[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sosa, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Puerto Rico"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Ba5 4.b4 c6 5.bxa5 cxd5 6.cxd5 Qxa5 7.e4 Nf6 8.f3
Na6 9.Ne2 Nc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.Ba3 d6 13.Be2 Nh5 14.O-O Nf4 15.Kh1
f5 16.Bc4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qc7 19.d3 h5 20.Rb1 b5 21.Bb3 Bg4 22.
Qd2 Qe7 23.d4 Ng6 24.h3 Bd7 25.axb5 Bxb5 26.Rf5 exd4 27.Qxd4 Rxf5 28.exf5
Ne5 29.Bd1 Nc4 30.Bb4 Qg5 31.Rb3 Re8 32.Qf2 Qc1 33.Qg1 Nd2 34.Ra3 Ne4 35.
f6 Qxd1 36.f7+ Kxf7 37.Rf3+ Qxf3 38.gxf3 Nf6 39.Bxd6 Nxd5 40.Qg5 Nf6 41.
Be5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Santa Torres, Juan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Puerto Rico"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.e3 Qb6
9.Qb3 g5 10.Bg3 Na6 11.Be5 Be7 12.Be2 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nb4 14.Kd2 Rg8 15.Ne1
Ne4+ 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.f3 Nd5 18.fxe4 Bxe4 19.Bd3 f5 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Nc2 Kd7
22.Rhf1 Ke6 23.g4 Raf8 24.Ke2 a6 25.Rac1 a5 26.Na3 a4 27.bxa4 Rxf1 28.Rxf1
Bxa3 29.bxa3 Ra8 30.Bg7 Rxa4 31.Bxh6 Rxa3 32.Bxg5 Ra2+ 33.Ke1 b5 34.Rf8 b4
35.Rb8 Rxh2 36.Bf4 Rb2 37.g5 b3 38.Rb7 Kf5 39.Rf7+ Kg6 40.Rb7 Nxf4 41.exf4
e3 42.Rb6 Kf5 43.g6 Ke4 0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Santa Torres, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[ECO "D18"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Puerto Rico"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O
Nbd7 9.Ne2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Ndf6 11.Ne5 Nd6 12.f3 Bxd3 13.Nxd3 Ba5 14.e4 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Bc7 16.Qc1 O-O 17.b4 Rc8 18.Ra2 Qe7 19.Rc2 a6 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Ne8
22.Rb2 Bxf4 23.Qxf4 Rc7 24.Rfb1 f6 25.Qe3 Rf7 26.Qb3 Rd7 27.Qc4 g6 28.Nc3
Rc7 29.Rd2 Ng7 30.Rbd1 Qf8 31.Kh1 Rfd7 32.a5 Rc8 33.Na4 Rcd8 34.Nb6 Rf7
35.Qb3 f5 36.Kg1 fxe4 37.fxe4 Kh8 38.Nc4 Qe7 39.Nd6 Rf4 40.Qxb7 Qxb7 41.
Nxb7 Rb8 42.Nd6 Ne8 43.g3 Rg4 44.Re2 Kg7 45.Kg2 Nf6 46.Rf1 Rb4 47.h3 Rg5
48.Ref2 Nh5 49.g4 Rxd4 50.Rf7+ Kg8 51.Rd7 Rd2+ 52.Kg1 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Montalvo, Alejandro"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Puerto Rico"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nge2 a6 8.a4 e6 9.
Ng3 exd5 10.cxd5 h5 11.Be2 Re8 12.Nf1 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.O-O h4 15.f4 Neg4
16.Nc4 Nxe4 17.Bxg4 Bd4+ 18.Be3 Bxe3+ 19.Nxe3 Nxc3 20.Qd3 Ne4 21.Be6 Bxe6
22.f5 Bxf5 23.Nxf5 Qg5 24.Qh3 Re5 25.Nxh4 Nd2 26.Rfd1 Rae8 27.Qd3 Qxh4 28.
Qxd2 Re2 29.Qc3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E03"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ {Dieser Zug wird heutzutage nur
noch selten gespielt, aber vor vielen Jahren war das die Hauptfortsetzung
in dieser Stellung. Der Laeuferzug 5.Bg2 bietet Weiss viel bessere Chancen
auf Eroeffnungsvorteil.} 5...Nbd7 {Dieser natuerliche Springerzug sowie
der Plan a6-b5 bieten Schwarz die besten Ausgleichschancen.} 6.Bg2 a6 7.
Qxc4 b5 8.Qc6 {Dieser Zug kommt mit Tempo - auf diese Weise blockiert
Weiss den schwarzen c-Bauern, und das ist wichtig, denn sonst kommt
Schwarz zu c7-c5. Der Nachteil des ganzen Systems ist, dass Weiss spaeter
den Ausgleichszug nicht verhindern kann.}
    ( 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.O-O c5 = )
8...Rb8
    ( 8...Ra7 9.Be3 Nd5 10.Qc1 c5 11.Nc3 += )
9.Bf4
    ( 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.O-O c5 = )
9...Nd5
    ( 9...Bb7 10.Qxc7 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Qxc7 12.Bxc7 Rc8 ~= )
10.Bg5 Be7
    ( 10...Bb4+?! 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.Bxe7 Bxe7
        ( 12...Kxe7? 13.Qc2 +/- )
    13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Ne4 += )
11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nc3 Bb7 {Die Alternative 12...Qb4 reicht auch fuer
Ausgleich, aber der Laeuferzug ist viel natuerlicher.}
    ( 12...Nb4?! 13.Qxc7 Nc2+ 14.Kd1 Nxa1
        ( 14...Bb7 15.Kxc2 b4 16.Kd2 bxc3+ 17.bxc3 O-O 18.Rhc1 {1-0
        Pedersen,E-Fries Nielsen,J/Aarhus 1993/EXT 97 (38)} )
    15.Ne5 Qd8
        ( 15...b4 16.Ne4 {1-0 Stamenkovic,Z-Todorovic,G/JUG-ch Kladovo
        1992} 16...Nxe5 17.Qxb8 O-O 18.dxe5 Bb7 19.Qxb7 Qxb7 20.Nf6+ gxf6
        21.Bxb7 +/- )
        ( 15...O-O 16.Nc6 Qe8
            ( 16...Qf6 17.Ne4! Qh6 18.Nxb8 Nxb8 19.Qxb8 )
        17.Nxb8 b4 18.Kd2 bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Nxb8 20.Qxb8 {1-0
        Rodgaard,J-Olsen,H/Oyrabakki FAI 2000/The Week in Chess 285 (33)}
        )
    16.Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.Nc6+ Kc7 18.Nxb8 Nb6 19.Nc6 Bb7 20.d5 Bxc6 21.dxc6 b4
    22.Ne4 b3 23.Nc5 Kd6
        ( 23...Rd8+ 24.Kc1 bxa2 25.b3 +- )
    24.Nb7+ Kc7 25.Kd2 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Ivanov,S/Slupsk 1992/TD (39)} )
    ( 12...Qb4!? 13.O-O Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd6 15.Qxd6 cxd6 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4
    Ke7 18.Rfa1 Rb2 19.e3 Bb7 20.Ne1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rc8 22.Rxa6 Rxc3 23.R6a2
    Rxa2 24.Rxa2 = {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Li Wenliang/Beijing 1996/CBM
    55/[Atalik,S] (24)} )
13.Nxd5 Bxc6 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.Rc1
    ( 15.O-O Bxf3 16.Bxf3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Rfc1 Rhc8 19.Rc2 Nd7 20.Rac1
    Nb6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rxc8 Nxc8 23.Bb7 Nd6 24.Bxa6 Kd7 25.b3 Kc6 26.a4 {
    1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Kaidanov,G/New York 1993/CBM 35 (30)} )
15...Bd5!? {Schwarz gibt den Laeufer nicht auf, sondern opfert einen
Bauern.}
    ( 15...Rb6 16.O-O Rc8 17.Ng5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rd6! 19.Rfd1 Rd5 20.Ne4 c5
    21.Nxc5! Nxc5 22.dxc5 Rdxc5 23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.Rd2 = )
    ( 15...Bxf3?! 16.Bxf3 Rhc8 17.Bc6 += )
16.Rxc7
    ( 16.O-O Rhc8 = )
16...Rhc8 17.Ra7
    ( 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Kd2 Nf6 ~= )
17...Ra8
    ( 17...Rc2!? 18.O-O f6 ~= )
18.Rxa8 Bxa8 ~= {Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, hat aber starke
Kontrolle ueber die c-Linie und die grosse Diagonale.} 19.Kd2
    ( 19.Kd1 Nf6 ~= )
19...Nf6 20.Ne1 {Weiss muss die Laeufer tauschen.}
    ( 20.Rg1 Rc4 21.Ne5
        ( 21.e3 Ne4+ =+ )
    21...Rxd4+ 22.Ke3 Rd8 23.Bxa8 Rxa8 24.Rc1 Nd5+ = )
20...Bxg2 21.Nxg2 Rd8 22.e3
    ( 22.Kd3?! Ng4 23.Rf1 e5 $36 )
22...Ne4+
    ( 22...e5?! 23.Nh4 )
23.Ke2 Rc8 24.Ne1 Rc1 25.Rg1
    ( 25.f3 Nd6 26.Rf1 Ra1 27.a3 Nc4 = )
25...f5 26.f3 Nf6
    ( 26...Nd6 ~= )
27.Rg2
    ( 27.Kd2 Ra1 28.a3 Nd5 ~= )
27...Nd5 28.e4 fxe4 29.fxe4 Nf6 30.Nd3
    ( 30.e5 Nd5 ~= )
30...Rc4 = 31.Ne5 Rc2+
    ( 31...Rxd4?? 32.Nc6+ +- )
32.Kf3 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Nxe4 {Endlich hat Schwarz den Bauern zurueck gewonnen
- das Endspiel ist ausgeglichen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rac1 b5 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.h3 Rc8 15.
Ne4 Qb6 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[Annotator "Wells"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 {In terms of its popularity this
is still a beneficiary of black's toughness in the main lines of the 4...
0-0 Rubinstein.} 5...d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5!? {In CBM 70 I expressed the
view that it is in the more fluid structures which flow from this move
that the onus is really on white to show that he has something. The
passage of time has done nothing much to challenge this - I still like the
move!} 8.Qc2
    ( 8.g3 Nxc3! 9.Nxc3 c5 10.d5
        ( 10.dxc5!? {is in my view probably the best move, although it
        should not really cause black any difficulties. Still, Mikhail
        Gurevich beat both Ligterink and myself from this dry position!}
        10...Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Bxc5 12.Bg2 Nd7?! {A bit too fancy. I should
        have followed my instincts and tried to create play against
        white's king, rather than getting too het up about the d5 square.}
            ( 12...Nc6! 13.Kc2 e5 14.b4 Bb6 15.Bb2 Be6 16.Bd5 Rac8
                ( 16...Nd4+!? 17.exd4 exd4 18.Bxe6 dxc3 19.Bxc3 fxe6 = {
                -M.Gurevich.} )
            17.Kb3 Nd4+! 18.exd4 Rxc3+ 19.Kxc3 Bxd4+?!
                ( 19...Bxd5! ~= {M. Gurevich} )
            20.Kc4 Rc8+ 21.Kd3 Bxb2 22.Bxe6 Rd8+ 23.Ke4 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 fxe6
            25.Rc1 += {1-0 Gurevich,M-Ligterink,G/NLD-chT 1998/CBM 67 (62)
            } )
        13.Bd2 Be7 14.Kc2 Rb8 15.Rhd1 b5 16.e4! a5 17.Bf4 Rb7 18.Bd6 Bxd6
        {1-0 Gurevich,M-Wells,P/ Andorra zt 1998 (50) CBM 68 (M.Gurevich).
        } 19.e5! += )
    10...Bf6! 11.Bg2 Bxc3+! 12.bxc3 exd5 13.Qxd5 Qe7 {Shaked - Kramnik ,
    Tilburg 1997 CBM 61 (Winants) , and black can in my opinion already
    aspire to some superiority on the light squares.} )
8...Nd7 9.Ng3
    ( 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 c5 11.d5 Nb6! {looks more logical and sounder than
    }
        ( 11...Bf6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.f4 e5?!
