[Event "Espana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{54/627} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. f3 Ng8 {N} 13. Rc1 (13. b4 $5 {
(TN's analysis from here)} Bh6 14. Bxh6 (14. c5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 f4 16. a4 h5 {
looks comfortable for Black, who has solved the problem of the bad dark
squared bishop.}) 14... Nxh6 15. c5 f4 16. Qd2 Nf7 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 g5 19. g4
{1-0 Rantanen,Y (2350)-Houtsonen,P/Jyvaskyla 1994/EXT 1997 (50)} Kg7 20. Nf2
Bd7 21. a6 b6 {and Black has no problems because White cannot put enough
pressure on d6 or a7.}) (13. Kh1 {/\ g4!? has not been tried yet when play
could continue:} f4 14. g4 c5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. a3 bxa3
19. Qb3 {and White has very nice compensation for the pawn - TN}) 13... c5 $1
14. Rb1 Bh6 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 (16... Nxc5 $5) 17. Rb3 $5 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 f4
$1 19. Rfb1 h5 $5 (19... g5 $5 20. g4 h5 21. h3 Ne7 {/\ Ng6, Kg7, Rh8|^}) 20.
Nb5 Ndf6 21. Qb2 Re8 $1 22. Nc3 (22. Qa3 {is very strong for White, e.g.} g5 (
22... Kg7 23. Nxc5 $1 $18 {- TN}) 23. Nxd6 $1 {(I think this is necessary but
very stron g as otherwise White has no counterplay and Black has a strong
kingside attack - TN)} Qxd6 24. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Nxc5 $13 {White is clearly
better - TN}) 22... Qc7 $6 (22... Nd7 $10 23. Nb5 (23. Ra3 g5 $36) 23... Ndf6)
23. g3 $1 g5 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Kh1 $14 {|^} Nh6 26. Rg1 Rg8 (26... Kh7 {/\ 27..
.Bd7, 27...Rg8}) 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Nb5 $1 Qe7 29. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 30. Qxe5 $16
Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Nd7 (31... Nf7 $5 32. Nd3 (32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. e5 Ne8) 32... Nd7
33. Nxf4 Nf6 $5 (33... Nde5 $5)) 32. Nd3 Nf7 33. Nxf4 Nd6 (33... Nf6 $5) (33...
Nfe5 $5) 34. Ne6 Kf7 (34... Rb8 35. Rxb8 Nxb8 36. Nxc5 $16) 35. e5 $1 Nxe5 36.
Nc7 Bb7 37. Nxa8 Bxa8 38. Ra3 $1 $18 Bb7 39. Rxa7 Nd7 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. f4 $1 Kf7
42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Kg3 Kd8 44. Kh4 Bc8 45. Ra5 $1 Nb7 46. Ra6 Kc7 47. Kxh5 Nd6 48.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora (zt)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{49/(760)} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. b4 Ng8 {N} (12... Nf6 {- E
99, 48/820}) 13. Rc1 Ndf6 (13... Bh6 14. f4 $1 {looks good for White - TN}) 14.
exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. Nf2 a5 (16... Ne7 $5 {- TN}) 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 c6
19. Be3 Ra3 20. Qd2 cxd5 21. cxd5 Ne7 {(Black has no problems, White should
search for an improvement earlier - TN)} 22. Bd4 Bd7 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. Nfd1 Qe8
25. Ne3 Qg6 $13 *

[Event "Starozagorski Bani"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{47/747} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rc1 Ng8 13. b4 Ndf6 14. f3 f4 (
14... Bh6 $5 15. c5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 f4 17. Nf2 g5 18. Nb5 Rf7 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Qb3
h5 21. a4 Ngf6 {and Black has good counterplay with ...g4 coming soon - TN.}) (
14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Bh6 {may be more accurate when} 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Qd2 Nf7
18. Rf2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. c5 {is solid for Black although I'd rather be in
White's shoes here. - TN}) 15. Nf2 h5 16. c5 g5 17. h3 Nh6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19.
