[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 d5 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1
Be7 15. Qf2 Qa5 16. b3 f5 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bd6 19. f4 O-O-O 20. fxe5 Bc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qg3 Rd7 23. Be2 Rc7 24. Rd2 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bd3 Rd8 27. Rf2
g6 28. Re1 Rd4 29. g3 b5 30. Kb2 Rc5 31. a3 Kd7 32. b4 Rc7 33. Rf4 Rd5 34. Re3
Ke7 35. h4 h5 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Rf3 Bc6 38. Rfe3 Rd4 39. c3 Rg4 40. Rf1 Bd5 41.
Rf4 Bc4 42. Bc2 Ke6 43. Bd1 g5 44. hxg5 Rxg5 45. Rd4 Rcg7 46. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd2 Raa8 21.
Nc4 Rad8 22. Rac1 Nf6 23. e4 Qb8 24. Kg2 c5 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Ne8 27. Qb6
Nd6 28. Qxc5 Rfe8 29. Qb6 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Bd6 31. Rdc1 Re5 32. Bg4 f5 33. Bf3 Re7
34. R1c3 Kh7 35. h4 Rde8 36. h5 Qd8 37. Rc8 Qd7 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Rb3 Re7 40.
Qd4 Kg8 41. Rb6 Qd8 42. Qd3 Rf7 43. b4 Qd7 44. b5 axb5 45. Rxb5 Re7 46. Rb6 Rf7
47. Qe2 Re7 48. Qc4 Rf7 49. Qd3 Kh8 50. a6 bxa6 51. Qxa6 Rf6 52. Qa8+ Rf8 53.
Qc6 Rd8 54. Rb7 Qe8 55. Qc3 Qf8 56. Qd4 Rb8 57. Rxb8 Qxb8 58. Bd1 Qb4 59. Qxb4
Bxb4 60. f4 Kg8 61. Bc2 Kf7 62. Bxf5 Kf6 63. Bc8 Bd6 64. Kf3 Bb8 65. Ke4 Bd6
66. g4 Bb8 67. f5 Ke7 68. Kd4 Bh2 69. Kc5 Bg3 70. Kc6 Bf4 71. Ba6 Be5 72. Bc8
Bf4 73. Be6 Be5 74. Bg8 Bf4 75. Be6 Be5 76. Bd7 Bf4 77. g5 Bxg5 78. d6+ Kd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Wells"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. g3 Ba6 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Qb3 b5 {A standard
ugh procedure for gaining space on the white squares. However, without trying
to look too hard at the theoretical assessment, suffice to say that black's
rash 19th move suggests that he later found the mobile pawn on c5 an
inconvenience.} 14. c5 a5 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Bf1 {A standard procedure for
preparing to attack the bishop on e4. Of course white must avoid the exchange
of light-squared bishops at all costs.} h6 (16... Qb7 $5 {Knowing the rest of
the game it is difficult not to have the feeling that the bishop is sorely
missed from the a8-h1 diagonal.}) 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. e3 a4 19. Qd1 dxc5 {
Smacks of impatience. However, white has clearly neutralised black's hoped for
light square initiative in any case, and the bishop pair and space advantage
offers excellent long term prospects.  am reminded of the discussion (
inspired by John Watson ) from my previous column on 'Combatting the Bishop
Pair' in which it was mentioned how often, apparently in contradiction of the
recieved wisdom, black follows up conceding the bishop pair by going on to
open the position. The justification was two-fold. As well as the fact that
the immediate compensation for the bishops often took the form of adevelopmenta
l plus, the sort of 'temporary' initiative which will dissipate if the
position remains closed, there was also the claim that an opening of the
position is necessary for knights to find the kind of outposts essential to
their well-being. This is very much the crux of the matter here. 19...dxc5? is
not so much a full opening of the position as the opening of a diagonal which
scarcely contributes to black's knights' hopes of finding good squares. It is
the failure to find outposts which eventually sees black's pieces driven back
in a kind of spatial nightmare scenario.} 20. dxc5 c6 21. Bg2 Nd5 22. e4 N5f6
23. f4 Qc7 24. Bf3 Rad8 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Rd1 Ng8 27. Nf1 Ne7 28. Ne3 f6 29. Rd6
Nc8 30. Rd2 Rfe8 31. Rad1 $18 {White enjoys a domination which is absolute.}
Nf8 32. e5 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 f5 34. Qg2 Ne7 35. Rd6 Nd5 36. Nc2 Rd8 37. Nd4 Be8 38.
Qe2 Ne7 39. Nxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Nc8 41. Bh5 Bd7 42. Rd6 Be8 43. Rxd8 Qxd8 44. e6
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd3 {
Preparing Nb5.} (14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bf1 (15. h3 Bb7 16. Bf1 c5 17. Ba3 Bg7 18. Rb1
Bc8 19. Bc1 Bd7 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. g3 Rf8 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Ne7 24. Bd3 Ne8 25.
Bc2 $14 {
0-1 Van Wely,L-Ye Jiangchuan/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (57)}) 15...
c5 16. Ba3 Bh6 17. Bb2 {-see detailed commented game  0-1 Eljanov,P-Ponomariov,
R/Kharkov 2001/CBM 83_01 [Tsesarsky,I](46)}) 14... Nd7 15. Qb1 {
Preparing a4-a5 - now Bb4 is protected.} (15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. a5 Ba6
18. Rfb1 Rf8 $132) 15... Bh6 16. a5 Nc5 {How this game shows, this
plan(Nf6-d7-c5) is wrong! Ivanchuk refutates it in excellent style.} 17. axb6
Rxa1 18. Qxa1 cxb6 19. Rb1 Qc7 $2 $16 ({Right was active} 19... f5 20. Bxc5
bxc5 21. Bd3 (21. Rb8 Qd7 22. Bd3 Rf8) 21... Rf8 22. Rb8 Qd7 23. Bc2 (23. Qa4
Qxa4 24. Nxa4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bg4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) 23... fxe4 (23... Bf4 24.
Qa8 Kg7 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Na4 $16) 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Qa8 Qd8 26. Qc6 $14) 20.
Nb5 Qd8 {Black loses two tempi, compare this position with noted above one!} (
20... Qd7 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa5 $16) 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa7 Bg4 $6 {Wrong plan.}
({More stubborn was} 22... f5 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf8 25. Qb8 Nf5 (25... Bf5
26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. g4 Nd4 29. Nbxd4 cxd4 30. g5 Bf8 (30... e4 31.
Nxd4 $18) 31. Rb7 h6 32. h4 Ra8 33. Nd2 hxg5 34. hxg5 Re8 35. Ne4 Be7 (35...
Re7 36. Nxd6 d3 37. Kf1 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Be7 39. d6 $18) 36. Kf1 $16) 26. Ra1 Bd7
27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Ra6 Bf8 29. h3 $16) 23. h3 Nc8 (23... Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nc8 25.
Qb8 $18 {-like in this game.}) 24. Qb8 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 $18 Bg5 26. Ra1 ({
Wins also} 26. Bg4 $5 Nb6 27. Qxd6 Nxc4 28. Qxc5 Nd2 29. Rb4 $18 (29. Re1 Qa5
$132)) 26... h5 27. Ra6 Be7 28. Rc6 (28. g3 Qd7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rc6 Bf6 31. Bg2
$18) 28... Rf8 ({Or} 28... Bf8 29. Rc7 Bh6 30. h4 $1 $18 ({Useless is} 30. Bd1
$6 Bg5 31. Qb7 $18)) 29. Rc7 Bg5 30. Qb7 Bd2 31. h4 $1 Ba5 32. Rc6 Be1 33. g3
Qa5 (33... Bd2 34. Bg2 Be1 35. Kf1 $1 $18 ({
White doesn't need complications after premature} 35. Bh3 $2 Qf6 $1 36. Rxc8
Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nxd6 Bf2 41. Bg2 Be3 $1 42.
Qf5 $3 Qe1+ 43. Qf1 Qxh4+ 44. Bh3 $16) ({Or} 35. Qa6 $4 Qf6 36. Rxc8 Qxf2+ 37.
Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qxd6+ Kg7 40. Qxc5 Bd2 $1 41. Qg1 Qxh4+ 42. Qh2
Qe1+ 43. Qg1 Qh4+ $11)) 34. Kf1 $1 Qd2 35. Be2 Ne7 36. Qxe7 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rc1
Bg7 15. Rc5 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rc3 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxf4 20. Qb4 Nf5
21. Bf6 Qxb4 22. axb4 Bd7 23. Ba6 Rae8 24. Rc7 Ba4 25. Rxa7 Re6 26. Bc3 d4 27.
Bd2 Nd6 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Bf4 b5 30. Rc5 Bb3 31. Bxb5 Nxb5 32. Rxb5 Re1+ 33. Kh2
R1e2 34. Ra3 Be6 35. Rba5 Rxf2 36. Be5 Rxb2 37. Bxd4 Rxb4 38. Ra8 Bc8 39. Re3
Rf8 40. Bc5 Rc4 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Raa3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
Thanks to the efforts of A.Morozevich this variation became very popular and
he is ready to play variation which braught him  painful losses in the past
against Leko and Lutz.} (7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5
Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991
}) 8. Qe2 (8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10.
dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {
Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) (8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bg2 c5 11. d5 Qb6 12.
Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Re1 $6 Nc6 15. Qc1 Nd4 $13 {
Glek,I-Short,N/ICC-0.05(+5s/z) 2000/[IG]}) 8... b5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Bd5 (10...
Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14. a3 c6
15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14) 14... c6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 $5 $132
{Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5 13. c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Nf1 (16. c4 $6 Bb7 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4
$11 {Glek,I-Schlosser,P/Deizisau e.V. 2000}) 16... Qc7 17. Rxd5 $5 exd5 18. Ne3
$44 {Kasparov,G-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77}) 11. c3 (11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O-O
(12. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 13. c3 Nc6 (13... O-O) 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O $14 {
Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72}) 12... Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 $14
{Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) (11. Ned2 Nd7 (11... c5 $6
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O $1 $36 Ra7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Nh4 Rd7 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2
Nc6 18. f5 $16 {Glek,I-Pähtz,T/Deizisau op 2000}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 $146
14. c3 Na4 $6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qa5 $6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. a3 $1 Rfd8 19. b3 $1
$16 {Glek,I-Volkov,S/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001}) 11... Nd7 12. b3 $5 {
Preparing castle kingside.} O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. c4 Bc6 (15... bxc4
16. bxc4 Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $36) 16. Rad1 Rc8 $6 {Permitting white to
breakthrough in the cente, which cuts black position inot pieces. Necessary
was} (16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. N2f3 bxc4 20. bxc4 $14 {
with slightly better prospects for white.}) 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $14 bxc4
(18... dxc4 19. bxc4 f4 20. Qf5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qb6 22. Ne4 $36) 19. bxc4 Ba4 (
19... d4 20. Qxf5 Nf6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc7 23. Ndf3 $14) 20. Rb1 dxc4 $6
21. Qxf5 {Now white initiative becomes extremly dangerous.} Rc6 22. Nxc4 Rf6
23. Qh5 Rg6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 (24... Nf6 25. Qe5 Re8 26. Ne3 Bf8 27. Qf4 $14) 25.
Ne3 Bc3 26. Rec1 Bd4 27. Nf5 $16 Qf6 (27... Bh8 28. N3h4 Rg5 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30.
N4f5+ Kf6 31. Qh4 $18) 28. N5xd4 cxd4 29. Qd5 (29. Rb4 $5 Bc6 30. Nxd4 Bxg2 31.
Kxg2 Qg5 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. Rc7 $18) 29... Bc6 30. Qxd4 $1 Bxf3 31. Qxd7 Bxg2
32. Kxg2 h5 33. Rb3 Qf4 34. Re3 h4 35. Rc6 $1 $18 {Techinque is probably the
strongest side of young ukrainian, so all morozevich's desperate attempts to
save the game fail.} hxg3 36. hxg3 Qh6 (36... Rg7 37. Rxa6 $18) 37. Rec3 (37.
Rc4 $5) 37... Qh7 38. Rxg6+ (38. Rc8 $5 Rh6 39. Qg4+ Qg6 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.
Rc8+ Kg7 42. Qxg6+ Rxg6 43. Ra8 $18) 38... fxg6 39. Rc7 $1 (39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 40.
Rc7+ Kh6) 39... Qxd7 40. Rxd7 Rf6 41. a4 Kf8 42. Ra7 Ke8 43. f4 g5 44. fxg5 Rg6
45. Kf3 Rxg5 46. Rxa6 Kf7 47. Rc6 $1 Rd5 48. Rc4 Rd1 49. g4 Kf6 50. Ke4 Ke6 (
50... Kg5 51. Ke5 Rd2 52. Rd4 Rc2 53. Kd5 $18) 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Rc5 Kd6 53. Rb5
Kc6 54. Rf5 Kd6 55. a5 Ra1 56. Kf4 Ke6 57. Kg5 Ra4 58. a6 Ke7 59. Rf6 Rxg4+ 60.
Kxg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3
Na6 15. Qc2 $1 $146 f6 16. Ng4 Bd6 (16... Qd6 17. f3 f5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4
Be5 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3 $1 $16
{1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/(44)}) 17. f4 $1 exf3 (17... Bxg4 $142
18. Bxg4 f5 19. Be2 $14) (17... f5 18. Ne3 $36) 18. Bxf3 {
White have clear advantage due to Na6,passed pawn d5  and space advantage.} Qc7
19. g3 Bd7 $6 (19... f5 $5 20. Nf2 f4 $132 21. g4 Be5 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Bc3 $14)
20. Nf2 b5 {Probably better was to refrain from this move.After few moves pawn
c5 would became weak.} 21. b3 Rae8 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 {
Black decide  to close Q's side because there were possibilities to play there
only for White.} 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1
Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6 $16 {
Exchanges didn't help Black.Their weaknesses became obvious now.} Rd8 32. Qf5
h5 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Nb5 $1 Rd7 35. Bf4 (35. Rf4 Be5 36. Rxg4 Nb8 37. Be3 a6
38. Bxc5 axb5 39. axb5 $16 {Three passed pawns should decide the game.}) 35...
Re7 $1 {Shirov prepares a  counterplay.} 36. Nxd4 (36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Nxd4 cxd4
38. Rxd4 Nc5 $44) 36... cxd4 37. c5 g5 38. Bd6 (38. d6 Re8 (38... Rf7 39. c6 $1
gxf4 40. Rxf4 $18) 39. d7 Rd8 40. Bd6 Rxd7 41. Rd1 d3 42. Kg2 Rd8 $1 (42... f5
43. Kf2 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Rg1 Rg7 46. c6 $16) 43. Kf2 Rc8 $17) 38... Re3 39.
c6 (39. Rxf6 d3 40. Rf2 Re2 41. Kg2 d2 $19) 39... Kf7 40. Bb8 $2 (40. Kg1 Kg6
41. Rd1 $16) 40... Nxb8 41. c7 Re8 42. cxb8=Q (42. Rc1 d3 43. cxb8=Q Rxb8 44.
Rd1 Rc8 45. Rxd3 Rc3 $19) 42... Rxb8 43. Rd1 f5 44. Rxd4 Kf6 $17 {Endgame of
is very interesting game was played in mutual  timetrouble and Shirov missed
his winning chances.} 45. Rc4 Ke5 46. Rc7 Kxd5 47. Rxa7 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ke4 49.
Rd1 Rc3 50. a5 Rxb3 51. a6 Ra3 52. Rb1 f4 53. Rxb4+ Ke3 {Hecht: '#  Läßt Weiß
hier das Remis aus und anschließend Schwarz den Gewinn? Es geht allein um Zug
54! '} 54. Rb1 {'?' Hecht.} (54. gxf4 $1 {Hecht} gxf4 55. Rb1) 54... Rxa6 (
54... f3 $1 {Hecht} 55. Kg1 Rxa6 56. Rb3+ Ke2 57. Rb2+ Kd3 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kf2
Ra2+ 60. Kg1 Rg2+ 61. Kh1 Rd2 62. Kg1 Ke3 63. Rb1 Ke2 64. Ra1 Rd1+ 65. Rxd1
Kxd1 66. Kf1 Kd2 67. Kf2 Kd3 68. Kf1 (68. h3 {Hecht} gxh3 69. Kxf3 g4+ $19)
68... Ke3 69. Ke1 f2+ 70. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb2+ Kd3 57. gxf4 gxf4
58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 f3+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rd2 63. Kg1 Ke3 64.