            ( 13...Bd4 $132 {may be OK though.} )
        14.f5 Kh8 15.Be3 Bg5 16.Bf2! b6 17.Rd1 a6 18.Bc4 Qe8 19.O-O Bb7
        20.Rd6! {a full menu of weak squares!} 20...Be7 21.Re6 Rf6 22.Bd5!
        Rb8 23.Bg3 b5 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Nd5 Rxe6 26.fxe6 Nf8 27.Qf2 Ng6
            ( 27...Nxe6 28.Qf7 )
        28.Bxe5 Nxe5 29.Nxe7 Ng6 30.Nxg6+ hxg6 31.Qf7! {1-0
        Conquest,S-Stefansson,H/Varadero 2000/CBM 77.} )
    12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Be2 Bf6 {gives black a comfortable game with good
    diagonals for his bishops: Giorgadze - V.Salov, President's Cup 1998.
    CBM 65 (Psakhis).} )
    ( 9.g3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 c5!?
        ( 10...e5!? {succeeds in saddling white with the 'isolani' but he
        also obtains the customary activity.} 11.Bg2 exd4 12.exd4 Bf6 13.
        Be3 Nb6 14.O-O c6 15.Rad1 Bg4! 16.f3 Be6 17.Ne4 Re8 18.Bf2 Bd5! {
        In terms of ' key square coverage' this is a better blockader than
        the knight here.} 19.Rfe1 Be7 20.Rd2 Bf8 21.Rde2 Re6 22.Nc5 Rxe2
        23.Qxe2 Qc7 24.g4! {Black, in spite of the positive placing of
        some of his pieces, has not entirely neutralised the free piece
        play which constitutes white's compensation for the isolated
        queen's pawn.} 24...f6 25.Bg3 Qf7 26.h4 Rd8 27.Bh3 g6 28.Bf4 Bc4
        29.Qe4 ~ {1/2-1/2 Corral Blanco,J-Topalov,V/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT
        2000 (86)} )
    11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Nd7 13.Bg2 a5! {an important break in several
    variations here. White's b-pawn can become vulnerable, and if black
    can develop his queen-side then he has promising squares on offer} 14.
    Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.O-O Nb6 17.Qb3 Bd7 18.b5 Rfc8 {with a fair
    share of the play for black in 1/2-1/2
    Gurevich,D-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (41)} )
    ( 9.Bd2 N5f6! {here too, this looks like a logical reorganisation.}
        ( 9...Nxc3 10.Bxc3 += )
    )
9...Nxc3 {There is nothing much wrong with this exchange, but the
symmetrical structures which will arise if black retreats the knight in
order to prod white's centre with ...c5 seem to me to hold few dangers.
White's pieces, especially the knight on g3 are not especially well
placed.}
    ( 9...N5f6!? 10.Be2 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Be7 13.O-O b6 14.e4
        ( 14.Qb3 Bb7 15.e4 Qc7?! 16.Be3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Qb8 {Finding the
        right square!} 18.f4 Qa8 19.f5 e5 20.Rfd1 Nb8 21.Bc4 Nc6 22.Nd5
        Nxd5 23.Bxd5 += {1-0 Najer,E-Belikov,V/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (52)}
        )
    14...Bb7 15.Be3 Qb8! {I hope that to praise the set-up Qb8; Ra8&c8 is
    not just 'analysis by result'! There is no doubt that the ...a5 break
    did reveal a certain looseness in white's set-up.} 16.Qb3 Rc8 17.f4 {I
    suppose that without the moves e4 and f4 white cannot really create
    any play, but after these white can also be worse if his attack fails
    to bite. In the game his position looks very loose.} 17...a5 18.Rab1
    axb4 19.axb4 Qa7! 20.Bb5 Qa3 21.Bd4 Qxb3 22.Rxb3 Rd8 23.f5?! Rac8 24.
    e5 Ng4 25.Re1 Nc5! {A terrible blow!} 26.bxc5
        ( 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.fxe6 cxb4 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Na4 Rc2 -/+ )
    26...Rxd4 27.fxe6 Bxc5 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.e6+ Kg6 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Nd3
    32.e7 Re4+ {0-1 Najer,E-Kasimdzhanov,R/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (32)} )
    ( 9...c5 {turned comfortably enough for black in its high-level debut
    after} 10.Bd3
        ( {but perhaps} 10.Nxd5!? exd5 11.Bd3 cxd4
            ( 11...g6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.O-O
                ( 13.Be2!? )
            )
        12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Bf5 dxe3 14.Bxe3 += )
    10...N5f6 11.O-O b6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.b4 Ncd7 {this position
    should be still more comfortable for black than the structurally
    similar ones arising from 9...N5f6.} 15.Bb2 a5 16.Qb3 axb4 17.axb4 Qb8
    18.Bb5 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Rd8 20.Rd1 Nf8 21.Na4 Bd5 22.Qc2 Rc8 23.Qd3 {
    1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Smyslov,V/Amsterdam 1956/Candidates (23)} )
10.bxc3 c5 11.Bd3 Nf6
    ( 11...h6 12.O-O Nf6 13.f4!? Qc7 14.Qe2 Rd8 15.Bb2 Bd7 16.e4 cxd4 17.
    cxd4 Bc6 18.f5
        ( 18.Kh1!? {black seems to lack counterplay.} )
    18...Qb6 19.Kh1 Rxd4! {A good, and I suspect very necessary defensive
    exchange sacrifice. The loss of the b2 bishop seriously limits white's
    attack, and leaves black with fair dark-square compensation.} 20.Bxd4
    Qxd4 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Bc4
        ( 22.e5!? )
    22...Qe5 23.Nf5 Bc5 24.Nh4 Re8 ~ {1/2-1/2
    Taimanov,M-Bannik,A/Leningrad 1956/URS-ch (62)} )
12.O-O Qc7 13.c4 h6
    ( 13...Bd7?! 14.d5 $36 )
14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rfe8 16.Qe2 cxd4 17.exd4 Qf4! {A quite frequently seen
motif against the hanging pawns. With the knight slightly awkwardly placed
on g3, black's queen is quite safe on f4or h4, and defends from the front,
so to speak.} 18.Bb1 Bd6 19.Rc3 Bc6 20.Re3 Kf8! {A sensible prophylaxis
against ideas of Qd3 in conjunction with d5 which can create concrete
threats against the king while on g8.} 21.Qd3 Qh4 22.h3 Bf4 23.Ree1 Qg5 {
Tiviakov has secured good squares for all his pieces, and it is hard to
suggest a good plan for white.} 24.Ba2 b5! 25.d5!? {Probably a d practical
decision - white prefers to give a pawn but retain good white square
influence with an excellent knight rather than conceed the mass of squares
which would fall to his opponent if the c4 pawn is exchanged or moved.}
25...bxc4 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Bxc4 Bxd5
    ( 27...exd5?! {is 'positionally' desirable, but taking on this
    shattered king-side, it is really necessary to change queens.} 28.Ba2
    ~ )
28.Bxd5 Qxd5
    ( {Prioritising the positional over the dynamic with} 28...Rad8 {would
    after} 29.Ne4 Rxd5 30.Qc3 {lead to quite unnecessary risks.} )
29.Qxd5 exd5 30.Nf5 Re5?! 31.g4 h5 32.Rd1 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rd8 34.Kg2 = {White
should have enough - black soon in turn returns the pawn to activate his
remaining pieces with a certain draw.} 34...Ke8 35.Rd4 Re4 36.Rxe4+ dxe4
37.Re1 e3 38.Kf3 Be5 39.Rxe3 Rd2 40.Rb3 Ra2 41.Rd3 Bc7 42.Re3+ Kd8 43.Rd3+
Ke8 44.Re3+ Kd8 45.Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D98"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2
Bg4 9.d5 Na5 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.O-O b5 13.Qb4 a6 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.Be3
Rc8 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Qb3 e6 18.a4 Na5 19.Qb4 Nc6 20.Qb3 Na5 21.Qb4 Nc6 22.
Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bin Sattar, Reefat"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.Qf2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.f4 b4 13.Nb1 Bxe4 14.Bg2 Bxg2 15.Qxg2
Nc4 16.Rhe1 Nxe3 17.Rxe3 Be7 18.g5 Rc8 19.Nd2 O-O 20.Rh3 d5 21.Qg4 Re8 22.
N2f3 Nf8 23.f5 e5 24.Ne2 e4 25.Nfd4 Bxg5+ 26.Kb1 Bf6 27.Nf4 e3 28.Nde2 Re4
29.Qf3 Qc7 30.Rc1 Qe5 31.Nd3 Qe7 32.Nef4 Rd8 33.Re1 Bg5 34.Ne2 h6 35.Rg1
Nh7 36.Rhg3 Bf6 37.Qg2 Ng5 38.Nef4 Be5 39.h4 Bxf4 40.Nxf4 Rxf4 41.hxg5 e2
42.Re1 Rf1 43.Rxf1 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nb3
Nc6 9.Bg5 Qb4+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Nbxd4 Bd7
15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Ne5 Bd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rxd5 Rad8 20.Rxd8
Rxd8 21.Nd3 Qb5 22.Kb1 Re8 23.Qd2 Rd8 24.Qb4 Qc6 25.f3 Rd5 26.Qe4 a5 27.
Re1 Qd6 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Qc8 Qb6 30.Qc4 Qd6 31.a3 b5 32.Qf4 Qd7 33.Qe4+ g6
34.f4 Rd4 35.Qf3 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Ne5 Qf5 38.Qb3 Bxe5 39.fxe5 Rd2 40.g4
Qf2 41.Rc1 Re2 42.Qxb4 Rxe5 43.Qc4 Re2 44.h4 Re1 45.b4 Re6 46.h5 Qa7 47.
Rf1 Kg7 48.Kb2 Qe7 49.Qc3+ Kh7 50.Rf4 Rb6 51.Qd4 Re6 52.Qc5 Qe8 53.b5 Qh8+
54.Kb3 Qe8 55.hxg6+ Rxg6 56.Qf5 Kg8 57.Rc4 Qe3+ 58.Rc3 Qe1 59.Kb2 Rg5 60.
Qc8+ Kh7 61.Qc4 Qf2 62.Rb3 Qf6+ 63.Qc3 Qb6 64.Rb4 Kg8 65.Qc6 Qxc6 66.bxc6
Rc5 67.Rb6 Kf8 68.Kb3 Ke7 69.c4 Rg5 70.Kb4 Kd6 71.c5+ Kc7 72.Kb5 Rxg4 73.
Rb7+ Kc8 74.Rxf7 Rg1 75.Rf8+ Kc7 76.Rf7+ Kc8 77.c7 Rg6 78.c6 Rg1 79.Rf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3
b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.
Qh5 e4 16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Kh1 Ng6 19.Bb1 Re8 20.f3 exf3 21.Rxe8+
Qxe8 22.Qxf3 f4 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qxf4 Be5 25.Qf2 Kg7 26.Nc2 Qd7 27.Nd4 Rh8
28.Nf3 Rh5 29.g4 Rh3 30.Qg2 Rh8 31.h3 Qe7 32.Re1 Qf6 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Rf1
Qh4 35.Kh2 e4 36.Qg3 Qg5 37.d6 Qd5 38.Qf4 Re8 39.Rf2 e3 40.Re2 Re4 41.Qg3
Qd1 42.Qf3 Qxd6+ 43.Kg2 Re6 44.a3 Qd3 45.Kh2 a5 46.Kh1 a4 47.Kh2 Qd1 48.
