Slav Defence

Botvinnik Variation

SL 7.8 (D44)

The Cuban Variation

by Alexander Shabalov

d4
c4
f3
c3
g5
e4
e5
h4
g5
g5

d5
c6
f6
e6
dc4
b5
h6
g5
hg5
bd7

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The Botvinnik Rose
from Its Grave in 2003!
Playing the Slav is like having a
distinctive blood type: those that
play the Moscow Variation
(5....h6) would never play the
Botvinnik (5...dc4) and those
who play the Slav Accepted
(4...dc4) dont want to hear
about any gambit lines. (I personally never tried the Moscow
Variation and had just a few
games with 4...dc4). Of these
three blood groups, Botvinnik
players have had the hardest time
of it lately, as the only playable
line left was 17...ed5, successfully defended by Alexey Shirov
as Black against Ruslan

Ponomariov, Wijk aan Zee 2003

see the survey by Lukacs and
Hazai in Yearbook 68. Needless
to say, you cant build your opening repertoire around such a
small bottleneck and for many
players like me the only solution
was... stop playing the Slav
altogether!
Light in the Darkness

After 11.ef6 b7 12.g3,

12...c7 was introduced by
Reynaldo Vera almost 20 years
ago, but it was only two years
ago that one of the leaders of the
new generation of Cuban players, Lenier Dominguez, resurrected the line in a spectacular
win against Omar Almeida in
their countrys championship by
lashing out 14...b4!.

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The biggest boost to the lines
viability to date was the totally
unexpected win by Andrey
Obodchuk over Alexander
Onischuk in Poikovsky 2003.
The game selection is divided
into four groups:

NEW IN CHESS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Alexander Shabalov

The Featured Games

Mikhalevsky-Shabalov, World
Open 2003, and Nikolic-Knaak,
Rethymnon 2003, represent the
two directions in which (in my
opinion) the line will develop in
the future. Victors improvisation 17.a4 led to quick disaster
after Blacks strong 17...b6!.
Predrags plan with 18.a3 clearly
didnt work, as the weakening of
the c3 square proved to be of no
importance.
The Main Line

After 13.g2 c5 14.d5 b4,

15.b5 has practically been refuted and replaced by 15.d6.
The Original Line

The final word on 14...e5, the

original intention of the line, is
the second game Lesige-Khas161

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sanov, Canadian Championship,

Montreal 2001. This is pretty
much a refutation.

position after 20.h4!

the refutation of 14... e5

By the time this report gets published, the line will surely have

The featured games

12...c7
Mikhalevsky,Victor
Shabalov,Alexander
Philadelphia 2003 (5)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c7 13.g2 c5
14.0-0 g2 [14...b4?! 15.f4! e5
16.d5 d5 17.d5 0-0-0 18.de5 e5
19.e5 e5 20.g4 Ruban] 15.g2
b7 16.f3 [16.f3? h2 0-1 BjornskovBentzen, Tonder 1993] 16...0-0-0

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17.a4?! [17.dc5 c5 18.e2 d3
19.e4 c6; 19...d5; 19...d5;
19...d6; 17.d5 b4] 17...b6! [17...b4
18.e4 e5 19.de5 d1 20.fd1;
17...e5 18.dc5 c5 19.c2 b4 20.b5,
c4] 18.ab5 [18.b5 cd4 (18...a6
19.a3 d4 20.c1) 19.c1;
19.b3!?] 18...cd4 19.e4 h6! [e3]
20.h6 h6 21.d2 h5 22.b4

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White refrains from 14.d5

To this end three moves come

into consideration: 14.f4,
14.0-0 and 14.b7. White often
tries to simplify the position.
Conclusion

[22.a5!? c3 (22...d5 23.fa1 e3

24.g1 c3 25.c1 c2 26.a7 b5
27.f7 b8 28.b4) 23.d3 (23.bc3
c4)
23...d5
24.g1
c7!]
22...b8! 23.c5 d5 24.a5?
[24.a6 b7 25.e7 d7 26.e8 d6
27.a5 d3] 24...c5 25.a7 c8
26.a6 [26.a6 d7 27.b7 e8
28.a7 d7] 26...e5 [26...f5
27.f2 h2 28.h2 h8 29.g1
h7!] 27.b6 e2 28.f2 h2
29.h2 f2 30.h3 h8 31.g4
g8
0-1

