1. e4 e5 2. Jf3 Jc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Jxd4 Sc5 5. Jxc6 Df6 6. Dd2 dxc6 7. Jc3 Sd4 7... Se6 8. Ja4 (8. Sd3!? O-O-O 9. O-O Sc4 Bazela-Marek, SVK-ch 14 final)
8... Vd8 (8... Sd6!?N 9. De3! (9. f4 Jh6!)
9... Jh6 (9... Sb4+ 10. c3 Sa5 11. Se2 Je7 12. Dg5+/=)
(9... Je7!? Peredy,F)
10. h3[] Vd8 Peredy,F-Borocz,I/Budapest 1995/Inf. 65 (19)(10... O-O Peredy,F 11. Se2 Vfe8 12. Jc3 Se5~~)
(10... Dg6!? Peredy,F 11. g4 O-O-O 12. g5 Jg8 13. Sd3 Sb4+ 14. c3 Se7 15. h4 f5 16. Df3 fxe4 17. Sxe4 Sd5 18. Dh3+ Se6 19. Df3=)
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9. Sd3 Sd4 10. O-O b5 (10... Je7 11. c3 b5 12. cxd4 Dxd4 13. Da5!N (13. Dc2 (Perez,Ro) - 59/341)
13... Dxd3 (13... Dxa4 14. Dxa4+/- - 59/341)
14. Jc5 Dc2 (14... De2 15. Dxc7 Sc4 16. Se3+/-)
(14... Dc4 15. Se3 O-O 16. Dxc7+/-)
15. Jxe6?! (15. Se3! Perez,Ro 15... O-O (15... Dxb2 16. Dxc7 Df6 17. Jb7+- /\ Jd6)
16. Dxc7 Jg6 17. Dxc6+/-)
15... fxe6 16. Dxc7 Dxe4[] 17. Sg5+/= Perez,R-de la Paz,F/Santa Clara (m/1) 1995 (17))
11. Jc3 Je7 12. a4!N (12. Kh1 - 59/(341))
12... b4 13. Je2 c5 14. Jxd4 (14. c3!N Sxc3! (14... Se5 15. De3+/=)
(14... bxc3 15. bxc3 Sxc3 16. Dxc3 Dxc3 17. Sb5+! c6 18. Jxc3 cxb5 19. axb5 Sc4 20. Ve1 Vd7 21. Se3+/-)
15. Jxc3! (15. bxc3? Goloshchapov,A 15... c4-/+)
15... bxc3 (15... Sc4? Goloshchapov,A 16. Jd5+-)
(15... c4 16. Jb5+/=)
16. Dc2 O-O 17. Se2! Jc6 18. bxc3+/= (18. Dxc3 Jd4 19. Sd1 Sb3=)
18... Jb4?! (18... Vb8!?)
19. cxb4 Dxa1 20. Sg5 Da3 21. Sxd8 Vxd8 22. bxc5+/= (>= 22. Dxc5+/-)
22... Sb3 23. Dc3 Dxa4 24. Va1 Dd4?? (24... Dxe4=)
25. Dxd4 Vxd4 26. Vb1+- Goloshchapov,A-Feoktistov,A/Moscow, Inf.75/(293) 1999)
14... Dxd4 15. Df4 c4 16. Se2 Jg6 17. Dxc7 (17. De3 Je5 18. f4 Korbela-Eiben, 1.liga 2000)
17... O-O 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Dxc3 20. Sg5 Vd7 21. Dc5 1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Flear,G/Isle of Man 1994 (21)
7... Je7!? 8. Ja4 (8. Df4 De6! (8... Se6?! Rublevsky,S 9. Dxf6 gxf6 10. Sh6! Vg8 11. Vd1+/-)
(8... Jg6 9. Dxf6 gxf6 10. h4 (10. Ja4 Sd6 11. Se3 f5 12. exf5 Sxf5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Jc3 a6 15. Se2 Se5 16. g3 Sxc3 17. bxc3 Vhe8 18. Vxd8+ Vxd8 19. Vd1 1/2-1/2 Menghi,C-Grazinys,V/IECG e-mail 1998 (19))
10... Se6 11. f4 Sg4 12. Se2 Sxe2 13. Kxe2 O-O-O 14. h5 Jf8 1/2-1/2 Bazela,E-Miciak,E/SVK-14ch corr 1997 (60))
(8... Dxf4 9. Sxf4[] Sd6 10. Sxd6!? cxd6 11. O-O-O Kd7 12. Sc4 f6?! (12... b5!?)
