1. Boris Savchenko — Tomas Pet Aicles-Bains (variation) 24.03.2011 Topic: Intermediate Move This position is very difficule with a good deal of bonus points to pick up. Sorry about the lack of verbal ‘explanations; i is all based on the bishop on d3 being too strong, 20...c4lt 20..AMA8 21 gxf7 +! 1 point. 21.247 22H6+— 20..A2g4 213895 f5 2287! 1 point. 20.25 21.Sxf5 WAS (21...exf5 22.0-0-0+-) 22.g7 Wf 23.exf6 exf5 24.0-0-0 Lh7 25.He5+— 20...8b5 21.97 Ded (21..8xd3 2288shG+-) 2204 20..cxd4 21.g7Wre3+ 2222 Wral 23N6 £5 24S 21g? 21. 2e2WES 22.97 (22.gyf7+ EIT 238AHGEH7E) 22., Ws 23.gxfBr BrfB 24 cxf gd 21...cxd3 22.0-0-0 223Wah6Wre3+ 23°01 Wha + 24 Bel 65! 1 point, 25exBUle BB 26386 4= 22,,Wxc3 23.Bxd3 23.gxfBWs At 24%8d3 Wal 25°Ld2 SHS! 1 point. 2623! (263 LeP!-+ 2 points) 26..Hc8 27W!h6 WL 28tWeae 23.. Wal + 24.cbd2 O651 1 point 24, 28? 2WhGEre2+ 26.2 | point. 26...£5 278+ 7 28WhaBs 25.gxftls Bxf8 26.8h4 g7! 3 points 26,.éxh4 27 Wich4 Be8 28HH3 Bxc+ 29:°Lxc2 Lads 30.d2Wh2+ 313 We3+ 32. Wedd 333, Wess 34UFE 27 B¢3 27 BH Bad 2883! 27..Wid4+ 28:21 Bal With a perpetual check. 2. Evgeny ‘Tomashevsky ~ Levon Aronian FIDE World Cup 2013 (3.2) 18.08.2013 Topic: Evolution!Revolution 22Bcel! | point. Instead Tomashevsky played: 22.05? Sug? 23.22 fre5 24Zcel pxfS?24.24! 2538e4 D5 260g WATE 25 EAS EWES 26WALS + Wes 272d + ys 28ZA1 28ExeS= 28.04 28..cb4 29.bg1 “dS 30Wa7 AST 29.44 3 30.5 Weds 31Eh3 Dh8 3206 Mes 33H Gh? 347+ hs 356+ h7 36WeT+ Lh 376+ V2-V2 22.07 22..Ub4 23.05 Ded 23..d3 2414+ Shys 256 HneS 26S fre 27. fegGEAAl + 28.ENF1- 2484+ Lys 25WMGWAT 26.867 ZAb7 27 exfGWKs BEe7 Wedd 22..Bp7 23.05 feS 24.88b7 Bxb7 25.f6+ E47 26S! ef 271M 22..a8 23.05 freS 241hds By8 25.feg6UpG 2685 23.05 23.FigG6+ Whg6 243 + Sy7 2534 SS 26d 7+ WAT 27 Weds WG 28.05 F5 29WAFS WLS 30BES Sup? 31. Dxg22i 32.948 23.,f2xg2 24.fxg2! 2 points. 24Utnd? Ly8 25 .eGUL7 26:Exg? Wd 27 exh xf 28.0788 293EAE5 D7 DA exl62 Bel 25%7 952 25...gxf5!= | point) 2615+ Lye 27W8p5 + hs 286+ Lys 29,94 kh} 308 SAAT 31 WipG+ DAB 32.g5— 24... fxe5 25.Bxe5 Le8 25..h8 263411 26.f6. 2637 CH 27 24! 27MIWh8 28h HE 27.23 27. Wb2+ 28%2Yy7 29.66 Bat 30%L7 Wh8 31WAd7 SAB 3286! Yy7 33Ag7+ ag7 3426 EG 35.d7~ 28.fxg6WY2+ 29.h3 “hd3 30S xfs 31.p4 31 gxfaPWads 32 Ded Bats 33. DAEs 34 Eps (3487 Wad e+) 34. Me 35S WI 31..22h5 31.Wh8 32Wh8+ EHS 33.g7+ Lys 34.grfBe SAB 35.grll BAT 36BLS VG 37% rc5 a6 38EAS LAT 3925— 32WAhS Weds 33.23 WHS J4WWhB+ Sxh8 35.g7+ Lys 36.gxfBNe ul 37Bd7 eB 26..Ebe8 26, Uh7 27-h437 28.3p5 AB 29%sg6-- 27.59527 He7 He7 28. dxeT SB 27..82h8 28.E A051 gxf5 28..28e241? 29Wxe? ext 30RKES Web 31WeS “bd 328h54 es 33 ~5 29.2h5+ 87 308974 Yee 3. Radoslaw Wojtaszek— Anton Korobov New Delhi 30.12.2012 Topic: Only Move 26...962 26.95! 2 points. 27.8xg5 (27-Bxe4 Bred 28.B65+ Lh7 29WU2 (29¥U3 S475) 29...g4 30%Hh1 2A77) 27..Ahe3 2883 Ed 29d Sd7= 27 Bxch Bxc4 288542 28WU2« 1 point. 28..2e7 29He3 £76 30."Lxe6Ere6 31WadS Bred 32. fred 28..2h7 29%d2 Be7 29... 30.23? F4t 31. BhhI Bed 32.8%cd5 eG 331A? Bed 34.845 BF5+ 35.d2a1 Leb 368443 Bcl+ oo 4, Evgeny Romanoy— Robert Kreis! BICC 2013 Legnica (POL) (3) Topic: Active Defence 38...xg5 38...5! | point. 39.2xf5 (39.g6+ “xg6 40.2665 BAS 41.cDpd SeS+ 42p3 “d3 43.2264 Ly6=) 39..c5 point. 40.g6+ 2F6 41.F4 343+ 42°2h4 BrF5 432 ce5+ Drg6 446+ SHS = 39 Bixg5t Bc8 40.f4 Be4+ 41:82h6 Bd6+ 42:82h7 Dd7 43.2¢6+ Bxg6 44.8e7+ AB 45ckoxg6 10 5. Henrik Molvig— NN. Denmark 2012 Topic: Pieced Weakneses From a taining session in Denmark. This is a clasical chree questions problem. The worst placed piece is the knight on d7, the weakness is on d4 (b2). Black would be on his way to win the game with 23..f8 1 point instead the game was drawn immediatly after 23...2f62 24872 YM