Eriksson,Johan
Shabalov,Alexander
Pittsburgh 2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c7 13.g2 c5
14.d5 b4 15.b5 b6 [15...e5?!
16.f1] 16.de6 [16.0-0 b5 17.a4
(17.e1 e5) 17...ba3 18.ba3 e5; 16.e2
0-0-0] 16...e6 [16...e5 17.a4!
g2 18.c7 d8 19.a8 f3 20.d1
e6 21.a5 d7 22.a7 c6 23.b6
d7 24.c7 e8 25.b8 d7 26.b7
d8=] 17.f1?! [17.e3 0-0-0]
17...0-0-0 18.a7 [18.b7 b7
19.f3 c6 20.c6 c6 21.a7
b6 Soural-Cernousek, Praha 2003]
18...b8 19.a4 g2 20.g2
b7! 21.ae1 [21.b5 c6 22.f3
a8 23.d1 b5 24.d5 c6 25.f7
(25.c4 f3) 25...h6 (Endean-Wozniak,

caught the eye of numerous

prominent players and many
lines will already have been analysed extensively. However, going by the reaction of my
opponents (both Mikhalevsky
and Eriksson said that it was the
first time they ever saw the line!)
and the problems White recently
faced at the 2003 EuroCup in the
game Nikolic-Knaak, I can assure you that it still could be a big
surprise!

cr IECC 2003; 25...d6 26.hd1 af8

27.c4 (27.d5 e5 28.d6 f3
29.g1 e2) 27...e5 28.d5 d4
29.d4 cd4 30.d4 b6) 26.h4
(26.h6 h6 27.hd1 c7 28.e7
ah8 29.h4 d8 30.f7 f6) 26...af8
27.c4 f6; 21.a3 b6 22.b5 b3
23.f4 d6] 21...b6 [21...d5 22.f3
b6 23.b5 g5 24.c6 a6 25.b5
c8 26.c7 c7 27.c7 d2 28.f1
d6] 22.e6 a4 23.c6

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23...a8! 24.e7 e7 [24...c6
25.f7 b2] 25.e7 b2 26.f5
c6 27.e1 a2 28.e7 d3
29.e3 b3 30.f7 b2 31.e7 d6
32.f5 e6 33.b7 f5 34.f7 b4
0-1

Nikolic,Predrag
Knaak,Rainer

Rethymnon tt 2003 (6)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6

Survey SL 7.8
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 c7
14.g2 b4

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15.d6! [15.de6 g2 16.ed7 (16.d7
d7 17.ed7 d7 18.g1 e8 19.e3
h2) 16...d7 17.g1; 17.e2 e6
18.e6 fe6 19.g1 h2 20.d1 f3
21.e3 h5 22.h4 c3 23.bc3 bc3
24.c1 b8] 15...b6 16.e4
[16.a4 b5 17.b7 b7 18.0-0 e5
(18...c6 19.f4 e5 20.e5 (20.d2
d6 21.c1 0-0-0 22.c4 e4) 20...e5
21.e1 0-0-0 22.e5 d6 23.d5
(23.g5 b8! 24.d5 c7) 23...c7
24.h5 g3 25.d8 d8 26.c5
e5) 19.f4 (19.f3 d8 20.c5 b6
21.e3 d6 22.d4 h5 23.e4 d4
24.d4 d3 25.b3 b8 26.e3 c3)
19...d3 20.b3] 16...0-0-0 17.0-0
e5 [17...d5!?] 18.a3?! [18.e2!?
d5 19.fd1 c6 20.ac1 d4
21.d4 cd4 22.c4] 18...b3 19.c1
d5
20.e2
d6!
21.c3
[21.d6? d6 22.f4 g2 23.fd1
(23.g2 d5 24.f3 d3) 23...d1
24.d1 f3] 21...c7 22.h4
d3 23.d3 cd3 24.d3 c4
25.c3 c6 26.e1 b7 [26...d7

