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"Marek's 1.b4 World" is widely regarded as the best chess website dedicated to the move 1.b4 for several reasons: 1. **Comprehensive Resource**: The site is dedicated entirely to the 1.b4 opening, also known as the Polish Opening or the Sokolsky Opening. This single-focus approach makes it the go-to resource for players interested in exploring this particular opening. It offers deep analysis, strategies, and a wealth of games played with 1.b4, making it a treasure trove for enthusiasts and players who want to specialize in or learn more about this unique opening. 2. **Detailed Coverage**: Marek's 1.b4 World provides exhaustive details on the opening, including theory, tactical motifs, strategic ideas, and the various ways Black can respond. The site is known for breaking down complex ideas into digestible, understandable content, making it accessible for both beginners and advanced players. 3. **Interactive Learning**: The website includes annotated games, which allows visitors to see the opening in action, accompanied by explanations that help players understand the nuances of the moves and plans. This is invaluable for those looking to improve their opening knowledge. 4. **Historical and Modern Context**: The site provides historical context, showing how 1.b4 has been used in top-level games, as well as more contemporary applications of the opening. It helps players see the opening's relevance and how it has evolved over time. 5. **Dedicated Community**: The website fosters a community of like-minded players, with forums, discussion boards, and analysis tools. Players can share their experiences, ask questions, and collaborate with others who have an interest in the Polish Opening. 6. **Frequent Updates and New Content**: Marek consistently updates the site with new content, keeping it relevant and current with the latest developments in 1.b4 theory. This includes updates on recent high-level games that feature 1.b4 and new resources to assist players. These factors contribute to why "Marek's 1.b4 World" is considered the best and most comprehensive site for those interested in the 1.b4 chess opening.
Literatur_Sokolski_Opening - compiled by Peter Markus Steiner (in German)
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Flag and map source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ (2024-11-01) (All annotations below by Fritz) (Games' source: Marek's 1.b4 database, lichess.org) [Event "US Chess Masters"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Thavandiran, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2415"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. a3 Nf6 2. b4 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. g4 $146 (6. d4 e6 7. Be2 d6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. h3 Rc8 12. Nh2 c5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nhxf3 cxb4 15. axb4 Nb8 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 d5 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. c5 b5 {wojtekkk-korekfizyk/kurnik 2011/1-0 (40)}) (6. Be2 Nc6 (6... d6 7. O-O Qd7 8. h3 h6 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. b5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O-O 12. Bf3 Qxb5 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bc3 g5 17. d3 g4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Ng3 Qxc3 20. Qxg4 Rhg8 21. Qe4+ {wojtekkk-brava525/kurnik 2011/1-0 (46)}) 7. O-O e6 8. d4 Qe7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. b5 Na7 12. a4 c6 13. Ba3 d6 14. d5 c5 15. e4 exd5 16. exd5 Ng4 17. Rb1 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Bd4 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Bb2 Bxb2 { cogit-norocosux/kurnik 2012/1-0 (48)}) (6. d3 Nh5 7. Bxg7 Nxg7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. c4 d6 10. b5 Na5 11. Qc2 f6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 h5 16. a4 g5 17. Nd2 g4 18. e4 Qf7 19. a5 Ne6 20. a6 Nc5 { erisonpassos-slavisko/kurnik 2011/1-0 (41)}) (6. Bc4 d5 7. Be2 O-O $11) 6... h6 7. Rg1 d6 8. h4 e5 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Nfd7 11. c4 Nc6 12. Be2 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nc3 e4 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Na4 Rh4 18. f4 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Rdh8 20. Kb1 R8h7 21. Rdf1 Kb8 22. Qd1 Ka8 23. Rf2 Qc8 24. Rgf1 Nf5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 (25... bxc5 $143 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Qa4 $16) 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Qc1 Rg8 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Kc2 Kb8 31. Qe5 Bc8 32. Qc3 Rd6 33. Rg1 Qd7 34. Rgg2 Qe7 (34... Qh3 35. Qe5 $11) 35. Rh2 $14 Rxh2 36. Rxh2 Rd8 37. Rh8 Bf5 38. Qg7 (38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. d4 cxd4 40. Qxd4 Qe7 $14) 38... Kc8 (38... Rxh8 39. Qxh8+ Kb7 40. Qc3 $11) 39. Kc3 Rxh8 40. Qxh8+ Kd7 (40... Kb7 41. Kb2 $11) 41. Bd1 Qd6 42. Bc2 Ke7 43. Qg7 Qe6 44. Qg8 Qd6 45. Qa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "RBI Open Qualifier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Paredes, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 bxa3 5. d4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. c3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nxa3 a6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 $146 (12. Qb1 Na5 13. Bxh7 Rc8 14. Qc2 b5 15. Nb1 b4 16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Na3 Nc4 21. Nc2 Be7 22. Nd2 Kd7 23. f4 Ra8 24. Nb3 Ra4 25. Kh1 Na5 26. f5 Nxb3 {Sarkar,J (2320)-Skotheim,A (2070)/TV2 Fagernes GM Open 2018/1-0 (44)}) 12... Qc7 13. Qd2 h5 14. Qh6 O-O-O (14... Na5 $5 15. Nb1 Nc4 $14) 15. Qxh5 $16 Rdg8 ( 15... f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Kh1 $16 (17. Bxh7 Rdf8 $17)) 16. Qxf7 Nd8 $4 (16... h5 $142 17. Be2 Kd8 $16) 17. Qxe7 $18 Rg4 (17... Be8 18. Qh4 $18) 18. Nc2 Rhg8 19. Ne3 R8g7 (19... R4g7 20. Qh4 $18) 20. Qc5 (20. Qf8 $142 Rg8 21. Qh6 R4g7 $18) 20... Qxc5 21. dxc5 (21. dxc5 Rf4 22. Kf1 $18) 1-0 [Event "World Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.??.??"] [Round "21"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Quparadze, G."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bd3 Nge7 (7... Qb6 8. Be3 (8. axb4 Nxd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 d4 14. b5 Na5 15. cxd4 Nb3 16. Ra4 Qb6 17. Be3 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Qxb5 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. d5 Bc5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 Bxe3 { Tran,T-Emans,J/Dutch C Youth 2016/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 8... bxa3 9. O-O Nb4 10. Nxa3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Bc6 13. c4 Qd8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Bb4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 O-O 20. Rdb1 b6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxb6 { Scacco,M (2070)-Mola,P (2275)/6th Open Genova ITA 2002/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 8. O-O Nf5 9. axb4 $146 (9. c3 bxc3 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nxc3 Be6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Nb5 h6 14. Qd3 a6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Rb4 Qd7 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Rh4 Rh8 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qg5 { 1-0 Hirn,O (2315)-Stuhl,A/Staufer op 2003}) 9... Nxb4 (9... Ncxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. c3 $15) 10. Bxf5 $11 exf5 11. Ba3 a5 12. c3 (12. Nc3 Bc6 $11) 12... Na6 ( 12... Bb5 13. Re1 Nd3 14. Re3 $15) 13. Bxf8 $11 Kxf8 14. Re1 g6 15. c4 Nb4 ( 15... dxc4 16. d5 Be8 17. d6 $15) 16. Nc3 $2 (16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Na3 a4 $15) 16... Be6 (16... dxc4 $142 $5 17. d5 Nd3 $17) 17. c5 Kg7 (17... Bd7 18. Ra3 $11 ) 18. h4 (18. Nb5 h6 $14) 18... b6 (18... Bd7 19. Qd2 $11) 19. Qd2 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nc6 (20... Qe7 21. h5 gxh5 22. Nb5 $11) 21. h5 h6 (21... gxh5 22. Nb5 $14) 22. hxg6 Kxg6 23. Ra4 Rb8 24. Ne2 Rb4 (24... Rb5 25. Rc1 $14) 25. Rxb4 $16 axb4 (25... Nxb4 26. Nf4+ Kh7 27. Nh5 $16) 26. Nfd4 Qd7 $4 (26... Nxd4 $142 27. Qxd4 Qc7 $16) 27. Nf4+ $18 Kh7 28. Nh5 Qc7 $4 (28... Kg6 29. Nf6 Qc7 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 $18) 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxb4 (30. Qf4 $142 f6 31. Qg3 $18) 30... Rc8 31. Rc1 ( 31. Re3 $142 Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Rg3 $18) 31... Qc7 $2 (31... Qa6 32. Rc3 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 $18) 32. Qd4 (32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Qf4 Kg7 $18) 32... Qc6 (32... Qa5 $18) 33. Rc3 Qb5 (33... Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Qh4 $18) 34. Kh2 (34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qh4 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 h5 37. Qg5 Qh1+ 38. Kxh1 Rxc5 39. Qh6#) 34... Qe2 (34... Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 $18) 35. Qh4 (35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Rg3+ Qg4 37. Nxg4 (37. Qxg4+ $6 fxg4 38. Nxg4 Bxg4 $11 (38... Rxc5 $4 39. Nf6+ Bg4 40. Rxg4+ Kf8 41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Re8#)) (37. Rxg4+ $143 fxg4 38. Nxg4 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Bxg4 $18) 37... fxg4 38. Rxg4+ Kf8 39. Rh4 Rc6 40. Rxh6 f6 41. Rxf6+ Kg7 42. Qh4 Bf7 43. Rxc6 Bh5 44. Rc7+ Bf7 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Qg7#) 35... Qxe5+ $16 36. Rg3 f4 37. Rg7+ (37. Nf6+ $5 Qxf6 38. Qxf6 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rxc5 40. f4 $16) 37... Kh8 $11 38. f3 $4 (38. c6 $142 $11) 38... d4 $19 39. c6 d3 40. c7 Re8 (40... Rf8 $142 41. Rg4 Bxg4 42. fxg4 f6 $19 (42... Qxc7 $4 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qg7#)) 41. Nf6 $11 Kxg7 42. Nxe8+ Kg6 43. Qd8 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qc5+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ 46. Kg1 Qc5+ 47. Kf1 $4 (47. Kh2 $142 Qf5 48. Qd4 $11) 47... Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qe3+ $4 (48... Qc3 $142 49. Kg1 d2 $19) 49. Kf1 $11 Qc1+ 50. Kf2 Qe3+ $4 (50... Qc3 $142 51. Kg1 d2 $19 ) 51. Kf1 $11 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Qc5+ 53. Kf1 Qc1+ $4 (53... Qc3 54. Kg1 $19) 54. Kf2 Qe3+ $4 (54... Qc3 $142 55. Kg1 d2 $19) 55. Kf1 $11 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 Qe1+ 59. Kh2 Qg3+ 60. Kh1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qg3+ 62. Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "PNWCC Super G60"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Wen, Tommy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2010"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. e5 Bd7 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. Bd3 h5 10. h4 (10. g3 Nh6 11. h3 Nf5 12. Kf1 Qb6 13. Ra2 O-O-O 14. Kg2 Kb8 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nc3 f4 20. Qd2 fxg3 21. fxg3 Qg6 22. Qf4 Qf5 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. d5 Nxd5 { Telfer,K (2245)-Whiteley,A (2335)/London Cafe Baroque 5th 1995/0-1}) 10... Nh6 11. Bg5 (11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Na5 14. Ra2 Qc7 15. Qa1 Nc4 16. Nd2 f6 17. f4 f5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Kf2 Bc8 20. g3 b5 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Ne1 Bb7 23. Nef3 Kf7 24. Rh1 b4 25. Ra4 a5 { Voegeli,M (1615)-Mallol Descarrega,G (1700)/20th Miquel Mas Open 2019/0-1}) 11... a6 $146 (11... Ng4 12. Na3 a6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nd6 b5 16. Bc2 f5 17. Ng5 Nd8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Nf7 21. Nxf7 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nd6 Ra2 24. Qb1 Qa7 25. O-O Qa4 26. Nxb5 { loriku1 (1780)-culibrk (1760)/kurnik 2012/0-1 (31)}) 12. O-O Ng4 13. Re1 g6 ( 13... Bxg5 14. Nxg5 O-O 15. Nd2 $15) 14. Na3 (14. Nbd2 b5 $11) 14... O-O (14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 b5 16. Qc2 $11) 15. Nc2 (15. Qb1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qe7 $11) 15... Na7 16. Ne3 Rc8 (16... Bb5 17. Bc2 $15) 17. Qd2 (17. Qc2 Nb5 18. Bxg6 Rxc3 $11) 17... Bb5 $15 18. Bc2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Kg7 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ng5 Na5 23. Rg3 Nc4 24. Qc1 Be8 25. f4 Kh8 26. f5 exf5 (26... gxf5 27. Ne4 Kh7 28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. exf6 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qg7#) 27. e6 f6 $4 (27... fxe6 28. Nxe6 Rf6 29. Qh6+ Qh7 $11) 28. Nf7+ $18 Rxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf5 Rd8 ( 30... Kg7 31. Bxc8 Qc7 32. Rxe8 Qxg3 33. Re7+ Kf8 $18) 31. Qh6+ Qh7 32. Qf8+ Qg8 33. Qxf6+ Kh7 34. Re7+ Kh6 (34... Bf7 35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qh7#) 35. Qg5# 1-0 [Event "Bastia FRA"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Sivuk, V."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 d6 5. a3 (5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Bb2 e5 8. Nbd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Be7 12. e5 O-O 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O d3 15. Qxd3 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rc8 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Qb5 b6 { Scacco,M (2160)-Bellipanni,P (2165)/UISP-ch 2000/1-0 (51)}) 5... bxa3 6. Nxa3 ( 6. Bxa3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 {1-0 WAR62-bertomeeggo/ChessWorld.net 2020 }) 6... Nf6 $146 (6... Bd7 7. Bb2 Rc8 8. d5 Qa5+ 9. c3 Ne5 10. Nd4 Rxc3 11. Qd2 Rxa3 12. Rxa3 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 a6 14. h3 Nf6 15. f4 Nxe4+ 16. Ke3 Ng3 17. Rg1 Nxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nc4+ 19. Ke4 Nxa3 20. Bxa3 g6 21. Rb1 { matahar (1885)-aleksa2010 (1835)/kurnik 2014/1-0 (61)}) (6... g6 7. d5 Bg7 8. Rb1 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc4 Bg7 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. c4 Bc8 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Ba3 a6 18. Ba4 Re8 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Rbd1 {anman (1905)-tuizal (1645)/playok.com 2012/0-1 (42)}) 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. e5 (9. Qe2 g6 $15) 9... dxe5 $15 10. Nxe5 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rb1 (12. Re1 O-O $15) 12... O-O 13. Be2 Bc8 14. Bf3 Nfd7 15. Nec4 Nc5 16. Re1 Nbd7 ( 16... Re8 17. Bg5 $15) 17. Bg5 $11 Nf6 18. Nb5 {White prepares d6} h6 19. Bf4 { White prepares the advance d6} Bf5 20. d6 e6 21. Be5 g5 (21... a6 22. Nc3 $14) 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Na5 {Pawn b7, live or die!} Nfd7 (23... g4 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Nxb7 $16) 24. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 25. Bxb7 (25. Nxb7 Nxb7 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Kg8 $16) 25... Nxb7 (25... Qf6 26. Qd2 $14) 26. Nc6 Qc8 27. Ne7 (27. Nxa7 $5 Qd8 28. Nc6 $16) 27... Qd8 $11 28. Nc6 Qf6 $4 (28... Qc8 $142 $11) 29. Nxb8 $18 Rxb8 30. Rxb7 $1 Rd8 (30... Rxb7 31. Ne8+ {Deflection}) 31. Rxa7 Nc5 32. Qa1 (32. Qe2 $142 Ne4 33. g4 Bg6 $18) 32... Ne4 (32... Bxc2 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rc1 $18) 33. Qxf6+ (33. g4 $142 Qxa1 34. Rexa1 (34. Raxa1 $143 Bg6 $18) 34... Bxg4 35. R1a4 Nxd6 36. Rxg4 $18) 33... Kxf6 34. Rd1 Ke5 $2 (34... Nxd6 35. c4 $1 Rb8 36. g4 $18) 35. c4 (35. Ra5+ Kf6 36. Ra8 Rd7 $18) 35... Nc3 $2 ( 35... Nxd6 36. Ra5+ Kf6 $18) 36. Ra5+ Ke4 (36... Kf6 37. Re1 $18) 37. Re1+ (37. f3+ Ke3 38. Ra3 Ke2 $18) 37... Kd3 38. c5 Kd2 (38... Kd4 39. f3 h5 40. Ra8 $18) 39. Rea1 Bd3 (39... Ne4 40. R5a2+ Kd3 41. Rd1+ Kc3 42. Rc1+ Kb3 43. Ra8 Rxa8 44. Nxa8 $18) 40. Ra8 Rd7 41. R8a3 Be4 42. Ne8 Rb7 (42... Bd5 43. Nf6 Rd8 44. Nxd5 Nxd5 45. Ra8 $18) 43. Nf6 Bc6 44. f3 Rb2 (44... Rb8 45. Ng4 Rc8 46. Nxh6 $18) 45. d7 Ne2+ (45... Bxd7 46. Nxd7 Rc2 47. Kf1 $18) 46. Kh1 (46. Kf2 $5 Bxd7 47. Ne4+ Kc2 48. Kxe2 Rb4 49. R1a2+ Rb2 $18) 46... Bxd7 47. R3a2 (47. R3a2 Rxa2 48. Rxa2+ Kc3 49. Nxd7 $18) 1-0 [Event "RBI Open Qualifier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Magallanes, Rey Jomar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2035"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8. d5 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qf6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 (11. Rc1 e5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Bc3 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Ba5 Qc8 18. Bb4 Ne7 19. Ba6 Qc7 20. Ba5 {1-0 Chandler,P (2260)-Bittner,P (2050)/Rhein Main op 2002}) 11... Nh6 $146 (11... e5 12. O-O (12. Bg5 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Qd6 14. Qc2 f6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. h3 O-O 18. Qc4+ Nd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Qxb4 cxd5 21. g4 d4 22. Bd2 Rab8 23. Qa5 Qc6 24. Kg2 Bd5 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rc5 d3 { anman (1955)-beks82 (1765)/kurnik 2012/1-0 (49)}) 12... e4 (12... Bd6 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bc4 Qd7 15. Re1 f6 16. Bh4 Ne7 17. Qd2 Bc7 18. Qb4 Nd5 19. Qa3 Qd6 20. Qc1 O-O 21. Bg3 Bb6 22. a4 Be6 23. a5 Bc5 24. Nd2 Bd4 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Qc2 { Sochacki,W (2260)-Klukin,K (1980)/Pardubice CZE, Czech Open Rapid 2013/0-1 (61) }) 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Qd8# {1-0 ttttttttttttt-txar (1825)/kurnik 2014}) (11... Be6 12. O-O Bd5 13. Be3 $17) 12. O-O Nf5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Rfd1 Nd6 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Be4 {The isolani on c6 becomes a target} Rc8 (17... Nxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxg5 (18... Kxd7 19. Ne5+ Ke6 20. Qxe4 Qxg5 21. Nf3+ Kf6 22. Nxg5 Kxg5 23. h4+ Kf6 24. Qxc6+ e6 25. Qf3+ Ke7 26. Qxa8 $18) 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxc6+ Rd7 21. Qc8+ Rd8 22. Qc6+ Rd7 23. Qc8+ Rd8 24. Qc6+ $11) 18. Qxa7 $4 (18. Rxd6 exd6 