Kg2 Re7 49.Kh2 Re5 50.Kg3 Re6 51.Kh2 Rf6 52.Qxe3 Re6 53.Rd2 Rxe3 54.Rxd1
Re2+ 55.Kg1 Rxb2 56.c4 b4 0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Kabir, Syed Ruhul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Bb7 7.b4 c5 8.Bb2 d6
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc7 12.d3 Rac8 13.Rfe1 a6 14.Rac1 Rfe8 15.e4
e5 16.Nh4 Nf8 17.Nf5 Ne6 18.Qd2 h6 19.f4 Nd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.
c5 Rb8 23.Nd6 Red8 24.Rf1 Bc8 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Qxh6 Be6 27.Rf1 Rxd6 28.cxd6
Qxd6 29.Rxf6 Qc7 30.h4 Rc8 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Rf1 Qc3 33.Qxe5 Qxd3 34.Qf4 Rc2
35.Rf2 Rxf2 36.Qxf2 Qc3 37.Qf6 Qxg3 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qxd4+ Kh7 40.Qf2 Qxa3
41.Qxb6 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svetuschin, Dumitru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 Be7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9.Qf4 Nd7 10.Qg3 Re8 11.O-O Nc5 12.Bh6 Bf8 13.Ng5 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 g6
15.Bxf8 Qxg5 16.Bd6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 Nd7 3.Nf3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.Qd3 Nf6 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nb3 Bxb3
15.Qxb3 Rad8 16.Rad1 b6 17.Rd3 Rxd3 18.cxd3 Rd8 19.a3 Qd4 20.Qc2 c5 21.Bf3
h5 22.Qc1 h4 23.Kg2 Rd7 24.b3 Rd8 25.Qa1 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qxa1 27.Rxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.Nc3 e6
9.a3 Be7 10.b4 O-O 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.b5 a5 15.d3 Rad8
16.Qe2 Nd7 17.g3 g6 18.Bg2 Bf6 19.Rf1 Bg7 20.Rbd1 h5 21.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Khruschiov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4
Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 f5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd4 Nf4 14.Rf2 Qg5 15.
Kh1 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Ne6 17.Qd1 Qe3 18.Qe1 Nc5 19.b4 Nd3 20.Bxd3 Qxd3 21.Rc1
Qd4 22.Rd2 Qg7 23.Qf2 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bd7 25.Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.O-O Nbc6 8.c3
O-O 9.Re1 Ng6 10.exd5 exd5 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.Bg5 Nce7 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qd2 f6
15.Bf4 g5 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.c4 b6 18.Qd4 Nf5 19.Qxd5+ Qxd5 20.cxd5 Bb7 21.
Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d4 Ne4
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Ne5 f5 11.e3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Qe2 a5 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nc3 Ba7
16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Nb1 b5 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.Na3 b4 21.Nc2 Qe8 22.Rf2
Rdc8 23.Nd4 Rc7 24.Qd2 h6 25.h4 Nf7 26.f4 h5 27.Rc1 Rac8 28.Rff1 Nh6 29.
Bf3 Ng4 30.Kg2 Bb5 31.Rfe1 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Rc6 33.Bb2 Ba6 34.Bd4 Qd7 35.Bb2
Qb7 36.Rxc6 Rxc6 37.Rc1 Rxc1 38.Qxc1 Qb5 39.Bd4 a4 40.Qd1 axb3 41.axb3 Kh7
42.Qb1 Kh6 43.Qd1 Qc6 44.Qb1 Bb5 45.Qd1 Qa6 46.Qd2 Bd3 47.Kg1 Qb5 48.Bd1
Kh7 49.Bf3 Kg6 50.Bd1 Kh6 51.Bf3 Kg6 52.Bd1 Kh7 53.Bf3 Be4 54.Be2 Qa5 55.
Bd1 Qa3 56.Kf1 Qa6+ 57.Kg1 Qb5 58.Be2 Qa5 59.Bd1 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B04"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1
O-O 9.Bb3 Be6 10.h3 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nc7
    ( 11...N7f6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.c4 Nc7 14.Nc3 h6 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Bf4 g5 17.Be5
    += {Jovanovic,S-Nikolic,M/ch-YUG (women) qualifier 2000} )
12.c4! {The only way to fight for opening advantage is to keep the
light-squared bishops on the board.}
    ( 12.Nc3 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne6 14.Ne4 Nb6 15.c3 Nd5 = {Del Rio
    Angelis,S-Soppe,G/Guillermo Garcia Premier II 2000} )
    ( 12.c3 Bd5 13.Bg5 Ne6 14.Be3 b5?! 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qb3 Nc7 17.Bf4 +/-
    {Polgar,S-Kengis,E/Vienna op 1991} )
12...Nb6
    ( 12...b5? 13.d5! cxd5 14.cxd5 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 +/- {
    Markovic,I-Pajkovic,V/JUG-chT 1997} )
    ( 12...c5 13.d5 Bf5 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Bf4 Re8 16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.
    Bg5 += {Sutovsky,E-Summerscale,A/7th Monarch Assurance 1998} )
13.Qe2 a5 14.a4 Ne8 15.Rd1
    ( 15.Be3 Nd6!? 16.d5 cxd5 17.c5 d4 18.Bxe6 dxe3 19.Bb3 Nf5 20.cxb6
    Qxb6 ~= {Berthelot,Y-Karr,J/1st Master 1999} )
15...Nc8 16.Ba2 Ned6
    ( {May be slightly better was} 16...Ncd6!? 17.Nc3 Nf5 18.Ne4 b6 19.
    Neg5 Nc7 20.Bf4 Bc8 21.Ne5 += {,but in any case black doesn't manage
    to solve all his problems.} )
17.Nc3 Nf5 18.Ne4 b6
    ( 18...Nxd4? 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Be3 +- )
19.Neg5 Bd7 20.g4! Nh6
    ( 20...Nfd6 21.c5 Nb7 22.Be3 +/- )
21.Ne5 Be8 22.Bf4 +/- {Now black pieces may hardly move.} 22...Kh8 23.Qf3
Na7 24.c5!? e6
    ( 24...bxc5 25.dxc5 Qc8 26.Nc4 +/- )
25.Qe3 Ng8 26.Nc4 Nc8 27.cxb6!? Nxb6 28.Nxb6 Qxb6 29.Bd6 {Converting
positional advantage into the material one.} 29...Nf6 30.Bxf8 Bxf8 31.Bc4!
+- Bg7
    ( 31...Qxb2? 32.Rdb1 Qc2 33.Bb3 )
32.b3 Rd8 33.Rac1 Kg8 34.Nf3 Nd5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5
    ( 35...cxd5 36.Rc3 Bf8 37.Rdc1 Bb4 38.Rc8 +- )
36.Rd3 Bf8 37.Rdc3 Ba3 38.R1c2 Bb4 39.Rc4 Bd6 40.Ne5 Bb4 41.Nxc6 Bxc6 42.
Rxc6 Qxd4 43.Qxd4 Rxd4 44.Kg2 g5
    ( {More persistant was} 44...Rd3!? 45.Rb2
        ( 45.Rc7 Rxb3 46.Rb7 Rc3 47.Rxc3 Bxc3 +/- )
    45...g5 46.Rc4 h6 47.Re4 Ba3 48.Rb1 Bc5 49.Rc1 +- {,but it wouldn't
    change the outcome of the game.} )
45.Ra6 Rd7
    ( 45...Rd3 46.Ra7 Rxb3 47.Rcc7 +- )
46.Re2 h6 47.Re5 Rd3 48.Ra7! Kg7
    ( 48...Rxb3 49.Rb5 Ra3 50.Rbb7 Rxa4 51.Rxf7 Bf8 52.Rf6 +- )
49.Re3 Rd8 50.Rf3! Rf8 51.Rd3 Kg6 52.Rdd7 Bc3 53.Rac7 Bb4 54.Rb7 Bc3 55.
Rdc7 Bd2 56.Kf1 f5 57.Rg7+ Kf6 58.gxf5 exf5 59.Rgd7 Bc3 60.Rd6+ Ke5 61.
Rxh6
    ( 61.Rc6! Bd4 62.Rb5+ Ke4 63.Ke2 +- )
61...Rd8 62.Rb5+ Kf4 63.Rc6 Rd1+ 64.Kg2 Bd4 65.Rc2 Ke4 66.Rxa5 f4 67.Re2+
Kd3 68.Kf3 Rh1 69.Ra2 Rxh3+ 70.Kg4 Rh2 71.Rxg5 Kc3 72.Rb5 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bertona, Fernando"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 d5 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.Re1 b6 10.Qe2 Ba6 11.e5 Nd7 12.c4 d4 13.Nf1 h6 14.h4 Bb7 15.Ng3 O-O-O
16.Ba4 g5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Ndxe5 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.Nf3 Rdg8
22.a3 Ne7 23.Ne5 Nf5 24.Nf3 Nxg3 25.fxg3 Qxg3 26.Rf1 Rh5 27.Qf2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.a5 Rc8 14.Be3 O-O 15.Re1
Rfe8 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Na4 Bb5 18.Bd4 Nd7 19.b3 Qc7 20.c4 Bxa4 21.Rxa4 Bf6 22.
Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Re2 Nd7 24.Rd2 Red8 25.Ra1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O Be6 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.b4 a6 15.
Rc5 Re8 16.Qb1 h6 17.h3 Qb6 18.Rfc1 Be7 19.R5c2 Bf6 20.Rc5 Be7 21.R5c2 Bf6
22.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian Michael"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3
O-O 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Rc1 Bb6 13.Ne1 Re8 14.Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 e6 8.f3 h6
9.e4 Bh7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Nd2 a5 12.Be2 Bb4 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb3 Nfd7 15.Rfd1
Qe7 16.Nc4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.O-O
a5 9.c3 Nd7 10.exd5 exd5 11.Bc2 Nxc5 12.Nb3 Re8 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Qd3 g6 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16.Bb3 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Rad1 Bxb2 20.Qf3 Be6 21.Rb1
Qc5 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23.Be3 Bd4 24.Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Qa4 d4 5.b4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d3 a5 8.b5 c5 9.O-O
Nh6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Rb1 Ra7 12.e3 dxe3 13.fxe3 Nf5 14.Ne4 b6 15.g4 Nd6 16.
Nf2 Bb7 17.Bb2 Bxb2 18.Rxb2 e6 19.Qd1 Qe7 20.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Rg1 Nb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5
Bd7 16.Na5 Qc7 17.Kb1 Kh8 18.Bd3 f5 19.Be2 Rae8 20.Nb3 Bd8 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.
c4 bxc4 23.Rxc4 Qa8 24.a4 Nf4 25.Rd1 Bxg5 26.Na5 Nxe2 27.Bxg5 Nd4 28.Rxd4
exd4 29.Qxd4 f4 30.Bxf4 Qb8 31.Rg1 Bf5+ 32.Ka2 Rf7 33.Nc6 Qc7 34.Qb4 Rf6
35.Bd2 Qf7 36.Qd4 Bg6 37.Rg3 Rf5 38.Bc3 Rf4 39.Qd1 Rf5 40.Ka3 Rxd5 41.Qb3
Rf5 42.Qb6 Rc5 43.Qxa6 Qc7 0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3
    ( 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.
    c3 Bd7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Re1 O-O-O ~ {Gomez Esteban,J-Kortschnoj,V/Leon
    1994} )
5...Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Be3
    ( 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Qc7
        ( 11...h6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.Bg3!? Bxg3 14.hxg3 O-O 15.Qe2 e5! 16.Nd2
        Bg4 17.f3 Bd7 = {Suetin,A-Speelman,J/London Lloyds 1991} )
        ( 11...Bd7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Kh1 Be5 14.c3 h6 15.Bd2 Bf4 16.Rad1 O-O =
        {Nielsen,P-Pushkov,N/Azov 1993} )
    12.g3 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qf3 Bd7 15.Qxf6 Be5 16.Qh4 Bxb2 17.Rad1 Bc6
    18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 O-O 20.c4 ~ {Zarnicki,P-Pereyra Arcija,D/ch-ARG,
    Saenz Pena City 1996} )
    ( 10.c3 O-O 11.Bg5
        ( 11.Bf4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Bd7 13.Rc1 Bc6 14.Be5 Nd7 15.Qc2 h6 16.Bf4 {
        1/2-1/2 Payen Arnaud-Dolgener Tobias/It (b) (cat.3), Budapest
        (Hungary) 1995} )
    11...h6 12.Bh4 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Re1 Bc6 15.Re5
        ( 15.Bc2 Qd5 16.f3 Rad8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Re4 f5 19.Rh4 Kg7 20.Qd2
        Rh8 ~ )
    15...Qe7 16.Bc2 Rfd8 17.Qd3 ~ {Arencibia,W-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca
    Elite, Havana CUB 1997} )
    ( 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qe2 Bc6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Ne4 Qe7
    16.Nxc5 Qxc5 = {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Pushkov,N/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992} )
10...Qe7!?
