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[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 c5 4. bxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 a6 6. c4 (6. Qf3 Be7 7. Qg3 (7.
Be2 O-O 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. f4 d5 10. Nf3 b5 11. O-O $11 {-0.25/10}) (7. Nh3 Nc6 (
7... d5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qg3 Rg8 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nd3 $15 {-0.31/10}) 8. Bd3 Qb6 9.
Bc3 e5 10. Qg3 d5 11. O-O $17 {-0.75/9}) (7. Ne2 d5 8. Nd4 O-O 9. Be2 Bd6 10.
Nc3 Nbd7 11. O-O $15 {-0.50/10}) (7. c4 Nc6 (7... O-O 8. d4 d5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10.
Bd3 b5 11. c5 $11 {0.00/12}) (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Bg4 11.
Qg3 $15 {-0.28/11}) 8. d4 d5 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Ra2 e5 11. cxd5 $15 {-0.31/9}) 7...
O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nf3 b5 11. O-O $11 {-0.06/10}) (6. d4 Be7 7. c4 (
7. Bd3 O-O (7... d5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne5 $11 {-0.03/11}) (
7... b5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 d5 11. e5 $11 {-0.06/11}) (7... Qb6 8. Qc1
d5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. O-O $11 {0.16/11}) 8. e4 b5 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. O-O $11 {-0.12/10}) (7. Nf3 Nc6 (7... O-O 8. c4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3
Nc6 11. O-O $11 {0.00/12}) (7... d5 8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. O-O
$11 {0.00/12}) (7... Qa5+ 8. Bc3 Qc7 9. Bb4 d6 10. c4 O-O 11. Bd3 $11 {0.06/12}
) 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Bc1 O-O 11. a4 $11 {-0.09/12}) (7. Nd2 O-O (7... d5
8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Ngf3 $11 {0.00/12}) (7... Nc6 8. e4 d5
9. e5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Rb1 $11 {0.13/10}) 8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nh3 d5 11.
e5 $11 {-0.09/12}) 7... d5 (7... O-O 8. Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O
$11 {0.00/11}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O $11 {0.00/12}) (6.
Nf3 d5 7. Be2 O-O (7... Nc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a4 $11 {
-0.12/12}) (7... b6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nxd7 $11 {-0.12/10})
8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 $11 {-0.25/10}) (6. Be2 d5 (6...
O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 (7... d5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 $11 {
-0.12/12}) 8. O-O d5 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 $15 {-0.31/12}) 7. Nf3 O-O
(7... Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. c4 $11 {-0.03/10}) (7... Bd6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. c4 Bb7 11. O-O $11 {-0.06/9}) (7... b6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4
Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 $11 {0.00/13}) 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11.
Nc3 $15 {-0.31/10}) 6... O-O (6... d5 7. d4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. d4 Nc6 9. Qf3 Be7
10. cxd5 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 $11 {-0.09/12}) (7. Qf3 dxc4 (7... Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. Qg3 $15 {-0.28/11}) (7... d4 8. exd4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxd4
10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qe3 $11 {-0.19/11}) 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. d3 e5 10. h3 O-O 11. Nd2 $15
{-0.44/10}) (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Qd6 11. Bc4 $11 {
-0.06/10}) 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Bd3 $11 {0.16/12})
7. Nf3 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 $14 {0.34/10})
7... Nc6 (7... d5 8. cxd5 (8. d4 Bd6 9. c5 Be7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Rc1 $11 {0.03/11
}) 8... Nxd5 9. Qc2 (9. d4 $11 Bd6 10. e4 Nf4 11. Ne5 $11 {-0.06/10}) 9... Be7
10. Nc3 b5 11. a4 $11 {0.16/10}) 8. Qc2 (8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
O-O $11 {0.16/12}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nc3 (10. O-O Qc7 11. Nc3 $11 {0.13/11
}) 10... Bd7 (10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 $11 {-0.03/11}) 11. g4 (11. Ng5 $11 {0.06/10})
11... Nxg4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Rg1 f5 (13... Nce5 14. Be4 $11) 14. Bg6 Nce5 (
14... Rf6 15. Bh5 $11) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 (16. Qd1 $142 $5 Nxg6 17. Qh5+ Kg8
18. Qxg6 $11 (18. Rxg6 $143 Be8 19. Nd5 Bxg6 20. Qxg6 e5 $15)) 16... Nf3+ $17
17. Kf2 (17. Kf1 Nxg1 18. Qd1 Bg5 $17) 17... Nxg1 18. Rxg1 Be8 19. Qd1 (19.
Bxe8 Rxe8 20. d3 Bf6 $17) 19... Bxg6 $19 20. Rxg6 Bf6 (20... Bh4+ 21. Kg1 Bf6
22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Ne4 fxe4 24. Rh6 gxh6 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ $11) 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Ne4 fxe4 (22... e5 23.
Ng3 Re8 $11) 23. Rh6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zt, V, Ankara (Turkey)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Tabatadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. b4 Nc6 (2... e5 3. a3 d5 (3... Nc6 4. e3 (4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4
exd4 7. exd4 d5 $11 {0.03/9}) (4. b5 Nce7 5. Bb2 Ng6 6. e3 Nf6 7. d4 e4 $11 {
-0.09/10}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd6 7. b5 Nce7 $11 {0.03/10}) (3... a5
4. b5 (4. Qa4 Be7 5. Bb2 Bf6 6. e3 Ne7 7. c5 O-O $11 {-0.06/9}) (4. Bb2 axb4 5.
axb4 Rxa1 6. Bxa1 e4 7. Qa4 Na6 $11 {-0.16/10}) 4... Nf6 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 exd4
7. Bxd4 Be7 $11 {0.00/10}) (3... Be7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3 Bf6 7. Bxd4
Nc6 $11 {-0.03/9}) (3... Nf6 4. e3 (4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 Be7 6. Ne2 Be6 7. d4 Bxc4
$11 {-0.19/8}) (4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 e4 7. Nd2 O-O $15 {-0.28/9}) (4. Nf3
e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. e3 a5 $11 {-0.13/9}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 a5 6. b5 c5
7. bxc6 dxc6 $15 {-0.28/10}) (4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 c5 7. Nb3 Nc6 $15 {
-0.44/9}) 4... e4 5. d3 a5 6. b5 Bd6 7. Ne2 b6 $11 {0.06/9}) (3... d6 4. e3 (4.
d4) (4. Nc3) (4. Nf3) (4. Bb2) (4. d3) 4... Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nf3
O-O $14 {0.28/9}) 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bb2 a5 7. b5 Nf6 $11 {-0.06/9}) (
2... e6 3. a3 a5 (3... d5 4. e3 (4. c5) 4... a5 5. b5 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O
$11 {0.19/9}) (3... Nf6 4. d4 (4. Nf3) (4. Bb2) (4. Nc3) (4. e3) 4... Be7 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Bf4 a5 7. b5 d6 $11 {0.09/10}) (3... Be7 4. d4 (4. Nf3) (4. Nc3) (4.
Bb2) (4. e3) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 $11 {0.09/10}) (3... d6 4.
d4 (4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nd5 a5 7. Bb2 Nf6 $11 {-0.16/8}) (4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4
Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qd3 Nc6 $11 {0.03/9}) (4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 a5 6. b5 Be7 7. Nf3
O-O $11 {0.00/11}) (4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 a5 6. Nf3 e5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 $11 {0.03/10}) (
4. Nh3 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 a5 7. b5 O-O $11 {-0.09/11}) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6.
Nc3 O-O 7. Qd3 Nbd7 $11 {0.03/9}) (3... e5 4. Bb2 (4. Nf3) (4. e3) (4. Nc3) (4.
d4) (4. e4) 4... d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4 e4 7. Be2 Be7 $11 {0.25/10}) (3... Nc6 4.
Nf3 (4. d4) (4. b5) 4... e5 5. b5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bb2 Bc5 $14 {0.37/10}) 4.
Bb2 (4. b5 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bf4 Nh5 $11 {0.00/9}) (4. Qa4 Na6 5. b5
Nc5 6. Qc2 a4 7. Ra2 Nf6 $11 {-0.09/10}) 4... Nf6 5. b5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 c6
$11 {0.03/9}) (2... Nf6 3. Nf3 (3. d4 e5 4. a3 (4. dxe5 Bxb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.
Nxd2 Ng4 7. Ngf3 Nc6 $17 {-0.72/9}) 4... exd4 5. Nf3 a5 6. b5 c5 7. bxc6 dxc6
$15 {-0.28/10}) (3. a3 e5 (3... a5 4. b5 (4. Bb2 axb4 5. axb4 Rxa1 6. Bxa1 e6
7. b5 Be7 $11 {-0.16/10}) (4. Qa4 e6 5. d4 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. b5 Be7 $11 {
-0.09/11}) 4... e5 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 e4 7. Nc3 Be7 $11 {0.00/11}) 4. e3 (4. Bb2
d6 5. e3 Be7 6. Ne2 Be6 7. d4 Bxc4 $11 {-0.19/8}) (4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4
e4 7. Nd2 O-O $15 {-0.28/10}) (4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 c5 $15 {
-0.28/8}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 a5 6. b5 c5 7. bxc6 dxc6 $15 {-0.28/10}) 4... Be7
5. Bb2 d6 6. Ne2 a5 7. d4 axb4 $11 {-0.09/8}) (3. Qa4 e5 4. Bb2 Qe7 5. a3 Nc6
6. Nf3 d6 7. Nc3 Bd7 $11 {-0.06/9}) (3. Bb2 e5 (3... e6 4. a3 (4. Qa4) (4. Qb3)
4... a5 5. b5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 d6 $11 {0.06/10}) 4. Qa4 Qe7 5. a3 Nc6 6. e3
d6 7. Nc3 Be6 $11 {-0.06/9}) 3... e5 (3... e6 4. a3 (4. b5) (4. Qa4) (4. Qb3) (
4. c5) 4... Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. c5 Ne4 $11 {0.09/10}) (3... d5 4. cxd5 (
4. c5 a5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. b5 e5 7. Nxe5 Bxc5 $11 {0.00/10}) (4. e3) (4. Qa4+)
4... Nxd5 5. a3 e6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bg5 Qd7 $11 {0.06/10}) 4. Nxe5 (4. Bb2 e4 5.
Nd4 Bxb4 6. Nxf5 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 $11 {-0.19/9}) (4. a3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. Bb2 dxc4
7. e3 a5 $11 {-0.13/9}) 4... Bxb4 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nd3 Be7 7. e3 O-O $11 {0.03/10}
) 3. a3 (3. b5 Ne5 (3... Nb8 4. d4 (4. Nf3) (4. Bb2) (4. Nc3) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3
e6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 $14 {0.28/10}) 4. Qc2 (4. c5 Nf7 5. d4 e5 6. Nc3 exd4 7.
Qxd4 d6 $11 {-0.03/9}) 4... d6 5. d4 Ng6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Qxe4 e5 $11 {0.03/10})
3... a5 (3... e5 4. e3 $11 (4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 d5 $11 {
0.03/9}) (4. b5 Nce7 5. Bb2 Ng6 6. e3 Nf6 7. d4 e4 $11 {-0.09/10}) 4... d5 5.
cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd6 7. b5 Nce7 $11 {0.03/10}) 4. b5 Ne5 5. e3 Nf6 (5... Nf7 6.
d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 $14 {0.44/10}) 6. Bb2 (6. d4 Ng6 7. Nf3 e6 $14 {0.37/11})
6... Nf7 (6... Ng6 7. Nf3 e6 $14 {0.41/11}) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. g3 c6 10.