19. Re1 $18) 18... h6 $4 (18... f6 $142 $5 $17) 19. Bf4 (19. Rxd6 $142 $5 Qg4 20. Ne5 exd6 21. Nxg4 hxg5 $18) 19... g5 $4 (19... f6 $142 $11) 20. Be5 (20. Ne5 Be6 21. Bf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 gxf4 $18) 20... f6 (20... Bg4 $142 $18) 21. Rxd6 $1 exd6 (21... exd6 22. Bxf6 {Combination}) 22. Bxf6 Rg8 (22... Qf7 23. Bxh8 Be7 $18) 23. Re1 Be6 24. Bg6+ $3 Rxg6 (24... Rxg6 25. Rxe6+ {Mate attack}) (24... Qxg6 25. Rxe6+ {Mate attack}) 25. Rxe6+ (25. Rxe6+ Be7 26. Qxe7#) 1-0 [Event "53. American Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Vorontsov, Pavlo"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qd8 (5... Qa5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 e6 8. c5 Qc7 9. a3 bxa3 10. Bxa3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Ndc4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 g6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. h4 {battousai (2830)-davidswhite/net-chess.com 2009/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 6. d4 Nf6 ( 6... e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Re3 g6 16. Na3 Re8 17. Nc2 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Nb4 Bb7 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Bb3 { Petrekanovic,M (2100)-Smolovic,M (2305)/Letnji Open Jezero 2015/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 7. Bb2 $146 (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. Ng4 Nc6 15. Kh1 f5 16. Ne3 Bf6 17. Nc2 a6 18. Ra3 Kh8 19. Be3 b6 20. Nb5 Rb8 21. Nd6 Be7 { Kuiper,W (1800)-Rebers,E (2240)/Vlissingen NED 2014/0-1 (37)}) (7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxb4 e5 9. Qxb7 Bc6 $11) 7... g6 (7... e6 8. Bd3 $15) 8. a3 (8. Bd3 Na6 $11) 8... bxa3 $15 9. Rxa3 Bg7 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 O-O $15) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 (11... Bf5 12. Nc3 $15) 12. Ne5 (12. Nc3 a6 $15) 12... Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Re1 (15. Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 15... e6 (15... Rd8 16. Qe2 $15) 16. Nb5 $11 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Nxa7 Qxc4 $11) 17... Nxe5 (17... a6 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. Ba3 $15) 18. dxe5 Nd7 (18... Rd8 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. Qc1 $11) 19. Qd4 (19. Qe2 $142 $15) 19... Qc6 $19 20. Qh4 Rad8 ( 20... a6 21. Nd6 Ra7 22. Bd4 $15) 21. Rd3 (21. Rh3 $5 h5 22. Nxa7 $15) 21... a6 $17 22. Rd6 (22. Nc3 h6 $17) 22... Qa8 23. Nc7 $2 (23. Na3 $142 $5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxb6 $17) 23... Qc8 (23... Qb7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 $19) 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 (25... Qxc6 $6 26. Nxd8 Qa4 27. Qe7 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd1+ 30. Re1 Rxd8 31. h3 $17) 26. Rxe6 Rde8 (26... Nc5 27. Re7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd4 $19) 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Nc5 29. Qd6 (29. Qxb7 Nxb7 30. Bd4 Na5 $19) 29... Qf7 30. Bd4 (30. Rf1 Qxc4 31. Qxb6 Nd3 $19) 30... Qxc4 31. h3 Re8 32. Re3 (32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 $19) 32... Bf8 33. Qc6 (33. Rc3 Bxd6 34. Rxc4 Bxe5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 $19) 33... Re6 (33... Qxd4 $6 34. Qxe8 Qa4 35. Qc8 $17) 34. Qc8 Qxd4 35. Rf3 (35. Qc7 Ne4 36. Qc8 Rxe5 37. Qxa6 Nxf2 38. Qa2+ Kg7 39. Rxe5 Ng4+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Re1 Nh2+ 42. Kg1 Qxe1+ 43. Kxh2 Bc5 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qa1 Bd6+ 46. Qe5 Bxe5+ 47. g3 Qxg3+ 48. Kh1 Qh2#) 35... Qa1+ ( 35... Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe5+ 37. g3 Rf6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 $19) 0-1 [Event "O2C Doeberl Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Wright, N."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2110"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qa5 (5... Qd8 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxb4 e5 10. Qb5 Qxb5 11. cxb5 e4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nec4 Be6 14. a3 Rc8 15. g3 Be7 16. Ne3 Bd8 17. Bg2 Ba5 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Ke2 Bd7 21. Nxe4 Bxb5+ 22. Kd1 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. a4 Rfe8 26. f3 b5 27. axb5 Bb3+ 28. Ke2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 f5 30. Bc3 Bb6 31. Kd3 fxe4+ 32. fxe4 Ba4 33. Rb1 Rf8 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Ke3 Rc8 37. Kd2 Rf8 38. Ke3 Rf7 39. h3 h5 40. h4 Rf6 41. Bd2 Kf7 42. Bc3 Rg6 43. Be1 Rd6 44. Bc3 Rg6 45. Be1 Bc2 46. Rc1 Bb3 47. Rb1 Bc4 48. Rb4 Bf1 49. Rb1 Rg4 { 0-1 Bazza3-juliangon/ChessWorld.net 2018 (49)}) (5... bxc3 6. Nxc3 Qa5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Bb2 e6 13. Rfc1 Ba3 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Nc5 Rc8 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Re1 Rhd8 19. Bxh7 g6 20. h4 Ke7 21. Ng5 Qd6 22. Qf3 Nf6 { 0-1 Back_Rank_Amateur-Bazza3/www.ChessWorld.net server game 2019 (22)}) 6. Bb2 $146 (6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 (7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O e6 10. a3 Qc7 11. c5 Nc6 { 0-1 rayushka-zenpath/gameknot.com 2013 (11)}) 7... e6 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. d5 Nd8 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Qxf6 Rg8 15. Qe5+ {1-0 Bazza3-rmack/ChessWorld.net 2017 (15)}) 8. c5 Qc7 9. a3 bxa3 10. Bxa3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Ndc4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 g6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. h4 Bxc4 { battousai-davidswhite/net-chess.com 2009/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 6... e6 7. a3 bxa3 8. Nxa3 Nc6 (8... Qd8 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Ne5 $11) 9. g3 (9. Nb5 Qd8 $11) 9... Nf6 10. Bg2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 (10... Bxa3 $2 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bb2 $18) 11. Nc2 Qb6 $15) 10... Be7 $17 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Rd8 (12... Qf5 13. Nb5 $15) 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rd7 (14... a5 15. Rfb1 $15) 15. Rfd1 $11 Qd8 (15... a6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxd5 $11) 16. Ne5 $14 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 (17... Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Nd7 19. Nxa7 $14) 18. Rxd7 $16 Bxd7 19. Bxb7 (19. Nxa7 $6 Bc5 20. Nb5 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Bc6 $11) (19. Rxa7 $143 Rxa7 20. Nxa7 Bc5 $11) 19... Rb8 20. Be4 (20. Rxa7 $2 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Qb6 $19) 20... Bc5 (20... Bxb5 21. cxb5 Qb6 22. Bc3 $14) 21. Nxa7 $16 Qb6 22. Bc3 Nc7 (22... Qc7 23. Qa2 $16) 23. Kg2 (23. Qd3 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 Be8 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 $16) 23... g6 (23... Be8 $5 $16) 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. h4 (25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Qb3 $18) 25... Re8 (25... Qb8 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 $18) 26. h5 (26. Rb1 Qxa7 27. Rb7 Qa4 28. Rxc7 Rc8 $18) 26... Be7 (26... Rb8 27. h6 $18) 27. Bc6 Bxc6 (27... Rd8 $142 $18) 28. Nxc6 Bg5 (28... Bc5 29. Ra7 Ra8 $18) 29. Ra7 (29. Bd4 $5 Qa6 30. Rxa6 Nxa6 $18) 29... Ra8 (29... Rc8 30. Bd2 $3 Bxd2 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8 Qxa7 33. Nxa7 Bg5 $18) 30. Bd4 Qb1 (30... Qxa7 31. Bxa7 Rf8 32. Bc5 $18) 31. Rxc7 (31. Rxc7 Rf8 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Qf6 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "PNWCC Online Blitz JP"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2350"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qd8 6. d4 e6 (6... Nf6 7. Nbd2 (7. a3 e6 8. g4 e5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. d5 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nb6 14. axb4 Nxc4 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Na3 Nxa3 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Bxa3 Nd7 19. b5 Re8 20. Nd2 Ba5 21. Red1 Bb6 {Panza-Sicilianist/ChessWorld.net 2022/1-0 (45)}) 7... Bf5 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxb4 e5 10. Qb5 Qxb5 11. cxb5 e4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Bxc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb3 O-O 20. Ke2 Rd8 21. Rd1 { Bazza3 (2605)-juliangon (2690)/ChessWorld.net 2019/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 $146 (9. a3 Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Re3 g6 16. Na3 Re8 17. Nc2 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Nb4 Bb7 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Bb3 Nh5 22. g3 Red8 23. Rd3 a5 { Petrekanovic,M (2100)-Smolovic,M (2305)/Letnji Open Jezero 2015/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 (13. d5 Nc5 14. Bf5 g6 $11) 13... Re8 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 (15. Ndf3 h6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 $15) 15... h6 (15... Qc7 16. Nh3 $17) 16. Ngf3 $15 a5 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Ndf3 a4 19. Rf1 b5 (19... N8d7 $142 $5 $15) 20. c5 $14 Bxe5 (20... Bc7 21. Bxb5 Re7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 $14) 21. dxe5 (21. fxe5 N6d7 $16) 21... Nd5 22. Bxb5 Rc8 23. f5 (23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Rc1 Nxf4 $14) 23... exf5 (23... Bc6 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Nd4 $14) 24. Bxa4 (24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Nd4 f4 $14) 24... Rxc5 (24... Re7 25. Nd4 Qa5 26. Nxf5 $16) 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Nd4 f4 27. Nf5 Ne6 28. Nd6 (28. a3 Nc3 29. Bxc3 bxc3 $16) 28... Qd7 29. Nxb7 (29. Bd4 Rc7 30. Rd2 $14 (30. Nxb7 $143 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Nc3 32. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 33. Kf2 Rxd7 34. Kxe2 Rxb7 $11)) 29... Qxb7 $11 30. Qe4 (30. Bd4 Nc3 31. Bxc3 bxc3 $11) 30... Qc6 (30... Qa7 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32. Qxd4 $17) 31. Rc1 g5 (31... Qa8 32. Rf2 $11) 32. Rfd1 (32. a3 b3 $16) 32... Rxc1 (32... Ne3 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Nxd1 35. Bc1 $16) 33. Rxc1 (33. Bxc1 $6 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Nc3 35. Qa8+ Nf8 $15) 33... Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Ne3 $2 (34... Qa5 $5 $14) 35. Rc8+ $16 Kg7 36. Qa8 Kg6 (36... Qb5 37. h3 Qe2 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qe4+ Kh5 41. Qf3+ Qxf3 42. gxf3 $11) 37. Rc6 Qb5 38. Qg8+ Kh5 39. Qxf7+ Kh4 40. g3+ $4 (40. Rc1 $142 Qd5 41. Rg1 Nxg2 42. Rxg2 $19) 40... fxg3 41. hxg3+ Kxg3 42. Rc1 (42. Kg1 Qe2 43. Qf3+ Qxf3 44. Rxe6 Qd1#) 42... Qd5+ (42... Qd5+ 43. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 44. Kg1 Qg2#) 0-1 [Event "Indy FIDE - Premier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Adury, Anant"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "1680"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. a3 (5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 (6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc7 12. Rxb6 Ncxd5 13. Rxb7 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 e6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bb5 h5 18. Ba5 { 1-0 Bazza3 (2470)-bobby fissure (2195)/ChessWorld.net 2018}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O e6 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Bc4 Bc2 14. Qxc2 Qxc4 15. Rfc1 Rb8 16. Bxg7 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rg8 18. Bc3 Rg4 19. Kf1 Rc4 { Scherer,A (2430)-Pischner,R (2305)/RSS7E pro-137 2011/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 5... bxa3 $146 (5... Nxd5 6. axb4 Nxb4 7. d4 (7. Bb2 N8c6 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. d4 O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf4 16. Qe3 b5 17. Nce5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Ba3 Qxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfc8 { Thomas,A-Gligoric,S/Hastings5152 1951/0-1}) 7... Bf5 (7... e6 8. c3 Nd5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Na3 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd5 17. f3 a5 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Be4 Qd8 20. Rfb1 Nd5 21. Qf2 Rc8 22. Rc1 {BeckoLion (2230)-ChessNCognac_com (2215)/Rated Blitz game 0/1-0 (43)}) 8. Na3 Qc7 9. c3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Nc2+ 11. Nxc2 Qxc2 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. g4 f6 16. gxf5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Kd8 18. Ba5+ b6 19. Rd1 bxa5 20. Rxd7+ { Weserberglander (2160)-assssss22133 (2060)/Rated Blitz game 2014/1-0}) 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 (7... Kxd7 $143 8. c4 e6 9. dxe6+ fxe6 10. O-O $16) (7... Qxd7 $6 8. c4 $11) 8. c4 g6 (8... b5 9. cxb5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 $11) 9. Bxa3 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O (10... Rc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 $14) 11. O-O $14 a6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rb1 (13. Qb3 b6 $14) 13... Qc7 (13... b6 14. d4 $14) 14. d3 (14. Rxe7 Rxe7 15. Bxe7 Qxc4 16. Rxb7 a5 $14) 14... b5 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 (15... bxc4 16. d6 Qc6 17. Nd4 $16) 16. Bxe7 (16. d6 $5 Qc6 17. dxe7 bxc4 18. Rc1 $14) 16... bxc4 $11 17. h3 Rc8 18. d4 Bf8 (18... Qa5 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Qa4 $14) 19. Bxf8 $14 Rxf8 20. Nd2 (20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Qxc4 Qb2 $14) 20... Rc8 $11 21. Qf3 ( 21. Qa4 Qa7 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 axb5 25. Rxb5 Qa6 $11) 21... Kg7 22. g4 (22. Nf1 Rb8 23. Rc1 Qb6 $11) 22... h6 $15 23. Kg2 (23. h4 Ne8 $15) 23... Qd6 (23... Qa7 24. Ne2 $17) 24. Ra1 (24. Rb7 a5 $15) 24... Rc7 (24... Qb6 $5 $15) 25. Ra4 $11 {Attacking the isolated pawn on c4} Qb6 26. Qf4 (26. Ne2 Qb5 27. d6 Rc8 $11 (27... Qxa4 $2 28. dxc7 Nb6 29. Qb7 $18)) 26... Qb7 (26... Rc8 27. Qe3 (27. Nxc4 $2 Qb3 $19) 27... Re8 28. Qf4 $17) 27. Kh2 (27. Qf3 Qc8 $11) 27... Rc8 $15 28. Qf3 (28. Nxc4 $2 Qb3 (28... Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Nd6 $14) 29. Ne3 Rxc3 30. Rxa6 Qb7 $19 (30... Nxd5 $6 31. Nf5+ gxf5 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 $11)) (28. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 Qb4 $19 (29... Nxd5 $6 30. Nd6 Nxf4 31. Nxb7 $11)) 28... Qb6 29. Qf4 (29. Nxc4 $2 Qb3 (29... Qxd4 $6 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 $11 (31. Nxe3 $4 Rxc3 32. Rxa6 Rd3 $19)) 30. Qd3 Nb6 $19) 29... Qb2 30. Ndb1 Re8 31. Ra2 Qb7 32. Qd6 {Attacks the isolani on a6} Ne4 (32... Qa7 33. Kg2 $17) 33. Qc6 $11 Qb8+ 34. Kg2 Ndf6 35. d6 (35. Qxa6 Qb3 36. Qa3 Nxd5 37. Nxd5 Qxb1 $15) 35... Qxd6 (35... Rc8 36. Qxa6 Nxd6 37. Nd2 $11) 36. Qxd6 $11 Nxd6 37. Rxa6 Rd8 ( 37... Nfe4 $5 $11) 38. Rc6 $14 Nfe4 (38... Ng8 $14) 39. f3 (39. Nxe4 $142 $5 Nxe4 40. Rxc4 $16) 39... Nxc3 $11 40. Nxc3 Kf6 (40... Rd7 $142 $5 $11) 41. Nb5 $16 Ke7 42. Nxd6 Rxd6 43. Rxc4 Ra6 44. h4 Ra5 45. Kg3 Ra1 46. Rc7+ Kf6 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Kf4 Re1 (49... Rh1 $5 $16) 50. Rc6+ $18 Kg7 51. d5 Kf8 52. Rc4 (52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 Rh1 54. Rxh6 Kg7 $18) 52... f6 53. Rc6 (53. Rd4 g5+ 54. Kg3 Rg1+ 55. Kf2 Rb1 $18) 53... Kf7 (53... Ke7 $5 $16) 54. Rc7+ $18 Kf8 55. h5 gxh5 56. Kf5 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Gareev"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Yahia, Mustapha"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "1915"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bc4 (6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rxa3 Bd7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. c4 a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Rd3 Qb6 15. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Ncxe5 17. Rd2 Nxc4 18. Rde2 Qc5 19. Qc2 b5 20. h3 Nh6 { Salvador Marques,C (2360)-Grego,L (2305)/POR/TC11 (POR) 2011/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (6. Nxa3 Bg7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Ng5 h6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qh4 g5 18. Qg3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Nc2 Qd3 {Koch,C (1925)-Niedermeier,T (2225)/Pyramiden Cup 2015/0-1}) 6... e6 7. Nc3 $146 (7. O-O Bg7 8. Bxa3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nbc6 13. Bd6 Qd8 14. Re1 f6 15. Ne4 fxe5 16. Nfg5 Kh8 17. Bxe6 Qe8 18. Qd3 Nd8 19. Qh3 h6 20. Bxe5 Nxe6 21. Qxh6+ { 1-0 Kordonowski,F-Kloss,D/Ruhrgebiet VK2-chT 1995}) (7. Bxa3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Bxa3 10. Rxa3 exd5 11. Re3+ Be6 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 $11) 7... a6 8. Bxa3 Qc7 9. Qd3 b5 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ng5 (12. Bb4 Bg7 $11) 12... Rc8 13. Bb4 h6 ( 13... d5 $5 14. Ba5 Qf4 $17) 14. Ba5 $11 Qb8 $4 (14... Nb6 15. Qh3 d5 16. exd5 $18) 15. Nxe6 $4 (15. Qh3 $142 hxg5 16. Qxh8 $18) 15... fxe6 $11 16. Bxe6 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Bg7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. Nd5 $2 (19. Bxc8 Qxc8 (19... Nxc8 $6 20. Nd5 $14) 20. Qd3 Ne6 $17) 19... Bxd4 (19... Rxc2 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Bb3 $19) 20. Rad1 $2 (20. Bxc8 $142 Qxc8 21. Nc7+ Kf7 22. Qf3+ Kg7 23. Bc3 $17) 20... Bg7 $4 (20... Qa7 21. Bxc8 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxc8 23. Qc3 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 $14) 21. Qh4 $4 (21. Bxc8 $142 Bxc8 22. Qh4 $11) 21... Bxd5 $19 22. Bxc8 g5 (22... Nxc8 23. exd5+ Kf7 24. Qf4+ Kg8 25. Re8 $16) (22... Qxc8 $6 23. exd5 Be5 24. f4 $17) 23. Qg3 Be5 ( 23... Nxc8 $6 24. Bc3 Be5 25. exd5 $15) 24. Qa3 Qxc8 (24... Nxc8 $6 25. exd5 Ng6 26. Qf3 $17) 25. exd5 Nfg6 (25... Qxc2 26. Bb4 Qa4 27. Bxd6 Qxa3 28. Bxa3 $17) 26. Bb4 $17 Qd7 (26... Nh4 $5 27. h3 Qxc2 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 O-O $15) 27. Qxa6 $15 {Attacks the isolani on d6} Kf7 (27... O-O 