[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
O-O-O $2 {[Alas!  Paul Keres is an outstanding chessplayer, but he didn't know
the Steinitz doctrine!]} 8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 $1 10. Bg3 cxd4 $1 11. Qxd4 Nc6
12. Qa4 Bf5 $1 13. e3 {[Or 13.f3 Qb6! 14.e4 dxe4 15.Kb1 exf3+ 16.Ka1 Qb4! 17.
Qxb4 Nxb4 18.Bb5+ Kf8! 19.Bd6+ Kg7 20.Bxb4 fxg2!]} 13... Rc8 14. Bd3 Qd7 $1 {
[Threatening 15... Nb4+]} 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 $1 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O
{[Another possibility is 18... Kf8!]} 19. Rd1 b5 $1 20. Qxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Nc2+
$1 22. Kb1 Nb4 $1 0-1

[Event "International Thematic T433/23-G"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deutsch, H."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 d6 $5 {[I don't think that the
theoretical 11... d5 (?) is a weak move.  The game Strautynsh-Norkin (III USSR
Team CC Championship, 1972) has the following: 12.exd5 Nd4 13.Bd3 Bf5 14.Bxf5
Qxf5 15.0-0 f6 16.Be3 Nxc2 17.Rc1 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qd7 19.d6 Nc6 20.Nd5 0-0 21.
Rxc6! 1-0]} 12. Bd3 {[12.Rg1 is better.]} 12... f6 13. Be3 Qxg2 14. Kd2 $5 Bg4
15. Qe1 {[Other possibilities were 15.Qg1 or 15.Rg1]} 15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Nd5 Rc8 18. Qg1 $2 {[White errs.  After 18.Rg1! Qh2 19.Rh1 Qe5 20.f4 Qe6
21.Nxe7 Kxe7 22.Qf2 Rc5 23.Qxd4 Rhc8 24.c3 it is a position with complex play.
]} 18... Qf3 19. Re1 Kf7 $1 {
[Black's K is very well positioned without castling, as is White's.]} 20. Be2
Rxc2+ $1 {[Not 20... Qxe4? because of 21.Bc4!]} 21. Kxc2 Qxe4+ 22. Kd2 Nxd5 23.
Qg3 {[If 23.Bc4 Qf4+ (a) 24.Kc2 Rc8 25.Kb3 Rxc4! 26.Kxc4 b5+! 27.Kxd5 (or 27.
Kb3 Qf3+) 27... Bf3+; (b) 24.Kd3 Bf5+ 25.Ke2 d3+! 26.Bxd3 Re8]} 23... Bxe2 24.
Rxe2 Qxh1 25. Re1 {[On first glance, Black's Q is in a trap, but ... ]} 25...
Nc3 $1 26. f3 {[If 26.Rxh1 Ne4+ and 27... Nxg3, or 26.bxc3 dxc3+]} 26... Ne2 $1
27. Qf2 {[Or 27.Rxe2 Qb1]} 27... Qh3 28. Rxe2 Re8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Qxd4 Qe6
31. a4 Qe5 32. Qc4 Qxb2+ 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kc6 35. Qxg7 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc4+
37. Ke3 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "USSR CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bertzshaner, M."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 {
[13.h4 was probably better, and if 13... h5 14.Qf4 Bxg5 15.hxg5 unclear.]}
13... Bd5 14. Bf3 h5 15. Qg3 Nc6 16. Ne4 b4 17. O-O $2 {
[A waste of tempo.  Better is 17.Bd2]} 17... bxc3 $1 {[In the game
Shapashnikov-Sadomsky (USSR CC Championship 1959) Black played 17... Rb8?!]}
18. Be3 c2 $1 {[An excellent move.  Black has a great advantage where the
mercurial c2 pawn splits White's pieces.]} 19. Nc3 {[If 19.Rfc1 Nb4]} 19... Qd7
20. Rfe1 Rb8 $1 {[Now this move has great strength.]} 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. e6 $6 {
[White undertakes an illusory attack.]} 22... Qxe6 23. Bd2 {[If 23.Bg5 Rb1!]}
23... Qd7 24. Ra5 Rb3 $1 25. Rxd5 {
[This is the best practical chance for White to save the endgame.]} 25... Qxd5
26. Nxd5 Rxg3 27. hxg3 Kd7 28. Nxe7 Nxe7 29. Rc1 Kc6 $1 {
[This centralised K (according to Steinitz) leads to victory.]} 30. Rxc2 Kd5
31. Bc3 Nc6 32. f3 Rb8 33. Kf2 Rb3 34. Ba1 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup, SF-21"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arzumanian, S."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. g4 Rc8 12. h4 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. a3 h5 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bd4 e5 $1 {[My experienced opponent had a high rating; he featured
in the "Top 50" correspondence players of the ex-USSR.  That is why I rejected
the much-played 16... 0-0?! 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4+ Kg8 19.Rd2 =+.  I decided to
stun my formidable opponent with my uncastling play!]} 17. Be3 Ke7 $1 {
[The principle of Steinitz - Black's K boldly enters play!]} 18. Rh2 Rhd8 19.
Rf2 Nc5 20. Rdf1 Kf8 $1 21. Bd3 {
[Preparing for 22.f4 but wasting time on an attack.]} 21... Rd7 22. f4 exf4 23.
Bxf4 Kg8 $1 {[Not 23... Qb7? because of 24.Bxd6+! Rxd6 25.Rxf7+ Qxf7 26.Rxf7+
Kxf7 27.Qf2+! and 28.Qxc5]} 24. Kb1 Qb7 25. Re1 a5 $1 {
[This is the start of the attack - White has lost.]} 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 b4
$1 {[In the Latin way: "Aquila non captat muscas" - if 27... Qxd5? 28.Bxb5!
Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Rb7 30.c4 +-]} 28. axb4 axb4 29. Bc4 Na4 $1 {[If 29... Bc3?! 30.
Qe2 (30.bxc3?? bxc3+ and 31... cxd2) 30... Bxe1 31.Qxe1 Ra8 32.Re2! Kf8 33.
Qg3! =+]} 30. Bb3 Nxb2 31. Be5 $2 {[A hopeless position for White.]} 31... Bxe5
{[Also possible is 31... dxe5 32.Re4 Ra8! 33.Kxb2 Qa7!]} 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Kxb2
Qa7 $1 34. Rf3 Qa3+ 35. Kb1 Ra8 36. c4 bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rb7 {
[White could resign here.]} 38. Qb2 Qb4 39. Qc2 Kg7 40. Qd3 Qxh4 41. d6 Rxb3+
42. Rxb3 Qe1+ 43. Kb2 {[Or 43.Kc2 Ra2+ 44.Rb2 Qf2]} 43... Qa1+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet All-Union CC Tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Zavgorodny, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Nbd2
Ng4 9. Nf1 Bd7 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. h3 Nf6 12. g4 Nc6 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Rg1 d4 $6 15.
cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $5 Qa5+ 17. Qc3 Nb4 18. Kf1 $1 {
[Repelling the potential threat of Nc2+]} 18... Nfd5 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Bf3 $5
Nxd3 21. Qe2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Nb4 23. a3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Ne4 $6 {
[Of course 25.Rc2 was better, but I decided to give two pawns for the attack.]}
25... Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qxa3 27. Nc5 Rd8 $1 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 $1 29. Kf2 Ke7 $1 {
[Alas!  White's attack has stopped.  Black's K has escaped.]} 30. Rxc6 Rhe8 31.
Ra6 Qc3 32. Rc6 {[Not 32.Bc6? Rd2!]} 32... Qe5 33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35.
Qc2 Qh2+ 36. Bg2 Be5 37. Rc8 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Qc5 {
[Here, with equality of position, I offered a draw, but my opponent refused.]}
40... a6 41. h4 h6 42. h5 a5 43. hxg6 Bd6 44. Qd4+ Be5 $6 {
[44... Qe5 is better.]} 45. Qd7 $1 Kxg6 46. Qf5+ Kg7 47. Bd5 Qh3+ $2 {
[A last mistake!  Necessary was 47... Kh8!! =]} 48. Ke2 f6 49. Qe6 $1 h5 $8 50.
Qg8+ Kh6 {
[This endgame was published in the magazine Scottish Chess, July 1993.]} 51.
g5+ fxg5 52. Qf8+ Bg7 53. Qd6+ Kh7 54. Be4+ Kg8 55. Qd5+ Kf8 56. Qd8+ Kf7 57.
Bd5+ Kg6 58. Qe8+ $1 Kf6 59. Qf7+ Ke5 60. Bf3 $1 Qh4 61. Qxg7+ Kd6 62. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup, SF-21"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Moles, J A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d5 $5 {
[Probably this is a novelty favoured by my opponent.]} 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d4 exd4
8. exd4 Qe7+ $6 {[Probably 8... Bf5!? was better, for example: 9.dxc5 Nc2+ 10.
Kf1 Nxa1 11.Bg5 Nc2 12.a3 Qe7 unclear.]} 9. Kf1 $1 {
[The best move!  If 9.Nge2?! Bxd4! 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 0-0 unclear.]} 9... Bb6
10. a3 Na6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Ne5 Bxd4 15. Nc4 $1 {
[Another interesting possibility was 15.Nxf7! Kxf7 16.Qxd4 Bd7 17.h4 +-]} 15...
Qc5 16. Na4 $1 {[Not 16.b4? Bf5!]} 16... Qb5 17. Qxd4 Qxa4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. h4
Bf5 {[Or 19... b5 20.b3! Qxb3 21.Nd2 Qc2 22.Ne4!]} 20. g4 $1 c5 21. Qc3 Bxg4
22. b3 Be2+ 23. Kg1 Qb5 $6 24. Rh3 $1 {[Threatening 25.Rg3+ or 25.Qxf6]} 1-0

