¥e7 29.b3 ¤d3 30.¥e3 ¤c5
18.¦ad1 ¥e4!N Black has no opening 31.¤xc5 ¥xc5 32.¥f4= ]
problems after this logical move. 27...f6 28.¥d2 ¤c6 29.¢g1 ¢f7
[ 18...¦ad8 19.¥c7 ¦c8 20.¦xd5 30.¢f2 ¢e6 31.¢e3 ¢d5 32.¢d3 f5
¦xc7 21.¦fd1 ¦d8 22.c3 g6 23.¢g1 33.¥c3 g6
¢g7 24.¢f2 ¦xd5 25.¦xd5 ¤d8 [ 33...g5 34.¥d2 f4 35.¥c3 h5³ ]
26.g3 ½-½ Van der Wiel,J-De Boer,G/ 34.¥d2 ¤e5+ 35.¢e2 ¤c4 36.¥c3
Hilversum 1990/ (26) ] ¥c7 37.h3 ¢e4 38.¤d4
19.¥d3 [ 38.¢f1 ¥e5 39.¤xa5 ¤xa5
[ 19.¦d7! ¥xc2 20.¦xb7 ¥xb3 40.¥xa5 ¥xb2 41.¥b6 ¢d5 42.¢e2
21.¦xb3 ¤d4 22.¦e3 ¤xe2 23.¦xe2 ¥d4-+ ]
¥b4 24.¦e4 a5= ] 38...¥e5 39.¤e6 After this meek move
19...¥xd3 20.¦xd3 ¦ad8 21.¦fd1 Ramirez is lost. The last chance to put
[ 21.¦e3 ¦d7 22.¦fe1 ¦fd8 23.c3 g5 up serious resistance was connected
24.¥g3 f5= ] with the move 39.c6!
21...¤b4! 22.¦xd8 [ 39.¤b3 ¥xc3 40.bxc3 f4 41.h4
[ 22.¦3d2 ¤xc2 23.¦c1 ¤b4 24.¦c7 h6µ ]
¥f6 25.¦xb7 ¤d3 26.g3 ¦fe8³ ] [ 39.c6! bxc6 ( 39...¥xd4 40.¥xd4
22...¦xd8 23.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 24.c3 bxc6 41.¥c3 f4 42.b3 ¤e3 43.¥xa5
[ 24.¤d4 ¥f6 25.¥e3 ¥xd4 26.¥xd4 ¤xg2 44.¥d2³ ) 40.¤xc6 ¥xc3
¤xc2 27.¥b6 f5µ ] 41.bxc3 f4 42.¤d4 ¤e3 43.¢f2
24...¤d3 25.¥c1 White is already worse ¤d1+ 44.¢e1 ¤xc3 45.¤c6 ¤xa4
and will have to play very carefully to 46.¤xa5 ¤b6µ ]
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39...¥xc3 40.bxc3 ¢d5! [ 13...dxc4!? 14.£xc4 £c8 15.£xc8


[ 40...¤b2 41.¤d8 ¤xa4 42.¤xb7 ¦xc8² ]
¢d5 43.¢d2 ¤xc5 44.¤xa5³ ] 14.¤f5± d4 15.£e4 ¤d7 16.¥xd4! g6
41.¤d8 ¢xc5 42.¤xb7+ ¢b6 43.¤d8 [ 16...exd4 17.£xe7 Deflection
¤b2 44.¤e6 ¤xa4 45.¢d2 ¤c5 Pinning ]
46.¤f8 17.¤xe7+ £xe7 18.¦fd1 ¦fe8 19.¥c3
[ 46.¤d4 a4 47.¢c2 ¤e4-+ ] ¤c5 20.£f3 ¤a4 21.¦d5 e4 22.£e3
46...¤e4+ 47.¢d3 ¤f6 White has no ¤xc3 23.£xc3 Diagram
counterplay, the game is over. 48.¢c4 [ 23.bxc3?! £a3² ]
g5 49.¤e6 h6 50.¢d4
[ 50.¢b3 f4 51.¢c4 ¤e4 52.¤d4 XABCDEFGHY
¤d2+ 53.¢d3 ¤f1-+ ]
50...¤d7 8r+ +r+k+({
[ 50...a4 51.¢c4 f4 52.¢b4 ¤d5+ 7zp + wqp+p'
53.¢xa4 ¤xc3+ ( 53...¤e3 54.h4
¤xg2 55.hxg5 f3 56.gxh6 f2 57.h7 6 zp + +p+&
f1£ 58.h8£ £c4+ 59.¢a3= ) 54.¢b3 5+ +R+ + %
¤d5 55.¢b2 ¤e3 56.h4 gxh4
57.¤xf4 ¤xg2 58.¤h3 ¢c5µ ] 4 +P+p+ +$
51.g3 a4 52.c4 3+ wQ + zP #
[ 52.¢c4 a3 53.¢b3 ¤c5+ 54.¤xc5
¢xc5 55.¢xa3 f4-+ ] 2PzP +PzPKzP"
52...a3 53.¢c3 ¤c5 54.¤d4 ¤e4+ 1+ tR + + !
55.¢b4
[ 55.¢b3 ¤xg3-+ ]
xabcdefghy
55...a2 56.¤b3 f4 23...¦ad8 24.¦cd1 ¦xd5 25.¦xd5
0-1 £e6
[ 25...£f8 26.£b3± ]
26.£d4+- h5 27.h3 £c6 28.b3
E18 [ 28.e3 £a4 29.a3 £c2+- ]
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2652 28...£e6
Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan 2558 [ 28...e3 29.f3+- ]
FIDE-Wch k.o. (2.1) 21.06.2004 29.¦d6
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] [ ¹29.e3!? £e7+- ]
29...£f5 30.¦d5 £e6 31.¦d6
E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 [ 31.e3!? ¢h7+- ]
g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3) 31...£f5 32.£d5
1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3 [ 32.a4 £e5+- ]
¥b7 5.¥g2 ¥e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 ¤e4 32...£xd5± 33.¦xd5 ¦e7 34.g4 hxg4
8.¥d2 c5 9.¦c1 cxd4 10.¤xd4 ¤xc3 35.hxg4 f6 36.g5 ¢f7 37.gxf6 ¢xf6
11.¥xc3 ¥xg2 12.¢xg2 d5 13.£d3 38.¢g3 ¦e6
e5 [ 38...g5 39.¢g4 e3 40.f3± ]
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39.¢f4+- e3 [ 28...¥xa2 29.¦a1 £xd4 30.£xd4


[ 39...¦e7 40.b4+- ] exd4 31.¦xa2² ]
40.f3 ¦e7 41.¦d6+ ¢f7 42.¦d4 ¢f6 29.£xa2 ¥xa2 30.dxe5 dxe5 Diagram
43.¦e4 ¦d7 44.¢xe3 ¦d1 45.¦d4 XABCDEFGHY
¦a1 46.c5! ¦xa2
[ 46...bxc5 47.¦a4 Combination ] 8 + + + +(
[ …46...-- 47.cxb6 NOTEXT axb6 7+ + +rmkp'
48.a4 Combination ]
47.cxb6 axb6 48.¦d6+ ¢f5 49.¦xb6 6 +p+ +p+&
[ 49.f4 ¦a1+- ] 5+ + zp + %
49...¦b2
[ 49...g5!?± ] 4 + +p+ +$
50.¦b5++- ¢e6 51.f4 3+ + + zP #
1-0
2l+ +PzP zP"
1+ +R+LmK ![
E63
Grabarczyk,Miroslaw 2470
xabcdefghy
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2650 31.e3 ¥d5 32.¦c1 ¢f6 33.h4 ¢e6
BL2-West 0405 (4.1) 12.12.2004 34.¥e2 ¢d6 35.¦d1 ¦b7 36.¢f1 ¦b2
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] 37.¢e1 ¢c5 38.g4 h6 39.g5 hxg5
40.hxg5 ¢b4 41.¥a6??