Rb3+ Rd3 65. Rb1 Rd4 66. Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Rd1+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+ 70.
Kh1 Re2 71. Kg1 Ke3 72. Re8+ Kd2 73. Ra8 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Ke3 75. Ra3+ Kf4 76. Ra4+
Kg5 77. Ra8 g3 78. hxg3 Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kh3 80. Rh8+ Kxg3 81. Rg8+ Kf2 82. Ra8 Rg7
83. Ra2+ Kg3 84. Kg1 $1 Rb7 85. Rg2+ $1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Ne5 Qa5 (15... c5 16. Qf3 (16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4
Qe7 20. Ng4 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Bastia/2001 (52)})
16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 b5 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. g4 {1-0 Chandler,M-Berg,K/Germany/1987/ (35)}) (
15... a5 16. Ne4 (16. c4 a4 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Qa6 20. Ne2 Nb6
21. Rc1 Nfd7 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Dreev,A/Yerevan 2001/ (59)}) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Nf6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. f3 b5 20. g4 Nd7 21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Bc1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc5 {
1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Summerscale,A/Scarborough 1999/ (39)}) 16. Nxd7 (16. Ne4 Rad8
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Be5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. g4 f5 22. Qf4 Qd8 23.
Rhg1 {1-0 Lakos,N-Lorincz,I/Hungary 1997/ (45)}) 16... Nxd7 17. Ne4 Rad8 (17...
Qf5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Qc4 fxe4 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 {
0-1 Kharlov,A-Danielsen,H/Copenhagen 1993/ (40)}) 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bc7 Qf5 (
19... Qd5 20. f3 Rde8 21. Be5 Rg8 $14) 20. f3 Rc8 21. Ka1 Nf6 22. Nd6 (22. Be5
Rfd8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 22... Bxd6 (22... Nxh5 23. Qf2 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 25.
g4 Qh7 26. Qh2 Nf6 27. Be7 Rg8 28. g5 $16) 23. Bxd6 Rfd8 24. Be5 c5 (24... Rd7
25. Qh4 Rcd8 26. Rde1 $13) 25. dxc5 Nxh5 $2 {Dreev have overlooked the
original tactical blow on 27th move, position was about equal.} (25... Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Nxh5 (26... Rxc5 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxh5 30. Qxa7 Rh2
31. Qf2 $14) 27. Qe1 Nf6 $11) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxg7+ $1 (27. Rxh5 $4 Rd1#)
27... Kh7 (27... Nxg7 28. Qh4 Rd5 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8#) (27... Kg8 28. Qc7
Rd5 29. Bxh6 Qc2 30. Rc1 Rd1 31. Qd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxc2 $18) 28. Qh4 Rd2 (28... Rd5
29. c4 (29. Bf8 Qc2 30. Qe4+ Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rd2 $14) 29... Rxc5 30. Bc3 $1 (30.
Bf8 Re5 31. g4 Qxf3 32. gxh5 Re4 33. Qh2 Rxc4 34. Qg1 Rg4 35. Qb1+ f5 36. Qc1
$18) 30... Qd3 31. a3 $18) (28... Qd3 29. Bxh6 $1 (29. Bd4 Rd5 30. g4 Qxf3 31.
a3 $18)) 29. Bxh6 $1 Kxh6 (29... Rxg2 30. Qxh5 Rg1+ 31. Bc1+ Qxh5 32. Rxh5+ Kg6
33. Rh6+ Kg7 34. Kb1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Kxh6 36. Kd2 Kg5 37. Ke3 $18) 30. g4 Qg5 (
30... Qxf3 $2 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qh8+ (32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh8#) 32... Kg6 33. Qh6#
) 31. Qxh5+ (31. Qe1 Qd8 32. Rxh5+ Kg7 33. Rh1 Qd5 34. f4 $18) 31... Qxh5 32.
Rxh5+ Kg7 33. a4 Rd3 34. c6 $1 {
Anand correctly strives to move his pawns on the queenside.} (34. Rh3 e5 35.
Rh5 Rxf3 36. Rxe5 Rf4 37. b4 $16) 34... bxc6 35. Ra5 Rxf3 (35... Rd7 36. b4 Kf6
37. Kb2 $18) 36. Rxa7 e5 (36... Rf4 37. b4 Rxg4 38. Kb2 $18) (36... Rg3 37. a5
Rxg4 38. b4 $18) 37. a5 Kf6 (37... Rf4 38. b4 Rxg4 39. Rc7 $18) (37... e4 38.
Re7 $18) 38. a6 e4 39. Ra8 (39. Rxf7+ $2 Kxf7 40. a7 e3 41. a8=Q Rf1+ 42. Ka2
e2 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ Kf7 $11) 39... Rd3 (39...
Ke7 40. a7 e3 41. Re8+ Kxe8 42. a8=Q+ $18) 40. Re8 Rd5 41. b4 Rd7 42. c4 (42.
c4 Ra7 43. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nxh5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nge7 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qa4 b5
15. Qf4 Qc7 16. O-O-O $2 {Very strange novelty, that sends white king into the
real danger. In the Sicilian black can never dream to put his attacking bishop
to h7.} (16. O-O Bg6 17. Ng3 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Bc5 19. Kg2 Qd4 20. Qe2 Qc4 {
1/2-1/2 Orso,M-Kallai,G/Budapest 2000/ (48)}) 16... b4 17. Nxd5 (17. Ne2 Nxe5
18. c3 Bg6 $17) 17... exd5 18. Rd2 (18. Rxd5 Nd4 $19) (18. e6 Qxf4+ 19. Nxf4 d4
20. Nd5 Bd6 $17) 18... Nd8 19. Bxd8 (19. Qg3 Ne6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qc4 $19)
19... Rxd8 20. Re1 (20. e6 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Be4 $17) 20... Bg6 $1 {
Black is a piece up and white's options are limited.} 21. Qf3 (21. e6 Qxf4 (
21... Bd6 $2 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Qd4 Rh7 24. Nf5 $11) 22. Nxf4 Rxh4 23. Nxd5 Bd6
$19) 21... Bxh5 22. e6 (22. gxh5 Qc6 $19) 22... Bd6 (22... Bg6 $2 23. exf7+ Kd7
24. Qxd5+ Bd6 25. Re6 $18) 23. Rde2 (23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. fxe8=Q+
Kxe8 26. Re2+ Kd8 27. gxh5 Qc4 $19) 23... Qc4 {
If Bareev survives the attack white can as well resign.} (23... Bg6 $2 24.
exf7+ Kd7 25. Qxd5 Kc8 26. Qa8+ Qb8 27. Qc6+ $11) (23... Bf4+ 24. Kd1 Qc4 $19)
24. exf7+ (24. gxh5 Qf4+ $19) 24... Kd7 25. Re7+ (25. gxh5 Qxa2 26. Re8 Rdxe8
27. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 28. Qg4+ Kd8 $19) 25... Bxe7 26. Qf5+ Kc6 (26... Kc6 27. Rxe7
Bxg4 28. Qe5 Qf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. O-O Ke7 13. b3 b5 14. Nce5 Rac8
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Ne1 Rhc8 20. Nd3 Nd4
21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Ra5 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. e3 Bc3 26. Ra7+ Kf8
27. Bf1 Bb4 28. Rb7 Rc2 29. Bxb5 Be1 30. f4 Bf2+ 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Bc4 g5 33.
Bxe6 h5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. h3 Bf2 36. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bd3
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Be2 exf3 21. Bxf3 b4
22. Nd2 Rff8 23. a3 Qb6 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Ra4 Qc3 26. Re3 Qb2 27. Nf1 Rc5 28.
Qe1 Rc1 29. Qxa5 Qb1 30. Be2 f4 31. Rf3 g5 32. Bd3 Qb2 33. Rc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 {. Recently, in the last open Wch,  the chess grands Shirov and Topalov
have discussed many times the position after the move 13th.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 (9. cxd5
$11) 9... Be6 (9... O-O) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Ne5 $5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13.
d5 Bc8 14. a3 {1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001 (44)}) 11... Bf5 12. Qb3 {
Introduced by Khalifman 1985, this move has its partisans as well as critics.
The statistic is more favorable for Black.  'Schussler: 'The main alternative
is 12.Rc1.''} (12. Ne1 dxc4 {
1-0 Polovnikova,E-Gorshkova,I/WchJW U20 1997/EXP 59 (46)}) (12. Ne5 f6 13. Nd3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 {
1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Mikhalchishin,A/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (16)}) (12. Rc1 dxc4
13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Re1 {
Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares 1993/0-1 (52)} (16. Qf3 Be6 {
Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo cdt 8f 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)})) 12... c6 (12... dxc4
13. Bxc4 a5 14. a3 (14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. a3 a4 16. Qd1 {
0-1 Voitsekhovsky,S-Kolesar,M/Pardubice /1995 (37)}) 14... Nxc3 {
1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Pavasovic,D/Ljubljana op 1994 (29)}) 13. cxd5 {
''!?' Blatny,P. '} (13. Rac1 {'!?' Blatny,P.} dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 {'?!' Schussler.
} (14... a5 15. a3 Nxc3 16. axb4 {
1-0 Adams,M-Christiansen,L/Cannes team60 1992/CBM 28/[Schussler] (51)}) 15.
Bxf7+ (15. Be2 Be6 $17) 15... Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc6 Qe8 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,S/Moscow 1985/MCL (57)}) (13. c5 $5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14.
Qxc3 Nc2) 14... Nc2 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 {
1-0 Kloppenburg,M-Pinkerneil,R/6/7 ICCF Cup sf 1991 (41)}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3
Rb8 17. c4 Be6 {0-1 De Firmian,N-Schwartzman,G/Chandler 1997/CBM 61 (48)}) ({
Topalov himself against Shirov prefered 13 g4 and::} 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (31)}) (13. g4
Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (53)}) 17. Ne5
Bxe2 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nxe2 Ra6 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (42)}) 13... cxd5
({The latest deviation from the  followed path was  in another Shirov's game:} 
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (28)}) 14. Rac1
(14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 14... a5 15. Na4 Rb8
{#} 16. Nc5 $146 (16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a3 {
0-1 Plaskett,J-Fridman,D/Port Erin 1998/CBM 67 ext (64)}) ({Fritz 7:} 16. a3
Na6 17. Ne5 $14) 16... Bd6 $14 (16... b6 17. Na4 Qd6 $14) (16... Qd6 17. a3 $14
) 17. Rfd1 (17. a3 $142 $14) 17... b6 $11 18. Nxe4 (18. Nd3) 18... dxe4 19. Ne5
{#} Qe8 (19... Qh4 $5) 20. Nc4 $14 Bc7 (20... Qe7 $6 21. Nxd6 $140 (21. Bd2
Rbc8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rc4 Rfd8 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc2 27.
Re1 Kf8 28. f3 Re8 29. Bd1 Rc1 30. Kf2 e3+ 31. Ke2 Bc2 32. g3 (32. Rxb6 Bxd1+
33. Rxd1 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 35. a4 Rxh2 36. b4 Rf2 37. a5 Rxf3 38. Re1 e2+ 39.
Kd2 Ra3 $11)) 21... Qxd6 22. d5 Rfd8 23. f3 Qe5 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. g3 Qd6 26. Be3
Rbc8 27. Bf4 $14 {^^}) 21. Na3 {#} Rb7 (21... Qd7 $5 22. Nb5 Bd6 23. Nxd6 (23.
d5) 23... Qxd6 24. a3 (24. f3 Nd5) 24... Be6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5
Nd5 $15) 22. Nb5 $14 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 (23... Qe5 24. d6 Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Bd4
Qf4 27. Qd5 Be4 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Bxe5 f6 30. f3 Bg6 31. Bf4 $14) 24. a4 (24.
Nc3 $14) 24... Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Qc4 Na6 28. Rc1 $2 (28. Rxb7 $1
Qxb7 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Bxb6 Nb4 32. Rd2 $16) 28... Nxc7 29. dxc7
Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Qd5 (31. Qxe4 Bxc7 32. Qh4 Bf5 33. Bf3 Be5 $11) 31...
Rxc7 32. Rd1 $14 Qe8 $6 (32... Ra7 $6 33. Kh1 g6 (33... Bxh2 34. g3 Bxg3 35.
fxg3 Qxg3 36. Qd6 $14) 34. Qxe4 Bf5 35. Qc6 Re7 36. Bxb6 Re6 37. Qxe6 Bxe6 38.
Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Bxd8 Bd7 40. Bxa5 $16) (32... Rb7 $1 33. Kh1 g6) 33. Bxb6 Bxa4
34. Qxe5 $2 (34. Bxc7 $18 Bxc7 (34... Bxd1 35. Bb5 Bb3 (35... Qe7 36. Bxe5 $18)
36. Qxb3) 35. Rc1 Bb8 36. Bg4 $18) 34... Qxe5 $11 35. Rd8+ Be8 36. Bxc7 Qe7 37.
Bxa5 (37. Bb5 Qxd8 38. Bxd8 Bxb5 $11) 37... h6 38. Bb5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ng3 Ne6
15. c3 c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. dxc5 N4xc5 20. Ba2 d4 21. Nf5
d3 22. b4 Na6 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3
Nxb4 28. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c3 Qd7 5. a4 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Qd3 Qc8 8. b4
Ne7 9. b5 Nb8 10. Nd2 a6 11. Rb1 axb5 12. axb5 c6 13. Ne2 cxb5 14. Rxb5 Nd7 15.
O-O Qa6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Be7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Ra1 Nxd4 21. Rxa6
Rxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxb5 23. Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rg4 Rf7 21. Rdg1
exf4 22. Bxf4 Nc5 23. Qg3 Bf8 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Kb1 Qd7 26. Bd4 Qc7 27. Rc1 Rf5
28. b3 Rxd5 29. Nc4 Ne6 30. Bb2 Rf5 31. Ne3 Rb5 32. Qf2 Qf7 33. Qe2 Rg5 34.
Rxg5 Nxg5 35. Qg4 Ne6 36. Nf5 h5 37. Qh3 Rc5 38. Rf1 Qg6 39. Qf3 Kh7 40. h3 Ng5
41. Qd3 d5 42. Bd4 Rc7 43. Ne3 Qxd3 44. cxd3 Be7 45. Nxd5 Rd7 46. Nxe7 Rxd4 47.
Rf5 Kh6 48. Ng8+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kh6 50. Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g3 Be7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Nc4 14. Qc2 Qd7
15. Na4 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Bc3 Qf5 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nc5 Nfe4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3
Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nb5 24. a4 Nc7 25. Bh3 f5 26. Rd1 Na6 27. Bxe7 Rxe7
28. Bf1 Nb4 29. Rc5 g5 30. Rc3 f4 31. exf4 gxf4 32. Bh3 Rf8 33. Bg4 Rf6 34. Kg2
Kf7 35. Bf3 fxg3 36. hxg3 Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd6 38. Rde1 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Re6 40. Re2
c5 41. dxc5+ Kxc5 42. Bg4 Re4 43. Bf5 Re5 44. g4 Nc6 45. Bc8 Re7 46. Rc2+ Kb4
47. Rc1 Kxb3 48. Bxb7 Nb4 49. Bc8 Kxa4 50. Rc5 Ra7 51. Be6 Ka3 52. Kf3 a4 53.
e4 dxe4+ 54. Kxe4 Ra6 55. Kf5 g6+ 56. Kf6 Kb2 57. Rb5 Kc3 58. Rc5+ Kd2 59. Kf7
a3 60. Bc4 Rc6 61. Rxc6 Nxc6 62. Ba2 Ne5+ 63. Kf6 Nxg4+ 64. Kxg6 Kc3 65. Kf5
Kb2 66. Be6 Nf2 67. Ke5 Nd3+ 68. Kd4 Nc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Bd2
Bb7 9. b4 Ne4 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ba6 14.
Ne5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe7 16. f4 f6 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Qf7 20. Qxf7
Rxf7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Ne5 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Okuniewski,B/Krynica/1997/ (48)})
10. Rc1 Nxd2 (10... Nd7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 $14) 11. Qxd2 Nd7 (11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 a5 13. b5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Qe2 $14) 12. Rfd1 (12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Rc2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 e5 (14... e6 15. b5 $14) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Nb5 $14) 12... e6 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... cxd5 14. Rc2 $14) 14. b5 c5 (14...