[Event "Soviet All-Union CC Tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Bubnov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 d5 3. Ngf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nh4 e6 7. Bg2 c5 8. c4
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 $5 Nd4 12. Qc3 Qb6 13. e3 Nc6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Kf1 $1 {[If 15.a3?! a5! 16.Kf1 (16.b3?? d4!) 16... a4! -+]} 15...
O-O-O $6 {[15... 0-0 was better, but Black doesn't want to move the R away
from the open h-file.]} 16. a3 d4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Nc4 $1 Qa6 {
[If 18... Qc5 19.Be3!]} 19. Qc2 Na5 20. Bd2 $1 Bxb2 {
[Or 20... Qxc4+ 21.Qxc4 Nxc4 22.Rc1 b5 23.b3 +-]} 21. Bxa5 $8 Bxa1 22. Bxd8
Rxd8 23. Bf3 $1 Be5 24. Kg2 Bc7 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. a4 Qc6 {
[In a desperate position, Black made a cunning move, threatening 27... Nf4+]}
27. Kg1 $1 a6 28. Qb3 $1 {[There is no answer to White's threat of 29.Ne3!]}
1-0

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Goldshtein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 {[In the From Gambit after 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5,
theorists assert that Black has a promising position, but I think that 4...
g5? (Lasker's Attack) is no more than a cheap adventure!  In the 17th Latvian
CC Championship Semi-Final, my four opponents boldly played a From Gambit, but
they all capitulated quickly.  For my success, I am much indebted to the
Steinitz doctrine where White's K does not castle.]} 1... e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6
Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 $1 {[The best move against Lasker's Attack.]} 5... g4 6.
Nh4 Ne7 7. e4 $1 Bc5 8. Bg2 Be6 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. d3 O-O $2 {
[A waste of tempo - 10... Rg8 or 10... Qd7 were better.]} 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Qd2
Qd4 13. Rf1 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Nce5 16. Ke2 $3 {[The best move! 
According to Steinitz, White's K goes boldly to help his own pieces, besides
threatening 17.Raf1! (Not 16.0-0-0? because of 16... Bb4! 17.Rdf1 Bxc3! =+]}
16... Nf3 17. Bxf3 Qf2+ $2 {[An illusory attack.]} 18. Kd1 Qg1+ 19. Qe1 gxf3
20. Qxg1 Bxg1 21. Nd5 $1 {[This is the real attack.]} 21... Re5 22. Nf6+ Kh8
23. Rxf3 Rd8 24. Ke2 {[White's K comes into play again.]} 24... Bc5 25. Raf1 {
[Black is 2 pawns down and another on f7 is doomed with no chance ofcounterplay
.]} 1-0

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Oleksenko, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. e4 $1 Ng6 {
[Here we see most clearly the advantage of 7.e4 compared with the theoretical
7.d4]} 8. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 9. exf5 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 {[In one of my more recent games
against Logvinyuk (1993), I played 10.Kf2!? Qf6 11.Qxg4 Bc5+ (or 11... Ne5 12.
Qe4!) 12.d4! +-]} 10... Ne5 11. Nc3 $5 c6 $2 {[11... Nbc6 was better.]} 12. Bg2
Nbd7 13. d4 Nc4 {[If 13... Nf3+ 14.Bxf3 gxf3 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.Kf2 and 17.Kxf3]}
14. Ne4 $1 {[Threatening 15.Qxc4.   After 14... Ndb6 or 14... b5, 15.b3.  If
the N on c4 moves, White wins the B on d6, so...]} 1-0

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Breiksh, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 f5 6. e3 {
[Another possibility is 6.d4!?]} 6... Nc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Bg2 h5 9. Qe2 h4 10.
gxh4 gxh4 11. h3 Bg3+ $6 {[The manoeuvre Ng8-f6-h5-g3 was better.]} 12. Kd1 Nh6
13. Qb5 Qd7 14. Ng5 Rd8 15. Qxb7 Ne5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. d3 Rh7 18. Bd2 Nhg4 {
[Despair!]} 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Rf1 h3 21. Bd5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Bh4 23. Bb4 c5 24.
Bc6+ Nxc6 25. Qxc6+ Rd7 26. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Krivans, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 h5 7. d4 g4 8. Ng5
h4 9. Rf1 $1 {[It is better for White to attack than try to defend against
Black's illusory thrust.]} 9... hxg3 10. Nxf7 Qh4 11. Bg5 Qxh2 12. Nxh8 $1 Qxh8
{[Or 12... Qxg2 13.Qd3]} 13. Qd3 Nge7 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qg8 17.
Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxb7 {[Black could resign here.]} 19... Rc8 20. c3
Qg5 21. Qe4 Bc6 22. d5 Bxd5 23. Qa4+ Bc6 24. Bxc6+ Nxc6 25. Rd1 Kd7 26. Rf7+
Ke6 27. Qc4+ d5 28. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 29. Rf6+ Kxf6 30. Qxd5 Ne5 31. Kf1 Rh8 32. Qe4
Rh5 33. Kg2 Ng6 34. Qxg4 Rg5 35. Qd4+ Kf5 36. Qxa7 Nf4+ 37. Kf3 $1 {
[Threatening 38.Qf7+. If 37... g2 38.Qf7+ Ke5 39.Qxf4+ Ke6 40.Qxg5 etc.]} 1-0

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oppici, G."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bb3 a6 {[10... h5 is better.]} 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O Na5 {
[12... b5 is slightly better.]} 13. h4 b5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1
Nh5 17. Nd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 20. exf5 c3 {[Although this move
looks powerful, it leads only to a draw.  Another possibility is 20... Ng3
which also leads to a draw, eg 21.fxg6 Nxh1 22.gxf7+ Kxf7 23.g6+! Kxg6 24.
Nf4+! =]} 21. Qd3 Qa5 22. f6 {[Also possible is 22.fxg6 Qxa2 23.gxf7+ Kf8 24.
bxc3 Qa1+ 25.Kd2 Qxh1 26.Qh7! Qg2+ 27.Kd3 Qf1+ 28.Kd2 =]} 22... exf6 $1 {
[22... Qxa2?! is weak because of 23.Nxc3! Qa1+ 24.Nb1! +=]} 23. Nxc3 {
[Here White could force a draw imediately with 23.Qe4+ Kf8 24.gxf6 Bxf6 25.
Bh6+ Bg7 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.Rxh5 cxb2+ 28.Kb1 gxh5 29.Qd4+=]} 23... fxg5 24. Bd4
Be5 25. Re1 Nf4 26. Qe4 Rc4 27. Qa8+ Ke7 28. Qa7+ Kf6 29. Bb6 Qb4 30. Rxe5 {
[Or 30.a3 Nd3+! 31.cxd3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Qxc3+ 33.Kd1 Qxd3+ =]} 30... Nd3+ $1 {
[Only move!  If 30... dxe5? 31.Qxa6!]} 31. cxd3 {[If 31.Kd2? Nxe5]} 31... Rxc3+
32. bxc3 Qxc3+ 33. Kd1 Qxd3+ 34. Ke1 dxe5 35. Qb7 {
[Here my opponent offered the draw.]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Otchkov, O."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 h5 8. Bc4
a6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Na5 12. h3 $6 {
[12.h4 or 12.Qf2 were better.]} 12... h4 $1 13. f4 Rh5 $1 {[Preventing 14.e5]}
14. Qf2 {[Too late!]} 14... Rc8 $1 {[Threatening 15... Rxc3! and 16... Nxe4]}
15. Nce2 {[15.Qf3 was better, eg 15... b5 16.Rhe1 Nc4 -+]} 15... Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3
Nxe4 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Nbd4 Bd5 $1 19. Kb1 {
[Despair!  If 19.Qg4 Nf6! or 19.Qf1 Bxa2]} 19... Nc3+ 20. Nxc3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup G-192"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zubtzov, S."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 {[9.Ba2 or 9.Be2 were better.]} 9... Bb7 10. O-O $2 {
[A waste of tempo.  Better is 10.Bd2 followed by 11.Rc1]} 10... a5 $1 {
[Better than the theoretical 10... a6?!]} 11. e4 b4 $1 12. Ne2 {
[If 12.axb4 axb4 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 -+]} 12... c5 $1 {
[Suddenly it's a Sokolsky Opening for Black!]} 13. Ng3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 h5 $1 {
[Threatening 15... h4!  Black has the advantage without castling.]} 15. f3 {
[Probably the best defensive move.  If 15.h4 Nc5! 16.Bb5+ Kf8! 17.Bg5 (or 17.
e5 Ng4! 18.Nxh5 Nxh5) 17...Ncxe4]} 15... Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bb5 h4 18. Nge2 e5
19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qa4 Bb7 23. Rd1 exd4 24. Bxd4 {
[Threatening 25.Qxd7+ Kxd7 26.Bxc5+]} 24... Bc6 $1 25. Qc2 Rh5 $1 {
[Now all Black's pieces are in play and White could resign here!]} 26. Kh1 b3
27. Qd2 Kf8 28. Bc3 h3 29. Ng3 hxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rh7 $1 {
[If 30... Rh6?? 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nf5+]} 31. Ba5 Qb5 32. Bc3 Kg8 33. Qg5 Bf8 34.
Qd8 Nc5 35. Rd4 Ne6 0-1