Nb5 Rf7 20. Qc2 Ne8 {(I would evaluate this position as dynamically balanced -
TN)} 21. a4 (21. Nxa7 $6 Rc7 22. Nc6 (22. Qa4 Bd7 {/\ b6-+}) 22... bxc6 23.
dxc6 Rca7 $1 24. Bc4 Qb6 {/\ g4-/+}) 21... Bf8 (21... a6 22. Na3 Nf6 {is
better in my opinion - TN}) 22. a5 {N} (22. Nxa7 {- 39/757}) 22... Bd7 23. Qb2
Rg7 24. Rc3 $1 a6 $5 (24... Kg8) 25. Na3 b5 $1 (25... g4 $2 26. fxg4 hxg4 27.
hxg4 Nxg4 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Bxf4 $1 Nf6 $1 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Bxe5
$1 $16) 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Rfc1 Nf6 28. Rc6 $1 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Qd8 30. Qc3 $1 Kg8
$1 (30... g4 $2 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nfxg4 $2 33. Nxg4 Nxg4 34. Qh3+ $18) 31.
Bxa6 g4 32. Kf1 $1 gxf3 33. gxf3 Nh7 $1 {/\ Qg5-g2} 34. Nc2 Qg5 35. Ke2 Qg2 $1
(35... Qg1 $6 36. Qa1 $1 $16) 36. Bc8 $1 Be7 37. Be6+ Kh8 38. Ne1 Qh2 $2 {><Qh2
} (38... Qg1 $1 $13) 39. Rc8+ Rxc8 40. Qxc8+ Ng8 41. Bxg8 Rxg8 42. Qe6 $2 (42.
Qc7 $1 Bh4 43. Ned3 Rd8 44. b5 Qg1 45. b6 Qg7 (45... Qb1 $2 46. Nxf4 $1 $18)
46. Bb4 $16) 42... Bh4 43. Ned3 Rd8 44. Qh6 $1 Qg1 45. Qxh5 Bxf2 $5 (45... Qg5
46. Qf7 (46. Qxg5 $6 Nxg5 47. b5 Rb8 48. Bb4 Nf7 $17) 46... Qg7 47. Qh5 Qg5 $10
) 46. Nxf2 Ra8 47. Qf7 Qa1 48. Qd7 Qa6+ 49. b5 Qb6 50. Ng4 $6 (50. Qc6 $1 Rb8
51. Qxb6 Rxb6 52. Ba5 $1 {Peicheva,E} Rxb5 53. Bc7 Rb2+ 54. Kf1 Ng5 55. Bxd6
Nxf3 (55... Nf7 56. Be7 Kg7 57. Ng4 {/\ Bf6+/=}) 56. Nd3 Nh2+ $10) 50... Ng5
51. h4 Nh3 $2 (51... Nxf3 $3 {Loginov,V} 52. Kxf3 Qg1 53. Ba5 $8 Qg3+ 54. Ke2
f3+ 55. Kd2 Qg2+ $5 (55... f2 56. Qf5 $1 f1=N+ (56... f1=Q 57. Qh5+ $10) 57.
Ke2 $1 $10) (55... Rg8 $5 56. Bb6 $3 Qxg4 (56... Rxg4 57. Qxd6 $1 $13) 57. Qxg4
Rxg4 58. Ke3 $10) 56. Kc3 Qa2 $1 57. Bb4 $1 Qa1+ 58. Kb3 $1 Qb1+ 59. Kc3 Qa1+
$10) 52. Qc6 $1 $16 Ng1+ 53. Kf1 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Qd8 55. Bc3 $1 Rc1 $2 (55... Rb1
56. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 57. Bxe5+ Kh7 58. Qb7+ $18) 56. Bxe5+ $18 dxe5 57. Qxc1 Qxh4
58. Qxg1 Qg3+ 59. Kf1 Qxf3+ 60. Nf2 Qb3 1-0