Rc8 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Rc2 $14) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 {Nikolic hopes to get
counterplay with a refined jump of his knight to c3, but his chances will be
seriously worse.} (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 bxc5 17. a4 Re8 18. a5 d4 19. Qd2 $14)
16. Nxd5 Ne4 (16... Rc8 17. Nf4 $16) 17. Qd3 (17. Qe1 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Bc3 $1 19.
Rxc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 $15) 17... Bxd5 (17... Nc5 18. Qb1 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Be4 20.
Rxd8 Bxb1 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxb1 $16) 18. Qxd5 Nc3 (18... Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nc3 20.
Rd2 Rfd8 21. Kf1 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Nxa2 23. Rc7 Be5 24. Rd7 Nc3 25. Bc4 $16) 19.
Qxd8 Raxd8 (19... Nxe2+ 20. Kf1 Rfxd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kxe2 $16) 20. Re1 (20.
Rxd8 $4 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1 $19) 20... Rd5 (20... Nxa2 21. Rc7 Nc3 22. Bc4 Rc8
23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxa7 Nxb5 25. Rd7 $16) 21. Bf1 Rfd8 (21... Nxb5 $2 22. e4 Rh5
23. g4 $18) (21... Nxa2 $5 22. Rc7 Nc3 23. Rxa7 Nxb5 24. Rb7 $14) 22. a3 Rc5 (
22... Nxb5 $2 23. e4 $18) 23. Rc2 Kf8 (23... Rdc8 24. Nd4 $14) 24. h3 Rdd5 25.
Rec1 {
Lautier can play this endgame without any risk, black has little counterplay.}
Na4 (25... Nxb5 $2 26. Rxc5 $18) 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 (26... Rxc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28.
Bd3 Nb2 29. Bc2 $16) 27. Be2 Ke7 28. Kf1 Bb2 29. Rc2 Na4 (29... Bxa3 30. Ra2
Bb4 31. Rxa7+ Kf6 32. Bc4 Rd7 $16) 30. Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rc4 Nc5 (31... Nc3 32. a4
f5 33. Nd4 $18) 32. a4 f5 33. a5 Kf6 34. Rc2 Ba1 (34... Ba3 35. a6 $16) 35.
axb6 axb6 36. Nd2 Ra7 37. Nc4 Be5 38. g4 (38. Nxe5 $2 Ra1+ 39. Bd1 Kxe5 40. Ke2
Rb1 $11) 38... Bc7 39. Rd2 Ra4 $2 {
The typical time trouble mistake, black overlooks simple combination.} (39...
Ne4 40. Rd7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rxc7 Rxe2 43. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 $16) (39...
Ke7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Kg2 $16) 40. Nxb6 $1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Bxb6 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43.
Rxb6 Ra2 44. Bf3 (44. Kf3 Nd7 (44... Ne4 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. h4 $18) 45. Re6+
Kxe6 46. Bc4+ Kd6 47. Bxa2 $18) 44... Nd3 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Rh6 Rxf2+ (46...
Nxf2 47. Kg3 $18) 47. Kg3 Rb2 48. b6 Ne5 (48... Kf8 49. b7 Kg7 50. Rd6 Ne5 51.
Bd5 $18) 49. Bd5 Nd7 50. Rxh7+ Kd6 51. b7 Kxd5 (51... Nf8 52. Rf7 Kxd5 53.
Rxf5+ Ke4 54. Rxf8 Rxb7 55. Re8+ Kf5 56. h4 $18) 52. Rxd7+ Ke6 53. Rc7 Rb4 (
53... Kd6 54. Rh7 Ke5 55. h4 Rb3 56. Kf2 f4 57. exf4+ Kxf4 58. Ke2 $18) 54. h4
Kf6 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. Ke2 Kh5 57. Kd3 Rb1 (57... Kxh4 58. Rc4+ $18) 58. Kd4 Kg4 (
58... Kxh4 59. Kc5 Kg4 60. Kc6 $18) 59. Rh7 f4 60. exf4 Kxf4 61. Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. a4 exd4 15.
cxd4 c5 16. axb5 cxd4 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 Bxa6 19. b3 Nce5 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21.
Be3 Ned3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Re2 d5 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Nc6 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qd6+ 27.
Kg1 Qxc6 28. Rd2 Qg6 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Ne5 32. f3 Rd8 33. g5 f6
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Ne4 Kf7 36. Nc5 Bc6 37. Rd4 Ng6 38. Rb4 Ne7 39. Bf2 Ra8 40.
Rb6 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra2 42. Bd4 Rd2 43. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4+ Kh8 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxe4 Rb5 24. Rfd1 Qe8 25. h3 Rxb2 26. Qxe5 Rb5 27.
Qe6 Bg5 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Ra7 h5 31. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. c4 b5 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. cxb5 d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. f4 c4 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Qd4 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qxb5 14. b3 Qa5
15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Nb4 18. a3 Nbd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 cxd3
21. Ngf3 Bd7 22. Kf2 a5 23. a4 Ke7 24. Ke3 Rac8 25. Nd4 g5 26. fxg5 Rcg8 27. h4
h6 28. g4 hxg5 29. h5 Rf8 30. N2f3 Rf4 31. Rg1 Re4+ 32. Kxd3 Bc8 33. Rc1 Rxg4
34. Rc7+ Bd7 35. Nc6+ Ke8 36. Nb8 Rh7 37. Nd4 Rxh5 38. Nxd7 Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Re4+
40. Kf2 Rxd4 41. Nf6+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nc7 d5 11. Nxa8 Bxa8 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O b5 14. a4 b4 15.
Qb1 Ne4 16. Rd1 Na5 17. Ne5 Nb3 18. Bxc4 Ned2 19. Qc2 dxc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. a5 Rb8 (11... Ne7 12. d3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Kh8 14.
Qe2 Ba7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Ba2 Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Bd2 f5 20. exf5
Nxf5 21. Rae1 {1-0 Sulypa,A-Malaniuk,V/Donetsk/1998/ (36)}) 12. d3 (12. Ba2 Kh8
13. b4 Ba7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. d4 c5 17. Na3 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nc2
Ne5 20. Qg3 N7c6 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Kh1 d3 {
0-1 Ivanov,A-Kaufman,L/Parsippany/2001 (41)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd2 (13. Be3 Kh8
14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Bc2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 c5 17. Bb3 c4 18. dxc4 Nc5 19. cxb5 Nxb3 20.
Nxb3 Rxb5 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. Ra4 Nc6 23. Nd2 Nxa5 24. b4 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee/2001/ (37)}) 13... Kh8 14. Kh1 Ne7 15.
Qe2 (15. Bxf7 $6 Nc6 16. Bd5 Rxf3 17. Nxf3 Qe7 (17... Na7 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Nf7+
Kg8 20. Nxe5+ Kf8 21. Nxd7+ Qxd7 22. d4 c6 23. Bb3 $11) 18. Bxc6 Rf8 19. Bg5
$13) 15... h6 (15... f5 16. Nf3 Qe8 17. Ng5 $14) 16. f4 Ng6 (16... exf4 17. d4
Ba7 18. Rxf4 f5 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Qd3 $14) 17. f5 $1 (17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rxf7 Nf4
19. Qf1 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Qf6 21. Ba2 Qd6 $132) 17... Nf4 (17... Ne7 18. Nf3 $14)
18. Qf3 Nf6 (18... Qh4 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Nb3 N6h5 21. Kh2 $16) 19. Bc2 g5 (19...
d5 $5 20. Nb3 Bd6 21. Re1 dxe4 22. dxe4 Nd7 23. Be3 $14) 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nb3
Nd7 $6 {This move is too sheepish, black had to believe in the tactical
potential of his pieces and play 21...Ba7!} (21... Ba7 $1 22. g3 (22. Bxf4 Nh5
23. Bxe5+ dxe5 24. Qxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $44) 22... Nxh3 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24.
Kg2 Qd7 25. d4 Kh7 26. Bd2 Rbf8 27. Qe2 Ng4 $13) 22. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 (22... exf4
23. d4 Ba7 24. Qg4 g5 25. Rae1 $14) 23. Qe2 Ba7 (23... Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Ba7 25.
Rf7 Qe8 26. Qf1 Kg8 27. Nd2 $1 $16) 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Qg4 g5 26. d4 Nf6 $6 (
26... Qe7 27. Re1 (27. Qh5 Qh7 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Re1 c5 $132) 27...
Nf6 28. Qf5 Nh5 29. Qg6 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Qg7 31. Qe6 $14) 27. Qe6 Qf8 (27... Ng8
28. e5 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. exd6 cxd6 31. Re1 $16) 28. e5 $1 {Ponomariov
ly benefits from the miserable location of the Ba7, on the other hand black
king is vulnerable.} Nh5 (28... dxe5 29. Qxa6 $1 Ra8 30. dxe5 Nh5 31. Qg6 $18)
29. exd6 Qxd6 (29... cxd6 30. Qg6 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Qg7 32. Qxd6 Re8 33. Qxa6 Re2
34. Bd3 Rxb2 35. Re1 $18) 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Re1 Rf8 (31... Ng3+ 32. Kg1 h5 33.
Re6 Rd8 34. Nd2 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37. Rg6+ $16) 32. Re7 Bb8 33. Nd2
Ng7 (33... Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 35. Nf1 $1 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Kg8 (36... b4 37. Bf5 Rf8
38. Bd3 $18) 37. Rb7 $18) (33... Nf6 34. Nf3 Re8 35. Rb7 Nd5 36. Bg6 Rc8 37.
Be4 Nf6 38. Bd3 $16) 34. Nf3 Re8 35. Rb7 {
All white pieces are stronger then their counterparts, pawn a6 is doomed.} d5 (
35... Nh5 36. Bd3 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 $18) 36. Rb6 h5 (36... Ne6 37. Bg6 $18) 37. Bg6
$1 Rc8 38. Nxg5 f3 (38... b4 39. Bf7 Nf5 40. Be6 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 bxc3 42. bxc3 $18
) 39. gxf3 Bf4 40. h4 Bc1 41. Rxa6 Bxb2 42. Bf7 Ne8 (42... Nf5 43. Rf6 Nxh4 44.
Be6 Rxc3 45. Rf7 $18) 43. Rg6 Nc7 44. Rc6 $1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6
15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. Kf2 h5 20. Re1 Ne8 21.
Bxg7 Nxg7 22. g4 Qd8 23. Kg2 Ra7 24. Qe3 Rab7 25. Re4 Rb4 26. Qg5 Rxe4 27. Rxe4
Rb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Qd4 Qa5 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Qd4 Qa5 33. Qe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15.
c3 c5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nh2 Rc8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Kh8 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Ne3 Nf4
22. Nf1 Ne6 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Ne6 25. Ne3 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be4 (14.
O-O Rc8 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4
Rb6 21. Rxc5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Donner,J/Skopje 1972/ (53)})
14... Na6 $5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Nb4 17. Rc4 b5 (17... Nxa2 $2 18. Qb3 b5
19. Rc5 $18) 18. Rc5 Rac8 19. Rxb5 $5 {
Gelfand has to take some risk to avoid complete equality.} (19. a3 Rxc5 20.
dxc5 Rd8 21. Nd4 Qxc5 $1 22. axb4 Qxb4+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 e5 $11) 19...
Rc1 $1 20. Qxc1 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qd6 (22... Qd7 23. a4) 23. a4 Rb8
24. Rc4 (24. Rc6 Qxc6 25. Rxb8+ Kh7 26. b3 Qc2+ 27. Nd2 Qc7 $14) 24... Rxb5 25.
axb5 Qb8 26. Rc5 a6 $1 27. Kd3 (27. bxa6 Qxb2+ 28. Nd2 Qb6 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Ra8
Qc6 31. Ra7 Qb6 32. Rxf7 Qxa6+ $11) 27... axb5 28. Kc3 Qb6 (28... b4+ 29. Kb3
g5 30. Rc4 $14) (28... Qa8 $5 29. Rxb5 Qa1 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rb7 f6 $13) 29. Kb4
Qa6 30. Rxb5 Qa1 (30... Kf8 31. Ne5 Ke7 32. f3 $16) 31. Kc5 $1 Qf1 32. b4 Qxg2
33. Ne5 f6 {The position is surprisingly difficult for black, since white b
pawn poses great danger.} (33... Qxf2 34. Rb8+ (34. Nc4 Qxh2 35. Rb7 Qh5+ 36.
Kb6 Qd5 $19) 34... Kh7 35. Rb7 (35. b5 Qxe3 36. b6 Qa3+ 37. Kc6 Qc3+ $19) 35...
f6 (35... Qxe3 36. Rxf7 $16) 36. Nc4 Qxh2 37. b5 Qh5+ 38. Kb4 Qd5 39. Rc7 h5
40. b6 h4 (40... Qd8 41. Rc5 g5 (41... Qd7 42. Na5 $18) 42. b7 h4 43. Na5 h3
44. Nc6 Qb6+ 45. Rb5 $18) 41. b7 Qd8 42. Rc5 h3 43. Kb5 Kg6 44. Rc8 Qd7+ 45.
Kb6 h2 46. Rh8 $18) 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Nc6 Qxh2 36. b5 Qh5+ $2 {Black have felt,
that his queen has to come back  as soon as possible. In fact eliminating
opponent's pawn was more important and 36...Qxf2! would have made draw.} (36...
Qxf2 $1 37. b6 Qxe3 38. b7 Qb3 39. Kd6 (39. Rh8+ $2 Kxh8 40. b8=Q+ Qxb8 41.
Nxb8 h5 42. Nc6 h4 43. Nb4 h3 44. Nd3 h2 45. Nf2 Kg8 46. Kd6 Kf7 $19) 39... Kg6
40. Kc7 Qg3+ 41. Kd7 Qb3 42. Nd8 Qb5+ 43. Ke7 Qb4+ 44. Ke8 Qb5+ $11) 37. Kd6
Qd5+ 38. Kc7 e5 (38... Qh5 39. b6 Qf7+ 40. Kd6 e5 41. b7 $18) 39. b6 Qf7+ 40.
Kd6 exd4 41. exd4 h5 (41... Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kg5 43. Rd8 Qb3 44. Kc7 Qf7 45. Rd7
$18) 42. b7 h4 (42... Qb3 43. d5 h4 44. Kc7 h3 45. Re8 h2 46. Re1 Qxd5 47. b8=Q
h1=Q 48. Qb1+ $18) 43. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 44. b8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qb1+ f5 (45... Kh6 46.
Ne7 g6 47. Qe4 $18) (45... Kh8 46. Nd8 Qf8+ 47. Kd7 $18) 46. Qh1 g5 (46... Qf6+
47. Kc5 g5 48. d5 $18) 47. d5 Qf6+ 48. Kc7 Qg7+ 49. Kd6 Qf6+ 50. Kd7 g4 (50...
Qf7+ 51. Ne7 $18) 51. d6 f4 (51... h3 52. Kc7 Qf7+ 53. d7 $18) 52. Qe4+ Kh6 (
52... Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Ne5+ Kf5 55. Qxf6+ Kxf6 56. Nxg4+ $18) 53. Qe6 $1 {
The triumph of white's strategy, queens are exchanged in order to open way for
the d passed pawn.} Qxe6+ (53... Kg5 54. Qxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kc7 g3 56. d7 $18) 54.
Kxe6 g3 55. fxg3 f3 (55... fxg3 56. d7 g2 57. d8=Q g1=Q 58. Qh8+ Kg5 59. Qg7+
$18) 56. Ne5 (56. Ne5 f2 57. Ng4+ Kg5 58. Nxf2 hxg3 59. Nh3+ Kg4 60. Ng1 $18) (
56. d7 f2 57. d8=Q f1=Q 58. Qh8+ Kg5 (58... Kg6 59. Ne7+ Kg5 60. Qxh4#) 59.
Qg7+ Kh5 60. g4#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a3 b4 17. a4 Qe8 18. h4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 a4 21.
h5 f6 22. hxg6 Qxg6+ 23. Qd3 axb3 24. Rh4 Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rb8 26. Rxb3 Rb5 27.