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Bänsch, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd2 Nf6 3. Ngf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 $5 Nb4 6. e4 $5 Nxe4 7. Nh4
Nxg3 $6 {[7... Nxf2! was better, eg 8.Kxf2 Bxc2! 9.Qe2 Nd3+ unclear.]} 8. fxg3
Nxc2+ 9. Kf2 Nxa1 10. Nxf5 e6 11. Ne3 c5 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd2 $1 {
[The best move, threatening 15.Rxa1]} 14... Qxa2 {[A critical moment.]} 15.
Nxd5 $1 {[If 15.Rxa1? Qxa1 16.Nxd5 Bd6!]} 15... Qxd5 {
[If 15... Nc2? 16.Nc7+ Ke7 17.Qc5+ Kd8 18.Qxc2]} 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Re1+ $1 {
[If 17.Rxa1?! 0-0-0! -+]} 17... Kd8 18. Rxa1 Bc5+ 19. Ke2 Ke7 $6 {
[Necessary is 19... Re8+ 20.Kd3 Kd7! activating his own king.]} 20. Ra5 b6 21.
Ra6 $1 Rhe8 22. b4 Kf8+ $2 {[A funny game!  Black's play is contrary to the
Steinitz doctrine; his K runs away from the battlefield!]} 23. Kd3 {
[At the same time, White's K marches ahead to help his own pieces!]} 23... Be7
24. Nd4 Red8 25. Bh3 h6 26. Nc6 Rd6 27. b5 Rf6 28. Bg2 Bc5 29. Bxd5 Rf5 30. Kc4
Rf2 31. Bc3 Rxh2 32. Nxa7 Re8 33. Nc6 Rh5 34. Ra7 Rf5 35. g4 $1 {
[The victory move!]} 35... Rf4+ 36. Kb3 Rf1 37. Ne5 $1 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 $1 Rf1 39.
Nd7+ $1 Kg8 40. Nxc5 bxc5 41. b6 $1 1-0

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hengst, H."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
h5 $5 {[Preventing Be3-h6]} 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 a6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13.
Bg5 Nc4 14. Qd3 b5 15. h3 $6 h4 $1 16. f4 Rh5 17. g4 hxg3 18. Qxg3 Nh7 19. Rd3
Nxg5 20. fxg5 Rc5 21. Nf3 Bc6 {
[Not the strongest move: 21... Qc8 would have been better.]} 22. Qf4 Qa8 $2 {
[Best was 22... Qc8! and if 23.Rf1 Qe6!?]} 23. h4 $2 {
[Necessary was 23.Rf1! +-]} 23... Bxc3 $1 24. Rxc3 Bxe4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 $6 {
[A trite move.  Winning was 25... Rf5! eg 26.Qg4 bxc4 27.Rf1 Bxf3 28.Rcxf3
Rxf3 29.Rxf3Rxh4!]} 26. Re1 $1 {[The best defence!]} 26... d5 $1 {[After this
move, Black has good winning chances.  If 26... Bxf3?! 27.Qxd6! Qa7 28.Rxf3
Kf8 =]} 27. Ne5 Rh7 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxg5 $1 31. a4 {
[Not 31.hxg5?? because of 31... Rxh1+ 32.Re1 Rxe1#]} 31... Rc5 32. b4 Rc6 33.
Rexc4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Kd7 35. Kb2 e5 36. Rg4 $2 {[36.b5! =]} 36... Rh6 $1 37. Kb3
f5 38. Rg5 Ke6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 f4 41. Kc3 $2 {
[41.b6! was better, eg 41... Kf6 42.c4 f3 43.Rf1 e4 44.Kc3! =+]} 41... Rxh4 42.
Rxg6+ Kf5 43. Rg8 Rh6 $1 {
[The only winning move!  If 43... Ke4 44.b6! Rh7 45.Kd2! =]} 44. Kd2 Ke4 45. c4
Kd4 46. Re8 e4 47. c5 Rh2+ $1 48. Kd1 f3 $1 {[Threatens 49... e3]} 0-1

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnik, V."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bg5 h5 $5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. f4 a5 $5 13. e5 $6 {
[13.Rae1 was better.]} 13... Qa7+ $1 {[If 13... dxe5? 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Rae1!]}
14. Kh1 Ng4 $1 15. exd6 e6 $1 {[White's attack is deadlocked.]} 16. Rae1 Rb4 $1
17. Re4 Rd4 $1 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. h3 Kd7 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet All-Union CC Tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burenin, I."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 b6 $1 {[It was important to limit the movement of
White's B and so the more usual 10... a6? was not appropriate.]} 11. O-O Ne5
12. b3 h5 $1 {
[Without loss of time with 12... 0-0? Black gets ready for the attack.]} 13.
Rc1 h4 14. Nd5 Nh5 $1 15. Bf2 e6 $1 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Ndb5 Ke7 $1 {
[The Black K goes boldly into play!]} 18. Qe1 $2 Nd3 19. Qd2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 g5
$1 {[Prevents 21.f4.  Black has the upper hand, but has some difficulty
converting to a win.]} 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qe3 {[Threatening 23.Rxd6]} 22... Nf4
$3 {[The best move.]} 23. Ne2 {[23.Rxd6? would have been immediate
capitulation, eg 23... Qxd6! 24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Kf1 Rd3!]} 23... Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2
Be5 25. c5 $6 {[White attempts to fish in troubled waters!]} 25... bxc5 26.
Nxd6 Kf8 $1 {[Also possible, of course, is 26... Bxd6 27.e5 Qc7, but Black
decided to catch White's N.]} 27. Bxc5 Qc6 $1 28. Nb7+ Kg7 29. Nxd8 {
[Or 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Nxd8 Qxc5+ 31.Kf1 Qc7 32.Qd2 Bf6!]} 29... Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 {
[If 30.Qf2 Qc7 31.Qd2 Bf6!]} 30... Qc7 31. Qd2 Bf6 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Qd7+ Qxd7
34. Rxd7+ Kg6 35. Rxa7 Rc8 36. h3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+
0-1

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinson, J."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 h5 $5 {
[11... 0-0? would have been a waste of tempo.]} 12. h3 a5 {
[Another interesting possibility is 12... h4! with 13... Rh5!]} 13. e5 $6 {
[Without preparation and giving up a pawn, White hurries the attack.]} 13...
dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 {[If 15.Bf4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Rb7! -+]} 15... Qc7 $1 {
[... and nothing!]} 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Ng5 e6 18. Bc5 {
[Preventing 18... 0-0.  However, Black's K is fine where it is!]} 18... Rb5 19.
Qd4 Ng4 $1 {[An interesting situation!  Black's K has stayed in the centre
without castling.  Nevertheless, Black has the advantage.]} 20. Qd6 $8 Bd4+ $1
21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 {[Or 22.Kh2 Be5+]} 22... Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxf2 24. Ba4 f6 $1
{[If 24... Rb6?! 25.Rd1! f6 26.Bc7! fxg5 27.Rd8+ Ke7 28.Rxh8 Rxb2 29.Bd8+ Kd6
30.Bxg5 =+]} 25. Rf1 Be3 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Nf3 Kd7 $1 {[The best move!  With
tempo, Black's K moves into play, in accord with the Steinitz doctrine.  If 27.
.. Bxc2?! 28.Re1! Kd7 29.Rxe3 Qxd6 30.Nd4! =+]} 28. Re1 {[If 28.Rd1 Bxc2!]}
28... Bb6 29. Bf4 Bxc2 30. Re2 Bf5 31. Rd2+ Kc6 32. Rd6+ Kc5 33. b4+ axb4 34.
Nd2 e5 {[White could resign here.]} 35. Rxf6 Bd8 36. Be3+ Kd5 37. Ra6 Be7 38.
Kg1 Rc8 39. Kf2 Rc3 40. Ke2 Ra3 41. Rxa3 bxa3 42. Kf3 Bc2 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4
b4 45. Ke2 b3 $1 0-1

[Event "VI-VII ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chlupin, M."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ng5
Nf8 $1 {[Excuse me for the immodesty, but perhaps this is my patent!]} 9. Re1
h6 10. Nh3 d5 11. Nf4 g5 12. Nd3 Ng6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 {
[Not the strongest move.  Probably 13... Rg8 was better.]} 14. dxe5 Ng4 $1 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qd4 {[If 16.f4? Bc5+! 17.e3 gxf4 18.gxf4 Qh4!]} 16... Qa5 {
[Threatening 17... Bc5]} 17. e3 Bc5 18. Qd2 Be6 {
[Another possibility is 18... Nxe5 and if 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qxd5 Nf7!]} 19. Qe2
Nxe5 20. Bd2 Qd8 {[20... Qc7?! 21.Rac1 unclear.]} 21. e4 $5 {
[The best defence!]} 21... fxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Be3 $2 {[23.Qxe4! was
necessary, eg (a) 23... Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 0-0+ 25.Kg1 Qxd2 26.Qxe5 =+; (b) 23...
Qxd2 24.Re2 Qd4 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 0-0+ 28.Ke3 Rf6 =+; (c) 23..
. Bd4?! 24.Bc3! =]} 23... Bc4 $1 24. Qc2 {
[Or 24.Qh5+ Bf7! 25.Qe2 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 0-0]} 24... Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bd3 $1 26. Qc3
Qf6 27. f4 {[Desperation!  If 27.Bxe4 0-0!]} 27... gxf4 0-1

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Savko, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 d5 5. d3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Qc2
Rc8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nf3 d4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. c4 b5 15.
b3 f6 16. Bd2 e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Ng5 $5 {[Threatening 19.Ne6]} 18... Nc5 19.
cxb5 $1 Ne7 20. b4 {[Stronger is 20.Qc4+ Qd5 21.Bb4!]} 20... e4 $5 {
[The best practical defence!]} 21. bxc5 e3 22. Bc1 $1 {
[22.Ne6?! is weak because of 22... exd2+ 23.Qxd2 Qe6! 24.Nxf8 Qxg2! unclear.]}
22... Nd5 23. Ne4 Qa5+ 24. Kd1 Kh8 {[Preventing 25.Qc4]} 25. Rb1 Rf2 {
[If 25... Rf4 26.Rb3!]} 26. g3 $1 {[Preventing 26... Nf4]} 26... Rcf8 27. Rb3
$1 {[Not 27.Nxf2? Nc3+!]} 27... Rg2 28. a3 Rff2 29. Nxf2 exf2 {
[White has a superfluous R; however he must play accurately.]} 30. Rf1 $1 Rg1
31. Bd2 $1 Ne3+ 32. Kc1 $1 {[32.Bxe3?? Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Qe1#]} 32... Nxf1 33. Bxa5
$1 Ne3+ 34. Kd2 Nxc2 35. Kxc2 Re1 36. Rb1 $8 Rxe2+ 37. Kb3 Be5 38. b6 $1 axb6
39. cxb6 Bxg3 40. a4 $1 Kg7 $5 {[A better practical defence.]} 41. Bb4 $1 Re1
42. Rxe1 {[42.Bxe1?? f1=Q!]} 42... fxe1=Q 43. Bxe1 Bxe1 44. Kc4 $1 {
[A winning move!  44.b7? Bg3! =+]} 44... g5 {[Or 44... Ba5 45.Kb5!]} 45. Kb5 h5
46. a5 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. a6 g3 49. b7 g2 50. b8=Q g1=Q {
[Black also has a Q and a superfluous B, but his position is lost.]} 51. Qe5+
$1 Kf7 52. Qd5+ Kg7 53. a7 $1 1-0

