[Event "11. Italian Team Championship - A"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Cecchelli, Enrico"]
[Black "Pecis, Gianfranco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Cecchelli/Stohl/TN"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[Source "Opening Master"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 20. Bd6 Bf8 21. Be7
Re8 22. Re1 Bxe7 23. fxe7 Rh7 24. b3 c3 25. h4 f6 26. Qd4 (26. Re6 Rhxe7 (26...
d4 27. Bxb7+) 27. Bf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxe6 29. Qd4 Rc6 (29... Re4) (29... Ba6+)
(29... a5 30. Nxc3 bxc3 31. Qxc3+ Kb8 32. Qxa5 Ra6 33. Qc3 Rc8 34. Qd4 Ne5 35.
Rxa6 Bxa6+ 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Qb4+ Bb7 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. f4 d4+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ {1/
2-1/2 Fisher,D (2216)-Urbánek,S (2281)/ICCF 2010/OM Golem 1011a}) 30. Rc1 (30.
Rd1 a5 31. Rc1 Ba6+ 32. Kg2 Bb5 33. h5 Bxa4 34. bxa4 Nb6 35. Qd3 Kb7 36. h6
Rec8 37. h7 c2 38. Qb5 Ra8 39. h8=R Rxh8 40. Qxa5 Ra8 41. Qxb4 Rxa4 42. Qe7+
Kb8 43. Qh7 {1/2-1/2 Fric,L (2089)-Kukla,T (2150)/ICCF 2010/OM Golem 1011a})
30... a5 31. f4 (31. h5) 31... Ra6 32. h5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Chess, Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TN"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Opening Master"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 (16... Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2
cxb4 21. Nc3 Qd6 {The first game with this move, Rotella-Schachinger, ended in
a quick draw, however there have been five other games since.} (21... Qc6 22.
Bf4 $1 {Rotella}) 22. Nxd5 (22. Rxa7 bxc3 23. Rfa1 Qb4 24. Ra8+ Kb7 25. R8a7+ (
25. R1a7+ Kc6 26. Rc8+ Kd6 27. Rd8+ Kc6 28. Rc8+ {1/2-1/2 Rotella,
A-Schachinger,M/ICCF server 2009/OM Golem 1011a}) 25... Kc8 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27.
R8a7+ {1/2-1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2574)/Mulhouse 2011/
OM Golem 1011a}) (22. Ne4 $146 Qc6 23. Bf4 Kb7 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. f3 Bc5+ 26.
Kg2 Bd4 27. Rfc1 Rc8 $11 {(Rotella)}) (22. Ra6 Qxa6 23. Nxd5 Bd6) 22... Qxd5
23. f3 Nd3 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kg2 {(the critical move in my
opinion)} (26. Kh1 Qd4 (26... a5 27. b3 Rd8 28. bxc4 Kc7 29. Kg2 Kb6 30. Rfd1
Qxc4 31. Qe3+ Kb5 32. Rac1 Qd4 33. Rxd3 Qxd3 34. Qc5+ Ka4 35. Ra1+ Kb3 36. Qxa5
Qc2+ 37. Kh3 Rh8+ 38. Kg4 Rg8+ 39. Kh3 Rh8+ 40. Kg4 Rg8+ 41. Kh3 Rh8+ 42. Kg4 {
1/2-1/2 Karavade,E (2330)-Sveshnikov,E (2527)/Reykjavik 2011/OM Golem 1011a})
27. b3 cxb3 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. Qxd3 Qa2 30. Rc1+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ Ka8 32. Qc6+ Kb8 {
1/2-1/2 Gupta,A (2625)-Arun Prasad,S (2522)/49th National Premier (National A)
Ches 2011/OM Golem 1011a}) 26... Rd8 (26... Rh5 27. b3 Qd4 28. bxc4 (28. Rfd1
$1 Re5 29. Qc2 a5 30. bxc4 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Nxb2 32. Rdb1 Nxc4 33. Rc1 Rc5 34. h4 {
'looks fertile for (White)' - Klick}) 28... Re5 29. Qa2 a5 30. Qa4 Kc7 31. Ra2
Nb2 32. Qe8 Nxc4 33. Rc2 b3 34. Rxc4+ Qxc4 35. Qxf7+ Kb6 36. Qe8 Re2+ 37. Kh3
Qd5 38. Qb8+ Ka6 39. g4 e5 40. Qc8+ Kb6 41. Qb8+ Ka6 42. Qc8+ Kb6 43. Qb8+ {1/
2-1/2 Sharavdorj,D (2422)-Robson,R (2465)/Philadelphia 2009/OM Golem 1011a}) (
26... Qg5 $146 {is Houdini's suggestion but I do not trust it.}) 27. Ra6 (27.
Rfd1 a5 28. h4 Rd5 {(gewgaw)}) 27... Rd5 28. Qe4 (28. Rfa1 Re5 $1) 28... Kb7 (
28... Nxb2 $5 {Houdini}) 29. Rfa1 Kb8 $2 (29... Qf2+ $11) 30. Qh7 $18 Ne5 31.