Rd4 Rfb8 28. Kc2 Kf7 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 Kf6 31. Re3 b3+ 32. Kd3 R8b7 33. Re6+
Kxf5 34. Rh6 Rb4 35. Re4 R4b5 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Reh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ne3 Rb8 14. Nd2 Bc8 15. Bc4
Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. b3 Rb7 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. Nd5 Nc6 21. Bb2 Bg5
22. Rad1 a5 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 f6 26. Nf1 Re8 27. Ne3 Rbe7 28.
Qd2 Rd7 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qg3 Bf7 31. h3 Bg6 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. c3 bxc3 34. Nxc3 Rd7
35. Nb5 Nf7 36. h4 Ne5 37. Bc3 Re6 38. Qh3 Bf7 39. h5 h6 40. Rf5 Kh8 41. Qe3
Qe7 42. Bxa5 Ng4 43. Qg3 Rxe4 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Qxf4 Ne5 46. Qf5 d5 47. Re1 dxc4
48. bxc4 Bxc4 49. Bc3 Rd5 50. Qc8+ Rd8 51. Qf5 Re8 52. Bxe5 fxe5 53. Nc3 Qh4
54. Re4 Bd3 55. Qd7 Bxe4 56. Qxe8+ Kh7 57. Nxe4 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b3 Ne8 15. Nc4
b5 16. Na3 b4 17. Nc4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Rc1 Nc3 21. Rxc3 bxc3
22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Ng5 c2 24. Qd2 a4 25. Ne6 Rf6 26. Nxg7 Nxg7 27. f4 axb3 28.
axb3 Qf8 29. Qxc2 Bxd5 30. Qd2 Bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Kh8 32. Qb2 d5 33. Bxd5 Rxb6 34.
Bxa8 Qxa8 35. Rxe5 Qf8 36. Qc3 h6 37. h3 Qb4 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc4 Qxb3 40. Qe2
Qg3 41. Qf1 Rb4 42. Re7 Qxf4 43. Qe1 Re4 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Qc3 Nf5 46. Qf6 Qe3+
47. Kh2 Qg5 48. Qe6 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Ng7 50. Qc4 h5 51. Qd4 h4 52. Qc4 Kg6 53. Qc6+
Kg5 54. Qd7 Qe5 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qxh4+ Ke6 57. Qg4+ Kd6 58. Qd1+ Ke7 59. Qe1
Qd4+ 60. Kh2 e3 61. Qb1 Ne6 62. Qb7+ Kf6 63. Qf3+ Qf4+ 64. Qxf4+ Nxf4 65. Kg3
Ke5 66. Kf3 e2 67. Kf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ng3 Be7 12. Be5 b5 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. h3 Nxe5 16. Bb1 Bh4 17. hxg4 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nxg4 19. Nd1 Qc7 20. e4 d4
21. O-O O-O 22. Qf3 h5 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Qd2 Rac8 26. Nf2 Rfd8 27.
Rac1 Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qe2 Qc5 30. e5 d3 31. Qxh5 d2 32. Rcd1 Rd5 33. Qg5
Rcd8 34. Kh2 f6 35. Qf4 fxe5 36. Qg4 Qe3 37. Ne4 Qh6+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Rd4
40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Ne4+ Kg8 42. Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Nc3 Rf8 44. Qh3+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh8
46. Rdf1 Rxf2 47. Rxf2 d1=Q+ 48. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 49. Kh2 Qxf2 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qh5+
Kg8 52. Qxd1 Qxb2 53. Qd5+ Kf8 54. Qxc4 Qb5 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56. Qf5+ Kg8 57. Qe6+
Kf8 58. g4 Qb4 59. Qf5+ Kg8 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Kh3 Qc3+ 62. g3 Qe1 63. Kh4 Qd2
64. Qxa6 e4 65. g5 e3 66. Qc4 e2 67. Qe4+ g6 68. Qe7+ Kg8 69. Qe6+ Kf8 70. Qf6+
Ke8 71. Qxg6+ Kd7 72. Qf5+ Kc6 73. Qc8+ Kb6 74. Qb8+ Ka6 75. Qa8+ Kb6 76. Qb8+
Ka6 77. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 $5 {A double edged
novelty tries to solve the riddle of the position with extreme meassures.} (13.
Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 (14... a5 15. a3 Nxc3 16. axb4 Nb5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. d5
Be4 19. dxc6 Bxf3 20. Bxb5 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 {
1-0 Adams,M-Christiansen,L/Cannes 1992/ (52)}) 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc6 Qe8 19. Rcc1 Bd6 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Rc6 Rd8 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,S/Moscow/1985/ (57)}) (13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Be4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3 Bb4
20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Leon 2001/ (28)}) 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3
Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/New York/1994/ (18)}
) (13. c5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc2 15. Qxb7 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Bf6 (16... Qe8 17. Qa6 f6
18. Ne1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bd8 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Tilburg/1998/ (46)}) 17. Qxc6 Re8 18. Qa4 h5 19.
Bb5 Re4 20. Nd2 Re6 21. Bc6 Rb8 22. Nf1 Bd3 {
0-1 Benjamin,J-Christiansen,L/San Francisco 1998/ (39)}) 13... Bxg4 14. c5 a5
15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20.
Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow/2001/ (53)}) 17. Ne5 Bxe2 (17... Rb8 18. Nxc6
Rxb7 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 (19... Bxe2 20. Nxb7 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $16) 20. Bxg4 Nf6 (20...
Rxb2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rfb1 $16) 21. Bf5 $14) 18. Nxc6 $1 Qd7 (18... Rb8 19.
Nxd8 Rxb7 20. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nxe2 Ra6 (19... Bf6 20. Ng3 (20. f3 Ng5 21. Bxg5
Bxg5 22. f4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Rae1 Qa6 25. Qxc7 $16) 20... Rfe8 21. Bf4 $16
) 20. Ne5 $1 {White keeps an excellent centralized piece that indirectly
defends his own exposed king.} (20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bf4 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 23.
Ng3 Qf4 24. Rae1 Rh6 $132) 20... Qd8 21. Ng3 Bf6 (21... Nxg3 22. fxg3 $16) 22.
Nxe4 dxe4 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 dxe4 24. Qxe4 $18) 23. Qxe4 Re6 24. c6 (24. f4
Rfe8 25. Rac1 $18) 24... Bxe5 (24... Nd5 25. Rac1 (25. f4 $6 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc6
$14) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 $1 (27. Qxe3 Qd5 28. f3 Rxc6 29. Rxc6
Qxc6 $14) 27... Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxe5 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. c7 $18) 25. dxe5 f5 26. Qc4 (
26. Qf3 f4 27. Bc5 Rfe8 28. Bd6 Nb5 29. Qxf4 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Qc4+ Kh8
32. Rae1 $18) 26... f4 (26... Qd5 27. Rfc1 Qxe5 28. Bf4 (28. Bd4 Qd5 29. Qxd5
Nxd5 30. Rc5 Nf4 31. Kf1 $18) 28... Qd5 29. b3 (29. Bxc7 Re1+ $1 30. Rxe1 Qxc4
31. Rac1 $11) 29... Rg6+ 30. Kf1 $18) 27. Bb6 Qd5 (27... Rf7 28. Bxc7 Rg6+ 29.
Kh1 Qxc7 30. Rac1 $18) 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxa5 f3 (29... Rxc6 30. Rfd1 $18) 30.
c7 $5 {The pawn on seventh rank has enormous power.} (30. Rfd1 Rxe5 31. b4 Rfe8
32. a4 Nc3 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Nxa4 35. h3 $18) 30... Nf4 31. Rac1 (31. Rfd1
Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Nxf2 36. Rf1 $18) 31...
Ne2+ (31... Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rxe5 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rfd1 $18) 32. Kh1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1
Rc8 34. Rd1 Kf7 (34... Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. b4 Kf7 37. h3 Ke7 38. b5 $18) 35.
Rd8 Rc6 (35... Re8 36. h3 $18) 36. h3 (36. Rxc8 $4 Rc1+ $19) 36... R8xc7 37.
Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd3 $1 Rc2 39. Rxf3+ Ke6 40. b4 Kxe5 41. Kg2 Rb2 42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3
Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. cxd6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Nb5 28. d7 Nxa3 29. Rb7 h6 30. Bf4 Bg4 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bxa3 Rxd7 33. Rb8+ Kh7
34. Ra8 Rd5 35. Kg2 Be2 36. f3 Rf5 37. f4 Bc4 38. Kg3 Rb5 39. Bc5 Rb3 40. Rxa5
Rxc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Bd6 Rd2 45. Ke3 Rd3+ 46. Ke4
Rd1 47. Rc5 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Bd3 49. d5 Be4+ 50. Kf2 Rd1 51. Ke3 Bxd5 52. Ke2 Bf3+
53. Kxf3 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff was extremely popular in Moscow, it helped
Shirov to eliminate Topalov (in their match it came to be in 5 out of 7 games).
} 3. Nxe5 {Nowadays White's main attempt.} ({After} 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O {the most solid is} Bd6 $1 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Nc3 (10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 $44 {or} (13... Bb4 $5
14. Be3 Re8 $44 {give White little hope for an advantage.})) 10... Nxc3 11.
bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 $5 (12... g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $11 {
is also playable, winning the P back.}) 13. Qf3 (13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rae8 15.
Bc2 $6 g6 16. Qf3 Re4 $1 17. g3 Bb5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 $1 20. Bxe4 fxe4
$17 {Svidler,P-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 13... Kh8 $1 14. Bf4 Qc7
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 $11) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 ({After the older} 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 (9. c4 Nf6 $132) 9... f5 10. Qb3
O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 $1 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6
Re8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4
Qd3 23. Ne3 Rxb2+ $1 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ $11 {1/2,Anand,V-Kramnik,V/
Wijk aan Zee/1999/ still remains a model game. Black has a >>|^ for the
sacrificed material, so White has again turned to the main alternative in the
text.}) 8... Nb4 (8... Nf6 {
is also playable and it's not simple for White to get an edge:} 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 (14. Qd3 $5) 14... Nce7 (
14... Nxc3 $2 {is antipositional and only strengthens White's [+]} 15. bxc3 Bc4
16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rb1 Bg5 18. c4 $1 Bxd2 19. cxd5 Bxe1 20. dxc6 Ba5 21. cxb7 (21.
Qd3 $2 g6 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Qf3 Re6 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. Qg4 Rb6 $17 {
Anand,V-Touzane,O/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 21... Rb8 22. Qh5 $1 f5 23. Bxh6 $16)
(14... Nde7 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 $132 {
Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Bundesliga 9899/1998/}) 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxe5
18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20. Bc2 Nf5 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. b4 Rad8 23. Bb2 Qf4 24. Qe2
Qh4 25. Qf3 Qf4 26. Qe2 Qh4 27. Qf3 $11 {1/2,Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch/1996/
}) 9. Be2 {The B is valuable, after} (9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6 $1 {
it's White, who should be glad he has a draw after} 15. Qxc7 (15. b3 Kf7 16.
Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 b6 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22.
c5 Bf4 23. Rc3 Be4 $40 {Zhang Pengxiang-Motylev,A/Shanghai Summit/2001/}) 15...
O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 Qxg4+ 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21.
Qh3 Kg8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qb3+ Rf7 $11 {Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Dortmund/1999/}) 9...
O-O (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 (11... Nd6 $143 12. Bb3 $36) 12. bxc3
Nd5 13. Ne5 $14 {is slightly more pleasant for White.}) 10. Nc3 {
Stil the most topical moves.} (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bf5 14. c4 (14. Bf4 Na5 $5 (14... Rac8 {is also playable}) 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16.
Bxa5 Qxa5 $44) 14... Qd6 15. d5 (15. Be3 $142 Bf6 16. Ra2 Rad8 17. d5 Ne5 $13)
15... Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Qg6 $1 $146 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Ra3 Qe4 20. Be3 Rfe8
21. f3 Qg6 22. Bf2 Be7 23. Ra2 Bc5 $36 {
Dominguez,L-Gelfand,B/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 10... Be6 {
Shirov's move is the most popular, but not the only one.} ({
Kramnik shocked Kasparov in Linares 2000 with} 10... b6 $5 {
but later the interest declined, as} 11. a3 (11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Re1 $5 c5 $13 {/\}
13. Bf3 cxd4 14. Nxd5 f5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bf4 d3 $1 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3
Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. c4 Qd8 17. d5 Nb8 18. Ne5 $1 Bf6
19. Bb2 g6 20. Qd2 $14 {is comfortable for White and} Nd7 $6 {
simply costs a P after} 21. Nxd7 Bxb2 22. Nxf8 Bxa1 23. Nxg6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1
hxg6 25. Qxa1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Olafsson,H/Kopavogur act/2000/}) ({
The second most popular move is} 10... Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 (
13. cxd5 Qxd5 {-10.a3}) {but maybe it will become number 1 due to} 13... Be6 $5
$146 (13... dxc4 $143 14. Bxc4 $14) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17.
c4 Be6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rfd8 22. h3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7
24. Bf1 b6 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Qg3 $1 $132 {
Svidler,P-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1
c6 $5 $11 (12... Bf5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 exf3
18. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Re8 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. c5 $16 {
Svidler,P-Sulskis,S/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/})) ({
The duel Topalov-Shirov took place after} 11. Be3 Bf5 $5 12. Qb3 c6 13. cxd5 (
13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 (16... a4 $5 17. Qd1 Na6 $15) 17.
axb4 fxe5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. bxa5 Rxa5
$11 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) (13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3
Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3 (16... Nc7 $2 17. Ne5 $1 $16 {loses material.}) 17. bxc3 Nc7
18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 (19. Bxb5 $5 Bxf3 20. Qxc6 $14) 19... Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Qe8
21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/} 23. Qxb8
Qxb8 24. Rxe2 Qe8 25. Nxd5 Qc6 $132) 13... Nxc3 $5 (13... cxd5 14. Rac1 a5 15.
Na4 Rb8 16. Nc5 Bd6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Na3
Rb7 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 24. a4 Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Qc4 Na6 {
Shirov,A-Topalov,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/} 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd5 $16) 14. bxc3
Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 (17. Qxa7 $5 Nb5 $13) 17... Be4 18.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3 Bb4 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Qd7 23. Rfb1 Qh3
$44 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 11... c5 {A radical continuation,
critical for its evaluation is the position after White's 15-th move. Maybe it
will be necessary to return to the less ambitious, but more solid} (11... f6
12. Nf3 Kh8 (12... c5 13. Be3 $1 $36) 13. Re1 Bg8 (13... c5 $5) 14. a3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. c4 Bf7 20. Nb3 b5 $5 21. cxb5
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd4 23. Qc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6 26. Rad1 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Re7 axb5 29. Rxc7 h5 30. Rb7 $11 {
1/2,Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Venlo NED-GER/2000/}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 (
13... Bd6 $6 14. a3 $1 $16) 14. a3 Na6 {An important moment. If Black could
get his N to d6 without concessions, he would have an excellent position. But
Shirov will never manage and the Na6 will actually not make another move in
the whole game.} 15. Qc2 $1 {A significant improvement over the older} (15. f4
f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22.
bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa4 {Baklan,V-Gunnarsson,J/EU-chT Leon/2001/} Ne8 $11 {and Black 
has at least equality. The text postpones the committal advance of the f-pawn
till Black misplaces his forces.}) 15... f6 (15... Bd6 16. f4 f6 17. Ng4 $14 {
leads to a position we will see later on, only here Black can't take en
passant anymore.} ({Black also has to reckon with the unclear} 17. Qxe4 $5 Re8
18. Bh5 Re7 19. Nf7 Qc7 20. Nxd6 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 $13)) 16. Ng4 Qd6 $5 $146 (16...
Bd6 17. f4 (17. f3 $143 $6 f5 18. Nf2 Qh4 $40) 17... exf3 (17... Bxg4 18. Bxg4
f5 19. Be2 $14 {is different from the note above, here Black's B is further
away from its ideal d4-square and White will be the first one to get some play
on the flanks (b4,g4) going.}) 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5 21. b3 Rae8
22. Kg2 $1 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28.
Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 $16 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/
Black's temporary initiative is over and his positional weaknesses have become
clear, Shirov saved the game only with his opponent's help.}) ({
Also accepting the pawn sacrifice with} 16... f5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Re8 19. Bd2
(19. Be3 $5) 19... Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bc3 $44 {
is not too enticing, as White fully controls the dark squares.}) (16... Bxg4 $5
17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 {deserved attention. Although this is a better
version of the 15.f4 position (White can play also Bf4 at some moment),
White's edge is minimal. Also in the game Shirov's B aims for d4 via f6.}) 17.
f3 $1 ({We have already indicated} 17. f4 $6 Bxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 {is OK for Black.
}) 17... f5 {Consistent.} (17... Bxg4 $2 18. fxg4 $16 {><e4}) (17... exf3 18.