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ozolinsh, M."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
h5 $1 9. h4 Bd7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Bg5 Nc4 $1
{[This fine knight manoeuvre was discovered by Robert Fischer.]} 15. Bxc4 bxc4
{[Without castling, Black has an advantage!]} 16. b3 Rb7 $1 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nc6
Qb6 19. Nxe5 cxb3 20. cxb3 Bf5+ 21. Kb2 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qe3 Bd4 24. Qe1 {
[24.Rxd4 was better.]} 24... f6 $1 25. Bd2 Kf7 $1 {[The best place for the
king!  Not 25... 0-0? because of 26.g4! with a counter-attack.]} 26. Rc1 Rc8
27. Qe2 Be5 28. Rhd1 a5 $1 {[Threatens 29... a4 or 29... Rdc7]} 0-1

[Event "Soviet All-Union CC Tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gailitis, E."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Bc4
Nf6 9. h3 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. e5 $6 {[An illusory attack without preparation. 
Also, White loses two tempii - 9.h3? and 10.0-0?]} 11... dxe5 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 $1
13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. fxe5 Re8 $1 15. Ne4 Qc8 $1 16. Bg5 h6 $1 {
[White's attack is deadlocked.]} 17. exf6 $2 {
[The losing move.  The best defence was 17.Bc1!! eg 17... Bf8! 18.exf6 exf6 =+]
} 17... exf6 18. Qd5+ Be6 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. Qxd6 hxg5 21. Rad1 f5 22. b3 Qxc2
23. Rc1 Qe4 24. Rfe1 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kf1 Re7 27. Red1 Be3 28. Rc3 f4
29. Rcd3 g4 $1 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Re1 Rc7 32. g3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Telesh, V."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O $6 {
[A waste of tempo.  6.a3 or 6.d3 were better.]} 6... Na5 $5 {
[Maybe 6... Nd4! was stronger.  Not 6... Bg4? 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Ng5+]} 7. Be2 {
[If 7.Bb5+ Kf8! 8.d3 a6! 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 -+]} 7... Nc6 $5 {[The knight had
no future on a5.  More promising to aim at the central squares (d4, e5)]} 8.
Qe1 {[8.d3 was more correct.]} 8... Bg4 9. Qg3 Qd7 10. d3 Nf6 11. f5 gxf5 $1
12. exf5 {[if 12.h3 Bxf3! 13.Qxg7 (or 13.Qxf3 Nd4!) 13...Rg8]} 12... Rg8 13.
Bg5 Kf8 $1 {[Prevents 13.Bxf6.  If 13... 0-0-0?! 14.Nh4! Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nh5 (or
15... h6 16.Be3!? unclear) 16.Qf3!? unclear.]} 14. Nh4 h5 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2
Nh7 {[Probably 16... Ne5 was more correct.]} 17. f6 $1 {[The best defence.]}
17... exf6 $8 18. Bf4 Ne5 $8 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ng5 21. Rad1 Bh8 $5 22. Ndf5
$2 {[The losing move!  Instead 22.Kh1! Rd8 unclear.]} 22... Ngf3+ $1 23. Rxf3
Rxg3 24. Rxg3 Ng6 $3 {[The only winning move which my opponent had overlooked.]
} 25. Bxd6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ Kh7 $1 {
[White resigns prematurely, as after 27.Rd5! he is winning!]} 0-1

[Event "Soviet All-Union CC Tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vennek, I."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. b3 Nf8 $1 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Ba3 g5 $1 {
[11... 0-0-0? would have been a waste of tempo.]} 12. Rae1 Ng6 13. e4 f4 $1 14.
e5 $6 {[White sacrifices a pawn for an attack.]} 14... dxe5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf7 19. Nf3 Rag8 $1 {[Black has defended
coolly, and at the same time prepares for a counter-attack.]} 20. Nd4 Rg6 21.
c5 e5 22. Nf3 Kf6 $1 {[Steinitz would have been happy with my brave king!]} 23.
Rd1 Re8 $1 {[Not 23... Bf5? or 23... Bg4? because of 24.Rd6+!]} 24. Nd2 Kg7 25.
Qd3 Be6 {[25... Rd8 was better.]} 26. Be4 Rh6 27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Nd6 Bh3 29. Bg2
Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxd6 31. cxd6 Rhxd6 32. Qe2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Efremov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rg1 $1 e5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf1 Ndxe5 12. g3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Re8 14. c4 $5
Nf6 15. g4 g5 16. h4 $1 Bh6 {[If 16... gxh4 17.g5! Nd7 18.Bxd5 +-]} 17. Qg2 Be6
18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Rc1 $1 {[Of its own free will, White's king will stay in the
centre.  Not 19.0-0-0? of course, because of 19... dxc4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 -+]} 19...
dxc4 20. dxc4 Nd7 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. b3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd3 25. Kd1
$1 {
[At first glance, White's king looks in danger. but he defends comfortably.]}
25... Rcd8 26. Kc1 $1 Rd7 27. Ng3 $1 {[Threatens 28.Ne4 +-]} 27... Qg6 28. Qe4
{[Maybe 28.Nf5 was more correct.]} 28... Qxe4 29. Nxe4 h6 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Bc3
f5 $2 {
[The losing move.  After 31... Kh7! 32.Rh2+ Kg6 33.Rf1 f5! Black could resist.]
} 32. gxf5 Bf7 33. Rxg5+ Kf8 34. Bg7+ Ke7 35. e4 $1 Kd8 {
[Or 35... Red8 36.e5 Rd1+ 37.Kb2 R8d2 38.e6 Be8 39.Bc3!]} 36. e5 Kc7 {
[Or 36... Rd3 37.e6 Bg8 38.Bf6+ Kc8 39.Rcg2! Bh7 40.Rh2! Bg8 41.Rh8]} 37. e6
Bxe6 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Latvia v Switzerland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Jacot, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. g4 h5 5. d4 hxg4 6. Nxg5 Be7 7. h4 gxh3 8.
Nxf7 $5 {[This extremely risky move led to unforeseen consequences.  However,
after 8.Rxh3 Rxh3 9.Nxh3 Bh4+ 10.Nf2 it did not seem very promising for
White!]} 8... Bb4+ {[Perhaps better was 8... Bh4+ 9.Kd2 Kxf7 10.e4 d6! =+]} 9.
c3 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Qxd4+ 11. Kc2 Qe4+ {[Rather recklessly, Black tries to win by
taking pieces.  Necessary was 11... Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Kxf7 13.cxb4 unclear.]} 12.
Qd3 Qxh1 $2 {[The last fatal mistake!  It's not too late for 12... Qxd3+ 13.
exd3 Kxf7 14.cxb4 Nxe5 15.Bxh3 +=]} 13. Nxh8 Qxf1 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. Bh6+ $1 Nxh6
16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Nd2 $1 Qf5+ {[If (a) 17... Qxa1 18.Ne4! Be7 19.Nf6+! Bxf6 20.
exf6 doubly threatening 21.Qg7# or 21.f7# or (b) 17... Nd4+ 18.cxd4 Bxd2 19.
Qg6 Kxh8 20.Rxf1 or (c) 17... Bf8 18.Qg6+ Kxh8 19.Rxf1 or (d) 17... Qg2 18.
Rg1! (another possibility is 18.Ng6) 18... Qxg1 19.Ne4 Qg7 20.Nf6+ Kf8 21.Qh5!
threatening 22.Qe8#]} 18. e4 Nd4+ {
[Looks showy, but is insufficient for defence.]} 19. cxd4 Qf2 {[Or (a) 19...
Qh7 20.Rg1+ Kxh8 21.Qf6+ Qg7 22.Qxg7# or (b) 19... Qg4 20.Ng6! d5 21.Qh8+ Kf7
22.Qh7+ (or 22.Rf1+)]} 20. Qg6+ $1 {[20.Ng6 is weak, eg 20... Qxd2+ 21.Qxd2
Bxd2 22.Kxd2 d6 23.Rh1 Kg7 24.Nf4 Bd7 25.Nxh3 Rh8 +=]} 20... Kxh8 21. Qh5+ $3 {
[21.Rg1? is not so good because of 21... Qxd2+ 22.Kb1 Qg2 23.Rxg2 hxg2 24.Qxg2
b6! with 25... Bb7+=]} 21... Kg7 22. Qg4+ $1 Kh6 {[Or 22... Kf7 23.Rf1!]} 23.
Qxh3+ Kg5 24. Rg1+ $1 Qxg1 25. Nf3+ Kg6 26. Nxg1 1-0

