[Event "DSB-12.Kongress"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Billecard, Moritz"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bxc5 7. e3 Be6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Rad1
Be7 15. Nd4 Rc4 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Bg3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 b4 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Na4 Ne4 22. Rd4 Rfc8 23. Be5 Bh4 24. g3 Be7 25. h4 Qb5 26. f3 Rc2 27. Qd3
Qxd3 28. R1xd3 Nf6 29. Rd2 Nd7 30. f4 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1
Rc2 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Re1 Kg6 36. Re2 Rc1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Kf5 39. Ke2
Kxe5 40. b3 Kf5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Nb2 e5 43. Nd1 e4+ 44. Kg2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1903.03.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1903.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bxc5 6. e3 d4 7. exd4 Bxd4 8.
Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14.
cxb5 Rc8 15. c4 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxc4 17. O-O Ke7 18. Rd4 Nd6 19. Rfd1 Rhd8 20. a4
h6 21. Bc1 Nf5 22. Ba3+ Ke8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. Bf3 Kd8 26. Bb4 Rd4
27. Bc3 Rd7 28. Bc6 Nd4 29. Kf1 Nxc6 30. Bxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxc6 Rc7 32. Rd6+ Ke7
33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Rh4 h5 35. f3 Kf8 36. Rd4 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Kh4
Kg6 40. g4 hxg4 41. Rxg4+ Kh6 42. Rc4 e5 43. Kg3 f5 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Kg3 Ra3 46.
Kf2 f4 47. h4 Kh5 48. Rc7 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Kxh4 50. Rxf7 Kg3 51. Rf5 Kxf3 52. Rxe5
Rxa4 53. Rf5 Ra1+ 54. Kd2 Ra5 55. Kd3 a6 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg m"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. O-O c5
15. Be5 Rfd8 16. Na4 Qb5 17. b4 Rac8 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxc5 Qxc5
21. Qf5 Qe7 22. Rd4 Rc4 23. Rfd1 Kh8 24. h3 Rdc8 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Nd4 Rc7 27.
Qh5 Qe5 28. Nf5 Rc8 29. Qxf7 Qxf5 30. Qxb7 Rc2 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qg3+ Qg6 33.
Qf3 Qe4 34. Qh5 Rc5 35. Rd4 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb8+ 37. g3 Qe5 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Qxh7
1-0

[Event "Lodz mt"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Salwe, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1908.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxd7
Bxd7 15. Nxe4 Bc6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20.
Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc4 Bf8 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ra4 Rb8 25. Rxa7 Rxb2 26.
Rxf7 Rxa2 27. Rxf6 Rc2 28. Rf7 Kg8 29. Rc7 c5 30. h4 h6 31. Kg2 c4 32. Kf3 c3
33. h5 Kh8 34. Ke3 Kg8 35. g4 Kh8 36. f3 Rc1 37. Ke4 c2 38. Kf5 Rf1 39. Rxc2
Rxf3+ 40. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World Championship 08th"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1908.09.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1908.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. b5 Ne5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Qe7 15.
a4 Rac8 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Ba1 Bb8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Nb1 Nb6 21. Bc3 Re8
22. Qb3 Nc4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Red1 Ba7 26. Bf3 Nxe3 27. Rxc8 Qxc8
28. b6 Bxb6 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxb6 Rxf3 31. Qxa5 Qc4 32. Qd2 f5 33. Rc1 Qg4 34.
Qxd5 f4 35. Nd2 Re3 36. Rf1 Re6 37. Rxf4 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 b6 39. Qd7 Qe2+ 40. Rf2
Qh5 41. Nf3 h6 42. Nd4 Re5 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qf8 1-0

[Event "World Championship 11th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1910.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1910.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. a3 Nh6 12. b4 Qe5 13. Ncb5 Nf5 14. Rc1
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Be2 Be7 17. Rc3 Bh4+ 18. g3 Qe4 19. O-O Bf6 20. Rxf6
gxf6 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Nxa7+ Kc7 23. Naxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6+ Kb8 25. Rb6+ Kc8 26.