27...hd8]
27.f3
a6!?
[27...a8] 28.b4 b6 29.e3
c8 [29...b5! 30.c3 e4 31.e4
a5] 30.b6 ab6 31.c3 cg8
32.f1 c8 33.e3 b5 34.g2
hd8 35.h5 e4 36.e4 d6
37.e2 c5 38.h6 h5 39.h7
d1 40.e1 g4 41.f3 [41.a4!?]
41...h3 [41...f3 42.f3 c3]
42.g1
h2
43.f1
d2?
44.f4 hd5 45.d5 d5
46.c7? [46.e4 h5 47.e2 h7
48.a4]
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The main line

14.d5 b4
Almeida,Omar
Dominguez,Lenier

Holguin ch-CU 2002 (15)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c7 13.g2 c5
14.d5 b4 15.0-0 bc3 16.de6 [16.bc3
0-0-0] 16...fe6 17.e2 f7 18.fe1
e8 19.b7 b7 20.bc3 d6
21.f4 [21.c4 e5] 21...f6 22.ad1
[22.c4 d5] 22...c6 23.c4 c7
24.d2 d8 25.d8 [25.de2 d5
26.a4 b6 27.f6 f6 28.c4 d4
29.g2 d6] 25...d8 26.f5 e8
27.d1 e7 28.e1 d5 29.fe6
g6 30.d5 d5 31.e7 e7
32.d1 f5 33.d7 e4 34.a7
d3 35.a4 c3 36.a5 d5 37.d7
d4 38.e7 c4 39.f2 c5 40.h4
e7 41.d1 c3 42.a6 c4 43.h5
c2 44.c1 d3 45.g4 a8 46.e1
f8 47.g3 d2 48.a1 a8 49.a7
c1 50.c1 c1 51.h4 a7
52.h6 a6 53.h5 g6
0-1

Onischuk,Alexander
Obodchuk,Andrey
Poikovsky 2003 (8)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.c3 f6 4.f3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 c7
14.g2 b4 15.b5 b6 16.de6
e6 17.e3 0-0-0 18.a7 b8
19.b7 b7 20.a3 [20.a4 b6
21.a5 a8] 20...e4!

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21.e2 h6 22.b1 b1 23.hb1
e3 24.e3 a7 25.ab4 b6

26.c1 de8 27.f4 e5 28.bc5

b5 29.c2 h2 30.a7 h6
31.e7 d3 32.g5 g6 33.f5
e7 34.fe7 e6 35.c6 e7 36.f6
c7 37.f4 b4 38.d2 c6 39.f5
d5 40.g7 f6 41.g6 b7 42.g4
b3 43.f7 g3 44.d4 c5
45.e4 g2
0-1

Collas,Didier
Kapnisis,Spyridon
Beruit 2003 (3)

1.f3 d5 2.d4 f6 3.c4 e6 4.c3

c6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 b4 15.d6 b6 16.e4 d5
17.f4 c6 18.f3 0-0-0 19.0-0 e5
20.e3 d6 21.a3 b3 22.d2
c7 23.ad1 e4 24.fe4 b6
25.e2 b7 26.d5 d5 27.ed5
d6 28.c4 b6 29.e4 b8
30.a4 bg8 31.a1 a5 32.b3 g4
33.c1 e4 34.c5 b4 35.e3
c5 36.c5 c8 37.a5 b6
38.b6 b6 39.g2 b2 40.f3
c3 41.g4 f2 42.d6 f6 43.e5
d6 44.h4 g6 45.h5 cg3
46.e8 c7 47.e7 d6 48.f7
g8 49.h7 c5 50.a5 b5
51.h6 a5 52.h5 b5 53.g7
h8 54.h7 c8 55.c7 h8
56.h7 h7 57.h7 c6 58.h6
d6 59.h8 e6 60.h7
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The original line