[Event "Latvia v Scotland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Mackintosh, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3
Qc7 9. g4 Bd7 10. Rg1 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. h4 Nf8 13. Nf1 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. e4
Nb4 16. Kf2 Nc2 17. Rb1 Be6 18. b3 Nb4 19. Rb2 Qc3 20. Ng3 Nxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxb3
22. Qd2 Bxa2 23. Qxa2 Nd7 24. Bb2 Qc7 25. e5 Nc5 26. Bxd4 b6 27. Be3 Qb7 28. d4
Ne6 29. Bb5+ Kf8 30. Rc1 Nd8 31. Ba6 Qd7 32. d5 Rb8 33. Qc4 Ra8 34. Bc8 Qe8 35.
Qc7 Kg8 36. Bd7 Qf8 37. Ne4 Kh7 38. f5 Rg8 39. Bd2 Bh8 40. Bb4 a5 41. Ba3 Nb7
42. Qxb7 Rb8 43. Qc7 b5 44. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "USSR Youth Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Drejev, A."]
[Black "Khalifman, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 h5 4. Nf3 h4 5. Nxh4 Rxh4 $2 6. gxh4 Qxh4 7. Bg2 Bc5
8. O-O $4 {[After this trite move it is all over for White.  This game was
published in the magazine Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie-64 (1989), with notes by
Gennady Nesis who considered Black's victory as perfectly natural.  No-one
noticed the winning move 8.d4!! instead of 8.0-0?? eg (a) 8... Bxd4 9.Qe2 d6
10.h3! +- or (b) 8... Nxd4 9.Be3 Nxc2+ 10.Qxc2 Bxe3 11.Nd5! Bb6 12.Nxc7+ Bxc7
13.Qxc7 +- or (c) 8... exd4 9.Nd5 d3 10.Be3! Bxe3 11.Nxe3 dxc2 12.Qxc2 +-]}
8... Nf6 9. Qf3 d6 10. Qg3 Qh7 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 Bd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rac1 Nh5
15. Qh4 c6 {[Idea 16... Bd8]} 16. f3 Nf5 17. exf5 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1
Bxf5 20. Re1 Kd7 21. Ne2 Rh8 22. d4 g5 23. Qf2 {[23.Qxg5 Nf4 -+]} 23... Nf4 24.
Bf1 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "II European Team CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, (LAT)."]
[Black "Harman, (ENG)."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Bf5 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 Be4 11. Bxc6+ Bxc6 12. Ne5 O-O-O $4 {[After such a
serious strategic mistake (Black's K finds himself trapped in a corner and
offside), the English master lost a pawn.  The game was published in the
magazine Shakhmaty 16 (1988), where Latvian master Klovans thought 12... 0-0-0
to be a forced move.  Instead of this, Black has the almost winning move 12...
f6!! eg 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd2 Kf7! 15.Re1 Qd7 16.h4 h5 17.Rh3 g6! (idea 18.Bh6
=+)]} 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Nb5 15. Qa6+ Kb8 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qxc6 {
[And White went on to win in 48 moves.]} 1-0

[Event "49th USSR Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvily, Z."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4 8.
f3 a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 c5 11. Nc2 Ba5 12. Kf2 Be6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Rhd1 O-O
$4 {[Capitulation!  Oddly enough, no-one noticed Black's blunder: even GM Yuri
Razuvaev who annotated this game in Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie-64 (1981), No. 16. 
So, instead of 14... 0-0?? why not 14... Bc7! 15.g3 Ke7!  After the K enters
the play, Black has quite a defensible position, eg 16.a4 (or 16.Rd2 Rhc8 17.
Rad1 Be5! unclear) 16... b4 17.Nd5+ Bxd5 18.exd5 a5! 19.Rd2 Bd6! unclear.]} 15.
g4 Rfd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc7 19. Rd6 $1 {[With Black's K
offside, GM Azmaiparashvily took advantage of the opportunity to penetrate his
R into the home front of his opponent!]} 19... Ne8 20. Rc6 c4 21. a4 $1 Ne5 22.
axb5 $1 Nxc6 23. bxc6 Bd2 24. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Rab8 26. Rxa6 Rxb2 27. Nd4
Rc8 28. Nf5 Kf8 29. Ra7 Rc7 30. Ra8 Rxc6 31. Bd5 Rcb6 32. Ra7 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6
34. Rxf7+ Ke8 35. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "XV111 Olympiad (Habana)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Georghiu, F."]
[Black "Fischer, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

{["Only castle when one can't see anything better." (from How to Beat Bobby
Fischer by Edmar Mednis).  Here is how Fischer became a victim of his own
hasty castling.]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
O-O $2 {[Better is 6... c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5!]} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Re8 10.
g4 $1 Nf4 11. h4 c5 12. Kf2 Ng6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Be6 15. g5 $1 Rc8 16. h5
Nf8 17. g6 $1 fxg6 18. hxg6 h6 19. Qb1 $1 Na5 20. Nf4 c4 21. Bc2 Rc6 22. Ra2
Nd7 23. a4 Nf6 24. Ba3 Qd7 25. Rb2 b6 26. Rb5 Nb7 27. e4 $1 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Rcc8
29. Re5 {[Ideas 30.d5 or 30.Bxd7]} 29... Bg4 30. Nd5 $1 Rxe5 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32.
dxe5 Nc5 {[(a) 32... Qd2+ 33.Kg3 +- or (b) 32... Be6 33.Bxb7 Qxb7 34.exf6 +-]}
33. Bxc5 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Bxf3 35. Bxf3 Rxc5 36. Qc1 $1 1-0

[Event "New York Open Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, L."]
[Black "Kudrin, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O $2 {[Better is 8... cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 B5!? unclear.]} 9. Be3 Nc6
10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 $1 {
[Perfectly right decision - GM Polugaevsky made an attack on the enemy K.]}
12... Bd7 13. h4 $1 Rac8 14. h5 e5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. d5 Nd4 {
[If 16... Ne7 17.Bg5!]} 17. Nxd4 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Qa6 19. Qd3 $1 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bb5
21. Qh3 Bxc4+ 22. Kg1 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rh6 $1 {
[Idea 25.Rxg6!  If 24...Rh8 25.Qxg6+ Kf8 26.Bc5+]} 1-0

[Event "Tallin, Estonia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gufeld, E."]
[Black "Tarve, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O $2 {
[Better is 6... Nc6]} 7. h4 $1 Nc6 {
[If 7... g6 8.Qxe5 Bxf6 9.Qf4 Re8+ 10.Kf1 Bg7 11.d4 Nc6 12.h5! +-]} 8. Ng5 h6
9. Qg6 $1 Bxg5 10. hxg5 Qxg5 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. d3 Nf5 13. Bxg5 Ncd4 14. Nd5
Nxb3 15. Nf6+ $3 {[The prelude to an original idea from GM Eduard Gufeld.]}
15... gxf6 16. Bxf6 Ng7 17. axb3 Re8 {[Black has a superfluous N but his
position is lost as his K cannot escape from the corner trap.]} 18. g4 Re6 19.
g5 b6 20. Ke2 $1 e4 {[If 20... Bb7 21.f3!]} 21. d4 e3 22. f3 d5 23. Rh4 Ba6+
24. c4 dxc4 25. Rah1 $1 {[A final chord!  Idea 28.Rh8#]} 1-0

[Event "49th USSR Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, R."]
[Black "Gorelov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 $5 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 $1 {
[A typical Steinitz king!]} 13... Nc7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 $1 {
[GM Kholmov immediately blocks up the black fields.]} 16... Qb6 {
[If 16... Qxd6?? 17.exd6 and the N is trapped.]} 17. b4 h6 18. Bd3 g5 19. g3
Rg8 20. Rhd1 O-O-O 21. a4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rg4 23. Nxg4 fxg4+ 24. Ke2 $1 {
[24.Kxg4? Qf2! unclear.]} 24... Rg8 25. a5 Qb7 26. Ke3 Kb8 27. Rab1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, A."]
[Black "Zaitsev, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

{[At one time this exciting game was printed in the world press.  The hit of
the game was the bold raid of White's king.]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. c3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Bd6 11.
Qe2 c5 12. h5 Be4 13. f3 cxd4 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Nxf7 $5 Bg3+ 16. Ke2 d3+ 17. Ke3
Qf6 {[If 17... Kxf7 18.Kxe4 Nf6+ 19.Ke3 Nd5+ 20.Ke4! unclear.]} 18. Kxe4 Qxf7
19. Rh3 a6 20. Qg5 h6 {[Better is 20... e5!? 21.Rxg3 Nxc5+ 22.Ke3 0-0 23.Bxd3
Qf4+ 24.Ke2 Qxg3 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.Qe3 Rad8 27.Qf2 (idea 28.Be3) 27... Qxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 Rd1 29.Be2! Rh1 30.Kg2! =+]} 21. Qe3 $1 {
[Remarkably, at GM level, the brave king stuck in the thick of a battle!]}
21... e5 $2 {[It is hard to believe, but in chasing an easy prey, Black made a
fatal mistake.  It was necessary to give up the win and force a draw: 21...
Nf6+ 22.Kxd3 Nxg4 23.fxg4 Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Qxh3 25.Qxe6+ Kd8 26.Qd5+ Kc8 27.Qf5+
Kb8 28.Bf4+! =]} 22. Kxd3 Bf4 23. Qg1 $1 {[Prevents 23... Nc5+]} 23... O-O-O
24. Kc2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxa2 26. Rh2 Rhf8 27. Rd2 Qa4+ 28. Kb1 Qc6 29. Bd3 Kc7
30. Be4 Qb6 31. Qh2 Rde8 32. Rcd1 Nf6 33. Bg6 Re7 34. Re1 Qb5 35. Rde2 Nd7 36.
Bf5 Rxf5 37. gxf5 Qd3+ 38. Ka1 Qxf5 39. Qh4 Nf6 40. Qc4+ Kd8 41. Qc5 Nd7 42.
Qd5 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, E."]
[Black "Rublyovsky, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