    ( 10...Bb6 11.Bb5+
        ( 11.c3 O-O
            ( 11...e5!? N 12.Nc2
                ( 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Nf5 Bxb5 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.
                Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nxb5 = )
            12...O-O 13.Bg5
                ( 13.Re1 Ng4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Qf3 Rd8 16.Bc4 += )
            13...h6 14.Bh4 Bg4 = {Korneev,O-Morozevich,A/RUS-ch m1-2 1997}
            )
        12.Re1 Re8 13.Nb5 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Qe7 15.Qf3 a6 16.Nd4 += {
        Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Erevan olm 1996} )
        ( 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Nf3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.c4 Qe7 16.a3
        Rfd8 = {Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y/Monaco Amber blind 1994} )
    11...Bd7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rad1 Nd5 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Bc1 Rfe8 16.c4 Nf6 17.
    Bg5 Bxd4 18.Bxf6 e5 19.Bg5 {1/2-1/2
    Nadyrhanov,S-Supatashvili,K/Cherkessk 1997} )
11.c3 O-O 12.Qf3
    ( 12.Re1!? e5
        ( 12...Nd5 13.Qh5 h6 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Qxh6 f6 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.Rxe6
        Qg7 18.Qh4 += )
    13.Bf4
        ( 13.Bg5 Rd8 14.Qc2 h6 = )
    13...Bd6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 += )
12...Nd5 13.Bd2 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Bd7 = {The position is equal,but still full
of life and white manages to create very nice example of positional play,
of coarse with some help of black.} 15.Rfe1
    ( 15.Qe4!? )
15...Bc6 16.Qg4 Rae8?!
    ( 16...Rfe8 17.Bh6 Qf8 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Qe4 g6 ~ )
17.Qg3!? f5?! {There was no need to weaken the position with f5.}
    ( 17...Qf6 18.Re4 $36 )
18.Re5 Qc7 19.Rae1 Qd7
    ( 19...Qb6 20.Bc3! )
20.Qh4 Bb5 21.Bc2! {White should keep the bishops on the board.} 21...Nb6
22.b3 Bc6
    ( 22...Rc8 23.Bb1 Rfe8 )
23.Bd3 Nd5 24.f3 b5?! 25.Qf2 Nf6 26.Kh1?!
    ( 26.Bf1! )
26...Bd5?!
    ( 26...Ne4! 27.Bxe4
        ( 27.Qe3 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Qxd4 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxe6 Qd7
            ( 30...Rd8!? )
        31.Re1 Rd8 32.Qc2 = )
    27...fxe4 28.f4 Rf5 29.Rc1 += )
27.Bb4 Rf7 28.Qe2 Rb8
    ( 28...a6? 29.Bxf5 +- )
29.Qd2 h6
    ( 29...Qb7 )
30.Bf1 a6 31.Rc1 Qb7
    ( 31...Rc8 32.Ree1
        ( 32.Rc5 Qb7 33.Re1 Rfc7 34.Rec1 Rc6 += )
    32...Qb7 33.Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.Bd6! += )
32.Ree1 Rd8?! {Black underestimates the importance of c-file.}
    ( 32...Rc7! )
33.Ba5 Re8 34.Rc5 Rd7 35.Rec1 +/- e5? {Suicide.} 36.Rc7 Rxc7 37.Rxc7 Qb8
    ( 37...Qa8 38.dxe5 Rxe5 39.Bc3 Re6 40.Bxf6 Rxf6 41.Rd7! +- )
38.dxe5 Rxe5 39.Rc5 Qf8
    ( 39...Qe8 40.Bc3 +- )
40.Qd4! Qd6
    ( 40...Qe8 41.Bc3 +- )
41.Bc7 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2
Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.O-O c5 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Qb1 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Nd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 O-O 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8
21.Nxc5 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Rb1 a5 10.Bd2 h6 11.Ne1 Be6 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.Bg2
d5 16.cxd5 Nexd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qa4 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 e4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Rxb4
Rxb4 22.Qxb4 exd3 23.Rd1 Qb8 24.Qxb8 Rxb8 25.e3 d2 26.Nh4 Bc3 27.Nf3 h5
28.Kf1 Rb2 29.Ke2 Ra2 30.Nxd2 Kg7 31.h3 Ba5 32.Kd3 Bxd2 33.Rxd2 Ra4 34.h4
Kf6 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Rb2 Ke7 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.e4 Ra3+ 39.Kf4 Ra4 40.Rb7 Ra2 41.
f3 Rg2 42.Rb5 Kf6 43.Rg5 Rg1 44.Ke3 Ra1 45.Rd5 Rg1 46.Kf2 Ra1 47.Ke3 Rg1
48.Kf4 Rg2 49.Rd7 Rg1 50.Ra7 Rg2 51.e5+ Ke6 52.Ra6+ Ke7 53.Rf6 Rg1 54.Kg5
Rxg3+ 55.Kh6 Kf8 56.e6 Ke7 57.exf7 Kf8 58.f4 Rg4 59.Kh7 Rxh4 60.Kxg6 Rg4+
61.Kf5 Rg1 62.Ra6 Kxf7 63.Ra7+ Kg8 64.Kf6 Rf1 65.f5 h4 66.Ra8+ Kh7 67.Ra4
h3 68.Rh4+ Kg8 69.Rxh3 Rf2 70.Ra3 Rf1 71.Ra8+ Kh7 72.Ke6 Kg7 73.Ra7+ Kf8
74.Kf6 Kg8 75.Ra8+ Kh7 76.Ra5 Kg8 77.Ra8+ Kh7 78.Ra5 Kg8 79.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 c5 14.dxc5 Be4 15.
Qc3 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Rac1 Nxc5 18.Qe3 Bd5 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qb7+ 21.f3
Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Qe3 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Bd6 26.Nd3 {# Eine etwa
gleiche Stellung verwandelt Arlandi in der Folge in eine schlechtere.
Ursache: der schwaechende Bauernvorstoss f5. Danach wird der Springer
immer beweglicher.Taktik!} 26...a5 27.b3 h6 28.Qc3 a4 29.Qa5 Qc6 30.Qd2
axb3 31.axb3 f5!? 32.Nf2 Bc5 33.Qc3 Qd5 34.Nd3 Bd4 35.Qc8+ Kh7 36.Nf4 Qxb3
37.Nxe6 Qc3?
    ( 37...Bf6! )
38.Qd7! +/- Be5?
    ( 38...Be3 $142 )
39.Nf8+ Kg8 40.Ng6 Bf6 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.h4! Qc4 43.h5 Qg8 44.Qxb5 Qc8 45.Qd3
Kg8 46.Nf4 Bg5 47.Qd5+ Kh7 48.Ne6 Qc2 49.Nd4 +- Qd2 50.Qxf5+ Kh8 51.Qc8+
Kh7 52.Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e5 Nh5
9.Bc4 O-O 10.Ng5 Qc7 11.Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.g4 dxe5 14.gxh5 exf4
15.hxg6+ hxg6 16.Bxf4 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Qxc3+ 18.Kf2 Nc6 19.Qd3 Qf6 20.Rhf1 e5
21.Kg1 exf4 22.Qc4+ Be6 23.Qxf4 Qxf4 24.Rxf4+ Ke7 25.Rb1 b5 26.a4 b4 27.
Re1 Rd8 28.Rc4 Rd6 29.Rc5 Kd7 30.Re4 Nd4 31.Kf2 Bf5 32.Rh4 Nxc2 33.Rh7+
Ke6 34.Rb7 Kf6 35.a5 Kg5 36.Rb6 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Rd3+ 38.Kf2 b3 39.Rxa6 Rd2+
40.Kg3 Rd3+ 41.Kf2 Kf4 42.Rc4+ Nd4 0-1


[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.Qf4
Be7 9.e4 d6 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Qc2 Ngf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Qb1 Nfg4 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Na4 Bb8 18.Rxc8 Bxc8 19.Bd4 Qd6 20.f4 Re8 21.Qd3
f6 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Nc3 Bc6 24.Qd1 Qe6 25.Qf3 Be5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Ne2 exd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E25"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
Qa5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Nfd7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qa3 b6 14.cxb6 axb6 15.
Nh3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.O-O Nac5 18.Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Perez, Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.b4 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg3 Ne8 13.Nb3 Nc7 14.a4 Bh4 15.Bxh4 Qxh4
16.f4 Qe7 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nf6 19.Nd2 Rfb8 20.Nf3 Qe8 21.Rab1 Nh7 22.e4
dxe4 23.Nxe4 Qe7 24.Ne5 f5 25.Nd6 Nf6 26.Rbe1 Ncd5 27.Ng6 Qd7 28.Qe2 Re8
29.Ne5 Qc7 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Qb2 Rd8 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 Ne4 34.Rf3 Kh7 35.g3
Rc8 36.bxc6 bxc6 37.Rb3 Qd8 38.Ra1 Ndc3 39.Rb4 Qd5 40.Ra7 Rd8 41.Qb3 Ne2+
42.Kg2 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.a5 Nxa5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Bf4
Qc5 16.Na4 Qa7 17.Be3!? {The novelty in the critical position of the
hugely popular line 12.a5!? Black will sacrifice the exchange and keep
balance.}
    ( 17.Bc7 b5
        ( 17...Nc6 18.Nb6 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bd7 20.Qf4 Bc6 21.Nxa8 Qxa8 22.Bf3
        Bxf3 23.Rxf3 {1-0 Volokitin,A-Gashimov,V/Artek 2000/ (35)} )
    18.Nb6
        ( 18.Bxa5 bxa4 19.Bf3 Bb7 20.Nc6 Qe3 21.Rxa4 Bf8 22.Bc3 Qc5 {0-1
        Klovans,J-Palac,M/Biel 1997/ (31)} )
    18...Rb8
        ( 18...Qxc7 19.Nxa8 Qd8 20.Rxa5 Bb7 21.Bf3 Nd5 22.Qa1 Bd6 23.Rxa6
        {1-0 Moroz,A-Savchenko,S/Ordzhonikidze 2000/ (75)} )
    19.Bxb8 Qxb6 20.Be5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Qe2
        ( 22.Qf3 Bb7 23.Qf2 Qc5 24.Rae1 Rf8 25.Qg3 Nh5 26.Qg4 g6 {1/2-1/2
        Berndt,S-David,A/Germany 2000/ (43)} )
    22...Bb7 23.Qxc4 Ng4 24.Qe2 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Bf6 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Qxf6 {1-0
    Volokitin,A-Savchenko,S/Bad Wiessee 2000/ (33)} )
17...Rd8
    ( 17...Nd5 18.Bg1 b6 19.c4 Nb4 20.Nxe6 $36 )
18.Nf5 exf5 $8
    ( 18...Rxd1? 19.Nxe7+ Kf8 20.Bxa7 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 Kxe7 22.Bc5+ Kd8 23.
    Nb6 +- )
19.Bxa7 Rxd1 20.Rfxd1 Rxa7 21.Nb6 Be6! {The key move in the defense, black
values his active bishops.}
    ( 21...Nc6? 22.Nxc8 Ra8 23.Nxe7+ Nxe7 24.Bf3 +/- )
22.Rxa5 Ne4 23.Kg1
    ( 23.Rf1? Bd8 -+ )
23...g6
    ( 23...Bc5+?? 24.Rxc5 Nxc5 25.Rd8# )
24.Kf1
    ( 24.Nd5 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 Kg7 = )
24...Bb4 25.Ra4 Bc5 26.Nd7
    ( 26.Nd5 b5 27.Raa1 Kg7 = )
26...Be7 27.Nb6 Bc5 28.Nd7 Be7 29.Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 d6 5.a3 a5 6.e3 f5 7.d4 e4 8.d5 exf3 9.
dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxf3 Ne7 11.e4 fxe4 12.Qxe4 Bf5 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Bf4 O-O-O 15.