Bg2 d5 11. Nge2 (11. d4 Bd7 $14) 11... Bd7 (11... dxc4 $143 12. bxc6 bxc6 13.
Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Rf1 $14) 12. O-O (12. d4 cxb5 13. cxd5 e5 $11)
12... Rc8 (12... dxc4 13. bxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qa4 $14) 13. d4 (13. d3
$14) 13... Bd6 (13... dxc4 $142 $5 14. bxc6 Bxc6 $11) 14. c5 $16 Be7 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Rb6 Ra8 19. Rfb1 Ra7 20. Qb3 Bc8 21. Nf4 Re8
22. Rb8 (22. Qa4 Nd8 $18) 22... Bd8 23. Na4 Ba6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 e5 26.
Nxd5 (26. Ne2 $5 $16) 26... cxd5 $11 27. Qxd5 {
The passed pawn on c5 will become decisive later} Qe7 28. R1b7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7
Bc7 (29... Qf8 30. c6 Re7 31. Rb8 $16) 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Ra7 Qd8 32. Qe6 Ra8 33.
Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Nd5 (34. Qxf6 $143 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qc1 $11 (35... Qxh2 $143 36. Qxf5
exd4 37. exd4 $16)) (34. Qxf5 $143 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qc1 $14 (35... Qxh2 $2 36. Nd5
(36. Qxf6 $6 exd4 37. exd4 Qh3 $14) 36... Bd8 37. c6 $18 (37. Nxf6+ $6 Bxf6 38.
Qxf6 Qh5+ 39. Qf3 Qg6 $16))) 34... Bd8 35. c6 Qa6+ 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. dxe5 fxe5
38. h4 Qc4 39. h5 Qe4+ {Black gets strong initiative} 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qc2
42. h6+ $4 (42. Kg2 $142 h6 43. c7 Bxc7 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Nxf5 $14)
42... Nxh6 $19 43. Qd7+ Nf7 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qd3 46. Kg2 h5 (46... Qxa3 $6
47. c7 Bxc7 48. Nxc7 $15) 47. Qe6 (47. Nf6 Qxd7 (47... Qxa3 $6 48. Nxh5+ Kf8
49. c7 (49. Qxf5 $143 a4 $17) 49... Bxc7 50. Qxc7 $11) 48. Nxd7 Kg6 $19) 47...
Qe4+ (47... Qxa3 $6 48. c7 Bxc7 49. Qf6+ Kf8 50. Nxc7 $11) 48. Kg1 h4 49. c7 $2
(49. gxh4 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 $11) 49... h3 $19 50. Nf4 Bxc7 51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. Nxh3 (
52. Ne6+ Ke7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Ng5+ Kg6 55. Nxe4 fxe4 $19) 52... Qg4 53. Qc6
Bd6 54. Kh2 Kg7 55. a4 f4 56. exf4 exf4 57. Nxf4 Bxf4 58. gxf4 Qxf4+ 59. Kg2
Qe5 60. f3 Nd6 61. Qd7+ Kf6 62. Kf2 Qc5+ 63. Kg2 Qe5 $4 (63... Qe5 64. Kf2 Qb2+
65. Kg3 Nf5+ 66. Kh3 Qb8 67. Qc6+ Kg5 68. f4+ Qxf4 69. Qg2+ Kf6 70. Qc6+ Qd6
71. Qc3+ Qe5 72. Qxe5+ Kxe5 $19) (63... Qg5+ $142 64. Kf1 Qd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "7th Open, Dubai UAE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 a5 6. b5 c6 7. Nc3 $146 d5 (7...
cxb5 8. cxb5 (8. Nxb5 Nc6 (8... Na6 9. Be2 Nc5 10. O-O d6 11. d4 Nce4 12. Nd2
Bd7 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3) (8... d6 9. Be2 (9. d4 Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Nb4
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. c5) (9. h3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qc2 Bxb5
13. cxb5 Qd7 14. Rac1) (9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. d4 Nce4 13. d5
Nc5 14. a4) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. d3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qc5 13. e4 Bg4 14. d4) (
8... d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. a3)
9. h4 (9. Be2 d5 10. O-O Bg4 11. d4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd3) (9.
Rc1 d6 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 d5 14. Nbd4) (9. Bd3 d5 10.
O-O Bg4 11. h3 Nb4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 dxc4 14. Na3) (9. Qc1 d5 10. Be2 dxc4
11. Qxc4 Bf5 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3) 9... d6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Qb6
12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc6 14. d3) 8... d6 (8... d5 9. Be2 (9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bd3
Nb6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Qe2) (9. Rc1 Qd6 10. Be2 Be6 11.
Nd4 Nbd7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. h3) 9... Qd6 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. d4 Qe6
12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bd3) 9. d4 (9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. h3 b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12.
Nc6 Qe8 13. d4 Rc8 14. Bd3) (9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. O-O Bf5
13. d3 Qd6 14. f3) (9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Nfd5 13. a3 Rc8
14. Nxd5) 9... Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nd2)
8. d4 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... cxd5 9. Be2 (9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O Be6 12.
d3 Qd6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qb3) (9. Qb3 Be6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. O-O Ndf6
13. Rac1 Rc8 14. h3) (9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qb3
Rc8 14. h3) 9... Qd6 10. O-O Be6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Ba3 Qd8 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. exd4)
9. h4 (9. h3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Qd6 11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf3) (
9. Rc1 Be6 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 Bxa2 13. Qa4 Bd5 14. e4) (9. Qb3
Nb4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Be6 12. Qa4 Nd7 13. bxc6 Nb6 14. Qd1) (9. Ng5 Nd7 10.
bxc6 bxc6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Nxd5 Bxb2 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rxb2) 9... Bg4 10. Rc1 a4
11. Ba1 cxb5 12. Bxb5 Nc6 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be2) (8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 (9. Na4 e5
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. h3 Nc4 14. Rc1) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Nc5
11. Qc2 Bxb2 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qxb2 Be6 14. bxc6) (8. Rc1 Nbd7 (8... cxb5 9.
Nxb5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. a3) (8... Qd6
9. bxc6 Nxc6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Qb3) 9. d4
(9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 Nfd5 12. O-O Bf5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Na4) (9.
cxd5 cxd5 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Bf5 12. d4 Nce4 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3) 9... Nb6
10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Nd5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qe2) 8... dxc4 (8... cxb5
9. Nxb5 (9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. O-O Nc4 12. Qe2 Nxb2 13. Qxb2 Qd6 14. Qb3
) 9... Nc6 10. cxd5 (10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Rc8 14.
Rc1) 10... Nxd5 11. e4 $11 (11. Bc4 Bf5 12. O-O Ncb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rc1) 11...
Nc7 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. d5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2) (8... Nbd7 9. Rc1 (9. a4 Nb6 10. c5 Nc4
11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc4) 9... a4 10. cxd5 a3 11. Ba1
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O) (8... a4 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 a3 10. Bc1 Ne4
11. Bd2 cxb5 12. cxb5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qd6 14. O-O) (9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Qd6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Rc1) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bf5
12. O-O cxb5 13. Nxb5 Ne4 14. Qe2) (8... Be6 9. Ng5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 Qd6
11. Qd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxb5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxb5) 9... Qd7 10. Na4 Qc7 11.
Nxe6 fxe6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Bd3) 9. Bxc4 $14 cxb5 10. Bxb5 (10.
Nxb5 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. a4) 10... Bd7 (10... Nc6 11.
O-O Qd6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Qe2 Bh6 14. a4) 11. O-O Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 (12... Nc6
13. Qe2 $14 Ne4 14. Nc3) 13. a4 Na6 (13... Nc6 14. Rc1) 14. Qb3 (14. Ne5 $14 {
0.58/10}) 14... Qd8 (14... Rac8 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Ba3 Nd5 (15... Rc8 16. Rab1
$14) 16. Nc3 (16. Rac1 Qd7 $16) 16... Nxc3 $14 17. Qxc3 Qd7 (17... Rc8 $5 18.
Qb2 Rc7 $14) 18. Rfb1 Rfc8 19. Qb3 (19. Qxa5 Rc7 $16) 19... Rc7 $14 20. Qb5 Qd8
21. Bc1 (21. Rc1 Rac8 $14) 21... Nb4 $14 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. h3 (24.
Rc1 Rc7 $14) 24... e6 25. Rb3 Bf8 (25... Rc8 26. Rab1 $14) 26. Qe2 (26. Rd1 Bg7
$14) 26... Nb4 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Nd3 Qd5 29. Rab1 Qc4 (29... Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc4
31. Qe4 $11) 30. Bxb4 $14 axb4 (30... Bxb4 $143 31. Qd1 (31. Rxb4 $143 axb4 32.
Rxb4 Qc3 $17) 31... Bd6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 $16) 31. Qb2 Qa6 32. Nxb4 (32.
Nc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxb4 Ra7 $14) 32... Qxa4 $11 33. Nd3 Ra7 34. Qe2 Bd6
35. g3 (35. Rb6 Qa3 $14) 35... Qc6 $11 36. h4 (36. e4 Qd7 $11) 36... h5 (36...
Qe4 37. h5 $11) 37. Ne1 (37. e4 Ra3 $11) 37... Qa6 (37... e5 38. Rb6 Qd7 39.
Qf3 exd4 40. exd4 $11) 38. Qf3 Be7 (38... Qa5 39. Nd3 $11) 39. Nd3 (39. Rb6 Qa5
$14) 39... Kg7 40. Qe4 Bd6 (40... Qc6 41. Qxc6 bxc6 42. Rc1 $14) 41. Rb5 (41.
Rb6 Qa3 42. Nc5 Bxc5 43. Qe5+ (43. dxc5 $6 Qxc5 44. Rxb7 Raxb7 45. Rxb7 Rxb7
46. Qxb7 Qd5 47. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 43... Kg8 44. R6b3 $16 (44. Qxc7 Bxb6 45. Rxb6
Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qa5 47. Qb8+ Kg7 $16)) 41... Qa3 42. R5b3 {Attacks the pawn on b7}
(42. Kg2 Rd7 $14) 42... Qa4 (42... Qa6 43. Rb6 Qa3 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. Qe5+ (45.
dxc5 $6 Qxc5 46. Rxb7 Raxb7 47. Rxb7 Rxb7 48. Qxb7 Qd5 49. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 45...
Kg8 46. R6b3 $16 (46. Qxc7 $143 Bxb6 47. Qxb6 Kg7 $14)) 43. Kg2 (43. Rb6 Qd7
$11) 43... Qd7 44. R1b2 (44. Rb5 Qe7 $11) 44... Kg8 (44... Qe7 45. Rb5 $11) 45.
g4 (45. Qf3 $5 $11) 45... hxg4 $15 46. Qxg4 Ra5 (46... Kf8 47. Rb5 $15) 47. Qe4
Rd5 (47... b5 48. Ne5 Qe8 49. Qf4 $11) 48. Ne1 (48. Rb6 Kf8 $11) 48... Bf8 (
48... b5 49. f4 $15) 49. f4 (49. Nf3 b5 $11) 49... Qc8 (49... b5 50. Nd3 $11)
50. Nf3 Ba3 1-0

[Event "6th EICC, Warsaw POL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Khmelniker, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 e5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 $146 8.
Nxc6 $14 (8. Nc3 Nxb4 (8... O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Bxc3
Bf5 13. O-O Qg5 14. f4 Qh6) 9. Be2 (9. a3 Nc6 (9... Na6 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Nc5
12. Qc2 Nh5 13. O-O Nf4 14. exf4 Bxd4) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. exd4 Re8
13. Re1 c6 14. Bd3 Be6) 9... O-O (9... Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rae1 Na6
13. e4 Nc5 14. f3 a5) (9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfe1
Nxd4 14. exd4 c6) (9... Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 Nc6 14.