{[In this significant game, I wish to feature a violent engagement between the
"old" and "new" schools of chess experts.]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O $6 {[As representative of the "old" school,
GM Efim Geller plays as in old times - develop the kingside pieces and castle
quickly!]} 7... d6 8. f4 Be7 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. Bf3 h6 11. Kh1 Rg8 $1 {
[Well played!  Bravo!]} 12. Qd1 g5 13. f5 e5 14. Ne6 $5 {
[The only possibility to sharpen play.  If 14.Nb3? b5! =+]} 14... fxe6 15. Bh5+
Nxh5 16. Qxh5+ Kd8 17. fxe6 Nf6 18. Qf7 Rf8 19. Rxf6 $5 Rxf7 20. exf7 Bf8 21.
Nd5 Qxc2 $1 {[If 21... Qc6? 22.Rg6 Qd7 23.Be3 Qxf7 24.Rf6! (idea 25.Bb6) +=]}
22. Be3 Bh3 $1 {[Only move.  If 22... Qxe4? 23.Rxd6+ Bxd6 24.Bb6+ Kd7 25.Nf6+
Ke6 26.Nxe4 Be7 27.Rf1 Bd7 28.Nc5+! +-]} 23. Rf2 Qd3 24. Rd2 Bxg2+ 25. Kg1 {
[Or 25.Kxg2 Qxe4+ 26.Kg3 Qh4+ 27.Kg2 Qg4+ 28.Kh1 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 Rc8 -+]} 25...
Qxe4 $1 26. Bb6+ Kd7 27. Nf6+ Ke6 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Re2 Bf3 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Rf1
g4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Kg3 h5 34. h4 Rxf7 {
[A well-deserved victory for the adventurous young GM!]} 0-1

[Event "18th Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Melderis, U."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 {[My opponent declined 4... g5
(Lasker's Attack) because of my publication in the magazine Baltic Chess 7-8
(1992), where my four opponents capitulated quickly.]} 5. d3 O-O $6 {
[5... Nc6 or 5... Bg4 were better.]} 6. g3 Ng4 7. Bg2 Re8 8. e4 Bc5 {
[Black undertakes an illusory attack.]} 9. Qe2 f5 10. Nc3 Bf2+ {
[All on the same illusory lines.]} 11. Kd1 Bb6 12. Rf1 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. Nd5
Be6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. h3 $1 {[This is the start of the attack.]} 16... fxe4 17.
Ng5 $1 exd3 18. Qe4 $1 dxc2+ {
[If (a) 18... g6 19.hxg4! +- or (b) 18... Ne3+ 19.Bxe3! dxc2+ 20.Kc1! +-]} 19.
Kc1 $1 Nf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Ne4 $1 {[The only winning move. 
White has double threats of 23.Nxd6 and 23.Bh6#, but if 22... Qxd2+ 23.Nxd2!
+-]} 1-0

[Event "Latvia v Australia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rout, I."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 fxe4 $5 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 $8 7. Nh3
Be7 8. Nf4 Nf8 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be4 c6
14. Qh5+ $6 {[14.h4 was better.]} 14... Kd8 $1 15. O-O-O f5 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. h4
Rg8 $1 {[Threatens 18... Rg4 with 19... Be8! -+]} 18. Qe2 Kc7 {
[Perhaps stronger was 18... a5! (idea 19... a4 and 20... Ra5!)]} 19. d5 $5 exd5
20. Rxd5 Rg4 {[Not 20... cxd5?? because of 21.Nxd5+ and 22.Nxf6 +-]} 21. Rd4
Ng6 22. Nh5 Qf8 23. Ng3 a5 $5 24. Nxf5 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Nf4 26. Qf1 c5 $1 27. Nb5+
Kb6 28. a4 Bc6 29. Rh2 Re8 $1 $19 30. Kb1 {[If 30.Bxh7 Qh6! -+]} 30... Re2 $1
31. Na3 Qe8 $3 {[Only winning move, threatening 32... Re1+ and 32... Bxa4]} 32.
Nc4+ Ka7 $1 {[Less strong is 32... Kc7?! because of 33.Rh1! Bxg2 34.Qd1! (idea
35.Qxd6+) 34... Qe7 35.Rg1 unclear.]} 33. Ne3 Bxa4 34. b3 Bxb3 35. Bxb3 $1 {
[Idea 35... Qa4]} 35... Qb5 36. Qd1 Rxf2 {[Ideas 37... a4 or 37... Nd3]} 0-1

[Event "18th Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Safonov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. exd6 Bxd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Ng4 7. Ne4 $1 Bb4+
8. c3 f5 9. cxb4 fxe4 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. dxe4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
Qxe4 15. h3 Ne3 16. Kf2 $5 Nd5 17. e3 Bf5 18. Rc1 O-O-O 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rhe8 22. Rhc1 Rd7 23. Nd4 {[Better is 23.Rxa6 +-]} 23... Qd3 24.
Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Rxh6 {[25.Ne6! was better.]} 25... Rxe3 $5 26. Rhc6 Rf7+ $1 27.
Nf3 Re2+ 28. Kg1 Be4 29. Rxa6 Rxf3 $2 {[Better was 29... Rxb2 unclear.]} 30.
gxf3 Bxf3 31. Ra3 $1 {[This unexpected move was not seen by my opponent. 
Weaker was 31.Bf2?! because of 31... Nf4 unclear.]} 31... Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxg3 33.
Kf2 $1 Rxh3 34. Rxf3 Rh2+ 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. Rc5 Nf4 37. Ra3 Ne6 38. Re5 Rb6 39.
Kg4 Rd6 40. Rae3 Kd7 41. Kf5 Nd4+ 42. Ke4 $1 {
[After 42.Kxg5?! White's K is offside for a long time.]} 42... Nc2 43. Rd3 Nb4
44. Rxd6+ cxd6 45. Rb5 $1 Na6 {
[45... Nxa2?? 46.Kd3 d5 47.Rb2 Nc1+ 48.Kd2 and Black's N is trapped.]} 46. Rxg5
Kc6 47. Kd4 Nc5 48. Kc4 Ne6 {[Despite the fact that White has superior
material, his win has a thorny path.  Therefore the endgame is of theoretical
interest.]} 49. Rh5 Nc5 50. a3 Na6 51. Rh6 Nc5 52. Rh3 $1 Nb7 53. Kb4 Kb6 54.
Rh5 $1 Nc5 55. Rd5 Kc6 56. Rd2 $1 Na6+ 57. Ka5 $1 Nc7 58. a4 d5 {
[58... Ne6 was more persistent.]} 59. Rd1 $1 Kb7 60. Kb4 $1 {
[After 60.Rc1? d4 61.Rc4 Ne6 62.Kb5 d3! with good chances for a draw.]} 60...
Kc6 61. Rd2 Kb6 62. a5+ Ka6 63. Rh2 d4 64. Rh6+ Kb7 65. Kc4 d3 66. Kxd3 Na6 67.
Kc4 {[Completed at last, a marathon duel between two kings!]} 1-0

[Event "X ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trösch, T."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. e4 Rb8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ng4 $5 13. h3 Ne5 14. Rac1 h6
15. Be3 g5 $1 {[The start of the counter-attack.]} 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18.
f5 $6 {[An anxious moment for White: the f5-pawn crossing the Rubicon without
the support of his own troop.]} 18... Nh4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Rc2 h5 21. Qd1 Rg8 $1
22. Rff2 {
[Or 22.Qxh5 Rxg2+ 23.Rxg2 Nxg2 24.Qh7 Kd8 25.Qg8+ Be8 26.Qxg2 Qa5! -+]} 22...
Rb4 $1 {[Now another castle moves into play.]} 23. b3 d5 $1 24. cxd5 Bxc3 $1
25. Rxc3 Rxe4 $1 {[In the course of three moves, Black has demolished White's
centre completely, and also has the main threat Qc7-g3!]} 26. d6 {
[Prevents 26... Qg3]} 26... Qxd6 27. Rd3 Qc7 $8 28. Kh1 Bxf5 $1 {
[The inglorious end of the Rubicon pawn!]} 29. Rxf5 {[29.Bxe4?? Bxe4! -+]}
29... Rxg2 {[Idea 30... Qh2#]} 30. Bf4 Rxf4 $1 {[30... Qc8? 31.Rxh5! +-]} 31.
Rxf4 Rxa2 $1 {[Idea 32... Ng6!  White has somehow beaten off the attack, but
has suffered some material loss.]} 32. Rd2 $5 {[The best chance of defence! 
If (a) 32.Rxh4?? Qh2# or (b) 32.Qxh5? Ng6! 33.Rdd4 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Rf1! -+]} 32...
Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Ng6 34. Rf3 h4 35. Qf2 f6 36. b4 Kf8 $1 {[For the exchange,
Black has three extra pawns - sufficient for a win.  However, he must play
accurately, eg if 36... a5? 37.Ra3! axb4 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Qa2+! +-]} 37. Qg2 Ne5
38. Rf4 Qd7 $1 {[At last, Black's Q comes into play.]} 39. Rf1 Qd3 40. Rg1 Ke8
41. Ra1 a6 42. Ra2 {[42.Rf1 was more persistent.]} 42... Qb1+ $1 43. Kh2 Nf3+
$1 44. Qxf3 Qxa2+ 45. Kg1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "X ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Giese, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. g4 b5
9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Rg1 b4 11. Ne4 f5 {[On the board there is a picturesque mixture
of Bird's Opening, Sicilian and Dutch Defences.]} 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Ng3 O-O $2
{[A suicidal decision: Black hurries to put his K into a corner trap.  It was
necessary to continue the attack on the Q-side: 13...a5! with 14... Bd7 and 15.
.. Qb6! unclear.]} 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Kf2 $1 {
[A perfectly correct judgement.  White undertakes an attack on the K's flank.]}
15... Qb6 16. h4 $1 d5 17. h5 $1 {
[It is necessary to hurry - delay may mean death!]} 17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Qb2 19.
Rac1 $1 Ba6 {[Or 19... Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Bd7 (20... Ba6 21.Ng5! +-) 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.
e4! dxe4 23.dxe4 fxe4 24.Nxe4 +-]} 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ng5 Qa3 22. Rh1 $1 {
[22.Rb1?! is weak because of 22... Rxb1 23.Rxb1 c4 +=]} 22... Rb2 23. Qd1 Reb8
24. Rh7 $1 {[Threatening the murderous 25.Qh1]} 24... Bxd3 $5 {
[Perhaps the only chance of defence.]} 25. Rxg7+ $1 {[The only winning move! 
25.Bxd3?! is weak because of 25... Bxc3! unclear, as is 25.Qh1?! because of 25.
.. Nd8!! 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qh8+ Ng8 unclear.]} 25... Kxg7 26. Bxd3
c4 27. Nxf5+ $3 {[A bolt from the blue.]} 27... Nxf5 {
[Or 27... gxf5 28.Qh5! Rxd2+ 29.Kg3 Rf8 30.Qh7+ Kf6 31.Rh1! +-]} 28. Bxf5 Qe7 {
[If 28... gxf5 29.Qh5 Rxd2+ 30.Kg3 Qf8 31.Rh1! etc.]} 29. Bg4 Rxa2 30. Rc2 Rbb2
31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Kg3 Qf6 33. Bc1 1-0