Qc1+ Kd7 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rb7+ Ke8 29. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1983.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15.
Rd2 $6 (15. a4 {ist der Normalzug in dieser Stellung.}) 15... a4 16. Qd1 a3 17.
Qb1 Bf8 18. bxa3 Rxa3 19. Qb2 Qa8 $1 20. Nb3 $6 ({
Beliavsky sollte sein Heil lieber im Bauernopfer} 20. Ndb5 $5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5
Rxa2 22. Qb3 $11 {
suchen, wonach das Stellungsgleichgewicht erhalten bleiben dürfte.}) 20... Bc6
$1 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Ra1 $2 (23. Nc5 $1 e3 (23... Nxa2 $5 24. Ra1
Qa5 25. Nxe4 $1 (25. Rxa2 $2 Bxc5 $1 $19) 25... Bxe4 26. Rxa2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Qd5+ 28. Kg1 Rb3 $15) 24. Bxc6 exf2+ 25. Bxf2 Nxc6 $15) 23... Bd5 $1 24. Qb1 b6
$1 25. e3 Nd3 26. Rd1 (26. Nc1 Ne1) (26. Bxb6 $2 Bb4 $1 27. Rc2 Bxb3 $19) 26...
b5 27. Bf1 (27. Nc1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 b4 $1 29. Rc2 Qa4) 27... b4 28. Bxd3 exd3 29.
Qxd3 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Qxa2 31. Nc5 Bf3 32. Ra1 Qd5 33. Qb3 $1 Qh5 34. Nd3 Bd6 35.
Ne1 Bb7 36. Rc1 Qf5 37. Rd1 Bf8 38. Qb1 {White lost on time} (38. Qb1 Be4 39.
Qb3 h5) 0-1

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 d4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. Nec5 Rd8 16. Rc4 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxb2 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rb8 20. Rb2 Rd6
21. Rd1 b6 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Rbd2 Rbd8 24. Kf1 Ba6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nxd4 Rc5 27.
Nb3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Ke1 Bc4 31. Kd2 g6 $1 32. Nc1 Kg7 33. a3
Kf6 34. e3 $6 Ke7 35. Rd4 Rd7 36. Kc3 Rxd4 37. Kxd4 b5 38. Nd3 Bxd3 39. Kxd3
Kd6 40. e4 $4 g5 $1 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kc5 43. Kc3 a5 44. Kd3 h5 45. h4 $1 b4
46. a4 f6 47. f5 $1 Kc6 $1 48. Kc4 Kc7 $1 49. Kd3 Kd7 $1 50. Ke3 Kc6 51. Kd3
Kc5 52. Ke3 b3 53. Kd3 Kb4 54. e5 Ka3 $1 0-1

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rc1 b6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 bxc5
15. Na4 Ba6 16. Re1 c4 17. Nh4 Qa5 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. h4 Ne5 21. Bh3
Rc7 22. Nc2 cxb3 23. axb3 Bc8 24. Bg2 Ng4 25. Rf1 Bd7 26. Ra1 Bxa4 27. Rxa4 Qc3
28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. e3 Qxb3 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qxc7 Rc4 33. Nd4 Rxc7
34. Nxb3 Rc2 35. Nd4 Ra2 36. e4 Rd2 37. Nc6 a6 38. e5 Re2 39. Ra1 Rxf2 40. Rxa6
Rc2 41. h5 $1 Kh6 $1 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Ra4 $1 Kg5 44. Nd4 Rc3 $1 45. e6 $1
Rxg3+ 46. Kh1 $2 f5 47. e7 Re3 48. Nc6 f4 $1 49. Ra5+ $2 Kh4 50. Ra8 Nf6 $1 51.
Kg2 f3+ 52. Kf1 Kg3 53. Nd4 Ng4 54. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 55. Kg1 Nh2 $1 56. Rf8 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Ne1 Be7
15. Nd3 Bf8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Ndc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qe7 20. h3 Bxe2 21.
