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[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.28"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 d6 8.


Bc4 Bg7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. e5
Rb8
15. e6 f5 16. h4 Na5 17. Bd3 Rd6 18. Nc4 Rxe6 19. Qxe6+ Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Kf7
21.
Rae1 Nc6 22. h5 g5 23. Bxf5 Bf6 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. Ng4 Kg7 26. Nxf6 exf6 27. b4
cxb4 28. Nd4 Rd6 29. Re8 Ne5 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Bxe6 bxc3 32. Bb3 Qd7 33.
Ra8 b6
34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Rdd8 f5 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rag8+ Kf6 39. Rxh6+
Ng6
40. Rgxg6+ Ke5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]

[Date "1995.04.28"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Vaisser"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 $6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3


8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1 a6 13. a4 Na5 14. Ba2
Bd7
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bd2 b6 17. Qg3 $1 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Kf8 {#} 19. d5 $1 f6 $2
(19...
exd5 20. Bxd5 f6 (20... Nc4 21. Bf4 $1 $40) 21. Re7 $1 Qxg3 22. Rf7+ Ke8 23.
hxg3 $16) 20. dxe6 $1 fxe5 (20... Qxe5 21. exd7 Rd8 22. Bf4 $18) 21. e7+ $1
1-0

[Event "Euwe mem"]


[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]

[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3


O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 (14. b3 c5
15. a4 Nd7 16. Nf1 f5 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 f4 19. h4 g5 20. hxg5 Ng6 21. gxh6
Bxh6 22. Ng3 Kh7 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Nh2 {
Smagin,S-Blatny,P/Stary Smokovec (2)/1990/1-0 (46)}) 14... c6 15. b3 cxd5 (
15... Rb8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Ng3 Bg7 18. a4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rf8 20. Bd2 Nh7 21. Qc1
Rc8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra2 f5 24. Bxh6 {
Klovans,J-Siegel,G/Biel op (03)/1994/1-0 (77)}) (15... Qa5 16. Nf1 Reb8 17. Bd2
Qd8 18. Ng3 a5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bf1 bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 f5 $13 {
Kereszturi,S-Glatt,G/HUN-chT 9293/1993/0-1 (66)}) 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Nf1 Nh5
18.
a4 (18. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 19. Qxh5 Rxc2 $19) 18... Qc7 19. Bd3 f5 (19... Qc3 20.
Rb1
$14) 20. axb5 fxe4 21. Rxe4 $1 (21. Bxe4 axb5 $132) 21... Qc3 (21... Bxd5 22.
Bc4 $1 Nf6 23. bxa6 $16) 22. Ba3 Nf6 (22... Nf4 23. bxa6 Bxd5 24. Re3 Bxb3
$6
25. Qb1 $1 $18) 23. Bxd6 $1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 axb5 25. Ra7 Rcd8 $1 (25... Ba8
26.

Bxe5 $16) 26. Rxb7 Rxd6 27. Rxb5 Nc6 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 (29... exd4
30.
Bh7+ Kf7 31. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 32. Qxe8 $18) 30. Ng3 Rf6 (30... g6 31. Qc2 $40)
31.
Nf5 Qa7 32. b4 $1 (32. d6 Bxd6 33. Rb7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf5 $1 35. Bxf5 e4+
36. g3
Qf6 37. Bxe4 $140 Rxe4 $1 38. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 39. Qg2 Bxg3+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41.
Qg1
Qe4+ $10) 32... Rc8 $6 (32... Qd7 $1 $14) 33. d6 $1 g6 (33... Bxd6 34. Rb7
Qxb7
(34... Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf5 36. Qg4 $1 $18) 35. Bxb7 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rxf5 37. Qd2
Rc7
38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Be6 $18) 34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Qxe5 Bg7 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 37. d7
(37.
Rb7 Qf8 38. d7 $18 (38. Rf7 $2 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxd6)) 37... Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rf8
39.
f4 (39. Qd6 $18) 39... Rd1 (39... Qxe5 40. fxe5 Rd8 41. e6 $18) 40. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Euwe mem"]


[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 h5 7. h3 Nh6 8. e3 e5


9. d3 f5 10. Nd5 Be6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Ne7 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. e4 Nxd5 15.
exd5
Bd7 16. Qb3 Bf6 17. Nf3 Kg7 18. h4 Nf7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. c5 f4 21. cxd6 Nxd6
22.
Bc5 e4 23. dxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf1 Ba4 25. Nd2 Bxb3 26. Nxe4 Bc4+ 27. Kg1 Nxe4
28.
Bxe4 Rhe8 29. f3 b6 30. Rc1 bxc5 31. Rxc4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 fxg3 33. Kg2 Be5 34.
Rb7+ Kh6 35. Rc1 Rac8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Re7 Bf6 38. Re6 Kg7 39. Kxg3 Rc1
40.
Ra6 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe mem"]


[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3


Be7 8. g4 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 (10... Nd7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5
13.
h4 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. g5 Qc7 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Be3 d5
$132
{Stefansson,H-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (09) 1995 0-1 39 - CBM 47}) 11. Bxd4 b5
(
11... Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bb7 $6 (14... Qa5 15. b3 Nc5 (
15... Bb7 $5) 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qf4 Ra7 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Bc4 Rd4 $5 $10 {
Inkiov-Vera Varna 1986}) 15. Nb6 $1 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 Qc7 (17... a5
$5)
18. Bd3 $10 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B (25) St Stefan/ Belgrade m 1992 1-0 35})
14...
Rb8 (14... a5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. h5 b3 $1 18. axb3 a4 19. b4 a3
$132 {
Ilincic-Cvetkovic/Jugoslavia-ch/1990/}) 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5
18.
Kb1 Na4 19. Nb3 a5 20. Ka1 Rd8 21. Nd4 d5 22. e5 Bd7 23. h5 Nc3 $132 {
Torhallsson,T-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (04) 1995 1-0 37 - CBM 47}) 12. Kb1 (12.
h4 Rb8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 (14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 b3
18.
axb3 Rxb3 $15 {Magem Badals,J-Ehlvest,J Pamplona (5) 1991 0-1 38}) 14... b4
15.
Ne2 Ne5 (15... Qc7 16. h5 Ne5 17. Ng1 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nc1 Bg4 20.
Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Nb3 $14 {
Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L Wijk (06) 1994 1-0 46}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h6
g6
20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. gxf6 Rb6 22. Nh3 Bb7 23. Qe3 Rc6 $132 {
Smirin,I-Van Wely,L Wijk (09) 1994 0-1 41}) 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3
Na3+

19. Kb2 Bd7 20. c4 $10 {Leko,P-Van Wely,L Wijk (02) 1994 1/2 56}) (12. Bxf6
$6
Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 $40) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rg1 (15. g6 Ne5 (
15... b4 16. gxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 f5 19. Qxb4 Ba8 20. Qd2 fxe4 $13 {
Varavin,V-Pugachev,A Kobanya op (08) 1992 1-0 54}) 16. Qg2 Bf6 17. gxh7+
Kh8
18. Rg1 Qe7 19. h5 Rfd8 20. f4 $16 {Varavin,V-Obukhov,A Krasnodar 1991 1-0
30})
(15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. h5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf3 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4
Qc5 $15 {Salazar,H-Panno,O Buenos Aires Cup Lat (7) 1991 1/2 29}) (15. Bh3
Ne5
16. Qg2 Nc4 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Nf4 $40 {
Kovacevic,A-Zetocha,C Szekszard op (09) 1994 1/2 37 - EXP 45}) 15... b4 $146
(
15... Ne5 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. h5 Qc7 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21.
Rh1
Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 {Ryan,J-Milu,R Manila olm 1992 0-1 30}) 16. Ne2 (16.
Na4
Bc6 17. Qxb4 d5 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Rg3 $6 (17. Bg2 Nc4 (17... a5 18. b3 $13)
18. Qxb4 Qd7 19. Qb3 a5 $40) (17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $17) 17... Nc4 (
17... a5 18. b3 $13) 18. Qc1 e5 $1 19. Bf2 a5 $17 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Re1 a4 {
Baburin: Just by looking at the position we can say that Black is succeeding
in his attack. White's pieces are in awkward positions and not coordinated. It
means that some time ago White did not play energetically enough.} 22. Bh3
Rc6
23. Qd1 d5 $1 24. exd5 (24. Qxd5 Rd6 $19 {
Baburin The Queen is trapped in the very centre!} 25. Qc5 Rd1+ $19) 24...
Rd6
25. f4 (25. c3 b3 $19) 25... Rxd5 26. Rd3 (26. Qc1 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Ne4 28. Rf3
Bxe2 $19) 26... Na3+ 27. bxa3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Rxd3 (28... Rxd3 29. Qxa4 Rxh3
$19)
0-1

[Event "Euwe mem"]


[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Topalov"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Stohl Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6


7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qa5 (12...
Ra6
13. h3 Qa8 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4 {Stohl} Nb6 15. Qc2 Na4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. a3
Nd7
18. Rad1 Ra7 19. Bc1 (19. e5 $5) 19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bd4 22. Be3
Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rb8 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Rb7 $44 {
Pacheco,JL-Pelikian,J/Sao Paulo zt/1995/}) 14... h6 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6
$13 {Ljubojevic-Topalov Linares 1995}) 13. h3 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Rxe5 Rb7 (16... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe2 (17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Rb1 Rd7 19. Bf4
Rbb7
20. Na4 Rxd5 21. Nxc5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Rb4 23. Qe1 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 {

Dao Thien Hai-Sorensen,J/WchJ Tunja (2)/1989/0-1 (40)}) (17. Qf3 {Stohl} Rb4
18. Re2 Rab7 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qb8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 f6
24.
Bc1 Qc8 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Be3 c4 $132 {Epelbaum,MPhominyh,A/Alushta3/1994/})
17... Rbb7 18. a4 (18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. d6 Qa6 21. Qxh5 Qc6+ 22.
Kg1
exd6 23. Rd1 Rxb2 24. Rxd6 {
Caselas,J-Martin Gonzalez,A/ESP-ch Canete/1994/0-1 (26)}) 18... Ne8 19. Re3
Nd6
20. g4 c4 21. Qf3 (21. Rf3 Bxc3 $1 $10 {
Spassky,B-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1990/0.5 (26)}) 21... Rb8 22. Ra3 Rab7 23. Ne4
Bxb2 24. Bxb2 {Shneider,A-Khalifman,A/Moscow PCA-Intel qual (07)/1995/0.5
(30)}
) (16... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Bf4 Qb4 19. Re1 Qxb2 20. Qe3 Ra3 21.
Rxe7 Rxc3 22. Rxf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Kh8 24. Rxf6 {
Kiss,B-Molnar,E/HUN-chT 9293/1993/1-0 (27)}) 17. d6 $146 (17. Qe2 Qd8 18.
a4
Ne8 19. Re3 Nd6 $1 $44 (19... Bd4 $6 20. Rd3 Nf6 21. Be3 Rb4 22. Rad1 Qb6
23.
Qf3 Rd8 24. R1d2 {Stohl} Kg7 25. Re2 Rd7 $13 {Shirov,ATopalov,V/Linares/1995/}
)) 17... exd6 (17... e6 $2 18. Re2 $5 (18. Qf3 {Stohl} Rbb8 (18... Rd7 $2 19.
Rxc5 $16) 19. Re2 $14 {/\Bf4,Bg5})) (17... Rd8 18. Qf3 exd6 19. Rxc5 (19.
Qxb7
dxe5 20. Bg5 $14) 19... Qxc5 20. Qxb7 $14) 18. Qxd6 Rc8 $1 {Nach diesem
Zug
hat Schwarz drei starke Drohungen: a) 19...Rd7 mit Damenfang, b) 19...Qa8 mit
Rntgenwirkung nach g2 und c) 19...Ne8 mit Doppelangriff.} (18... Ne8 19. Qc6
$1) 19. Nd5 (19. Ne4 $2 Rb6 $15) (19. Qd1 Qa8 20. Qf3 Ng4 21. Re1 (21. Re2 {
Ftacnik} Ne5 22. Qe4 Rd8 $132) 21... Ne5 $36) (19. Re2 {Ftacnik} Qa8 $1)
(19.
Be3 $2 {Stohl} Rd7 20. Rxc5 Qa8+ 21. Nd5 Rxc5 $19) (19. Qd1 $5 $13
{Stohl})

19... Nxd5 (19... Ne8 {Ftacnik} 20. Qc6 $3 Bxe5 (20... Rxc6 21. Rxe8+ Bf8 22.
Bh6 $18) 21. Qxb7 $16) 20. Qxd5 (20. Rxd5 {Stohl} Bxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa2 $10)
20...
Qa6 (20... Bxe5 {Stohl} 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qe4 $14 {/\} Bxb2 $2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2
24.
Qe8+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ $18) 21. Re4 c4 (21... h5 22. Rc4 $14) (21... Bxb2 $2
{Stohl}
22. Rb1 Rcb8 23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24. Bxb2 Rxb2 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kh6 (26...
Qf6
27. Rg8+ $18) 27. Qxb2 (27. Qe3+ $5 $40) 27... Qc6+ 28. Kh2 Qxe8 29. Qc1+
$16)
22. Bf4 $1 (22. a4 $2 h5) 22... Bxb2 (22... Rxb2 23. Rae1 h5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25.
Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Re7 $14) 23. Rae1 Qb5 (23... Kg7 24. Be5+ Bxe5 25. Qxe5+
Qf6 26.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. R1e2 $10) (23... Qa8 $5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.
Qxb7
Ba3 $10 {o^c}) (23... Qc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bh6 Re6 26. Rxc4
Rb8
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. a4 $18) 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxb5 (25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (25... Kg7
26.
Qd8 $40) 26. Qxb7 $10 (26. Qxb7 {Stohl} Bf6 $15 {o^c})) 25... Rxb5 26.
Rxe8+
Kg7 27. Rc8 Rb4 (27... c3 {Ftacnik} 28. Rc4 (28. a4 {Stohl} Ra5 29. Rc4 $10 {
/\Be3-d4}) 28... g5 29. Be3 $10) 28. Bd6 Ra4 29. a3 $1 (29. Bf8+ $2 Kf6 30.
Rc6+ Ke5 31. Bg7+ Kd5 $1 $19) 29... Kf6 30. Bb4 Bxa3 (30... Ke6 31. Rxc4
Bxa3
32. Rc6+ Kd7 33. Rd6+ $10) (30... Bxa3 {Stohl} 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rxc4 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe mem"]


[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]

[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]


[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.


Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+
14. Be3
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rfd8 (17... a5 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. Be4
Qxa3
20. bxa3 Ra6 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Rhd1 Kg7 23. R1d3 (23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. R1xd5 {
Hoffmann,M-Tolnai,T/Budapest GM/1992/0.5 (30)}) 23... Rb6 24. Rc3 {
Popovic,P-Tolnai,T/OST-chT9394 (02)/1994/0.5 (46)}) (17... Qf2 18. Qa5 (18.
Rd2
Qe1+ 19. Rd1 Qf2 20. Rd2 Qe1+ 21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. b3 c5 24. Qb2
$13 {
Schabanel,S-Van Dongen,P/Paris-ch (8)/1991/0.5 (41)}) 18... Rab8 19. h4 (19.
b3
Qe3+ 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Qb2 Rfd8 23. Bd3 Qg5+ 24. Rd2 $13 {
Fusi-Genser/AUT-chU20/1994/0.5 (54)}) 19... Rb6 20. h5 Rfb8 21. b3 Qe3+ 22.
Qd2
Qc5 23. Qd4 Qa5 24. hxg6 $16 {Riveron-Cabrera,A/Jiguani/1991/1-0 (30)}) 18.
Ba6

(18. Be2 $6 Bxa2 $1) 18... c5 19. Be2 c4 (19... Rab8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1
$16
) 20. f4 Rd4 (20... c3 21. Qxc3 Bxa2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. b3 $18) 21. Rxd4
Qxd4
22. g3 c3 (22... Qf2 23. Qf3 $16) 23. Qxc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Bxa2 25. Kb2 (25. c4
$2 Rc8) 25... Be6 26. c4 Kf8 (26... a5 27. Ra1) 27. Ra1 a5 28. c5 Ke7 29. c4
Bd7 (29... Kd7 30. Bf3 Ra6 31. Kc3 $16) 30. Bf3 Rb8+ (30... Ra6 31. Kc3 f6 32.
Bb7 Ra7 33. Re1+ Kf8 34. c6 $18) 31. Kc3 a4 32. Ra3 (32. c6 Rb3+ 33. Kd4
Rxf3
34. cxd7 Kxd7 35. Rxa4 $16) 32... Rc8 33. Kd4 h5 34. Bb7 Rd8 (34... Rc7 35.
Ba6
Bf5 36. Bb5 Bc2 37. Bxa4 Bxa4 38. Rxa4 $18) 35. Kc3 h4 36. gxh4 Rh8 37. Bd5
(
37. c6 Be6 38. Rxa4 Kd6 39. Ra2 Rxh4 40. Rf2 $16) 37... Rxh4 38. Kb4 (38. c6
Be6) 38... Rxh2 (38... Rxf4 39. c6 Be6 40. Bxe6 fxe6 (40... Kxe6 41. Rd3 $1 $18
) 41. Kc5 Rh4 42. Rxa4 Rxh2 43. Ra8 $1 $18) 39. c6 Be6 (39... Bf5 40. Kc5 Bc2
41. c7 Rh8 42. Bb7 Bf5 43. Rxa4 $18) 40. Bxe6 fxe6 (40... Kxe6 41. Kc5 Rh8 42.
Rxa4 $18) 41. Kc5 Kd8 42. Rxa4 (42. Rxa4 Rf2 43. Ra8+ Kc7 44. Ra7+ Kc8 45.
Rg7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Euwe mem"]


[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "113"]

[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2


Bb7 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Rc8 11. g4 d6 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. a3 Nd7 14. h4 Ne5
15.
Qe3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Rh2 e5 18. Ba7 Be7 19. h5 h6 20. Qb6 Qc7 21.
Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Bb6 Rc6 23. Ba5 Bg5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Ke7 26. b3 Rb8 27. Nc3
Ba8
28. Nd5+ Kd7 29. Bd2 f6 30. Kb2 Rf8 31. Ra1 Bb7 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Rd2 Rf7 34.
Rd3
Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Bc8 36. Rad1 Rfc7 37. c4 a5 38. Nf5 Rd7 39. Ra1 Ra6 40. Kc3
Rc7
41. Rd5 Rca7 42. Rad1 Rd7 43. Rb5 Rc7 44. Rb8 a4 45. bxa4 Rxa4 46. Nxd6
Bd7 47.
Rb6 Ke7 48. Rdb1 Be6 49. Kb3 Rca7 50. Kc3 Rc7 51. R1b4 Ra3+ 52. Rb3 Ra4
53. Kb2
Bxc4 54. Rc3 Ra2+ 55. Kc1 Ra1+ 56. Kd2 Rd7 57. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]

[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O


Nc6 9. e3 Bc5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nd2
Qd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Bd3 Rf6 18. a3 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Bd2 Bb6 21.
Bf4
Qd7 22. Qe4 g5 23. Bd2 Ba5 24. Rad1 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Ra5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4
Kf8
28. Rg2 Raf5 29. Rf1 Qf7 30. Rgf2 Ke7 31. Kh1 Kd8 32. Bc2 Kc7 33. Bxa4 e5 34.
Bxc6 bxc6 35. Rg1 Qxc4 36. Rc2 Qb5 37. a4 Qxa4 38. fxe5 Rf4 39. Qg2 R6f5
40. b3
Qb5 41. Qg8 Rg5 42. Rxg5 hxg5 43. Qxg5 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 d3 45. Rxc6+ Kxc6
46. Qxf4
d2 47. Qa4+ Kb7 48. Qb4+ Kc8 49. Qg4+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]

[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Topalov"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {King Wedberg Dolmatov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7


{
Black also has 5...f5, which leads to sharper positions.} 6. d4 Nge7 (6... g6 {
Dolmatov}) 7. Be3 {
In my opinion, this gives white more choice than the normal 7.0-0.} Ng6 {
In his third game of the match against Anand Yusupov played 7...h6 but couldn
t equalise after 8.Nbd2 g5 9.de de 10.h4!} 8. h4 $1 {
This was my idea. The white pawns restrict the black pieces.} h5 (8... Be7 {
Dolmatov} 9. h5 (9. g3 {Wedberg} h6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nd7
13. Nf1
Nf6 14. N1h2 Bd7 15. Nd2 h5 16. a4 $14 {Milos,G-Magomedov,M/Moscow
ol/1994})
9... Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. c4 O-O 15.
O-O
$10) (8... Bg4 {Dolmatov} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Qa4 Bd7) 9. g3 (9.
Ng5
{Dolmatov} Be7 10. Bb3 $16) 9... Be7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7+ (11. Nfd2
{Dolmatov}
b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. a4) 11... Nxd7 12. Nfd2 {Now a typical indian structure
arises with white square B exchanged, which clearly favors white. Also the Ng6
is out of play.} Nf6 13. f3 O-O (13... c5 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. c4 b5 15. Nc3 Rb8

$14) 14. c4 c5 {Stops the standard developing of the white attack on the
queenside - Nc3, b4, Nb3, c5 etc.} (14... c6 {Dolmatov} 15. Nc3 Qd7 $16)
(14...
b5 $132 {Wedberg}) 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. a4 a5 $2 {Black is clearly worse on the
kingside, so he had to play the more flexible 16...b6 preparing b5 in some
positions. This i positional suicide. Almost anything is better.} (16... Bd8 {
Dolmatov} 17. a5 {Wedberg} Bc7 {With much more play for Black than in the
game.
}) 17. Qe2 Kh7 18. O-O-O {King Cleverly, White has waited before committing
his K, and now that the Qside has closed he moves it there. Black has no
counterplay to off-set White's ferocious Kside attack.} Rh8 19. Nf1 $1 {
The knight looks for its best place on f5, where it can cause much damage for
black.} Kg8 20. Bd2 Ne8 (20... Kf8 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Ne3 Ke8 22. Nf5 Bf8
$16)
21. Ne3 Nf8 $6 {Black has to be more afraid of f4 than of g4. That s why Nc7,
Bf6 and Re8 was the right plan.} 22. b3 {
I didn t know where to put the Rd1, so I made a useful move.} g6 $6 {
Following the wrong plan. In such positions each pawn move weakens the
position. It was still not too late for Nc7 and Re8.} (22... Nc7 $142 {/\Re8})
23. f4 Bf6 24. Rdf1 Qe7 25. f5 $1 {The e5-square is well-protected, but after
22...g6 the f-file became weaker. Now the black king is in danger.} Ng7 26. Nb5
b6 $2 {The final mistake. After 26...Nd7 I had 27.fg6 fg6 28.Nc7 Ra7 29.Rf3 b6
30.Nb5 ok} (26... g5 {Dolmatov} 27. g4 gxh4 28. gxh5 Bg5 29. f6 $1 Bxf6 30.
Rhg1 $16) 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. g4 $1 {The kingside opens.} (28. Rf2 {Dolmatov}
Nh7
29. Rhf1 Rf8) 28... Bxh4 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxh4 Nd7 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Rxh5
Nxh5
(32... gxh5 {Wedberg} 33. Rg1 $18) 33. Nf5 (33. Nf5 {Wedberg} Qc7 34. Ne7+
Kg7
35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. Qg4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]

[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O


Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. c4 Qd8 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 a5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nc3
Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bg6 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf3 Bf6 19. Rac1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bxc6 Bxc3 23. Bb5 e5 24. f3 Kc8 25. Kf2 Bb2 26. a4 Bd4
27.
Bxd4 exd4 28. Ke2 Kc7 29. Be8 Bb1 30. h4 f6 31. Kd2 h6 32. h5 d3 33. Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.30"]
[Round "4"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]


[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {King Baburin Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6.


Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. g4 a6 10. O-O-O {
Ftacnik The fight immediately becomes very tense, each tempo is important.}
Nxd4 (10... Nd7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. g5 Qc7 16.
Bb5 Rb8 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Be3 d5 $132 {
Stefansson,H-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (09) 1995 0-1 39 - CBM 47}) 11. Bxd4 b5 (
11... Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 b4 $6 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Bb7 $6 (14... Qa5 15. b3 Nc5
16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qf4 Ra7 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Bc4 Rd4 $5 $10 {
Inkiov,V-Vera,R Varna 1986}) 15. Nb6 $1 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 Qc7 (17...
a5
$5) 18. Bd3 $10 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B St Stefan Belgrade m25 1992 1-0 35})
14...
Rb8 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kb1 Na4 19. Nb3 a5 20. Ka1 Rd8
21.
Nd4 d5 22. e5 Bd7 23. h5 Nc3 $132 {
Torhallsson,T-Akesson,R Reykjavik zt (04) 1995 1-0 37 - CBM 47}) 12. Kb1 (12.

h4 Rb8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 (14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 b3
18.
axb3 Rxb3 $15 {Magem Badals,J-Ehlvest,J Pamplona (5) 1991 0-1 38}) 14... b4
15.
Ne2 Ne5 (15... Qc7 16. h5 Ne5 17. Ng1 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nc1 Bg4 20.
Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Nb3 $14 {
Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L Wijk (06) 1994 1-0 46}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h6
g6
20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. gxf6 Rb6 22. Nh3 Bb7 23. Qe3 Rc6 $132 {
Smirin,I-Van Wely,L Wijk (09) 1994 0-1 41}) 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3
Na3+
19. Kb2 Bd7 20. c4 $10 {Leko,P-Van Wely,L Wijk (02) 1994 1/2 56}) (12. Bxf6
$6
Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 $40) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. a3 {King It is
fying to see that Topalov came to the same conclusions as I did about this
position. If you return to Topalov-Kasparov, Amsterdam 1995, played a couple
of months prior to this, I recommended 15.a3. The only thing that takes the
shine off the medal that I've just awarded myself is the fact, that it doesn't
actually alter the result of the game: Kasparov keeps his head and wins in
fine style.} (15. Rg1 b4 $146 (15... Ne5 16. Qf2 (16. Rg3 Qc7 17. h5 b4 18. Na4
d5 19. g6 fxg6 20. Bh3 Qd6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nc5 Nc4 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6
{
Thorhallsson-Palac/Hartberg op (5)/1991/0-1 (37)}) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18.
h5 Qc7 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Rh1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 {
Ryan,J-Milu,R Manila olm 1992 0-1 30} (22... Rxf6 23. Qg3 b4 24. Na4 $17 {
Ryan,J-Milu,R/Manila olm (11.20.4)/1992/0-1 (30)})) 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 Bc6 17.
Qxb4 d5 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Rg3 $6 (17. Bg2 Nc4 (17... a5 18. b3 $13) 18. Qxb4
Qd7 19. Qb3 a5 $40) (17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $17) 17... Nc4 (17... a5
18.
b3 $13) 18. Qc1 e5 $1 19. Bf2 a5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Re1 a4 22. Bh3
Rc6
23. Qd1 d5 24. exd5 $17 {

Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (3)/1995/0-1 (28)}) (15. g6 fxg6


(15...
b4 16. gxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 f5 19. Qxb4 Ba8 20. Qd2 fxe4 $13 {
Varavin,V-Pugachev,A Kobanya op (08) 1992 1-0 54}) (15... Ne5 $6 16. Qg2 Bf6
17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Rg1 Qe7 19. h5 Rfd8 20. f4 $16 {
Varavin,V-Obukhov,A Krasnodar 1991 1-0 30}) 16. Bh3 e5 $17) (15. Bd3 $1 b4
(
15... Ne5 16. Qg2 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 b4 18. Nd1 Qc7 19. b3 $10 {
Fedorov,A-Mochalov,E Minsk (10) 1995 1-0 63 - EXP 46}) (15... Nc5 {Ftacnik}
16.
Rdg1 e5 17. Be3 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc7 21. Rg4 a5 22.
Rhg1
f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg5 $14 {
Rodriguez,A-Larsen,B/San Martin (03)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Qc7
18.
h5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf3 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc5 22. Qg1 Qxg1 23. Rhxg1 Rc5 24.
Ne2
$10 {Salazar,H-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Konex (07)/1991/0.5 (29)}) (15. Bh3 Ne5
16.
Qg2 Nc4 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Nf4 {Ftacnik} Bc8 21. e5
dxe5
22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxe6+ {
Kovacevic,A-Zetocha,C/Szekszard op (09)/1994/0.5 (37)}) 15... Ne5 16. Qe3
(16.
Bxe5 $6 {Ftacnik} dxe5 $17) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rhg1 {Baburin A
typical
position in the Sicilian Defence. The a3P often allows the N to remain on c3,
but at the same time helps Black to open the b-file.} (18. Rd3 $5 Qe8 (18...
Qc7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Ba5 $14 {/\ Bb4}) (18... Qb8 $5 {/\ b4}) (18... b4 $2 19.
axb4 Rxb4 20. Bc5 $16 {/\ Bd6}) 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bb6 f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Ba5
Bf8
23. Rgd1 Qh5 24. Bb4 h6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxf3 $10 {
Wang Zili-Boensch,U Peking op (07) 2nd. S.T. Lee Cup 1995 1-0 62}) (18. f4 {
Ftacnik} b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 {xe4}) 18... b4 {Ftacnik In order to generate

concrete threads as the b2P is vulnerable. King 15.a3 gave White some security
in the centre as the Nc3 was able to maintain its position. However, we now
see the disadvantages of the little pawn move: Kasparov is able to open the
b-file towards the K. Having said that, it will take some time before the rest
of Black's pieces can join in the attack, and White has his own play on the
other side of the board. Topalov's problem is, what is the best way to open a
file on the kingside?} 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Rg2 {King Over the next few moves
Topalov loses the initiative. To be honest, I don't see the point of 15.Rg2.
Trundling on with 15.h5 seems reasonable, hoping for a chance to disrupt Black
on the kingside with h6 or g6.} (20. Bc5 $2 Rc4 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. e5 Bc5 $19)
(
20. f4 Qc7 21. f5 e5 $1 22. Ba7 Ra8 $17 (22... Rc8 $15 {Ftacnik})) 20... Ba8 {
King Clearing the B from the b-file in preparation for the attack} 21. b3 $2 (
21. h5 Qc7 (21... Qa5 $2 22. Bf6 $1 (22. g6 $2 fxg6 23. hxg6 h6 $15) 22... Qa3
23. Nd5 $1 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 $16) (21... e5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bc5 (22. Bxe5 Qb8 $17)
22... Rc4 23. Ba3 Qc7) (21... Qb8 22. Ne2 Rc8 $132) 22. Bf6 Rfb8 $1 $40) (21.
Bf6 Bxf6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxd6 Bxe4 $1 $17) (21. Bc5 $1 dxc5 $5 (21... Rb7
22.
Rgd2 (22. Ba3 $2 Qa5 $15) 22... Qa5 (22... Qb8 23. Ba3 $13) 23. Bxd6 Bxd6
24.
Rxd6 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rb8+ 26. Nb5 $1 (26. Kc1 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qxd6+ 28. Ke2
Qc7 $17
) 26... Rxb5+ 27. Kc1 $18) (21... Rb8 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rgd2 Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2
Qb8+ 25. Ka2 Bf4 $17) (21... Rc4 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rgd2 Bc5 24. Qxc5 Qxd2
25.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxd2 $18) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. h5 $1 $13) 21... a5 22. h5 $6 {
Zu langsam!} Qc7 {Threatening ...e5.} 23. Bf6 {King Smart way to get rid of
the main kings defender. Ftacnik Looks flash, but the B can be safely ignored.
Kasparov refuses to allow an open file in front of the K.} (23. g6 e5 24. gxh7+
Kxh7 (24... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 25. Ba7 Rc8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd3 Bc6 $40) 25. Ba7 Rc8
26. Kb2 Bc6 $15 {/\ a4, Ra8}) 23... Rfb8 (23... gxf6 $4 {Ftacnik} 24. gxf6+ Kh8
25. Qg5 $18) 24. Bxe7 (24. h6 {Ftacnik} a4 $40) 24... Qxe7 {King Although the