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Qxh6 $17) 28. g3 (28. Qa3 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rc4 $17) 28... Rc8 $17 29. Re2 $2 (29. Rd2 $142 $17) 29... Qg4 $19 30. Qxb5 Rxc2 $1 31. Bd2 (31. Rxc2 Qxd1+ { Double attack} (31... Qxd1+ {Pinning}) (31... Qxd1+ {Deflection}) (31... Qxd1+ {Decoy})) 31... Nf4 32. Ree1 Nfxd5 (32... Nexd5 $2 33. Bxf4 Qf3 34. Qxd5+ Qxd5 35. Rxd5 gxf4 36. gxf4 $18) 33. Qd3 Qf5 34. Re4 (34. Qxf5+ Nxf5 35. Bxg5 Nc3 $19) 34... Rb2 (34... Nc3 35. Qxc2 Qxe4 36. Qb3+ Qd5 37. Qxd5+ Nexd5 38. Re1 $19) 35. Qc4 (35. g4 Qg6 36. Bc1 Rb4 37. Rxb4 Qxd3 (37... Nxb4 $6 38. Qb3+ Ned5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5 40. Qxd5+ Qe6 41. Qb7+ Kg6 42. Qe4+ Kf6 43. Qf3+ Kg7 44. Be3 $15) 38. Rxd3 Nxb4 $19) 35... Kg6 36. Ree1 Nc3 $4 (36... g4 $142 $19) 37. Rxe5 $15 dxe5 (37... Qxe5 $143 38. Bxc3 Rc2 39. Qd3+ Qf5 40. Qxd6+ Kh5 41. Bd2 $16) ( 37... Nxd1 $4 38. Rxf5 Nxf5 39. Be1 $18) 38. Qxc3 Rc2 (38... Qc2 39. Qxc2+ Rxc2 40. Kg2 $15) 39. Qb3 $11 g4 40. Qe3 Ng8 41. Bc3 { Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} Qf3 {Attacks the backward pawn on f2} 42. Qxf3 gxf3 43. Bxe5 Kf5 (43... Re2 44. Bd4 Nf6 45. h3 $14) 44. Bg7 (44. Bf4 $5 $16) 44... Kg6 $14 45. Bh8 Ne7 (45... Nf6 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. h3 $18) 46. h3 Nf5 (46... Kh7 47. Bf6 Nf5 48. Rd3 $18) 47. Be5 (47. Rd3 Nxg3 48. fxg3 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxg3 $18) 47... Re2 $2 (47... Rc5 48. Bf4 Rc4 49. Rd3 $18) 48. Bf4 (48. Bc3 Ne7 $18) 48... Kf6 $2 (48... Re4 $142 $5 $16) 49. Rd3 Re1+ 50. Kh2 Re2 51. Rxf3 Nd4 52. Rd3 (52. Rd3 Rxf2+ 53. Kg1 Rxf4 54. gxf4 Ne2+ 55. Kh2 Nxf4 56. Rd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "ch-USA"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. a3 bxa3 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 ( 8. c4 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nxa3 b6 11. Nb5 Bb7 12. d5 Na5 13. Bb2 a6 14. Na3 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Rb1 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qc1 Nh5 20. h4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Ne5 { Basanta,G (2320) -Epishin,V (2665)/25th Paul Keres mem, Vancouver CAN 2000/0-1} ) (8. Nxa3 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. c3 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rb1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nc7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Na6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Be4 Qc8 21. Bf4 Ne8 22. Bf3 Nd6 { Podinic,B (2285)-Nedeljkovic,D (2120)/Beograd SER, City Team Ch 2014/0-1 (50)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 $146 (9. Bxa3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh2 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 g5 18. Raf1 gxf4 19. Rxf4 f6 20. Kh1 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Rf7 22. Bc1 Bd7 23. Be3 Qd8 { Popovic,M (2405)-Miranovic,R (2380)/Vojvodina Quality League m 2006/0-1 (57)}) (9. Bxa3 Nc6 10. Nc3 a6 $15) 9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd7 (10... Nh5 $5 $15) 11. Nd5 $11 h6 12. Bh4 $2 (12. Be3 Nb6 $11) 12... Nb6 (12... g5 $142 $5 13. Bg3 Nxd4 14. Rxa3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nc5 $17) 13. c3 $11 Bd7 (13... Be6 $5 14. Qb3 f5 15. Rxa3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh7 $11) 14. Rxa3 $14 Re8 15. Re1 (15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 $11) 15... Rc8 (15... g5 16. Bg3 $11) 16. Re3 ( 16. Qa1 Be6 17. Nxb6 axb6 $14 (17... Qxb6 $2 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. d5 $18)) 16... Nxd5 (16... g5 17. Bg3 $15) 17. exd5 Na5 18. Nd2 (18. Qb1 b6 $11) 18... Bf6 ( 18... f5 19. Qa1 b6 20. Bg3 $11) 19. Bg3 b6 20. Qf3 Rc7 (20... Qc7 21. h4 $11) 21. Bf4 Bg7 22. c4 (22. Qe2 Qc8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Bf8 $14) 22... e5 (22... Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Bf6 $11) 23. dxe6 $15 Rxe6 (23... Bxe6 $143 24. d5 Bc8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxd6 $14) 24. d5 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qf8 (25... Bc8 26. Ne4 Re7 27. Qc1 $15 (27. Bxd6 $2 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxd6 29. Qe8+ Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Bxf8 $19)) 26. Rxa5 (26. Qg3 Be5 $11) 26... bxa5 $11 27. Ne4 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} a4 ( 27... Qd8 28. Nxd6 a4 29. c5 $14 (29. Bxh6 $143 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qf6 $17)) 28. Bxd6 Qd8 29. c5 a3 30. Bc4 Bf5 $2 (30... Bb5 31. Ba2 (31. Bxb5 $4 a2 32. Qa3 a1=Q+ 33. Qxa1 Bxa1 $19) (31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. d6 Qb7 $11) 31... Re7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. d6 $11) 31. Ng3 (31. Bxc7 $5 Qxc7 32. d6 Qd7 $18) 31... Rd7 (31... Rb7 32. Nxf5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 gxf5 34. Qxa3 $11) 32. Nxf5 $16 gxf5 33. Qxa3 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Be5 35. Qxa7 Qxd6 36. Qe3 Kg7 37. Qf3 f4 38. Bd3 Qf6 39. Qe4 (39. Be4 Bd4 $16) 39... Bd6 40. Kf1 (40. Bf1 $5 $16) 40... Qa1+ $11 41. Bb1 Qf6 (41... Kf8 42. Qe1 $11) 42. Qh7+ (42. Qd3 Kf8 $14) 42... Kf8 $11 43. Qd3 Kg7 (43... Bc5 $5 $11 ) 44. Qe4 (44. Qd1 Qc3 $14) 44... Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chigorin Memorial"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. a3 bxa3 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 (8. h3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Rxa3 Re8 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Bg3 b6 20. Qf3 Rc7 21. Bf4 Bg7 22. c4 e5 { Gareev,T (2600)-Kamsky,G (2680)/ch-USA 2015/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 8... O-O $146 (8... Nc6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bxa3 Qc7 11. Qe3 a6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. h3 Rfc8 15. Bb2 e6 16. Ba3 Ne8 17. Qe2 e5 18. d5 Na5 19. Ra2 Bh6 20. Rca1 Qb6 21. Bb4 Nb7 22. Nb3 Ra7 23. Ra3 {Stockfish 260318-Houdini 6.03/TCEC 2018/1/2-1/2 (90)}) 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rxa3 Bb7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Ng3 Nc4 15. Ra2 b5 16. Qc1 a6 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rae2 Rfc8 20. e5 (20. Bxc4 $5 Qxc4 21. Qf4 $17) 20... dxe5 21. dxe5 Ng8 (21... Nd7 22. Be4 $19) 22. Nd4 Qe7 23. Qf4 Nb6 24. Qg4 (24. Rc2 $142 $5 $15) 24... Nh6 $19 (24... Rxc3 $2 25. Ngf5+ exf5 26. Nxf5+ Kh8 27. Nxe7 Nxe7 28. e6 $18) 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Ng8 (26... gxh5 $4 27. Qxh6 f5 28. exf6 $18) (26... Rxc3 27. Qxh6 Qf8 28. Qd2 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 gxh5 30. Qe3 $14) 27. Nf6 Nxf6 28. exf6 Nd5 29. Qd2 Qxf6 30. Be4 Rc4 31. Nf3 Rd8 32. Qh6 Qg7 33. Qg5 f6 34. Qd2 e5 35. Re3 Qh6 36. Qd1 Rc7 37. Rd3 Rcd7 38. Qb3 (38. Qa1 Qf4 $19) 38... Qf8 (38... f5 $5 39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40. Qb2 Bxf3 41. Rxf3 $19) 39. Red1 Qc5 40. Qc2 $2 (40. Re1 a5 $19) 40... Bc6 (40... Ne3 41. fxe3 Bxe4 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Qe2 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 $19) 41. h4 (41. Nd2 $19) 41... Ne3 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 (42... Nxc2 $2 43. Rxd8+ Kg7 44. Rc8 $18) (42... Bxd7 $143 43. fxe3 Kg7 44. Rd3 $16) 43. Rxd7 (43. fxe3 Qxe3+ 44. Kh2 Bxe4 45. Qc1 Qxc1 46. Rxc1 $19) 43... Nxc2 (43... Bxd7 $6 44. fxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kh2 $15) 44. Rc7 ( 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Bxc2 Qxc3 $19) 44... Nb4 (44... Bxe4 $6 45. Rxc5 Bxf3 46. gxf3 $15) (44... Qxc3 45. Rxc6 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 $19) 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rc7+ Kf8 0-1 [Event "18th Nancy Rapid"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Spagnoli, Benjamin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "1740"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. a3 bxa3 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxa3 O-O 9. c3 (9. Re1 d5 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. c3 Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nc5 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc7 20. g3 Rb8 21. Bg2 Rfc8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rec1 b5 24. f5 { brokenarrow69 (1925)-Lance5500 (2510)/lichess.org 2020/0-1 (46)}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Bh6 Bg4 14. c3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e6 16. Reb1 b6 17. Nb5 f6 18. exf6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rxf6 20. Kh1 Ne8 21. Rg1 Ng7 22. Rg3 Rf5 23. Rag1 Rh5 {Wikner,A (2280)-Nilsson,S (2320)/TCh-SWE Elitserien 2014/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 9... a6 $146 (9... Nc6 10. d5 (10. Nc4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nc7 13. Ne3 e6 14. Qc2 b6 15. Ng4 Bb7 16. Nh6+ Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Re8 18. Rfe1 