Re1 d3 22. Qc3 Rad8 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Qxa5 h6 25. Rc3 b6 26. Qa6 Qg5 27. Rxd3 Qg6
28. Bf1 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Bxd3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxd3 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Ra1 33. Nc4 b5
34. Nd6 Rxa2 35. Nxb5 Nxb5 36. Bxb5 Rxb2 37. Bc4 Rc2 38. Bd5 Kf8 39. h4 g6 40.
Kg2 Ke7 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Ba2 Re7+ 44. Kd4 Ra7 45. Bb3 Ke7 46. Ke4
Kf6 47. Bd5 Re7+ 48. Kf4 Re2 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. Bc4 Rd4 51. Ba2 Rd7 52. Bc4 Ke5
53. Ba2 Kd4 54. Bb1 Rc7 55. Ba2 Ra7 56. Bb1 Ra1 57. Bc2 Kc3 58. Be4 Kd2 59. Kg2
Ke1 60. Bd5 Ra7 61. f4 Ke2 62. h5 gxh5 63. Bf3+ Ke3 64. Bxh5 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 f6
66. Be8 Kf2 67. Kh4 Ra8 68. Bc6 Rg8 69. g4 Ke3 70. Kg3 f5 71. Bf3 h5 0-1

[Event "World Championship 31th-KK1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1984.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1984.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "48"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Bxd5 Bg6 19. Qc1 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc4 21.
Bd4 Rec7 22. b3 Nb6 23. Re5 Qd7 24. Qe3 f6 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxh3 27. Rd1
h5 28. Rd4 Nd7 29. Bd6 Bf7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 a6 32. Bf4 Nf8 33. Qd3 Qg4 34.
f3 Qg6 35. Kf2 Rc2 36. Qe3 Rc8 37. Qe7 b5 38. Rd8 Rxd8 39. Qxd8 Qf7 40. Bd6 g5
41. Qa8 Kg7 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "World Championship 31th-KK1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1984.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "48"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. Rfd1
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qa5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 h5
28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 R7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rd4
Kf8 35. Be2 Rxd4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Na2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41.
Kf2 Nf5 42. Nc2 f6 (42... Bd7 $14 {Geller}) 43. Bd3 g5 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 45. Ne3
Bb1 46. b4 {A very similar ending has been reached to Saidy-Fischer. The
differences (apart from the reversal of colours): the defending side's
queenside pawns are fixed and therefore weaker; but the kingside pawns are
better placed to prevent White's king breaking through. They are somewhat as I
discussed in Saidy-Fischer with the exception that the h-pawn has advanced - a
slight drawback from Black's point of view.} gxh4 $2 {
Kasparov must have missed Karpov's reply.} ({But what happens if Black does
not capture on h4? Does White have significant winning chances? In Informator
Geller gives simply} 46... Bg6 $14 {. Let's continue a little further from
that point. (This has probably already been researched, but I don't have an
analysis of the game to hand. In a way that might be a good thing: I'm not
clouded by anyone else's thoughts, no matter how erudite!)} 47. Kg2 {Black can 
now choose to wait with (B1) 47...Ke6, or try to simplify the position with
(B2) 47...gxh4.} ({
First let's look at the most direct method of play for White:} 47. hxg5 fxg5
48. f4 gxf4 (48... g4 49. f5 (49. Ng2 Ke6 {and White can't get through}) 49...
Bh7 50. Ng2 Bxf5 $2 (50... Ke7 $1 51. Nf4 Kf6 52. Nxh5+ (52. Nxd5+ Kxf5 53. Ke3
Kg5 54. Nf4 (54. Nc7 h4 55. gxh4+ Kxh4 $11) 54... h4 55. gxh4+ Kxh4 56. d5 Kg5
57. d6 Bf5 (57... Kf6 58. d7 Ke7 59. Ne6 Kxd7 60. Nf8+ Kd6 61. Nxh7 Kd5 62.