Na4 Qc7 16.g4 Bd7 17.O-O-O Ng6 18.Be3 Re8 19.h3 h5 20.gxh5 Nh4 21.Qd3 Bf5
22.Qb3 Qb7 23.Qc3 Qc7 24.h6 Be4 25.Rg1 Nf5 26.Bf4 Nd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Qxd4
Rxh6 29.Bxh6 gxh6 30.Nc3 Qf7 31.Qd2 Bh7 32.Be2 h5 33.f4 Bh6 34.Rf1 Rf8 35.
Bd3 Bf5 36.Kb1 Qxc4 37.Bxf5+ Rxf5 38.Re1 Bxf4 39.Qc2 Re5 40.Rd1 Qe6 41.Qa4
Qf5+ 42.Ka1 Kd7 43.Rf1 Qf7 44.Qd4 Rf5 45.Qa7+ Ke6 46.Qa8 Bd2 47.Qc8+ Ke5
48.Rxf5+ Qxf5 49.Qxc6 Bxc3 50.Qxc3+ Kf4 51.b4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.Bd3 f6
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Qg3 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Qe7 12.O-O Qxe5 13.Qxe5+ Nxe5 14.Re1 Bxc5
15.Rxe5+ Kf7 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Be6 18.Nd2 d4 19.Re2 Bd5 20.Re5 Rhd8 21.
Rxf5+ Kg8 22.Rf4 Rac8 23.Rxd4 Bxg2 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Kxg2 Rxd2 26.Rc1 Kf7
27.Kf3 Kf6 28.a4 Rd5 29.Re1 Rf5+ 30.Kg2 Rg5+ 31.Kh1 Rc5 32.Re2 Rc4 33.b3
Rc3 34.Kg2 g5 35.Rd2 Ke6 36.h3 h5 37.Kh2 h4 38.Kg2 b6 39.Kh2 a5 40.Kg2 Ke5
41.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.g4 Nfd7
9.f4 Be7 10.g5 h6 11.Qh5 Nf8 12.h4 Ng6 13.Qf3 hxg5 14.hxg5 Rxh1 15.Qxh1
Nc6 16.Bd2 Bd7 17.O-O-O Qc7 18.Be3 Rc8 19.Kb1 Na5 20.f5 Ne5 21.Qh8+ Bf8
22.Nd4 Nac4 23.Bc1 Na3+ 24.Ka1 Qb6 25.Qh3 Nc6 26.Nxc6 Nxc2+ 27.Kb1 Na3+
28.Ka1 Nc2+ 29.Kb1 Na3+ 30.Ka1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 Ba6 12.Bf4 b4 13.N1h2 a4 14.a3 Bb5 15.Bh3 Qe8 16.
Ng4 Rc8 17.Qc1 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qd1 bxa3 20.bxa3 Rc3 21.Bc1 Qc8 22.Re2
Qc7 23.Bb2 Rc8 24.Bxc3 Qxc3 25.Qb1 Ba6 26.Nh2 Bxa3 27.Qe1 Bb5 28.Qxc3 Rxc3
29.Rb1 Bc6 30.Nf3 Bc5 31.Ree1 a3 32.Nd2 Rxc2 33.Nb3 h5 34.Rec1 Rc3 35.Rxc3
dxc3 36.d4 Ba7 37.Rc1 Ba4 38.Rxc3 Bxb3 39.Rxb3 Bxd4 40.Rxa3 Nxe5 41.Ra4
Bc5 42.Ra5 Bd4 43.Ra4 Kf8 44.Bf1 g6 45.Kg2 Bc5 46.Ra5 Bb6 47.Ra6 Bc5 48.
Ra5 Bd4 49.Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[Annotator "Heine Nielsen"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 {Lutz} 1...d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 b4 {'!?' Lutz. It seems to me that so far this
move have been underestimated. It does weaken blacks position, but he wins
the e4 pawn, and if he succeeds in castling quenside, his king is as safe
as whites Lutz: 'Ein sehr scharfer Zug. Schwarz zerstoert seine Struktur
am Damenfluegel, gewinnt dafuer aber den Pe4.'}
    ( 10...g4 {Lutz} )
11.Na4
    ( 11.hxg5 bxc3 12.gxf6 cxb2 13.Rb1 Qa5+ 14.Kf1 c3 15.Ne5 {Is whites
    best try for an advantege I guess. Blacks pawns are surely dangerous,
    but white s direct attack might succeed. Fritz likes black, but
    without testing in practise its difficult evaluating such unbalanced
    positions} )
11...Nxe4 12.Be5 Rg8! {'!?' Lutz. Why everybody prefers the weakening
12...f6 I cant understand. Blacks is a pawn up if white takes on c4, and
whites compensation isn't that obvious Lutz: 'Dieser Zug wurde bislang
selten gespielt. Meistens gab man 12...f6 den Vorzug.'}
    ( 12...f6 {Lutz} 13.Bxb8!?
        ( 13.Qc2!? c5 14.Bxc4!? fxe5 15.O-O-O exd4 16.Rhe1 Qc7 17.Bd3 ~ {
        0-1 Sherbakov,R-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (54)} )
    13...Rxb8 14.hxg5 b3? 15.axb3 fxg5 16.O-O +/- {1-0
    Ivanov,S-Sitnikov,D/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz] (22)} )
13.hxg5 {It is an i dea leaving out this exchange, as black now gets g5
for his queen in some lines. Still its logical opening the line, blacks
rooks just have left.} 13...hxg5
    ( 13...Nxg5!? {Lutz} 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Bg3 Nb6 16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Ne4
    18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Bd3 Nf6?!
        ( 20...c5 $132 )
    21.Nc5 O-O-O?!
        ( 21...Rd8!? )
    22.Qa4! Rg5
        ( 22...Rxd4 23.Qxa7 Rg5 24.Nxb7 Rxd3 25.Qa6 +/- )
    23.Ba6 Rxc5 24.Bxb7+ Qxb7 25.dxc5 +/- {1-0
    Malakhatko,V-Sumets,A/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (38)} )
14.Bxc4 Nd7 15.Qd3 g4 {Lutz: 'Beide Seiten spielen sehr geradlinig.'}
    ( 15...c5 16.d5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxd5 18.Bb5+ Ke7 {Might be possible, but
    as black is better in a much simpler way, white needs to improve
    earlier anyway} )
16.Qxe4 gxf3 17.gxf3
    ( 17.Qxf3 Qa5
        ( 17...Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qa5
            ( 18...Qg5! {Is better for black} )
        19.O-O-O )
    18.O-O-O Qxa4 19.Rh7 {Seems to much too dangerous for black} 19...
    O-O-O
        ( 19...Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rg7 21.Rxg7
            ( 21.Bxe6 Rxh7 22.Bd7+ Kd8 23.Bxc6+ Kc7 24.Rd7+ Kc8 25.Rd8+
            Kc7 26.Rd7+ {Is Fritz way to a draw, but although I cant find
            it, there must be more in it for white} )
        21...Bxg7 22.Bxe6 Bh6+ 23.Kb1 fxe6 24.Qh5+ Ke7 25.Qh4+ Ke8 26.b3
        Qa5 27.Qxh6 Qxe5 28.Qg6+ )
    20.Qxf7 {Is winning due to blacks poor coordination })
17...Qa5
    ( 17...Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qa5 19.O-O-O Qxa4 20.Qd3 {Wins} )
18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 O-O-O {Lutz: 'Schwarz ist mit Vorteil aus
der Eroeffnung gekommen. Er hat nur noch das Problem des schlechten Bb7,
waehrend Weiss Sorgen mit seinem Koenig hat. Wenn sich keine wesentlichen
Verbesserungen fuer Weiss finden, kann 12...Rg8!? als eine wichtige
Neuerung bezeichnet werden.'} 21.Bb3 Qb5
    ( 21...Qc7 {Was safe and solid, but hoping for more I ended up with
    less. Still the mistake came muchlater} )
22.Rd1 Ba6
    ( 22...a5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rh7
        ( 24.Rh8 )
    24...Ba6 25.Bxe6+ {Is a problam, so black dont have time for the
    positionally desirable a5} 25...Kb7 26.Rxf7+ Ka8 27.Ra7+ Kxa7 28.Qc7+
    Bb7 29.Qxd8 )
23.Rd2 {White understan ds very well, that he needs to evacuate his king
to the queenside. this takes some time, but its worth the effort. With the
king stuck in the centre black has too many tactical possibilities} 23...
Kb7
    ( 23...Rxd2 {Lutz} 24.Kxd2 Qd3+ 25.Kc1 Qxf3 -/+ )
24.Kd1? {'?!' Lutz.}
    ( 24.f4! {Should have been played immediately. Now I get another
    chance.} 24...Rxd2 25.Kxd2 Qd3+ 26.Kc1 Qf3 {Is ok for black, but a
    pawn worse than the opportunity arriving in the game!} )
    ( 24.f4!? {Lutz} )
24...Ka8 {'?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Anscheinend dachte Schwarz, dass er noch Zeit
fuer diesen Zug haette. Aber neben dem Tempoverlust steht der Koenig auf
a8 eher schlechter als auf b7.'}
    ( 24...Rxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Qd3+ 26.Kc1 Qxf3 {'-/+' Lutz.} 27.Rd1 {Wasn't to
    my liking, as my king surely feels insecure. However after the greedy}
    27...Qxf2 {I just don't see what white has for his pawns!} 28.Rd7+
        ( 28.Qd6 Bb5 )
    28...Ka8 {And black has too many counterthreats} )
25.f4 Rxd2+ 26.Kxd2 Qd3+ 27.Kc1 Qf3 28.Rh8 {Lutz: 'Mit dem Tausch der
Tuerme ist klar, dass Weiss ausserhalb jeglicher Verlustgefahr ist. Im
Gegenteil, er hat nun die Initiative.'} 28...Rxh8 29.Qxh8+ Kb7 30.Qd4 Kc8?
    ( 30...Bb5 31.Qd7+ Ka6 32.Qc8+ Ka5 {Is just fine for black. The active
    Queen secures the draw. Blacks King looks fragile at a5, but the queen
    can only give perpetual} )
31.Qd6 Kb7 32.Ba4 Qd5 {'?' Lutz.}
    ( {Besser ist} 32...Qh1+ {Lutz} 33.Kd2 Qd5+ 34.Qxd5 exd5 = )
33.Qe7+ Kb8 34.Qe8+ Bc8 35.Qxc6 Qc4+ 36.Kd2 Qd4+
    ( 36...Qxf4+ 37.Kd3 {Unfortunately puts an end to blacks hopes for a
    perpetual, so my last hope was the ending that arises, which however
    is completely lost} )
37.Ke1 Qxf4 38.Qd6+ Qxd6 39.cxd6 {'+/-' Lutz. Lutz: 'Weiss hat klaren
Vorteil, da der Pd6 den schwarzen Koenig an die Grundreihe fesselt.'}
39...Bb7 40.Kd2 Bd5 41.Kd3 Bxa2 42.Kd4 f6 {Else Ke5-f6 decides} 43.Kc5 Kc8
44.Kxb4 e5 45.Kc5 Be6 46.Bc6
    ( 46.Bb5 {Lutz} 46...Kd8 47.Bc6 Bg4 48.b4 Bh3 49.b5 {Weiss fixiert den
    Pa7.} 49...f5?! {Schwarz schwaecht seine Bauernstruktur.}
        ( 49...Be6 {(Lutz) ist vielleicht besser:} 50.Kb4 {Weiss
        marschiert zum Pa7. Ich sehe nicht, wie Weiss sonst Fortschritte
        machen kann.} 50...Bc8
            ( 50...Bg4 51.Ka5 Bc8 52.d7 Bxd7 53.Bxd7 Kxd7 54.Ka6 +- )
        51.Ka5 f5 52.Kb4
            ( 52.d7 Bxd7 53.Bxd7 Kxd7 54.Ka6 e4 = )
        52...Be6 53.Kc5 f4 +/- )
    50.Kd5 +- e4 51.Ke5 Bg4 52.Bd5 Bh3 53.Be6 Bf1 54.Kxf5 Bxb5 55.Kxe4
    Bc6+ 56.Ke5 Bf3 57.Bd5 Bg4 58.f4 a5 59.f5 a4 60.f6 Ke8 61.f7+ Kf8 62.