Bxf3 $14 {now or a move later leads to the same type of position Shirov has
already had with Topalov and which he was trying to avoid.}) 18. Nf2 Bf6 19.
fxe4 Be5 {An important intermediate move.} (19... Bd4 $6 20. Kh1 $16) 20. h3
Bd4 21. e5 $5 (21. Kh1 $2 Qg3 $17 {is not good anymore and otherwise White
finds it difficult to unpin the N, so he gives back the extra P.}) 21... Qxe5
22. Kh1 Bd7 $6 {Somewhere here the fate of the game was decided. Shirov
probably considered the _|_} (22... f4 $5 23. Nd3 (23. Bd3 $2 Qh5 $40 {/\f3})
23... Bf5 24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25. Bd3 Bxe5 26. Bxc2 Nc7 $14 {
/= devoid of perspectives, but White's edge remains at best only minimal.}) 23.
Nd3 Ba4 $2 {Although this move fits tactically, strategically the exchange of
the light-squared B is very advantageous for White and Black's game will
surprisingly rapidly go downhill.} ({More or less necessary was} 23... Qf6 24.
Bf4 Rae8 25. Rae1 $14 {><Na6 White is better, as the Na6 can be activated only
by a weakening g5, but this is incomparably better than the text.}) 24. Qxa4 (
24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25. Bd3 $14 {leads to the _|_, mentioned in the note to 22...
Bd7?!, but Anand rightly wants more.}) 24... Qxe2 25. Rf3 Rae8 {
Black will have only problems with the R on the e<->.} (25... b5 26. cxb5 $1 (
26. Qxa6 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Rae8 $1 $132 {only complicates matters.}) 26... Nb4 (
26... c4 $2 27. bxa6 $18) (26... Nc7 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Qc4 Qe4 29. Re1 Be3 30.
Qa2 $1 $18) 27. axb4 c4 28. d6 cxd3 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qxd3 $16 (30. Bf4 $5 $16))
(25... Nc7 {fails to} 26. Bf4 $16 {with tempo.}) ({
Maybe the best was the passive} 25... Qe8 26. Qb3 $16 {
but White retains a clear advantage.}) 26. Bf4 $16 {/\Re1,o^d5} h6 {
Practically an exchange sacrifice, but there was hardly anytrhing better.} (
26... Bxb2 $2 27. Ra2 $18) (26... Rf6 {But more practical and much safer is}
27. Kh2 $1 (27. Re1 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kg3 Rg6+ 31. Kh4 {
and there is no mate in sight:} Rxg2 (31... Bd4 32. g4 $1 (32. Re3 $2 Bf6+ 33.
Kh5 Rh6+ $1 34. Bxh6 g6#) 32... fxg4 33. Re3 $1 $18) 32. Qd7 Bd4 33. Kh5 $1 $16
) 27... Rg6 28. Bg3 $16 {/\Nf4,Re1}) (26... Be3 27. Qb3 $16 (27. Rd1 $5 $16 {
and the N again aims for e6 with great power.})) 27. Bd6 $1 (27. Re1 $2 Qxe1+
28. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 g5 {immediately forces a draw, as the ambitious} 30. Bd6
Bg1+ 31. Kg3 $2 {can favour only Black due to} h5 $1 32. h4 (32. Rd3 $2 Rfe8
$19) 32... f4+ 33. Bxf4 gxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Bh2+ $17 {
/=/+ and already White has to fight for a draw.}) (27. Kh2 {
was also possible, but the text is more direct.}) 27... Rf6 28. Nf4 Qe4 29. Ne6
Rexe6 ({The passive} 29... Ra8 30. Qb5 $18 {is out of question.}) 30. dxe6 Qxe6
(30... Rxe6 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qc6 (32... Qxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Be5+
35. g3 $18) 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxf5 {/\Re7} Rb6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 $16 {/+-})
31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qf7 $8 (32... Qc6 33. Qb5 $1 {/\Re7+-}) 33. Bh4 $1 (33.
Re8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 $16 {wins the Pa7, but Anand is still more interested in the
7-th rank and the coordination of his forces.}) 33... Re6 (33... g5 $2 34. Rfe3
$1 {loses more or less by force after} (34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rfe3 $1 {-34.Rfe3!})
34... Qg6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Qd7+ Rf7 37. R8e7 Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Bxg7 39. Re6 Nb8 40.
Qd5 $18) 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qc2 Bd4 36. Qxf5 $5 {
A clever move, Anand wants the Q off and rightly feels the Pc4 is poisoned.} (
36. Rxf5 Nb8 $16 {still gives Black chances to resist.}) 36... Qxc4 $6 (36...
Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Nb8 (37... Nc7 $143 38. Bg3 Ne6 39. Rd5 $18) 38. Bf2 $5 $16 {
/+- gives Black only minimal survival chances, but now White's trio of
attacking pieces will completely dismantle Black's defence.} (38. Rd5 Nc6 39.
Rd7 b6 $16)) 37. Kh2 {White has enough time for useful prophylaxis.} Qe2 (37...
Qc1 $2 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Be7 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 $18) ({
If Black does nothing, e.g.,} 37... b6 38. Rf4 $18 {/\Re4-e8}) 38. Bg3 $1 {
Dominates the unhappy Na6.} (38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxb7 Nc7 $1 $16 {
still gives Black some counterchances.}) 38... Qd1 {
The Q can't return to the defence.} (38... Qe8 39. Qd5+ $18) (38... Qe7 39.
Qd5+ Kh7 40. Rf7 $18) 39. Rf1 Qb3 40. Qe4 {Doesn't change the result, but} (40.
Qg6 $142 $1 $18 {/\Re1,Bd6}) 40... Qb5 (40... Qc4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Rf8 g5 43.
Be5 $1 $18) (40... Qe3 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ g6 43. Qd7+ Bg7 44. Rf7 Qc3 45.
Qe7 {/\Be5+-}) 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 {/\Qf5} (44. Rf8
c4 (44... Qc6 45. Qf5+ Qg6 46. Rh8+ $1 $18) 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ $18 {
loses the Bd4.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rc8 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c6 21.
Rfd1 Nd5 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. Ne3 Qd7
15. Qc2 Na6 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. e4 Nb5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4
Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Re2 Ne7 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Nb5 Bxb5
21. Bxb5 Nf5 22. Qe2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qe2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qd6 26. Re1 b6 27.
g4 Qd2 28. g3 Qxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. b4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ra2 Bb7
15. e4 Bd6 16. Nf3 e5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Rad2 Be7 21. Bb1
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nf3 Bb6 25. Ba2 Qd6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. g3
Bc8 28. Kg2 Bg4 29. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Qb4 Ne8 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nd4 Qd8 21. Nc6
Qc7 22. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Be7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. c4 Bc6 14. Qe2
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb6 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bc7 Qc5 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 b5 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 bxc4 22. Nxc4 h6 23. Rd4 Rfb8 24. Rfd1 a5 25. Kf2 Kh7 26. R1d2 a4 27.
Kf3 Ra7 28. e4 Rb4 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. Nd6 Rb8 32. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. c4 Re8 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rec8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Ne5 b5 12. a4 Bd6 13. Nef3 bxa4 14. Nc4
Bc7 15. Nfe5 Bb7 16. Rxa4 Nc6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba3+ Ke8 20. Nc5 Nxa4
21. Nxb7 Nc3 22. Bf3 Rd5 23. Ncd6+ Bxd6 24. Nxd6+ Kd7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxf7
Rb8 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Bf8 Ke8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxg7 Nc4 31. Kf1 a5 32. g4 Kf7
33. Bh8 Ne4 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bd4 Nc3+ 36. Ke1 Nb5 37. Bh8 d4 38. exd4 Kd5 39.
Ke2 a4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "258"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qe3 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Qd3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e4 b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. d5 Bc5 19. Ne5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Qf6 22. Nd7 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. Rf1 Qe3 25. Qf5 Qe7 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rae1
Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Rc1 Bxd5 30. Rxc5 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rd2+ 32. Rf2 Rxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Rb8 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Ke3 Rxa4 36. Rxc7 Rb4 37. Rc2 a5 38. Kd2 a4 39. Rc8+
Kh7 40. Kc3 Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Rf3 42. Ra8 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Rxh2 44. Rxa4 Rh3 45. b4
Rxg3+ 46. Kc4 h5 47. Ra1 h4 48. b5 Re3 49. b6 Re8 50. b7 Rb8 51. Rb1 g5 52. Kd5
h3 53. Ke4 h2 54. Kf5 Rxb7 55. Rh1 Rb2 56. Kxg5 Kg7 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Kg3 Kg5 59.
Rf1 f5 60. Kh3 Rf2 61. Ra1 Re2 62. Rh1 Kf4 63. Rf1+ Ke4 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. Ra1 f4+
66. Kf3 Ra2 67. Rh1 Rb2 68. Kg4 Rf2 69. Kh3 Ke4 70. Re1+ Kd3 71. Ra1 Rd2 72.
Ra3+ Kc2 73. Ra2+ Kb1 74. Rxd2 h1=Q+ 75. Kg4 Kc1 76. Rd3 Qe4 77. Rf3 Kd2 78.
Rxf4 Qg6+ 79. Kf3 Kd3 80. Kf2 Qg5 81. Kf3 Qg1 82. Rf5 Qe3+ 83. Kg4 Ke4 84. Rf8
Qg1+ 85. Kh5 Qg7 86. Rf1 Qe5+ 87. Kg4 Qe6+ 88. Kg5 Qg8+ 89. Kh4 Qg6 90. Kh3 Ke3
91. Kh4 Qh7+ 92. Kg3 Qg8+ 93. Kh3 Qg5 94. Kh2 Ke2 95. Rg1 Qf4+ 96. Kh3 Qh6+ 97.
Kg3 Qe3+ 98. Kh2 Kf2 99. Rg2+ Kf1 100. Rg4 Qe5+ 101. Kh3 Kf2 102. Kh4 Kf3 103.
Rg6 Qe7+ 104. Kh5 Kf4 105. Kh6 Qh4+ 106. Kg7 Kf5 107. Rh6 Qe7+ 108. Kg8 Kg5
109. Rh7 Qe8+ 110. Kg7 Qe5+ 111. Kf7 Qd5+ 112. Kg7 Qd6 113. Kg8 Kg6 114. Rg7+
Kf6 115. Rf7+ Ke6 116. Kg7 Qg3+ 117. Kf8 Qh4 118. Kg8 Qg5+ 119. Rg7 Qd8+ 120.
Kh7 Qh4+ 121. Kg8 Qh5 122. Ra7 Qg6+ 123. Kh8 Qf6+ 124. Rg7 Qh6+ 125. Kg8 Qh2
126. Rg6+ Ke7 127. Rg7+ Ke8 128. Rg6 Qh5 129. Kg7 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3
Qc7 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Rb2 h6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 e5
21. Qd3 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 exd4 26. Nf3 Rc3
27. Rxd4 Nc5 28. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1
Nc6 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qd1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Ne5 20. Ne3 h6
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. h4 Qc5 24. a3 a5 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Rd4 b5 27. Nd1
Nc4 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 e6 8. O-O Ne7
9. Qe1 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 a5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Nd4
Qd7 16. Qh4 f6 17. Qh3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bd4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rae8 21. Qg3 Re6
22. Rfe1 Qe7 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 f4 25. Qg4 Bxe5 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe5 Qg4
28. Re7 Rf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Re7 Rb8 31. Rf1 Bc6 32. g3 g5 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34.
Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxb5 Qxb5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2
Nge7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bd3 h6 18. Be4 Nd5 19. g3 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rad1 Nce7 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 Rdc7 24. R3d2 a5 25. bxa5 Bxa5 26. Re2 Bc3 27.
Kg2 b6 28. Nd4 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nc3 30. Re1 Rc4 31. Rd2 Ra4 32. Bf3 Rxa3 33. Rb2
Ncd5 34. Nb5 Ra5 35. Nd6 Rc3 36. Ne4 Rc7 37. Nd6 Rc3 38. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 c4 15.
Ne5 Na5 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qa4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bb7 19. Nb5 Bd6 20. Nd7 Qe7 21. Rd3
Nxd7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxd7 Re7 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Rdc3 Rd6 27. Rc7
Rde6 28. Bd7 Rd6 29. Bf5 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 g6 31. Bd3 Bc6 32. Rxa7 Bd7 33. Kf2 Kg7
34. Ke1 Bh3 35. Kd2 Rf6 36. Rb7 h5 37. a4 g5 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 h4 40. gxh4
gxh4 41. Bf3 Kg6 42. Ke3 Bf5 43. Rc7 Re6+ 44. Kd2 Be4 45. Bxe4+ Rxe4 46. Kd3
Rg4 47. Rc6+ Kg5 48. Rxb6 Rg2 49. a5 Rxh2 50. a6 Rh3+ 51. e3 Rh2 52. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxb5 Qxb5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 (10... Bc5 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. O-O a5 (
13... Nge7 14. b4 Bd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb2 Ndf5 17. Qe4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19.
Rd3 Rxd3 20. Bxd3 Ng6 {0-1 Menshikov,A-Davydov,S/Orsk/2000/ (42)}) 14. Qg3 g6
15. Ng5 Be7 16. b3 Qd4 17. Bf4 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qg7 20. Bd2 Nf6 21.
Bc3 O-O 22. Rfe1 {1-0 Gunnarsson,J-Kjartansson,D/Reykjavik 1999/ (40)}) 11. Qf4
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Bxc4 (13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. O-O-O Nd5 15. Qxc4 a6 16. Kb1 Nge7
17. Qg4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rc6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. g3 Rb6 {
0-1 Fofanov,I-Badmatsyrenov,O/Smolensk 2001/ (31)}) 13... Bxd2+ (13... Nge7 14.
Bxb4 Nxb4 15. O-O Nbd5 16. Qe4 $14) 14. Qxd2 Qc5 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16.
Ke3 Nge7 17. Rhd1 $14) 15. Qc3 Nge7 (15... Na5 16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18.
Rxc4 Ne7 19. Ke2 Nd5 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Ng5 $14) 16. b4 Qb6 (16... Nd5 17. Qb3
Qb6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 O-O 20. O-O $16) 17. O-O O-O 18. Rad1 {
White has more space and great potential in active bishop.} Rad8 19. Bd3 h6 (
19... Nd5 20. Qc4 Nce7 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 $14) 20. h4 Rd5 (20... Nd5 21. Qc4
f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qe4 $14) 21. Be4 Rxd1 (21... Rdd8 $5) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd6
$1 Rc8 (23... Rxd6 24. exd6 Nd5 25. Qc4 Nf6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Ne5 $16) 24. Qd3
a6 25. h5 Rd8 26. Nh2 Nc8 (26... Rxd6 27. exd6 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5 $16)
27. Rd7 (27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxd8+ Nxd8 29. Ng4 $14) 27... N8e7 28. Ng4 Rxd7 (
28... Nd5 29. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Rxf7 $18) 31. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 (32... Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Bg6#) 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Qxe6+ Kf8
(34... Nde7 35. Bg6+ $18) 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. Kh2 $16)
29. Qxd7 Qd8 (29... Kf8 30. g3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Qxb7 Qe1+ 34.
Kh2 $16) 30. Qxb7 Nxe5 31. Ne3 {The pawn assymetry helps the player with a
bishop, Gelfand faces serious problems.} (31. Nxe5 $2 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxh5+ 33.
Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 31... f5 (31... Nc4 32. Nxc4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxh5+ 34.
Kg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf3 f5 36. Bd3 Qg4+ 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Qf4+ 39. Kc2 Qxf2+ 40.
Kb3 Qg3 41. Nb2 $16) 32. Bc2 Qd6 33. Bb3 (33. Qa8+ Kh7 (33... Kf7 34. Ba4 Nd5
35. Nxd5 exd5 36. f4 $16)) 33... f4 (33... Kh7 34. Qa8 Qb6 35. Qf8 Qd6 36. Qe8
$16) 34. Nc4 Nxc4 (34... Qd3 35. Nxe5 Qxb3 36. Qa8+ (36. Qxe7 $2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2
Qxh5+ 38. Kg1 Qxe5 $11) 36... Kh7 37. Qxa6 Qd1+ 38. Qf1) 35. Bxc4 Qd1+ 36. Bf1
$1 Nf5 37. Qxa6 Nd4 (37... Kf7 38. Qe2 Qa4 39. Qf3 $18) 38. Qd3 Qa1 (38... Qxd3
39. Bxd3 $18) 39. b5 {
The b pawn can be stopped only at a great cost of freeing white pieces.} e5 (
39... Qb2 40. a4 Kf7 41. a5 $18) 40. b6 f3 (40... Qb2 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. Qc8+ $18
) 41. gxf3 (41. b7 Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Qxf3 $18) 41... Qb2 42. Qc4+ Kf8 (42...