Nf6+ Kc4 63. Nd7 $18) 58. Nd3 Kf6 59. Nc5 Bc2 60. Kf4 Bd1 61. Nxa6 Ke6 62. Nc7+
Kxd6 63. Nxb5+ Kc6 64. Nc3 Bf3 {Unless I'm very much mistaken, with only the
knight to aid the pawns, this must be a draw.}) 52... Kxf5 53. Ke3 Bg6 54. Nf4
Bf7 55. Nd3 Be6 56. Nc5 Bc8 $11) 51. Nf4 Bh7 (51... Bd7 52. Nxh5 Ke6 53. Nf4+
Kd6 54. Ke3 $18) 52. Ke3 {followed by Nh5 and Kf4 +-}) 49. gxf4 Ke6 50. Kg3 Bf7
51. Kh4 Kf6 52. f5 Be8 53. Nxd5+ Kxf5 54. Nc7 Bf7 55. Nxa6 Ke4 $11 {It appears
that Black has two satisfactory methods of defence to the immediate attempt at
a breakthrough, so let's now look at the more subtle...}) 47... gxh4 {
Black is not obliged to capture on h4, but White is going to play g4 anyway,
followed, if necessary by f4.} (47... Ke6 48. g4 gxh4 (48... hxg4 49. fxg4 {
White moves the king to g3, then plays the Nh3 (for instance) forcing Black to
capture on h4, so transposing to line 'B2'.}) (48... Kd6 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. f4
gxh4+ 51. Kxh4 hxg4 52. Kxg4 Be4 (52... Bf7 53. f5+ Ke7 54. Ng2 Be8 55. Nf4 Bc6
56. Ne6 Bb7 (56... Bd7 57. Nc7) 57. Kh5 Bc8 58. Nf4 Bxf5 59. Nxd5+ Kd6 60. Nxf6
Ke6 61. Kg5 Bb1 62. d5+ Ke5 $11) 53. f5+ Kf7 (53... Kd6 54. Kh5 Ke7 55. Kg6 Bf3
56. Nf1 {followed by Ng3-h5xf6 +-.}) 54. Nf1 Bc2 {I do not see how White gains
access to the square c5 with the knight. The bishop blocks it out with
accurate play.}) 49. Kh3 {transposes to the next variation 'B2'.}) {
Although White no longer has the reply Ng2, there is...} 48. g4 $1 hxg4 49.
fxg4 Ke6 50. Kh3 Be4 51. Kxh4 Bg6 52. Ng2 Be4 53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. g5 (54. Kh5 Bf3)
54... Bf3 $1 (54... Kg7 $2 55. Nh5+ Kg6 56. Nxf6 $18) (54... Ke7 $2 55. g6 $18)
(54... f5 $2 $18) (54... fxg5+ $2 55. Kxg5 Ke7 56. Ng6+ Ke6 (56... Bxg6 57.
Kxg6 Ke6 58. Kg5) 57. Ne5 {Followed by Nc6 and Nb8 xa6.}) 55. g6+ (55. Nd3 Kg6
56. gxf6 Kxf6 57. Kg3 Bd1 $2 (57... Be2 58. Nc5 Kf5 59. Kf2 (59. Nxa6 Ke4 $11)
59... Bh5 60. Ke3 Be8 61. Nxa6 Bd7 62. Nc5 (62. Nc7 Bc6 63. Kf3 Kg5) 62... Be8
{, and in spite of the extra pawn, I don't see how White can win. Black's king
cannot be forced away from its strong position.}) 58. Kf4) (55. Nh5 fxg5+ 56.
Kxg5 Bxh5 57. Kxh5 Kf6 58. Kg4 Kg6 $11) 55... Kg7 56. Kg3 Be4 57. Kg4 Bxg6 (
57... Bh1 $2 58. Kf5 Be4+ 59. Ke6 Bf3 60. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 61. Kxd5 Kxg6 62. Ke6 f5
63. Ke5 Kg5 64. d5 $18) 58. Nxd5 Be4 59. Nc7 Kf7 $1 (59... Bb7 60. d5 Kf7 61.
d6 Bc8+ 62. Kf4 Bb7 63. Kf5 Bc8+ 64. Ke4 Bb7+ 65. Kd4 Bc8 66. Kc5 f5 (66... Bd7
67. Nxa6 f5 68. Nb8 $18) 67. Kc6 f4 68. d7 Bxd7+ 69. Kxd7 f3 70. Nd5 $18) 60.
Nxa6 Bd3 61. Nc5 Bf1 {
and it seems to me that Black is able to draw this position.}) 47. Ng2 $1 {
Creating an entry point for White's king - as we have already seen, the key to
this ending.} hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4+ Kf5 50. Nxh5 {
Threatening Ng7-e8-c7, therefore the king must retreat.} Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52.