Rfe1 a6) 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Re8 14. h3 a6) (8. Bd3
Nxb4 (8... Ne5 9. b5 (9. Be2 a5 (9... O-O 10. O-O c5 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nf3
Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bf5) (9... Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13.
bxc5 dxc5 14. Ndb5 Qb8) 10. b5 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Ba3
Qe7) 9... c5 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. h3 a6 13. Rb1 axb5 14. cxb5
c5) (9... Nfg4 10. Nc3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Ne5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Nb3 a6) (
9... Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qe2 a6 14. f4 Nd7) 10. bxc6
Qb6 11. Nb5 Qxc6 12. Bf1 Ne4 13. N1c3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O) 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. O-O c5 14. Qa5 Re8) (8. Be2 Nxb4 9. O-O (9.
Nc3 O-O (9... Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. g3 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rb1 Rb8)
(9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Rab1 Nxd4) 10. O-O
Bd7 11. Rb1 c5 12. Ndb5 Bf5 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Bf3 a6) (9. a3 Nc6 (9... Na6 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. f3 Bh6 14. f4 Bg7) 10. O-O Nxd4 11. exd4
O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qd2 c6) (9. Bf3 O-O (9... c5 10. Nb5 O-O 11.
O-O Bf5 12. Nxd6 Bc2 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxb2) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Qc2
Ne5 13. Be2 a6 14. h3 Re8) (9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Rad1 Qe7
13. h3 b6 14. Qa3 Bb7) 9... O-O (9... Nc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Bd7
13. Bc3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8) 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14.
Be2 a6) (8. Nd2 Nxb4 9. Qa4+ (9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rb1 Ne5 13.
h3 Bd7 14. e4 Rb8) (9. a3 Na6 (9... Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rb1 Ne5 13.
h3 Qe7 14. e4 Ned7) 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. Qe2
Nfe4) (9. Qb3 Na6 (9... c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. N4f3 O-O 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Qb6 14.
Qc2 Rfd8) 10. Be2 Nc5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Bf3 Qe7) 9... Nc6
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 c5 14. Qa5 Re8) (8. b5 Nxd4 9.
Bxd4 O-O (9... Bd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 axb5 13. cxb5 c5 14. bxc6
bxc6) (9... c5 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bc3 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5) (
9... a6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a4 c5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Bd3 Bg4) (9... Be6
10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 c6 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Rb1 c5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6) 10. Be2 Ne4 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Qf6 13. f3 Nc5 14. Nc3 Be6) 8... bxc6 9. Nd2 (9. Bd3 Rb8 (
9... O-O 10. Nd2 c5 11. b5 Bb7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7) 10. Qa4
O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Qe7) (9. Nc3 Rb8 (9... O-O
10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bd3 Qh4) (9... Qe7 10. Bd3
Rb8 11. b5 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Qe2 cxb5) 10. b5 O-O 11. Be2 cxb5
12. cxb5 Ne4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4) 9... Rb8 (9... a5 10. b5 cxb5 11. cxb5
Bb7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O Re8) (9... O-O 10. Be2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Bg4 12.
f3 Bf5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qa3 Rfe8) (9... Bf5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. a3 Nd7
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Ne5) 10. Bc3 (10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be2 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. e4
Bd7 14. O-O Nh5) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Ne8 (11... Be6 12. Qa4 $14 (12. O-O c5 13.
b5 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5) 12... Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O a6) (11... Bf5 12. O-O Qe7
13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. a3 c5) 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 (12... Kxg7 13. a3 Nf6 14. Qa4 a6) 13.
Rb1 (13. Qa4 a5 (13... Qf6 14. Rd1 Qc3) 14. b5 (14. bxa5 Ne6) 14... cxb5 15.
cxb5 Bb7 $14) 13... d5 (13... Bf5 14. e4 (14. Rb3 Bd7) 14... Bd7 $15 {-0.31/10}
(14... Be6 15. O-O $14)) (13... Qe7 14. O-O Bf5) 14. cxd5 (14. Qa4 d4 $15 {
-0.51/10} (14... Bf5 15. Rd1 Qe7 $14)) (14. O-O Bf5) 14... cxd5 $14 15. O-O d4
16. exd4 Bf5 17. Rb2 Qxd4 18. Nc4 Ne6 19. Qc1 Nf4 20. Rd1 Nxe2+ (20... Bd3 $5
21. Bf1 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 21. Rxe2 $16 Qf6
22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qxc7 Rxb4 24. Qxa7 Rd8 25. Rde1 Qd4 26. Qe7 Ra4 27. h3 (27. a3
Qd7 28. Qf6 Rxa3 $16) 27... Rda8 $14 28. Rd1 Qh4 29. Qc7 (29. Qxh4 Rxh4 30. g4
h5 $14) 29... Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ (32. Nd1 $142 $5 $11)
32... Kh6 $15 33. Rd4 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 g5 $4 (34... Re2 $142 35. Re4 Rb2 $11) 35.
h4 $1 $18 gxh4 $2 (35... gxh4 36. Ng4+) 36. Rg4 $1 Bxg4 (36... Bxg4 37. Nxg4+)
37. Nxg4+ Kg6 38. Qd6+ Kg5 39. Nxf2 Rxf2 40. Kh3 Re2 (40... Rf6 41. Qe5+ Kg6
42. Kxh4 $18) 41. Qd8+ (41. g3 Re4 42. Qd8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Qxh7 Ke5 45.
Qh8+ f6 46. Qe8+ Kd4 47. Qd8+ Ke3 48. Qb6+ Rd4 49. gxh4 Ke4 50. Qxd4+ Kxd4 $18)
41... f6 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Kxh4 Re1 44. g4 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rb1 (46...
Ra1 47. Qf7 Ra6 48. Kg3 $18) 47. Qe6 (47. Qf7 $142 Rb6 $18) 47... Rb2+ (47...
Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 $18) 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. g5 $1 (49. g5 fxg5 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. Qf5+
Kg7 52. Qxg5+ Kf7 53. Qf5+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kf7 56. Qxb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Aegina"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Luther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 a5 13. Qb3 d4 14. Na4 axb4
15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 dxe3 (16... Na5 17. Qd3 dxe3 18. dxe3 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 $11)
17. dxe3 (17. bxc6 Qxd2+ 18. Kf1 $11) 17... Bb4+ $11 18. Nc3 (18. Kf1 Ne4 19.
Qc2 Nd2+ 20. Kg1 Na5 $14) 18... Qd5 (18... Ne4 $142 $1 19. Qc2 Nxc3 20. bxc6
Ne4+ 21. Kf1 Qd2 22. Qxd2 Nxd2+ (22... Bxd2 $143 23. cxb7 Rxa1+ 24. Bxa1 $16)
23. Kg1 Rxa1+ 24. Bxa1 Ra8 $15) 19. Qxd5 $14 Rxa1+ 20. Qd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bxc3
22. Bxc3 Ne4 23. bxc6 (23. Kc2 Nd8 24. Ra1 $14) 23... Nxf2+ (23... Nxc3+ 24.
Kc2 Ne4 25. cxb7 Nd6 $18) 24. Ke1 $16 Nxh1 25. cxb7 Ng3 26. Bf3 Nf5 27. Be5 $4
(27. Ba5 $142 c5 28. Bb6 $18) 27... Nd6 $15 (27... Nxe3 $2 28. Bxc7 Nc2+ 29.
Kd2 $18) 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Kd2 g5 (29... Rb8 $5 $11) 30. Kc3 Kg7 (30... Rb8 $5
$14) 31. Kc4 $16 Rb8 (31... f5 $142 $5 32. Kd5 h6 $16) 32. Kb5 $18 Kf6 33. Kb6
Ke5 34. Kc7 Rf8 35. b8=Q {Do you see the mate threat?} Rxb8 36. Kxb8 d5 37. Kc7
f5 38. Kc6 d4 39. exd4+ Kxd4 40. Kd6 h5 (40... Ke3 41. Ke5 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43.
Bxg4 Kf2 $18) 41. Bxh5 Ke4 42. Bf3+ (42. Bf3+ Kf4 43. Ke6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Athens"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Mastrokoukos, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 e5 3. Nxe5 Bxb4 4. Bb2 O-O (4... d6 5. Nd3 Ba5 6. e3 Nc6 7.
Qf3 Bg4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. dxc3 Ne5 13.
Nd5 f5 14. Bd3 Kb8 15. Rb1 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Nf6 Rhf8 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 {
Pierred (2280)-Mitthu_1/Rated game, 1m + 0s 2006/1-0}) 5. e3 (5. a3 Be7 6. e3
c5 7. Be2 d6 8. Nf3 d5 9. d3 Qb6 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rb1
Qa6 14. Re1 Rac8 15. e4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rb3 Rc3
{jasa (2515)-average_at_chess (2465)/ChessWorld.net 2002/<<-<< (44)}) 5... d6
$146 (5... d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Re8 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Be2 c6 11. Nc3
Bf5 12. Rb1 Bc7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bg4 Qd7 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Bd4 b6
18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Bc3 b5 20. a4 {Rosner-Gabor/<<-<< (31)}) (5... Qe7 6. Qf3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. f4 f5 13.
g4 fxg4 14. f5 Bc8 15. Rf4 Bd6 16. Rxg4+ Kh8 17. Nc3 Rg8 18. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 19.
Kh1 b5 20. Rg1 {Rosner,D-Rueppel,N/DESC 2000/1-0 (37)}) 6. a3 (6. Nd3 Ba5 7.
Qf3 (7. Be2 Nc6 (7... Re8 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5) (7... Bf5 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Ne5) (7... Be6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bf3 Nd5 10. Bxd5 Bxd5) (
7... Qe7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Rb1 Ne5) 8. O-O Re8 9. Na3 d5 10. Nf4 Ne4)
7... Nbd7 8. Be2 Re8 9. Qg3 d5 10. O-O c5) 6... Bc5 (6... dxe5 7. axb4 Qd6 (
7... Re8 8. d4 e4 9. Qd2 a6 10. c4 Nc6) (7... Nbd7 8. Qf3 a6 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc3
Qe7) 8. Na3 Qe7 9. b5 Rd8 10. Qf3 a6) 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 Nbd7 (7... Bb6 8. Be2 Qe7
9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf5) (7... Nfd7 8. Qg4 f6 9. Qh4 c6 10. Be2 b5) 8. Qf3 Bb6
9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc3 c6) 7... Bf5 (7... d5 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3 a6) (
7... Re8 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ba5+ 10. Nbd2 Bg4) 8. c4 (8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 d5) 8... Nbd7 (8... Bb6 9. Be2 $11 Re8 10. O-O Nc6) (8... d5 9. Qb3 b6 10.
cxd5 Nxd5) 9. Be2 (9. d4 Bb6 $11 10. Bd3 Bxd3) 9... h6 (9... d5 10. d4 Be7 11.
