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C89 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3
Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5

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1 Qf1 Bxd5 h3 Qg2 Kxg2 Nf3?! Bd2 Rxe6 Ra8+

1 3 4 5

Rfe8!? Qxd5° Bh5 Qxg2+!? f5 f4 fxg3 Rxe6 Bf8 °

2 6

2 ... ... ... ... Qxd5 Nf1 Bd2 Rxe1 Bxe1 Nh2 Kg2²
7

... ... ... f5 cxd5° f4 Rxe1 Rxe1 Be2 Kf7 ²

3 ... ... Qg2 f3!?

8

... ... Qh5 °

4 ... Qe2 Bd1 Nf3 Qd2 fxe3 Qf2 Bc2 e4 Bd1 Rf1
10 11 12

Bh3! Qf5 c5!÷ Bf4 Nxe3 Bh6 Rfe8 Qh5 Rf6 Bg4 cxd4!? ÷
9 13 14

5 ... ... ... Nf1 cxd4 Ra3 Rd3

... ... ... cxd4 Nb4 Nc6 Bb4° °
15

6 Ne4! Bd2 Bd1! Rexd1 Ng5 Qxf5! Qh3 Qg4 f3! Nh3™ fxg4
16 18

Bc7 Rfe8 Bxd1 f5 Re2 Rf8 Qg6 Ree8 h6 Qxg4 Re2 +-

17 19 20 21

7 ... ... ... ... ... Nf3? Ra8+ Ng5+! Bxe3 Rf1!™ Re8!
23 25 27

... ... ... ... ... R8e3! Kf7 Kg6 Nxe3 Kxg5! ™
22 24 26

8 ... Bd2 Rxe4 f3 Qf1 fxe4 Bf4 Qf2 Qxf4 Qf2 Re1
28

Bf5! Rxe4 Nf6 Qg6! Nxe4 Bxe4= Bd3 Bxf4 h6 Re8 Rxe1+ =
29

9 Nf1 Bd1 Qxd1 Ra6 Rxc6 Bd2 Rxe6 Ra6 Ra8+ f3 Kf2
32

Rfe8 Bxd1 Qf5 h5! h4 h3!? Rxe6 Qe4 Bf8 Qd3 b4° °
30 31

10 . . . ... ... Bd2± Bxe1 h4 b3! c4 Bxc3 c5! Qd2

33 34 36

... ... ... Rxe1 h5 g6 b4?! Nc3 bxc3 c2 Bc7 ²

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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

11 . . . ... ... ... ... ... Kg2! Qxd4 Ra8+ Rd8 Rxd6
... ... ... ... ... c5 cxd4 Re2 Kh7 Rxe1 Nf6 ±
39 40

12 . . . ... ... ...

... ... ... c5÷ ÷

13 . . . Qd1 Qd2 Bd1 Raxd1 f4 Qg2 Kxg2 Bd2 Rxe1 Bxe1

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Bf5!?° Bg4 Qh3 Bxd1 f5 g5 Qxg2+ Rfe8 Rxe1 Rxe1 gxf4= =

42

14 . . . Qd2 Bd1 Bf3 Ra6 Rxc6 Bxf4 Be5 Kxf1 Ke1 Qd1
43 44

... Rfe8 Qg6 h5 h4 Nf4! Rxe1 Rxf1+ Bh3+ Qb1+ Qxb2 „

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15 . . . ... ... ... Qd1 Bd2 Bxe1 Qc1 Ne3

... ... ... ... h4 Rxe1 Bc2 Nf4 Bd3ƒ
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20.Bd1?! Bxd1 21.Raxd1 f5 22.Nf1 Kramnik,V (2766)/Monte Carlo 2007 (54)
1

[ 22.f4?? The normal reaction to f5. But a blunder here.

Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Qxd1+-+ ] 28.Ne5 f6 29.Bd1 Qg5 30.Nd3 Relic,Rybka-
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22...f4 23.Bc1 Ref6 24.Qe4 Kh8 25.Qd3 h6 Equidistance/Freestyle playchess.com/2006/ Qxe3

0-1 Hellers,F-Sokolov,I/Haninge 1989/ (30) Black has 31.Rxe3 Bxe3 32.Nf4 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 cxd4 34.Nxh3
complete control - White is doomed. Re3 35.cxd4 Rd3

22...Bf5?! 23.Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 R6e7 25.b3 f6 29...g6? 30.e5 Rf5 31.Qe2 cxd4 32.cxd4 Rd8
2 13