13. Vd3 Kc7 14. h4?! (>= 14. Vhd1)
14... b5 (14... a6!?)
15. Sb3 (15. Sxb5!? cxb5 16. Jxb5+ with 17.Jxd6+/=)
15... a5= 16. Vg3 g6 17. a4 b4 18. Je2 f5 19. h5+/=)
9. Dxc7 O-O 10. Sd3 Jg6 (10... f5? Rublevsky,S 11. O-O Sd6 12. Da5 f4 13. e5! Dxe5 14. Dxe5 Sxe5 15. Ve1+/-)
11. Dg3[] f5 12. f4!? (12. O-O? Rublevsky,S 12... f4 13. Dg5 Se7 14. Dh5 Je5-/+)
12... fxe4 13. Jxe4 Sd7? (13... Ve8! Rublevsky,S 14. Kd1[] ~/=(14. Sd2? Dd5! 15. O-O-O Vxe4 16. Sxe4 Dxe4 17. Vhe1 Dc4 18. Ve8+ Kf7 19. Vde1 Sf5-+)
(14. Se3? Dxe4 15. Sxe4 Vxe4-/+)
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14. Sd2 Vae8 15. Sc3 (15. O-O-O?! Rublevsky,S 15... Dxa2 16. Sc3 Se7!~~ /\ 17. h4? Vxf4! 18. h5 Vg4! 19. Dc7 Vxe4 20. Sxe4 Sg5+-+)
15... Sd6 (15... Vxf4 16. O-O-O Se7 (16... Sb6? 17. b3!+-)
17. Jg5 Sxg5 18. Dxg5+/- /\ Dxa2 19. b3 Vg4 20. Sc4+ Kh8 21. Sxg7+!+-)
16. O-O+/- Vxf4[] (16... Sxf4? Rublevsky,S 17. Vxf4! Vxf4 18. Jc5 Dg4 19. Jxd7 Dxd7 20. Sxg6 Vg4 21. Sxe8+-)
17. Jxd6 Dxd6 18. Vfe1 Dc5+ 19. Kh1 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Goldin,A/Jugoslavija 1995/Inf. 65 (34))
(8. Sd3 Se6 9. Ja4 Sd6 10. Dg5 Dxg5 11. Sxg5 Jg6 12. g3 b6 13. Sd2 O-O-O 14. f4 Sg4 15. Kf2 f6 16. b4 Jf8 17. a3 Se6 18. Se3 Jd7 19. Vhd1 Vdf8 20. c4 g5 21. c5 Sb3 22. Jxb6+ axb6 23. Vdb1 gxf4 24. gxf4 Se5 25. fxe5 fxe5+ 26. Ke2 Se6 27. b5 cxb5 28. Sxb5 Jxc5 29. Sxc5 bxc5 1/2-1/2 Whitlock,H-Hampl,M/NZL-ch63 corr 1996 (56))
8... Sd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Sd3 (10. g3?! De6 11. Sg2 Jd5 12. O-O Jb6 13. Jxb6 Sc5+ 14. Kh1 Sxb6 15. b3 De7 16. Sb2 Vd8 17. De2 Sd4 18. c3 Sb6 19. Vad1 Se6 20. f5 Vxd1 21. Dxd1 Vd8 22. Da1 Sc8 23. f6 De5= 24. fxg7?? Vd2 25. Db1 Dh5 0-1 Mendez,E-Acosta Ruiz,F/Massow mem-C corr 1995-99 (25))
10... Jg6 11. g3 Ve8 12. De2 Sb4+ 13. c3 Sf8 14. Se3 Sh3 15. Jc5 Sxc5 16. Sxc5 De6 17. Kf2 Vad8 18. Vhe1 Dd7 19. Sc4 Sg4 20. De3 b6 21. Sa3 c5 22. Kg1 Je7 23. Sf1 Jf5 24. Df2 Jd6 25. Dg2 Dc6 1/2-1/2 Gluzman,M-Romanishin,O/Moscow (ol) 1994/Inf. 62/340 (25)
7... Sb4 8. a3 (8. f4 Sxc3 9. bxc3 Dd6 10. Sd3 Se6 11. a4 O-O-O 12. Df2 1-0 Herbert,S-Cooley,O/ENG BJCCC corr 1995 (29) 12... c5 13. Sa3 b6+/=)
8... Sxc3 9. bxc3 Sg4 10. Sb2 Je7 11. f3 Se6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. c4 Dg6 14. f4 f5 15. Db4 Df7 16. g4 fxe4 17. f5 Sc8 18. Sg2 b5?! 19. Vhe1+/- 1-0 Holas,J-Vogl,M/CZE-ch corr 1996 (22)