O-O $11) 10. O-O (10. d4 Bb6) 10... c6 (10... d5 $11 {0.06/9}) 11. Nc3 Bb6 12.
d4 Qe7 13. a4 (13. Nh4 Bh7 $11) 13... a5 (13... Ba5 14. Rc1 $11) 14. Bd3 $14
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. Rb3 Bc7 19. Rfb1 b6 20. d5
cxd5 21. cxd5 Qe7 22. Nd4 Ne5 (22... Nc5 23. Qf5 Nxb3 24. Nc6 $14) 23. Qe2 Rbc8
24. Rd1 (24. e4 Ng6 $16) 24... Nfd7 $14 25. Nc6 (25. e4 Qf6 26. Ncb5 $16) 25...
Qf6 (25... Nxc6 $142 26. dxc6 Nc5 $14) 26. Na7 $18 Rcd8 27. Nab5 Bb8 (27... Rc8
28. Nxc7 Rxc7 29. Nb5 $18) 28. Ne4 Qh4 29. Nexd6 Qxa4 30. Rc3 (30. Nxe8 $6 Qxb3
31. Ned6 Nc5 $11) 30... Bxd6 31. Nxd6 (31. Bxd6 $6 Nf6 32. Rc2 Qb3 $14) 31...
b5 32. Nxb5 Nc4 33. Rxc4 Qxb5 34. Qc2 Ne5 35. Rc5 Qd7 (35... Qa6 36. Rd4 $18)
36. h3 (36. Rxa5 $5 Qg4 $18) 36... a4 37. Rd4 Qb7 (37... Ra8 38. d6 $18) 38.
Rb4 (38. Rxa4 $6 Rxd5 39. Raa5 Rxc5 40. Bxc5 Rd8 $16) 38... Qd7 39. Rd4 Qb7 40.
d6 (40. Rxa4 $6 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Qxd5 $16) 40... Re6 41. Rc7 (41. Qxa4 $6 Rg6 42.
Rdd5 Ra8 $18) 41... Qb3 (41... Qb5 42. Rc8 Rde8 43. Rxe8+ Rxe8 44. Qc7 $18) 42.
Qxb3 (42. Rxa4 Qb5 $18) 42... axb3 43. Rb7 Nc6 44. Ra4 1-0

[Event "It swiss Rostov"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 e6 3. a3 a5 4. b5 d5 5. e3 c5 (5... Bd6 6. Be2 c6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. O-O Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf4 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Bxa5 Bxh2+ 18. Nxh2 Qxa5 19. Reb4 b6 20.
a4 {Doctor 3.0 (2220)-EXchess 3.11/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 6. c4 (6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. d3 Bd6
8. c4 b6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa4 Re8 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nf8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Ng6 17. d4 a4 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Nb1 c4 20. Rd2 Qe6 {
Taunus-marekt/remoteschach.de 2007/1-0 (43)}) 6... Nbd7 7. d3 $146 (7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bb2 b6 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. Qc2 Re8 14.
Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qb1 e5 17. h3 N7f6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Qa2
N5f6 21. Ncd2 Bb8 {Jacewicz,G-Nemec,Z/corr or01-010 2001/0-1 (74)}) 7... Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. O-O Rad8 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Qc2 f5
15. Rad1 Bb8 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. h3 Ngf6 18. a4 e5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc4 Bc7 21.
Qc3 Rde8 22. Qc2 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Ng5 Bb7 (24... h6 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxe4
$11) 25. h4 (25. Nd2 Ne5 26. Ngxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 $19) 25...
Be5 26. Bh3 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Bd5 28. Bxd7 Bxc4 (28... Qxd7 29. Nxb6 Qf5 30. Qc3
$11) 29. Bxe8 $16 Rxe8 30. Qc3 Bg8 31. Nh3 Ng4 32. Nf4 Ne5 33. Kg2 Nf3 (33...
Be6 34. Nxe6 Qxe6 35. Qc2 $14) 34. Rh1 Bf7 35. h5 Ne5 36. Rd2 Kg8 37. Rhd1 Qg5
(37... Qf8 $14) 38. Rh1 (38. h6 gxh6 39. Rh1 Qf6 $16) 38... Qg4 (38... Qe7 39.
Qc2 Nf3 $16) 39. Rh4 Qf5 (39... Qf3+ $142 $5 40. Kf1 Nc4 $16) 40. Rd6 $18 {
White prepares h6} Nc4 (40... Nf3 $142 41. Rh1 Rb8 $18) 41. h6 Qg5 (41... Qe5
42. Qxe5 Nxe5 43. hxg7 $18 (43. Rxb6 $6 g5 44. Rh3 Nc4 $18)) 42. Rg6 $3 Qe5 (
42... Bxg6 43. Qxg7# {Mate attack}) (42... hxg6 43. Qxg7# {Mate attack}) 43.
Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Ne2 Nd6 (44... Qxc3 45. Nxc3 Nd6 46. Rf4 $18) 45. Qxe5 Rxe5 46.
Rf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Be2 d6 7. d3 e5 8. Nbd2 (
8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Nf8 10. O-O h5 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. a4 Ne6 14. a5 Nf5
15. Nf3 a6 16. c5 c6 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Na4 Nc7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. Rac1 Kh7 {
Gelashvili,T (2570)-Georgiev,K (2445)/TCh-GRE, Aghia Pelagia GRE 2004/1-0 (45)}
) (8. e4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Ng1 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Qg5 12. g3 Bh6 13. Nf3 Qg4 14.
Neg1 Qe6 15. h3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nh4 Nf6 18. Ne2 e4 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Nhxf5
exd3+ 21. Kf1 Bg7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 {
Burke,J-Keuneke,T/London ENG, 3rd Classic Open 2011/1-0 (47)}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O
b6 $146 (9... h6 10. Qc2 Nf8 (10... c5 11. a3 b6 12. Ne1 Bb7 13. e4 Nf8 14. g3
Ne6 15. Ng2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. b5 Ra8 20. Bd1 a6
21. a4 Ng4 22. Kh1 h5 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. h3 {
Dzieniszewski,A (2360)-Dobosz,H (2415)/POL-chT Mikolajki 1991/0-1 (37)}) 11. c5
Nd5 12. a3 f5 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Bf1 Qe7 15. Rac1 Bf7 16. e4 Nf6 17. g3 Be6 18.
Bg2 g5 19. d4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qe3 e4 24. Ne5 {
Benko,P-Ciocaltea,V/Lugano (ol) 1968/1/2-1/2}) (9... Nf8 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Rfd1
h6 12. Bc3 g5 13. Nf1 g4 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Ng3 Nd5 16. cxd5 Qxh4 17. d4 e4 18.
Be1 Rac8 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. f3 Qe7 21. Bd3 gxf3 22. gxf3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qg5+ 24.
Kh1 {Csom,I-Mencinger,V/Portoroz It 1987/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 10. a4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a5 Bb7 14. axb6 cxb6 15. d4 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Qg5 17. Bf3 Nxd2 18.
Nxd2 e4 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Be2 f5 21. Qa4 Qd8 22. Ra1 Qc7 23. Qb3 Bc6 24. Nb1
Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Ba3 Kh8 28. g3 (28. d5 $142 $5 Ba8 29. Nb5
$18) 28... Nf6 $14 29. h3 h5 30. h4 Bf8 31. Bd1 Kg7 32. Ne2 Be8 33. Nf4 Bf7 34.
Be2 Be7 35. Bb2 Kf8 36. Qa4 Qb7 37. Bd1 Nd7 38. Bb3 Nb8 39. c5 bxc5 (39... bxc5
40. Bxf7 {Decoy}) (39... dxc5 40. Bxf7 {Decoy}) 40. Bxf7 Kxf7 41. Qa2+ c4 42.
Qxc4+ d5 43. Nxd5 Qc6 44. Qb3 Qe6 45. Qb5 Qc6 46. Qa5 Bd6 47. Nc3 Qc4 48. Qa7+
Ke8 49. Ba3 Bxa3 50. Qxb8+ Kf7 51. Qb7+ Kg8 52. Nd5 Bd6 53. Ne7+ Bxe7 54. Qxe7
Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qd1 56. Qf6 (56. Qf6 Qf3+ 57. Kg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 (6... cxd5 7. b5
Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. d4 Nce4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14.
f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 Nb6 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Rab1 Bb4 18. Nxb4 Nh5 19. e4 Nf4 20. Qd1
Ne3 21. Qd2 {thecat74-yaab/playok.com 2012/1-0 (39)}) 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6 (
8... a5 9. b5 c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. d4 c4 14. Nc3 Nb6 15.
g4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Bc7 17. Kg2 Rae8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Rh1 Re6 20. h4 Qe7 21. g5 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. gxh6 {Prie,E (2360)-Condie,M (2345)/Charlton op 1983/1/2-1/2}
) 9. h3 $146 (9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Nc3 Qe7 14.
Rac1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Rad8 17. Bc4 Ne5 18. Ne2 Qg5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20.
Kh1 Rxd2 21. Rce1 Bb8 22. Qc3 Rdd8 23. Rd1 Qe5 {
orangutanb4 (1905)-jsbabach (2080)/kurnik 2011/0-1 (75)}) 9... Bh5 10. d3 O-O
11. g4 Bg6 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nd4 Nc7 14. h4 Ne6 (14... Be5 15. Qc2 $11) 15. Nb3 (
15. h5 $142 $5 Nxd4 16. hxg6 (16. Bxd4 $143 Bf5 $15) 16... Nxe2 17. gxh7+ Kh8
18. Qxe2 Qxg5 19. Qh5 $14) 15... Be5 16. Qc2 Re8 17. N1d2 Rc8 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19.
Qxb2 Bh5 20. Nfd4 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Nxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nf8 23. Nf5 Ne6 24. Qe5 Qc7 (
24... Qb6 $142 $5 $15) 25. Qxc7 $14 Rxc7 (25... Nxc7 $2 26. Nd6 $18) 26. Kd2
Nf8 27. f4 Rd8 28. h5 Nd7 29. Rhc1 Kf8 30. a4 g6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Nd4 Rcc8 33.
a5 a6 34. Rh1 Ke7 35. Rh7 Rh8 36. Rah1 Rhg8 (36... Rxh7 $5 37. Rxh7 c5 38. bxc5
Rxc5 $14) 37. f5 Ne5 38. f6+ Kd6 39. Ke2 Rce8 40. R1h4 Kd7 41. Nb3 Ref8 42. Kd2
$4 (42. e4 Kd6 $18) 42... Kc7 $4 (42... Nf3+ $142 43. Kc3 Nxh4 44. Nc5+ Kc8 45.
Rxh4 Rh8 $17) 43. Nc5 $4 (43. Rh3 $142 $18) 43... Nd7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 a5 6. b5 d6 7. Be2 e5 (7... Nbd7
8. O-O e5 9. d3 (9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qa4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ba3 e4 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bxf8 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf8 19. Bd5 Bc5
20. e4 Nd6 21. e5 Nf5 22. Qc2 Qxe5 23. Rfe1 Qf6 {
orangutanb4 (2085)-topair (1800)/kurnik 2011/0-1 (50)}) 9... Qe7 10. Nc3 Nc5
11. Nd2 b6 12. d4 Ncd7 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bc6 f5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. f4
exd4 18. exd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Rae1 Kh8 22. Ba1 {
Lebredo Zarragoit,G (2345)-Maya Cortez,H (2370)/Havana m 1981/1-0}) 8. d4 e4
$146 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. a4 Ng8 12. Nb3 {
1/2-1/2 Ptosek,J (1820)-Pahorecky,J (1995)/CZE-ch U16 2007}) 10. Nc3 c6 11.
bxc6 bxc6 12. e4 {1/2-1/2 Blauhut,H-Wolfram/corr SOK-89-49 1989}) 9. Nfd2 Re8
10. Nc3 h5 11. Qc2 {The pressure on e4 grows} Qe7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. a4 Nf8 14.
Ba3 c5 15. d5 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Bxh5 Nxh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. gxh5
Bxh5 21. Ncxe4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nh7 23. Rg1 Bxb2+ 24. Qxb2 f6 25. f4 Kf7 26. fxg5
Nxg5 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Rf1 Ne4 29. Rxf6+ Nxf6 30. Nf1 Re4 31. Qe2 Rg8 32. Nd2
Rh4 33. Qh2 (33. Qf2 $142 $5 Rgh8 34. Qf5 $18) 33... Ke7 $16 34. Kc2 Nd7 35.