26.Ra2 Be6 27.c4 Bb4 28.Rc1 Bf5 29.g4 Bd3 30.Nf1 33.Qe4 Qg4 34.Qxg4 Bxg4 35.Nh4 Rg5 36.Bxg4
Be4+ 31.Kg1 f5 32.Ng3 1/2 Leko,P (2749)- Rxg4 37.Nf3 1-0, Wang Hao (2684)-Grischuk,A (2716)/
Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)/Linares 2005 (76) RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/

25.Ra6!? f4 26.gxf4 Bxf4 27.Bxf4 Rxe1 30...Bh3 31.e5 Bxf1 32.exf6 Qh3 33.Nh4!
3 14

28.Rxc6 Bg6 29.Rc5 31.cxd4 Bh3 32.Re1

[ 32.e5 Bxf1 33.exf6 Qh3 34.Ra3 b4 35.Rb3 Bc4
26.gxf4 Bxf4 27.Bxf4? Bxf3+ 28.Kxf3 Rxe1 36.Ne5 Rxe5 37.dxe5 Qd7 38.Bc2 Bxb3 39.Bxb3
4

Qd3 40.Bxf7+ Kxf7 41.fxg7+ Kxg7 42.Qf6+ Kg8

27.fxg3? Re2+-+ 43.Qe6+ Kg7= ]
5

32...Bg4 33.Ra3!? /
½-½ Polgar,J (2735)-Adams,M (2719)/San Luis
6

2005 (37) Sax-Sokolov/Haninge/1989/ (31)

15

Gurevich,I-Benjamin,J/New York 1992 22.Nc5? Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 Nf4!

7 16

25.gxf4 Bxf4 26.h4

/ in my opinion. [ 26.h3 Bf3-+ ]
8

26...Bf3?
22...Rfe8 23.Nf3 Nf4! 24.Qd2 Ng2-+ [ 26...Qxh4! 27.Qe4 Qh2+ 28.Kf1 Qh3+! 29.Qg2
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Polevoi-Syrjanov/corr/1983/ ( 29.Kg1 Bh2+ 30.Kh1 Bf3+ 31.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 32.Kxh2

22...g6 23.Qf3 Qd3 24.Bb3 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Qxd2 Qe2-+ ) 29...Be2+ 30.Kg1 Bh2+! 31.Kh1 Bf3 32.Qxf3
26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.g4 Qxb2 28.Rae1 b4 29.Qxh3 Bf4= Qxf3+ 33.Kxh2 Qe2-+ ]
1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Grischuk,A (2724)/Sochi 2005 27.Bxf7+! Kxf7 28.Ne4!= ½-½ Anand,V (2715)-Kamsky,
(57) G (2695)/Monte Carlo 1994 (46)

24.Bc2 Qg4 25.Qd3 g6 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 23...Rxe4? 24.Qxe4 Qxd1+

10 17

Qf3 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Bxe4 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 Rxe5= [ 24...Rxe4?? 25.Ra8++- ]

1/2 Svidler,P (2728)-Kramnik,V (2766)/Monte Carlo 2007 25.Kg2!+-
(37) [ 25.Rxd1 Rxe4-+ ]

27.Ne5?! Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 f6 29.Bg4 Rxe5 25.Qf3! Qg6 26.Nh3

11 18

30.Bxh3 Bxe3+ 31.Kf3 cxd4 0-1 Leko,P (2749)-

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25...Nf6!? De Silva,D (2255)-Zenker,O (2428)/corr/2003/ (38)

19

27...Rfxf2 28.Ra8+ 26...c5 27.c4 transposes to the 25...c5 line. bxc4

20 35

27...Rexf2 28.Qe6+! Qxe6 29.Nxe6 R8f5 28.bxc4 Nf6 29.Ra6!?

30.Ra8+ Kf7 31.Nxc7 a7+- [ 29.d5 Ng4 e5 ]
29...Rd8 30.Ba5 Rd7 31.d5 Be5 32.Ne3 Qe4
31.Ra6 Rf6 32.g5+-  33.Bd2?!
21

[ 33.Qb3!? c3 ]
25...f4 26.Re1  33...Rb7 Patocka,F-Moynihan,K (2140)/corr/1997/
22

26...Nf6 27.c4
26.Bxe3? Qxf3-+ 27.Ra8+ Kf7 28.Ra7 Nxe3 26...Nb6!? 27.Ra6
23

29.Rxc7+ Ke8! 30.Rc8+ [ 27.Ne3 Qe4 g3 ]

[ 30.Qxe3+ Rxe3 31.Ra1 Re7! ] 27...Bc7
30...Kd7-+
29.Ne3 Qe4 30.Nc2 Rd8!?
36

27...Qxg5? 28.Qxe2!+-
24

29...Bf8 30.Rc1 Qe4 31.Rxc3 Rd8 32.Rc4 Bg7

37

29.Rc8 Kxg5 30.Rxc7 Qf3 33.d5

25

29.Ra6 Kxg5 30.h4+ Kh6 31.Rxc6+ g6

30...Bf8!? is similar to 29...f8 and was perhaps
38

29...Nxf1 30.Kxf1 somewhat better.