Rxa7 Qxa7 32. Qg8+ Kb7 33. Rxa7+ Kxa7 34. f4 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Nd7 36. Qxf7 c3 37.
bxc3 b3 38. Qxe6 b2 39. Qa2+ Kb6 40. f7 Kc5 41. g4 Kd6 42. g5 Ke7 43. g6 {1-0
Harikrishna,P (2666)-Van Wely,L (2675)/Philadelphia USA 2011/OM Golem 1011a})
17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bc6 (21... d4 $1
22. Nc3 (22. Qxd4 {and}) (22. Bxb7+ {are equal according to Stohl's analysis
in YB 99.}) 22... Qe5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qf3+ Kb8 25. Nd5 Qh5 26. Qxh5 Rxh5 27.
Nxb4 Kb7 28. Nc2 Nb6 {- Stohl gives '+=/compensation'; personally I do not
think Black is worse here.}) 22. Qd4 Kb8 23. Rfe1 Rhe8 24. Re7 Qa5 25. Rxf7
Bxa4 26. Bxd5 Qc5 27. Qf4+ Ne5 28. Be4 Rd7 29. Rg7 Bb5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Bg6
Rf8 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxf6 34. Qxd6+ Rxd6 35. Bf7 Rd2 36. Bxc4 Rxb2 37. h4
Bg4 38. Kg2 a5 39. Re5 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Bf7 Bd7 43. Rxa5 Bc6+
44. Kf1 Bf3 45. Ra1 Kd6 46. Bb3 Rd3 47. Rb1 Kc5 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Bd1 Bxd1 50.
Rxd1 Rc3 51. h5 b3 52. Kd2 Rc8 53. Rc1 Rf8 54. f4 Kb4 55. Rh1 Ka3 56. Ke3 b2
57. g4 Rc8 58. Rb1 Ka2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. h6 Kc3 61. g5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2011.11.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Refutation of 9...Nd5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Galofre/Ftacnik/TN"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 c5 $5 (12... Qe4+ $5 13. Be2 Nf4
(13... Kf8 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kg7 16. Bf3 Qf5 17. Re1 (17. Bxd5) 17... Qd3
18. Qxd3 cxd3 19. Red1 (19. Rcd1) 19... Nf4) (13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Kf8 15. O-O
Kg7 16. Bf3 Qf5 17. Bxd5) 14. Qd2 Nd3+ (14... Qxg2 15. Qxf4) (14... Nxg2+ 15.
Kd1 Ne3+ 16. Qxe3 Qxh1+ 17. Kc2 Qg2 (17... Qxh2 18. Bf3 Qh4 19. Nxb5 Kd8 20.
Rg1 Qe7 21. Rg8+ Kd7 22. Qxh6) 18. Qxh6) 15. Kf1 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qxd4 17. Qxh6
Kd8 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3)) 13. dxc5 Nd7 (13... Bxc3+ {'?!' Ftacnik.} 14. bxc3
Qe4+ (14... Qg5 15. Be2 Bb7 (15... Qxg2 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Kd2) 16.
O-O (16. Bh5+ $5 Kf8 17. Nf7 Qxg2 18. Bf3 Qg7 19. Nd8 $1) 16... Nf4 (16... Nd7
17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Ng6+ $18 {/\ f4}) (16... Ne3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. fxe3+) (16...
Nxc3 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Qxe6+ Kxh8 20. Qe8+ Qg8 21. Qxg8+ Kxg8 22.
Rxc3 $18) 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. h4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Qxh4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Nf7 {'!'
Ftacnik.} (20. Qd6 $5) 20... Kxf7 21. Qd7+ Ne7 (21... Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23.
gxf4 Rg8+ 24. Kh2 $18) 22. Qxb7 Rg8 23. Rce1 h5 (23... Nd3 24. Re3 Nxe5 25. Bg2
$18) 24. Bg2 {Ftacnik: '/\ 25.Qf3'} Nxg2 25. Kxg2 {Ftacnik: ' 1-0 Nikolic,
P-Timman,J/Hoogovens 1997 (29)'} h4 26. Re3 Rg7 27. Rh1 Kg6 28. Qe4+ Nf5 29.
Rxh4 Kf7 30. Rf3)) (13... Qg5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. Qf3+ Kg8 17. O-O $18
) (13... Qe4+ 14. Be2 (14. Qe2 Qf5) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 $16) 14. Be2 Nxe5 (
14... Bb7 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Kc7 18. Ng6 Qe4 19. Rg3 Nxc5 20.