Kh8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Bd3+ $18) 43. Qc5+ Kf7 44. Bc4+ Kf6 (44... Ke8 45. Kg2 $18
) 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qxg7+ Kf5 47. Bd3+ (47. Qg6+ $1 $18) 47... Ke6 48. Bc4+ Kf5
(48... Kd6 49. Qc7#) 49. Qg6+ (49. Qg6+ Kf4 50. Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15.
Rac1 Bg7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. b3 c6 20. d6 Bg4 21. Rd2 Qd7
22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nc5 Qxd6 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Rfc8
28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Nb5 Rcc8 30. Rc4 Rab8 31. Bd5 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Bf8 33. Kg2 h5 34.
Rd4 Kg7 35. Rf4 f6 36. Rd4 Bc5 37. Rd2 Bb4 38. Rd3 Re8 39. Nd4 Be2 40. Re3 Rxe3
41. fxe3 Bd1 42. c5 Bxa4 43. c6 Bd6 44. c7 Bxc7 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Nxc7+ Ke7 47.
Ba2 Kd6 48. Ne6 Be8 49. Nd4 a4 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. Ke2 Bd7 52. Nf3+ Kd6 53. Nd4 g5
54. Kd3 Ke5 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 a3 57. Ke2 f5 58. Nf3+ Kf6 59. Nd2 Be6 60. Nc4
Bf7 61. Kf3 Bd5+ 62. Kf4 Bf7 63. Kf3 Bd5+ 64. Ke2 Bf7 65. Bb3 Be6 66. Ba2 Bf7
67. Kf2 Be6 68. Kg3 Bf7 69. Kf4 Be6 70. Nxa3 Bxa2 71. Nb5 Be6 72. Nd6 Bd7 73.
Nb7 Be6 74. Nd6 Bd7 75. Nc4 Bb5 76. Ne5 Ke6 77. Nf3 Kf6 78. Nd4 Bd7 79. Ne2 Be8
80. Nd4 Bd7 81. Nf3 Bc6 82. Ne5 Bb5 83. Nf3 Bc6 84. e4 Bd7 85. Nd4 Bc6 86. Nb5
Bd5 87. Nd4 Kf7 88. Ne6 Kf6 89. Kf3 Bb3 90. Kf2 Bxe6 91. Kg3 Bf7 92. Kf4 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Na5 12. Qd3 d6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Qa6 Qc8 15.
a3 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bb2 Nc7 18. Qe2 Ne6 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Ne4
Qc6 22. Kg2 d5 23. Ned2 a5 24. Rc1 Qa4 25. Nd4 axb4 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 Qd7
28. axb4 Ra4 29. Bc3 d4 30. Bb2 Rxb4 31. Ba3 Rb5 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Nf3 Nc5 34.
Rc4 d3 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Qa7 39. Qd4 Qa2 40. Qc3 h6
41. Rb4 Qc2 42. Qxc2 dxc2 43. Rc4 Rxf2 44. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 a6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 11. c3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Bxc5 15. Ne5 g5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Be5 Rfc8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. f3 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. a4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bc4 24. a5 Nd5 25. Ne5 Ne3 26. Be4 Nxd1 27. Bxa8
Nxb2 28. Bb7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 Ra7 30. Bc8 Bd5 31. a6 Kf8 32. Ra5 Nc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Bd5 36. Rxb5 Rc7 37. Bb7 Rxc3+ 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Ra4 40.
Kc3 Kd6 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. c4 Be6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc3
Rfd8 22. h3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7 24. Bf1 b6 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Qg3 Kf8
28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Bxh6 Rd1 33. Bf4 Na5 34.
Rxd1 Qxd1 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Qxc4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf5 Qxe4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6
f6 15. f4 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Rf2 Qc6 18. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

{This game shall meet us with the typical middle game technic: N sacrifice for
3 pawns: Pb5+Pa6+Pd6:} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
f3 e6 ({For:} 6... e5 7. Nb3 {
see: 1-0 Kosteniuk,A-Zhu Chen/Moscow RUS 2001 (38).}) 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9.
Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 {#} 12. Ndxb5 {Ftachnik wrote before this
game: 'Very interesting novelty, white is forcing exchange combination despite
his vulnerable a2 pawn.'} (12. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Bb7 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc5 {
0-1 Svidler,P-Georgiev,K/Istanbul/2000/ (31)}) 12... axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ba6 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (16... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 17.
Kb1 Ra5 18. Be3 Na8 19. Be2 Ke7 20. Rhd1 $13) 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. a3 h5 19. gxh5
$146 (19. h4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 20. fxg4 f6 21. Be3 (21. Rxe6+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kf7 22.
Rxb6 Rxb6 $19) 21... Ke7 22. Rhd1 $5 Rb8 $2 {Shipov defends the position in a
very passive way, white has excellent chances due to the coordination of his
pieces.} (22... Rxh4 {Ftacnik}) (22... Nd5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rc6 {
1-0 Smirnov,P-Shipov,S/Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 19... Ra5 {
May be after correct play from both sides the final shall be draw. Probably in
near future we shall see some more games on this topic which sall confirm this
opinion} (19... Rxh5 20. h4 $13) 20. h4 (20. Be3 Nc8 21. Rc6 Ne7 $11) 20... Nc4
21. Rc6 Rc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 {#} 23. b3 (23. b4 Nd7 24. a4 Rxh5 25. a5 Nb8 $15) (
23. h6 $5 {/\ <->hXh4} gxh6 24. Bd2 Ke7 25. b3 $13) 23... Nxa3 24. h6 gxh6 25.
Be3 Nb7 26. Kb2 (26. e5 $5 Nb5 27. c4 Nc7 28. Kb2) 26... Nb5 27. e5 Rg8 (27...
Nc7 $5 $11) (27... h5 $5 28. c4 Nc7) 28. Bxh6 $14 {o^ Ph4} Nd4 29. h5 Rg2 30.
Kc3 Nxf3 31. Bf4 Kf8 32. Rf1 (32. h6 Kg8 $11) 32... Ng5 $11 {#} (32... Ng1 $5
33. Bh6+ Kg8 34. Be3 Ne2+ 35. Kd3 Nd8 $15) 33. Kb4 $5 {It leads to a nice draw}
({From the stronger Wite's position draw should be after:} 33. h6 $1 $14) 33...
Ne4 $15 34. c4 Nbc5 35. Rf3 Ra2 36. h6 (36. Kb5 Ra3 37. Kb4 Ra8 38. h6 Kg8 39.
Re3 Rb8+ $17) 36... Kg8 37. Bc1 (37. Kb5 Ra3 38. Kc6 Nxb3 $17) 37... Ra7 38.
Kb5 Nxb3 39. Kb6 Ra8 40. Be3 Rb8+ 41. Kc7 Rb4 42. Kd8 Rxc4 43. Rf4 Na5 44. Rg4+
Kh8 45. Ke7 {#} Nc6+ (45... Nb7 46. Kf8 Rc8+ 47. Kxf7 Nbc5 48. Rg7 Rd8 49. Rg1
Rd7+ 50. Kf8 Rd8+ 51. Kf7 $11) 46. Kf8 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {1890 - Albin. Statistic says: Black
has very small chances to win the game.(18%) and a lot of chances (40%) to
make a draw.} 5. Nf3 (5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (20)}) 5...
Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Bd3 c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {
0-1 Meitner,P-Albin,A/Vienna 1890/EXT 99 (41)}) 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 9.
Bxe4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (32)})
(6. Ng3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 {
0-1 Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/USA/CAN 1894/MainBase (76)}) 6... Nxf6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4
a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (43)}) 7... c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O {'?!' Rogers.} (9... Qc7 {
(Rogers)  is known to be safer.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 h6 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Speelman,J/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26/[Rogers] (52)} ({This was Speelma
n's idea - an improvement on the game Tal -Rogers, San Francisco 1991, which
had continued} 12... b6 $6 {Rogers} 13. Bb5 $1)) 10... e5 $146 (10... b6 11.
O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne5 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG 1995/CBM 49 (37)})
11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Bc3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxf2 15. Kb1 $14)
13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. a3 Nxe4 (14... Qa2 15. Bc3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf2 17. Re2 Bb6 18.
Qd5 $14) 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 (15... Qa2 16. Bc3) 16. Re2 (16. Ng5 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14)
16... Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 Be6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Re7 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. Rde1
Rxe3 22. Rxe3 {Acording to Capablanca this P's structure (PPP:PP on both
sides!) the chaces to win are for the B's sides. Here the draw for the N's
side is promising the more active White's K and R .} Kf8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Kd2 f6
25. c4 Rc8 26. Kd3 Kf7 27. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Re1 Qc7 (13... Qf6
14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. c4 h6 17. Bd2 dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kf6 19. Reb1 b6 {
1/2-1/2 Cappello,R-Paoli,E/Reggio Emilia 1973/ (19)}) (13... Be8 14. Qf3 Kh8
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. g3 Qh3 18. Bb3 f4 19. Qg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 fxg3 21.
fxg3 Bf7 22. Re3 {1-0 Behnke,K-Berrou,M/Griesheim/1999/ (28)}) 14. Bd2 Rae8 15.
Bc2 (15. Rab1 a6) 15... g6 16. Qf3 (16. Qh6 Bb5 $11) 16... Re4 $1 {Courageous
nd logical sacrifice, Svidler is confronted with unpleasant problems.} (16...
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Qf3 Bc6 $13) 17. g3 (17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qe2
Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kf1 Qg3 20. Be3 Bh3 $1 $19) 19... Rf5 20. Rac1 Rh5 $19)
17... Bb5 18. Bf4 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 (18... dxe4 19. Qe3 Bd3 20. Qg5 $16) 19. Qg4
Rf5 $44) 18... Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 (19... Qxf4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22.
Rab1 $11) (19... Rxf4 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Qxb5 Rxf2 22. Re8+ Kg7 23. Kxf2 Qxh2+
24. Kf3 $18) 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qg3 (21. Qe3 Rxf4 $40) 21... Rxf4 22. Rab1 Bd7
23. f3 (23. h3 b5 24. Re2 Qf6 $15) (23. Rxb7 $2 Rg4 $19) 23... b6 24. Re3 Qf6
$6 {Serious inaccuracy that could have even caused problems for black.} (24...
exf3 25. Kf2 (25. h3 Rg4 $19) 25... Bf5 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. Rbe1 Be4 28. Ra8 $132)
25. Rf1 $2 (25. Kg2 h5 $1 $17) (25. h3 $1 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qxf3 27. Qxf3 exf3 28.
h4 Bf5 29. Rb5 Be4 30. a4 $14) 25... Bg4 $1 26. Qxg4 (26. Rf2 Bxf3 27. h3 h5
28. Kf1 g5 $17) (26. fxg4 Rxf1+ 27. Kg2 Ra1 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re2
Rc1 31. Kg3 g5 $19) 26... Rxg4+ 27. fxg4 Qg5 28. Rg3 (28. Re2 Qxg4+ 29. Rg2 Qh5
$19) 28... b5 29. Rf2 (29. Rb1 Qd2 30. Rxb5 $2 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ $19) 29... Kg7
30. Kg2 a5 31. Rb2 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 (32... Qc1 33. Rf2 axb4 34. Rb3 Qd1 $17)
33. h3 Qc1 {The rooks are too passive and clumsy as defenders, black queen
dominates the game.} 34. Rgb3 Kh6 35. Rxb4 Qd1 36. Kf2 (36. a4 $2 e3 37. Rb1 e2
$19) 36... Kg5 37. Re2 (37. a4 Kf4 38. R4b3 Qxd4+ $19) 37... Kf4 38. Rb3 (38.
a4 e3+ 39. Rxe3 Qd2+ 40. Re2 Qxb4 $19) 38... Qxd4+ 39. Kg2 Qc4 40. Rf2+ Kg5 41.
Rf7 d4 42. h4+ (42. Rxh7 Kf4 43. Rb2 e3 $19) 42... Kxh4 (42... Kxg4 $4 43. Rg3+
Kh5 44. Rxh7#) 43. Rxh7+ Kxg4 44. Rg3+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 (7...
Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Nd7 11. Ncd5 (11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6
Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Rf5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/ (54)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5
(12. f4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4 f5 15. exf5 Bc8 16. Ncd5 Nd4 17. b3 Nxf5
18. Bb2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Lautier,J/Biel 2001/ (25)}) 12...
Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22. Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1
Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/Panormo 2001/ (25)}) 11... Nb6 12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd5 Na5 14. a4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b3
Rae8 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Nd5 {
1-0 Hracek,Z-Antic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/ (38)}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bg5
14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bf6 16. Kh1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 d5 {
0-1 Kutuzovic,B-Shariyazdanov,A/Zadar 1998/ (40)}) 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 (9. Nfe3
Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 $11) (9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Bb3 Nd4 $11) 9... axb6 (9... Qxb6 10.
Ne3 $14) 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 (12... Be6 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 Bxd5
14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 b5 $11) 13... Re8 $13) 13. Bd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 (14. Bxe3 Be6
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qh5 $14) 14... Qe7 15. Bd5 Be6 16.
Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2 {
White is comfortably better, but finds it difficult to improve his position.} (
17. Qxb6 $2 Ra6 18. Qb5 Bd7 $19) 17... Qc7 18. h3 (18. c4 $5 Nc6 19. Rf3 Bxd5
20. exd5 Ne7 21. Qb3 $14) (18. Rf3 $6 c4 $1 19. d4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb3 $15) 18...
h6 19. c4 Nc6 20. Qd1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. a4 (22. Qh5 f5 23. a4 Qd7 24. b3
Rf6 25. d4 $1 $14) 22... f5 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Qh5 Rf6 24. b3 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14)
23... Rf7 24. Qb3 (24. Qh5 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 24... Ng6 25. Rf2 Raf8 26. Raf1 f4
27. Bd2 (27. Qb5 Qe7 28. e4 f3 29. g3 Qc7 (29... Qg5 30. Kh2 Qe3 31. Qxb6 Qxd3
32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33. Qxc5 Qd3 34. Re1 $16) 30. Kh2 $14) 27... f3 $1 {Anand faces
serious problem, but despite everything his chances were probably still quite
promising.} 28. Rxf3 $2 (28. gxf3 Qd7 29. Kh2 Rf5 $40) (28. g3 $1 Qd7 (28... e4
29. dxe4 Qe7 30. Bc3 $1 (30. Qxb6 $2 Ne5 31. b3 Nd3 $17) 30... Qxe4 31. Qxb6
Rd7 32. Qb3 $16) 29. Kh2 Rf5 30. g4 R5f6 31. e4 $16) 28... Rxf3 29. gxf3 (29.
Rxf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Nh4 31. Qd1 Qf7 32. Kf2 Qf5 33. e4 Qxh3 34. Qe2 (34. Ke3 g5
$17) 34... g5 $17) 29... Qc8 30. Kh2 (30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 Rf6 32. Rf2 Qf5 33.
f4 Rg6+ 34. Kh2 Qh5 $19) 30... Rf5 31. f4 Rh5 32. f5 (32. Rf3 Qg4 33. Rg3 Qe2+
34. Rg2 Qf3 35. Rg3 Qf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxh3+ $1 37. Kxh3 Qh4#) 32... Rxf5 33. Qd1 Qf8
34. Rxf5 Qxf5 35. Qe2 (35. e4 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Nh4 $19) 35... e4 $1 {Black does an
excellent job with his dominating pieces, white's pawn structure will suffer
too much.} 36. Qg4 (36. dxe4 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Qxb2 $1 (37... Qxe4+ $6 38. Qg2 Qd3
39. Bc3 Kh7 40. Qg4 $11) 38. Kg2 Qc2 $19) 36... Qxg4 37. hxg4 Ne5 38. Kg3 (38.
dxe4 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxd2 40. e5 Nxc4 $19) 38... exd3 39. b3 g6 40. e4 h5 41. gxh5
(41. g5 h4+ 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Nf3 44. Bc3+ Kg8 45. e5 dxe5 $19) 41... gxh5
42. Kf2 h4 (42... h4 43. Bf4 h3 44. Ke3 Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

{
Even short game between great players could be imporant for the opening theory.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 {In my country this line is called 'Bulgarian
variation'. Devoted to the topic, about 25 years ago Jivko Kajkamdjozov wrote
small nice opening book with this title. Looking back in the time we can see
that yet in 1864 Popert use the move 3.c3 against Staunton. Alekhine said that
the move is not worse than 3.d4. Today gm. Sveshnikov is among the big
partisans of this line.} Nf6 (3... d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Grob,H-Kostic,B/Meran 1926/EXT 2000 (52)}) 4... Nc6 5. d4 (5. Bb5 Bd7 (
5... Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 {0-1 Moreau,C-Maroczy,G/Monte Carlo 1903/HCL (50)}) 6.
Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O d4 8. d3 Qd7 9. c4 Ne7 {
0-1 Albin,A-Maroczy,G/Monte Carlo 1902/EXT 2000 (58)}) 5... Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7.
Bc2 Rc8 8. O-O {1-0 Popert,H-Staunton,H/London 1841/EXT 99 (23)}) (3... Nc6 4.
d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Suhle,B-Anderssen,A/Berlin 1864/EXT 99 (56)}) (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O {0-1 Jensen,T-Aalheim,T/Goteborg 1920/EXT 2000 (36)}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O
Be6 8. Re1 Bd6 9. Bf5 O-O 10. Bxe6 {1-0 Szen,J-Kennedy,H/London 1851/HCL (45)})
4. e5 (4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Wolf,H-Tartakower,S/Maehrisch Ostrau 1923/HCL (79)}) 4... Nd5 5. Bc4 (
5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Nimzowitsch,A-Vidmar,M/New York 1927/HCL (33)}) 5... d6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 {Har Zvi: 'I think it will not be a
mistake to say very clearly that Sermek is the leading player in the world in
this variation,many of the important lines in theory are in the games
Sermek-Kozul in the line 10...Qc7'} Qa5 $146 ({For} 10... Bd7 {
is  also ineresting the comment of Har Zvi below:} 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 {
1-0 Sermek,D-Radocaj,D/Pula 1996/EXT 98 (40)}) (10... Kh8 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 {
1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Dorfman,J/Kischniev 1975/EXT 2001 (26)}) 11. Nbd2 $14 Bd7 12.
Bb3 (12. Re1 $14 Rac8 13. a3) 12... Qa6 $5 (12... Rac8 $5) 13. Qg4 Rfd8 (13...
dxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 Rfd8 $132) 14... Rad8 15. Ne4 $14) 14. Ne4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 dxe5 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxd7 (18. Bxd5 Qxc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 $132) (
18. Ndxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Rd7 $132) 18... Qxd4 $15
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diese Stellu
ng konnte man in vielen hochklassigen Partien antreffen (Shirov, Bareev mit
Schwarz, Shirov, Leko mit Weiß) - nur Morozevich spielt 6...gxf6.} 7. Nf3 O-O
8. Qd2 Be7 (8... b6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 $40) (8... Nd7 {
gilt als die solide Hauptvariante.}) 9. O-O-O {
Weiß hält sich die Option Lc4 oder Ld3 noch offen.} Qd5 $5 {
vermutlich vorbereitet} 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. a3 $5 {
Neu, Weiß verhindert einfach Lb4 - sicher eine Brettentscheidung.} (11. Ne5 Bb4
$11 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 {
ergibt ein völlig ausgeglichenes Endspiel.}) 11... Nd7 12. Kb1 Qb6 (12... c6 $5
) 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Ne5 {Pläne  Weiss: Lc4 - das erschwert f6, so wird der Se5
schwer vertreibbar; Bauernzüge f4 oder g4  Schwarz: eine Idee ist c7-c5;
außerdem Sf6-d5, dann hängt es davon ab, wie Weiß reagiert, das Grundproblem
ist aber der Lc8.} Rd8 $6 {Hier hat Ivanchuk wohl recht lange überlegt.} (14...
Nd5 {scheint mir richtig zu sein.} 15. Qf3 (15. Nxd5 exd5 {Weiß steht
t ein klein wenig besser, aber ich weiß nicht, welcher Plan das bestätigen
könnte.}) 15... Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 c5 {Das ist wohl die kritische Stellung,
wiederum ist zu prüfen, wie es weiter geht.}) 15. Bc4 $1 {
Weiß steht völlig gesund da, Schwarz hat immer noch das Problem mit dem Lc8.}
Bd7 $2 (15... Nd5 {
War wiederum angesagt, wenngleich hier schon nicht mehr ganz so gut.} 16. Qg3
f6 17. Ng4 $13) 16. Bb3 Be8 17. Rhe1 Bf8 {Schwarz spielt völlig passiv, nicht
einmal a7-a5 kommt aufs Brett. Aber was kann schon passieren, wenn die
Stellung keinerlei Schwächen aufweist?} (17... c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Rxd5 $16) (17... Nd7) 18. g4 $1 Nd5 {Erst jetzt, nach drei wirkungslosen
Läuferzügen, kommt dieser Springerzug - zu spät.} (18... c5 19. d5 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 {sieht auch schlimm für Schwarz aus.}) 19. Qf3 $1 c6 $6 {
Der letzte Fehler.} (19... Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 $16 {
ist aber ebenfalls klar besser für Weiß.}) 20. Ne4 $1 Qc7 (20... Rab8 21. g5 (
21. c4 f6 $5) 21... Ne7 22. g6 $5 Nxg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Be7 25. Nxe6 $1
$18) 21. c4 $1 Ne7 (21... Nb6 22. g5 $1 Nd7 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (23... Nxf6 24.
gxf6 g6 25. h4 {und Schwarz wird nicht lange überleben.}) 24. gxf6 Nxe5 25.
Qg3+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Ng6 27. Qxc7 $18) 22. Ng5 Nc8 (22... Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3
{jetzt sieht man warum der König besser auf b1 steht}) 23. c5 {
In weniger als zwei Stunden war alles vorbei.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

{Das Motto dieser Partie könnte lauten: 'Aktivität um jeden Preis'} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 $1 {
Provoziert die Schwächung des weißen Königsflügels.} 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 $5 {
Obwohl dieser Zug über 10 Jahre alt ist, kam er noch nicht häufig vor.} 10.
Bxc4 Nxc4 11. O-O ({Als gut galt} 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6 {doch} Qd7
$1 {(statt 13...Nxd4)} 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Magem
Badals,J/Liepaja 2001/CBM 85 (15) scheint nichts herzugeben für Weiß.}) 11...
e6 12. a3 {Neu.} ({RR} 12. f4 Qd7 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. f5 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Qg3 g6 18. f6 Qb4 19. a3 Qc4 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Qe3 Qb3 22. d5 Nc4 23.
Qh3 (23. Qc5 exd5 24. e6 Rd6) 23... Qb6+ 24. Kh1 N6xe5 25. b3 Qxb3 26. dxe6
fxe6 27. Qxe6 Qb6 28. Qh3 Qe3 29. f7 Rf8 30. Qe6 Nd3 31. Qxc4 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2
Qxf2 33. Rxd7 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 Qxc4 {
0-1 Chow,A-Shamkovich,L/Chicago 1990/EXT 97 (34)}) 12... Qd7 13. Kh1 Be7 14.
Qb3 {Der muss immer irgend wann gespielt werden.} Nb6 15. Be3 O-O {Stellungsein
schätzung: Positionell steht Schwarz okay (guter Läufer, intakte
Bauernstruktur), aber der Raumvorteil und die halboffene c-Linie sollten eher
Weiß favorisieren.} 16. Rac1 a5 17. Rfd1 a4 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Nf4 {
Jetzt ist Weiß zu d4-d5 bereit.} Ra5 {
Lässt scheinbar eine gute Chance passieren:} (19... Nc4 $5 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. g3 (
21. Nce2 b5 {mit der Absicht Ne7} 22. d5 $1 $13) 21... b5 (21... Ne7 $6 22. Ne4
Bxf4 23. gxf4 b5 24. Rg1 Ng6 25. h4 $40) (21... Qe7 $5) 22. Nxb5 (22. Ne4 Bh6
$1) 22... N6a5 23. Nc3 Nb3 24. Rb1 $13) 20. Qe4 $1 {Jetzt steht Weiß besser.}
g6 {Verhindert Nh5} (20... -- 21. Nh5 Nc4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne4 Nxe3 24. Nhf6+ Kg7
25. Qh4 h6 26. Qe1 Nxd1 27. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qc2 $1 {Starkes Rückehrmotiv: nun
folgt Ne4 mit größerer Kraft als vorher, weil das Feld f6 geschwächt wurde.
Ich glaube, nun steht Weiß eindeutig besser.} Qe8 ({
Das erwähnte Motiv funktioniert nicht mehr:} 21... Nc4 22. Bf2 Bg5 23. Ne4) 22.
Qe2 {22.Ne4 war möglich, aber Weiß hat Zeit...} Rd7 23. Rc2 {Es fragt sich,
was passiert, wenn Schwarz nun völlig passiv agiert, was kann Weiß machen?
Aber nach den Erfahrungen der ersten Partie entscheidet sich Ponomariov für
aktives Spiel.} Nd5 $5 {So hätte Fritz nie gespielt, auch menschliche Spieler
finden den Zug zweifelhaft. Ponomariov möchte sich nicht, wie Ivanchuk zuvor,
zusammenschieben lassen.} 24. Ncxd5 exd5 25. Rdc1 f6 $1 {
Hier würde passives Spiel nur Weiß in die Hände spielen.} 26. Nd3 (26. e6 $6
Rd6 {und der Pe6 ist eher schwach als stark.}) 26... fxe5 27. dxe5 d4 28. Bh6
g5 {Mut, Verzweiflung oder genaue Berechnung?} 29. Rxc6 $5 {
Nicht notwendig, aber stark. Auch f4 und vor allem Qd2 sind gut.} (29. Qd2 Rad5
(29... Qg6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxa4) 30. Bxg5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 (
31... Bxg5 32. Nxd7 Qf7 33. Qb4 Bxc1 34. Qxb7 Rxd7 35. Rxc1 $16) 32. Bf4) 29...
bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bd6 {Ich denke, bei "normalen" Zuegen gewinnt Weiss leicht, er
hat die Dame als Reserve, alle Figuren decken sich, mit h4 und dann f4, f5
gibt es eine gute Idee.} (30... Bd8 $5) 31. f4 Rf7 (31... gxf4 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33.
exd6 $18) 32. Rc1 Rxf4 $1 {Wieder spielt Ponomariov aktiv! Er rettet sich in
ein Endspiel mit Minusfigur aber ein paar Remischancen.} 33. Nxf4 Rxe5 34. Qc4+
Qf7 35. Nd3 Rf5 36. Qxf7+ (36. g3 {sollte leicht gewinnen.}) 36... Kxf7 37. h4
gxh4 38. Kg1 Ke6 {noch Kd5, c5 und Schwarz waere gerettet.} 39. Rc4 h3 $1 {
Wieder aktiv gespielt um den Preis von Material - fuer den schwarzen Koenig
wird das Feldf3freigekaempft!} 40. gxh3 {Das ist eine forcierte Variante.} Kd5
41. Rxa4 Ke4 42. Nf2+ Kf3 {Hat Ivanchuk die Figur bewusst zurueckgegeben?} 43.
Rxd4 $2 {Gibt die Figur unnoetig zurueck.} (43. Rc4 $1 {sollte gewinnen.})
43... Bc5 {Weiss steht immer noch besser.} 44. Rd2 Rf6 (44... Kg3 $5 {
Ja, der kommt in Frage.} 45. Rd3+ Rf3 46. Rxf3+ Kxf3 {Ja, Weiss hat gute
Gewinnchancen. Bei so wenig Material bin ich etwas vorsichtig.}) 45. Bg5 (45.
Rc2 $5 {vielleicht die letzte Chance. Der Lh6 kann erhalten bleiben.} Bd4 (
45... Bb6 46. Bc1 (46. Rc3+ Ke2 47. Be3 {sagt Herr Fritz}))) 45... Rg6 {
Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz den Laeufer statt des Springers und hat damit das Remis
fast sicher.} 46. Kf1 Rxg5 47. Rd3+ Kf4 48. Rc3 Bb6 49. b4 Rd5 50. Rd3 Rf5 {
Schwarz hat es nicht noetig den Turm zu tauschen.} 51. Nd1 c5 {
Das war's endgueltig.} 52. Nc3 cxb4 53. axb4 {Haette Weiss einen Laeufer und
Schwarz einen Springer, saehe die Sache anders aus.} Ke5+ 54. Ke1 Rf4 55. Rd5+
Ke6 56. Rb5 Bc7 57. Nd5 Re4+ 58. Kf2 Bd6 {Der b4 geht verloren. remis Ivanchuk
hat also den Gewinn ausgelassen. Ich scheue mich, das Glueck fuer Ponomariov
zu nennen. Er hat sich glaenzend verteidigt. Es war m.E. eine hochklassige
Partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Reeh"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 {
In der ersten Partie spielte Ivanchuk 1...e6. Diesmal also Sizilianisch} 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 {Die Tajmanov-Variante.} 5. Nc3 Qc7 (5... a6) 6. g3 (
{Mit der gewaehlten Variante wollte Ivanchuk seinen Gegner wahrscheinlich zu
dessen eigener Erfindung einladen:} 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 {
usw. 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Ivanisevic,I/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (46). Wahrscheinlich
hatte Ivanchuk etwas vorbereitet. Aber Ponomariov , mit der Fuehrung im
Ruecken, weicht aus und spielt eine ruhige, positionelle Variante.}) 6... a6 7.
Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 {In diesem Abspiel entwickelt Schwarz erst den Damenfluegel
und laesst den Springer noch auf g8. Sieht etwas ungewohnt aus, ist aber
absolut spielbar.} 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qg4 {So moechte Weiss
ausnutzen, dass der Sg8 noch nicht auf f6 steht. Schwarz muss jetzt etwas
andere Entwicklungswege am Koenigsfluegel suchen.} h5 {Vertreibt die weisse
Dame. Aber Schwarz verzichtet damit auch auf die kurze Rochade, die mit dem
Bauern auf h5 viel zu riskant waere.} 12. Qe2 ({Nicht etwa} 12. Qxg7 $4 Bf6)
12... h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 (14... Nf6 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Rc8 16. a5 e5 17.
Bb6 Qd7 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Re2 exf4 22. gxf4 Rh4 23. Rd3
{1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (23).}) 15... Rc8 16. Rad1 e5
17. Bg5 Kf8 18. Bf3 g6 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77 (41). (40)}) 15. a5 {
Fixiert das Loch auf b6.} (15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. f4 Qg4 19.
Qf3 Qg6 20. f5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bb6 Nf6 23. Bf1 g6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. b3
Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Jaracz,P/Polanica Zdroj 2001.}) 15... Kf8 {Ein haeufige
s Motiv in dieser Variante. Der Koenig kann zwar nicht gut rochieren, will
aber auch nicht in der Mitte stehen bleiben.} 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bb6 (17. Red1 e5
18. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Movsesian,S/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 (18).}) 17...
Qb8 18. Bf3 {Mit der Idee Kg1-g2 und Te1-h1.} Nd7 (18... e5 {
gefolgt von g7-g6 und Kf8-g7 war auch eine Idee.}) 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 {
Sieht erstmal seltsam aus - warum nicht Sxf6? Aber nach gxf6 hat der schwarze
Koenig etwas mehr Luft (Feld g7), ausserdem hat Schwarz nun mehr Kontrolle
ueber die Zentrumsfelder.} 21. Bg2 {Weiss will nun den f-Bauern mobil machen.}
Ne5 22. f4 Qa7+ {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} ({Nach} 22... Ng6 23. Qe3 {
beherrscht Weiss das Brett.}) 23. Kf1 (23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ng4+) 23... Ng6
24. Qf2 {
Die schwarze Dame steht zu gut auf der Diagonalen und muss getauscht werden.}
Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 {In diesem Endspiel steht Weiss wegen der gesuenderen
Bauernstruktur etwas besser. Ein Plan waere fuer ihn die Mobilisierung der
Bauernmajoritaet am Damenfluegel mit c2-c4 und b2-b4. Dazu muesste aber erst
einmal der Sc3 ziehen, und dies versteht Ivanchuk in der Folge clever zu
verhindern.} Rh5 26. Rh1 (26. Nd1 f5 {ist jetzt nicht so ergiebig.}) 26... Rc5
{Interessante Turmueberfuehrung: Schwarz entfaltet Druck in der c-Linie.
