Saturday, June 6, 2009

NM BAGAMASBAD vs SOL CRUZ



















W: NM Efren BAGAMASBAD

B: Rolly SOL CRUZ
MACE Cup Simul Board 1

1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3
The NM is going for the English Opening, a sort of Sicilian for White, with an extra move.

3... d5
In chess, as in war, it is important to know your strengths and weaknesses. Mahina tayo sa inglisan kaya I declined the English and aimed for the Q's Gambit instead.

4 e3 c6
I am setting-up for the Slav, a solid set-up for Black which is suited to my style of play.

5 d4 Nbd7
By simply applying the N's before B's principle, the opening has transposed to a Q's Gambit Declined - Semi-Slav Defense. This move was played in 5,665 out of 6,326 games.

6 Qc2
This is the STOLTZ VARIATION [ECO D45]. It is second in popularity [with 2,485 games] to the MERAN VARIATION, 6 Bd3 [with 2,963 games]. My encounters with this variation were against NM Nico Alisangco in the Aguilar Cup in February 2009 and NM Roland Perez in the 3rd Sol Cruz Memorial Cup in May 2009.

In the historic Ribli vs Torre Candidates Match 1983 in Alicante, the Hungarian continued with 6 Bd3 and won the game and the match as well. But our legendary Pinoy GM has 1 W and 1 D against the Meran of two World Champions; Petrosian vs Torre in Moscow 1981 (1/2-1/2) and Smyslov vs Torre in Bugojno 1984 (0-1).

6... Bd6
This is the vox populi, played in 2,204 out of 2,485 games.

7 Be2
The four most popular lines are 7 Bd3 with 585 games, 7 Be2 with 540, 7 b3 with 432, and 7 g4 with 406.

If I am to rely on the Semi-Slav, I mus
t also be prepared for 7 g4, named the Shabalov Attack; Kasparov vs Nielsen in Reykjavic 2004, Morozevich vs Kramnik in Tal Memorial 2008, Kasimdzhanov vs Akopian in Elista Grand Prix 2008, Carlsen vs Anand in Linares 2009

7... O-O 8 O-O b6

Preparing for a Q-side fianchetto as played by World Champions; Shneider vs Kramnik in Alekhine Memorial 1992 and Ftacknik vs Khalifman in Padubice 1994, and Ivanchuk vs Anand in World Blitz 2007.

The main line is the pawn capture 8... dxc4; Karpov vs Anand in Brussels 1991, Kamsky vs Anand in Tilburg 1991, Vyzmanavin vs Kramnik in Moscow 1992, Van Wely vs Kramnik in Monaco 1998, Ljubojevic vs Topalov in Monte Carlo 2000, Ljubojevic vs Kramnik in Monaco 2001, and Carlsen vs Anand in Monaco 2007.

The mysterious R move, 8... Re8, is also popular among World Champions; Hjartarson vs Tal in Reykjavic 1988, Huebner vs Kasparov in Koln Match 1992, Giorgadze vs Kramnik in Manila Olympiad 1992, Grivas vs Kramnik in Dortmund 1992, Tukmakov vs Topalov in Mesa 1992, Ioseliani vs Smyslov in Womens-Veterans 1994, Zvjaginsev vs Kramnik in Moscow Olympiad 1994, Karpov vs Kamsky in World Championship 1996, Huebner vs Kramnik in Frankfurt 1996 .

The liquidation of the center pawns to maximize the power of the fianchetto has also been tried by a pair of World Champions; Gurevich vs Khalifman in Biel IZT 1983 and Karpov vs Kasparov in Linares 1991.

9 e4 dxe4 10 Nxe4 NxN 11 QxN Bb7
Up to this position is the Shneider vs Kramnik and Ftacknik vs Khalifman games.


12 Bf4
Shneider continued wi
th 12 Bd3 while Ftacknik opted for 12 Rd1.

12... Nf6 =
13 Qe3 Ng4 14 Qd2 c5

D14
This is said to be the last "book move" and has been played in Onischuk vs Zvjaginsev in Hoogovens 1995 and Shneider vs Zvjaginsev in Yugoslavian championship 1995.

I do not actually know these games, as Clint Eastwood said in The Outlaw Josey Wales, "I was lucky in the order."