14.d5 e5
Knaak,Rainer
Vera,Reynaldo
Cienfuegos 1984

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 c6 4.f3

f6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 e5 15.e2 [15.e3 b4?
16.de6 Borchgrevink-Dinckel, Hamburg
1999] 15...0-0-0 [15...g5? 16.de6 g2
17.f4! g3 18.hg3 h1 19.d2 f6
20.g2! Vera] 16.b5?! g5
17.a7 c7! [17...b8 18.c6 c6
19.dc6] 18.b5 b6 19.f4 f5

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20.b3 b5 21.bc4 a6 22.0-0 a7

23.ab1 ed5 24.d5

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24...d5? [24...a6!] 25.d2 f6
26.a5 a6 27.d8 g7 [27...c6
28.fd1!] 28.d7 b7 29.fd1 c6
30.d5 d4 31.f1 a8 32.f7
a6 33.c1 b8? [33...h2]
34.g2 b2 35.f3 b7 36.e1
f2 37.g4 c8 38.f5 d5?
39.d5 b7? 40.e8? [40.d8]
40...a7 41.e6
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Knaak,Rainer
Vera,Reynaldo
Tunja 1984 (4)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 c6 4.f3

f6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 e5 15.e2 0-0-0 16.de6
e2 17.e2 g2 18.ed7 d7
19.hd1 b4 20.d7 d7 21.d1
h2 22.e3 c6 23.c4 b5
24.c1 h5 25.h4 e5 26.f3
d5 27.e3 c4 28.c4 d1
29.b3 a1 30.c2 c4 31.bc4 a5
32.g5 a4 33.d3 c5 34.e3
c6 35.c5 c5 36.g4 g1 37.f3
f1 38.e2 h1 39.d3 f1
40.e4 e1 41.f5 b3 42.ab3 ab3
43.g2 c4 44.g5 a1 45.e5
a2 46.g1 b2 47.b1 c3 48.f4
a1 49.b2 b2 50.f5
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Vidoniak,Roman
Kadishev
Soviet Union 1990

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 c7!?

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14.g2 [14.f4?! b6!] 14...e5

15.e2 [15.e3] 15...0-0-0 16.de6
e2 17.e2 g2 18.ed7 d7
19.hd1 [19.hg1?! c6! (19...h2?
20.g2 g2 21.h1) 20.h4 d3 (
f3) 21.ge1 b4 22.d1 b5] 19...b4
20.d7 d7 21.d1 e4

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22.h4!? [RR 22.e3 d3 23.f3 c6
24.d1 d6 25.b3 cb3 26.ab3 g6
Aagaard-Borovikov, Vejen Ech-jr 1993]
22...d6
23.e3!?
[23.c1]
23...d3 24.f3 e5! [24...c6
25.f4!] 25.d1 e6 [25...c6?!
26.b3 cb3 27.ab3 d8 (27...b5
28.f4!) 28.h5!? (28.g4 c3 29.e3
c4; 28.f5 c4; 28.c4 c4
29.d8 b3 30.f4 f4 31.f4
c2)
28...d4
29.h6
e4?
(29...a5!?) 30.e2 d1 31.d1 d6
32.f4 c3 33.g4 h7 34.f5] 26.b3?
[26.e1! c3 (26...d6 27.f4) 27.g4
cb2 28.e5 b1 29.d3 e1 30.e1
d5 31.d3] 26...cb3 27.ab3
d8?! [27...b5] 28.h5!= d4
[28...f6 29.f6 f6 30.c1 c8
31.d5 g5 32.b4] 29.h6 e4
30.e2 d1 31.d1 f6 [31...f3?
32.c1 f6 33.f6 f6 34.f5!!]
32.f6 f6 33.g4 g6 [34.e5
h6 35.f7 g7 36.d6 d5 37.e2
f6=]
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Vidoniak

Ivanov,Sergey
Svirin,Oleg

St Petersburg tt 1999 (1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 h6 6.h4 dc4 7.e4 b5
8.e5 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c7 13.g2 c5
14.d5 e5 15.e2 0-0-0 16.de6
e2 17.e2 g2 18.e7! e7