a6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Bg5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd6 22. Re5 Ned5 23. Bh6 b5 24. h5 Ne7 { Olle Castillo,S (1950)-Gonzalez Martinez,F (1885)/Catalunya-chB 1996/1-0 (34)}) 10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qc5+ 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bg4 17. Qe1 Bd7 18. Ne5 a6 19. Qh4 b5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rf3 Ne8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rh3 h5 24. Qg5 {sadok (1825)-tepid (1620)/playok.com 2012/0-1}) (9... Bd7 10. Bg5 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rfd1 Bc8 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Qb5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rd7 Nc5 21. Rc7 Qxc3 22. Qb1 Qf6 23. Nc4 Ne4 24. Raxa7 {prezident64-magodoce/kurnik 2013/1-0 (31)}) 10. Bg5 Bg4 (10... b6 11. Qe2 $15) 11. Re1 (11. h3 Be6 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Nc2 Rc8 ( 12... d5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 $11) 13. Ne3 $11 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Na5 (14... Nb8 15. Ra3 $11) 15. Ra3 $14 Nc6 16. Nd5 Re8 17. h4 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 Rb8 $14) 17... h5 (17... Nxd5 $5 18. exd5 Nb8 $11) 18. Rb1 $14 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. g4 (20. Qe2 $5 $16) 20... hxg4 $14 21. Qxg4 Nc4 22. Ra2 (22. h5 Nxa3 23. hxg6 Rf8 $18) 22... Nb6 (22... Rc7 23. Rb4 b5 24. Rxa6 $16) 23. c4 (23. h5 Nxd5 24. hxg6 Nf6 25. Bxf6 exf6 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bg6+ Kg8 28. Bxe8 Rc7 $18) 23... Nxc4 $14 24. Rxb7 Nb6 $2 (24... Na5 $142 25. Rd7 Qb6 $11) 25. h5 Nxd5 (25... Rc3 26. hxg6 Rxd3 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qxd3 Qc8 $18) 26. hxg6 fxg6 (26... Rf8 27. Bf5 Rc7 $18) 27. Qe6+ (27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qxg6+ Kg8 29. Bh6 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rh1+ 31. Kxh1 e5 32. Qxg7#) 1-0 [Event "Gareyev Blindfold Simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Bodziony, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c4 (7. c3 Be7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. d4 a6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Qc2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 b5 16. Qd2 f6 17. Ba3 Na5 18. Rfb1 { 1/2- 1/2 Kuna,H (2420)-Hahner,A (2375)/RSX - 4-Jahreszeiten: Herbst 2010}) 7... Nb6 (7... Nc7 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. d4 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. c5 Be7 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. O-O e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Qc1 Bxc5 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. Ne3 Bd4 21. Ra3 Ne6 22. Nd5 { Rusan,P (2205)-Balla,T (2370)/10. Arad Open 2017/0-1 (33)}) 8. Ba3 $146 (8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. O-O e5 13. Be4 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. d3 a5 17. Nc3 Bg4 18. Bd4 Bxf3 19. Bxb6 Qg5 20. g3 Qg4 21. Nd1 Rfe8 22. d4 Rab8 {jojopa (1880)-shade888 (1980)/kurnik 2013/1-0 (42)}) 8... Qe7 (8... Nc6 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. Nc3 $11) 9. Bxb4 Qxb4 10. Nc3 a6 $4 (10... Nc6 $142 $14) 11. Rb1 $18 Qc5 (11... Qa5 12. Qb3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 $18) 12. Ne4 Qc6 (12... Qa5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qb3 $18) 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Ng5 f6 (14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4 h6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Nd6+ Ke7 $18) 15. Qh5 fxe5 (15... Kd8 16. Ngf7+ Kc7 17. exf6 Nxc4 18. fxg7 Nxd6 19. Qa5+ b6 20. Rxb6 Nxf7 21. Rxc6+ Kxc6 22. Qc3+ Kb7 23. gxh8=R Nxh8 24. Qxh8 Nc6 $18) 16. Nge4 Rf8 17. Qg5+ Rf6 18. Qxg7+ Rf7 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Qf6+ Kc7 21. Ne8# 1-0 [Event "16th Delhi Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Harshal, S."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2055"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 (6... Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ba3 b5 11. Qb3 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Rab1 Nc8 16. Rb7 Kd8 17. e5 Bc6 18. Rxe7 Kxe7 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. d5 Bd7 21. Nd4 f5 22. Re1 Kf6 23. f4 Rg8 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Rb8 Rg4 27. Ne2 Ke7 28. Ne5 Rg8 29. Nd4 Rc7 30. Nxd7 Rc3 31. Bxa6 Kxd7 32. Rb7+ Ke8 33. dxe6 fxe6 34. Bb5+ {1-0 Karaev,S-Shishkin,A/Anapa op 2006 (34)}) 7. O-O Qc7 8. a4 $146 (8. Na3 Ngf6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Re1 a6 11. e5 axb5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Be3 d5 16. Rb1 Qc6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 O-O 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg5 Qxc2 21. Rxb7 Rf7 22. Rc1 Qd3 23. h3 d4 24. Rb3 Qe4 25. Bf4 Bc6 26. f3 Qe2 27. Rxc6 Rxa2 28. Qd8+ Rf8 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qg6 d3 31. Rc7 { 1-0 cenala-1gra1rew/kurnik 2014 (31)}) (8. Bb2 Nh6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Re1 Nf7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. c4 O-O 15. Qc2 e5 16. d5 g6 17. Rac1 b6 18. Bb4 Nd8 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Ra1 Rf7 21. a4 a5 22. Bc3 Rg7 { Brkic,T-Taylor,R/Paracin SER, Central Serbia Championshi 2016/1-0 (52)}) (8. Na3 Ngf6 $14) 8... Ngf6 9. Ba3 e5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. f4 Qb6 15. Nce2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Re8 17. a5 Qa7 18. h3 Bd7 (18... b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Rec1 $14) 19. Rab1 $14 Rab8 20. Rb6 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. White terminates the opponent with strong threats} Bd8 21. Rb2 Bc7 22. Rc1 (22. Kh2 b6 $14) 22... b6 23. Rbc2 Rbc8 (23... Rb7 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 bxa5+ 26. Kh2 $14) 24. Nc6 $14 Bxc6 (24... Qb7 25. Qb4 $14) 25. Rxc6 $16 bxa5+ 26. Kh2 Red8 (26... Re6 27. Bxd6 $1 Ne8 28. e5 $16) 27. Bxd6 $1 $18 Ne8 ( 27... Bxd6 {Exploits the pin} 28. Rxc8) 28. e5 (28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Qxa5 Rcd7 $18 ) 28... Qb7 29. Qc2 Rd7 30. Ng3 a4 (30... Kh8 $18) 31. Qxa4 (31. Qxa4 Rcd8 32. Ne4 (32. Qxa6 Qxa6 33. Rxa6 Nxd6 34. exd6 Bxd6 $16) 32... Bxd6 33. exd6 $16 ( 33. Rxd6 $6 Nxd6 (33... Rxd6 $143 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. exd6 $16) 34. Nxd6 Qa7 $11) ) (31. Nf5 $142 $5 Qb3 32. Ne7+ (32. Bxc7 $6 Qxc2 33. R1xc2 Rcxc7 $16) 32... Rxe7 33. Bxe7 $18 (33. Rxc7 $4 Rexc7 (33... Nxc7 $2 34. Bxe7 f6 35. Bd6 $18) ( 33... Rcxc7 $6 34. Qxb3 axb3 35. Rb1 $19) 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 $19 (34... Nxc7 $6 35. Qc6 $19))) 1-0 [Event "Prof. Lim Kok Ann GM Inv"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Liu, Xiangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2445"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 (9. Be2 Ba6 10. d3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nxe3 12. Qd2 Nxg2+ 13. Kf2 Nh4 14. Rg1 Nf5 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Ne4 f6 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Nxh7 Ncd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxf8 Nxe2 22. Rxg7 Qxf8 23. Rg4+ Kh7 { Rausis,I (2575)-Schubert,G/Baden-Baden op 1993/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 9... Be7 10. e4 ( 10. Be2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Bf6 13. e4 Nac7 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Nc3 Qh5 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc7 Qa2 20. Qc2 h6 21. Re1 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rc8 { ggo7801-uonbprf/internet online private game 2018}) 10... Nf6 11. Nbd2 $146 ( 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc1 Rc7 15. Re1 Qa8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd8 19. Neg5 h6 20. Nh7 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nc7 22. Nxf8 Nxf8 23. f4 Nd5 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. f5 Ngf4 { Steffens,O (2325)-Mueller,F/Schleswig Holstein-ch masters 1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. g3 f5 (14... Rc8 $5 $16) 15. O-O $18 Qe8 (15... g6 $142 $5 $18) 16. exf5 exf5 17. Qe6+ Kh8 18. Bb5 (18. Bxf5 $6 Nc5 19. dxc5 Bc8 $18) 18... Nf4 $2 (18... Rd8 19. Rfe1 a6 20. Bd3 $18 (20. Qxe7 $6 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 axb5 $16)) 19. Qxd7 (19. gxf4 $142 Qh5 20. d5 Bf6 21. Qxd7 Rf7 $18) 19... Bxf3 (19... Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 Bf6 $18) 20. Nxf3 (20. Qxe8 $4 Nh3#) 20... Qh5 (20... Qxd7 21. Bxd7 Rad8 $18) 21. Bc6 (21. Qxe7 $6 Qxf3 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 $11) 21... Rf6 (21... Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Bf6 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 $18) 22. Bxa8 (22. Bxa8 Ng6 23. Rae1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Blindfold King"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Johansson, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. c4 (6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Qb3 c5 11. d4 Re8 12. d5 Qe7 13. Bc3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nfd7 15. a4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 dxe5 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nc3 Nd6 20. Nb5 b6 { pumpkin (2495)-smailliwmot/net-chess.com 2004/1-0 (40)}) (6. g3 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nc6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Rhg8 13. O-O Nfd5 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. c3 Nd3 17. Ba3 f5 18. f4 g5 19. fxg5 Rxg5 20. Rab1 b6 {anonimalk-prestrelo/kurnik 2014/0-1 (50)}) 6... a5 $146 (6... Nc6 7. e3 a6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Be2 h6 10. d4 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 O-O 13. h3 Bd7 14. a4 Ne7 15. Bd3 Qc8 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Qd3 Bxh3 18. Nh4 Nxh4 19. d5 Qg4 20. g3 Nf5 21. Bxf6 {elektrooon-mele121/kurnik 2013/0-1}) (6... Bxf3 7. exf3 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Rhe8 13. Bd1 Ne5 14. Bc2 Nxc4 15. Bc1 Bd4 16. Rb1 Re5 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. d4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rde8 20. h3 Re1 21. Bf4 {mr5reasons1 (1680)-jpmp (1705)/gameknot.com 2012/1-0 (34)}) (6... O-O 7. a3 Ba5 8. e3 $15) 7. e3 Qd7 (7... Bc5 $142 $5 $11) 8. a3 Bc5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 (10... Qc6 11. d4 Ba7 12. c5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $18 (13. Qxf3 $6 Qxf3 14. gxf3 dxc5 $14)) 11. Nd5 O-O-O 12. d4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ba7 14. Rb1 Qe6 15. Nf4 Qe7 (15... Qe8 16. Be2 $18) 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. Nd5 Qe8 18. Kf1 (18. Nxf6 Qe7 19. Qb3 b6 $18) 18... Qf8 (18... h6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Qb5 $18) 19. Qa4 (19. Nxf6 $6 Qh6 20. Nd7+ Kc8 $14) 19... Ne7 20. Qb5 b6 21. Bd7 (21. Qxa5 Qh6 22. Nxe7 Qxh3+ 23. Ke2 Qd7 $18) 21... Nxd5 (21... Rg8 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bc6 $18) 22. cxd5 Qh6 23. Bc6 Qg6 (23... Rdg8 24. Qxa5 Qg6 25. e4 Qg2+ 26. Ke2 $18) 24. e4 (24. e4 Qh5 25. Ke2 $18) 1-0 [Event "World Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qa4 Nc6 (6... Bb6 7. e3 d6 8. Bg3 Bf5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be2 h6 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Qc4 Nce7 14. e4 Nf6 15. O-O c6 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bg3 f5 21. h3 {beatmeeasy (2025)-FritzScholz (2050)/lichess.org 2021/1-0 (43)}) 7. Bg3 d5 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 $146 (9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Qxa5 b6 11. Qa4 Ng6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. d3 Nc5 14. Qc2 f5 15. d4 Ne6 16. O-O {Pecka,J-Janota,J/OCC-2002-02 2002}) 9... Re8 (9... b5 10. Qb3 $17) 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 (11. Nd4 Bb6 $15) 11... Qf6 12. d4 Bg4 13. Re1 (13. Nbd2 Bxc3 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxc3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 h5 $17) 13... h6 (13... h5 $5 $17) 14. Nfd2 $15 Bf5 15. Bd3 (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 ( 15... dxe4 $143 16. Nd2 $16) 16. Qb2 Qf5 $11) 15... h5 $15 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. h4 Ne7 (17... b5 $142 $5 $15) 18. Nc4 $14 Bb6 19. Nba3 (19. Nbd2 Nd5 $14) 19... Rac8 20. Rab1 Nd5 21. Ne5 (21. Qb3 Be6 $11) 21... Ba5 (21... c5 22. Qb3 Qe6 23. Nec4 $11) 22. c4 (22. Rxb7 Bxc3 (22... Nxc3 $4 23. Nac4 $18) 23. Reb1 Qe6 $14) 22... Bxe1 (22... c5 $142 23. Rxb7 Bxe1 24. Rxf7 Qh6 25. cxd5 cxd4 $17) 23. cxd5 $14 Ba5 24. Nac4 (24. Rxb7 $5 Red8 25. Qc4 $16) 24... Bb6 $11 25. d6 Red8 (25... cxd6 $142 26. Rxb6 Re6 $11) 26. Bf4 $4 (26. d7 $142 $5 Rb8 27. Nxb6 cxb6 28. a4 $11) 26... Qe6 (26... Rxd6 27. Qd1 Rd5 (27... Qxh4 $143 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rxb6 $14) 28. Qxh5 Rb5 $17) 27. d7 $11 Rxd7 $4 (27... Ra8 $142 28. Qd1 Bg4 $11) 28. Nxb6 $18 Rdd8 (28... Rd5 29. Nxc8 (29. Nxd5 $6 Qxd5 30. Rc1 Be6 $18) 29... Qxc8 30. Qb3 $18) 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Qb3 Be6 31. Qxb7 Qxb7 (31... Bd5 32. Qb4 $18) 32. Rxb7 Bxa2 33. Nc6 Re8 (33... Rd7 34. Nb8 Rd8 35. Bxc7 $18) 34. Rxc7 f6 (34... Kh7 35. Nb4 Bb3 36. Nxa6 $18) 35. d5 $1 Ra8 ( 35... Bxd5 36. Ne7+ {Double attack} (36. Ne7+ {Decoy})) 36. d6 Bd5 (36... Be6 37. Nd4 Bg4 $18) 37. d7 (37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nxd5 Rd8 39. Ne7 Kh7 40. Nc6 Ra8 41. d7 Rg8 42. Rc8 g5 43. Rxg8 a5 44. d8=Q a4 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Qxg5 a3 47. Qg7#) 37... Bxc6 38. Rc8+ (38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. d8=Q Rxc8 40. Qxc8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Timur Gareyev Blindfold Simul - Las Veg"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareyev, Timur"] [Black "Sletten Jr, David"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Be6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. d4 Bg4 (6... exd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfe1 b6 13. c5 bxc5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Nfd7 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Qc3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ne6 21. Bc6 {ognos-kopeeex/kurnik 2014/1-0}) 7. Nc3 $146 (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. c5 (8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. c5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 e4 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Nc4 b5 16. Na5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Bg4 Rc7 21. a3 g6 22. Qc2 f5 {carpaticus (1710)-kukuryku64/kurnik 2013/1-0 (63)}) 8... e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 exf3 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. Qxf3 Nhf6 13. Bc4 c6 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 b5 18. Bb3 Qc7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rg1 Ne5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {ludice (1700)-einguter (1755)/kurnik 2011/0-1 (46)}) (7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e4 9. Be2 d5 10. c5 c6 11. a4 a6 12. Nc3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. O-O Be7 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. Qd1 Ne8 19. Nb1 Nc7 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nb3 Nb8 {hal1958-perich/playchess.de 2003/0-1 (49)}) 7... e4 (7... exd4 8. exd4 a5 9. b5 $14) 8. h3 exf3 $2 (8... Be6 $142 9. Nd2 d5 $14) 9. hxg4 $18 Nxg4 10. Qxf3 h5 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Rxb4 13. Ba3 (13. Rb1 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qd8 $18) 13... Rb8 (13... Qb8 14. Qa5 Rb7 15. Be2 $18 (15. Rxh5 Ra7 16. Qb5 Rxh5 17. Qxh5 Rxa3 $17)) 14. Nb5 (14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Bb4 Ngf6 $18) 14... Rc8 (14... Qf6 15. f3 (15. Nxc7+ $6 Kd8 16. f3 Nxe3 $18) 15... Nxe3 16. Kf2 $18) 15. Be2 Ndf6 16. Bf3 (16. Qb7 Be7 $18) 16... Be7 (16... c6 $142 $5 17. Nc3 Be7 $16) 17. Bc6+ Kf8 18. Ke2 g6 19. f3 Nh6 20. e4 1-0 [Event "Gareyev Blindfold Simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Konzona TEAM"] [Black "Gareev, Timur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 d5 5. h3 c6 6. c4 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. d3 cxb5 9. cxb5 Bf5 {last book move} 10. d4 Nbd7 (10... a6 11. Nc3 $17) 11. Nc3 (11. Ne2 a5 $17) 11... Rc8 12. Nge2 (12. Rc1 Qe7 $17) 12... h5 (12... Nb6 13. g3 $19 ) 13. Qb3 $17 Qa5 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Rc1 (15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Qa5 h4 $17) 15... Nb6 $19 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Nb1 (17. Na4 a6 18. bxa6 bxa6 $19) 17... a6 (17... Bd7 18. Nec3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 $19) 18. Nec3 Qa5 19. a4 axb5 20. Bxc4 bxc4 (20... dxc4 $6 21. Qxb5 Bb4 22. Ke2 $15) (20... Rxc4 21. Qxb5 Qc7 22. O-O $15) 21. Qb5 Qd8 22. Ba3 Bd7 23. Qb2 Rc6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nd7 27. Nc3 h4 (27... Qg5 28. O-O $19) 28. Ra1 (28. Qb4 Nb6 $17) 28... Nb6 (28... Qg5 29. O-O $17) 29. Ra2 (29. O-O Qd7 $17) 29... Qb8 (29... Rg6 30. Rg1 $19) 30. Ke2 $2 (30. O-O $5 $17) 30... Rg6 (30... f5 $5 31. Ke1 $19) 31. Kf1 f5 (31... Qd6 32. Qa3 Qd7 33. Qb4 $19) 32. Ne2 Rgf6 33. g3 hxg3 34. fxg3 c3 (34... Qe8 $5 $19) 35. Qxc3 $17 Nc4 36. Kf2 (36. Nf4 Qd6 $17) 36... g5 {Black intends f4} (36... Qe8 37. Nf4 Qxb5 38. Rc1 $17) 37. Rg1 (37. Kg1 Qe8 38. h4 gxh4 $15) 37... Kh8 $17 38. Kg2 (38. h4 f4 39. exf4 e3+ 40. Ke1 gxh4 $17 (40... gxf4 41. Nxf4 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Qxf4 43. b6 $19)) 38... f4 1/2-1/2 [Event "30th North American Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Markovic, Goran"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "1935"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 (7... a5 8. a3 c6 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. h3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. Na4 