Qf2 Rxh3 36. Qf5 Rh6 37. Ne4 Rhg6 38. Qh5 Rg4 39. Qh6 R8g6 40. Qh7+ Kd8 41. Qf7
Rg7 42. Qf5 R4g6 43. Kc3 Kc7 44. Qh5 Rg4 45. Qh6 R4g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Mem, Stepanakert"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Petrosian, TL."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. bxc5 Qa5 7. Be2 $146 Na6
8. Bc3 (8. O-O Nxc5 9. Bxf6 (9. Nc3 Ne6 10. d4 d6 11. Qd2 Qf5 12. Bd3 Qh5 13.
Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Rab1 $14 {0.38/9}) 9... Bxf6 10. d4 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 d6 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Bf3 $14 {0.44/9}) 8... Qxc5 9. O-O (
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. d4 Qc6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. O-O d5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rfb1 b6 15. cxd5
$14 {0.41/9}) 9... Qc7 (9... Qc6 10. d3 d6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. d4 e4
14. d5 Qe8 15. Nd4 $14 {0.41/9}) 10. d3 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7
13. Qb3 e6 14. Qa3 Rfb8 15. e4 $14 {0.56/9}) 10... d6 11. a4 (11. Na3 e5 $14 (
11... Qd7 12. Rb1 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d4 Na4 15. Qb3 $14 {0.59/9}) 12. Nb5
Qc6 13. d4 e4 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5 $14 {0.38/9}) 11... Nc5 (11... e5 12. Na3 $11
(12. d4 Re8 13. Na3 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Bb2 $11 {0.25/9}) 12... Qe7 13. Nb5 Nc5
14. a5 Bf5 15. d4 $14 {0.28/9}) 12. Nbd2 (12. Na3 Bg4 $11 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nb5
Qd8 15. Bxf6 $14 {0.31/9}) 12... e5 (12... Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5
$14 {0.31/9}) 13. Qc2 (13. d4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb2 $11 {0.13/9}) 13...
Bf5 (13... Bg4 14. Rfb1 Rfc8 15. Nb3 $11 {0.13/9}) 14. Rfd1 (14. a5 Rfc8 15.
Rfd1 $11 {0.16/9}) 14... Rac8 15. a5 Rfe8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. g3 Bc6 19.
Ne3 Qd7 20. Qa2 Nf6 21. Bb4 Qc7 22. Qa3 Nfd7 23. Nd2 Rf8 (23... Bh6 24. Rdb1
$11) 24. Bg4 (24. Nb3 b6 $11) 24... Qd8 (24... Bh6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxc5 dxc5
27. Nb3 $11) 25. Bh3 (25. Nb3 f5 26. exf5 h5 $14) 25... Qg5 (25... Rc7 26. Rab1
$11) 26. Bxc5 $14 dxc5 27. Nf3 (27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Rdb1 Bc6 29. Qxc5 Rfd8 30.
Qxa7 Rxd3 $14) 27... Qh6 (27... Qf6 28. Nd2 $15) 28. Bg2 (28. Bxd7 $5 Bxd7 29.
Rdb1 $14) 28... f5 $15 29. Nd5 Rce8 30. exf5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 e4 (31... gxf5 32.
Rab1 Rb8 33. Qa4 $11) 32. dxe4 $11 Bxa1 33. Qxa1 Rxe4 34. fxg6 hxg6 (34... Qxg6
35. Nh4 Rxh4 36. gxh4 $14) 35. d6 $14 Qg7 36. Qa2+ c4 (36... Kh8 37. Nh4 Rb4
38. Re1 $16) 37. Qc2 (37. Qb1 Re2 38. Nd4 Ree8 $16) 37... Rfe8 $14 38. Bf1 Qf6
39. Kg2 (39. Nd2 Rd4 40. Nxc4 Kg7 $16) 39... Kg7 $11 40. h4 b5 41. axb6 axb6
42. Rd5 (42. Ng5 R4e5 43. Qxc4 Nc5 $16) 42... c3 (42... R4e6 $142 $5 $15) 43.
Rg5 Rf8 $2 (43... Qxd6 $142 44. Qxc3+ Qf6 45. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $14) 44. Qxe4 $18
Qxf3+ 45. Qxf3 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 $4 (46. Rxg6+ $142 $1 Kxg6 47. Kxf3 Ne5+ 48. Ke3
Ng4+ 49. Kd4 $18) 46... c2 $11 47. Bb5 c1=Q 48. Bxd7 Qh1+ 49. Ke3 Qe1+ 50. Kf3
Qh1+ 51. Kf4 Kf6 (51... Qc1+ $142 $5 52. Ke4 Qe1+ 53. Kd5 Qh1+ 54. Kc4 Qf1+ 55.
Kb4 Qb1+ 56. Ka4 Qd1+ 57. Kb5 Qxd6 $11) 52. Bb5 $16 Qc1+ 53. Ke4 (53. Kf3 Qh1+
54. Ke3 Qe1+ 55. Kd3 Qd1+ 56. Ke4 Qe1+ 57. Kd5 Qh1+ 58. f3 Qxf3+ 59. Kd4 Qf2+
60. Kd3 Qf3+ 61. Kd2 Qf2+ 62. Be2 Kf7 $11) 53... Qe1+ $16 54. Kd5 (54. Kf3 $5
Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Qe4+ 56. Kd2 Qb4+ 57. Kc2 Qxd6 58. f4 $16) 54... Qh1+ $14 55. Kd4
(55. f3 Qxf3+ 56. Kd4 Qf2+ 57. Kd3 Qf3+ 58. Kd2 Qf2+ 59. Be2 Kf7 $11) 55...
Qa1+ $11 56. Ke3 Qe1+ 57. Be2 (57. Kf3 $5 Qh1+ 58. Ke2 Qe4+ 59. Kd2 Qb4+ 60.
Kc2 Qxd6 61. f4 $16) 57... Qc1+ $11 58. Ke4 Qe1 59. Kf3 Qh1+ 60. Kf4 Qc1+ 61.
Kg4 Qc8+ 62. Kf3 Qc6+ 63. Ke3 Qc1+ (63... Qxd6 $143 64. Bd3 Qe7+ 65. Be4 Qa3+
66. Ke2 Qb2+ 67. Kf3 Qc3+ 68. Kg2 $16) 64. Kd3 Qb1+ 65. Kd4 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CXIII ch-ARM, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. bxc5 Qa5 7. Be2 Na6 8. Bc3
Qxc5 9. O-O Qc7 10. d3 Nc5 11. Nbd2 d6 12. a4 e5 13. Ra3 $146 a6 (13... Re8 14.
a5 $11 (14. Qc2 Bf5 15. h3 (15. Re1 Rac8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rea1 Ne6 18. g3 Ng4 19.
h3 Nf6 20. Nf1) 15... e4 16. Nxe4 Nfxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Qc3+ f6
20. Nd4) (14. h3 Rb8 (14... Bd7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. a5 Rad8 17. Ng5 d5 18. d4 exd4
19. Bxd4 Qe7 20. Qb2) (14... Bf5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Nhf3
Bc6 19. a5 Qd7 20. Nb3) 15. Re1 (15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rc1 e4 17. Nxe4 Nfxe4 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd2) (15. Nb3 e4 16. Nfd4 a6 17. a5 exd3 18. Bxd3 Nfe4
19. Bb4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3) 15... Bf5 16. Qc2 b6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Rb1 a6 19. Ra2 Re7
20. Ng5) (14. Ng5 Bf5 15. e4 (15. Qc2 d5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4
Nfxe4 19. dxe4 Qc6 20. Bf3) (15. Nb3 h6 16. Nf3 e4 17. dxe4 Ncxe4 18. Nbd4 Nxc3
19. Rxc3 Ne4 20. Rc1) 15... Bd7 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. Rfa1 Qe7 18. Nb3 Nh5 19. Bxh5
Qxg5 20. Bf3) 14... Bf5 (14... Bd7 15. Qc2 (15. h3 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qc1 Bf5
18. d4 Na4 19. Bb4 e4 20. Nh2) 15... Bc6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Rb1 d5 18. Bb4 d4 19.
Nb3 Nfd7 20. Ne4) 15. e4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. c5 Nh5 20.
a6) (13... Bf5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. h3 (15. Rc1 e4 16. Nxe4 Nfxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
dxe4 Bxe4 19. Qb2+ f6 20. Nd4) (15. Re1 Rac8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nf1 Ne6 18. Ne3 Qc5
19. Qb3 Rc7 20. h3) 15... Rad8 16. Re1 Re7 17. Ng5 e4 18. d4 h6 19. dxc5 hxg5
20. g4) 14. Qa1 (14. d4 Nce4 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. a5 Ng4
18. h3 Ne5 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. Rb6) 15. Bb2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Re8 17. a5 Bd7 18. f3
Rab8 19. c5 exd4 20. cxd6) (14. Qc2 Bf5 15. e4 (15. h3 e4 16. Nxe4 Nfxe4 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Qc3+ f6 20. a5) (15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. a5 Rab8 17. h3 e4
18. Nxe4 Nfxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe4) (15. a5 Rfe8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rb1 Ne6 18.
g3 Qc5 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Bc3) (15. Nh4 Bd7 16. a5 Rfe8 17. Nhf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bf5
19. Rd1 Rad8 20. e4) 15... Bd7 16. a5 Rfe8 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. g3 Qc5 19. Bb4 Qc7
20. Bc3) (14. a5 Re8 (14... Bf5 15. Qc2 (15. e4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rb1 Ne6
18. g3 Qc5 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Bc3) (15. d4 Nce4 16. Bb2 Rae8 17. h3 exd4 18. Bxd4
Nc5 19. Qa1 Qe7 20. Qb2) 15... Rfe8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. g3 Qc5 19. Bb4
Qc7 20. Bc3) (14... Bd7 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. h3 Bf5 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. e4 Bd7 19. Nf1
Nh5 20. Ne3) (14... Bg4 15. Qc2 (15. h3 Bf5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rc1 e4 18. Nxe4
Nfxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe4) (15. h4 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Qc2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5
19. e4 Nf4 20. Bf3) (15. Re1 Rae8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 e4 18. Ng5 exd3 19. Bxd3
Nxd3 20. Qxd3) (15. e4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. g3 Rae8 18. Ra2 Nc5 19. Rb1 Bh6 20.
Rb4) (15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Qc2 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rfc8 20. Ned6)
15... Rfe8 16. h3 Bf5 17. Rc1 e4 18. Nxe4 Nfxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe4) (14...
Be6 15. Qc2 (15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Qc2 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Ne4 Be6 20.
Nxc5) 15... Bf5 16. Ng5 Rac8 17. Nde4 Ncxe4 18. dxe4 Bg4 19. Bd3 h6 20. h3) 15.
Qc2 (15. h3 Bf5 16. Qc2 d5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. g4 Bd7 20. d4) 15...
Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. g3 Qc5 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. Bc3) 14... Re8 (14... Bf5
15. e4 (15. Bb2 Rae8 16. h3 Re7 17. d4 Nce4 18. a5 Rd8 19. Bd3 Nxd2 20. Nxd2)
15... Bg4 16. a5 Rab8 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Qc2 h6 20. Ngf3) 15. a5 (15.