pawns on h5 and g5 look impressive, it is impossible to open a file, for


instance: 25 g6 fxg6 26 hxg6 h6, and Black's K remains safe.} 25. Rd4 {
Verhindert a4.} (25. h6 $2 {Ftacnik} a4 $19) 25... e5 (25... Qa7 $4 26. Rxb4
$18) 26. Rxb4 axb4 {King Recapturing with the P is an interesting decision.
With one pair of R exchanged, Kasparov recognises that the attack down the
b-file has diminished, and he changes the nature of his advantage. White's N
is driven from the centre, and there is a chance that Black can use the open
a-file.} 27. Na2 (27. Na4 Bc6 28. Nb2 Bb5 29. Rd2 Qc7 $17) (27. Nd5 {Ftacnik}
Bxd5 28. exd5 Qb7 $17) 27... Qc7 $1 $17 28. Qd3 Kf8 {
King Intending to support the dP with ...Ke7 in the case of Rd2.} 29. g6 {
King With the BlackK on the march, Topalov feels justified in blowing the
position open; however, Kasparov scuttles the K back into the corner, and
White has only managed to weaken his position.} (29. Rd2 Ke7 $17) 29... fxg6 (
29... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 30. hxg6 f6 31. Rh2 $40) 30. hxg6 h6 31. f4 $6 {Sieht aus
wie Selbstmord, aber wenn Wei passiv bleibt ist er gegen die Verdoppellung
auf der a-Linie hilflos.} exf4 32. Rf2 Kg8 33. Rxf4 {King The bishop on a8
lives again: the e-pawn is a target, and potentially the g-pawn as well.} Qc5 (
33... d5 $5 {Ftacnik} 34. Rf7 Qd6 35. exd5 Qxd5 36. Nxb4 Qxd3 (36... Rxb4 $2
37. Qxd5 Bxd5 38. Rd7) 37. Nxd3 Be4 38. Rc7 Bxg6 $15) 34. Rf1 Qb5 (34...
Qe5 {
Ftacnik} 35. Qc4+) 35. Rc1 $2 (35. Qf3 Qe8 $1 $19 {x e4, x g6}) (35. Qxb5 {
Die beste Chance liegt in einem schlechteren Endspiel.} Rxb5 36. Rd1 Bxe4 37.
Rxd6 Kf8 38. Rd4 Bxg6 39. Nxb4 h5 $17) (35. Rf5 {Ftacnik} Qb6 (35... Qe8 $6
36.
Qxd6 Rd8 37. Re5) 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Nxb4 Qg1+ 38. Rf1 Qxg6 $15) (35. Rd1 {
Ftacnik} Qxd3 36. cxd3 (36. Rxd3 Bxe4 37. Rxd6 Kf8 $17) 36... d5 37. e5 d4
$17)
35... Qe5 $19 36. Qc4+ (36. Re1 {Ftacnik} d5 $17) 36... Kh8 37. Rh1 (37. Re1
{
Ftacnik} d5) (37. Nxb4 {Ftacnik} Qxe4 38. Qxe4 Bxe4 39. Nd3 Bxg6 $17) 37...
Bxe4 {Ftacnik The B is stronger in open positions, on top of it the N occupies

very modest square.} 38. Qc7 (38. Rxh6+ gxh6 39. Qc7 Rb7 $19) 38... Rf8 39.
Rxh6+ Kg8 (39... gxh6 $4 {Ftacnik} 40. Qh7#) 40. Nc1 (40. Qc4+ {Ftacnik} d5
$19
) (40. Nxb4 {Ftacnik} Rf1+) (40. Rh3 {Ftacnik} Qe6 $1) 40... Bxc2+ (40...
Bxc2+
41. Kxc2 (41. Qxc2 gxh6 $19) 41... Rf2+ 42. Kd3 (42. Kd1 {Ftacnik} Qd4+)
42...
Qd5+ 43. Ke3 Qd2+ 44. Ke4 Rf4#) 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.


O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 (11. f4 Bd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. h3
b6 $6

(13... Na5 14. b3 $10) 14. f5 Ne5 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5
a6 19. a4 Qd7 20. c4 $16 {Nevednichy,V-Rogozenko,D Bucharest 1993 1-0
31}) (11.
f3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Rfd1
Qxd4+
17. Rxd4 Rfc8 $10 {Hekmet,Z-Olesen,M Rilton Cup (04) 1995 0-1 56 - EXP 45})
11... bxc6 12. Bh6 (12. h3 Be6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qa5 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. f4
d5
$10 {Brochet,P-Prevot,E Hyeres op 1992 1-0 41}) 12... Bxh6 (12... Be6 13.
Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. b3 a5 16. Rae1 f6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re3 a4 $10 {
Kristensen,B-Sher,M Vejle 1994 1/2 29}) 13. Qxh6 Rb8 (13... Qb6 14. Rab1 Be6
15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Rd3 Qc5 17. b3 Rb4 18. Re1 f6 19. Qd2 a5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
c3
Rb7 22. c4 $14 {Kindermann,S-Benko,P Aruba (1) 1992 1-0 57}) 14. b3 (14.
Rab1
Be6 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1
Rc4
$15 {Mencinger,V-Vera,R Portoroz 1987 1/2 41}) 14... Qa5 15. Qe3 Rfd8 (15...
e5
16. h3 Be6 17. Rad1 Rbd8 18. Kh1 f6 19. f4 Kg7 20. a4 Qb6 $10 {
Kamsky,G-Rao,V Philadephia World op (8) 1991 1-0 42}) 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 f6
18. Rd3 Qb6 19. Qh6 Qc5 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. R1d2 Rg8 22. Qe3 $6 {
Wei gibt seine Gewinnversuche auf, das Endspiel ist ausgeglichen.} (22. Ne2
g5
23. Nd4 Bf7 24. Nf5 $13) 22... Qxe3 23. Rxe3 $10 g5 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Nd4 Bd7
26.
Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Kf7 28. Rde2 Rb7 29. g4 h5 30. Kg2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32.
Re4
a5 33. Re1 Rh7 34. Re6 a4 35. bxa4 $6 Rh8 36. R1e3 Ra8 37. Rh3 Rxa4 38.
Rh7+
Kf8 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rxf6+ exf6 41. Rxb7 Rxc2 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rb7+ Ke8
44.
Rb8+ Kd7 45. Rb7+ Ke8 (45... Kd8 46. Rf7 c5 47. Rxf6 Rd2 48. f4 Rd3+ 49. Kf2

gxf4 50. g5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 (7.
Bg5 $6 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 $10) 7... b6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O (9.
Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 $14) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 h6 $14 {
Rogers,I-Vaganian,R/Manila(ol)/1990/}) 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bg5 (9. c3 $6 Be7 10.
Bg5
h6 11. Bh4 Qd5 $13 {Kamsky,G-Kortchnoi,V/Tilburg/1991/}) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O
Qd6
11. Ne5 (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Ne5 Rhf8 13. Ba6 $14) 11... O-O 12. Kb1 Rad8 13.
c4

$6 (13. Bf4 $5 Qd5 (13... Nd5 14. Bg3) 14. c4 Qxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd4
Rxd4
17. Be3 $16) 13... h6 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Be3 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. Bc2 $14) 14...
Qxd4 $1 $8 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Re4 18. Nf3 Rd8 (18... Ba6
$6
19. Nd2 $14) 19. h3 Kg8 20. b3 a5 $6 (20... b5 $5 21. cxb5 Nd5 22. Rc1 Bf6
$132
) 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 b5 23. Nd2 (23. cxb5 $6 Nd5 24. Bd4 Bb4 $44) 23...
Rh4
24. f3 Rh5 25. Qf1 bxc4 26. bxc4 (26. Nxc4 a4 $44) 26... a4 27. Bf4 (27. Qd3
Bd6 28. Bd4 Nd7 $132) 27... Rc5 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. a3 Ba6 $2 (29... Bd6 $1 30.
Bxd6 (30. Be3 Nd7 $132) 30... cxd6 $132) 30. Be5 Bd6 31. Bb2 Rb6 (31... Nd7
$5
32. Qd4 Be5 33. Qxd7 Rb6 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Rxb2+ 36. Kc1 Rb6) 32. Qc3
Bf8
33. Ka2 Nd7 34. Qa5 Nc5 $16 35. Bd4 Nb3 36. Nxb3 axb3+ 37. Kb2 Rc6 38. c5
(38.
Qa4 $2 Rxc4 39. Qxa6 Rxd4 $14) 38... Bc4 39. Qa8 Ra6 40. Qd8 Bd5 $6 (40...
c6
41. Be5) (40... Rc6 $32 41. a4 Ra6 $16) 41. Qxc7 $18 f6 42. Qd7 Rc6 43. Qe8
Ra6
44. a4 Ra8 45. Qb5 Rd8 46. a5 Ba8 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. a6 Rd5 49. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]

[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 {Tal's Idee.} cxd4 (5... dxc4 $2


6. d5 Na5 7. e4 b5 8. Nxb5 Nxe4 9. Ne5 $16 {
Tal,M-Timman,J/KRO m/1988/CBM10/INF46,60/}) 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1
bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 (14.
Kxd2 O-O-O 15. Kc2 Kc7 16. Ne5 Rhf8 17. Bf3 f6 18. Nd3 Kb6 $10 {
Vaganian,R-Alterman,B/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/INF59,(65)/}) 14... Nb4 15.
Be4
Ke7 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Rhc8 18. f4 c5 19. Kf2 Rab8 $5 {
Der erste neue Zug. Schwarz will gegen den geschwaechten b3P spielen.}
(19...
Rc7 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Rhc1 Nb6 22. Bf3 Bb5 23. e4 f6 24. a4 Ba6 25. Be2 Bxe2
26.
Kxe2 Kd8 27. Rc3 $14 {
Weiss steht nur sehr minimal besser. Vaganian,RKindermann,S/Bundesl/9495/})
20. Rc2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rhc1 Bb7 23. Ke3 Bxf3 (23... Nd5+ $2 24. Bxd5
Bxd5
25. Rxc5 Bxb3 26. Rc7+ Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rb1 $18) 24. exf3 {
Jetzt droht sofort den c5P zu nehmenn.} (24. Kxf3 h5 $10) 24... Nd7 25. Rc3
Rb5
26. Ke2 h5 $5 27. a4 Rb4 28. Nc4 (28. Ne4 g6 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxb3 31.

Rc7+ Rd7 $10) 28... h4 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 hxg3 32. hxg3 a6
33.
Rc1 Rh8 {Weiss hat gar nichts erreicht. In dieser Variante (5.d4) kann Schwarz
mit leichter Muehe das Gleichgewicht behalten.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2


Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 (10... h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4
13.
Be2 e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxg4 Bxg5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Rd3 Bh6 $10 {
WiersmaE-Sosonko,G NLD-ch (02) 1995 1/2 29 - CBM 48}) 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3
{
Mit der Hauptvariante 12.e5 wird es immer schwerer den weit ausanalysierten

und remisverdchtigen Endspielen aus dem Weg zu gehen. Auch in dieser


Partie
hat Schwarz keine Mhe auszugleichen.} Bc6 13. h4 $6 $146 (13. Rhf1 h6 14.
Bh4
Qh5 (14... e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 $10) 15. Bg3 d5 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Bxd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe5 $10 {- ECO}) 13... h6 14. Kb1 {King Unlike the game
Wiersma-Sosonko, Black would be ill-advised to capture on g5 - the attack
down
the h-file would be far too strong. Instead, Kramnik develops the standard
Sicilian play on the queenside, and very nearly wins.} Qc5 15. Qd3 (15. Qxc5
dxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ba4 Bxc3 18. Bxc6 $10) 15... b5 16. a3 a5 17. f5 b4 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 bxc3 (20... Rfc8 $2 21. axb4 axb4 22. Na2
exf5
23. exf5 Bxg2 (23... Be5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bd5 Rxa2 26. Bxa2 $16) 24. Rg1
Be5
25. Rd7 $16) 21. Rxc6 a4 22. Bc4 exf5 23. exf5 Rfb8 $6 {Gestattet dem
Weien
die Qualitt zu opfern und damit in ein unverlierbares Endspiel abzuwickeln.} (
23... cxb2 24. Rc7 Rad8 $15 (24... Rfc8 $6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.
Be6
Rc3 28. Rh3 $10)) 24. b4 $1 axb3 25. Bxb3 Rxa3 26. Rh3 $8 Rba8 27. Rhxc3
Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Ra1+ 29. Kb2 Rf1 30. g4 Rg1 31. Rc4 Rb8 (31... h5 $6 32. g5 (32.
gxh5
$2 Rf1 $15) 32... Kh8 $1 (32... Rg4 33. Rc7 (33. g6 $2 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Kf8 35.
gxf7 $15) 33... Rxh4 34. Rxf7 $1 (34. f6 Rf8 35. g6 gxf6 $17) (34. g6 Rf4 35.
Rxf7 Kh8 $17) 34... Kh8 35. f6 gxf6 (35... g6 36. Rg7 $18) (35... Rg8 36. g6
Rg4 37. fxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rf8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8#) 36. g6 $1 $18) 33. Rc7 f6 34.
gxf6
gxf6 35. Rf7 Ra6 36. Be6 $10) 32. Kc3 Kh7 33. Rd4 Rb7 34. h5 Rf1 35. Bc4
Rf3+
36. Bd3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]

[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 (7. Bg5 h6


8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nde4 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 a6 13. e3 Ne5 14.
Be2
Bg7 15. Nh5 O-O 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. O-O g4 18. Qd2 Rg8 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Ne4
Bf5
21. Ng3 Bh7 22. Qc3 b5 23. b4 Rc8 $132 {Nedobora,MMoskalenko,V/Noyabrsk/1995/}
) 7... Bg7 (7... Na6 8. Nc4 Nc7 9. e4 $1 (9. a4 b6 (9... Rb8 10. e4 Bg7 11. Bf4
O-O 12. Be2 Nce8 13. O-O a6 14. a5 Qe7 15. e5 Nd7 16. exd6 Qd8 17. Na4 Bd4
18.
Qd2 Ng7 19. Rae1 f6 20. b4 $18 {Van Der Sterren,P-Austin,D/Novi Sad olm /
1990/}
) 10. e4 Ba6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Bf4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Qd2 O-O
16.