E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno [ ¹41.¥g4³ ]
Variation with 7...a6 41...¥b3-+ 42.¦d6 ¦b1+ 43.¢e2 ¦a1
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 44.¥b7??
0-0 5.¤c3 d6 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.0-0 a6 [ ¹44.¥c8³ ]
8.¥f4 ¦b8 9.¦c1 ¥d7 10.£d2 b5 44...¥c4+-+ 45.¢d2 ¦a2+ 46.¢e1
11.¤d5 ¤e4 12.£e3 f5 13.¥h6 ¢c3 47.¥xc6
[ 13.cxb5 axb5 14.¦fd1 e6= ] [ 47.¥c8 ¦e2+ 48.¢d1 ¦xf2
13...bxc4 14.¥xg7 ¢xg7 15.¦xc4 ¥e6 49.¦f6-+ ]
16.¦xc6 ¥xd5 17.¦xa6 ¦xb2 18.¤g5 47...¦e2+ 48.¢d1 ¦xf2 49.¦f6 ¦g2
£c8 19.¦a3 £b7 20.¤xe4 fxe4 50.¢e1 ¦xg5
21.¦c1 £b5 22.¥f1 [ 50...¦xg5 51.¢f2 ¦f5+ 52.¢g3 ¦xf6
[ 22.¦xc7?? ¦xe2 23.¦xe7+ ¢f6-+ ] 53.¥xe4 ¢d2-+ ]
[ 22.¥xe4?? ¦xe2 23.¦b3 ¥xb3-+ 0-1
( 23...¦xe3?! 24.¦xb5 ¦xe4
25.¦xd5µ )]
22...c6 23.¦a7 ¦f7 24.£c3 £b8
25.¦a8 £b7 26.¦a7 £xa7 27.£xb2
e5
[ 27...¥xa2? 28.¦a1+- ]
28.¦d1 £xa2
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B30 29.¦xe5 ¦a8 30.¦e4 ¤e6 31.¤c4


Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2650 ¢e7
Shirov,Alexei 2726 [ 31...¤xc5? 32.¤b6+ ¢d6 33.¦d4+
Calvia ol (Men) (13) 28.10.2004 ( 33.¤xa8?! ¤xe4 34.¤b6 ¤c5³ )
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] 33...¢e5 34.¦c4+- ( 34.¤xa8?!
¢xd4 35.¤c7 ¤d3³ )]
B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without 32.b4 ¦d8 33.¤e5 ¦c8 34.¢f2 a5
...g6 35.¤d3 ¢f6
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.0-0 [ 35...¦f8+ 36.¢e3 axb4 37.¤f4 ¦xf4
¤ge7 5.c3 a6 6.¥e2 d5 7.exd5 38.¦xf4 ¤xf4 39.¢xf4± ]
¤xd5 8.d4 ¥e7 9.dxc5 0-0 10.¤d4 36.bxa5 ¦a8 37.¦a4 ¤c7 38.¢e3
[ 10.c4 ¤f6² ] ¢e6
10...¥xc5 11.¤xc6 bxc6 12.¤d2 e5 [ 38...g6 39.¢d4 ¤a6 40.¦a3+- ]
13.¤b3 ¥a7 39.a6! ¤b5
[ 13...¥e7 14.£c2= ] [ 39...¦xa6 40.¦xa6 ¤xa6 41.¢d4
14.c4 ¤e7 15.£xd8 ¦xd8 Diagram Combination ]
XABCDEFGHY [ 39...¤xa6 40.¤b4 Decoy ]
40.¦e4+ ¢d5?
8r+ltr +k+( [ 40...¢f6 41.¦f4+ ¢e6+- ]
7vl + snpzpp' 41.a4
[ 41.a4 ¤c7 42.¦d4+ ¢e6 43.¦d6+
6p+p+ + +& ¢f5 44.¦xc6 ¤xa6 45.a5+- ]
5+ + zp + % 1-0
4 +P+ + +$
3+N+ + + # C88
Adams,Michael 2741
2PzP +LzPPzP" Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2678
1tR vL +RmK ![ Linares 22nd (10) 05.03.2005
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
xabcdefghy
16.¥e3 ¢f8 C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall
[ 16...¤f5 17.¦ad1 ¥d4 18.¥d2² ] Systems
17.¦fd1 ¦xd1+ 18.¦xd1 ¢e8 19.¥xa7 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4
¦xa7 20.¤c5 ¤f5 21.¥g4 ¢e7 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0
22.¦e1 ¢d6 23.¤e4+ ¢c7 24.c5 f6 8.h3 ¥b7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 ¤a5 11.¥a2
[ 24...¤e7 25.¥xc8 ¤xc8 26.¤g5² ] c5 12.¤bd2 ¤c6 13.¤f1 ¥c8 14.c3
25.f4!± ¤d4 ¥e6 15.¥xe6 fxe6 16.b4 ¤h5
[ 25...exf4 26.¤d6 Combination ] 17.¤1h2 ¤f4
26.¥xc8 ¢xc8 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.¤d6+ [ 17...¦c8 18.¥e3= ]
¢d7 18.¥xf4² ¦xf4 19.£b3 £d7 20.a4
[ 28...¢d8 29.¦xe5 ¤b5 30.¤c4± ] bxa4 21.¦xa4
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[ 21.£xa4 cxb4 22.cxb4 ¦ff8² ] XABCDEFGHY


21...cxb4= 22.cxb4 ¦b8 23.¦ea1 ¦b7
24.¦xa6 ¤xb4 8 + +qvlk+(
[ 24...¦xb4?? 25.£c3 ¦f8 7+ + + zp '
26.£xc6+- ]
25.¦a8+ ¦f8 26.¦xf8+ ¥xf8 27.¦b1 6 + + + zp&
¦b8 28.£c4 d5 5+ + sN + %
[ 28...¤c6 29.¦xb8 ¤xb8 30.¤g4= ]
29.£c3 4 + wQ + +$
[ ‹29.¤xe5 3+ + + +P#