Bf3 Qf5 21. Qd4 Kb6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Qc2 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bxd5 26. Rc3
{1-0 Smyslov,V-Ragozin,V/URS-ch15 1947}) 15. O-O Bb7 (15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc3
17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 Nd5 20. Bf7+ Kh7 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 {
Nemet,I-Karaklajic,N/JUG-ch/1979/1-0 (38)}) 16. Nxb5 {'!?' Ftacnik.} Bxc5 (
16... O-O-O 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nhf7 Nxf7 19. Nxf7 Rg8 20. Bf3 $18) 17. Ng6 {'!'
Ftacnik.} Nxg6 18. Rxc4 Ndf4 19. Rxc5 Rd8 (19... Bxg2 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. Nxa8
Bxa8 22. Bf3 $18) 20. Nd6+ Kf8 (20... Rxd6 21. Bb5+ Kf7 22. Qxd6 {'+-' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: ' 1-0 Nielsen,P-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo1 1995 (25)'} Qg4 23. Qc7+ Kg8
24. Qxb7 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Rxf2) 21. Nxb7 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 {'+-' Ftacnik.}
Nxg2 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. Kxg2 $18 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "16.Na4 Qa6 W Repertoire"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "TN/Palliser"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 {This file is heavily based on Palliser's survey on this line
in Yearbook 91, which continues to cover this line very well despite being two
and a half years old.} Qa6 (16... Qd6 $2 17. Bf4 $1 $16 {Palliser}) 17. a3 Bxd5
(17... b3 $2 18. Nc3 exd5 $146 (18... Ne5 19. Re1 Nd3 20. Qg4 $1 $16) 19. Bxd5
Ne5 20. Re1 Nd3 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 $16) 18. Bxd5
Ne5 (18... exd5 19. axb4 Qe6 20. h4 $16 {Palliser}) 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4
21. Nc3 Ra5 (21... Qc6 22. Bf4 {(22.Nd5 transposes to 21...Qd6, but as shown
by Palliser this punishes Black's inaccurate move order)} bxc3 23. Bxe5 Rd2 24.
Qe1 Bc5 25. bxc3 Rb2 $5 {(other moves are considered by Palliser or Vigorito,
leading to +/- in all cases)} 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Bb6 28. h4 $16) (21... Qd6
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 (23... Bc5+ {remains an unsolved question:} 24. Kg2 (
24. Be3 Nd3 {transposes to 23...Nd3 24.Be3 Bc5.}) 24... Nd3 25. h4 Kb7 26. Rfd1
(26. Ra5 Qd4 27. b3 Bb6 28. Ra2 c3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. h5 a5 31. g4 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4
Qxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. h6 Ka6 35. g5 Rd8 36. Kf1 Bd4 37. Ke2 e5 38. Be3 Kb5 39.
h7 Rh8 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. g6 fxg6 42. f7 Kc6 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Re2 a4 45. Re8 axb3
46. Rxh8 b2 47. Rd8+ Ke6 48. Kc2 b3+ 49. Kb1 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2695)-Shirov,A 
(2740)/Novgorod 1994/OM Golem 1011a}) 26... Rd8 27. Rd2 $146 (27. Ra5 Qd4 28.
h5 Rg8 $11 {0-1 Bukal,V (2335)-Pavasovic,D (2440)/Bled 1995/OM Golem 1011a (39)
}) 27... Qd4 28. Qe4+ Qxe4 29. fxe4 $13 {The computer prefers White, but I
prefer Black's position due to his more mobile pawn majority.}) 24. h4 {
(BPaulsen) could transpose to 23...Bc5 after} Bc5+ (24... b3 25. Be3 $1 {(I
think the inclusion of h4 and ...b3 favours White)} Rg8 (25... Bc5 26. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 27. Kh2 $16) 26. Kh2 Bd6 27. f4 Qe4 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Nxb2 30. Rxa7
Nd3 31. Rf1 {with good winning chances for White.}) 25. Kg2 {.}) 22. Rxa5 Qxa5
23. Ne4 Nd3 (23... b3 $6 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Bc3 Nd3 26. Ra1 $36) 24. Be3 $1 Qh5
25. f3 a5 26. b3 a4 (26... Kb7 $146 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Ng5 Rg8 29. h4 Rxg5 30.
hxg5 Qxf3 31. Qxf3+ Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Ne5 (32... Nxg5 33. Bxg5 cxb3 34. Bf4 Kc6 35.
Ke2 Bc5 36. Be5 a4 37. Rd3 $18) 33. bxc4 b3 34. Bd4 Ng6 35. Ra1 Bb4 36. Ke2 $16
) 27. h4 axb3 (27... Qe5 28. bxc4 Nc5 29. Kg2 $16 {Palliser - this assessment
has been vindicated in the latest praxis.}) 28. Bg5 Rg8 (28... Qg6 29. Rc1 $16
{Rahman-Gaston, Paris 2002.}) (28... Kb7 29. Qe3 $1 Ne5 (29... Kc6 30. Ra1 Bc5
31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Ra5 $18) 30. g4 $1 $18) 29. Kg2 $1 Bc5 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc4
Rxg5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Qxb4 $16 {This position should be a win for White.} *