15 h3 Nf6 = 16 Rfd1 PxP 17 BxB QxB 18 QxP QxQ 19 RxQ Rad8 20 Rad1 RxR 21 RxR

THINK LIKE A GRANDMASTER, "Exchange Q's and leave a R and 2 or 3 pieces on the board."

21... h6
RYBKA rates my move as very slightly favoring W (+0.36). Better is 21... Rc8 = 22 Ne5 Kf8 23 f4 Ke7 24 Bd3 Rc7 25 Kf2 h6 26 g3 g5 27 Ke3 Nh5 28 h4 f6.

22 Ne5 g6 23 f3 Rc8 24 Kf2 Kf8 25 Nd7+ Ke7 26 NxN KxN 27 Rd7 Rb8 28 Ke3 a5 29 g4 Bc6 30 Rc7 Ba8 31 h4 g5 32 PXP PXP 33 f4 PXP+ 34 KXP Rg8 35 c5 PXP = 36 RXP a4 = 37 g5+ Kg6 38 Bd3+ f5 39 Ra5 Rh8
RYBKA: 39... Rd8=

40 BXP+ PXB 41 Ra6+ Kg7 42 KXP Rf8+ 43 Ke5 Re8+ 44 Kd4 Re4+ 45 Kc3 Bd5 = 46 a3 Bb3 [1/2-1/2].

Guided by Bobby Ang's Chess Piece column in Business World titled CHINESE HORDE; "I am going to play 40 strong moves and if you also play 40 strong moves, then we have a draw.", and I did, the 3rd against a National Master!!!

28 comments:

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Cm ( 1/4 )"]
[Site "Alicante"][Date "1983"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D49"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 1.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Qf3 Bd7 14.O-O Bd6 15.Bf4 Ra6 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Bxb5 Rb6 18.Bxd6 Rxb5 19.Rac1 f6 20.Qe2 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Izt (cat.12)"]
[Site "Toluca"][Date "1982"]
[White "Bachar Kouatly"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D43"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Qd8 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 b6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Ng3 Rfd8 16.f4 Nxe5 17.dxe5 g6 18.Qg4 Kf8 19.h4 h5 20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.Qxh5 Ke8 22.Qg4 Bf8 23.h5 Qe7 24.Qg5 Qxg5 25.fxg5 Bc5+ 26.Kh2 Ke7 27.g6 fxg6 28.Bxg6 Rf8 29.h6 Bd4 30.h7 Bxe5+ 31.Kh3 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Rf8 33.Re1 Bxb2 34.g4 c5 35.Kh4 Bd4 36.Kh5 Bc6 37.Kh6 Bc3 38.Re2 Bf3 39.Rf2 Bxg4 40.Rg2 Bf3 41.Rg3 Bd4 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Moscow"][Date "1981"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D47"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 a6 10.b4 Bd6 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nce4 Be7 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.bxa5 O-O 15.Qc2 c5 16.dxc5 Rc8 17.Nb3 Bxg2 18.Rg1 Bd5 19.Bb2 Bxb3 20.Qxb3 Rxc5 21.a6 Qa5+ 22.Ke2 Qxa6 23.Bd4 Rd5 24.a4 Qd6 25.axb5 Rxd4 26.exd4 Qxd4 27.Ra4 Qe5+ 28.Kf1 Qxh2 29.Be2 Bd6 30.b6 Bc5 31.Rg2 Qh1+ 32.Rg1 Qh2 33.Rg2 Qh1+ 34.Rg1 Qh2 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "It ( cat. 14 )"]
[Site "Bugojno"][Date "1984"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D49"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 1.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qxb5 16.Nxf8+ Kxf8 17.a4 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qa2 19.O-O h6 20.Rb4 Rd8 21.Bf4 Qd5 22.Bc7 Rd7 23.Rb8+ Ne8 24.Bb6 g6 25.a5 Kg7 26.Qc1 Nd6 27.Rxh8 Kxh8 28.Rd1 e5 29.f4 Nc4 30.fxe5 d3+ 31.Qxh6+ Kg8 32.Qf4 d2 33.Be3 Qd3 34.Kf2
Qb3 35.Rxd2 Nxd2 36.Bxd2 Qc2 37.Ke1 Qb1+ 38.Kf2 Qb2 39.Ke2 Rd5
40.e6 Re5+ 41.Kd3 Rd5+ 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"][Date "1984"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D47"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.Ne2 Bd6 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Nef6 12.Qxc6 Qc7 13.Qxa8 Nb6 14.Ba4+ Nxa4 15.Ne5 O-O 16.Qc6 Qxc6 17.Nxc6 Bb7 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Rg1 Be4 20.f3 Bc2 21.Bh6 Bg6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Bf4 Be7 24.O-O-O Nd5 25.Kb1 Rd8 26.Bg3 Bg5 27.Bc7 Nxc7 28.Rxg5 Nd5 29.Rc1 Kf8 30.Rc6 Nab6 31.Rg1 Ke7 32.Nc1 Rh8 33.Rg2 Rh4 34.Nb3 Rf4 35.Rg3 Rh4 36.h3 Kd7 37.Rc5 Ne7 38.Rg1 Rxh3 39.Rgc1 Ned5 40.Ra5 Nc8 41.Nc5+ Kd8 42.Rb5 Ncb6 43.Nd3 Rxf3 44.Nxb4 Nxb4 45.Rxb4 g5 46.Rb5 Rf5 47.Rxf5 exf5 48.Rc5 g6 49.Kc2 g4 50.Kd3 Nc8 51.a4 Nd6 52.b4 g3 53.Ke3 g5 54.Rd5 Kc7 55.Kf3 Kc6 56.Ra5 Kb6 57.Kxg3 f6 58.Kf3 f4 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika"][Date "1988"]
[White "Granda-Zuniga"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Rb1 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nf8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ndxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Be6 15.b3 Bd5 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.f3 h6 18.Qf2 Qf6 19.Bb2 Re6 20.Rbe1 Rae8 21.Bc3 Ng6 22.Bxg6 Qxg6 23.h3 b6 24.Kh2 Qd3 25.Qd2 Qa6 26.Rxe6 Rxe6 27.Rf2 Qb5 28.Kg1 a5 29.Qd1 Re3 30.Qd2 Re8 31.Qc2 Qa6 32.Qd1 Re6 33.Qf1 b5