[Event "X ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Maeer, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Nf1 Bb7 10. Bd2 a5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rg1 e6 13. g4 Ne7 14. h3 Nd7 15. Ng3
Bc6 16. Kf2 $1 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Bc3 e5 20. f5 d4 21. Bd2 gxf5
22. gxf5 Kh8 23. e4 Qd6 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Bh6 26. Bd2 Rg8 27. Qc1 Bxd2 28.
Qxd2 Nf6 29. Ng5 Be8 30. h4 {[And White won after adjudication.]} 1-0

[Event "X ICCF Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Dupak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Rc1 O-O $2 {[Better is 9... Bd7]} 10. h4 Rb8 11. Ne4 Ne6 12. Bc3 Ned4
13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Kh8 15. a3 f5 16. Ng5 $1 Bd7 17. Qb3 Qe8 18. Bd5 $1 h6
19. Nf7+ Kh7 20. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Friendly Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Dupak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. Bd2 O-O {[Better is 8... Qd6 (idea 9... Nce7 and 10... f6) unclear.]} 9. a4
Bg4 10. a5 Re8 11. Qe2 $1 {[11.0-0? e4 -+]} 11... Nf4 12. Qe4 Nxg2+ $2 {
[Perhaps better was 12... g6!? 13.Kf1 Bf5 14.Qe3 Qe7 15.h4 (idea 16.Ng5) +=]}
13. Kf1 $1 Bxf3 {[Or 13... Bh3 14.Bxf7+! Kxf7 15.Ng5+! +-]} 14. Qxf3 Nf4 15. a6
$1 {[An event as in the vaudeville: having beaten off an attack on the
kingside, White undertakes an attack on the queenside.]} 15... Qd6 16. axb7
Rab8 17. Ra6 $1 Rxb7 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Rb1+ 20. Be1 e4 21. d4 $1 Re7 22.
d5 g6 23. d6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Friendly Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Dupak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ {
[Another possibility is 5.Nxe4 d5 unclear.]} 5... Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5+ Kg8
8. d4 $1 h6 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. gxh3 e4 11. Ne5 Qh4 $6 {
[A questionable attack.  Better was 11... Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qd7 13.Qg4 unclear.]}
12. Ng6 Qxh3 13. Nxh8 Kxh8 {[Or 13... Qg2 14.Rf1 Kxh8 15.Bf4 +-]} 14. Be3 Qg2
15. Kd2 Na5 16. b3 Qh3 17. Rg1 Be7 18. Qe2 Rf8 19. Rg3 Qxh2 20. Rag1 Bf6 21.
Qg4 1-0

[Event "Friendly Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Dupak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O $6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nh5 $2 {[Better was 9... Nbd7]} 10. Kf2 $1 f5 11. Ng5 Qd6 12. Bxh5
gxh5 13. Qxh5 h6 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 Ne4+ 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Rad1
exf3 19. gxf3 e5 20. Bc1 Qe6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. c4 f4 23. Rd5 fxe3+ 24. Bxe3
Rae8 25. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Friendly Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Filipov, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. e4 Ng6 8. Nf5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Bg2 Nbc6 12. Kd1 $5 Nd4 13. Qe4 Nef3 14. Nc3
Qxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O-O 16. c3 Nxf5 17. Bxf3 gxf3 18. Rf1 Ne7 19. Rxf3 f5 20. Nxd6+
Rxd6 21. d3 Rhd8 22. Kc2 Ng6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rd1 Re2+ 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2
Ne5 27. Rxf5 Rxd3+ {
[Or 27... Nxd3 28.Rf8+ Kd7 29.Rd8+ Ke6 30.Rxd6+ cxd6 31.Kxd3 +-]} 28. Ke2 Rd5
29. Bf4 1-0

[Event "19th Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribkinskis, T."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
Bxe5 9. Be2 h5 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Qd2 Rh7 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Rb1 Bf5
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. b3 h4 17. O-O {[Better was 17.h3]} 17... Rh5 18. Rfe1 Kf8 $1 {
[Black has positional advantage and threatens 19... Qd4]} 19. c5 $6 {
[In despair, White resorts to some tactical complications.]} 19... dxc5 20.
Nxc5 Bxh2+ $1 21. Kxh2 Rxc5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Re4 g5 $1 24. Rbe1 Rfxd5 25. Qe2
Qc7+ 26. Kg1 Rc1 27. Qf3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rc5 29. Qe3 a5 30. Rd1 b6 31. a3 e6 0-1

[Event "Loeffler Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Harding, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 $6 {
[My opponent dared to play the questionable Lasker's Attack.]} 5. g3 h5 6. d4
g4 7. Nh4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Bg2 $1 {[If 9.Ng2?! h4! unclear.]} 9... Bxh4 10.
gxh4 Qxh4+ 11. Bf2 Qg5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Ne4 Qa5+ 14. c3 O-O-O 15. a4 h4 16. Nc5
$1 {[Threatens 17.b4 Qb6 18.Nxd7! Rxd7 19.d5! Qa6 20.b5! (idea 21.bxc6) +-]}
16... h3 17. Be4 Nf6 18. b4 Qxc5 {[In order to prevent the worst, Black was
forced to give up his Q for the B and N.]} 19. bxc5 Nxe4 20. a5 $1 {[The exact
move which took Black unawares.  After 20.Qb3?! Nxf2 21.Kxf2 Na5! my opponent
could put up a desperate fight.]} 20... a6 {
[Or 20... Nxc3 21.Qb3 Ne4 22.d5 Nb8 23.Rb1 +-]} 21. d5 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Bf5 23.
Qb3 Ne5 24. Rhb1 $1 {[The following combination was possible: 24... Bxb1 25.
Rxb1 Kd7 26.Qxb7 Rb8 27.Qxb8 Rxb8 28.Rab8 +-]} 1-0

[Event "Loeffler Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krshkovnik, E."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h4
h5 $1 {[Putting a stop to White's attack on the kingside.  Of course, 8...
0-0? is bad because of 9.h5 +-]} 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O $6 {
[11.a4!? deserved attention, then 12.Kf2!? with mutual sharp play to follow.]}
11... Rc8 12. Nd5 Ne5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Qb4 b5 17. g4
{[According to trite theory, my opponent hurries the attack on Black's
uncastled king.  However strange though it may seem, such activity by White
only favours Black.]} 17... hxg4 18. fxg4 Rc5 $1 {[Threatening 19... Rxg5 20.
hxg5 Rxh1 21.Rxh1 Bxd4 -+ or 19... Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Rxg5! -+]} 19. Nb3 a5 $1 20.
Qe1 {[Or 20.Qxc5 dxc5 21.Nxc5 f6! 22.Nxd7 Qc8! -+]} 20... Rxg5 $1 {
[Perfectly well-founded sacrifice of the exchange for an attack.]} 21. hxg5
Rxh1 22. Qxh1 Nxb2 23. Rf1 Na4 $1 24. Qf3 Nc3+ 25. Kc1 Be6 26. Bd3 a4 $1 27.
Nd2 {[If 27.e5 Nxa2+ 28.Kb1 axb3 -+]} 27... Nxa2+ 28. Kd1 Nc3+ 29. Ke1 Be5 30.
Kf2 Qa5 31. Kg2 Qb4 32. Qf2 Qc5 $1 33. Qh4 {
[If 33.Qxc5 dxc5 34.Nb1 c4! 35.Nxc3 Bxc3 36.Be2 a3 -+]} 33... d5 $1 {[Thanks to
a pawn blasting, things are coming to a head.  33... a3?! is weak because of
34.Nb3 Bxb3 35.cxb3 a2 36.Qh7! =+]} 34. Nf3 dxe4 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Re1 Bd5 37.
Bf1 e3+ 38. Kg1 a3 $1 {[Idea 39... a3 -+]} 0-1

[Event "21st Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Black "Safonov, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. g3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Ne7 {[9... Bd7]} 10. Kf1 $5 Bd7 11. Ne1 Bb5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Bf3 Rc8
14. Kg2 {[with the idea 15.h4]} 14... g5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5
18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 f4 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Qg4+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rhg1 Nd5
24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Rae1 Rf6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxd5 Kf7 28. Kf3 $1 1-0

[Event "21st Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vetsbralis, Yanis"]
[Black "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nd3 e6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. O-O {[10.Qd2]} 10... h6 11. b4 Ke7 12. f3 Rhc8 13. Bxd6+
Qxd6 14. Nf4 a5 15. Nd3 Bg6 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 18. Rab1 c5 $1 $15 19. e4
dxe4 20. fxe4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. e5 Nxe5 $1 23. Bxa8 Rxc3 24. bxa5 bxa5
25. Rfe1 Nfd7 26. Rbd1 Rxa3 27. Rxd4 f5 28. Rdd1 Rc3 $1 29. Ra1 Rc5 30. Ra2 Kf6
31. Rea1 Nc4 32. Kf2 e5 33. Bg2 e4 34. Bf1 Nde5 35. Be2 g5 36. h3 f4 37. g4 f3
38. Bxc4 Nxc4 39. Rd1 h5 $1 {[39... Ke5? 40.c3!=]} 40. Rd8 {[40.gah5 Rf5!]}
40... hxg4 41. hxg4 Ne5 42. Kg3 e3 43. Rd4 f2 0-1