Rd1 Bd7 16. a5 Bc6 17. h3 Rad8 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4) (15. Nb3 Nxb3
16. Rxb3 Nd7 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rbb1 Bh6 20. a5) 15... Bf5 16. Bb2 (
16. e4 Bg4 17. Qd1 Rab8 18. Nb3 Nh5 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nxc5) 16... Qe7 (16... Rab8
17. d4 Nce4 18. h3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4) 17. Rd1 (17. d4 Nce4 18. h3 Rad8
19. Rb3 Rc8 20. Qd1) 17... Rac8 (17... Rab8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bg4 20. Bxg4)
18. Ne1 (18. d4 Ncd7 $11 (18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Bg4 20. N4f3) 19. h3 exd4 20.
Nxd4) (18. h3 Bd7 19. Nb3 e4 20. dxe4) 18... h5 (18... Be6 19. Bf3 (19. h3 Rf8
20. Nef3) 19... Bf5 (19... Rc7 20. Nc2) 20. Be2 $11 {0.00/12} (20. Nb3 $11)) (
18... d5 19. h3 Rc7 20. Nef3) 19. h3 (19. Nef3 Rb8 20. h3) 19... Nh7 (19... d5
20. Nef3) 20. d4 (20. Nc2 $11 {0.15/12}) 20... exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 (21... Nf6
22. Qb2 $11) 22. Qxd4 $14 Ng5 23. Nef3 Nge4 (23... Nge6 24. Qb2 $14) 24. Nxe4
Nxe4 25. Rb3 Rc5 26. Qb2 Bc8 27. Qa1 g5 28. Bd3 (28. Nd2 Qf6 29. Nxe4 Qxa1 30.
Rxa1 Rxe4 $14) 28... g4 $11 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rd4 Qc2 31. Rc3 Qf5 32. hxg4 hxg4
33. Nh4 (33. Nh2 $142 $5 $11) 33... Rxa5 $17 34. Qb2 Qe5 35. g3 (35. Rb3 b5 36.
cxb5 Be6 $17) 35... Kg7 (35... Rc5 36. Rb3 $17) 36. Rc1 (36. Qb6 Ra1+ 37. Kg2
Bf5 38. Qxb7 Be4+ 39. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Nxd6 Re5 $15)
36... Rc5 37. Qd2 b5 (37... Be6 $5 $17) 38. cxb5 $15 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 axb5 40.
Qc6 b4 (40... Rd8 $5 $15) 41. Rxb4 $11 (41. Rxd6 $143 Be6 42. Rd4 Rc8 $17)
41... Rd8 42. Qc7 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Re8 (43... Rh8 44. Qxd6 Qf6 45. Qxf6+ Kxf6 46.
Rb8 $14) 44. Qxd6 (44. Rb8 Bd7 45. Nf5+ Bxf5 46. Rxe8 Qe1 $14) 44... Qe5 45.
Qc6 Rh8 46. Rf4 Be6 47. Qb7 Rb8 48. Qe7 Rb5 49. e4 Qc5 $4 (49... Qh5 $142 $14)
50. Qf6+ $18 Kg8 (50... Kf8 51. Qxe6 Qh5 52. e5 Rxe5 53. Qxe5 Qxe5 54. Ng6+ Ke8
55. Nxe5 $18) 51. Nf5 Bxf5 52. Rxf5 (52. exf5 $6 Rb4 $18) (52. Qxf5 Qxf5 53.
Rxf5 Rxf5 54. exf5 Kg7 $11) 52... Qb6 (52... Qxf5 53. exf5 Kf8 $18) 53. Qxf7+
Kh8 54. Qf8+ (54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Rf7+ Kg6 56. Rg7+ Kh5 57. Qe8+ Qg6 58. Qxg6#) (
54. Qh5+ Kg8 55. Qg5+ Kh8 56. Rf8+ Kh7 57. Rf7+ Kh8 58. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Chuprov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 (6. Na3 d5 7. Be2 Qd6
8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Rb1 e5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qb2 f6 14.
O-O N7b6 15. Na5 Bf5 16. d3 Na4 17. Qd2 Ndc3 18. Rbc1 Qxb4 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. d4
c5 {Soppe,G (2420)-Latorre,M (2235)/Luque PAR, Kuna Arandu GM 2012/0-1 (41)})
6... d5 7. Be2 $146 (7. Rc1 Na6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qa3 Nc7
12. O-O Qd6 13. Qa5 Ncd5 14. a3 Rfc8 15. d3 Bd7 16. h3 a6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nde4
Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc5 Qxa5 {
0404it-marekt/internet 2010/1-0 (39)}) (7. Qb3 Bg4 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10.
Qb3 Nb6 11. O-O Nfd5 12. Ne4 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nc8 14. b5 Nd6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16.
bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfc1 c5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rac8 20. Qb7 Nb4 21. d4 a5 {
Graf,A (2625)-Lokander,M (2110)/Bad Wiessee GER 2011/1-0 (51)}) (7. a4 Bg4 (
7... Bf5 8. d4 Re8 9. Qb3 e6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. b5 g5 13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qc3 a6 17. Rfd1 Rec8 18. b6 Qxb6 19. c5 Qc7 20.
a5 Rd8 21. Rd6 Bf8 22. Rad1 {Filipek,J-Socko,B/Cala Galdana b-18 1996/1-0 (44)}
) 8. d4 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11. c5 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Re8 14.
O-O-O dxe4 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. h4 Qd7 18. h5 Rad8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg3
Qf5 21. b5 Bf6 {Teichmann,E-Bowden,K/BCF-ch Edinburgh 1985/0-1}) 7... Qd6 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 $15) 8. Qb3 (8. c5 Qc7 $14) 8... dxc4 $11 9. Qxc4 Bg4
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. d4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nfd5 14. b5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16.
Bb2 Rfd8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. O-O Rab8 20. Qc4 Rb6 (20... Qd7 21. Rfd1
$14) 21. Rac1 (21. Bc5 Rb7 $16) 21... Rdb8 (21... Qd7 22. Bc5 Rb7 23. Rfd1 $14)
22. Qa4 $16 R8b7 23. Bc5 Rb2 24. Bxa7 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxa2 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6
Rbxa7 28. Bd5 Bf6 29. Bxa2 Rxa2 30. Rcxf6 (30. Kh2 $5 Bg5 31. Rc3 Re2 $18)
30... exf6 $16 31. Rxf6 Kf8 32. Rf2 Ra1+ 33. Rf1 Ra2 34. Re1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Ke6
36. Re2 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Rb2 Ke4 39. Rb7 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Kxe3 41. Rxf7 Kxd4
42. Rxh7 Ke5 43. Rf7 Ra4 44. h4 Rb4 45. Kh3 Ra4 46. g3 Rb4 47. Rf1 Ra4 48. g4
Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra2+ (49... Ra8 50. Kg3 Rg8 51. Ra1 $18) 50. Kg3 $18 Ra4 (50...
Ra3+ 51. Rf3 Rxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kf6 $18) 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 Ra8 (52... Ke6 53.
Rf2 $18) 53. Kh4 Rh8 54. Kg5 Rg8+ 55. Kh6 Ke6 56. Kh7 Rg2 57. Rf8 Ke7 58. Rg8
Rh2 59. h6 Kf7 60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rg4 Rf2 62. Kh8 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glendale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 a5 8. b5 Nbd7
9. O-O a4 10. a3 (10. Re1 Re8 $11) 10... Nc5 (10... Re8 11. Nc3 $11) 11. Nbd2 (
11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nb3 $11) 11... Re8 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... Qe7 13. Rae1 $11)
13. Rad1 (13. e4 Bg4 $11) 13... c6 14. Qc3 (14. Nh4 Be6 $11) 14... cxb5 15. d4
Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qb4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qb8 (18... exd4 19. Nxd4 (19. Qxb7 $2
Re7 20. Qc6 Bd7 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 $19 (21... Rxf7 $6 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qd5 $11))
19... Bc8 20. f3 $11) 19. Bd5 (19. Bb5 Rd8 $14) 19... exd4 (19... Nf6 $5 20.
Bxb7 Ra7 $11) 20. Bxd4 $14 Nc5 21. Ng5 (21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 b6 $14) 21...
Be6 (21... Re7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh4 $11) 22. Qc3 (22. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 23. Qc3+
Kg8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qf6 $14) 22... Bxd4 (22... Bf8 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Ne4 $14)
23. exd4 Bxd5 (23... Nd7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. d5 $14) 24. dxc5 $14 Bb3 25. Rxd6 h6
(25... Qc7 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Nf3 $14) 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Ne5 Be6 28. Rc1 Rac8 {
The isolani on c5 becomes a target} 29. Qd2 (29. Qd4 Bf5 $14) 29... Qe7 30. Qd4
(30. Qxh6 $143 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxd6 $17) 30... Bf5 31. f4 (31. Nf3 b5 $14) 31...
h5 (31... f6 32. Nc4 $11) 32. h3 Qh4 (32... f6 33. Nc4 Qe4 34. Nb6 $14 (34.
Qxf6 $143 b5 35. Nd2 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rxc5 $11)) 33. Kh2 $16 Red8 (33... b5 34. c6
Red8 35. Nd7 $16) 34. Rf1 (34. Nf3 Qe7 $16) 34... Be6 (34... Rxd6 35. cxd6 Rc2
36. Rf3 $18) 35. Nf3 (35. Qxa4 Rxc5 36. Nxg6 Qf6 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $16) 35... Qe7
36. Rd1 (36. Re1 Qc7 $16) 36... Re8 37. Re1 Qc7 38. Re5 (38. Qxa4 $6 Qxc5 39.
Qb4 Qxb4 40. axb4 Rcd8 $11) 38... Bb3 (38... Red8 $16) 39. Ng5 (39. Rxh5 $1
gxh5 40. Rh6 $18) 39... Rxe5 $14 40. Qxe5 Bc2 41. Qd5 (41. Nf3 $14) 41... Re8 (
41... Bf5 $5 $14) 42. Qd4 (42. Qc4 Bb3 43. Rxg6+ Kf8 44. Nh7+ Ke7 45. Qe4+ Kd8
46. Qd4+ Kc8 47. Rd6 $18) 42... Qc8 $2 (42... Rf8 43. Rd7 Qc6 44. Re7 $18) 43.
Rd7 (43. Nxf7 $142 $5 Kxf7 44. Rf6+ Kg7 45. Rc6+ Kh6 46. Rxc8 Rxc8 $18) 43...
Bb3 44. Ne4 Rxe4 45. Rd8+ Re8 (45... Qxd8 46. Qxd8+ Kg7 47. f5 $18) 46. Rxc8
Rxc8 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rc6 49. Kg3 Kf8 50. Qd8+ (50. Qe5 Kg8 $18) 50... Kg7
51. Kh4 (51. g5 Kh7 52. Qd4 Be6 $18) 51... Kh7 52. Qd4 Kg8 53. Kg3 $4 (53. g5
Kf8 $18) 53... Kf8 54. Qd8+ $4 (54. Qe5 Kg8 $18) 54... Kg7 55. Kf3 Be6 (55...
Kh7 56. Qd4 $18) 56. f5 (56. g5 $5 Rc8 57. Qd4+ Kh7 $18) 56... gxf5 $16 57.