34.Re2 a4 35.Rxe6 Bxe6 36.Qe1 Qa8 37.Qe5 Bd5 38.Kh2 axb3 39.axb3 Qa3 40.Bd2 Qxb3 41.Kg3 Qc2 42.Bb4 Kh7 43.Bf8 f6 44.Qc7 Qg6+ 45.Kf2 Qg5 46.Qa7 h5 47.Bd6 Qd2+ 48.Kg1 b4 49.Bf8 Qg5 50.Bxb4 Bxf3 51.Qa2 Qc1+ 52.Kh2 Qf4+ 53.Kh1 Qxd4 54.gxf3 Qxb4 55.Qc2+ Kh6 56.Qxc6 Qe1+ 57.Kg2 h4 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Battle of Grandmasters"]
[Site "Dapitan"][Date "2009.03.25"]
[White "Eugenio Torre"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. a3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Na2 b5 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. b4 Nc4 16. Qc1 a5 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. bxa5 Qa6 19. Nb4 Qxa5 20. Nc6 Qxa3 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Be4 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Bg3 Bd3 27. Bf3 c3 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qa3 Ra8 31. Qe7 c2
32. h3 h6 33. Bf4 Qc3 34. e4 Bxe4 35. Kh2 Qxd4 36. Qb7 Qxf2 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Biel"][Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 e5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bb2 a6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Rad8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb4 20. Ng3 f6 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Bd3 h6 23. Bg6 Rf8 24. Nf5 c5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 Qc7 27. Nh4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ra8 29. Qg4 Qc6 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Be4 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"][Date "2000"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D46"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bd2 a6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Rb8 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.Rfd1 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bc3 f6 18.Bb4 Rbc8 19.Nd4 f5 20.Qh3 Rf6 21.g3 Rh6 22.Qf1 Rf8 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Ne4 25.Bxd6 Nxd6 26.Ne5 Ne4 27.Rac1 Qb4 28.Qe2
Qa5 29.a3 b4 30.Nc6 Qb6 31.Nxb4 e5 32.Nd5 Qe6 33.Rc6 Qf7 34.Rxh6 gxh6 35.Qxa6 Kg7 36.Qe2 Rc8 37.Nb4 Qb7 38.Qf3 Qf7 39.g4 Ng5 40.Qxf5 Qxf5 41.gxf5 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Nh4+ 43.Kf1 Kf6
44.Nd5+ Kg5 45.f6 e4 46.Nc3 Kxf6 47.Nxe4+ Ke5 48.Nc3 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco"][Date "2001.03.27"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 a6 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Bc5 Rfd8 20. Bf1 g6 21. Nd4 Nd7 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bg5 Nf8 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. g3 N4e6 26. Be3 b4
27. Na4 c5 28. Bg2 Rac8 29. Rac1 Qa5 30. b3 Nd4 31. Qd2 Bxe4 32. Nxd4 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 cxd4 34. Bh6 Bxh6 35. Qxh6 Ne6 36. h4 Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qf3 39. Re1 d3 40. Nb2 Rd8 41. Re3 d2 42. Qd1 Qxd1+ 43. Nxd1 Rc8 44. Rd3 Rc2 45. Kf1 Rxa2 46. Ke2 Nc5 47. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 48. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 49. Kd3 Na5 50. Kd4 Nb7 51. Kd5 b3 52. Nb2 Kg7 53. Kc6 Nd8+ 54. Kb6 Kf6 55. Kxa6 Ke5 56. Kb5 Ke4 57. Kc4 Kf3 58. Nd3 b2 59. Nxb2 Kxf2 60. Kd4 Kxg3
61. Ke5 Kxh4 62. Kf6 h5 63. Nd3 Kg3 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Reykjavik WC"][Date "1988"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Bd2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7 13.Bc3 Qc7 14.Rad1 e5 15.Qh4 h6 16.Bd3 exd4 17.Nxd4 Be5 18.Nf5 Re6 19.Qg4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qe5 21.c5 Qf6 22.Nd4 Re7 23.Nf5 Re6 24.Nd4 Re7 25.Nf5 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Tel Aviv"][Date "1990"]