Bg5 Bxc3 17. Bxh4 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kg7 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5
dxe5
$44 {Gostisa,L-Ivanka Budinsky,M/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 9... b5 10. Na5 a6
11.
Bg5 Bg7 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nb7 Qe7 15. d6 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nxc5 {
1-0,Sadler,M-Stratil,L/Oakham/1988/}) 8. Nc4 (8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Nc4 a6 10.
a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. f4 Re8 13. O-O Rb8 14. Na3 Nf8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bd2
Kh8
17. Qc2 Ng8 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. a5 f5 20. Nc4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxd5 22. Nexd6 $36
{
Flamarzi,T-Abdullah,A,M/WCH B-14 Bratislava/1993/}) 9... Re8 10. O-O Nbd7
11.
Nc4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 a6 15. a4 c4 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. a5
b5
18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2,Reshevsky,S-Arnason,J/Reykjavik
op/1984/})
8... O-O 9. g3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 $1 (10... Na6 $6 11. Bg2 Ne8 (11... Nc7 $2 12.
Nxd6 $1 $16) 12. O-O Nac7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 f5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Na6
17.
Rb1 Nc5 18. Na5 $1 Bb7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Rc8 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Qe7
23.
Bg5 Kh8 24. e3 $16 {Baburin,A-Joyce/Bunratty op/1995/}) 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Bg2
(
12. Bf4 Bxb5 13. axb5 Qe7 (13... g5 $6 14. Bd2 f5 15. h4 $36 {<->h,><>>})
14.
Qd2 Nd7 15. Bg2 $13) 12... Bxb5 13. axb5 {><b5} Nd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. O-O
$6 (15.
Qd2 $142 Ne5 16. Nxb6 (16. Qe3 $5 $13) (16. Rc1 $2 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Nc7 $17)
16...
Rb8 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc4 $10) 15... g5 $1 {()>>} 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Qb3 $8 f5
18.
Rae1 (18. f4 $5 $132 {[]} gxf4 19. Bxf4 (19. gxf4 Nf6 $15 {><d5,/\Ne4}) 19...
Ne5 20. Rae1 $13) 18... f4 $17 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Bf3 (21. Nxe5
Bxe5

$17 {/\Qd7,><b5,-><->g}) (21. Na3 Ng6 $5 $40 {/\Nh4}) 21... Qd7 22. Rg1
Qxb5
23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bg4 (25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Reg1 Bf6 $17) 25...
Kh8
26. Bd7 Nc7 $1 {><d5} (26... Nd6 27. e4 $15) 27. Bc6 (27. d6 Rad8 28. dxc7
Rxd7
$17 {/\Rc7}) 27... Rad8 28. e4 fxe3 29. Rxe3 (29. Bxe3 Nxd5 30. Bg5 Rd6 $19)
29... Nxd5 30. Reg3 Ne7 $1 (30... Rg8 $2 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Bh6 Rd7 33. Rg5
$132
{~/=}) 31. Rxg7 Nxc6 $19 32. Be3 Rd6 33. Rc7 (33. R7g5 Nd4 {/\Nf3}) 33...
Rg8
34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Kg2 e4 (35... Rf6 36. Kg3 (36. f3 Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38.
Rxa7
Rc6 $19) 36... e4 {-35...e4}) 36. Kg3 Rf6 37. Bg5 Rf3+ (37... Rg6 $142 38. Kf4
Nd4 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke8 {/\} 41. Rxh7 Ne6+ 42. Kf5 Nxg5 $19) 38. Kg2
Nd4
39. Rxa7 Nf5 $6 (39... Rb3 40. Bh6 Nf5 $19) 40. Ra4 Rb3 41. Rxe4 Rxb2 42. Rf4
Ng7 {Black has made it difficult for himself, but the position still remains
won. First he will free his K and then advance his passed P.} 43. Rf6 Rb4 44.
Kf3 h5 45. h4 (45. Bh6 b5 46. Rg6 Kh7 $19) 45... b5 46. Rc6 Rc4 $1 (46... c4 $6
47. Bf6 $132 {/\} Nf5 48. Ke4) 47. Rc8+ (47. Bf6 Nf5 $19) (47. Be7 Nf5 $1 48.
Bxc5 Nd4+) 47... Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rf6+ Ke5 51. Rh6 {/\Bf6}
Nf5
$1 52. Rxh5 {
White has equalized material, but the passed pawns are already too far.} b4
53. Rh8 Nd4+ 54. Kg4 Ne6+ 55. Kh5 (55. Kf3 b3 56. Rb8 Nxg5+ 57. hxg5 Rb4
$19)
55... b3 56. Rb8 Rb4 $1 $19 (56... Nxg5 $6 57. Rxb3 $17) 57. Rxb4 cxb4 58.
Bc1
Nf4+ 59. Kg5 Nd3 60. h5 Ke6 $1 (60... Nxc1 $6 61. h6 b2 62. h7 b1=Q 63.
h8=Q+
Kd5 $19) (60... Ke6 61. Kg6 (61. h6 Kf7) 61... Nxc1 62. h6 b2 63. h7 b1=Q+
$19)
0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3


Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 (9... b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 $40) 10. Qd2 OO
11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Nh5 (13... Ne8 14. Ng3 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1
Nc7
17. f4 $16 {Smirin,I-De Firmian,N/Polanica Zdroi (4)/1995/}) 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. h4
a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nd4 (17. Nc1 $5) 17... exd4 18. Bxf4 Qa5 $6 (18... Ne5 $5
19.
Nf5 $5 (19. Be2 Qc7 20. Nf5 (20. Qxd4 $2 Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 b3+ $17) 20... Bxf5
21.
exf5 Rfc8 22. Rc1 a3 23. b3 Qc3) 19... Nxf3 (19... Bxf5 20. exf5 Qc7 21. Qxd4

$16) 20. Qd3 Ne5 21. Qxd4 $40) 19. Nf5 $1 (19. Qxd4 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Ne5 $14)
19...
Bxf5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Qxd4 $16 b3 (21... Ne5 $2 22. Bh3 Qg6 23. h5 Qxh5 24.
Bf5 $18) 22. Bd3 bxa2+ 23. Ka1 {Baburin: The same opening line and the
same
middlegame idea, as in Smirin-De Firmian (CBM 49).} Qc5 24. Qe4 (24. Be4
Qxd4
25. Rxd4 Ra6 26. Rhd1 Nc5 $16) 24... g6 25. Be3 (25. Qxe7 $6 a3 26. Bc1
axb2+
27. Bxb2 Rfb8 $132) 25... Qe5 26. Bd4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Ra5 {/\d5} 28. Bc3 $1
Rc5 (
28... Ra6 29. h5 Bxg5 30. hxg6 $18) 29. Bb4 Rc4 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 $18
Nc5
32. Rc6 Rd8 33. h5 Kf8 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Kxa2 Ke7 36. Bd3 Kd7 37. Bxc4 Kxc6
38.
Bxf7 Rf8 39. Bxg6 Rxf3 40. Rg1 Kd6 41. Bh7 Rf7 42. Bg8 Rg7 43. Bc4 Ke5 44.
g6
1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]

[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5


Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bd3 Nb6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nh5 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Nb3 Na4 21.
Nxa4
Bxa4 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 Bxb3 24. Rxb3 Ng7 25. c5 Ne6 26. Rbc3 dxc5 27.
bxc5
Qa5 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Qb2 Qc7 31. Bc4 Nxc5 32. Bb5 Qb6 33. R1c2
Rc7
34. Qc1 Rfc8 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Qb2 Nd4 39. Bd3
Qc6
40. f4 Qf6 41. Bc4 b5 42. Bxb5 exf4 43. gxf4 Nxb5 44. Qxb5 Qxf4 45. Qb2+
Kh6
46. Qb7 f6 47. Kg1 Qf3 48. Qe7 Qg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qg5+ 51. Kh1 Qe5
52.
Qb7 Qg5 53. Qc8 Qe3 54. Qc4 Qf2 55. Qd3 Kg5 56. Qc4 h5 57. Qd3 Kh4 58.
Qd1 Qe3
59. Kg2 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]

[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Krasenkov,M Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7


6.
Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Kh1 (10. a3 {Ftacnik} Be7 11. f4
d6
12. Nf3 (12. Rad1 O-O 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bf2 Rfe8 16. Bh4 Rad8 17.
Kh1
Nd7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. a4 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. f6 Nxf6 23. Rxf6 e4
24. Rf2 exd3 25. Qxd3 Qc5 {Przewoznik-Gdanski,J/Naleczow (02)/1988/0.5
(60)}) (
12. Kh1 O-O 13. Rae1 Rac8 14. Rf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Be3
Qd6 $2
(17... Ne8 $5 18. Rg3 Bf6) 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Bxe7 $2 (19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Bxe7
Qxe7
21. a4 b4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nc5 24. d6 $16) 19... Qxe7 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nc5 $132 {Tkachiev,V-Brodsky,M/Wijk op/1995/0.5 (39)}) 12...
O-O
13. Rae1 b4 $1 14. Nd1 $2 (14. Na4 bxa3 15. bxa3 d5 $1) 14... bxa3 15. bxa3
e5
$1 16. Nf2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 $1 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5 $2 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Ng4 Be7 22. Bc4 Bc8 $2 (22... Rad8 $1 $17 {Karpov,An}) 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. a4
Qc3
25. Ne3 $10 {Polgar,J-Ljubojevic,Lj/Buenos Aires/1994/0-1 (51)}) (10. Rad1 {
Ftacnik} Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. e5 Ne8 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nxf5 d6 16.
Nd5

Qd7 17. g4 Bd8 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Bc5 Rxf5 20. gxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22.
Rfe1
$17 {Geller,E-Gipslis,A/Moscow/1969/0-1 (31)}) (10. h3 {Ftacnik} Be7 11. f4
d6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. a3 b4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. c3 bxa3 16. b4 d5 17. e5 g6 18. Qf2 f6
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qa2 Kh8 21. Qxa3 e5 22. fxe5 Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rad1
d4
25. cxd4 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 $17 {Romanishin,O-Balashov,Y/URS-ch/1979/0-1
(36)})
10... Be7 (10... Bb4 $5 11. a4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Bxb5 O-O $10 {Topalov,V-Benjamin,J/Groningen
PCA/1993/CBM39/
Topalov-Benjamin, Groningen 1993}) 11. f4 d6 12. a4 $5 {Weiss hat eine
interessante Idee, weil er normalerweise am Koeningsfluegel spielt.} (12. Nxc6
{Ftacnik} Bxc6 13. Bd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bf2 b4 16. Nd1 O-O 17. Bh4 Ne8
18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qe1 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Nd6 23. Nc3 a4 {
Djoric,D-Rajkovic,D/Nis op/1993/0-1 (42)}) 12... b4 13. Na2 d5 (13... O-O 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxb4 Bxe4 16. Bxa6 $16) (13... Rb8 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nb4
16.
Rac1 $36) 14. e5 Ne4 (14... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. a5 {xb4}) 15. c3
$5
bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb4 (16... Nxc3 $2 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Nxc6 (18. Rf3 $40
{Ftacnik})
18... Bxc6 19. Bd4 $40 {/\ f5}) (16... Nc5 {Krasenkov,M}) 17. Rac1 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 (18. Nxd5 $6 Qxc1 19. Bxc1 Nef2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Bxd5 22. f5
Rc8
23. Be3 Kd7 $13) 18... Qb8 {Der Nachziehende braucht noch einen Zug ( 0-0 )
und dann ist alles in Ordnung. Mit dem folgenden Bauernopfer will Weiss seine
Initiative behalten.} (18... Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qd7 20. f5 $40 (20. Rfc1 $36 {
Ftacnik})) 19. f5 $1 Qxe5 (19... Nxc3 {Ftacnik} 20. fxe6 (20. Qxc3
{Krasenkov,M
} Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Qc7) (20. Rxc3 Qxe5 21. Bf4) 20... fxe6 (20... Ne4 21.

exf7+ Kd8 22. Ne6+ Kd7 23. Nc7 $18) 21. Rxc3 $40) 20. fxe6 fxe6 {# #}
(20...
O-O {Ftacnik} 21. Rf5 Qd6 (21... Nc5 {Krasenkov,M} 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. exf7+
Rxf7
24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Nf5) 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qb3 $16) 21. Ncb5 $1 {
Der Schluesselzug.} Nc5 (21... axb5 $2 22. Qxb5+ Kd8 23. Qxb7 $18) (21...
Rc8 {
Ftacnik} 22. Rxc8+ (22. Bf4 Rxc1 $1) 22... Bxc8 23. Nc6 Qxb2 24. Nc7+ Kd7
25.
Nxd5 $40) 22. Qe2 {Droht /\ b4 oder Nf3} Rc8 (22... axb5 23. Qxb5+ Kd8 (23...
Nd7 24. Qxb7 Rb8 (24... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 25. Nb5 $18) 25. Rc8+ $18) 24. Rxc5
$1 (
24. Qb6+ Ke8 25. Rxc5 Qxe3 (25... Bxc5 26. Qxb7 $18) 26. Qxb7 $18) 24...
Bxc5 (
24... Qxe3 25. Qxb7 $18) 25. Rf7 $1 (25. Qxb7 $18) 25... Qd6 26. Bg5+ $18)
23.
Na7 Rc7 (23... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 24. Nac6 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. b4
$18)
(23... Bd6 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Nf3 $18) (23... Rb8 {Krasenkov,M} 24. Nac6 Bxc6
25.
Nxc6 Rxb2 26. Qf3) 24. b4 $1 Nxa4 (24... Ne4 25. Rxc7 (25. Bf4 $2 Qxf4 26.
Rxf4
Rxc1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rf8 $17) 25... Qxc7 26. Nxe6 Qe5 27. Qg4 $16)
25.
Nac6 (25. Rxc7 {Krasenkov,M} Qxc7 26. Nxe6 Qe5) 25... Qe4 (25... Bxc6 26.
Nxc6
Rxc6 (26... Qe4 27. Rf4 Qg6 (27... Rxc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxc6 (28. Rxe4 Rxc1+
29.
Bxc1 dxe4 30. Qxa6 O-O $16) 28... Qb1+ 29. Bg1 $18) 28. Qxa6 $18) (26...
Qb2
27. Qxa6 $18) 27. Rxc6 d4 28. Qxa6 dxe3 29. Qc8+ Bd8 30. Rxe6+ $18) (25...
Qd6
{Ftacnik} 26. Bf4 $18) 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. Rg4 Qf7 {#} (27... Qf6 {Krasenkov,M}
28.
Rf1) 28. Rxg7 $1 {
Eine kleine, aber huebsche Kombination entscheidet die gut gespielte Partie.}

Qxg7 29. Nxe6 Qb2 (29... Qxg2+ {Ftacnik} 30. Qxg2 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32.
Bd4
$18) 30. Nxc7+ Kd7 (30... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 31. Qh5+ $18) 31. Qxb2 Nxb2 32.
Ne5+
Kd6 (32... Kc8 {Ftacnik} 33. Nxd5+ Kd8 34. Nf7+ Ke8 35. Nxh8 $18) 33. Nf7+
Kd7
34. Ne5+ (34. Nxh8 $18) (34. Nxh8 {Ftacnik} Bd6 35. Nxa6 Bxa6 36. Ra1 $18)
34... Kd6 35. Bf4 Rf8 (35... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 36. Nc4+ Kc6 37. Nxb2+ Kd7 38. Na4
$18) (35... Rg8 {Krasenkov,M} 36. Nd3+ Kd7 37. Nxb2 d4 38. Bg3 (38. Rc2
Rf8)
38... Bd6 39. Na4 $1 Bxg3 40. hxg3 Kd6 (40... d3 41. Nxa6 $18) 41. b5 Rxg3
42.
bxa6 $18) 36. Nc4+ Kd7 (36... Kc6 {Ftacnik} 37. Nxb2+ $18) 37. Nb6+ (37.
Nb6+
Kd8 38. Ne6+ Ke8 39. Nxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]

[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.


Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5
Nxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Rb7 17. Qe2 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. b3 Qa6 20. Rac1
Qxe2 21.
Rxe2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3


e6 8. g4 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 (12. h4 Rb8 13.
g5

Nd7 14. Kb1 (14. Ba7 Rb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 b3 18. axb3 Rxb3
$15 {
Magem Badals,J-Ehlvest,J Pamplona (5) 1991 0-1 38}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 Ne5
(15...
Qc7 16. h5 Ne5 17. Ng1 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nc1 Bg4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21.
Bxc4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Nb3 $14 {
Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L Wijk (06) 1994 1-0 46}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h6
g6
20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. gxf6 Rb6 22. Nh3 Bb7 23. Qe3 Rc6 $132 {
Smirin,I-Van Wely,L Wijk (09) 1994 0-1 41}) 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3
Na3+
19. Kb2 Bd7 20. c4 $10 {Leko,P-Van Wely,L Wijk (02) 1994 1/2 56}) (12. Bxf6
$6
Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 $40) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. a3 (15. Rg1 b4 $1
(
15... Ne5 16. Qf2 (16. Rg3 Qc7 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 d5 (18... Bc6 $5) 19. g6 fxg6
20. Bh3 Qd6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nc5 Nc4 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 $16 {
Thorhallsson-Palac Hartberg op (5) 1991 0-1 37} (24. Nxe6 Nxd2+ 25. Rxd2
dxe4
26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rd7 $17 {
0-1 Thorhallsson-Palac/Hartberg op (5) 1991 (37)})) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18.
h5 Qc7 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Rh1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 $17 {
Ryan,J-Milu,R Manila olm 1992 0-1 30} (22... Rxf6 23. Qg3 b4 24. Na4 d5 $17 {
Ryan,J-Milu,R/Manila olm/1992/0-1 (30)})) 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 Bc6 17. Qxb4 d5
$19)
16... Ne5 17. Rg3 $6 (17. Bg2 Nc4 18. Qxb4 Qd7 19. Qb3 a5 $40) 17... Nc4 18.
Qc1 e5 $1 $17 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,G Amsterdam Euwe-mem (3) 1995 0-1 28}
(18...
e5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bf2 a5 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Re1 a4 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Qd1 d5 24.
exd5
$17 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (3)/1995/0-1 (28)})) (15. g6
fxg6
(15... b4 16. gxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 f5 19. Qxb4 {

Varavin,V-Pugachev,A/Budapest op/1992/} (19. Bh3 $1 {Ftacnik} f4 $1 20. Bf2


a5
$44) 19... Ba8 20. Qd2 fxe4 $13 {
Varavin,V-Pugachev,A Kobanya op (08) 1992 1-0 54}) (15... Ne5 $6 16. Qg2
(16.
gxf7+ {Ftacnik} Rxf7 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Bh3 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rc6 20. Bg4 $10)
16...
Bf6 17. gxh7+ Kh8 (17... Kxh7 {Ftacnik} 18. Rg1 Qe7 19. h5 Rfd8 $13) 18. Rg1
Qe7 19. h5 Rfd8 20. f4 $16 {
Varavin,V-Obukhov,A Krasnodar 1991 1-0 30
Obukhov,A/USSR/1991/})

Varavin,V-

16. Bh3 e5 $17) (15. Bd3 b4 (15... Ne5 16. Qg2 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 b4 18. Nd1 Qc7
19.
b3 $10 {Fedorov,A-Mochalov,E Minsk (10) 1995 1-0 63 - EXP 46} (19. b3 e5 20.
Bb2 f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Ne3 Rcf8 23. Ng4 Re6 24. h5 $14 {
Fedorov,A-Mochalov,E/Minsk (10) 1995/1-0 (63)})) (15... Nc5 16. Rdg1 e5 17.
Be3
b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc7 21. Rg4 $14 {
Rodriguez,A-Larsen,B San Martin (03) 1995 1-0 57} (21. Rg4 {Ftacnik} a5 22.
Rhg1 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg5 $14 {
Rodriguez,A-Larsen,B/San Martin (03)/1995/1-0 (57)})) 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Qc7
18. h5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf3 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc5 $15 {
Salazar,H-Panno,O Buenos Aires Cup Lat (07) 1991 1/2 29} (21... Qc5 22. Qg1
Qxg1 23. Rhxg1 Rc5 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. c3 bxc3 26. Nxc3 Bc6 27. Be2 Bd7 28.
Rd4 Rb8
29. Na4 Bxa4 {1/2-1/2 Salazar,H-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Cup Lat (7) 1991}))
(15.
Bh3 Ne5 16. Qg2 Nc4 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Nf4 Bc8 21.
e5
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxe6+ $16 {Kovacevic,A-Zetocha,C
Szekszard
op (09) 1994 1/2 37 Kovacevic,A-Zetocha,C/Szekszard op (09)/1994/0.5 (37)})
15... Qc7 $2 $146 {Zu langsam und in einigen Varianten ein Tempoverlust.} (

15... Ne5 16. Qe3 (16. Bxe5 $6 dxe5 $17) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rhg1
(18.
Rd3 $5 $146 Qe8 (18... Qc7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Ba5 $14 {/\ Bb4}) (18... Qb8 $5 {
/\ b4}) (18... b4 $2 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Bc5 $16 {/\ Bd6}) 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bb6 f5
21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Ba5 Bf8 23. Rgd1 Qh5 24. Bb4 h6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6
Qxf3
$10 {Wang Zili-Boensch,U Peking op (07) 2nd. S.T. Lee Cup 1995 1-0 62}) (18.
f4
b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 {xe4}) 18... b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 $15 {
Topalov,V-Kasparov,G Novgorod (04) 1995 0-1 40 - CBM 48} (19... Rxb4
{Ftacnik}
20. Rg2 (20. f4 Qc7 21. f5 e5 22. Ba7 Rc8 $15) 20... Ba8 21. b3 (21. h5 e5 22.
Bc5 Rc4 23. Ba3 Qc7) 21... a5 22. h5 Qc7 23. Bf6 (23. g6 e5 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25.
Ba7 Rc8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd3 Bc6 $40) 23... Rfb8 (23... gxf6 $4 24. gxf6+ Kh8 25.
Qg5 $18) 24. Bxe7 (24. h6 a4 $40) 24... Qxe7 25. Rd4 (25. h6 $2 a4 $19) 25...
e5 26. Rxb4 axb4 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Novgorod (04)/1995/0-1 (40)})) 16.
Rg1
Kh8 $6 (16... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bf6 $1 $16) 17. h5
e5
{xd5} (17... f5 {Ftacnik} 18. h6 e5 19. hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Be3 $16) 18. Be3 f5 {
Damit wird der direkte K-Angriff zwar gestoppt, aber die Felderschwaechen d5
und e6 garantieren Wei vorzuegliches Spiel.} (18... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 19. g6 $1
$40) 19. exf5 $1 (19. g6 {Ftacnik} f4 20. Bf2 h6 $13) 19... Rxf5 (19... Bxf3 {
Ftacnik} 20. f6 $5 (20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rxf5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. g6 $40 h6
$140
24. Qg4 Rf8 25. Bxh6 $1 $18) 20... gxf6 21. g6 Rg8 22. Be2 $40) 20. Nd5 $3 {
Ganz hervorragend gespielt! Mit der radikalen Ausnutzung der weien Felder
widerlegt Topalov den Aufbau seines Gegners.} Bxd5 (20... Qd8 21. Nxe7 Qxe7
22.
Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 $18 (23. Rxd6 {Ftacnik} Rf7 24. Bh3 $18)) 21. Qxd5
Qxc2+ 22.
Ka2 {Es droht Bd3, Bh3, Rc1 und gelegentlich Qe6 bzw. mit dem B auf d3
Qe4.}

Rff8 (22... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rd2 (23. Bh3 $2 Na4 24. Qd2 Nc3+ 25. Ka1 Nxd1)
23... Qa4 24. Bh3 $16) (22... Rc3 {Ftacnik} 23. Rd3 (23. Bd3 $4 Rxa3+ $1 24.
Kxa3 Qa4#) 23... Rc7 24. Bh3 Qc4+ (24... Rf8 25. Rc1 $18) 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26.
Bxf5 cxd3 27. Bxd3 $16) (22... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 23. Qe6 $18) 23. Rc1 Qa4 (23...
Qf5 24. Bd3 Qh3 25. Rh1 Qg2 26. Qe4 g6 27. hxg6 $18) (23... Nb6 {Ftacnik}
24.
Qb7 $18) 24. Qe6 (24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qe6 b4 26. Qxe7 bxa3 27. Rg4 Qc2 28.
Rg2
Qc6 (28... Qa4 29. b3 $18) 29. h6 $18) 24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qd4 (25... b4 26.
Qxe7 bxa3 27. b3 Qc6 28. Bd3 Qxf3 29. Rf1 Qg2+ 30. Kxa3 Rxf1 31. h6 gxh6
32.
Qxh7#) (25... Qc2 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxd7 Qxc1 27. Qxe7 $18) 26. Rg4 (26. Rg4
Qd1
27. Qxd7 Qxf1 (27... Bd8 {Ftacnik} 28. h6 $1 $18) 28. Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]

[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.


Nc3 Ng4 (8... d6) 9. e3 d6 (9... Nge5 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qd2
a6 14. Nde2 $14 {Smeikal,J-Honfi,K/CSSR/1968/}) 10. b3 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Bxc6
Rb8 12. Bf3 Ne5 $44 {Saadi,J-Fisher,R/Mar del Plata/1960/}) 10... a6 (10...
Nxd4 11. exd4 Nh6 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qd2 $14) 11. Bb2
Nxd4
12. exd4 Rb8 13. a4 Nh6 14. a5 Nf5 15. Nd5 (15. Na4 $2 Qxa5) 15... b5 $1 $8 (
15... e6 $2 16. Nb6 $16) 16. axb6 $6 (16. Nb4 $5 Qc7 17. Nc6 Rb7 18. Rc1
$40)
16... e6 17. Ne3 Ne7 (17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qxb6 19. Ra3 $10) 18. Ba3 $6 (18. b7
Bxb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rxa6 Qb8 21. Ra3 $14) 18... Qxb6 19. c5 dxc5 (19...
Qxb3
$2 20. cxd6 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. d7 $16) 20. Bxc5 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rd8 $1 $10
22.
b4 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bb7 24. Rfd1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 (26. Qf3 Qxf3+
(26...
Nd5 $10) 27. Kxf3 Nc6 $2 (27... Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Ra1) 28. d5 $10) 26...
Nd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Ra3 h5 30. h4 Kh7 31. Qf3 $10 Kg8 32.
Rda1
Bf8 33. Ra5 Bxc5 34. bxc5 Qb2 35. R5a4 Rad8 36. Rxa6 Qxd4 37. c6 Rf5 38. c7
Rxf3 39. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 40. Ra8 Qxa8 41. Rxa8+ Kg7 42. Kg2 Rb3 43. f4 Rb7
44. Ra5
Kf6 45. Kf2 Rd7 46. Ke3 Rd5 47. Ra7 Rb5 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Rb7 Rc5
51. Kf3 e5 52. fxe5+ Rxe5 53. Ra7 Ke6 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Ra7 f6 56. Ra4 g5 57.
hxg5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]

[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4
b5
15. b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2
Rce8 21.
Nxg6+ fxg6 22. Nxd6 Re6 23. Nb7 Bc8 24. Nc5 Rc6 25. h3 g5 26. Rhd1 Ng8 27.
Rf2
Rh6 28. Rh1 Rhf6 29. Rhf1 Rh6 30. Rh1 Rhf6 31. Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 (6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 $13


) 6... Nf6 7. Nge2 (7. h4 $6 c6 8. h5 gxh5 9. Bf3 Qe7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxh5 Be6
$13) 7... O-O 8. O-O c6 9. exf5 gxf5 (9... Bxf5 $5 10. d4 $13 {
Kovacevic,V-Ostojic,P/La Habana/1968/}) 10. d4 Na6 11. b3 Bd7 (11... Be6 $6
12.
d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 $14) 12. dxe5 (12. Ba3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 $132) 12... dxe5
13.
Qd6 Qe8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Qa3 Rxd1 (17... Rf7 $5) 18.
Rxd1 f4 19. Qd6 (19. Ne4 Bg4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. f3 Be7 22. Qb2 Bf5 $132) 19...
Ng4 (19... Bg4 $5) 20. Be4 fxg3 21. Bxg3 $14 Nf6 22. Bg2 (22. Qxe5 $2 Nxe4 (
22... Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxe4 $14) 23. Qxe4 Nc5 $44) 22...
Nh5 23. Ne4 Bf5 (23... Bg4 24. Rd2) 24. Qd2 $6 Qg6 25. Qe3 Nc7 26. Rd6 (26.
Nd6
$6 Rd8 (26... Bc2 $2 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 $14)) 26... Qf7 27. Rd2 Ne8 (27...
Qg6 $2 28. Nd6 $14) 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Bg4 $10 30. h3 Bc8 31. Bh4 (31.
Qxa7
$6 Nf4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Bh4 f3 $40) 31... Nf4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Qf3 $10 Qc7
34. Rd2 Bf5 35. Re2 Rf7 36. Rd2 Kh7 37. Bf1 Qe5 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Bd3 Qg6+
40.

Kh2 Bxd3 41. Qxd3 c5 42. Qf3 Bd4 43. Rg1 Qf5 44. Qg2 Rg7 45. Qf3 Rf7 1/21/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5


f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 c5 15.
Rb1
g5 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. O-O Rf7 19. Rb3 Ng6 20. Qb1 Bf8 21. Qb2 Nf4
22.
Rb1 h5 23. Rb8 Rxb8 24. Qxb8 h4 25. g3 h3 26. Kf1 Nd3 27. Rb3 Nb4 28. Ke2
Nc2
29. Qa8 Nd4+ 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nd1 Qe8 32. Rb8 Rc7 33. Nb2 Kh7 34. Nd3
Bg7 35.

Rb1 Qe7 36. Kf1 Ba6 37. Ke2 Bc8 38. Kd1 Bd7 39. Rb8 Kg6 40. Kc1 Kf7 41. Rb3
Qf8
42. Qxf8+ Bxf8 43. e5 Bf5 44. e6+ Ke7 45. Kd1 Kd8 46. Ke2 Kc8 47. f3 gxf3+
48.
Kxf3 Rb7 49. Rxb7 Kxb7 {starkes Springerpaar gegen 2 Lufer bei blockierter
Stellung und schwarzen Bauernschwchen} 50. Ne4 Be7 51. g4 Bg6 52. Ndf2
Kb6 53.
Nh1 (53. Nxh3 Bxe4+ (53... Ka5 54. Nhxg5 Kb4 55. h4 Kxc4 56. h5 Be8 57. Nf7
Kxd5 58. h6 Kxe6 59. h7 $18) 54. Kxe4 Ka5 55. Kd3 Kb4 56. Ng1 Ka3 57. Nf3
Kxa2
58. h4 $18 gxh4 59. g5 a5 60. g6 Bf6 61. g7 Bxg7 62. e7) 53... Kc7 54. Nhg3
Bxe4+ 55. Nxe4 Kd8 56. Nf2 Ke8 57. Ke4 Kf8 58. Nxh3 Kg7 59. Nf2 Kg6 60. Nh1
Kf6
61. Ng3 Bf8 62. Nf5 Be7 63. h4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Bd3


Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 32nd"]


[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6.


Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5
13. Nc2 Be6 (13... O-O {Dolmatov} 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 b4 $2
(16...
f4 17. Qh5 Rf7 $13) 17. O-O bxc3 18. bxc3 $16 {
Topalov,V-Illeskas Cordoba,M/Alcobendas/1994/}) (13... Ne7 {Dolmatov} 14.
Bd3

Be6 15. Be4 $14) 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 a5 (15... Rb8 {
Horvath,T Short-Kramnik/CBM/}) 16. O-O f5 $1 $146 (16... Rb8) 17. Qh5 {
Fritz 3 empfehlt hier als besser fr Wei 17.Nf4.Nach meiner Meinung ist diese
Bewertung ist falsch:} (17. Nf4 exf4 18. Bxc6 fxg3 $13 (18... fxg3 {Horvath,T}
19. Bxa8 (19. hxg3 f4 $1 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 {
Schwarz hat mindestens genug kompensation fr geopferte Qualitt.}) 19...
gxh2+
20. Kxh2 Qxa8)) (17. Re1 Rc8 $5) (17. a4 b4 $1 (17... bxa4 {Horvath,T} 18.
Rxa4
Rb8 19. b4 axb4 20. Ncxb4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Kh8 $13)) (17. Qd2 $5) (17. Ndb4 {
Horvath,T} axb4 (17... Nxb4 18. Bxa8 Nxc2 (18... Qxa8 $5 19. cxb4 (19. Qxd6
$2
Qd5 $19) 19... d5 $44) 19. Bd5 Nd4 $1 20. Bg2 $1 Bc4 $10) 18. Bxc6 bxc3 $6
19.
Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxd6 Bc4 21. bxc3 Bxf1 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rxf1 $16) 17... b4 $1
18.
Nce3 (18. cxb4 axb4 19. Ncxb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4 e4 $15) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 Kh8
20.
Rad1 Rb8 (20... Rc8 $6 21. Bh3) 21. Bh3 (21. f4 $5 {Dolmatov} e4 22. g4 $5
Bf7
(22... fxg4 $6 23. Bxe4 $16) 23. Qxf5 Bg6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. fxg5 Ne5 26. h4
$16)
21... Qd7 22. f4 e4 23. Kh1 $2 (23. Rd2 $13) (23. Rf2 $13) (23. Rb1 $142 $10 {
Horvath,T}) (23. Rd2 $5 {Dolmatov} Rb5 (23... Ne7 $2 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxf5
$16
) 24. Rfd1 $14) 23... Rb2 24. Nc4 $2 (24. a4 $8 Ra2 $15) 24... Rxa2 25. Nde3 (
25. Nxd6 Bd4 $1 (25... Nd4 $1 26. Ne3 (26. cxd4 Bxd5 (26... Bxd5 $1
{Horvath,T}
27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 e3+ $19)) 26... Nf3 27. Bg2 Nd2 28. Ndc4
Bxc3 $19 {Topalov}) 26. cxd4 Bxd5 27. Qh6 Qe7 $19) (25. Ndb6 Qc7 26. Rxd6
Bxc4
27. Nxc4 Ne7 28. Re6 Qd7 $1 29. Rd6 (29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Bxf5 Bxc3 31. Rd1
Ra1
32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Nxa5 e3 $19) 29... Qc8 30. Ne3 Qxc3 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Nxf5

Qc5 33. g4 e3 $19) 25... Bf7 $1 (25... d5 26. Nb6) (25... Bxc4 26. Nxc4 d5 27.
Nb6 Qb7 $140 $2 28. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxb6 30. Qc8+ $18) 26. Qg5 (26.
Bxf5
Bxh5 27. Bxd7 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Ne7 29. Nxd6 Bxc3 30. Nxe4 Re2 31. Nxc3 Rxe3
$19) (
26. Qxf5 $2 {Dolmatov} Qxf5 27. Bxf5 Bxc4 $17) 26... Bxc4 (26... h6 $6 {
Dolmatov} 27. Bxf5 hxg5 28. Bxd7 Nb8 29. Bg4 $14) 27. Nxc4 d5 28. Ne5 (28.
Nb6
Qb7) (28. Ne3 Ne7 (28... Ne7 {Horvath,T} 29. Nxd5 (29. g4 {Dolmatov} Bxc3
30.
gxf5 Bf6 31. Qh6 $13) 29... Nxd5 30. c4 Qb7 31. cxd5 Qb2 $19)) 28... Qe6 $1 (
28... Nxe5 $2 {Dolmatov} 29. fxe5 Qb5 30. Rxf5 $1 $40) 29. g4 $4 (29. Rb1
Nxe5
30. fxe5 Qg6 31. Qe7 (31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Bxf5 Bxe5 $19) 31...
Qh6
32. Rb7 Rg8 33. Bg2 Qd2 34. Rg1 e3 $19) 29... Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Bg2 f4 (
31... f4 {Dolmatov} 32. Qxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxd5 f3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3


Qxc5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Nc5
15. Bb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Rd5 Qc7 20. Rcd1 b6
21.
a3 Rfd8 22. h4 e6 23. Rg5 Qe7 24. h5 Qf6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. f5 Bh6 27. Rg2
Bxe3
28. Qxe3 Rc7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxg6+ Rg7 33.
Qh6 Qf6
34. Kf2 Rxg6 35. Bxg6 Nd4 36. Bh7+ Kf7 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. b4 Ke7 39. Ke3
Kd6
40. Be4 Nf5+ 41. Kd3 Nd4 42. a4 Nb3 43. Kc3 Nd4 44. a5 bxa5 45. c5+ Kd7 46.
bxa5 Nb5+ 47. Kd3 Nc7 48. Bb7 Ke7 49. Bc6 Na6 50. Kc4 Nc7 51. Ba4 Kd8 52.
Bc2
Ke7 53. Bd3 Kd7 54. Bc2 Ke7 55. Be4 Kd7 56. Bb7 Ke7 57. Kd3 Kf6 58. Ke4 Nb5
59.
Ba6 Nc7 60. Bc4 Ne8 61. Bf1 Nc7 62. Be2 Ne8 63. f4 exf4 64. Kxf4 Nc7 65. Bc4
Ke7 66. Ke5 Kd7 67. Bd3 Kc6 68. Kd4 e5+ 69. Kc4 Kb7 70. Be4+ Kb8 71. c6
Na8 72.
Kd5 Nc7+ 73. Kc5 Na8 74. Kd6 Nc7 75. Kd7 Na8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]

[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ e6


8.
Qxe4 d5 9. Qf3+ Qf6 10. Be3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Bd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ra4 14.
Qxf6+ gxf6 15. Ne2 Bb4+ 16. Nbc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Kd2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2
Rha8
20. Rhb1 Rxa2+ 21. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 22. Ke3 Rc2 23. Rxb6 Rxc3+ 24. Kd2 Ra3 25.
Rd6
Ra2+ 26. Ke3 Ra1 27. Ke2 Rh1 28. h3 h5 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Re7 Kf5 31. g4+
hxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2500"]

[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4


Nc6 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxg4 13. Bg3 Bb4 14. a3
Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Bd3 Qg5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Qxg5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 hxg5
20. Kd2
Bd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. d4 Rfe8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. d5 f6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Kc3
Bh3
27. Kd4 Bg2 28. Bc7 Rd7 29. d6 Kf7 30. Re3 Ke6 31. e5 f5 32. Rg3 Bc6 33.
Rxg5
f4 34. h4 f3 35. Ke3 Rf7 36. Kf2 Bd7 37. Ba5 Kd5 38. Bc3 Be6 39. h5 Kc6 40.
Rg1
Kd7 41. Bd4 Bd5 42. Rg6 Be6 43. Rg5 Bd5 44. e6+ Kxe6 45. Bxg7 Kxd6 46.
Rxd5+
Kxd5 47. h6 Ke4 48. h7 Rxg7 49. h8=Q Rg2+ 50. Kf1 b5 51. Qa8+ Ke3 52.
Qa7+ Kd3
53. Qxa6 Rxb2 54. a4 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]

[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 {Dolmatov} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung.} (3...


Nf6
$5) (3... f5 $5) (3... g6 $5) 4. d3 {Eine Neuerung} (4. Nd5 $5 a5 (4... Be7 {
Dolmatov} 5. g3 Nf6) 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e4 7. Ng1 Nf6 8. f3 $13 {
Gurevich,M-Pribyl,J/BL9394/INF60,30/}) (4. g3 Bxc3 (4... Nf6 $5 {-> A29}) 5.
bxc3 d6 6. d4 e4 7. Nd2 f5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O exf3 11. Nxf3 h6 $13 {
Lautier,J-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1995/CBM46/INF63,16/}) 4... Bxc3+ (4... Nf6 5.
Bd2
{-> A28}) 5. bxc3 d6 6. Rb1 Nge7 $5 (6... Nf6 7. e4 (7. Bg5 $5) 7... O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O $13) 7. e3 (7. g3 $5 {Dolmatov} O-O 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O h6 10. Ne1 f5
11. f4 Be6 12. Nc2 $14) 7... O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. Nd2 (9. O-O {Dolmatov} f5) 9...
Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. d4 $5 {Ein zweischneidiger Zug, der Raum im Zentrum
gewinnt, dafuer aber den c4-Bauern schwaecht.} (11. Ba3 $5 {/\ d4, c5}) 11...
Na5 12. Rb2 (12. e4 {Dolmatov} f5) 12... f5 13. d5 Bf7 14. f4 $5 e4 (14... exf4
15. exf4 c6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 cxd5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. cxd5 Rxc3 20. Qd4
Rc5
21. b4 Rb5 22. Re2 Nxd5 23. Bb2 Nf6 24. Rfe1 $44) (14... Ng6 {Dolmatov} 15.
Nb3
Nb7 16. Bd3 e4) (14... c6 $5 {Dolmatov} 15. fxe5 $5 (15. Nb3 $6 Nxb3 16.
axb3
cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. fxe5 Nxc3 $17) 15... cxd5 (15... dxe5 16. Nf3) 16. Nf3 (

16. cxd5 Nxd5 $40) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. exd6 Nd5 19. Ne5 Qxd6 20.
Nxf7
Rxf7 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rf4 Qe6 23. Rxc4 Rfd7 $13) 15. Nb3 Nb7 (15... Nxb3 16.
axb3 $14) 16. Rd2 Rac8 (16... c6 $5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 (17... Nxc6 18. g4 $132) 18.
Rd4 Rae8 $13 {Schwarz gewinnt ein Tempi.}) 17. g4 $5 {Weiss steht im
Zentrum
und auch am Damenfluegel schlechter, deswegen sollte er am Koenigfluegel
etwas
versuchen.} c6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 (18... Rxc6 19. Nd4 Rxc4 20. gxf5 Nxf5 $40) 19.
Rd4 (19. Nd4 {Dolmatov} Qc5 20. Qa4 Bxc4 21. Ba3 $13) 19... fxg4 (19... Be6
$5
{Dolmatov}) 20. f5 $1 {/\ Rff4} (20. Bxg4 $2 Bxc4 $1 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 (21...
Qxc8
$44 {Dolmatov}) 22. Rf2 Nf5 $44 {>< e3}) 20... Rce8 (20... Kh8 $5
{Dolmatov}
21. Ba3 Ng8 22. Bxg4 Nf6) 21. Ba3 $1 Qc8 22. Bxg4 h5 23. Bh3 (23. Bxh5 {
Dolmatov} Nxf5 $40) 23... Nc6 {Der Nachziehende gewinnt jetzt einen Bauern,
aber er kann die Initiative nicht behalten.} (23... Bg6 $5 24. fxg6 $5 (24.
Rxe4 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 $15) 24... Qxh3 25. Rxe4 $1 $13 Nxg6 $6 26. Rxe8
Rxe8
27. Qd5+ Kh7 28. Qxb7 Nh4 {Jetzt hingegen ist es sehr fragwuerdig, ob Weiss
genuegend Kompensation fuer den Laeufer hat.}) 24. Rd2 Bxc4 (24... Ne5 {
Dolmatov} 25. Rg2) 25. Rf4 Rf6 26. Rg2 {>< g7} (26. Qxh5 $2 Rh6 (26... Ne5
$5 {
Dolmatov}) 27. Qg4 Ne5 $17 (27... Ne5 28. Qg3 Nf3+ $2 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. f6))
26... Bf7 27. Qe1 $1 {Droht Qg3 oder Qh4.} Bxb3 (27... Nc5 {Dolmatov} 28.
Qg3
$18) 28. axb3 Ne5 29. Qg3 (29. Rxe4 $4 Nf3+ $19) 29... Re7 30. c4 Nc5 31.
Kh1
$1 Qa6 (31... Nxb3 32. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 33. f6 Rd1+ 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Rd7
36.
Be6+ $18) 32. Bb2 Ncd3 33. Bxe5 (33. Bd4 $2 {Dolmatov} Nxf4 34. exf4 Nd7)
33...
dxe5 $2 (33... Nxe5 34. Rxe4 $13) 34. Rf1 $1 $36 {Eine sehr unangenehme

Ueberrraschung. Weiss konzentriert sich ganz auf Angriff.} (34. Rxe4 $2) (34.
Rxe4 $2 {Dolmatov} Qa1+ 35. Rg1 Qb2) 34... b5 35. Qh4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Nc5
(36...
Qc6 $5 {Dolmatov} 37. Rfg1 a5) 37. Rfg1 Ref7 38. Rg5 $1 Qa2 (38... Qxc4 {
Dolmatov} 39. Rxh5 Kf8 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rc8 $40) 39. Qg3 $1 (39. Rxh5
{Dolmatov
} Kf8 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Qg3 Nd3) 39... Kf8 40. Rxg7 (40. Qxe5 {Dolmatov} Nd3
41.
Qb8+ Ke7) 40... Nd3 {
Schwarz hat eine sehr gefaerhliche Drohung, aber jetzt ist noch Weiss am
Zug.}
41. Rxf7+ (41. Rg8+ {Dolmatov} Ke7 42. Rf1 a5 43. Ra8 $40) 41... Rxf7 42.
Qg8+
Ke7 43. f6+ Kd6 (43... Kxf6 44. Qg5#) (43... Rxf6 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Qb8+ Kc5
46.
Qb5+ Kd6 47. Qd5#) 44. Qb8+ (44. Qd8+ $2 Kc5 45. Qd5+ Kb4) 44... Kc6
(44... Rc7
45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Qd5+ $18) (44... Kc5 45. Qb5+ Kd6 46. Qd5+ $18) 45. Qc8+
Kb6 (
45... Kd6 {Dolmatov} 46. c5+ Nxc5 47. Rc1 $18) 46. Rf1 Nf2+ 47. Kg1 $1 (47.
Rxf2 $2 {Dolmatov} Qxf2 48. Qe6+ Kc5 49. Qxf7 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg3
Qe1+
$10) 47... Nxh3+ 48. Qxh3 Qxc4 49. Qf5 {Im Endergebnis hat der Anziehende
einen Bauern weniger, aber gegen seinen starken f-Bauern ist Schwarz hilflos.}
a5 (49... Qd5 {Dolmatov} 50. Rb1+ Kc7 51. Rc1+ $16) 50. Qxe5 Qc6 51. Rf5
Qc1+
52. Kg2 Qd2+ 53. Kh3 Qxe3+ 54. Kh4 Rc7 55. f7 $1 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Black "Short, Nigel D"]


[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Topalov"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.


Bb3
O-O 8. h3 $5 Bb7 (8... d6 9. c3) 9. d3 Re8 (9... d6 {Dolmatov} 10. c3 Na5 11.
Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 $14 {
Psakhis,L-Malaniuk,V/URS/1987/}) 10. c3 Bf8 (10... h6) 11. Bg5 $1 (11. Nbd2
d5)
(11. Ng5 $6 d5 12. exd5 Na5 13. c4 h6 $44) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. Nbd2 (13.
a4
$5 {/\ 14.Na3+/=}) 13... g6 (13... Nb8 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15. Ne3 $14) 14. Nf1 Bg7
15. Qd2 $1 (15. Ne3 Qd7) 15... Qe7 (15... Nb8 16. Ne3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 g5 18.
Nxh6+
Bxh6 19. Bxg5 Bg7 20. Nh4 $40) (15... Qd7 {Dolmatov} 16. Ne3 Kh7 (16... Ne7
$2
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 $16)) 16. Ne3 Qf8 17. a4 (17. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bd8
19. a4 $36 (19. Nh2 {Dolmatov} Kh7 (19... Na5 $6 20. Ng4 Nxb3 21. Ngf6+
Kh8 22.
axb3 Re6) 20. f4 $40) (19. d4 Na5)) 17... Ne7 18. Bxf6 (18. axb5 $142 axb5 19.

Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxf6 $36) 18... Bxf6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
22.
d4 Nc8 $6 (22... h5 $1 23. Ne3 c5 $13) 23. Qd3 $14 exd4 (23... c6 {Dolmatov}
24. d5 $14) 24. Nxd4 h5 25. Nh2 d5 $5 (25... Bxd4 26. cxd4 c5 27. dxc5 dxc5
28.
Qxb5 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Nf1 $14) (25... c6 {Dolmatov} 26. Nhf3 Qe7 $14)
26.
Nxb5 Qc5 $1 (26... dxe4 $6 27. Qg3 Kh7 28. Qxc7 Re7 29. Qa5 $16) 27. Ra1 $1
(
27. Rd1 dxe4 (27... Rxe4 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Re1+ 30. Nf1 Qxd5 31. Rxd5
c6
32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Nd4 $16) 28. Qd7 Rf8 $1 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Nd4 Nb6 31. Qe6
Bd5
$19) 27... Nb6 $1 (27... dxe4 $2 28. Qd7 Bc6 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. Nxc7 Rf8 31.
Qxg7+ $18) (27... Bc6 28. Nxc7 dxe4 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd8 $132) 28.
exd5
Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Nf3 $1 $14 Rb8 (30... Nf4 {Dolmatov} 31. Qd7 Re2 32.
Nbd4 $16) 31. Nbd4 Rxb2 $5 (31... Bxd4 32. cxd4 $14) 32. Ra8+ Bf8 (32... Kh7
{
Dolmatov} 33. Ng5+ $18) 33. Ne5 $1 Qxc3 $1 $8 (33... Nxc3 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8
35.
Qxc3 $16) (33... Nb6 34. Re8 $16) (33... Qd6 34. Nc4 $18 (34. Nc4 {Dolmatov}
Nf4 35. Qe4 $16)) 34. Qxc3 Nxc3 35. Nd7 Kg7 (35... Rd2 {Dolmatov} 36. Nxf8
$18)
36. Nxf8 Rd2 37. Nb3 $1 (37. Nf3 $6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Ne4) (37. Nc6 $6 Ne4 38. f3
Ng3 39. h4 Nf5) 37... Rd5 $10 {>< Nf8} 38. Kh2 (38. h4 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nd4 40.
Nd2
Nf5 $10) 38... h4 (38... Ne4 39. f3 Nf6 $10) 39. Re8 Nb5 40. Rc8 Nd4 $2 $138 (
40... Rg5) (40... g5) (40... Nd6 {Dolmatov} 41. Rd8 $18) 41. Nd2 $1 {
/\ Nd2-e4, Nf8-h7} c5 42. Ne4 $18 Nb3 43. Nh7 $1 Nd2 (43... Nd2 44. Nhf6
Nf1+
45. Kg1 Rd1 46. Rg8+ Kh6 47. Ng4+ Kh5 48. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]

[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.


Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxd5 11. Rd1 c6 12. Ne1 (12. e4 Nb4 13. Qa4 (13.
Qe2
Qc7 14. a3 Na6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Nb3 17. Rab1 h6 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Bf1 Nac5
20.
Bxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Bg4 22. bxc5 Bxf3 {
Tukmakov,V-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Zaragoza op ;EXT 93op 1993/1-0 (38)}) 13...
Qb6 (
13... b5 14. Qxb4 (14. Rxd8 bxa4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Nxa4 Nc4 17. Bf1 Bg4 18.
Kg2 Bxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Ne5+ 20. Kg2 Rd8 21. Bf4 Ned3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Be3
Nxb2 24.
Nxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 {
1/2-1/2 Litinskaya Shul,M-Qin Kanying/Subotica iztW (02) ;TD 93\02 1991 (30)})

14... Bxc3 15. Rxd8 (15. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 16. Ne1 Qd8 17. Bh6 f6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19.
Nd3 Be6 20. Nc5 Bf7 21. e5 Nc4 22. exf6 exf6 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nb7 Qe7 25.
Qxc6 {
Foisor,O-Kleinplatz,S/Hyeres op ;TD 92\11 1992/1-0 (59)}) 15... Bxb4 16. Rxf8+
Kxf8 17. Bh6+ Kg8 18. e5 e6 19. Rd1 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Ng5 {
1/2-1/2 Matthaei,A-Leissner,J/Porz op (01) ;EXT 93op 1993 (28)}) 14. Bg5 (14.
Be3 c5 15. a3 Nbc6 16. b4 Bxc3 17. Bxc5 Qc7 18. Rac1 Nc4 19. Rxc3 Nb2 20.
Qc2
Nxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qc1 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 {
Barbero,G-Banas,J/Belgrade GMA ;TD 88\07 1988/0-1 (64)}) 14... Na6 15. Bxe7
Re8
16. Nd5 Qxb2 17. Rab1 Nc4 18. Rxb2 Nxb2 19. Qb3 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc7 21. Ba3
Nxd5
22. exd5 {Grabarczyk,M-Babula,V/Pardubice op ;EXT 95op 1995/1-0 (44)}) (12.
Ng5
e6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa4 Nc4 18. Qb3 Na5
{
1/2-1/2 Beil,Z-Stohl,I/Stary Smokovec ;EXT 87 1987}) 12... Bd7 (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Kg7 17. Qc1 Ng8 18. Nd3 Bg4 19. f3
Be6
20. Nc5 Rae8 21. Rb1 Bc8 22. Rb2 h6 23. Bd2 Rd8 {
Lalic,B-Stone,R/Groningen op (05) ;EXP 26 1991/1-0 (37)}) (12... Qe8 13. Bxd5
cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bf5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qb4 Bxe4 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19.
Nxc8
Qxc8 20. Bg5 $16 {Sulava,N-Popovic,P/Jugoslavija/1990/}) (12... Be6 13. e4
Bg4
{Sulava,N-Peshina,G/Budapest op/1990/} 14. Rd3 $18) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rxd5
e6
15. Rd3 (15. Rd6 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Bxc8 17. Rd1 e5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Bc3
Ba6 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bc4 {
1/2-1/2 Jurka,M-Daniliuk,S/Pardubice op (03) ;EXT 94op 1994 (31)}) (15. Bg5 f6
16. Rd3 fxg5 17. Rad1 Qb6 $13) 15... Rc8 (15... Qc8 16. Qxc8 (16. Bd2 Nc6 17.

Bc3 e5 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23.
Rad1
b6 24. a4 Rfe8 25. Bd5 {1-0 Mandel,A-Trettin,U/BL2-S 9192 (1991) ;BL2 1992
(35)
}) 16... Bxc8 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Rd6 Bf5 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Bg5 Rc8 23. h3 Nd4 24. Kf1 b6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {
Korpics,Z-Banas,J/HUN-chT1 9495 (09) ;EXT 95ch 1995/0-1 (47)}) 16. Qd1 (16.
Qd2
Nc4) 16... Rc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 (18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Be3 b6 21. Be4
Rfc8 22. Rdc3 f5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Nf3 h6 25. h4 Be8 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. h5 gxh5
28.
Nh4 f4 29. Qd3+ Kh8 30. Bxc6 {
Schlosser,P-Fogarasi,T/Budapest Elekes (07) ;EXT 92 1992/1-0 (41)}) 18... Qe8 (
18... Qxg5 19. Rxd7 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Nd3 Bf8 22. Qa4 Nc4 23. Qxa7 Qd2
24.
Qb8 Re7 25. b3 {
1-0 Schlosser,P-Herbrechtsmeier,C/BL 9293 (1993) ;BL 90 1993 (34)}) 19. Rc1 (
19. e4 h6 (19... Be6 $2 20. Bd8 $1 Rc5 21. b4 $18) 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Nc2 Be6
$10)
19... Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bf5 $1 {Important improvement over the known forced
line.
Black balances on tiny rope, but the positional rewards are worth it.} (20...
Be6 21. b3 e4 22. Bxe4 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxe4 24. Ba3 (24. Nf3 h6 25. Be3 Nc6
26.
Rd7 b6 27. Qc1 $5 Na5 28. Nd2 $6 (28. Bxh6 $1 Nxb3 29. Qg5 Nc5 30. Bxg7
Kxg7
31. Re7 Ne6 32. Qd2 $36) 28... Qe6 29. Rxa7 Nxb3 30. Nxb3 Qxb3 31. Qc6
Qd1+ 32.
Kg2 Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Ftacnik,L/Tilburg (01)/1994/}) 24... Re8 25. Qd2 b6
26. Bb4 Qc6 27. Bxa5 bxa5 28. Rd8 Bf6 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $14 {
Konopka,M-Ftacnik,L/CSR chT/1994/}) (20... Bc6 21. e4 {xa5}) 21. e4 Be6 22.
b3
Qb5 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Rd8 Bf6 $1 (24... Bf8 $6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.

Qd6+ Kg7 28. Bf1 $16) 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. Rxe8+ (26. Rd6 Qc7) 26... Qxe8 27.
Nc2
Be7 28. Bc1 {White has little ground to believe, that his chances are better,
since d5 weakness is fully compensated with character of the d4 spot.} (28.
Bb2
Nc6 29. Ne3) 28... Qc8 29. Be3 (29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Ne3 Bb4 $1 $10) 29... b6 30.
Bf1 h5 31. h4 Qc7 32. Kh2 f6 33. Bd2 Qc5 34. Ne3 (34. Be3 Qc6) 34... Nc6 35.
Bh3 Bf7 36. Qd7 Kg7 (36... Qd6 37. Qxd6 Bxd6 $10) 37. Kg2 Qd6 38. Nd5 $6
(38.
Qxd6 Bxd6 $10) 38... f5 39. Qxd6 Bxd6 40. Kf1 $6 (40. Nc3 Nd4 $15) 40... Bxd5
41. exd5 Ne7 42. Bg2 e4 43. f3 exf3 44. Bxf3 Bxg3 45. Bg5 Nc8 46. Ke2 $5 (46.
Kg2 Be5 47. Be3 $15) 46... Nd6 47. Kd3 (47. Ke3 Nf7 48. Be7 Bd6 49. Bxd6
Nxd6
50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bg2 Nf7 $17) 47... Nf7 48. Be7 Ne5+ 49. Ke3 Nxf3 $1 50. Kxf3
Be5 51. Bb4 Kf7 52. a4 a6 (52... Bf6 53. Kg3 f4+ 54. Kxf4 Bxh4 55. a5 b5 56.
a6
$1) 53. Bd2 Ke7 54. Be3 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Bc5+ Kd7 57. Bb4 Bf6 58. Kg3
f4+
$1 59. Kxf4 (59. Kh3 f3 60. Kg3 Bxh4+ $19) 59... Bxh4 60. Ke4 Be7 61. Bd2
(61.
Bxe7 Kxe7 $19) 61... g5 62. Kf5 g4 63. Kf4 Bd6+ 64. Kg5 g3 65. Be3 Be5 66.
Kxh5
g2 67. Bg1 (67. Kg4 Bh2 $19) 67... Kd6 (67... Kd6 68. Kg4 Kxd5 69. Kf3 Bd4 70.
Kxg2 Bxg1 71. Kxg1 Kc5 72. Kf2 Kb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]

[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. c5 $2 (7. Nf3


Be7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. c5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 $14 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13.
Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Re3 $16) 7... Bd7 8. Bb5 (8. a3 $5 b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. dxc5 $13) 8... b6
9. Bxc6 (9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nge2 $10 {
Psakhis,L-Granda Zuniga,J/Manila/1992/}) 9... Bxc6 10. b4 bxc5 11. bxc5 Qa5
$1
(11... Be7 12. Nf3) 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Nf3 (13. Rb1 Be7 14. Nf3 Nd7 $10) (13.
Nge2
Be7 14. O-O O-O) 13... Nd7 14. Qe2 (14. Rb1 Be7 15. a4 O-O 16. Nb5 Rab8 17.
Qb3
Rb7 18. O-O Rfb8 $15) 14... Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Be7 16. Be3 f6 17. Ne1 O-O 18.
Nd3
Rab8 19. Rab1 a5 (19... e5 $2 20. Nb4 $16) 20. f4 (20. Nf4 $2 Kf7 $15) 20... g5
$1 21. fxg5 $6 (21. g4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 Kf7 (22... e5 $2 23. Nfxd5) 23. Kd3 $132)
21... fxg5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rf1 Bf6 $15 24. g4 Kg7 25. h3 Re8 26. Kd1 Kg6
27.
Kc1 h5 28. gxh5+ (28. Rh1 Rh8) 28... Kxh5 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. Rg1 Rh8 31. Rg3
Rh4
32. Nf4+ Kf5 33. Ng2 Rxd4+ $2 (33... Rh8 34. Rf3+ Kg6 35. Rg3 e5 $17) 34.
Bxd4

Bxd4 35. h4 $1 $10 gxh4 (35... g4 36. Ne2) 36. Nxh4+ Kf6 37. Rg8 Nxc5 38.
Nf3
Bxc3+ 39. Kxc3 e5 40. Rc8 (40. Rf8+ Ke6 $10) 40... Ne4+ 41. Kb2 Bd7 42. Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3


Ne4 9. Bb2 Be6 10. e3 f5 11. Qe2 Bf7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. a3 Qd5
15.
Qc4 e6 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 g5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ra6 20. Ba1 Rb6 21.
Rb1
e5 22. Qc2 e4 23. Qc4 Rd7 24. Bc3 Ra6 25. Qe2 h6 26. b4 axb4 27. Bxb4 Nxb4
28.
axb4 Bf8 29. b5 Ra2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qc4 32. Qd1 Kg7 33. h3 Qd5 34.
Qe2

Bd6 35. Ra1 Rd8 36. Qb2 b6 37. Qe2 Ra8 38. Ra6 Rh8 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Kh2 Qb3
41.
Ra1 Qc3 42. Qa2 Rf8 43. Rd1 Ke7 44. Kg1 Qa3 45. Qd5 Qb2 46. Rf1 Qe2 47.
Rc1 Rf7
48. Ra1 Qh5 49. Kh2 Qf3 50. Kg1 Kf6 51. Ra8 Kg7 52. Ra1 Qh5 53. Kh2 Qe2 54.
Kg1
Rf8 55. Ra7 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Rf7 57. Ra2 Qf1 58. h4 Rf8 59. Ra7 Rf6 60. Ra8 Rf7
61.
Rh8 Qxf2 62. Rh7+ Kxh7 63. Qxf7+ Kh8 64. Qf6+ Kh7 65. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Topalov"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov Mowsziszian Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5.


Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O (8. Qe2 Bd6 9. g3 Be5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11.
Bd2

b5 $10) 8... h5 $5 {Ribli: Mit dieser seltenen Fortsetzung will der


Nachziehende die Stellung verschaerfen. /\Ng4} (8... Ne5) (8... Ne5
{Dolmatov}
9. h3 Bc5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 d6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nc3 $14) 9. h3 b5 {
Ribli: Miladinovics Lieblings Fortsetzung.} (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Bxc5 (
11. Be2 Qd6 (11... d6 {Mowsziszian} 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd3 b5 14. Rfd1 Ke7
$10)
12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd3 b5 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. e5 h4 $1 16. Qf4 Nh5 $15 {
Kulaots,K-Miezis,N/Riga zt/1995/CBM47/}) 11... Qxc5 12. Na4 $14 {/\ 13.c4}
(12.
Qf3 {Ribli} h4 $1 {Gegen Qg3} 13. Rad1 d6 {Gulobev})) 10. Nxc6 $5 (10. a3
$5
Bb7 11. Qe1 (11. Qe2 {Ribli} h4 12. f4 Nh5 13. Qf2 Be7 $13 {
Agnos,D-Miladinovic,I/Ano Liosia/1995/EXP46/}) (11. Qe1 Rc8 (11... h4 $5) 12.
f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 d6 16. Qh4 $36 {
Mainka,R-Miladinovic,I/Ano Liosia/1995/EXP46/})) 10... Qxc6 (10... dxc6 $6 11.
a4 (11. f4 $16 {Dolmatov}) 11... Bb7 12. f4 $16) 11. a3 (11. e5 {Dolmatov}
Bb7
12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 b4 $10) 11... Bb7 12. Re1 $5 {
Eine interessante neue Idee.} (12. Qe2 $5) (12. Bg5 {Mowsziszian} Bc5 13.
Re1
d6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 $5 Kd8 $1 16. Qf3 (16. Nxf6 Bd4 17. Qf3 Bxb2 18.
Ra2
Bc3 {/\Qc5-Qg5}) 16... f5 17. c4 $13) (12. f4 {Dolmatov} Bc5 13. Qf3 Qb6 $10)
(
12. Qe2 {Dolmatov} Rc8 13. f4 h4 14. Rf2 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Ra4 $14) 12...
Bd6 {Droht /\ Be5} (12... b4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bd4 d6 15. Re2 e5 $2 16. Nd5
$1)
(12... Bc5 {Dolmatov} 13. Bf1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 d6 15. Qf3 $14) 13. Bd4 (13. f4
$5)
13... e5 (13... Bb8 {Mowsziszian /\Qd6} 14. Bf1 $1 {/\e4-e5,Ne4}) (13... Bf4 {
Dolmatov} 14. Bf1 $16) 14. Be3 b4 (14... Bc5 $5 {Ribli} 15. Qf3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3
d6 $13) 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Bd2 (16. Ra4 $2 {Dolmatov} Bxc3 17. Rc4 Bxe1 18.
Rxc6