Qg5+ Kf8 58. gxf5 Bd5+ 59. Ke3 Ke8 $2 (59... Rxc5 $5 60. Qf6 Kg8 $16) 60. Kd4 (
60. Qf4 $5 Bb3 61. Qb8+ Kd7 62. Qxb7+ Rc7 63. Qb5+ Rc6 $18) 60... Bb3 61. Qf4 (
61. Qg8+ Kd7 $18) 61... Kd7 62. Qb8 Rc7 63. Qa7 (63. f6 Kc6 64. Ke4 Kd7 $18)
63... Kc8 64. Qa8+ Kd7 65. f6 Kc6 66. Qe8+ (66. Qa7 Rd7+ 67. Ke4 Bc2+ 68. Kf4
Bb3 $18) 66... Rd7+ 67. Kc3 Be6 (67... Kc7 68. Qe5+ Kc6 69. Kb4 $18) 68. Kb4
Kc7 69. Kxa4 (69. Qg8 Rd4+ 70. Kb5 Rd3 $18) 69... Rd8 $16 70. Qe7+ Rd7 71. Qf8
Rd4+ 72. Ka5 $4 (72. Kb5 $142 $16) 72... Bd7 $19 (72... Bd7 73. Qd6+ Rxd6 74.
cxd6+ Kxd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 b6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfc1 Rb8 13. Rab1 c5 14. Bc3 d5 15.
bxc5 d4 (15... bxc5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 $11) 16. c6 (16. exd4 $143 exd4 17.
Bxd4 Rxe2 $17) 16... dxc3 (16... Bxc6 $143 17. exd4 e4 18. Ne1 $16) 17. cxd7
Nxd7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nc5 20. Rd1 Qc7 (20... Qc8 21. a5 $11) 21. Rd5 Qc6 {
The isolani on a4 becomes a target} (21... h6 22. Rbd1 $11) 22. Ra1 (22. a5
bxa5 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxc3 a4 $11) 22... a5 23. h4 (23. Ra3 Rbc8 $11) 23...
Na6 (23... Rbc8 24. Ra3 $11 (24. Qxc3 $143 Nxe4 25. Qe1 Nc3 $17)) 24. Qxc3 {
Can e5 get defended?} Nb4 25. Qb3 (25. Rd2 Qxe4 26. h5 Qf5 $11) 25... Nxd5 $15
26. cxd5 Qc5 (26... Qd6 27. h5 $15) 27. Ba6 (27. h5 gxh5 28. Nh4 Rec8 $11)
27... Bf8 (27... Red8 28. Bb5 $11) 28. Bb5 (28. Qb2 Red8 $11) 28... Re7 (28...
Red8 29. Qb2 $11) 29. h5 Qd6 (29... Rc7 30. Nxe5 Bg7 31. Nd3 $11) 30. hxg6 (30.
Qb2 Rc8 $11) 30... hxg6 (30... fxg6 $143 31. Rc1 $16) 31. Qc3 (31. Nd2 Rc7 $11)
31... Kg7 (31... Rd8 32. Rc1 $11) 32. Rd1 (32. Nd2 Rc7 33. Nc4 f6 $11) 32...
Rd8 (32... f6 33. Rc1 $11) 33. g3 (33. Nd2 Rc7 34. Nc4 f6 $11) 33... f6 34. Nh4
(34. Nd2 Qb8 $11) 34... Rc7 $15 35. Qd3 Be7 36. Kg2 Qb4 37. Rb1 Qc5 38. Qe2 (
38. Rh1 Qc2 $15) 38... f5 39. Nxg6 (39. exf5 Bxh4 (39... Qxd5+ $143 40. e4 Qb7
41. Nxg6 $16) 40. Qg4 Bg5 41. Qxg5 Qxd5+ 42. Kg1 Rd6 $15) 39... Kxg6 $17 40.
Rh1 {Do you see the mate threat?} Bf6 (40... fxe4 41. Qh5+ Kf6 42. Qh4+ Kf7 43.
Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qf7#) 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Qxf5 Rf7 43. Be2
(43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Bg7 45. Rxg7+ Rxg7 46. Qe6+ Rf7 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+
Ke7 49. Qe6+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Ke7 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ $11) 43... Qc8 (43... Qd6
44. Bh5 Rc7 45. Be8 Rxe8 46. Rh7+ Kf8 47. Rxc7 Qxc7 48. Qxf6+ Kg8 49. Qg6+ Kf8
50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. Qf6+ $11) 44. Rh7+ $11 Kg8 45. Qg6+ Rg7 46. Rxg7+
Bxg7 47. Bg4 Rd6 $2 (47... Qc7 $142 $5 $11) 48. Qxd6 (48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Bxc8
b5 $11) 48... Qxg4 49. f3 {Threatening mate... how?} Qc8 50. Qc6 Qa6 51. Kh3
Qe2 52. Qe8+ (52. Qxb6 $6 Qxf3 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qe6+ Kf8 $11)
52... Kh7 (52... Bf8 53. Qe6+ Kg7 54. Qxe5+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qg4+ (56. Qxb6
$6 Qxf3 57. Qb2+ Kf7 $11) 56... Kf7 57. Qf5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kf7 59. Kg4 $18) 53.
Qh5+ Kg8 54. d6 Qf1+ (54... Qc4 55. Qe8+ Kh7 $18) 55. Kg4 Qc4 (55... Kf8 56.
Qf5+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kh7 58. d7 $18) 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. d7 Bf6 58. Kf5 Bd8 59. Qxd8
Qf7+ 60. Kxe5 Qh5+ (60... Qc4 61. Qe7+ Kh6 62. d8=Q Qe6+ 63. Qxe6+ Kg7 64.
Qdg8#) 61. Ke6 (61. Ke6 Qc5 62. Qh4+ Kg6 63. d8=Q Qc4+ 64. Ke5 Qc5+ 65. Kf4
Qf5+ 66. exf5+ Kg7 67. Qhf6+ Kh7 68. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Smirin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 (3. d4 Bg7 $14) 3... Bg7 $11 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6.
Be2 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 (7... a5 8. b5 $15) 8. O-O b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2
Re8 12. Rfc1 (12. e4 c5 13. Qc3 Nh5 $11) 12... Rb8 13. Rab1 c5 14. Bc3 d5 (
14... cxb4 15. Rxb4 Qc7 16. e4 $11) 15. bxc5 $14 d4 16. c6 (16. exd4 $143 exd4
17. Nxd4 bxc5 $17) 16... dxc3 17. cxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nc5 20. Rd1
Qc7 21. Rd5 Qc6 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} (21... h6 22. Rbd1 $11)
22. Ra1 a5 23. h4 (23. Qxc3 Nxa4 24. Qc2 Nc5 $11) 23... Na6 (23... Rbc8 24. Ra3
$11) 24. Qxc3 {e5 becomes the focus of attention} Nb4 25. Qb3 (25. Rd2 $5 $11)
25... Nxd5 $15 26. cxd5 Qc5 27. Ba6 Bf8 (27... Red8 28. Rd1 $15) 28. Bb5 (28.
Qb2 Red8 $11) 28... Re7 (28... Red8 29. h5 $11) 29. h5 Qd6 30. hxg6 hxg6 (30...
fxg6 $143 31. Rc1 $16) 31. Qc3 Rd8 32. Rd1 (32. Rc1 Kg7 $11) 32... f6 33. g3 (
33. Bc6 Rc7 34. Rb1 Qc5 $11) 33... Kg7 (33... Rc7 34. Qb3 $15) 34. Kg2 (34. Nd2
Rc7 35. Nc4 Qc5 $11) 34... Rc7 $15 35. Qd3 Be7 (35... Rc5 36. Nd2 $11) 36. Nh4
(36. Nd2 Qc5 $11) 36... Qb4 37. Rb1 Qc5 38. Qe2 f5 39. Nxg6 (39. exf5 $5 Bxh4
40. gxh4 Qxd5+ 41. e4 $15) 39... Kxg6 $17 40. Rh1 Bf6 (40... fxe4 41. Qh5+ Kf6
42. Qh4+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qf7#) 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42.
Qxf5 Rf7 43. Be2 Qc8 (43... Qd6 44. Bh5 Rb7 45. Be8 $15) 44. Rh7+ $11 Kg8 45.
Qg6+ Rg7 46. Rxg7+ Bxg7 47. Bg4 Rd6 $4 (47... Qc7 $142 $5 $11) 48. Qxd6 (48.
Bxc8 Rxg6 49. f4 Rf6 $15) 48... Qxg4 49. f3 Qc8 50. Qc6 Qa6 51. Kh3 Qe2 52.
Qe8+ (52. Qxb6 $6 Qxf3 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 55. exf5 e4 $15) 52... Kh7
53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. d6 Qf1+ $4 (54... Qc4 $142 55. Qe8+ Kh7 $18) 55. Kg4 Qc4 56.
Qe8+ Kh7 57. d7 Bf6 58. Kf5 (58. Kf5 Bd8 59. Qxd8 Qf7+ 60. Kxe5 Qh5+ 61. Ke6
Qh6+ 62. Qf6 Qxe3 63. Qf7+ Kh6 64. Qf4+ Kg6 65. Qxe3 Kh7 66. d8=Q b5 67. Qeg5
bxa4 68. Qdg8#) 1-0

[Event "13th Dubai Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Mona, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Nfd2 c6
9. Nc3 Re8 (9... d5 10. b5 (10. O-O a6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. h3 Re8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Na4 Nbd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Rc7 Qd6 20.
Rxb7 Bf8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qd8 23. Bxa6 d4 24. Bxd4 Nd5 {
usingprogram (1995)-meythaler (1615)/kurnik 2011/1-0}) 10... Re8 11. Qb3 h5 12.
Ba3 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Qa3 Be6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Bg4 17. Rab1 Bxe2 18.
Nxe2 Qd7 19. Qa5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Qd8 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rb7 Rd7 23. Rcb1 Rxb7 24.
Rxb7 {Melich,J (2160)-Knizek,J (2210)/CZE-chTV 2000/1-0 (55)}) 10. Qc2 $146 {
Pawn e4, live or die!} (10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. f3 Bh6 14.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bh6 17. d5 Nd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Bg7 20.
Qb3 Rf8 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Nc4 Qe7 {
Lins,T-Blau,D/corr GER jub50 qJVM48 1996/1-0 (47)}) (10. a4 a5 11. b5 Nbd7 12.
Qc2 Qe7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O h5 15. Ba3 Nf8 16. Rab1 Bf5 17. Rb6 Qc7 18. Rfb1
Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Bd1 N8d7 23. Bc2 d5 24. c5 Ng4
{Van Belle,M-Robiolle,J/corr AJEC/1061 1977/1-0}) (10. b5 h5 11. Qc2 Bf5 12.
bxc6 bxc6 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rab1 a6 16. Rb3 c5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxf6+
Bxf6 19. d5 Be5 20. Bb2 Qh4 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qc3 Bg4 23. f3 exf3 24. Nxf3 Bxf3
{Eising,J-Janosevic,D/Solingen 1968/0-1 (45)}) 10... Qe7 11. b5 c5 12. d5 h5
13. h3 h4 14. a4 Bf5 15. g4 hxg3 16. fxg3 g5 (16... Qe5 17. Rg1 $14) 17. O-O-O
Nbd7 18. Rdf1 Bg6 19. h4 g4 20. Rf4 {e4 draws heavy fire} (20. Rh2 a6 $11)
20... Bh6 $15 21. h5 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Bf5 23. Nf1 a6 24. Ng3 Bh7 25. Nd1 axb5 26.
axb5 Ra2 27. Nf2 Nb6 (27... Rea8 28. Qc3 $14 (28. Bxg4 R8a4 29. Kd1 Nxd5 30.
cxd5 Rb4 $17)) 28. Qb3 Rea8 29. h6 (29. Qc3 $142 $5 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 $16) 29...
R8a4 $15 30. Qc3 Rxb2 31. Qxb2 (31. Kxb2 $2 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Na4+ 33. Kc2 Nxc3 34.