19.fe7 dg8 20.f4 a6 [20...h1

21.b5!] 21.hd1 e8 22.d6 h2
23.a4 b4 24.d5 h6 25.e3 e6
26.f3 e5 27.e5 e5 28.d8 d8
29.ed8 d8 30.f2 h3 31.g4
f5 32.d1 c7 33.c4 [33.f5! f5
34.gf5 f5 35.d5 d3 36.c5 d6
37.c8
S.Pedersen]
33...e6
34.e3 fg4 35.fg4 e3 36.e3
g4 37.g1 e6 38.g6 d6
39.e4 a5 40.h6 d7 41.e5
b3 42.a6 c4 43.a5 c3 44.bc3
bc3
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Lesiege,Alexandre
Khassanov,Marat

Montreal ch-QUE 2001 (3)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 e5 15.e2 0-0-0 16.de6
e2 17.e2 g2 18.e7 e7
19.fe7 dg8 20.b5 h1 21.d6
c7 22.f4 d5 23.e8 e8
24.e8 c6 25.d6 h2 26.d1
e6 27.d2 b6 28.f3
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Lesiege,Alexandre
Khassanov,Marat

Montreal ch-CA 2001 (6)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 e5 15.e2 0-0-0 16.de6
e2 17.e2 g2 18.e7 e7
19.fe7 dg8 20.h4!

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20...g6 21.b5 e6 22.d2 h1
23.h1 a6 24.a3 e5 25.e3
e7 26.c3 d8 27.c4 f6

Survey SL 7.8
28.e5 e5 29.h5 d7 30.h6 e6
31.h4 f7 32.a4 e6 33.g4
c6 34.c4 b6 35.g7 e6
36.b3 b4 37.c3 b5 38.a7
d5 39.a4
1-0

White refrains from d4-d5

13...c5
Vilela,Jose
Vera,Reynaldo

23.c2 c6 24.ab1 h5 25.b3!

b5 26.b5 b5 27.b1 a6

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Havana 1984

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 c6 4.f3

f6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7!? 13.ef6
c5 14.f4 e5 [14...b6! 15.d5 f6
16.e5 g7] 15.d5! [15.de5?! g2
16.e6 c6 17.ed7 d7 18.e2 e6]
15...d5 [15...a5 16.d2; 15...d6
16.de5 e5 17.e2] 16.d5 0-0-0
[16...d8 17.de5] 17.de5 e5
18.0-0 [- Bouaziz-Lukacs, Luzern
Wch-tt 1989] 18...d6?! [18...d6!?
19.e5 d5 (19...e5 20.b7)
20.g4 d7 21.e2 d6] 19.a4!
d3 20.d6 d6 [20...d6 21.g2
b2 22.f3] 21.g4 d7
[21...b8
22.g2

23.f3]
22.d7 d7 23.f7! e5?!
[23...f6 24.d5; 23...f8 Sveshnikov]
24.ab5! f7 25.fe1! [25.a7?
e6] 25...f6 26.a7 d8 27.b6
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YB/2-256

Ruban,Vadim
Savchenko,Stanislav
Tbilisi 1989 (7)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7?! 13.ef6
c5 14.0-0! g2 15.g2 b7 16.f3
[16.f3? h2] 16...0-0-0 17.dc5 c5
18.e2 d3 19.e4 h6 20.h6
[RR 20.h4! b6 21.b3 d4?! (21...g5
22.hg5 e5 23...e6) 22.bc4 bc4
23.ab1 d5 24.c2 g5 25.hg5 U.
Nielsen-Bentzen, Denmark 1994] 20...h6
21.b3! b6 [21...h5 22.bc4 bc4
23.c2 c6 24.ab1] 22.bc4 bc4