[White "Ronen Lev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.Bd2 a6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Bg5 Qe6 14.c5 Bc7 15.Rac1 Qg6 16.Qxg6 hxg6 17.Bc4 exd4 18.Rfe1 Nxc5 19.Be7 Ne6 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.a3 a5 22.Re4 Bd7 23.Nxd4 Ng5 24.Ree1 Bb6 25.Nc2 Bf5 26.Ne3 Bd4 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Rc2 a4 29.Kf1 Ne4 30.Rd1 c5 31.Bd5 Nd6 32.Rcd2 Rd8 33.Rxd4 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Linares"][Date "1991"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Rd1 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Qc7 13.h3 Bh2+ 14.Kh1 Be5 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Qd3 Qd7 17.Be1 Rfd8 18.Kg1 Rac8 19.Rac1 d4 20.exd4 Bxd4 21.Qe2 h6 22.b3 a6 23.Rc2 b5 24.Rcd2 Qa7 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Bb6 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Bc3 Qc5 30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Bxe5 a5 32.Be4 f6 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Site "Dortmund"][Date "1992"]
[White "Efstratios Grivas"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bd3 f5 15. Qe2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. f3 Bc5 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Nc2 e5
22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Kh3 Rad8 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Mesa-A"][Date "1992"]
[White "V Tukmakov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.h3 b6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bf4 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 c5 16.Ne5 Nf6 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qc7 19.Qe3 Rad8 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Nd3 Rd4 22.Nxc5 Rxc4 23.b4 Qc6 24.Qb3 Qb5 25.Nd3 Rec8 26.a4 Qb8 27.Rac1 Rxc1
28.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Nxc1 Nd5 30.Nd3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Koln"][Date "1992"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Bg5 Qf8 14.Bd3 f5 15.Qxf5 Nf6 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Manila"][Date "1992"]
[White "Giorgi Giorgadze"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Qe3 c5 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qc7 20. Nc6 Rd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. g3 Rc8 23. Nd4 a6 24. Rd3 Be5 25. Rad1 Rcd8 26. Nc2 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 f5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Qe3
b5 32. Nb4 bxc4 33. f4 cxb3 34. axb3 a5 35. Nd3 Qc2+ 36. Kf1 Bc7 37. Ne1 Qxh2 38. Qc5+ Bd6 39. Qa7+ Kf8 40. Qxa5 Be7 41. Qc3 Kg8 42. Ng2 h5 43. Qf3 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qb1 45. Qc3 Qg1 46. Qf3 Qc1 47. Qd3 Bc5 48. Ne1 Kh7 49. Qf3 Kg7 50. Ng2 Qc2+ 51. Kf1 Qb1+ 52. Ke2 Qe4+ 53. Qxe4 fxe4 54. Ke1 Kf6 55. Ke2 e5 56. b4 Bd6 57. fxe5+ Kxe5 58. b5 Bc5 59. Ne1 Kf5 60. Kf1 Kg4
61. Kg2 f5 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Brussels"][Date "1986"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "D46"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Bd6 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 e5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Re1 exd4 4.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Qxd4 Be7 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Nf6 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Re1 Qd8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qe3 Kh8 22.h3 Qd7 23.g4 Re8 24.Qe5 Qd8 25.Kg2 Qb6 26.Rd1 c5 27.Ba4 Rf8 28.Rd6 Qc7
29.Rxe6 Qf7 30.Qxc5 Nxg4 31.Qxf8+ Qxf8 32.hxg4 1-0