Ausserdem wird weiter der weisse Ba5 beaeugt.} 27. Rh7 (27. Bf1 f5 {
ist unangehm fuer Weiss}) 27... Ke7 28. Bf1 {
Weiss will den Laeufer nach d3 spielen, um die Schwaeche c2 zu ueberdecken.}
Nf8 29. Rh8 Bb5 $1 ({Interessant, aber vielleicht nicht voellig ausreichend
ist das typische Qualitaetsopfer} 29... Rxc3 30. bxc3 Bxe4 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32.
cxd3 Rxc3 33. Rb1) 30. Bd3 ({Nicht} 30. Nxb5 Rxc2+ {, und nach}) (30. Bxb5 axb5
{haette Weiss grosse Schwierigkeiten in der c-Linie (Schwaeche c2!).}) 30...
Bxd3 31. cxd3 Nd7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. d4 Rc4 34. Ra4 {
Der schwarze Turm steht zu aktiv und soll getauscht werden.} Rxa4 35. Nxa4 f5
36. exf5 exf5 {Nun hat Schwarz zwar die isolierten Doppelbauern auf f7/ f5,
aber auch die weisse Bauern neigen zur Schwaeche. Ein Remisausgang wird immer
wahrscheinlicher.} 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. d5 {Bei allen Abwicklungen ins
Bauern-Endspiel muss man beachten, dass Weiss mit dem b-Bauern zwei Wartezuege
zur Verfuegung hat.} Nd7 (38... Ne4+ $2 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. g4 f5 41. gxf5 (41.
g5 $4 {ist remis}) 41... Kf6 42. Ke3 Kxf5 43. b3 {
und da hat Schwarz den Salat: Zugzwang.}) 39. b4 Nf6 {Durch das Springermanoeve
r hat Schwarz die Wartezuege mit dem b-Bauern aus der Partie genommen.} 40. Ke3
Kd7 41. Kd4 {Der Koenig deckt den Bauern d5 und macht den Sc3 beweglich. Idee:
Sc3-d1-e3 mit Angriff auf f5.} Nh5 42. Ne2 Nf6 43. Kc4 Ne4 44. b5 axb5+ 45.
Kxb5 Kc7 46. Kc4 Kb8 47. Kb4 {remis} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {So spielte Ponomariov auch in der zweiten Partie, wo er
mit dem Ruecken zur Wand stand und nur gerade so ueberlebte.} 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5
Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 ({In der zweite Partie spielte Ivanchuk} 6. Bd3 {
es folgte} Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 {usw. Offenbar hatte
Ponomariov irgendwo eine Verbeserung in petto, aber Ivanchuk wollte diese
nicht sehen und wich gleich ab, 6.Lb3 ist der haeufiger gespielte Zug.}) 6...
Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O ({RR} 10... Rd8 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qxh4 15. Qxb7 Bc5 16. Qc6+ Nd7 17. Rad1 Bb6
18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rxd7 Qxg3 21. Qxb6 Qxc3 22. bxc3 cxb6 23. Rxa7
Rc8 24. c4 h5 25. Rd7 Rc5 26. f4 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Kf2 Rc5 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/[Ftacnik] (28)}) 11. Qc1 $146 {
Ein typisches Manoever, das aber an dieser Stelle wohl neu ist. Bisher wurde
meist erst 11.a3 gespielt.} (11. a3 {und nun z.B.:} h5 (11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6
13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Qe2 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Nge4 Ned5 17. Nc5 Qe8 18. Rac1 Bh5 19.
f3 Rg8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Nd3 Qe6 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Qd2
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qh3 {0-1 Mohr,S-Huebner,R/SUI 1996/CBM 55 ext (26)}) 12. Ba2 h4
13. h3 f6 14. f4 g5 15. fxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Be7 17. Be3 Rhg8 18. Rxf5 exf5 19.
Bxg8 Rxg8 20. Qb3 Rg7 21. Rf1 Na5 22. Qc2 Nac4 23. Bc1 Bg5 24. Rxf5 Be3+ 25.
Bxe3 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Bf2 Nd5 28. Qe4 {
1-0 Seres,L-Fernandez,R/Budapest 2001/CBM 83 ext (28)}) 11... Nb4 {Schwarz nutz
t sofort aus, dass Weiss auf a2-a3 verzichtet hat und erhoeht die Kontrolle
ueber das Feld d5.} 12. Rd1 Kb8 13. Nf4 c6 {Womit klar ist, das der von Weiss
gewuenschte Durchbruch d4-d5 nicht realisierbar ist.} 14. Qd2 h5 15. Qe2 h4 16.
Rac1 Be7 17. a3 N4d5 18. Nd3 f6 19. Bd2 (19. exf6 gxf6 {
waere im Sinne von Schwarz, der dann die g-Linie zum Angriff nutzen kann.})
19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 {Nun wird Weiss in die Defensive gedraengt.} 21. Ne2 (
21. f4 g5 {gefiel Ivanchuk nicht.}) 21... g5 22. Bc2 g4 23. b4 Rdf8 24. Rf1 Qd8
(24... f4 25. f3 h3 $5) 25. f4 gxf3 26. gxf3 {
um den Angriff auf der g-Linie zu neutralisieren.} ({Nach} 26. Rxf3 {
hat Schwarz eine Reihe von Angriffszuegen:} Bg5 (26... h3) (26... Rfg8)) 26...
Rfg8+ 27. Kh1 h3 28. f4 Rg2 29. Rf3 Qg8 30. Rg3 Rxg3 {Diagramm #} 31. hxg3 {
will die Linien geschlossen halten.} (31. Qxg3 Nc4 $17) (31. Nxg3 Rh4 $17)
31... h2 {Sonst spielt Weiss 32.Kh2.} 32. Rf1 {
Der weisse Plan ist nun Tf1-f2-g2 und Df3-f2 mit Gewinn des h-Bauern.} Qg4 33.
Rf2 Qh5 (33... Qh3 $5 34. Bb3 (34. Qf3 Nc4 $17) (34. Rg2 $4 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2
h1=Q+ 36. Kf2 Rh2#) 34... Nc7 35. Qf3 Nbd5 36. Rg2 {
macht wohl keinen grossen Unterschied.}) 34. Bb3 Nc7 35. Qf3 Qh3 36. Rg2 Nbd5
37. Qf2 Nb5 38. Bxd5 {Wickelt in ein Endspiel mit Mehrbauern ab, das Weiss
aber aufgrund seines schlechten Laeufers nicht gewinnen kann.} cxd5 39. a4 Na3
40. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 41. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Nc4 43. Bc3 Kc7 44. Kh3 b5 45. axb5 Kb6
46. Be1 Ne3 47. Bd2 Nc4 48. Be1 Ne3 49. Bd2 Nc4 50. Be1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Bereit zum Marshall-Angriff.} 8. h3 {Blatny: "Es ist eine 'moralische'
Genugtuung für jeden Marshall-Angriff-Anhänger, wenn man sieht, dass selbst
der stärkste Spieler auf der Erde lieber dieser Eröffnung ausweicht."  Nun,
das hat er zu einer Partie von Kasparov gesagt, aber vielleicht kann es bald
auch für Ponomariov gelten?} (8. c3 d5 $5 {- Marshall}) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10.
a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nh2 {
Es ist wohl keine gute Idee der Vorgängerpartie auszuweichen.} ({RR} 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 $16 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (40)}) 14... d5 15. Qf3 g6 $1 {
Damit wird der Sg3 kaltgestellt - die Schwächung der schwarzen Felder spielt
dagegen keine Rolle.} 16. Ba2 Bf8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4
{Das weiße Spiel macht keinen überzeugenden Eindruck.} Nc5 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Nf1
Ne6 23. Qg3 (23. Qh3 $5) 23... Kh7 24. Nh2 f6 25. Nf3 c5 26. Qh2 $6 (26. Qh3)
26... Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. c3 $6 ({Nach} 28. Rc1 {
ist Weiß noch im Geschäft.}) 28... dxc3 29. bxc3 dxe4 30. dxe4 Qe7 {
Die weißen Figuren sind unkoordiniert, Schwarz steht klar besser.} 31. a4 bxa4
32. Qh3 {Weiß droht jetzt 33.Lxh6! Lxh6 34.g5; wäre die Dame doch gleich nach
h3 gegangen.} Red8 {Schwarz hat keine Mühe die Drohung abzuwehren.} (32... --
33. Bxh6 Bxh6 34. g5 $18) 33. Qf3 Rc7 $1 34. Bc1 Rcd7 {Es ist nicht nur der
Mehrbauer: a4 ist schon recht weit vorn, e4 ist schwach, Schwarz hat die
d-Linie.} 35. Bb1 Qe6 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. Rd1 Qa2 39. Rxd7 Bxd7 40.
Qd1 Bb5 (40... Bxg4 $5 {hat Ivanchuk sicher gesehen, und bei knapper Zeit wegen
} 41. Qxg4 Qxc2 42. Bxh6 $1 {verworfen; doch es geht weiter:} f5 (42... Qxc3
43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qxa4 a5) 43. exf5 Qxf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45. Bc1 Bf8
{Schwarz sollte gewinnen.}) 41. Be3 Qc4 $19 42. Kh2 Bc6 43. Qa1 Bf8 44. Bb1 a3
(44... Bxe4 {war sicher stark genug.}) 45. f3 Qb3 46. Qa2 Ba4 $1 {Weiß kann nun
nicht mehr viel ziehen; allerdings ist es für Schwarz technisch schwierig,
irgendwann den Bc3 einzusammeln - Weiß hat dann meistens einen Damenausfall. 
Am besten ist wohl der Übergang ins Endspiel.} 47. Kg3 Kg7 $2 {Wirft den Gewinn
weg. Vermutlich ist hier schon das Endspiel gewonnen, aber Ivanchuk könnte
auch zunächst ein paar nützliche Züge machen.} (47... Be7 48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Kh2
a5 50. Bd2 Qxa2 51. Bxa2 Bc2 52. Kg1 a4 53. Bd5 Bb3 54. Bc1 a2 55. Bb2 Ba3 56.
Ba1 Bc1 {Wäre der weiße König näher dran, würde Schwarz mit Kf8-e7-d6 gewinnen.
} 57. Kf2 Bxd5 58. exd5 a3 $19) 48. Qd2 $1 g5 {Ivanchuk verschmäht das Remis -
wer will es ihm verdenken - und begibt sich in Verlustgefahr.} (48... Qxb1 49.
Bxh6+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh8 51. Bxf8 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 49. Ba2 Qb7 50. Qd3 Be8
51. Qd5 Qxd5 (51... Qf7 52. c4 -- 53. c5) 52. exd5 {
Objektiv sollte das Endspiel remis sein.} a5 53. c4 Bb4 54. c5 Kf8 55. Kf2 Bb5
56. c6 Ke7 57. Ba7 Kd8 58. Bb6+ Kc8 $2 ({Nach} 58... Ke7 {
sehe ich nicht, wie Weiß Fortschritte machen will.} 59. Ke3 Ba4 60. Kd3 Bb5+
61. Ke4 {aber es gibt keinen Zugzwang.}) 59. Ke3 $18 a4 (59... Ba4 {
war die einzige Chance:} 60. Kd3 $1 (60. Bc4 Bd6 61. Bxa5 Bc2) 60... Bd6 (60...
Bb5+ 61. Ke4 $18) 61. Bxa5 Bd1 62. Bc4 Ba4 63. Kc3 Bd1 64. Kd2 Ba4 65. Kc1 $18
{Zugzwang}) 60. Ke4 Be2 61. Kf5 e4 62. Ke6 exf3 63. d6 Bxd6 64. Kxd6 {
Während sich Ponomariov das Remis in der 2. Partie mit einer starkenVerteidigun
g verdient hatte, ist nun dieser Punktgewinn äußerst glücklich. Die
fragwürdige Bedenkzeitregelung der FIDE verhinderte, dass Ivanchuk die Partie
sauber nach Hause fuhr.  Schade auch für das Match, das nun wohl entschieden
ist.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 {Weiß hat nun etliche Möglichkeiten (11.Be3, 11.cd5,
11.a3 etc.) und Ivanchuk dachte einige Zeit nach.} 11. Ne5 {
Auch das ist ein ganz moderner Zug.} f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. h3 $6 {
Das ist neu, doch ich habe große Zweifel, ob der Zug auch gut ist.} f5 $1 {
Nun droht dxc4 und Weiß muss reagieren.} ({Auch} 13... c5 {
scheint okay zu sein.}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 ({Nach} 15. c5 $6 {hat Schwarz am
Königsflügel die Oberhand während Weiß auf der anderen Seite noch viel Zeit
braucht.}) 15... Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 $15 {
Pd4 ist schwach, Weiß hat dafür kaum Kompensation.} 17. Qa4 (17. Bf4 $5) 17...
Bf6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 (19. Bc4 Qd6 20. d5 a6 21. Qc2 Ne5 {
Statt d4 ist nun d5 schwach.}) 19... f4 $1 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3
c5 23. Bxd4 $1 (23. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Ng5 $40) (23. Qxa7 Nxf2 24. Bxd4 cxd4
25. Rf1 Qe5 $19 {(Fritz)}) 23... cxd4 24. f3 d3 $5 {
Nur durch die Matchsituation bedingt wickelt Ponomariov praktisch zum Remis ab.
} ({Nach} 24... Nc5 25. Qc4 (25. Qxa7 $2 Nb3 26. Rab1 Qc6 $19 {(Fritz)}) 25...
Qe5 {steht Schwarz natürlich auch sehr gut, aber mir scheint, dass der
Springer auf c5 vom Wege abgekommen ist.}) ({Nach} 24... Ng3 $1 25. Bc4 (25.
Bd3 $2 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 25... Qg5 26. Qxa7 {hat Schwarz viele schöne
Möglichkeiten; der Springer kann nach f5 und h5 (später nach e3, h4 und f4),
auch der d-Bauer stellt für Weiß eine große Gefahr dar. Einen Gewinn in einer
gründlichen Analyse (mit Hilfe von Fritz) nachzuweisen ist freilich etwas
leichter als das praktische Spiel.}) 25. Qxe4 $1 {
Auch Ivanchuk geht kein Risiko ein.} (25. Qxa7 Nc5 26. Bf1 d2 27. b4 Nb3 28.
Ra2 Rfe8 29. Qf2 Qe6 30. Raxd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3
$17) 25... Qxe4 26. fxe4 dxe2 27. Rd5 $1 ({Nach} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29.
b4 (29. Kf2 $2 Rxb2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kg8 32. Kd3 Kf7 33. Kd4 Ke6 $19)
29... Ra2 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rxe2 Rb3 32. Rc2 h6 {
kann Schwarz noch risikolos auf Gewinn spielen.}) (27. Rd5 $1 Rde8 28. Rd4 Rf4
29. Re1 Rfxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Kg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Immerhin eine Überraschung.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 {
Das erweist sich als schlechte Wahl.} 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7
9. h4 $1 O-O $6 $146 ({RR} 9... e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bf5 13. hxg6
hxg6 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Be2 c6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Kd8 19. c5 e4 20.
Ncxe4 Nxd5 21. cxd6 {
CBM 56-6.e6 fe6 7.Nc3 g6 8.h4/Opening 1996/CBM 56/[Ftacnik] (21)}) ({RR} 9...
d5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qxc4 Nb4
16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Rxd7 Bxc4 19. Rhd1 Rc8 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. b3 Ba6 22.
Bh6 Nxe5 23. R7d4 Nf7 24. Be3 {Nunn,J-Vaganian,R/London 1986/MCL/1-0 (36)}) 10.
h5 $1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 {Das nimmt die Schärfe aus der Stellung, aber bei anderen
Zügen stände Schwarz vielleicht noch schlechter.} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 $16 g5
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h6+ Kg8 16. Qd2 e5 17. Rh5 g4 (17... Rf4 18. g3 Nxc4 19. Qc1
$18) 18. Qg5+ Qxg5 19. Rxg5+ Kh8 20. Rg7 Rf6 21. Rxc7 Rxh6 22. b4 {Unter normal
en Umständen würde Weiß natürlich mit guten Chancen auf Gewinn weiterspielen.
Doch das Remis genügt zur Eroberung des WM-Titels, und dieses Ziel stand
natürlich im Vordergrund.} (22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rb1 Rc5 25. Re7 $18)
1/2-1/2