Kxc3 b6 $19) 31... Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 33. Kd2 Ne8 34. Rh5 f6 35. Qa2 Rb4 36.
Ke2 $2 (36. Nxg4 Rxb5 37. Qa4 $17) 36... Qd7 $19 (36... Rxb5 37. Nxg4 Qd7 38.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 39. Rg5+ Kh8 40. Qa1 $14) 37. Kf1 Qxb5+ 38. Kg2 Bg6 39. h7+ Bxh7 40.
Qa8 Bg6 41. Rh4 Rb1 (41... Qd7 $142 42. f5 Ra4 $19) 42. Rxg4 $16 Kf7 43. Rh4 $4
(43. Qc8 Bh7 44. Rh4 $18 (44. Nfxe4 Bxe4+ 45. Kh3 Rh1+ 46. Nxh1 Qf1+ (46...
Bxh1 $4 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Rg8# {mate}) 47. Rg2 Qxg2+ 48. Kh4 Qxh1+ 49. Qh3 Qxh3+
50. Kxh3 c4 $19)) 43... Qd7 (43... Nc7 44. Qh8 Nxd5 45. Rh7+ Bxh7 46. Qxh7+ Kf8
47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Kd8 49. Qg8+ Kd7 50. Qxd5 Qb3 51. Qxe4 Rb2 $11) 44. Nfxe4
$17 Qe7 $4 (44... Ke7 $142 $17) 45. f5 $18 Bxf5 $4 (45... Rb2+ 46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47.
Ke2 Qe5 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 $18) 46. Nxf5 Rb2+ (46... Qe5 47. Qc8 Kg8 $18) 47. Kf3
Qe5 48. Nfxd6+ (48. Nfxd6+ Kg8 49. Rg4+ Kf8 50. Nxf6 Qxf6+ 51. Rf4 Qxf4+ 52.
exf4 Rb3+ 53. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Katowice POL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Nfd2 h5
9. Nc3 Re8 10. h3 h4 11. Qc2 Qe7 (11... Nc6 12. Qa4 $14 (12. Ncxe4 $143 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 Bf5 $11)) 12. a4 (12. O-O Bf5 $14) 12... c6 (12... c5 13. bxc5 dxc5
14. Ba3 $14) 13. b5 (13. O-O Bf5 $14) 13... Nbd7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
O-O $14) 14. a5 c5 (14... a6 15. b6 $16) 15. d5 (15. O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 $14)
15... Ne5 16. Ndxe4 (16. O-O Bf5 $14) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. O-O
Nxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxc4 Qxe4 21. Qc3+ Qe5 $11) 17... Bf5 $11 18. Qf4 Bd3
19. Ra4 g5 20. Qh2 Nxc4 (20... Bc2 $5 21. O-O Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Ng6 $11) 21. Rxc4
$16 (21. Bxd3 $4 Nxb2 22. O-O Bxc3 $19) 21... Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc3+ (22... Qd8
23. Kd2 Qxa5 24. Kd3 $11 (24. Qxd6 $2 Qb4 25. Kd3 Qxb2 $19)) 23. Bxc3 Qe4 24.
Qxd6 (24. Be2 Qc2 25. O-O Qxc3 (25... Qxe2 $2 26. Qxd6 Qh5 27. Qxc5 $18) 26.
Qxd6 c4 $14) 24... Qc2 $11 (24... Qxc4 $4 25. Qf6 Qxc3+ 26. Qxc3 $18) 25. Qf6 (
25. O-O Qxc3 26. Be2 Rac8 $14) 25... Qc1+ 26. Ke2 {The mate threat is Qg7} Qc2+
27. Kf1 Qc1+ 28. Be1 Qxc4+ 29. Kg1 Qxd5 30. Bc3 {Threatening mate... how?} Kf8
31. Kh2 Rad8 (31... b6 $5 $11) 32. Qh6+ $14 Ke7 33. Bf6+ Kd7 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35.
f4 (35. Qh5 Ke7 $14) 35... gxf4 (35... Re8 36. a6 (36. fxg5 $4 Qe5+ 37. Kg1
Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Re1#) 36... gxf4 37. exf4 $14) 36. exf4 $16 (36.
Qxf4 $6 Qd6 $11) 36... Rg8 {The mate threat is Qxg2} 37. Rg1 c4 (37... Rg6 38.
Qxh4 b6 39. Qh8 bxa5 40. Qb8 $16) 38. Qxh4 c3 (38... Rg6 39. f5 Rg8 40. Qf2 $16
) 39. Qf2 Rc8 (39... Kc7 40. Qxa7 Qxb5 41. Qe3 Qxa5 42. Rc1 $18) 40. Qxa7 $18
c2 41. a6 Rc7 42. axb7 (42. Qe3 $5 bxa6 43. bxa6 Qe6 44. Qxe6+ Kxe6 $18) 42...
Rxb7 $16 43. Qa4 (43. Qe3 Rxb5 44. Ra1 Rc5 $16) 43... Qd2 44. b6+ Kd6 45. Qa3+
Kd7 46. Rc1 (46. Qc5 Qxf4+ 47. Kh1 Rxb6 48. Qxb6 c1=Q 49. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 50. Qg1
Qc4 $16) 46... Qxf4+ 47. Kh1 Rxb6 48. Qd3+ Rd6 {Do you see the mate threat?}
49. Qxc2 Rd2 (49... Ke7 50. Qc3 $16) 50. Qc5 (50. Qc6+ Ke7 $16) 50... Ke6 51.
Qb5 (51. Kg1 Re2 $16) 51... Rf2 52. Qc6+ Ke7 53. Qc5+ (53. Re1+ $142 Kf8 54.
Qc3 Rf1+ 55. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Qg3 $16) 53... Ke6 $4 (53... Kf6 $142
$16) 54. Re1+ $18 Kd7 (54... Kf6 55. Kg1 Rxg2+ 56. Kxg2 $18) 55. Kg1 (55. Qd5+
$142 $5 Qd6 56. Qb7+ Kd8 $18) 55... Rb2 56. Rf1 (56. Rf1 Rxg2+ 57. Kxg2 Qe4+
58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Rf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
c5 9. Nb5 (9. Nc2 Nc6 10. b5 Na5 (10... Ne7 11. O-O d5 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nb3 b6
14. cxd5 Nexd5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Na3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Rfe8
20. Qf1 Bc8 21. Be2 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf3 Ndc3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxe4 {
carpaticus (1695)-einguter (1840)/6698020 kurnik 2012/1-0 (51)}) 11. O-O b6 12.
Nd2 d5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc1 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Ne1
Nb4 19. Rb1 Bc4 20. Nd2 Bxf1 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nef3 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qe7 {
Nikolac,J (2420)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2640)/17th CRO-chT 1b, Sibenik CRO 2008/0-1})
9... cxb4 10. Qxd6 $146 (10. Nxd6 Na6 11. O-O Be6 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nc5 14.
Be5 Qb6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Rd7 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Ne8 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nb5 Nd6 22. d5 Nxb5 23. dxe6 Rd4 24. Bf3 Nd6 {
Skerlik,S (2280)-Murden,C (2275)/ICCF Jubilee Officials/IM-A 2001/1/2-1/2 (53)}
) 10... Nc6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16.
a3 a6 17. Nbd4 Na5 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} (17... bxa3 18.
Bxa3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $11 (19. Bxe7 $2 Nxc2 20. Ra2 Nxe3 (20... Bxc4 $6 21. Bxc4
Nb4 22. Ra4 $17) 21. fxe3 Rd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $19) (19. exd4 $6 Qc7 $11)) 18.
Nxe6 $14 Qxe6 19. Rad1 (19. Nd4 $5 Qe4 20. Bd3 $11) 19... Rxd1 $11 20. Rxd1
bxa3 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd8+ Bf8 23. Qd1 $11) 21. Bxa3 $14 b5 (21...
Nxc4 $2 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd8+ Ne8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qxc4 $18) 22. Nd4 Qe5 23.
c5 Nd5 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. c6 (26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Qxd5 Qxa3 $16) 26...
Qe8 27. h3 (27. Nf5 gxf5 28. Qxd5 Rxc6 (28... Qxc6 $2 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd8+
Bf8 31. Bxf8 $18 (31. Rxf8+ $6 Kg7 $18)) 29. Qxf5 Bf6 $11) 27... Ne7 28. Bxe7
Qxe7 29. Qa5 Bxd4 30. Qxa6 Qe8 31. Rxd4 Rxc6 32. Qa5 (32. Qb5 Qe6 $14) 32...
Rc8 33. Qc3 {Attacking the isolated pawn on c4} Qc6 34. h4 h5 (34... Qb5 35.
Rd1 $15) 35. Rf4 Qe6 36. g4 (36. Kh2 $5 $11) 36... hxg4 $17 37. h5 Rc5 (37...
gxh5 38. Rf6 Qe7 $11) 38. h6 $11 Qe5 39. Qb4 (39. Qxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxc4 Rh5 $11)
39... f5 (39... c3 40. Qb3 Qe6 41. Qb4 $17) 40. Rd4 (40. Rxc4 Rxc4 41. Qxc4+
Kh7 $15) 40... Kh7 $17 41. Qb6 (41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 Kxh6 $17) 41... Rb5 (
41... g3 $5 42. Rd7+ Kxh6 $19) 42. Qc6 $17 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Kxh6 44. Qxc4 Qb5 45.
Qxb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Dubai UAE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 e5 7. Nc3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 (8... c5 9. Nc2 cxb4 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Be5 12. f4 Bg7 13.
Nxd6 cxb4 14. Nxc8 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 Qxc8 16. Nxb4 Rd8 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Ne7+ {
1-0 marre-oppo02/internet 2010}) 10. Nxb4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Nxa6 bxa6 13. Rc1
Ne4 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qb4 16. Ba1 Be6 17. O-O Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc4 19. Qe4 f5
20. Qf4 g5 21. Qxg5 Bxf1 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nd5+ {
Novikov,K (2215)-Chernikov,O (2420)/RUS-ch Seniors 2004/0-1 (43)}) 9. Nxc6 $146
(9. a3 a5 10. b5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qb2+ f6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Be2 Bf7 18. Rd1 Qe5 19. Qc2 g5 20. Nd5 Bg6 21. Qc3 Rf7
22. O-O c6 23. Qxe5 fxe5 {
Weber,G (2360)-Kwatschewsky,L (2230)/AUT-chT qual 1998/1-0 (85)}) (9. Nc2 Re8
10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. b5 Ne5 15. O-O Qh4 16.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxc4 18. Rc1 Bb2 19. Na3 Qxa2 20. Rxc7 Qxa3 {
Woro-Modes/Roanoke Virginia USA 1986}) 9... bxc6 10. Be2 Rb8 11. a3 a5 12. b5 (
12. Qa4 axb4 13. axb4 Bf5 $11) 12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxb2 (14... cxd5
$143 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O $16) 15. Ra2 Qxd5 (15... cxd5 $143 16. Rxb2 c5 17.
a4 $14) 16. Qxd5 Bc3+ (16... cxd5 $143 17. Rxb2 Bb7 18. Rc2 $16) 17. Qd2 Bxd2+
18. Kxd2 (18. Rxd2 cxb5 19. O-O Be6 $17) 18... Rd8+ $17 19. Kc1 cxb5 20. Rc2
Bf5 21. Rxc7 Rdc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8+ 23. Kd1 b4 (23... Rc3 24. Re1 $17) 24. axb4
axb4 25. f3 Ra8 26. Re1 Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Ra2+ 28. Kc1 Rc2+ 29. Kd1 b3 30. e4 Be6
0-1

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