7... De7 8. Dg5 Sd4 9. Dxe7+ Jxe7 10. Sf4 f5 11. O-O-O Sxc3 12. Sxc7 Se6 13. exf5 Sxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Jxf5 15. Sd3 O-O 16. Vhe1 Sd5 17. f3 Vf7 18. c4 Vxc7 19. cxd5 Jd6 20. dxc6 Vxc6 21. Vc1 Vxc1 1/2-1/2 Alava Moreno,F-Dijksman,L/IECG e-mail 1999 (33)
7... a6 8. Sd3 Je7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Dg6 11. Df4 Sb6 12. Ja4 Dg4 13. Jxb6 Dxf4 14. Sxf4 cxb6 15. Sc7 b5 16. f4 f5 17. Sd6 fxe4 18. Sxe4 Vf7 19. Vae1 Jf5 20. Sc5 Se6 21. g4 Jh6 22. h3+/- 1-0 Zelcic,R-Heidenfeld,M/Pula Croatia 1997 (57)
8. f4 In the later game Tkachev gives to 7...Sd4 another try,but Van der Wiel brings in a new idea of development and soon obtains a slight,but long-term advantage in the endgame. 8. Sc4 Mikhalevski,V 8... Je7 (8... Se6! Mikhalevski,V was stronger making development of White's queen side much more difficult than in the game. 9. Sxe6 fxe6 10. O-O (10. Jd1!? O-O-O 11. De2 Je7 12. c3 Sb6 13. a4 Jg6 14. a5 Sc5 15. a6 b5 16. O-O Vhf8 17. b4 Sb6 18. Va2 De5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Dxc4 Vd4 21. Dxc6 Dxe4 22. Dxe4 1/2-1/2 Nouro,M-Norri,J/Helsinki 2000 (38))
10... O-O-O 11. De1 (11. Dd3 Dh4 /\ 12. Se3 Se5 13. g3 Vxd3 14. gxh4 Vd8 and Black is at least not worse.)
11... Jh6! 12. Se3 (12. h3 g5!)
12... Jg4! 13. Sxd4 Df4! 14. g3 Dh6 15. h4 Vxd4 and Black has no problems.)
(8... Jh6 9. h3 Se6 10. Sxe6 fxe6 11. O-O O-O 12. Jd1 Jf7 13. c3 Sb6 14. De2 Je5 15. Se3 Vad8 16. Sxb6 axb6 17. Je3 Dg6 18. f4 Jd3 19. f5 exf5 20. Jxf5 Kh8 21. Vad1 Je5 22. Vxd8 Vxd8 23. Vd1 Vf8 1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Tkachiev,V/Neum 2000 (31) )
9. O-O Jg6 10. Kh1 Se6 11. Sxe6 fxe6 12. Je2 Mikhalevski,V: 'This is the main diffirence between immediate Se6 and the game.Now White comes undone.' 12... Sb6 13. Dg5 Je5 14. f3 Vd8 15. b3 O-O 16. Dxf6 gxf6 17. Sa3 Vfe8 18. Vad1+/= Finally White completes development and obtains slight,but long-termpositional advantage. 18... Kf7 19. Sb2 Jg6 20. g3 bringing his king to the centre by means of Kg2 following by f4 and Kf3 . 20... Se3 21. Kg2 a5 22. f4 Sc5 Black is doomed for waiting. 23. Jc1 Kg7 24. Vxd8 Vxd8 25. Jd3 Sb6 (25... Sd4!? trying to relieve the defence.)
26. Sc3 Je7 27. g4 (27. a4!? Mikhalevski,V was strong fixing the weakness on a5 and only then advancing king side pawns.)