    Be6 a3 {1-0 Xu Jun-Nielsen,P/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (62)}
        ( 62...a3 {Lutz} 63.d7 +- )
    )
46...Kd8 47.b4 Bg4 48.b5 {Just killing. Black cant sit and wait, as white
just takes a7 with his king then} 48...f5 49.Kd5 e4 50.Ke5 Bh3 51.Bd5 Bg4
52.Be6 Be2 53.Kxf5 Bxb5 54.Kxe4 Bc6+ 55.Ke5 Bf3 56.Bd5 Bg4 57.f4 a5 58.f5
a4 59.f6 Ke8 60.f7+ Kf8 61.Be6 a3 62.d7 {Nice technique from Xu, who
played the final part of the game quickly and flawlessly} 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rad1 {This variation is famous for it's drawing
tendency,but in the following game white has got a decisive advantage
straight out of the opening!} 10...Qe7
    ( 10...Qc8 11.Qc1 Rd8 12.Rxd8+ Qxd8 13.Rd1 Qf8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 h5
    16.Nb5 Rc8 = {Mok Tze Meng-Ker,A/Jakarta zt 1993} )
    ( 10...Qxd2 11.Rxd2 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 Rxd2 13.Rxd2 a6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5
    Nd4 16.Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Ricardi,P-Zarnicki,P/Mar del Plata op 1997} )
11.Bg5!?
    ( 11.Qc1 Rad8
        ( 11...Rfd8 12.Bg5 Rxd1 13.Rxd1 Be6 14.Bb5! += {
        Agter,F-Cevaal,C/NLD-chJM U16 1995} )
    12.Rxd8 Rxd8 13.Rd1 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Rechlis,G/Israeli League
    2000} )
11...Bxf3
    ( 11...Rfd8? 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxd6 {1-0
    Kaminski,M-Khait,A/Warsaw op 1992} )
12.Bxf3 Qc5?! {First step in the wrong direction.}
    ( 12...Nd4! 13.Nd5 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bxf6 16.Qe3 Bg7 ~ )
13.Bxf6!? Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qd6
    ( 14...Bd8 15.b4 Qb5 16.Be2 Qa4 17.c3 += )
15.Qe3 Nd4?! {After this inaccuracy white's advantage becomes quiet
significient.}
    ( 15...Rad8 16.c3 a6 17.Rd2 Ne7 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Rfd1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Qe6
    21.a3 Nc6 = )
16.c3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 += Bg7
    ( 17...Bg5 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 c6 20.Nb6 Qe6 21.Nd7 Rfe8 22.b3 += )
18.Rd3 c6? {This move not only looks like suicide-it really is!}
    ( 18...Rad8 19.Rfd1 c6 20.Nb6 Qe7 21.Nd7 Rfe8 22.b4 += )
19.Nb6 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 axb6 21.Qd7! +/-
    ( 21.a3 Rad8 22.Qe2 Rd7 23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 += )
21...Rxa2 22.Rb1!
    ( 22.Qxb7?! Rxb2 23.Qxc6 Rd8 24.Qc7 Rdd2
        ( 24...Ra8 25.Rd1 h5 26.g3 +/- )
    25.Qb8+ Bf8 26.Qxe5 Bc5 $132 )
22...Ra7 23.g3 b5?! 24.Qe7 Rfa8 25.Rd1
    ( 25.Kg2!? )
25...Ra1 26.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27.Kg2 Ra2 28.Qxb7 Rxb2 29.Qxc6 Bf8
    ( 29...f6? 30.Qd5+ Kf8 31.Qa8+ Kf7 32.Qa3 )
30.Qd5 Bg7 31.Qd6! h5 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.c4 b4 34.c5 Rc2
    ( 34...b3 $8 35.c6 Rc2 36.Qxb3 Rxc6 37.Qxf7 +- )
35.Qxb4 +- Kg8 36.Qb5 Bf8 37.c6 Bd6 38.Qd5 Bc7 39.Qd7 Bb6 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.
Qxe5+ Kh7 42.Qf6 Kg8 43.Kf1 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 b5 8.Nxc6
Qxc6 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.O-O Qc7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Nf6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd4 Be7 15.c3
a5 16.cxb4 axb4 17.Nc1 O-O 18.Nb3 Rfc8 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.a5 Nf4 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8
22.g3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Nd5 24.Qd3 f6 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.
Qd6 Qf3 29.Qd1 Qf5 30.Qc2 Qf3 31.a6 Ng4 32.Ra1 Ne5 33.Nd2 Qd5 34.Qe4 Qxe4
35.Nxe4 Kf8 36.Kf1 Ke7 37.Ke2 d5 38.f4 Nc6 39.Nf2 Nd4+ 40.Kf1 Nb3 41.Ra4
Nc5 42.Rxb4 Rxa6 43.Ke2 Nd7 44.Rb3 Rc6 45.Rc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Qc2
O-O 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nd7 11.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Qc2 f5 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Ne4 10.Rb1 Ndf6 11.b4 a6 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Be1 h6 15.Ne5 Be8
16.a4 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.Rb2 Bxe5 19.dxe5 g5 20.Bd4 Rf7 21.Bd3 gxf4 22.
exf4 Rg7 23.Qe2 Kh7 24.Qe1 Qe7 25.Bf2 Bh5 26.Bh4 Qf7 27.h3 Rag8 28.Kh2 Qg6
29.Rg1 Rd7 30.a5 Qf7 31.Rc2 Bg6 32.Rb2 Bh5 33.Rc2 Bg6 34.Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.a3 a6 10.Ba2 b5 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.e5 Nf5 13.exd6 Nxd6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4
O-O 16.c3 c4 17.Be3 Qc7 18.e5 Ne7 19.Qf2 Nd5 20.Bc5 Nxf4 21.Bd6 Qb7 22.
Rad1 Nd3 23.Qe2 Re8 24.b3 Ra8 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 Nf4 27.Qd2 g5 28.h4 Qe4
29.Qd4 Bb7 30.Qxe4 Bxe4 31.Rd4 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Ng6 33.hxg5 Bxe5 34.Bxe5 Nxe5
35.Rg3 hxg5 36.Rxg5+ Ng6 37.Rd6 Kg7 38.Bxa6 Reb8 39.a4 Rb3 40.Rc5 Nh4 41.
Rc8 Rxc8 42.Bxc8 Rxc3 43.Bb7 Rb3 44.Be4 Rb4 45.Bc2 Rb2 46.Rc6 Ra2 47.Rc5
Nf5 48.Bxf5 exf5 49.Ra5 f4 50.Kg1 Kf6 51.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Qb3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qc8 19.Rad1 Qxe6 20.b5 a6 21.bxc6 bxc6
22.Rd2 Rfb8 23.Qd3 d5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Rb2
28.Ra5 Rb5 29.Ra4 a5 30.g3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Krakops, Maris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.a4 f5 14.Ra3 c5?!
    ( 14...h6 15.Bxf4
        ( 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Ne4 g5 17.g3 Ng6 18.c5 dxc5 19.Bc4 Nd6 20.Nfd2
        b6 21.Ba2 Bf5 -/+ {0-1 Bareev,E-Spasov,V/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext
        (35)} )
    15...exf4 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Qd6 18.c5 Rxc5 19.Nc4 Qd8 20.d6 cxd6 21.
    Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Nxd6 Nc6 23.Ncb5 Be5 =+ {1/2-1/2
    Lobo,J-Bernal,J/Catalunya t-ch 1998 (41)} )
    ( 14...fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Qd7 18.Ra3 Rfa8 19.Nc3 c6
    20.Bd2 +/- {1-0 Prudnikova,S-Petrovic,M/YUG-chW Belgarde 1999 (95)} )
    ( 14...b6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nb5 e4 18.Ng5 Be5 19.Rh3 h5 20.
    Nf3 Bf6 -/+ {1/2-1/2 Petrov,S-Loskutov,O/Ch Russia (1/2 final),
    Novosibirsk} )
15.Ng5! Bf6
    ( 15...Nexd5 16.Nxd5 Qxg5 17.Nxf4 exf4 18.Qxd6 fxe4 19.Rxe4 +/- )
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 +/- Be5
    ( 18...Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Rf6 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Rd3 Ra6 22.Re4 +/- )
19.Nd5 Qe8 20.Qb1 Ra7 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Qb6! Rxa4 23.Rxa4 Qxa4 24.Bd3 Qc6?!
    ( 24...Nd4 25.e7 Re8 26.Qxb7 +/- )
25.Qb1! +- Kg7 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.e7 Ra8
    ( 27...Rf7 28.Qb5 +- )
28.Qxf5 b5 29.Qg5+ Kh8
    ( 29...Kf7 30.Qh6 Kg8 31.h3 Qe8 32.Rxe5 +- )
30.Nf6 bxc4
    ( 30...Bxf6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qe6+ +- )
31.Qh6 Bxf6 32.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6
    ( 7...Nd7 8.Qd2?! f5 9.Ng3 h5!? 10.h4 Bd6 11.Rh3 c6 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Bc4
    Nd5 =+ {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)} )
    ( 7...c6?! 8.Qd2 f5 9.Ng3 b6 10.Bc4 Nd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Rhe1 Nf6 13.
    Kb1 Qc7 14.Ne5 +/- {Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)} )
    ( 7...Qd5?! 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.O-O Nf8 10.c4 Qh5 11.Qd2 Rg8 12.Ng3 Qg4 13.
    Rfe1 Bd7 14.Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)} )
8.Qd2 {This logical move is,on my opinion,one of the best ways to meet
seven's move of black.}
    ( 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Qe2 c5
        ( 9...f5 10.Ng3 Nf6 11.O-O-O Qd5 12.Kb1 f4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qd6
        15.Ne5 += {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op 1995} )
    10.dxc5 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Nfxd2 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 = {
    Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908 (62)} )
    ( 8.g3 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Bd5 11.Ned2 Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfd1 Nb6 14.
    c3 Na4 15.Nf1 c6 16.Ne3 += {Glek,I-Volkov,S/4th Open 2000} )
8...b5
    ( 8...f5 9.Ng3 Nd7 10.Nh5
        ( 10.Qh6!? Nf6 11.Bd3 Ng4 12.Qd2 += )
    10...h6!? 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.Nxf6+?!
        ( 12.Nf4 Ne4 13.Qe3 += )
    12...Bxf6 13.Kb1?!
        ( 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bb3 Bb7 15.Qe3 Bd5 16.h3 ~ )
    13...b5 14.g3 Bb7 15.Bg2 Qd6 16.Rhe1 O-O-O 17.Bh1? -/+ {
    Perunovic,M-Antic,D/JUG-ch 55th 2000}
        ( 17.c3 c5 18.Qe3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Be4+ 20.Ka1 Kb8 =+ )
    )
9.O-O-O
    ( 9.Qh6?! Bb7 10.Bd3 Nd7
        ( 10...f5 11.Neg5 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Bf8 13.Qe3 Qd5 14.O-O Nd7 15.a4 +=
        {Nurkic,S-Muratovic,E/TCh-BIH 1999} )
    11.Ng3
        ( 11.O-O-O f5 12.Neg5 Bxg5+ 13.Nxg5 Qf6 14.Qh5 Qg6 15.Qh4 O-O-O =+
        {Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/New York op 2000} )
    11...f5 12.Nh5 Bf8 13.Qe3 Nf6 =+ {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de
    Pamplona 9th 1998} )
9...Bb7 10.Bd3
    ( 10.Qf4 Nd7 11.Bd3 f5 12.Ned2 Nb6 13.Qh6 Bd5 14.Kb1 Nc4 $132 {
    Borries,B-Klyszcz,M/Dreifluesse op 8th 2000} )
10...Nd7 11.Kb1 Bd5 12.Qh6!