A) ‹29...dxc4 30.¤xd7 ¦c8
31.dxc4 ( ‹31.¤xf8 c3 32.¤xe6 2 + + zPP+"
c2³ ) 31...¦xc4 32.¦a1² ; 1+ + + mK ![
B) 29...£d6 30.exd5 £xe5 31.dxe6
¥d6³ ]
xabcdefghy
29...¦c8 30.£b3 ¦c2
[ 30...¤c6 31.¤g4² ]
31.¤g4 E09
[ 31.¤xe5 £c8± ] Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2670
31...£a7 Richter,Michael 2407
[ 31...£c8 32.¤gxe5 ¦c3 33.£d1 Bundesliga 0506 (8.1) 28.01.2006
¤xd3 34.exd5 ¤xe5 35.¤xe5² ] [Ribli]
32.exd5 exd5 33.¤e3 ¦e2 34.d4
exd4 35.¤xd5 ¤xd5 36.£xd5+ £f7 1.¤f3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 ¤f6 4.¥g2
37.£xd4 h6 38.¦b8 ¦e8 39.¤e5 £e6 ¥e7 5.0-0 ¤bd7 6.c4 c6 7.£c2 0-0
40.¦xe8 £xe8 Diagram 8.¤bd2 Diese Variante wird selten
gespielt; die Alternative 9.b3 b6 10.¦d1
(Diagram) ist populärer und im Falle von 10...¥b7
kann Weiß seinen Springer nach c3
41.£d5+ ¢h7 42.g3 g6 43.¢g2 ¥g7 entwickeln. b6 9.e4 Das ist die
44.¤d3 h5 45.¤f4 ¥f6 46.¤e6 £e7 Hauptidee der Variante 8.¤bd2 - Weiß
47.h4 £e8 48.¢h2 £e7 49.¢h3 ¢g8 möchte schnell e4 spielen. ¥b7 10.e5
50.f4 £f7 51.f5 ¥e7 52.¤f4 gxf5 ¤e8 11.cxd5 cxd5
53.£d1 ¢h7 54.¤xh5 ¥f8 55.¤f4 [ 11...exd5 wäre die andere
¥h6 56.¤d5 £e6 57.£d3 ¢g7 Möglichkeit und Schwarz kann den
58.¢g2 £e5 59.¢f3 £e6 60.¢g2 Springer über c7 nach e6 überführen. ]
£e5 61.£c4 ¥d2 62.£d3 12.¦e1 Ein nützlicher, weil
½-½ prophylaktischer Zug, nun kann Weiß
¤f1 oder ¥f1 spielen. ¦c8 13.£d1
Die Alternative 13.£a4 ist ebenfalls
spielbar.
[ 13.£a4 a5 ( 13...¥c6 14.£b3 b5
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15.¥f1 £b6 16.¥d3 b4 17.¤f1 h6 18...¥a6 Schwarz möchte seine


18.¥b1 ¥b5 19.¤e3 f5 20.¤g2 ¦f7 Läuferstellung verbessern, aber nach
21.h4 ¤f8 22.¥e3 a5 23.£d1 dem Textzug bleibt der c7¤ passiv.
1-0 Kozul,Z-Kovacevic,B/Vukovar 2005/ Nach meiner Meinung ist die
(70) ) 14.¥f1 ¥c6 15.£d1 ¤c7 Fortsetzung von Reshevsky 18...¤a6 die
16.¥d3 ¥b5 17.¥b1 ¦e8 18.h4 ¤f8= beste Wahl für Schwarz.
½-½ Stefanova,A-Pelletier,Y/Athens [ 18...¤a6 19.a3 ¤ab8!? 20.¥f1 ¥a6
GRE 2005/CBM 107/[Ribli Zoltan] 21.¥xa6 ¤xa6 22.¦xc8 ¦xc8 23.¦c1
(41) ] ¦xc1+ 24.¥xc1 ¤ab8 ½-½ Addison,
13...£c7 14.¤f1 £c2 15.£xc2 ¦xc2 W-Reshevsky,S/Maribor 1967/EXT 99
Diagram (42) ]
XABCDEFGHY 19.h4 b5?!
[ 19...¥d3?! 20.¦c3 ¥e4 21.¦ec1
8 + +ntrk+( ¥d8 22.¤g5± ]
7zpl+nvlpzpp' [ 19...¤a8!? ]
20.¥f1!² ¤b6
6 zp +p+ +& [ 20...b4? 21.¦xc7+- ]
5+ +pzP + % 21.b3 Weiß muss 21...¤c4 verhindern.
¥a3 22.¦c2 ¤ca8 23.¥d3 ¦c7
4 + zP + +$ [ 23...¦xc2 24.¤xc2 ¥e7 25.¥b4± ]
3+ + +NzP # 24.¦xc7 ¤xc7 25.¤c2! ¥e7 26.¤b4
[ 26.¥b4 ¥xb4 27.¤xb4 ¥b7 28.¦c1
2PzPr+ zPLzP" ¦c8 29.¤c6 ¥xc6 30.¦xc6± ]
1tR vL tRNmK ![ 26...¥b7
[ 26...¥xb4 27.¥xb4± ]
xabcdefghy 27.¦c1 Stufenweise verbessert Weiß
16.¤e3 ¦c8 17.¥d2 seine Stellung, er dominiert am
[ 17.¥f1 ¤c7 18.¥d3 ¥a6 19.¥c2 Damenflügel. ¦c8 28.¤c6 ¥xc6
¤b8 20.a3 ¤b5 21.¥d2 ¤c6 22.¥c3 29.¦xc6 b4 30.¤e1± Der Springer zielt
¤xc3 23.bxc3 ¤a5 . ½-½ Lukov,V- auf das Feld c2, der schwarze Bauer auf
Dizdar,G/Montpellier 1997/CBM 107/ b4 angegriffen ist. Das weiße Läuferpaar
[Ribli Zoltan] (27) ] ist stark.
17...¤c7 18.¦ac1 Weiß besitzt [ 30.¤g5 h6 31.¤h3² ]
Raumvorteil im Zentrum, aber Schwarz 30...¤ca8 31.¦xc8+ ¤xc8 32.¥a6
hat keine Schwächen. Diese Stellung ¤cb6
erinnert mich ein wenig an die [ 32...¤ab6 33.¤d3 ]
Französische Verteidigung. 33.¤c2 ¤c7 34.¥xb4!