26

[ 30.Nf3!? Nxh2 31.Nxh2 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 31.Rc1 Qf3 32.Rxc2

33.Ke1 ] [ 32.Qxc2?? Re2-+ ]
30...Rxb2 [ 32.Ne3? Bxg3-+ ]
[ 30...Rxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32.Kf1 Bxg3 ( 32...Qh1+ 32...Qxb3 33.Qc3 1-0 Gashimov,V (2717)-Shirov,A
33.Ke2 Qg2+ 34.Kd1+- ) 33.Qf3 Kxg5 34.Qg2 (2741)/Poikovsky 2008 (67) / White has definitely won
/+-  ×c6 ] the theoretical duel and strives for an advantageous .
31.Nf3
27...Bc5 28.Qd1 -26.g2 Re5! 29.Qf3 Qe6 30.b4
39

½-½ Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Sanghi Nagar 1994/ (43) Bb6 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Ra1 Qg6 33.Kg1 Nf6
27

Elburg,J-Simmelink,J/corr/1999/
24.Bc2
28

31.Ne3 Qb1 32.Qf4 Matsukevich-Bogdanov/corr

40

31.Qxe1 Be4 32.Qf2= 1/2 Svidler,P (2635)- 1983/

29

Kamsky,G (2735)/Groningen 1995/

26.fxg5 f4 27.Bxf4 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Nxf4 29.Ng3
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21...f5 22.Bxg4 Qxg4 23.Bd2 makes White's task Qg4 30.Rxe6= Nh3+ 31.Kg2 Nf4+ 32.Kg1=
30

slightly easier.
Karpov,A (2730)-Short,N (2660)/Tilburg/1991/
42

25...Rxe1 26.Bxe1 h3 27.f3 Bf8 28.Ra6 b4

31

29.Ra1! 22.Bc2 Bh3 23.Qd1 Bg4 24.Qd3 Qh3 25.Bd2

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[ 29.Ra5? Sokolov,A (2585)-Hellers,F (2525)/Reykjavik/ Re2

1990/ Nxc3!-+ ] [ 25...Be2 26.Rxe2! Rxe2 27.Ra6 ]
29...bxc3 30.bxc3 Rc8 31.g4 Qg6 32.Qb1 Qc6 26.Rxe2 Bxe2 27.Re1 Bxd3 28.Rxe8+ Bf8 29.Bxd3
33.Qd3 Nxc3 34.Bd2 Figlio,G (2431)-Sarink,H (2249)/ Qd7 30.Re1 1/2, Svidler,P (2746)-Jakovenko,D (2711)/
corr/2004/ Foros/2008/ In the final position Black is at least equal
and he is possibly the one, who could play on.
27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Qe4 29.Rc8+ Bf8 30.Kf1 22.Bxd5 cxd5 23.Bf4 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxe1
32

Ra6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Ke2 Ra2 33.Qb3 Qb1 34.Kf3 25.Qxe1 Be4 26.Nd2 Bxf4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.gxf4
Metz,W-Oim,T/corr/1988/ Rxb2 Qg4+ 29.Kf1 1/2, Ivanchuk,V (2660)-Sokolov,I (2525)/
Biel/1989/
25.Bd2 h4
33

27.Rxd6? Rxf1+! 28.Kxf1 Bh3+ 29.Kg1 Qd3!-+

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26.Kg2 c5 27.Qf3
34

[ 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.Qf3 Qd7 e5 ] 31.Rxd6 Qxc3+ 32.Ke2 hxg3 33.hxg3 Rxe5+
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27...cxd4 28.Qxf5 gxf5 29.Rd1 Re4 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.dxe5 Qxe5+ 35.Be4 Qxe4+ Fleetwood,D (2487)-
31.cxd4 f4 32.Kf3 fxg3 33.fxg3 f5 34.Ne3 Olofsson,D (2515)/corr/1999/ Even the following notes
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illustrate that this line is currently more popular in

correspondence/email games, than in practical chess.

Line Ruy Lopez Marshall-17.d2 e6 18.a4 h5/

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