Bxf2+ $10) 16... O-O (16... d6 17. Qf3) 17. Qf3 {


Mowsziszian: Wei will d7-d5 verhindern.} Rfe8 (17... Qe6 $5 $13) 18. Rad1
$14
{/\ 19.Nd5} Bxc3 $6 {Schwarz will Nd5 nicht lassen.} (18... a5 $142) (18...
Rac8 19. Nd5 Bxd2 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxd2 $14) (18... a5
{Ribli}
19. Nd5 Bxd2 (19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Be4 $18 (21. Be4 Qxd2 22. Bxb7
$1
$18 (22. Rxd2 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxd2 $14))) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22.
Rxd2
$14) 19. Bxc3 Qe6 {
Der Nachziehende steht wegen seines "aktiven" h5-Bauern schlechter.} 20. b3
(
20. Qg3 Rac8 21. Bd2 d5 $14) 20... Rac8 21. Bb2 (21. Bc4 $2 Rxc4 22. bxc4
Rc8
$44) 21... h4 $8 {Schwarz will Qg3 verhindern.} (21... d5 $6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23.
Qg3 $16 {>< e5}) 22. Qe3 $6 {Ribli: Weiss verhindert d5 und droht /\ Qg5,
aber
hoechstwarscheinlich hat er den Partiezug unterschaetzt.} (22. c4 $1 Qb6 23.
Rb1 $16 {/\ Bb2-c1-g5}) (22. Bc4 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Qxc4 $44) 22... Nh5 $1 23.
Qg5 {
><h4} Nf4 24. Bc4 (24. c4 Qf6 $5 (24... Nxd3 25. Rxd3 a5 $13 {Droht /\ a4})
25.
Qxf6 gxf6 $14) (24. Qxh4 $2 Nxd3 25. cxd3 (25. Rxd3 {Dolmatov} Rxc2) 25...
Qxb3
$10) 24... Rxc4 (24... Qe7 {Ribli} 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Ba3 $18 {/\Rd7}) 25. bxc4
Bc6 (25... Ng6 26. Qf5 $1 $16) (25... Qxc4 $2 {Dolmatov} 26. Bxe5 Ng6 27.
Bd4
$16) 26. c5 (26. Qxh4 $2 {Dolmatov} Qxc4 27. Bxe5 $2 Ne2+ (27... Ng6) 28.
Rxe2
Qxe2) 26... Ng6 $14 (26... f6 $5 {Dolmatov} 27. Qxh4 Qc4 28. Qg4 (28. g3
Ne2+
29. Kh2 Qxc2 $13) 28... Qxc2 29. Bc1) 27. Qe3 a5 {
Der Nachziehende hat einige Kompensation fuer die verlorene Qualitaet.} 28.
Qc3

a4 29. Rd6 Qe7 30. Bc1 {Mowsziszian: Die Stellung ist nicht leicht zu gewinnen,
Wei muss zuerst die Figurenaufstellung verbesseren.} Ra8 31. f3 Kh7 32. Be3
Qe8 $6 (32... Nf4) (32... f6) (32... Qf8) 33. Ra1 Rb8 $2 {
Ribli: Nur Tempoverlust} (33... Nf4 34. Qd2 Ne6 $5) (33... f6) (33... f6 $5 {
Ribli /\ Qf7,f5}) (33... f6 34. Qe1 (34. Bf2 $2 {Dolmatov} Nf4 35. Qe1 Qg6))
34. Rdd1 $1 Qe6 35. Kh2 f6 $6 $138 {Ribli: Warum nicht sofort f5!?.} (35... f5
$1 $132) 36. Rdb1 Ra8 37. Rb4 $16 {/\ Qe1, Be3-f2:h4} Qf7 (37... Ne7 $5 {
Dolmatov /\g5}) 38. Qe1 {Droht /\ Bf2,Bh4 /\Bf2-Bh4} f5 $8 {Ribli: Na endlich
, aber schon zu spaet, weil der weisse Turm auf b4 ausgezeichnet steht.} (
38... a3 39. Qc3 a2 40. Qb3 $18) (38... Qe7 $5 {Dolmatov} 39. Bf2 Nf4 40.
Bxh4
Qxc5 $132) 39. exf5 Qxf5 40. Qc3 Re8 (40... e4 41. fxe4 Bxe4 42. Raxa4 Rxa4
43.
Rxa4 Nf4 44. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 45. Kg1 $16) 41. Rg4 $1 Re6 (41... e4 42. f4) 42. Rb1
Re8 43. Rbb4 {/\Bg5-Bh4} e4 (43... Re6 {Dolmatov} 44. Bg5) 44. f4 (44. fxe4
$5
{Ribli} Rxe4 (44... Bxe4 {Mowsziszian} 45. Rxa4 Bxc2) (44... Qe5+
{Dolmatov}
45. Qxe5 Rxe5) 45. Rgxe4 Bxe4 46. Rxa4 $16) 44... Qf7 45. Bd4 $1 Bd5 {
Droht /\ Be6} (45... Nxf4 46. Rxg7+ Qxg7 47. Bxg7 Nd5 48. Qe1 $1 Nxb4 49.
Ba1
$18) 46. f5 $1 (46. Rxa4 Be6) 46... Qxf5 47. Rxa4 $18 Bc6 48. Rb4 {
/\ 49.Qe3 Droht /\ Qe3,Rg5} e3 (48... Re7 {Mowsziszian} 49. Qe3 {
/\Rb8 nebst Rg5-Rh5+}) (48... Qf7 {Dolmatov} 49. Qe3) 49. Bxe3 Qd5 50.
Rg5 (
50. Rxg6 $2 Kxg6 51. Rg4+ Kh5 52. Rg5+ $2 Qxg5 53. Bxg5 Re2 $1 $10) 50...
Re5
51. Rbg4 $1 (51. Rxh4+ $6 Nxh4 52. Qxe5 Qxg2+ 53. Rxg2 Nf3+ 54. Kg3
Nxe5) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]


[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]

[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3


O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 Nb6 13. d5 Na5 $6 {N} (13...
Ne7)
14. axb5 axb5 15. Be3 Nbc4 (15... Nxb3 16. Qxb3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxb5
Rxa1
19. Rxa1 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxb6 $16) 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17.
Nd2 c6
18. Naxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nxc4 cxd5 21. exd5 $16 Be7 22. Qd2 f5 23.
f4
Qc7 24. b3 Bf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. d6 f4 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Bc7 Qb5
30.
Nb6 Bb7 31. b4 f3 32. c4 Qe8 33. Nd5 Bh4 34. d7 Qg6 35. b5 (35. d8=Q Bxd8
36.
Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxg6 Rxd2 39. Nxe5+ Ke6 40. Nxf3 Rb2 41. b5
Kd6 $16)
35... Kh8 36. Ne3 Bg5 37. Rf2 Qe4 38. Rxf3 Qb1+ 39. Nf1 $1 Bxf3 40. Qxg5
Be2

1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]


[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3


Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. Ne1 Na5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nd3 b4 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. e3 Ba6
15.
Re1 e6 16. a3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 bxa3 18. Qxa3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxb2 20. Reb1 1/21/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]


[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]

[White "Leko, Peter"]


[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O


Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Bf3 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nfxg4 18. Nd5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nge5 20. b3 Nb6
21. Nf3
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. c4 Rfe8 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qd3 Re7 27.
Rd6
Qc5 28. h3 Rb8 29. Qc3 Rc8 30. R6d5 Qc6 31. Qb4 Qe8 32. Qb6 f5 33. Re1 Qf7
34.
exf5 Qxf5 35. Nd2 Rf8 36. Ne4 Qh5 37. Kg1 Rf4 38. Qe3 Qf5 39. b4 Qe6 40. b5
axb5 41. axb5 Ref7 42. Qd3 Qb6+ 43. c5 Qa5 44. Qe2 Qb4 45. Kh2 Re7 46.
Rdd1 Qa4
47. Ra1 Qd4 48. Rad1 Qb4 49. Rb1 Qd4 50. Rbc1 Rc7 51. Rc4 Qd7 52. Rb1 Bf8
53.
Kh1 Rc8 54. Qc2 Rf7 55. c6 bxc6 56. Rxc6 Rxc6 57. bxc6 Qa7 58. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]


[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]

[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lautier"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3


Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 $5 $146 (13.
Bxb6 {
Lanka,Z - Piesina,G, Vilnius (zt) 1993 - 57/(255)}) 13... Rb8 $1 (13... Nc4 14.
Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nc5 Qc7 (15... Qa5 $4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bb6 Qb4 18. a3 $18)
16.
Nxe6 (16. N5a4 $5) 16... fxe6 17. h4 $14) 14. Nc5 $6 (14. h4 $13) 14... b4 $1
15. N3a4 (15. Nxa6 $2 bxc3 16. Nxb8 Qxb8 17. Bxb6 Bd8 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19.
Bxd8
Qxb5 20. b3 Kxd8 21. Rxd6 Ke7 $19 {->}) 15... Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Qc7 17. b3 (17.
Nb6
$6 Qc6 {/\ Bd8} 18. b3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17) 17... d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Bc1 (19. Bxa6 $2 O-O $19 {/\ Nc3, Qa5, Ra8->}) 19... Nc3+ (19... OO
$142 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 $6 Nc3+ 21. Nxc3 bxc3 22. f4 a5 23. f5 (23. g5 hxg5 24.
fxg5 a4 25. Qh4 g6 26. Qh6 (26. Qxa4 Ra8 27. Qh4 Qa5 28. a4 Rfb8 $19) 26...

axb3 27. cxb3 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rxb3+ 29. Kc2 Qb6 $19) 23... Bd5 24. Rhg1 a4
25. g5
axb3 26. cxb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxb3+ 28. Kc2 Qb7 $19) (20. h4 $6 Nc3+ 21.
Nxc3
bxc3 22. f4 (22. g5 h5 $17) 22... Bxg4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 exf4 $17) (20.
Rg1
$6 Nc3+ 21. Nxc3 bxc3 $17 {/\ Bc5}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Nc3+ 21. Nxc3 Bxc4 22.
Nd5 (22. Ne4 Be6 23. h4 f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qg2 Rb6 26. h5 a5 27. Rhg1 Rf7
$15
) 22... Bxd5) 21. h4 Nc3+ 22. Nxc3 Bxc4 23. Ne4 Be6 $15) 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. f4
$1 a5 (21... exf4 $2 22. Bxf4 Qa5 23. Qa7 $1 $16) (21... Bxg4 $6 22. Re1 $1 {
/\ Rg1->} (22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 O-O (23... exf4 $2 24. Rhe1 Rb7 25. Ba3
$18)
24. fxe5 $13)) 22. f5 Bd7 23. Bd3 (23. h4 $1) 23... a4 (23... Bg5 $1 24. Ba3
Be7 25. Bc1 $10 (25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Rhe1 f6 $13)) 24. Qe2 (24. h4 $1 $36)
24...
Bg5 $1 25. Rhe1 $2 (25. Ba3) (25. Ba3 Be7 $10) 25... f6 26. Ba3 Qa5 27. Bd6
Rc8
$2 (27... Rb6 $1 28. b4 $8 (28. Bc7 Qc5 $1 29. Bxb6 Qa3 $19) 28... Rxb4+ 29.
Ka1 Rd4 30. Ba3 $17) 28. a3 $5 axb3 29. cxb3 Bd2 30. Bc2 Bb5 31. Qf3 $6 (31.
Qe4 Bc6 32. Qc4 Qd5 $15) 31... Bc6 32. Qh3 {/\ Qd5} Bd5 $1 33. Bb4 Qc7 {
/\ Rb8, Rb4!} 34. Re2 Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Rdxd2 cxd2 37. Rxd2 Qc6 38. Kb2
Bf7
39. Qh3 h5 $2 $138 (39... Kh7 $1 40. g5 fxg5 41. f6+ Bg6 $1 $17) 40. g5 $1
fxg5
41. Qe3 g4 42. Bc3 $2 (42. Qxe5 Rh6 43. Bc3 Rf6 44. Qe3 Rd6 45. Qe5 $10)
42...
Re8 $1 43. Be4 $6 (43. Bxe5 Qb5 44. Re2 Rh6 $15) 43... Qb5 44. Bb4 Rh6 45.
Qc5
Qf1 46. Rf2 Qd1 47. Bc2 Qh1 48. Qe3 Rc8 $1 {/\ Rhc6->} 49. Bc3 Rhc6 50.
Bxe5
Re8 51. Qd4 Qe1 52. Bf4 (52. Bxg7 $2 Re2 $1 53. Qd8+ Kxg7 54. f6+ Kh6 55.
Qf8+
Kg5 56. Qg7+ Kh4 $19) (52. Bg3 Re3 $1 $40) 52... Rec8 53. Rd2 Rc3 $17 54.
Be5

Rf3 55. Bg3 (55. Bxg7 $2 Rxb3+ $1 56. Bxb3 Qc1+ 57. Ka2 Rc2+ 58. Rxc2
Qxc2+ 59.
Qb2 (59. Ka1 Qxb3 60. Qb2 Qd1+ $19) 59... Bxb3+ 60. Ka1 Qd1+ $19) 55...
Qf1 56.
Bd1 Rxf5 57. Qd7 Re8 58. Bc2 Rf3 59. Bd3 Qg1 60. Bc4 Qe3 $1 61. Bxf7+ Rxf7
62.
Qd5 Re6 $6 (62... Qf3 $1 63. a4 (63. Qxh5 Re2 $1 $19) 63... Qxd5 64. Rxd5
Re2+
65. Ka3 h4 66. Bxh4 Rxh2 $19) 63. a4 $6 (63. Rc2 $1 $132) 63... Rf5 64. Qd8+
Kh7 65. Rc2 Qe4 66. Qd7 Rd5 67. Qf7 Qd4+ 68. Ka3 Rf6 69. Qc7 Rf3 (69... Rf1
$142 $19) 70. Qc6 $8 Qd1 (70... Qa1+ 71. Ra2 Rxb3+ 72. Kxb3 Qb1+ (72...
Rd3+ $4
73. Kc4 (73. Kc2 $4 Qd1+ 74. Kb2 Rb3#) 73... Qc3+ (73... Rc3+ 74. Kb4 $18)
74.
Kb5 Qb3+ 75. Ka6 Qxa2 76. Qe4+ $18) 73. Rb2 Rd3+ 74. Kc4 Qc1+ 75. Kxd3
Qxc6 $19
) 71. Qc4 Rd4 72. Qc6 $8 (72. Qc5 Qa1+ 73. Ra2 Rxa4+ $19) 72... Rdd3 $2
$138 (
72... Qa1+ 73. Ra2 Rxb3+ 74. Kxb3 Qb1+ 75. Rb2 (75. Kc3 Qd3+ 76. Kb2
Rb4+ $19)
75... Rd3+ 76. Kc4 Qc1+ $19) 73. Qe4+ Kg8 74. Rc8+ $6 (74. Qe6+ Rf7 $8 75.
Rc8+
Rd8 $17) 74... Rd8 75. Qe6+ Kh8 76. Rxd8+ Qxd8 77. Be5 Qf8+ $1 78. Bd6
Rf6 $1
$19 79. Bxf8 Rxe6 80. Bc5 h4 81. Bf2 g3 82. Bxg3 hxg3 83. hxg3 Rg6 84. a5
Rxg3
85. Ka4 Rg1 86. b4 g5 87. b5 g4 88. b6 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]


[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5


f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nge5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. O-O f5 14. exf5
Bxf5
15. Be3 Qf6 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Bg4 c5 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxf5 gxf5
21.
Rae1 Rae8 22. b3 Re5 23. g3 Rfe8 24. Kg2 b5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Ne3
f4 28. Qf5 Qg7 29. Qh5 Rf8 30. Nf5 Qf6 31. g4 bxc4 32. bxc4 e4 33. Re1 e3 34.
fxe3 fxe3 35. Qh6 Qxh6 36. Nxh6 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 Be5+ 38. Kh4 e2 39. Nf5 Bc3
40.
Rb1 Rxf5 41. gxf5 0-1

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