[Event "21st Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Black "Strautinsh, Karlis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O {[6... Nbd7]} 7.
Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 {[9... Kg7!?]} 10. g4 c5 11. g5 $5 cxd4 12.
gxh6 Bxh6 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Rg1 Kh7 15. h4 Qa5 16. Kd2 e5 17. Nb3 Qd8 18. Qf3 $6
{[18.h5!+-]} 18... Kh8 19. Rg2 Qe7 20. Rag1 Rg8 21. Kc2 Be6 22. Nd2 Rad8 23.
Rg5 $5 Rdf8 24. Qh1 Rg7 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 Qd7 27. h5 Bxg5 28. hxg6+ Kg8 29.
fxg5 Ne8 {[29... Ng4!]} 30. gxf7+ Rfxf7 31. Kc1 Rf4 32. Qh6 Bf5 33. Nd5 Rd4 $2
{[33... Bxd3! 34.Nxf4 Rh7! 35.Qe6+ Qxe6 36.Nxe6 Bxc4! 37.Nxc4 Rc7=]} 34. Bxf5
Qxf5 35. Re1 $1 1-0

[Event "21st Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nille, Arthur"]
[Black "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Nc3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e6 7. O-O {[7.h4]}
7... Nbd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 h5 12. h3 g5 13. Be3 f5
14. Bg2 Qc7 15. f4 Kf7 $5 16. Kf2 {[16.c4 idea 17.d5]} 16... Rag8 17. Qf3 Nf6
18. Qe2 h4 19. fxg5 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 {[20.Bxe4? Qxg3#]} 20... Nxg3 21. Qd2 Nxf1 22.
Rxf1 Rh5 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. c3 Bxg5 25. Qe2 Rh6 26. Bh2 Rhg6 27. Rf2 Bc1 28. Kh1
Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Qd5 30. b3 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Bb2 32. c4 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "20th Latvian CC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Latsis, Andris"]
[Black "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {[3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4!?]} 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 h5 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O $6 {[10.a3!? Rc8 11.Ba2]}
10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Nc4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.
Bc3 Ne3 $1 $15 17. Rd2 h4 18. Re1 Nc4 19. Rdd1 Rh5 20. f4 b5 21. Rd3 a5 $1 $19
22. a3 Rhc5 23. g3 Nxa3+ 24. bxa3 Rxc3 25. Ne2 R3c5 26. Rc1 a4 27. Bd5 e6 28.
Ba2 Ke7 29. g4 g5 30. f5 b4 31. axb4 Rb8 32. c3 Bb5 $1 33. Kc2 Bxd3+ 34. Kxd3
Rc7 35. h3 Be5 36. Rc2 Kf6 37. Ng1 exf5 38. exf5 Re8 39. c4 Bf4 40. Ne2 Re3+
0-1

[Event "VIIth Baltic Sea"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukats (Est), Toivo"]
[Black "Gurtovoi (Lat), Nickolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 h5 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h3 h4 13. Kb1 Rh5 14. Rhe1 Ne5 {
[14... b5!?]} 15. Qe2 Kf8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Be8 18. Bf2 Nd7 19. Rd5 Nc5 20.
Rxh5 gxh5 21. e5 Nxb3 22. cxb3 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 f6 25. Qd3 Rc6 26.
Bxh4 fxe5 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Nd5 Re6 29. Nxe7+ Kh8 30. Qg3 $6 {[30.Qd5]} 30...
Qd2 $1 $15 31. Bg5 Qd7 $1 32. Nf5 Bg6 33. a4 Re8 $6 {[33... b5!=+]} 34. Qf3 e4
35. Qe2 $1 $11 Qd3+ 36. Qxd3 exd3 37. Kc1 Rc8+ 38. Kd1 Bf7 39. Nxg7 Bxb3+ 40.
Kd2 Kxg7 41. Bf6+ Kg6 42. Bc3 Bxa4 43. Rf6+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kg4 45. Rg6+ Kf4 46.
Kxd3 Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Loeffler Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gritti, Pablo"]
[Black "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 h5 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 b5 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Qe2 Qc8 15.
f4 Nc4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. e6 $6 fxe6 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. Qe4
Rg8 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Qh7+ Rg7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Qxg4 e5 $1 $19 26. Qe4 exd4
27. Bxf6 exf6 28. Qxd4 Qc6 29. Qf4 Rb6 $8 30. Rd4 Qxg2 31. Bxc4+ bxc4 32. Rhd1
Bg4 33. Re1 Bd7 34. Red1 c3 $1 35. b3 Bg4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 {
[if 37.Rf1 Re6! idea 38... Re2-+]} 0-1

[Event "Loeffler Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, Nickolai"]
[Black "Deforel, Jorge Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qc2
Qb6 9. Nf1 Bg4 10. Bd2 d4 11. e4 Rad8 12. Rd1 $6 {[12.c4!]} 12... c4 $1 13. Ng3
$8 dxc3 14. bxc3 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. f5 Rd7 18. Ke2 Rc8 19. Qb3
Qc7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. h4 Na5 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Qb3 Nb6 25. c4 Na4 26.
Bd2 Qa6 27. Bb4 $8 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. h5 Ra5 30. hxg6 $1 Rxa2+ 31. Kf1 Ra3
32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qc2 Qa5 34. Nf5 Rc3 $2 {[34... Ra2!=]} 35. Qg2 Qa4 $2 {
[35.Rcxd3!=]} 36. Qxg7+ Ke6 37. Qxd7+ $8 Qxd7 38. Be2 $3 Qa4 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40.
Rh6 $1 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rdd7 $1 1-0

[Event "Latvian CC Tournament LK-22/II-"B""]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tsimermanis, K."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. f3 $6 {[10.f4!? idea 11.Bf3+=]} 10... h4 $5 11. O-O-O $6 {
[Better was 11.0-0]} 11... Rh5 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. f4 Nb4 $1 14. Bxh5 Rxc3 $3 {
[Black makes a double sacrifice of quality!]} 15. Qd4 {
[Or 15.bxc3 Nxe4 16.Qe1 Nxa2+ -+]} 15... Rxc2+ 16. Kb1 Nxh5 $1 $19 17. e5 {
[Or 17.Qxb4 Rxb2+ 18.Kc1 Qc7+ -+]} 17... a5 18. Qa7 Rxg2 19. a3 Bf5+ 20. Ka1
Nc2+ 21. Ka2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Be6 23. Kb1 Rg3 24. Qf2 Rxb3 25. Rd2 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Latvian Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dashkevich, Vadim"]
[Black "Tronekov, Valdis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g4 $5 fxg4 3. h3 d6 4. hxg4 Bxg4 5. Qd3 $8 Nf6 6. Bh3 Qd7 7. f3
Bxh3 8. Nxh3 Nc6 9. Ng5 e5 10. c3 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O-O 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Bb4+ 14.
Kd1 $3 {[The best move! My young disciple uses my idea very well.  Weaker is
14.Nc3? because of 14... h6! -+]} 14... h6 15. e6 $1 Qd6 16. Nf7 Qg3 17. Rf1
Rhe8 18. Nxd8 Kxd8 19. a3 Ba5 20. Nc3 Rxe6 {[20... Bxc3 was better.]} 21. Ne2
Qh4 22. Be3 g5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Kd2 Qh5 25. Rae1 Qe8 26. Ng3 a5 27. Nf5 Qd7 28.
b5 Na7 29. Nxh6 Nxb5 30. Bxg5 Rxe1 31. Bxf6+ Re7 32. Nf5 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Kc8 34.
Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Youthful Championship World and Europe "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kolesnikov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dashkevich, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
h5 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O $6 {[10.h4!?]} 10... Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13.
Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h3 h4 $1 15. f4 Rh5 16. Rhf1 Qc8 $1 17. Qd3 Rhc5 18. Nde2 Ra5 19.
Bd4 b5 20. e5 Bf5 21. Qe3 {[More determined was 21.exf6!?]} 21... dxe5 22. fxe5
Nh5 {[Stronger was 22... Nd5! -+]} 23. b3 {[Another possibility was 23.Rxf5]}
23... Rc6 24. b4 Ra3 25. Bc5 Ng3 26. Nxg3 hxg3 27. Kb2 Rxc5 $1 28. Qxc5 Qxc5
29. bxc5 b4 30. Nd5 Bxe5+ 31. Kb1 b3 $1 32. Nb4 a5 33. Rfe1 axb4 34. Rxe5 bxc2+
35. Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Latvia v Ukraine Friendly International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Dupak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg5 d4 8. Ne4
Be7 9. h4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O $6 {[11... h6]} 12. Kf1 $5 f5 13. Bd5+
Kh8 14. Rc1 Be8 15. Rc5 Qd6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 e4
20. Nxd4 exd3 21. exd3 Bh5 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 g6 $2 {[23... Bg6]} 24. Rh4
Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. f3 $1 Kg8 27. Kf2 b6 28. Ke3 {[Idea 29.g4]} 28... Rd5
29. g4 Re5+ 30. Kd2 Bxg4 31. fxg4 f4 32. Nc6 Rxg5 33. d4 Kg7 34. Kd3 {
[Idea 35.Ke4 +-]} 1-0

[Event "Latvia v Ukraine Friendly International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Dupak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. c3 Bxc5 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qa4
O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. b5 Na5 11. Ba3 Nc4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rac8
15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17. Qc6 Qd8 18. h3 Rb6 19. Qc5 Bd7 20. c4 $1 Rc8 21.
Qb4 dxc4 22. a4 Qc7 23. Ke2 $1 {[If 23... c3 24.Rhc1! +-]} 1-0