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[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "Elista"][Date "1996.01.12"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c5 16. Qc7 Rab8 17. b4 Rec8 18. Qf4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rc7 21. Be2 Rbc8 22. Ra2 h6 23. Rad2 Nf6 24. Qe5 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qd4 Nf6 27. h3 Kf8 28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Bf3 e5 30. Qd3 g6
31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Be2 Kg7 33. Qc3 Nf6 34. Qe3 h5 35. Bf1 Rc6 36. Rc1 Qd6 37. g3 Nd7 38. c5 bxc5 39. Bb5 Rc7 40. Bxd7 Rxd7 41. Rxc5 f6 42. h4 Qe6 43. Kh2 Qa6 44. Qf3 Qf1 45. Rc6 Rf7 46. Qe3 Qb5 47. Qc5 Qxc5 48. Rxc5 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. b5 Kf5 52. a4 h4 53. a5 Rb7 54. f3 Ke6 55. b6 axb6 56. Rb5
h3+ 57. Kxh3 Rh7+ 58. Kg4 bxa5 59. Rxa5 Rb7 60. Ra6+ Ke7 61. Kxg5 Rb3 62. Kg4 Kf7 63. Rh6 Ra3 64. Rh5 Kf6 65. Rf5+ Ke6 66. Kg5 e4 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Madrid"][Date "1993"]
[White "San Segundo-Carrillo"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. e4 Nxe412. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qe3 c5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. h3 Ne4 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Bc2 f6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Nf3 f5 23. Re1 Bf4 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Rad1 g6 26. Qd3 e5
27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. cxd5 e4 29. g3 Bh6 30. Nh4 Rad8 31. d6 Bf8 32. g4 Bc8 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rd5 Rxd6 35. Red1 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Be6 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. Ng2 Ke5 40. Ne3 Be7 41. Ke2 Rg8 42. Nc4+ Kf4 43. Ne3 Rd8 44. Re1 Bg5 45. h4 Bh6 46. Rc1 Bf7 47. Bd1 Bf8 48. Ke1 Ke5 49. Nc4+ Kf6 50. f3 Bh6 51. Rc3
Rd4 52. Bc2 exf3 53. Rxf3 Be6 54. Rh3 Rg4 55. Kf2 Bd5 56. Rc3 Rxh4 57. Nd6 Rh2+ 58. Kf1 Be6 59. Rxc5 Bf8 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow"][Date "1994"]
[White "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Qc7 13. Be3 Bb7 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bf8 16. Rac1 Nf6 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qg3 Nd5 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Qh4 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "izt"]
[Site "Zagreb"][Date "1987"]
[White "Vereslav Eingorn"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3 a6 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Be1 Be6 15.Nd4 Bb8 16.e4 Nc6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.exd5 Nb4 19.Qb3 Nbxd5 20.Bf3 Qc7 21.g3 Ba7 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rac1 Qe7 25.Rc2 Rf5 26.g4 Rg5 27.Kg2 h5 28.f3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Qd7 30.Rcd2 Re8 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Qe6 33.Bf2
Bxf2 34.Re5 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Brussels"][Date "1991"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.e4 Bd6 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Bb3 Bd7 15.Be3 Ng6 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Nf3 Bc6 18.Rfe1 Rdc8 19.Qb1 Bb4 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.a3 Bc5 22.Na4 Bd6 23.Nc3 Qc7 24.Ba2 a6 25.Be3 b5 26.Bb3 Bb7 27.Rc1 Qe7 28.Bb6 Rdc8
29.Bd4 Nd7 30.Rcd1 Nge5 31.Nxe5 Nxe5 32.Ne2 Qh4 33.f4 Nc4 34.Bf2 Bc5 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rc1 Nd2 37.Qd3 Nxe4 38.Qe3 Rac8 39.Rcd1 h6 40.Rf1 Nf6 41.Nc3 Qh5 42.Rd6 R5c6 43.Rxc6 Bxc6 44.Rf2 Nd7 45.Rd2 Qc5 46.Qxc5 Nxc5 47.Bc2 Kf8 48.Kf2 Ke7 49.Ke3 Nd7 50.g3 Nf6 51.Bd1 Ne8 52.Bc2 Nd6 53.Bd3 Bb7 54.h4 Nc4+ 55.Bxc4 Rxc4 56.Rd4 Rc5 57.a4 e5 58.Rb4 Bc6 59.axb5 axb5 60.Ne2 f6 61.Rb3 Ke6 62.Ra3 Rc2 63.fxe5 fxe5 64.Ra6 Kd6 65.b4 Rc4 66.Ra7 Bd7 67.Ra6+ Ke7 68.Rg6 Kf7 69.Rd6 Bg4 70.Rd5 Rc2 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Memorial Alekhine"]
[Site "Moscow"][Date "1992"]
[White "Alexander Shneider"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bd3 g6 13. b3 Rb8 14. Qe3 c5 15. Be4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Ne5 h6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Ne4 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 b5
26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Nc4 a5 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 a4 30. bxa4 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 33. Rd4 f5 34. h4 e5 35. Rb4 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Site "Pardubice"][Date "1994"]
[White "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D45"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rd2 Nf6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qc3 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Rc8 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Kf8 23. Ne5 Ke7 24. Rd3 Rc7 25. Ra3 Be4 26. f3 Bb1 27. Ra6 Ke8 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. Ba4 Ng8 30. a3 Ne7 31. Ra5 Nf5
32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxc5 Ba2 35. b3 Ne3 36. Ne4 Bb1
37. Kf2 Nc2 38. Ke2 Nxa3 39. Kd2 f5 40. Nf2 e5 41. Kc3 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Ng4 Nc2 44. b4 Ne1 45. Ne3 Nd3 46. Bc6 Nf4 47. Nd5+ Kd6 48. Nxf4 Kxc6 49. Kd4 a6 50. g3 Ba2 51. Nd5 Kb7 52. Ne3 Bb1 53. Nf5 e3 54. Nxe3 Kc6 55. g4 Kc7 56. Ke5 Kd7 57. Nf5 Bd3 58. Kd4 Be2 59. g5 h6 60. gxh6 gxh6 61. Nxh6 Ke6 62. Kc5 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Biel izt"][Date "1993"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Rd1 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Qc7 13.h3 Bh2+ 14.Kh1 Be5 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Be1 Rfd8 17.Qe2 a6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.a3 Qd7 20.Kg1 Bb8 21.g3 Ba7 22.g4 h6 23.Bg2 d4 24.exd4 Bb3 25.Rd2 Bb8 26.Qf3 Bd5 27.Nxd5 Rxc1 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Rd1 Rxd1 30.Qxd1 Be5 31.d5 Bxb2 32.Bd2 Bxa3 33.Bxh6 Qe7 34.Bf3 Bd6 35.Be3 Qe5 36.Kf1 b5 37.Qc2 b4 38.Qa4 Rb8 39.Bd1 Qxd5 40.Bb3 Qb5+ 41.Qxb5 Rxb5 42.Ke2 Re5 43.Kd3 Bc5 44.Bd2 Bxf2 45.Bxb4
Re3+ 46.Kc2 Rxh3 47.Bc4 Rg3 48.Bxa6 Rxg4 49.Bd2 Rd4 50.Bd3 Kg7
51.Bc3 Rd6 52.Bd2 Bh4 53.Bb4 Rd5 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"][Date "2007.11.21"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. Qc2 a5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Qb5 Qb7 22. Rd4 Bf8 23. h3 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Nd2 e5 27. Bb2 Rc5 28. Qd3 Rd5 29. Qe2 b5 30. Nf3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 f6 32. Qc2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Qd5 34. Ba3 Qd3 35. Qc1 b4 36. Bb2 a4 37. bxa4 Nxa4 38. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2