[ 18.¥h3 ¤a6 19.¦ec1 ¦xc1+ [ 34.¥d3? a5² ]
20.¦xc1 ¦c8 21.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 22.¤e1 34...¥xh4 Auf diese Weise gewinnt
¤c7 23.f4 ¤b8 24.¢f2 ¤c6 Schwarz den Bauern zurück.
25.¤3c2 ¥a6 0-1 Kozul,Z-Dizdar,G/ [ 34...¥xb4 35.¤xb4+- ]
Sarajevo 1988/CBM 08 (61) ] [ 34...¤xa6 35.¥xe7+- ]
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35.¥d3 Mit Läuferpaar und 18...¦b8= 19.¤b3 c5 20.£a7 ¤d7


Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel hat 21.¤a5 ¥d4 22.¤e2 ¥e5 23.g3 ¥c7
Weiß Positionsvorteil, hingegen Schwarz 24.¤xb7 ¦a8 25.£xa8 ¦xa8 26.¥h3
keine Möglichkeiten auf Ausgleich. ¥d8 c4
36.f4 f5 37.¥d6 ¤d7 [ 26...¤df8 27.¦d1= ]
[ 37...¤e8 38.¥c5 ] 27.¥xe6= fxe6 28.¦d1 ¤e5 29.f4
38.¢f2 ¢f7 ¤d3 30.¤c1 Diagram
[ 38...¤e8 39.¥c5 ( 39.¥b5 ¤xd6 XABCDEFGHY
40.¥xd7 ¤e4+= )]
39.¢e3 h5 40.¥e2 g6 41.¤e1! ¤e8 8r+ + +k+({
42.¥b4 ¤b8 43.¤f3 Die schwarze 7+Nvl + +p'
Stellung ist gefesselt, Weiß dominiert
das Spielgeschehen. ¤c6 44.¥c5 ¥e7 6p+ +p+p+&
45.¥b5+- ¥xc5 5+p+ + + %
[ 45...¤b4 46.¥xb4 ¥xb4 47.¤g5+
¢e7 48.¥xe8 ¢xe8 49.¤xe6+- ] 4 +p+PzP +$
[ 45...¥xc5 46.¤g5+ ( 46.dxc5 ¤d8 3+ +n+ zP #
47.b4+- ) 46...¢e7 47.¥xc6+- ]
46.¤g5+ 2PzP + + zP"
[ 46.¤g5+ ¢e7 47.¥xc6 ¥a3 1+KsNR+ + !
48.¥xe8 ¢xe8 49.¤xe6+- ]
1-0
xabcdefghy
¤f2
[ 30...¤xc1 31.¢xc1 e5 32.f5= ]
E86 31.¦d7 ¥b6 32.¦d6 ¥e3 33.¦xe6 ¦a7
Riazantsev,Alexander 2593 34.¤d6 ¦d7 35.e5 ¥c5 36.¤e2 ¥xd6
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2673 37.¦xd6 ¦xd6 38.exd6 ¢f7 39.¤d4
RUS-chT 13th (5) 24.04.2006 ¤e4
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] [ 39...¤g4 40.¢c2 ¤xh2 41.¢c3= ]
40.d7
E86: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...e5 7 [ 40.¢c2 ¤xd6 41.¢c3 ¤e4+
Nge2 c6 42.¢b4 ¢e7² ]
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 40...¢e7= 41.¤e6 ¢xd7 42.¤f8+ ¢e7
d6 5.f3 e5 6.¤ge2 0-0 7.¥e3 c6 43.¤xh7 ¤d2+ 44.¢c2 ¤f1 45.¤g5
8.£d2 ¤bd7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.c5 exd4 ½-½
11.¥xd4 dxc5 12.¥xc5 ¦e8 13.¢b1
b5 14.¤c1
[ 14.¥d6 ¥b7= ]
14...¥b7 15.£c2 ¤xc5
[ 15...£c7!? 16.¥d6 £b6= ]
16.¦xd8² ¦axd8 17.£f2 ¤e6 18.£b6
[ 18.¤b3 ¥f8² ]
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C99 XABCDEFGHY
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2672
Galdunts,Sergey 2502 8 + vl +k+(
Mainz Ordix op 13th rapid (4) 19.08.2006 7+ +n+pzpp'
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
6 + zp + +&
C99: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin 5+ +Pzp + %
Defence: 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 cxd4
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 4p+r+P+ +$
¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 3zPN+ vL +P#
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.¥c2 c5 11.d4
£c7 12.¤bd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 ¤c6 2 + + zPP+"
14.¤b3 a5 15.¥e3 a4 16.¤bd2 ¥e6 1+R+ + mK ![
17.a3 ¦fc8 18.¥d3 ¥d7 19.¦c1 £b7
Black prepares the advance b4 20.£e2
xabcdefghy
b4 21.d5 ¤a5 22.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 ¢f7 45.¢g2 ¢e6 46.¢f3 ¥f8
[ 22...¦xc8? 23.¥a6 £b8 24.¥xc8 [ ¹46...¦d3!?± ]
¥xc8 25.axb4 £xb4 26.¦c1+- ] 47.¦a6++- ¥d6
23.¥b5 ¥d7 24.¥xd7 ¤xd7 25.¤c4 [ 47...¢f7 48.¤g5+ ¢g7 49.¢e4+- ]
[ 25.¦c1 bxa3 26.bxa3 ¤b3 27.¤xb3 48.h4
axb3= ] [ 48.¤xd6?! ¦xd6 49.¦xd6+ ¢xd6± ]
25...¤b3= 26.¤fd2 bxa3 27.bxa3 £a6 [ 48.¦xd6+?! ¦xd6 49.¤xd6 ¢xd6± ]
28.£f1 ¦c8 29.¦b1 ¥d8 48...¢e7
[ 29...¤dc5!?= ] [ 48...¤b8 49.¦xd6+ ( 49.¤xd6?!