    ( 12.Qe3 c6 13.Nc3 f5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Rhe1 Nf6 16.h3 += )
12...c6 13.Qg7 Rf8 14.Qxh7 f5 15.Nc3!
    ( 15.Ned2 Nf6 16.Qh3 Ng4 17.Rhf1 Bd6 18.Rde1 Qf6 19.Qh5 O-O-O 20.h3
    Rh8 21.Qg5 Rdg8! 22.Qxf6 Nxf6 23.Rg1 Bf4 ~= )
15...Nf6
    ( 15...Bxf3 16.gxf3 Bf6 17.Qh6 Qb6 18.Ne2 += )
16.Qh3 Ng4 17.Rhf1 Bd6 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Ne5? {White loses a thread and
manages to ruin his own poitions in couple of moves}
    ( 19.Rde1 Qf6
        ( 19...Kd7 20.g3 +/- )
    20.g3 )
    ( 19.g3!? +/- )
19...Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxf5?!
    ( 21.f4 Bg7 22.g4 Qf6 23.c3 Rh8 24.Qg3 fxg4 25.f5 e5 26.Be2 ~ )
21...Qf6 22.Rfe1 Rh8 23.Qg4 O-O-O
    ( 23...Kf8 24.Qb4+ Kg8 25.Qg4+ Kf8 = )
24.f4 Bc7!
    ( 24...Bxb2?! 25.Bxe6+ Kb8
        ( 25...fxe6 26.Rxe6 Rhg8 27.Rxf6+ Rxg4 28.Kxb2 Rxg2 29.Rxa6 +/- )
    26.Bxd5 Ba1 27.c3 Bxc3 28.Re2 ~ )
25.Bd3 Rdg8 26.Qe2?!
    ( 26.Qf3 Rxh2 27.g3 =+ )
26...Rxh2 27.f5 Rgxg2 28.Qe3 e5 -/+ 29.a4
    ( 29.Qa7 Qc6! )
29...Qc6! 30.Re2 bxa4 31.Rxg2 Rxg2 32.Qa7 d4
    ( 32...e4? 33.Bxa6+
        ( 33.Qxa6+ Qb7 34.Bb5 )
    33...Kd8 34.c4 Qf6 35.Rxd5+ Ke8 36.Qa8+ Ke7 37.Rd7+! Kxd7 38.Bb5+ Kd6
    39.Qd5+ Ke7 40.Qxe4+ = )
33.f6
    ( 33.Bxa6+ Kd8 34.Bd3 Ke7 -+ )
33...Kd7 34.Re1 a3 35.Rxe5??
    ( 35.bxa3 Qxf6 -+ )
35...a2+!
    ( 35...a2+ 36.Kxa2 Qa4+ 37.Kb1 Rg1+ -+ )
0-1

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 b6 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Rc1 Ne7 18.Bg3 Rc8 19.Ne5 g6 20.Qg4 h5 21.Qh3 Re8
22.Nd7 Nd5 23.c4 Bc6 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Ne5 Ne7 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Bh4 Bd7 28.Qg3
Bxh4 29.Qxh4 Nf5 30.Bxf5 Bxf5 31.f3 Qf8 32.Nc6 Re8 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Nxf5
Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 gxf5 36.Qe3 Qd6 37.g3 a5 38.Kg2 a4 39.Kh3 Kg6 40.Kg2 c6 41.
h4 f6 42.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.f3 Qc7 13.Rf2 Rfd8 14.Bf1 Nc5 15.Rd2
Nxb3 16.cxb3 Bc6 17.b4 Bd7 18.Rc1 Qb7 19.b5 a5 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Rac8 24.Rc6 Rxc6 25.bxc6 Qc7 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Qa6 Bd8 28.b4
axb4 29.Rb2 f5 30.Rxb4 Qf7 31.Qc4 Bc7 32.a5 bxa5 33.Rxb8+ Bxb8 34.Qb5 Ba7
35.c7 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be7 8.d4
O-O 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 Qd7
    ( {Mainlines are:} 11...f6 )
    ( 11...Qb6 )
12.Ne1
    ( {Interesting also} 12.Rc1 Bb6 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.e3 Bf5 15.Bc3 Be4 16.Qa4
    Rac8 17.Rcd1 += {1-0 Miles,A-Podlesnik,B/Nova Gorica 1999/CBM 68 ext
    (51)} )
12...d4 13.Nd3 Bb6 14.a4
    ( 14.Bf3 {see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Kalinin,A-Atalik,S/Wijk aan
    Zee 1997/CBM 57 (39)[Atalik,S, Tsesarsky,I]} )
    ( 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.Nf4 Be6 16.Qa4 += {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Monte
    Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (51)} )
14...Qf5 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.b4 a6 17.Nf4 {Threatening Bh3}
    ( 17.Rb1 += )
    ( 17.Rc1 += )
17...Qe5 18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Bf4 Qe6 20.Re1 {Good preventive move} 20...Qg6 21.
b5 axb5 22.axb5 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Ne7 24.Qxd4 Bxb5 25.Nxe7+ Bxe7 26.Qe5? = {
Dropping an advantage - based on tactical blunder.}
    ( {Simply to take P by} 26.Bxb7 +/- {was much better - White has
    serious chances to win.} )
26...Bb4 $8 27.Be4 Re8! {This very strong unexpected move was probably
missed by Topalov.}
    ( 27...Qb6 28.Bxh7+! +- )
    ( 27...Bc3 28.Bxg6 Bxe5 29.Bxf7+ +/- )
28.Qxb5
    ( 28.Bxg6 Rxe5 29.Bxe5 Bxe1 30.Be4 Bxe2 31.Bxb7 = )
    ( 28.Qxe8+ Bxe8 29.Bxg6 Bxe1 = )
28...Qxe4 29.f3 Qe7 30.Rc1 h6!?
    ( 30...Ba3 31.Rc7 +/- )
    ( {Equal position after} 30...b6! 31.Qxb6
        ( 31.Rc7 Bc5+ 32.Kh1 Qe6 33.e4 $132 )
    31...g5 32.Rc7 Qxe2 33.Qxb4 Qxf3
        ( 33...gxf4 34.Qxf4 +/- )
    34.Re7 =
        ( 34.Bxg5 Qd1+ 35.Kg2 Re2+ 36.Kh3 Qf1+ 37.Kg4 h5+ 38.Kxh5 Rxh2+ -+
        )
    )
31.Kf1
    ( 31.Rc7 Qxe2 32.Qxe2
        ( {It is very dangerous to take a piece:} 32.Qxb4 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Re2+
        34.Kh3 Qf1+ 35.Kg4 h5+! 36.Kh4 $8
            ( 36.Kg5 Qxf3 -+ )
        36...Rxh2+ 37.Kg5 Qxf3 38.Rc8+ $8 Kh7 39.Qb1+ $8 g6 40.Re8
            ( 40.Kf6 Qd5 41.Re8 Ra2 42.Qb4 Ra6+ 43.Ke7 Kg7! -+ )
        40...Re2 41.Rxe2 Qxe2 42.Qb6 Qg4+ 43.Kf6 Qf5+ 44.Ke7 h4 45.Qxb7 g5
        ! -/+ )
    32...Rxe2 33.Rxb7 Bc5+ 34.Kh1 g5 35.Bb8 = )
31...g5 32.Bc7 Qe3 33.Rc2 Bf8 34.Kg2
    ( 34.Qxb7? Bc5! )
34...Bg7
    ( 34...Re6? 35.Qxb7 Bc5 36.Kh3 Qg1 37.Qd5 Qf1+ 38.Kg4 Be3 39.Be5! +/-
    )
35.Bb6 Qe6 36.Bf2 Rc8 37.Rd2 Qc6 38.Qf5 Re8
    ( {After} 38...b5 {also Black equalize:} 39.Rd7 Bf6! 40.Bd4 Rd8! 41.
    Rxd8+ Bxd8 42.Qe5 Kf8 = )
39.e4 b5 40.Rd7 Qe6? +/-
    ( {Why not} 40...Bf6! = )
41.Qxb5 g4 42.Qd5 Qxd5
    ( 42...gxf3+ 43.Kxf3 +/- )
43.Rxd5 Re6 44.Be3 Kh7 45.h3 gxf3+ 46.Kxf3 Kg6 47.h4! Bf6? +- {Positional
mistake. Now White wins by force.}
    ( {Necessary was} 47...h5! 48.Rg5+ Kh6 49.g4
        ( 49.Re5+?! Kg6 50.Rxe6+ fxe6 51.g4 hxg4+!
            ( {After} 51...Bf6 52.g5! {seems position of Black is
            hopeless:} 52...Bc3 53.Bf4 Kf7 54.Ke2 Bd4 55.Bg3 Bb6 56.Kd3
            Bg1 57.Kc4 Be3 58.Kb5 {White's plan is to bring K to d7, to
            play g5-g6 and to take Pe6, then to push forward Pe4.} 58...
            Bd4 59.Kc6 Be3 60.Kd7 Bd4 61.g6+ Kxg6 62.Kxe6 Bc3 63.e5 +- )
        52.Kxg4 Bb2 53.h5+ Kf6 54.Bf4 Kg7 {and Black survives} )
    49...hxg4+ 50.Rxg4+ Kh7 51.Rg5 +/- {This position much better for
    Black than position from the game after 59 move.} )
48.h5+ Kg7 49.Bf4 Be7 50.Rb5 Bd8 51.e5 Be7 52.Kg4 Bd8 53.Kf5 Be7 54.Rb7
Bd8 55.Rb8 Ba5 56.Ra8 Bc3 57.Rd8 Bb4 58.g4 Bc5 59.g5 hxg5 60.Bxg5 {
Threatening Bf6+} 60...Be7 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Bxe7 Rxe7 63.Rf8 Kxh6
    ( 63...Ra7 64.Kf6 Ra1 65.Kxf7 Kxh6 66.e6 +- )
64.Kf6 Re6+ 65.Kxf7! Rxe5 66.Kf6 {instructive endgame!} 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[Annotator "Heine Nielsen"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 {Lutz} 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 {Actually a strange move order as 2 c4 c6 3
Bf4 d5 4 e3 is a bit uncomfortable for black} 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.
Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4
    ( 10.e5 {Lutz} 10...Nh5 11.a4 a6 12.Nxg5! Nxg3 13.Nxf7! Kxf7 14.fxg3
    $40 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62/[Anand] (42)} )
10...g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.O-O Nfd7 {'?!' Lutz. New to me, but it seems it has
been played in Bosboom-Yuneev. It looks highly artificial, but it does
open the d8-h8 diagonal for blacks queen, which gives some tactical
possibilities.}
    ( {Einen solideren Eindruck macht} 12...Nbd7 {Lutz} 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.
    Bxe5 Bg7 {, was zuletzt einige Male gespielt wurde.} )
13.Nxf7 {'!' Lutz. Surely the most testing move. White sacs a whole
knight, but blacks king is under serious attack, and his queenside
momentarily asleep. Lutz: 'Dieses Springeropfer auf f7 ist nicht
untypisch. Es wird motiviert durch den schlafenden schwarzen Damenfluegel.
In etwas anderer Form geschah dieses Opfer auch in der spannenden Partie
Kramnik,V-Anand,V (Belgrad 1997), s.o..'}
    ( 13.f3 {Looks most logical, however black has} 13...Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7!
    15.Bxh8?
        ( 15.Bg3 )
    15...g3 {Winning immediately.} )
    ( 13.d5 {Is also interesting. during the game i feared} 13...Nxe5 14.
    Bxe5 Qxh4
        ( 14...Rg8 {Seemes best, giving white some compensation, but who
        is better is not clear} 15.a4!?