28.d2?!
[28.h4]
28...d4
29.c3?! [29.e4] 29...e5 30.a3
c6 [ 31...d5] 31.a5 [31.e4
e4=; 31.b3 f4! 32.gf4 d3 33.d3?
cd3 34.c1 c1! 35.c1 d2]
31...c3! 32.a7 b4! 33.b3 d7
34.g1 [34.f2 c2 35.f1 (35.c1
d3 36.c2 e1) 35...d3 36.e2
c3] 34...c2 35.ab4 d3 36.c1
f3 37.h3 h5 38.g2 f3
39.h3 f5 40.g2 e4 41.h3
h7 42.g2
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Savchenko
YB/14-90

Bellon Lopez,Juan
Vera,Reynaldo
Santa Clara 2000 (11)

1.d4 d5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.c3

f6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.0-0 g2 15.g2 b7 16.f3
0-0-0 17.d5 b6 [17...b4!] 18.b5
d5 19.a4 a6 20.a3 b2
21.c2 b5 22.a3 c3 23.h4 c4
24.c1 c5 25.b1 a4 26.h3
h5 27.e1 g8 28.f4 a7
29.e4 f5 30.g4 f4 31.f4 e3
32.e3 e3 33.e3 c2 34.e1
d8 35.c4 c4 36.c4 d1
37.e3 c1 38.d1 d2 39.h1
e5 40.g5 d7 41.g1 e8 42.h1
f8 43.g3 f4 44.g2 e4 45.fe4
e4 46.g1 b1 47.g2 a2
48.f2 d5 49.g3 e5 50.f3
f5 51.e3 c5 52.f3 f5
53.e3 a5 54.e4 a4 55.h5 a3
56.b1 h3 57.d4 h2 58.c3
f4 59.e4 h2 60.c3 f4

61.e4 a2 62.a1 h2 63.c3

d2 64.c4 f4 65.d3 g3
66.c4 g5 67.a2 f6 68.a5
g7 69.d5 f3 70.b5 f4
71.c5 c1 72.d6 f4 73.c5
c1 74.d6 f4 75.c5 c1
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Hansen,Curt
Dominguez,Lenier
Esbjerg 2002 (1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.g3 b7 12.g2 c7 13.ef6 c5
14.0-0 g2 15.g2 b7 16.f3
0-0-0 17.dc5 c5 18.e2 d3
19.e4 c6?! 20.fd1 c5 21.b3
a3 [21...b6 22.a4; 21...d4 22.ab1
b6 23.a4] 22.bc4 bc4 23.ab1 d5
24.h4 hd8 25.d2 b4 [25...b5!?
26.bd1 a5] 26.f2 8d7 27.h5 c3
28.d5 c2 [28...d5 29.b3 b7
30.c2; 28...ed5 29.c3 c3 30.b3]
29.b4 [29.b3] 29...d5 30.b3
g5 31.a7 b5 32.c3? [32.b5
b5 33.a3] 32...c3 33.c3
b2!= 34.a8 d7 35.a4 d8
36.a5 d7 37.a4 d8 38.a8
d7 39.a4 d8 40.a5 d7
41.a4 d8 42.a8
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Cooke,Eric
Kongsted,Christian
Budapest 2002 (4)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.c3 f6 4.f3

e6 5.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.h4 g5 9.g5 hg5 10.g5 bd7
11.ef6 b7 12.g3 c7 13.g2 c5
14.b7 b7 15.0-0 0-0-0 [15...b4!?]
16.d5 b6 [16...b4!] 17.g4 d5
18.ad1 d7 19.fe1 [19.d5 d5
20.d5 d5 21.d1 c6 22.f4]
19...d6 20.h4 b4 21.e4 d3
22.b7 b7 23.e2 a6 24.b3 d7
25.bc4 bc4 26.e4 c7 27.d2
b8 28.g2 c6 29.c4 e1
30.h3 f3 31.d1 g5 32.hg5
b4 33.b4 cb4 34.e4 f8
35.c1 d5 36.f3 a5 37.c8 d6
38.d6 d6 39.a8 c5 40.a5
c4 41.f4 c3 42.g4 b2 43.g6
fg6 44.g5 d3 45.f7 g3 46.f6
f3 47.e5 e3 48.d4
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