30.¤xb3² £xc4 ¤xa6 50.¤e4 ¦a5³ ) 49...¦xd6
[ 30...¦xc4?? 31.¤d2 ¦c6 32.dxc6 50.¤xd6 ¢xd6 51.¢g4+- ]
£xc6 33.£c4 £xc4 34.¤xc4+- ] 49.¥g5+
[ 30...axb3 31.¤d2 £xa3 32.£b5± ] [ 49.¢e2!? ¥b4 50.¦xg6 ¢f7+- ]
31.£xc4 ¦xc4 Diagram 49...¢e6 50.¢g4
[ 50.¤xd6?! ¦xd6 51.¦xd6+ ¢xd6+- ]
(Diagram) [ 50.¦xd6+?! ¦xd6 51.¤xd6 ¢xd6+- ]
50...¦d4 51.f3
32.¤d2 ¦c3 33.¦b7 ¤f8 34.¦a7 [ 51.¦xd6+ ¦xd6 52.¤xd6 ¢xd6+- ]
¦xa3 35.¤c4 ¦a1+ 36.¢h2 f5? 51...¦d3
[ 36...a3 37.¤xa3 ¥e7 38.¦xe7 ¦xa3 [ 51...¤b8 52.¦b6 ¤d7 53.¦xd6+
39.¦c7± ] ¦xd6 54.¤xd6 ¢xd6+- ]
37.exf5 52.¥c1
[ ¹37.¤xd6!? f4 38.¥c5+- ] [ ¹52.¥d8 ¦d4 53.¥c7 ¦c4 54.¥xd6
37...¦d1± 38.¦a8 ¥f6 ¤f6+ 55.¢g5 ¤xe4+ 56.fxe4 ¦xe4
[ 38...¥e7 39.¥d2 ¢f7 40.¦a7± ] 57.¥xe5+ ¢d5+- ]
39.¤xd6 ¦xd5 40.¤e4 ¥e7 41.¦xa4 52...¤b8??
¤d7 42.¦a7 g6 43.fxg6 hxg6 44.g3 [ ¹52...¤f6+ 53.¤xf6 ¢xf6² ]
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53.¤c5++- XABCDEFGHY
[ 53.¤xd6?! ¤xa6 54.¤e4 ¢f7= ]
[ 53.¦xd6+ ¦xd6 54.¤xd6 ¢xd6+- ] 8 +r+ vlk+({
53...¢d5 7+ +q+pzpp'
1-0
6 +r+p+ +&
5+p+L+ vL %
D37
Tregubov,Pavel V 2556 4p+ zP + zP$
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2670 3+ + +QzP #
Corsica Masters rap 10th rapid (1.3)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] 2PzP + zP +"
1+ tR tR mK !
D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4
1.d4 d5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.c4 e6 4.¤c3
xabcdefghy
¥e7 5.¥f4 0-0 6.e3 ¤bd7 7.¥e2 45...d4 46.¢d2 d3 47.¢e1 ¢e5
dxc4 8.¥xc4 c5 9.0-0 ¤b6 10.¥b3 0-1
cxd4 11.exd4
[ 11.¤xd4 a5² ]
11...¥d7 12.¤e5 ¦c8 13.£f3 ¥c6 E32
14.¤xc6 ¦xc6 15.¦ad1 ¤bd5 16.¥e5 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2672
£a5 17.¤xd5 ¤xd5 18.h3 ¦fc8 Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan 2581
19.¦fe1 ¥f8 20.h4 £d8 21.g3 b5 Asia Classical 15th (8) 13.12.2006
22.¥f4 a5 23.¥g5 £d7 24.¦c1 [Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
[ 24.¦e5 ¦d6= ]
24...a4 25.¥xd5 Diagram E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...
0-0
(Diagram) 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2
0-0 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.£xc3 b6 7.¥g5
¦xc1 26.¦xc1 ¦xc1+ 27.¥xc1 £xd5 ¥b7 8.f3 h6 9.¥h4 d5 10.e3 ¤bd7
28.£xd5 exd5 29.b3 h5 30.¢g2 ¢h7 11.cxd5 ¤xd5 12.¥xd8 ¤xc3 13.¥h4
31.¢f3 ¢g6 32.¥f4 ¢f5 33.¥c7 ¥a3 ¤d5 14.¥f2 Diagram
34.¥e5 f6 35.¥c7 g5 36.¥d8 axb3
37.axb3 ¥b2 38.¥b6? (Diagram)
[ ¹38.¢e3= ]
38...¥c1µ 39.¥c5?? f5 15.¥b5 c6 16.¥d3 c5 17.¤e2
[ 39.¥d8 g4+ 40.¢e2-+ ] ¦ad8
39...g4+-+ 40.¢e2 ¢e4 41.¥e7 f5 [ 17...¦ac8 18.¦b1= ]
42.¥f6 ¥b2 43.¥d8 ¥xd4 44.¥e7 18.0-0 e5 19.¦ad1 ¤e7 20.¤c3 ¢h8
¥b6 45.¥g5 21.¦fe1 a6 22.¥c2 g5
[ 45.b4-+ ] [ 22...¦fe8!?± ]
23.dxc5+- ¤xc5 24.b4 ¤e6 25.¥b3
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XABCDEFGHY exd4 13.¤xd4 0-0 14.¤c3 b4


15.¤xc6 ¥xc6 16.¤d5 ¤xd5
8r+ + trk+({ 17.exd5 ¥b5 18.¦b1 ¦e8=
7zplzpn+pzp ' ½-½ Zhang Zhong-Xu Jun/Shanghai
Tan Chin Nam Cup 2001/ (49) ]
6 zp +p+ zp& [ 8...¥g4 is also playable with possible
5+ +n+ + % continuation 9.d3 e6 10.¤bd2 ¥e7
11.h3 ¥h5 12.¤f1 ¤d7 13.¤g3 ¥g6
4 + zP + +$ 14.d4 cxd4 15.¤xd4 ¤xd4 16.cxd4
3zP + zPP+ # 0-0 17.¤f5 ¦c8 18.¥d3 exf5 19.exf5
¥g5 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.¥xg5 £xg5
2 zP + vLPzP" 1-0 Akopian,V-Moiseenko,A/Wch KO
1tR + mKLsNR! Tripoli 2004/ (66) ]
9.a4 A logical play - White is trying to
xabcdefghy break before Black completes his
¥c8 26.¤a4 b5 27.¤b6 ¤g7 development. Yet, Black's position is
28.¤xc8 ¤xc8? quite solid. g6
[ ¹28...¦xc8 29.¦d6 ¦c6+- ] [ 9...e5 was still possible. ]
29.e4 fxe4 30.¥c5 exf3 31.¥xf8 ¦xf8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d4 cxd4
32.gxf3 ¤e7 33.¦xe5 ¤g6 [In the event of 11...¥g4 12.dxc5
[ 33...¤gf5 34.¦e6 ¤g8+- ] dxc5 13.£e2 £b6 14.¤a3 c4
34.¦d6 15.h3² ]
[ 34.¦d6 ¤f5 35.¦xg6+- ] 12.cxd4 ¥g4?! One more delay with
1-0 development.
[Better was 12...¥g7 ]
13.¤c3 b4
B51 [ 13...¥xf3 14.gxf3 b4 15.¥a4 bxc3
Adams,Michael 2731 16.d5ƒ ]
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2652 14.¤e2!? A very interesting move.The
FIDE-Wch k.o. (7.7) 13.07.2004 knight goes towards c6 and it's not easy
[Psakhis,L] to parry this positional threat!