27... a4! Black has to look for counterplay. 28. g5 Sd4 1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999 (46)
8. Sd3 Se6 (8... Je7 9. O-O Jg6 10. Kh1 Je5 11. Se2 Jg4 12. Jd1 O-O 13. Df4 Dg6 14. Sxg4 Dxg4 15. f3 Dxf4 16. Sxf4 f5 17. Jc3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Sxc3 19. bxc3 Se6 20. a3 Vad8 21. Kg1 Vd7 22. Se3 Ve8 1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Tkachiev,V/Neum 2000 (22))
9. O-O O-O-O 10. Je2 Sxb2 11. Sxb2 Dxb2 12. a4 De5 13. a5 Dc5 14. a6 b6 15. c3 Jf6 16. Jd4 Vhe8 17. Dc2 Sc4 18. Sxc4 Dxc4 19. Va4 Dc5 20. Ve1 Jd5 21. Je2 b5 22. Vd4 Jb6 23. Dd3 Vxd4 24. Jxd4 h5 25. Df3 f6 26. h4 Jc4 27. Dh3+ f5 28. Jxf5 Kb8 29. Jxg7 Vf8 30. Ve2 Dd6 31. Je6 Ve8 32. Jg7= Sepp,O-Norri,J/Helsinki 2000 (43)
8... Sg4 A month before the current game 8... Jh6!? Mikhalevski,V was tried in the Polish team championship 9. Dd3 O-O (9... Jg4 10. Jd1 O-O 11. h3 Jh6 12. e5 Dd8 13. c3 Sb6 14. Dxd8 Vxd8 15. g4 seems to be in white's favour.)
10. Se3 Sxc3+ 11. Dxc3 Dxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ve8 13. Sd3 Sf5 14. exf5 Jg4! 15. Kd2 Jxe3 16. g3 Vad8 1/2-1/2 Bobras,P-Stempin,P/ Suwalki POL 1999 (42) with approximately equal endgame in which weaknesses of both sides compensate each other.
8... Se6 9. e5 Dh4+ Black forces White to weaken the d5-h1 diagonal,but at the same time allows development of the white-squared bishop from g2.(Immediate 9... Dd8 looks also sensible.)
10. g3 Dd8 11. Sg2 Jh6 (In the origin-game Black continued 11... Je7 which led to the interesting play: 12. Jd1 Jf5 13. Dd3 O-O 14. Se4 g6 15. c3 Sc5 16. Df3 f6 17. exf6 Dxf6 18. Jf2 Sc4 19. b3 Je3 20. Sd2 Sa6 21. Vc1 Jf5 22. Kd1 Vad8 23. Kc2 Vd6 24. Jg4 Dg7 25. Vcd1 Vfd8 26. Je5+/= Df6 27. h4 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. Dxg4?? (29. Jxg4+/-)
29... Vxd2+ 30. Vxd2 Je3+ 0-1 Bar,R-Bitansky,I/Petach Tikva 1995 (30))
12. Je4 O-O 13. De2 Preparing de velopment of the queen side by means of c3;Sd2(e3) and 0-0-0 after preliminary Jg5. 13... Jf5 (13... Sg4 seems to be senceless as after simple 14. Dd3 Black's bishop on g4 will be out of play.(<= 14. Sf3 Sxf3 15. Dxf3 Ve8 16. c3 Sb6 and Black can try to make use of weakened white squares in the White's camp.)
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14. c3 Sb6 15. Sd2 1-0 Timman,J-Svidler,P/Bugojno 1999 (55) 15... Ve8=
8... Je7 9. e5 Sxc3 10. bxc3 Dg6 11. Sa3 De4+ 12. Kf2 Jd5 13. Sc1 Da4 14. Sd3 Da5 15. c4 Dc5+ 16. Kg3 Je7 17. De3 Jf5+ 18. Sxf5 Dxe3+ 19. Sxe3 Sxf5 20. Vhc1 O-O-O 21. Kf3 h5 22. a3 1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,D-Radulski,J/Bijeljina-Dvorovi 2000 (22)
9. e5 Dd8 10. Sc4 Jh6 11. Dd3 Jf5 12. Je4 Dh4+ 13. g3 Dh5 14. Df1 O-O-O 15. h3 Sf3 16. Se2 Sxe2 17. Dxe2 Dxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Sb6 19. c3 Vhe8 20. g4 Jd6 21. Kf3 Jxe4 22. Kxe4 Vd5 23. g5 Kd7 24. Kf5 g6+ 25. Ke4 Ke6 26. a4 Ved8 27. h4 Vd1 28. Se3 V1d3 29. Vae1 Sxe3 30. Vxe3 Vd2 31. b4 Va2 32. h5 a5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Vh6 Vf2 35. bxa5 Vd1 36. Vh8 Vdf1 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Vc8 Vd1+ 39. Kc4 Vxf4+ 40. Kb3 Kxg5 41. Vxc7 Vf2 1/2-1/2
Mrážik, Ľubomír