Kg4 Bc2 53. Kh5 Bd1 54. Kg6 Ke7 55. Nxd5+ Ke6 (55... Kd6 {would have been
better according to Geller in Informator, but obviously by this stage Black is
on the edge.}) 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nxa6 Bxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4 Bh1
61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Nc5 Bc6 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5+ Kc3 65. Ng6 Kc4 66. Ne7 Bb7 67.
Nf5 Bg2 68. Nd6+ Kb3 69. Nxb5 Ka4 70. Nd6 {CONCLUSION    I went a bit over the
top with the analysis of this ending; hope you didn't find it too boring. I
will probably discover that this has all been investigated before and with
greater accuracy, but anyway, these are my findings:-      Black ought to be
able to draw with 46...Bg6, either by sitting tight with 47...Ke6 or
simplifying with 47...gxh4. However, in both cases, great accuracy is required,
and in a practical game I would say that the odds of White winning are greater
than that of Black drawing. If a (youthful) 'Kasparov' can blunder, then so
can anyone. One thing is clear, having the pawn on h5 makes life more
difficult for Black than if it were on its starting square.} 1-0

[Event "VIII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Golod, V."]
[Black "Petrosian, TL."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nb3 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Nc5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxe2 19. Nxb7 Nd4 20. Rad1 Rxb2
21. Kg2 Rb5 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf3 Rb2 24. h4 Re8 25. h5 Bh7 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Bd5
Rf8 28. Bg3 Bc5 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. Rc1 Rc2 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. a4 a5
34. Re5 Bb4 35. Re3 Rc3 36. Re5 Rc4 37. f3 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Bd3 39. Re3 Bf1+ 40.
Kh4 Be7+ 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Be5 Kf7 43. Kg3 Rg2+ 44. Kf4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "VIII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Petrosian, TL."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. e3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Kh2 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Be4 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Ne1 Bg5 19. Qb2 h5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Bxe4
Rxe4 22. Ng2 Qf6 23. Re1 Rce8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Re1 Qf3 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Ne1
g6 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Nxc2 Bg7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kd3 Ne7
34. Bd2 Nf5 35. Be3 Nd6 36. Ne1 Kf5 37. Nc2 Bf8 38. a4 Ne4 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Bc1
a6 41. Bf4 Kd7 42. Ne3 Kc6 43. Be5 f6 44. Bb8 Bh6 45. Ng2 b5 46. Bf4 g5 47.
axb5+ Kxb5 48. Bb8 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kb4 50. Bf4 Bf8 51. f3 Nc3+ 52. Kd3 Kxb3 53.
Bd2 Bb4 54. Nf4 a5 55. Bxc3 Bxc3 56. Nxd5 Be1 57. Nb6 a4 58. Nxa4 Kxa4 59. Ke4
Bxh4 60. Kf5 Bf2 61. d5 Bb6 62. Kf4 Kb5 0-1

[Event "2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Tiayuan CHN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Petrosian, TL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. Ne6 fxe6
15. Bxc5 b6 16. Bd6 Na5 17. Qd4 Nc4 18. Be5 Rc8 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. h3 Rc5 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Ne4 dxe4 24. Rxd7 f5 25. b3 Na3 26. Rbd1 Nb5 27. e3
Nc3 28. R1d2 a5 29. Bf1 Rd5 30. R2xd5 exd5 31. a4 Rc8 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rxh6 Nb1