Qd8 19. b5 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc2 b6 22. Qd1 {Benko,P (2470)-Kochyev,A (2505)/EU-Cup Budapest 1982/1/2-1/2}) ( 7... Nc6 8. a3 Re8 9. Be2 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 a5 14. b5 Ne5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Nf4 Qg5 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Qb2 h5 22. Rac1 { dannysmet (2005)-Kirikoule (2035)/Rated Blitz game, lichess.org 2020/0-1}) 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qb3 $146 (10. Nd2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. Nb5 Re7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. d4 e4 16. Qc7 Ne6 { 1/2-1/2 Sherwin,J (2365)-Beaumont,C (2290)/Bristol op 2000}) 10... a6 11. a4 Nh5 (11... Qc7 12. a5 $14) 12. a5 $14 f5 13. Rad1 Kh8 (13... c5 14. Rfe1 $14) 14. Nd2 Nf8 (14... b6 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Na4 $14) 15. Na4 f4 ( 15... Nf6 $5 $16) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. exf4 Qh4 $2 (18... exf4 $142 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $18) 19. Nxc8 (19. Ne4 Rd8 $18) 19... Rbxc8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 (21. Ne4 Rcd8 $18) 21... Qg4 22. Rfe1 Ng6 23. h3 Qf5 24. Bc1 Rg8 25. Re4 Rcf8 (25... Bf6 26. Kh1 $18) 26. Rf1 (26. Kh2 Bf6 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 $18 ) 26... Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Kh1 Bf6 29. Qd1 Rg7 30. Qe2 Rfg8 31. Rg1 Bc3 32. Re8 (32. c5 $142 $5 $18) 32... Bxb4 $16 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 $4 (33... Kxg8 $142 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 $16) 34. Qb2+ $18 Rg7 35. Qxb4 Qxd3 (35... h6 $18) 36. Qf8+ Rg8 37. Qf6+ Rg7 38. Ne5 Qf5 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kh8 41. Qd8+ (41. Qd8+ Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Rg8 43. Qxg8#) (41. Nxf5 b5 42. Qxg7#) 1-0 [Event "XLIII WJun Kochin IND"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Perdomo, Leandro"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2310"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. a3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d3 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 c6 8. e4 $146 (8. Nbd2 Nbd7 (8... Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. c4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Rfe8 12. e4 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Rac1 Rde8 18. Ng5 R6e7 19. h4 Ng4 20. Rc2 Rf8 21. a4 f5 22. c5+ Kh8 23. cxb6 { sacaniev-papangu2014/kurnik 2014/1-0 (38)}) 9. O-O Nb6 10. c4 Be6 11. Qc2 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bc3 Ra8 14. Rfb1 Qc7 15. Qb3 Na4 16. Bb4 c5 17. Bc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rfb8 19. e4 Bd7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ngf3 Bc6 22. Nh4 Kh7 { linakip-mtostaff1/kurnik 2012/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (8. O-O Be6 $11) 8... a5 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O $11) 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Na6 12. Bc3 (12. c3 Be6 $11) 12... Be6 (12... Qe7 13. O-O $11) 13. Ng5 (13. O-O Nd7 $11) 13... Bd7 14. O-O Ne8 (14... Ng4 15. Ngf3 $11) 15. Ngf3 Nec7 (15... f5 16. Qa2+ Kh8 17. Qa5 $11) 16. Qb1 (16. d4 $5 $11) 16... f5 $15 17. Ba1 (17. Re1 g5 $15) 17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 (18... Bg4 19. Qb3+ Nd5 20. Nfd2 $15) 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Ned2 Qf7 21. Kh1 (21. Ne4 Qd7 22. Nfd2 b5 $15) 21... Qf5 22. d4 (22. Qb3+ Kh8 $15) 22... Qh5 (22... Bxf3 $142 $5 23. Nxf3 exd4 $17) 23. dxe5 $11 d5 (23... Rxf3 24. exd6 Rxf2 25. dxc7 Nxc7 26. Ne4 $16) 24. Qb3 $14 Ne6 (24... Rf7 25. b5 Nxb5 26. e6 $14) 25. Kg1 Bh6 26. c4 Qf5 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rf1 Nac7 29. Nh4 Qh5 30. Ndf3 g5 31. h3 gxh4 32. hxg4 Qxg4 33. Nxh4 (33. gxh4 $2 Nf4 34. Ne1 Nce6 $19 (34... Qxh4 $6 35. Qg3+ Qg5 36. Kh2 $15) (34... Nxg2 $6 35. Nxg2 Rf3 36. Qd1 $14)) 33... Bg5 34. Nf3 (34. Bf3 Qc4 35. Qxc4 dxc4 36. Bxb7 Rb8 $16) 34... Be7 35. Nh2 Qc4 (35... Qxb4 $142 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Qxd5 Qb6 $16) 36. Rc1 $4 (36. Qxc4 $142 dxc4 37. Bxb7 $16) 36... Bxb4 (36... Qxb3 $142 37. Bd4 Nxd4 38. Rxc7 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 Rxf2 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kxg8 42. g4 Qg3 43. Bxd5+ Kf8 44. Bxb7 Qxh2# {mate}) 37. Rxc4 $18 h5 (37... dxc4 38. Qxb4 Rd8 39. Ng4 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 $18) 38. Nf3 (38. Rxb4 $142 Ra8 39. Bb2 Rd8 40. Rxb7 Nc5 $18) 38... Bc5 (38... dxc4 39. Qxb4 Rd8 40. Bh3 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rxa1 42. Qxc4 $18) 39. Bc3 (39. Rh4 b5 $18) 39... Kg7 (39... dxc4 40. Qxb7 Rd8 $18) 40. Nh4 (40. Rh4 $142 b5 41. Rxh5 $18) 40... Ra8 1-0 [Event "Titled Tue 1st Mar Late"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gareev, Timur"] [Black "Ponkratov, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {A05: Reti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. a4 a5 6. b5 (6. bxa5 Rxa5 7. d3 d6 8. c4 e5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bg2 Ra8 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne1 Na5 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. Bc3 Bc6 15. Bxa5 Rxa5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 Ra8 18. a5 Qd7 19. a6 Qh3 20. f3 Nh5 { Man_Anchor (2485)-Banelevich (2375)/Rated Blitz game 2020/1-0}) 6... b6 7. d3 $146 (7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. c4 (9. d4 Nbd7 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Ba3 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxe5 15. Nd2 Qf6 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. h3 h5 19. e4 h4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g4 Kg8 23. Rae1 Nc5 { chesserstein (2170)-nevenuk (2145)/Rated Bullet game 2014/0-1 (42)}) 9... e5 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. e4 Nfd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bf1 h5 17. h3 Qf6 18. Re3 Bh6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rxe4 { sparrow_5 (1995)-tomost (1880)/Rated Blitz tournament A2dv6eQ6 2015/0-1 (52)}) 7... Bb7 8. Nbd2 c6 9. Bg2 cxb5 10. axb5 d5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. c4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 (15... Rxc1 $142 $5 16. Qxc1 Nxd5 $11) 16. Nc4 $16 Qb4 $2 (16... Qc5 $142 $5 17. Nxa5 $1 Qb4 18. Nxb7 Qxb2 $16) 17. Bxd5 (17. Ba3 Qxa3 18. Nxa3 Bxd4 $18) 17... Bxd5 (17... Rxc4 18. dxc4 (18. Bxb7 $6 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 $11) 18... Bxd5 19. Ba1 $18) 18. Ba3 Bxd4 (18... Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Bxd4 20. Nc4 $18) 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 (20. Qa4 Bc3 $18) 20... Bc5 $2 (20... Bc3 $142 21. Qa4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Ne5 $18) 21. Qb2 e6 22. e4 Bb7 23. d4 Be7 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 26. Rc7 Na4 (26... Bxe4 27. Rxe7 Nd5 28. Rd7 $18) 27. Qb3 Bxe4 28. Rxe7 Bd5 (28... Nc3 29. Qxb4 Nd5 30. Qc5 Nxe7 31. Qxe7 $18 ( 31. Rxe4 $6 Nd5 $18)) 29. Qxb4 Rfc8 (29... Nb6 30. Rc7 $18) 30. b6 Rcb8 (30... Rc4 31. Qb5 Nc3 $18) 31. b7 Ra7 (31... Ra6 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. d5 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Bxb7 36. Qxb7 exd5 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qxa4 $18) 32. Rc1 (32. Re8+ $142 Rxe8 33. b8=Q Ra8 $18) 32... Rbxb7 (32... Raxb7 33. Rxb7 (33. Qxa4 $6 Rxe7 34. h4 Ra8 $14) 33... Rxb7 34. Qxa4 $18) 33. Rxb7 (33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Qf8+ Kf6 35. Qh8+ Kg5 36. Qxh7 Kf6 37. Qh8+ Kf5 38. Qe5+ Kg4 39. Qf4+ Kh5 40. Qh4#) 33... Bxb7 (33... Rxb7 34. Qxa4 Kg7 35. Qc2 $18) 34. h4 Bd5 (34... h6 35. Qd6 Ra8 36. Qd7 $18) 35. h5 $1 Kg7 (35... gxh5 36. Qb8+ {Double attack}) 36. Rc8 ( 36. Ra1 g5 $18) 36... Kh6 (36... Nb6 37. Qf8+ (37. Qxb6 $143 Ra1+ 38. Qb1 Rxb1+ 39. Rc1 Rxc1+ 40. Kh2 Rh1#) 37... Kf6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Rc1 $18) 37. Qf8+ (37. hxg6 $142 Nb6 38. Rc1 $18 (38. Qxb6 $4 Ra1+ 39. Qb1 Rxb1+ 40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kh2 Rh1#)) 37... Kxh5 38. Qg7 Kg5 (38... g5 39. Qxh7+ Kg4 $18) 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Rh8 (40. Rg8 f6 41. Qf4+ g5 42. Qxf6+ Kh5 43. Rxg5#) 40... Nc3 $16 41. Qf4+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ f6 $4 (42... Kh6 43. f3 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kh3 Ne2 46. Qe3+ g5 $18) 43. Rg8+ $18 Kxg8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qxa7+ Kh6 46. Qf7 Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Nxd4 $2 (47... f5 48. Qf6 Nc3 $18) 48. Qxf6 Nf3+ 49. Kh3 Ng5+ (49... e5 50. Qf8+ Kh5 51. g4+ Kg5 $18) 50. Kg4 Bf3+ 51. Kh4 e5 (51... Nf7 52. g4 Bxg4 53. Qxf7 g5+ 54. Kxg4 e5 55. Qf6#) 52. Qxg5+ (52. Qf8#) 52... Kg7 $18 53. Qe7+ (53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Kg5 Bd5 55. Kh6 Bf7 56. Qd8+ Be8 57. Qxe8#) 1-0
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