[But apart from this move, Adams had
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 d6 4.0-0 another interesting continuation:
¥d7 5.¦e1 ¤f6 6.c3 a6 7.¥a4 b5 14.¤d5
8.¥c2 The Sicilian has quickly A) 14...¤xd5 15.exd5 ¤b8
transposed into a position of the Ruy 16.¥a4+ ¥d7 ( 16...¤d7 17.h3 )
Lopez type. ¦c8 I don't like this move, 17.£b3ƒ ;
Black is not developed enough to spend B) 14...¥g7 15.¥a4 ( 15.¥g5!? )
a tempo just for nothing 15...0-0 16.¥xc6 ¦xc6 17.£a4² ]
[After the more common move 8...e5 14...¥g7
White may play prophylactic 9.h3 g6 [To 14...d5 White has the highly
10.d4 ¥g7 11.¥e3 cxd4 12.cxd4 unpleasant 15.¤e5! ¤xe5 16.dxe5
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¤xe4 17.f3 ¦xc2 18.£xc2 £b6+ [Worth considering 31.f6!? exf6


19.¤d4 £xd4+ 20.¥e3 £c4 ( 31...¤e6 32.£d5 ) 32.£xf6 £xc6
21.¦a8++- ] 33.¥h6 ¤e6² ]
15.d5 ¥xf3 31...¤e8 32.e5
[After 15...¤e5 16.¤xe5 dxe5 [ 32.¦a1 £xc6 33.¦a7÷ ]
17.¥a4+ ¥d7 18.£d3 0-0 19.¥d2± ] 32...¦xc6 33.exd6 ¦xd6= 34.£e5
16.gxf3 ¤e5 17.¥a4+ White plays very £xe5 35.¦xe5 ¦d7 Diagram
aggressively, hoping, that this is the XABCDEFGHY
precisest way to punish black for his
opening strategy. ¤fd7 18.¤d4 0-0!? 8 + +n+k+(
19.f4 ¤c4 20.¤c6 ¦xc6! Best chance! 7+ +rzpp+p'
[ 20...£e8 is too passive ]
21.dxc6 6 + + +pvL&
[ 21.¥xc6 ¤xb2 22.£e2 ¤d3!? ] 5+ + tRP+ %
21...¤c5 22.£e2
[Stronger was 22.£c2 keeping control 4 + + + +$
over the b3 square ] 3+ + + + #
[ 22.e5!? ]
22...¤b6 23.¥b5 ¤b3 24.¦a6?! 2 zP + zP zP"
[ 24.¦a7 looks promising and after 1+ + + mK ![
¤d4 25.£d3 £c8 26.¦b7 the active
rook together with the passed pawn
xabcdefghy
promise clear advantage for White. The ending is absolutely equal but
…£g4+ 27.£g3+- ] Kasimdzhanov had a significant
24...¤d4 25.£d3 ¤a8!? advantage on the clock. 36.¦c5
[ 25...£b8 26.¥d2 ] [ ¹36.¦b5 ]
26.¦a4?! Facing such stubborn defense, 36...f6 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.¥e3 ¦b7
Adams loses his rate of attack. 39.¥d4 ¢f7³ 40.¢g2 ¤d6 41.¥c3 e5
[ ¹26.¦a7 ¤c7 27.¥a4 ] 42.¦a5 It seems that this natural move is
26...¤c7 27.¦xb4?! White is ready to innacurate.
give back the exchange. [ 42.¦c6!? ]
[Perhaps after ¹27.¥c4 ¤xc6 42...¤c4 43.¦a1 ¦b6
28.¦d1± ] [ 43...¤xb2? 44.¦b1 ]
27...£b8!? 44.b4 ¤d6 45.¦b1 There was no
[In case of 27...¤cxb5 28.¦xb5 ¤xb5 necessity to put the rook in a passive
29.£xb5 £c7 30.¦e2! ¦b8 31.£c4 position.
£c8 32.f5 White get advantage ] [ 45.¢f3!? ]
28.¦xd4 ¥xd4 29.£xd4 £xb5 30.f5 45...¢e6 46.¥d2 f5 47.¥e3 ¦b7
[ 30.£c3 ¦c8 31.b4 ¤a6 32.¥b2 48.¥c5 the arisen endgame is not safe
f6÷ ] for White.
30...¦c8 31.¥h6 It seems this plan [Better is 48.f3 ]
doesn't promise much. 48...¤e4 49.¦d1 ¦c7 50.¥b6 ¦c6
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51.¥a7?! Another unnacuracy in time 25.¥c4 ¢f8 26.¦bc1 ¦d6 27.¤c2


troubles Exerts pressure on the backward pawn
[ ¹51.¥a5 ¦c2 52.¥b6 and nothing ¢e7 28.¤xd4 ¥xd4 29.¦c2 ¢f6 30.f4
forced is seen yet. ¦b2 53.¥c5 g5ƒ ] gxf4 31.gxf4 e5 32.fxe5+ ¥xe5
51...¦a6 52.¥e3 33.¦ce2 ¦d2 34.h3 ¦xe2+ 35.¦xe2
[After 52.¥c5 ¤xc5 53.bxc5 ¦c6 Diagram
54.¦c1 ¢d5µ White keeps some XABCDEFGHY
chances for the draw in the rook
endgame. ] 8 + tr + +({
52...f4! 53.¥c1?! 7zp + + +p'
[Maybe 53.¥c5!? was already lesser
evil. ] 6 + + mk +&
53...¦a4 54.¦e1 ¢f5 55.¥b2 ¦xb4-+ 5+ + vlp+ %
56.¥xe5?
[ 56.¦e2 ¦b5 ] 4 +L+ + +$
56...f3+! 57.¢xf3 ¢xe5 58.¢g4 ¢f6 3zPP+ + +P#
59.f4 ¤f2+ 60.¢g3 ¤d3 A glorious
finish of the knight march! 2 + +R+K+"
[ 60...¤d3 61.¦f1 ¢f5-+ ] 1+ + + + !