34. Rxb6 Nd2 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Rb5 Ke6 37. Rxa5 Nxb3 38. Rb5 Nc1 39. Bf1 Rc3 40.
a5 Ra3 41. Rb6+ Ke5 42. a6 Ra1 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Rb4 Kd6 45. Rb1 Nd3 46. Bxd3
exd3 47. Rd1 d2 48. a7 Ke5 49. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "VIII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Petrosian, TL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Nb4
15. Qb3 a5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Ba4 19. Nb3 Qf6 20. Qxb7 Qxb2
21. Rd2 Qf6 22. Bd4 Qg5 23. h4 Qg4 24. Rc7 Rab8 25. Qd5 Qg6 26. Bc5 Rbc8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxf8 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxf8 30. Qb7 Qf6 31. Kg2 Qc3 32. Qd5 Qb4 33.
Rd4 Qb2 34. e3 Qa3 35. g4 Qe7 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Qc7 38. g6 Qb6 39. gxf7+
Rxf7 40. Rf4 Qb7 41. Qxb7 Rxb7 42. Rf5 Ra7 43. a4 g6 44. Rb5 Kg7 45. f4 Kh6 46.
Kf3 Ra6 47. e4 Ra7 48. Kg4 Ra6 49. e5 Ra7 50. Rb6 Rc7 51. Ra6 Rc5 52. Kf3 Rc3+
53. Kg4 Rc5 54. Ra7 Rd5 55. e6 Rd6 56. e7 Re6 57. Kf3 Re1 58. Rc7 Re6 59. Ra7
Re1 60. Rb7 Re6 61. f5 gxf5 62. Rb6 Rxb6 63. e8=Q Rf6 64. Qd8 Re6 65. Qxa5 Kg5
66. Qb5 Re3+ 67. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "23rd ECC Men"]
[Site "Kemer TUR"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Iv NED"]
[Black "Petrosian, TL."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bg4 17. Re1 Qa5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nd3 Bg6 20. Nf4 Be4 21.
Rxc6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 d4 23. Qc1 Nd5 24. Nd3 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Qxb4 26. Rc4 Qb7+ 27.
Kg1 Qd7 28. Qf4 Rad8 29. Rd1 Qxh3 30. Rcxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 a6 32. e3 Rc8 33. Qd7
Qxd7 34. Rxd7 Rc2 35. Rb7 g5 36. a4 a5 37. b3 g4 38. Rb5 Rb2 39. Kf1 Kg7 40.
Rxa5 Rxb3 41. Rf5 Rb2 42. Ke1 Ra2 43. Rf4 h5 44. Kd1 Kg6 45. Kc1 f5 46. Kb1 Rd2
47. a5 Rd8 48. Kc2 Ra8 49. Ra4 Kg5 50. Kd3 h4 51. gxh4+ Kxh4 52. a6 Kh3 53. a7
Kg2 54. Ra2 Kf3 55. Kd4 f4 56. exf4 Kxf4 57. Ra3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Roiz, M."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. e3 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nf4 Ne4 15.
Rc1 Be7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxd4 Qc6 19. Qa1 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Rc1 Qd7 22. Qc3 Rd8 23. Qc7 Ne4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rc4 Rd2 28. a4 Rb2 29. Rb4 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Kf7 32. h4 g6 33. g4 Ke7
34. Kg2 Kd6 35. Kg3 Kc6 36. Rb8 Kd6 37. Rb6+ Ke5 38. Rb5+ Kf6 39. g5+ hxg5 40.
hxg5+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kd6 42. Rb8 Ke5 43. Rb5+ Kd6 44. b4 Kc6 45. Re5 Kd6 46. Rb5
Kc6 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rc4 Kd5 49. Rd4+ Ke5 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Kf1 e5 52. Rc4 Kxg5
53. Rxe4 Kf5 54. Rc4 e4 55. Ke1 Kg4 56. Rxe4+ Kf3 57. Rf4+ Kg2 58. Rg4+ Kf3 59.
Rg3+ Ke4 60. Rxg6 Kd3 61. Rd6+ Ke4 62. Kf1 Kf3 63. Rf6+ Ke4 64. Rf4+ Kd3 65.
Kg2 1-0