0-1
xabcdefghy
¦d7 36.¢f3 ¦d4 37.¦c2 ¦d1 38.¢g2
A14 ¥d4 39.¦e2 ¢g5 40.¢f3 ¦f1+
Murshed,Niaz 2419 41.¢g2 ¦c1 42.¢f3
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2680 [ 42.¦d2!? ¥c5 43.a4= ]
Commonwealth-ch (2) 21.04.2003 42...¦c3+³ 43.¢g2 ¢h4 44.¦e7 h5
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)] 45.¦f7
[ 45.¦d7!? ¥b6 46.¦d3 ¦c2+
A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by 47.¢f1µ ]
White 45...¦c2+µ 46.¢f1 ¦f2+ 47.¢e1 ¢xh3
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 ¥e7 4.¥b2 48.¥d3
d5 5.g3 0-0 6.¥g2 c5 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 [ 48.¥e6 ¢g4µ ]
8.0-0 ¤c6 9.d4 cxd4 10.¤xd4 ¥d7 48...¢g4
11.¤c3 ¤db4 12.¤e4 f5 13.¤d2 [ 48...f4 49.¦d7 ¥e3 50.¦h7-+ ]
[ 13.a3 ¤a6 14.¤c3 ¤c5= ] 49.¥e2+ ¢g5 50.¦h7
13...¤xd4 14.¥xd4 ¥c6 15.¥xc6 [ 50.¦d7 ¦f4µ ]
£xd4 16.¥xb7 ¦ad8 17.a3 ¥f6 50...¦h2-+ 51.b4
18.¦b1 ¤a2 19.¤c4 ¤c3 20.£xd4 [ 51.¢d2 h4-+ ]
¤xe2+ 21.¢g2 ¤xd4 51...h4 52.a4
[ ‹21...¥xd4 22.¦be1 ¦b8 23.¦xe2 [ 52.¦d7 ¥f2+ 53.¢d2 h3-+ ]
¦xb7 24.¦d1± ] 52...¢f4
22.¦fe1 ¦d7 23.¥a6 g5 24.¤e3 ¦fd8 [ 52...h3 53.¥a6-+ ]
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53.a5 [ 35...g6!? 36.¤xh6 ¦d6² ]


[ 53.¢d2 ¥e3+ 54.¢d3 h3-+ ] 36.¦e1± ¦e8 37.¦ed1
53...¥c3+ 54.¢f1?? [ 37.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 38.¥b5 ¦d8± ]
[ 54.¢d1 ¥xb4 55.¦xa7-+ ] 37...¦ed8
54...¢g3 55.¥b5 ¦f2+ 56.¢g1 ¥d4 [ 37...¦e5 38.¤e3= ]
[ ¹56...¦c2 57.¢f1 h3-+ ] 38.¥b5 ¤f4 39.¤e3 ¤g6 40.g3 ¤e7
57.¦d7 Diagram
[ 57.¦h6 ¦c2+ 58.¢f1-+ ] XABCDEFGHY
57...¦f4+
[ 57...¦f4+ 58.¦xd4 ¦xd4 59.¢f1 h3 8 tr tr mk +(
60.¥c6 h2 61.b5 ¦e4 62.¥xe4 fxe4 7+ + snpzp '
63.¢e1 h1£+ 64.¢d2 ¢f4 65.¢c2
e3 66.¢d3 £e4+ 67.¢c3 e2 68.¢b3 6 zp + + zp&
e1£ 69.¢b2 £4b1+ 70.¢a3 £xa5# ] 5zpLzpP+ + %
0-1
4Psn + + zP$
3+P+ sN zP #
D15
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2680 2 + tR zP +"
Zhang Pengxiang 2557 1+ +R+ mK ![
Commonwealth-ch (7) 24.04.2003
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
xabcdefghy
41.¢g2
D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit [ 41.d6 ¤ec6± ]
lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4 41...h5
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 d5 4.d4 [ 41...¦d6 42.¥e2² ]
a6 5.a4 e6 6.¥g5 a5 7.e3 ¥e7 8.¥e2 42.¥e2 g6 43.¥b5 ¦d6 44.¥e2 ¦dd8
0-0 9.0-0 ¤a6 10.¦c1 ¤b4 11.h3 b6 45.¥f3
12.cxd5 [ 45.d6 ¤ec6² ]
[ 12.¥f4 ¥d6= ] 45...¢g7 46.¥e4 ¤c8
12...¤fxd5 13.¥xe7 £xe7 14.£d2 [ ¹46...¦d7!?² ]
¦d8 15.e4 ¤f6 16.£e3 ¥b7 17.¦fd1 47.d6± ¤a7 48.d7 ¤ac6 49.¥xc6
¤d7 18.¤d2 h6 19.¥f1 ¦ac8 20.¤c4 ¤xc6 50.¦d6 ¤d4 51.¤c4 ¦b7
¥a6 21.¦d2 ¥xc4 22.¥xc4 c5 23.d5 [ 51...¤xb3? 52.¤e5+- ]
¤e5 24.b3 exd5 25.exd5 ¤g6 52.¤xb6 ¢f8 53.¦e1 ¤xb3
26.¤e4 £e5 27.¦cd1 £f4 28.£xf4 [ 53...¦c7!? 54.¦c1 ¤e6± ]
¤xf4 29.¤g3 ¢f8 30.¤f5 ¤g6 54.¦c6+- ¢g7?
[ 30...g6!? 31.¤xh6 ¦d6² ] [ ¹54...¦bxd7 55.¤xd7+ ¦xd7+- ]
31.¥b5 ¤f4 32.¤e3 ¦b8 33.h4 ¤g6 55.¦e7 ¤d4
34.¤f5 ¤f4 35.¥c4 [ 55...¦bb8 56.¦e3 ¦xb6 57.¦xb6+- ]
[ 35.d6 h5± ] 56.¦c8 ¤f5
35...¤g6 [ 56...¦xb6 57.¦xd8 ¦d6+- ]
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57.¦xd8 XABCDEFGHY
[ 57.¦xd8 ¤xe7 58.¦g8+ ¤xg8
59.d8£+- ] 8 +l+r+k+(
1-0 7+ +ntrp+p'
6 wq zp +p+&
C95 5+pzpP+ + %
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2680
Stevic,Hrvoje 2550 4 + +P+ +$
BIH-chT Jahorina (1) 21.06.2003 3+P+LsN +P#
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
2 + wQ zPPmK"
C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer 1tR + tR + ![
Variation with 10 d4
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4
xabcdefghy
¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 [ 42...¦xa1 43.¦xa1 ¦e2 44.¢g1= ]
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 10.d4 ¤bd7 43.¦xe1² ¦xe1 44.¤d2 ¦e2 45.¤f3
11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8 13.¤f1 ¦xf2?
¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.b3 exd4 16.cxd4 [ ¹45...h6² ]
c5 Can e4 get defended? 17.d5 ¥g7 46.c5+- dxc5 47.¦a8+ ¢g7 48.d6
18.¥f4 £b6 ¥e4
[ 18...¤xd5 19.exd5 ¦xe1+ [ ¹48...¥f5 49.d7! ¥xd7+- ]
A) 20.¤xe1? £f6 21.¤f5 gxf5-+ 49.¢g1 ¥xa8 50.d7
( 21...£xa1?! 22.¤h6+ ¥xh6 [ 50.d7 ¦c2 51.d8£ ¥xf3 52.£c7+
23.£xa1 ¥xf4 24.¥d1³ ); ¢g8 53.£b8+ ¢g7 54.£e5+ ¢g8
B) 20.£xe1= ] 55.gxf3 ¦c1+ 56.¢f2 ¦c2+ 57.¢e1
19.a4 ¤f8 20.£d2 ¤6d7 21.¦ac1 ¦c1+ 58.¢e2 ¦c2+ 59.¢d3+- ]
¦ad8 22.¥d3 ¤e5 23.¤xe5 ¥xe5 1-0
24.¥xe5 ¦xe5 25.¤f1 ¦de8 26.¤e3
¥c8 27.axb5 axb5 28.¢h2
[ 28.¦a1 h6± ] E54
28...¦5e7 29.¦a1 ¤d7 Diagram Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 2652
Baklan,Vladimir 2606
(Diagram) Neckar op-A 8th (7) 11.04.2004
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
30.£a5 £xa5 31.¦xa5 c4 32.bxc4
¤c5 33.¥c2 b4 34.¦b1 b3 E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main
[ 34...¤xe4? 35.¥xe4 ¦xe4 Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4
36.¦xb4+- ] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3
35.¥xb3 ¤xe4 36.¢g1 f5 37.¦a8 f4 0-0 5.¥d3 d5 6.¤f3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4
38.¤f1 ¤c5 39.¥a4 ¤xa4 40.¦xa4 8.¥xc4 £e7 9.£e2 ¤c6 10.¦d1 h6
¥f5 41.¦ba1 ¦e1 42.¢h2 ¥d3 11.¤e5 ¦d8 12.¤xc6 bxc6 13.a3
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¥xc3 14.bxc3 e5 15.a4 exd4 16.cxd4 46.¥d2 ¢g7 47.¢f2 ¥b3 48.¢g3
cxd4 17.¥a3 £e8 18.¦xd4 ¦xd4 ¤e6 49.¢h4 ¤d4 50.¥e4 c5 51.¥f4
19.exd4 ¥e6 20.¥a6 £d8 21.£e5 ¥d1 52.¥e5+ ¢f7 53.¢g3 ¥b3
£b6 22.¥f1 a5 23.£c5 £b7 24.¥d3 54.¥d6 ¤e2+ 55.¢f2 ¤c3 56.¥f5
¥d5 25.¦b1 £d7 26.f3 ¥e6 27.£e5 [ 56.¥c6 ¥d5 57.¥d7 c4² ]
£e8 56...c4= 57.¥f4 ¤d1+ 58.¢e1 ¢g7?
[ 27...¤d5 28.h4² ] [ ¹58...¤c3² ]
28.h4 59.¥e5++- ¢f7 60.¥d4 c3 61.¢e2
[ 28.¥c1 ¥d5± ] [ 61.¥e4 ¢f8+- ]
28...¤d5² 29.h5 f6 30.£e4 f5 31.£e5 61...¢f8
£f7 32.¦e1 ¥d7 33.£d6 ¦e8 34.¦e5 [ 61...¥a4!?± ]
¦xe5 62.¥g6+- ¥d5 63.¥c2
[ 34...¦e6 35.£b8+ ¦e8 36.¦xe8+ [ 63.¢xd1?! ¥xf3+ 64.¢e1 ¥xg4
£xe8 37.£xe8+ ¥xe8 38.¥xf5² ] 65.¥xc3 ¢e7² ]
35.dxe5± 63...¤b2 64.¥xc3 ¤c4 65.¥g6 ¢g8
[ 35.£xe5?! £xh5 36.¥c1 £f7= ] 66.¢f2 ¤d6 67.¢g3 ¤f7
35...¤f4 [ 67...¤c8 68.f4+- ]
[ 35...£e8!?± ] 68.f4 ¤d6
36.e6 ¤xe6 37.¥c4 [ 68...¤d8 69.¢h4 ¤c6 70.f5+- ]
[ 37.¥b2!?+- ] 69.¢h4 ¥f3
37...¢h7± 38.¥b2 Diagram [ 69...¤c8 70.¥f6 ¥f3 71.f5+- ]
[ 38.¢f1 c5± ] 70.¥e5
[ 70.¥d4 ¤e4+- ]
XABCDEFGHY 70...¤f7
[ 70...¤c4 71.¥d4 ¥e2 72.¢h5+- ]
8 + + + +({ 71.¥f6 ¥d1
7+ +l+qzpk' [ 71...¢f8 72.¢h5+- ]
72.¢h5 ¥f3 73.¥d4 ¥d1
6 +pwQn+ zp& [ 73...¤d8 74.¥f5 ¤c6 75.¥c5+- ]
5zp + +p+P% 74.¥f5 ¤d6
[ 74...¥b3 75.¢g6+- ]
4P+L+ + +$ 75.¥d3
3+ + +P+ # [ 75.¥e6+ ¢h7 76.¥e5 ¤b7 77.¥f5+
¢g8 78.¢xh6 ¥b3+- ]
2 vL + +P+" 75...¢f7
1+ + + mK ! [ 75...¤b7 76.¥c4+ ¢f8 77.¥d5+- ]
76.¥e5 ¤e8
xabcdefghy [ 76...¤c8 77.¥g6+ ¢g8+- ]
38...£f8² 39.£xf8 ¤xf8 40.¥c3 ¥e6 77.¥g6+ ¢f8 78.¥c3
[ 40...¤e6 41.¥b3 ¤c5 42.¥c2² ] [ 78.f5!? ¥f3 79.¥xe8 ¢e7+-
41.¥d3 ¥b3 42.¥xa5 g6 43.hxg6+ ( ‹79...¢xe8 80.¥g7 ¢f7 81.¥xh6
¢xg6 44.g4 ¥xa4 45.¥xf5+ ¢f7 ¢f6 82.¥c1 ¥e4 83.¥b2+ ¢f7
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84.¢g5 ¥d3 85.¢f4 ¢g8 86.g5 ¢h7


87.¥d4 ¥c4 88.g6+ ¢h6 89.¢g4
¥e2+ 90.¢h4 ¥d3 91.¥e3+ ¢g7
92.¢g5 ¢f8 93.¥c5+ ¢e8 94.f6 ¥c4
95.¢h6 ¥b3 96.¢g7 ¢d7 97.f7 ¥c2
98.¥e3 ¢c6 99.f8£ ¢d5 100.£c5+
¢e4 101.£xc2+ ¢xe3 102.¢f6 ¢f4
103.£c3 ¢e4 104.g7 ¢d5 105.g8£+
¢d6 106.£e6# )]
78...¢e7
[ 78...¤c7 79.¥e4 ¢f7+- ]
79.¥b4+ ¢d8 80.¥c3
[ 80.¥xe8 ¥b3 81.f5+- ]
80...¢e7 81.¥f5 ¤d6
[ 81...¤c7 82.¢xh6 ¤d5+- ]
82.¥b4
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