            ( 15.dxe6 {Dosent seem to give enough} 15...fxe6 16.Qxd8+ Kxd8
            17.Rfd1+ Nd7 18.a4 a6 19.Bg3 Ke8 {And black is pretty solid} )
        15...b4
            ( 15...a6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 {Is best, and again black looks ok} )
        16.Bxc4 bxc3 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Qb3 {Is too dangerous for black} )
    15.Bxh8 Bd6
        ( 15...Bc5 16.Bd4 )
    16.e5 Bc5 {seeing no defence against g3, but both Bf6 or Ne4 wins on
    the spot}
        ( 16...g3 17.fxg3 Bc5+ 18.Rf2 Qxg3 )
    )
13...Kxf7 14.f3 {Lutz: 'Die Oeffnung der f-Linie ist natuerlich ein
wesentlicher Bestandteil des weissen Angriffs.'} 14...Kg8
    ( 14...gxf3 {Was played by Yuneev, who went quickly under after} 15.
    Bxf3 Kg8 16.e5
        ( 16.Bxh5!? )
    16...Qe8 17.Be4 Be7 18.Rf4 Rh6 19.Qf3 Na6 20.Rf1
        ( 20.Rf1 {Lutz} 20...Nac5 21.dxc5 Bxc5+ 22.Bf2 Bxf2+ 23.Qxf2 Nxe5
        24.Qc5 {1-0 Bosboom,M-Yuneev,A/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 74 ext (24)}
        )
    )
15.fxg4
    ( 15.e5 )
15...e5 {Played quickly, indicating that it might have been preperation.
Its logical preventing white from playing e5 himself, as well as it fights
for squares in the center.} 16.g5 {The idea is to take h5 with bishop, as
well as controlling f6, making sure blacks knights will have their
problems protecting their king Lutz: 'Es ist erstaunlich, wie hilflos
Schwarz ist, obwohl der weisse Angriff eher langsam vorankommt.'}
    ( 16.gxh5 {Also looks tempting, as} 16...exd4
        ( 16...Bg7 {However seems ok for black} )
    17.Bxc4+ bxc4 18.Qg4+ Bg7 19.Qe6+ Kh7 20.Qg6+ Kg8 21.Rf7 {Wins} )
16...exd4
    ( 16...Qb6 17.Bxh5
        ( 17.Bf2 {Is ok too} 17...exd4 18.Bxh5 c5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Ne5
        21.Bg3 Nbd7 22.Bg4 )
    17...Qxd4+ 18.Kh2 Qxd1 19.Bf7+ Kg7 20.Raxd1 {Seems winning as Be6 is
    next} )
    ( 16...Qe8 17.d5 {Is hard to asses, but I prefer white. a4 is a
    serious threat undermining c4. Black is surely a piece up, but I doubt
    he will be able to defend}
        ( 17.Rf5 exd4 18.Qxd4 )
    )
17.Bxh5 Rh7
    ( 17...dxc3 18.Bf7+ Kg7 19.Qd4+ Nf6 20.Qxc3
        ( 20.gxf6+?! Kxf7 21.Qxd8? Bc5+! -+ )
    20...Kxf7
        ( 20...Bc5+ 21.Bf2 Kxf7 22.Bxc5 Nd7 23.Bd4
            ( 23.Rad1 Qe8 24.Rxd7+ Qxd7 25.Qxf6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Qg7 27.Qe6+
            Kh7 28.Rf7 +- )
        23...Rh7 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Rxf6+ Kg8 26.Rg6+ Kf7 27.h5 Qb6+ 28.Kf1
        Rf8 29.Rf6+ Kg8 30.g6 {Is a nice product of Fritz, which seems
        winning for white} )
    21.Rxf6+ Kg8
        ( 21...Ke8 22.Re6+ Kf7 23.Rf1+ Kxe6 24.Qe5+ Kd7 25.Qf5+ Ke7 26.
        Qf7# )
    22.Rg6+ Kh7
        ( 22...Kf7 {Lutz} 23.Qf3+ Ke8
            ( 23...Kxg6 24.Qf5+ Kg7
                ( 24...Kh5 25.Qf7+ Kg4 26.Qf3# )
            25.Be5+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ )
        24.Re6+ Be7 25.Rf1 {Mit der Idee 26.Df7+ Kd7 27.Td1+.} 25...Qd4+
        26.Rf2 Rh7 27.g6 Rg7 28.Be5 +- )
    23.Qf3 {And again white crashes through} )
18.Bg6 Qe7
    ( 18...Rg7 19.Qh5 Qe7 20.e5 {'!' Lutz.}
        ( 20.Ne2 c5 21.Nf4 Ne5 22.Bf5 {Is simple and good, but not too
        speculative} )
        ( 20.Rf3! {Lutz} 20...dxc3 21.Raf1 {und die Drohung 22.Lf7+ ist
        toedlich, z.B.} 21...Qe6 22.Bf7+ Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Bg7
            ( 23...Bc5+ 24.Kh1 Nf8 25.Be5 Qxe5 26.Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.Qf7+ Kh8
            28.Qxf8+ Kh7 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Rf8# )
        24.g6 {nebst Matt auf h7.} )
    20...dxc3 21.Rae1 {Is much more fun. White sacs more material, but
    seems to win by a direct assault} 21...Rxg6
        ( 21...Qe6 22.Rf6 Nxf6
            ( 22...Qd5 23.e6 Nxf6 24.Bf7+ Rxf7 25.Qxf7+ Kh8 )
        23.exf6 )
    22.Qxg6+ Bg7
        ( 22...Qg7 23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.Rf7 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Nf8 26.Qf5 )
    23.e6 )
    ( 18...dxc3 {Lutz} 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Qg6+ Bg7 22.Rf7 +- )
19.Bd6 {'!' Lutz.} 19...Qg7
    ( 19...Qxd6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.g6 Qe7 23.Rf7 {Wins allthough
    fritz finds an amazing idea to fight a bit !} 23...Nf6
        ( 23...Qxf7 {Lutz} 24.gxf7+ Kg7 25.Rf1 +- )
    24.Rxf6 Nd7 25.Rf7 Nf6 26.Rxf6 dxc3 {As Rxf8 now is answered by Rxf8
    black can take on c3, but} 27.e5 cxb2 28.Raf1 {Does win easily} )
20.Bxh7+ Qxh7 21.Qg4
    ( 21.Bxf8 {Seems good too} )
    ( 21.Qxd4 c5 22.Qd2 Bg7 {Is not too clear though} )
21...Qg6
    ( 21...Bxd6 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Rf7 {'+-' Lutz. Wins} )
22.Bxf8 Ne5
    ( 22...Nxf8 {Looks as the critacal reply, but white wins by force} 23.
    Rxf8+
        ( 23.Ne2!? {(Lutz) sieht gut aus, z.B.} 23...c5 24.Nf4 Qxe4
            ( 24...Qh7 25.g6 $40 )
        25.Rae1 Qh7 26.Nh5 Nbd7 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.g6 Qh6 29.Qe6+ Kh8 30.g7+
        Kh7 31.gxf8=N+ Nxf8 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.Re8 +- )
    23...Kxf8 24.Rf1+ Ke7
        ( 24...Kg8 25.Rf6 Qe8 26.Qf5 )
        ( 24...Kg7 25.Rf6 Qe8 26.Rh6 Bc8
            ( 26...Nd7 27.Qf5 )
        27.Qf4 Qe7
            ( 27...Nd7 28.Qf5 )
        28.g6 )
        ( 24...Ke8 25.h5 Qg8 26.g6 )
    25.Rf6
        ( 25.h5 )
    25...Qg8 26.Qf4
        ( 26.Qf5 Nd7 )
    26...Nd7
        ( 26...Bc8 27.Qd6+ Ke8 28.Qxd4 )
    27.Qd6+ Kd8
        ( 27...Ke8 28.Re6+ Kd8 29.Re7 Bc8 30.Ne2 )
    28.e5 Kc8 29.Rf2
        ( 29.e6 Nxf6 30.gxf6 Qd8 31.Qe5 Qc7 32.Qxd4 )
    29...dxc3 30.e6 cxb2 31.Qxd7+ Kb8 32.Qd6+ Kc8 33.e7 b1=Q+ 34.Kh2 {Wins
    again} )
    ( 22...dxc3 23.h5 Qe8 24.g6
        ( 24.Bd6 cxb2 )
    24...cxb2
        ( 24...Nxf8 25.g7 Nh7
            ( 25...Ne6 26.h6 Nd7 27.Rf5 Kh7 28.Rf8 Qxf8 29.gxf8=N+ Ndxf8
            30.bxc3 )
        26.h6 Qe7 27.Rad1 Na6 28.Rd7 )
    25.h6 {Isnt that funny for black. I all lines his King is simply too
    weak} )
23.Qh3 Nbd7 {Lutz: 'Schwarz setzt auf Beendigung seiner Entwicklung, aber
es ist bereits zu spaet.'}
    ( 23...dxc3 24.h5 Qe8 25.bxc3 {Is winning easily} )
24.Be7 {'+-' Lutz.}
    ( 24.h5 Qe8 25.Bd6 dxc3 26.bxc3 {Wins too} )
24...Re8
    ( 24...dxc3 25.h5 Qe8
        ( 25...Qg7 {Lutz} 26.Bf6 Nxf6 27.gxf6 Qg4 28.f7+ Kf8 29.Qxc3 Nxf7
        30.h6 Qg5 31.Rf5 Qxh6 32.Raf1 +- )
        ( 25...Qxe4 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Bf6+ )
    26.Qe6+ Kh7 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Bf6 )
25.h5 Qg7 26.Bf6 Nxf6 27.gxf6 Qf7 28.Rf5 {The rest is without interest.
White just haves an attack, as well as material edge} 28...Kh7 29.Qg3 dxc3
{Lutz: 'Endlich ist dieser Springer gefallen, nachdem er 13 Zuege lang
hing. Aber die schwarze Stellung ist hinueber.'} 30.Rxe5 cxb2 31.Rf1 Rxe5
32.Qxe5 Bc8 33.Qxb2 Be6 34.Qe5 b4 35.Rf3
    ( 35.Qxe6 {Wins as well} )
35...c3 36.Rg3 c2 37.Qf4 c1=Q+ 38.Qxc1 Qxh5 39.Rg5 Qh4 40.g3 Qh3 41.Rg7+
Kh8 42.Qg5 {Lutz: 'Eine stark vorgetragene Partie von Peter Heine Nielsen,
die das Potential des Gambits 6.Bh4 sehr schoen verdeutlicht.'} 1-0

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Delchev, Alexander"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "E08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 {Das ist die
sogenannte Geschlossene Variante. Die schwarze Strategie lautet: die
Stellung geschlossen halten, den Damenfluegel mit b6-Bb7 entwickeln und in
einem guenstigen Moment den Zug c6-c5 durchsetzen.} 7.b3 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1
{Das ist eine bekannte, schlaue Zugfolge. Weiss legt sich noch nicht auf
die Entwicklung seiner Leichtfiguren am Damenfluegel fest. Im Falle von
Bb7 wird der Springer nach c3 entwickelt, im Falle von Ba6 - wie in der
Partie - nachd2.} 9...Ba6
    ( 9...Bb7 10.Nc3 )
10.Nbd2
    ( 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Nc3 dxc4 =+ )
10...Rc8 {Schwarz bereitet c6-c5 vor. Das ist logisch, aber die sofortige
Durchsetzung des Zuges kommt auch stark in Betracht.}
    ( 10...c5!? 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4
        ( 12.Nxc4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bxc4 16.bxc4 e5 17.
        Nf5 Nc5
            ( 17...Rfe8!? 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne3 = )
        18.Bd2 Ne6 19.Bc3 Bc5 20.Kh1 Rfd8
            ( 20...g6 21.f4 gxf5 22.Bxe5 Qe7 23.exf5 Ng7 ~ )
        21.f4! exf4 22.e5 {1-0 Filippov,V-Galkin,A/Russia (ch) 1998/OPN,
        E09/[Ribli] (38)} )
    12...cxd4 13.e5 Ng4 14.Qe4 h5 15.h3 Nc5 16.Qxd4 Nh6 17.Ba3 Qc7 18.Bxc5
    bxc5 19.Qc3 Rad8 {0-1 Huebner,R-Anand,V/Dortmund GER 2000/78
    multimedia (39)} )
11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nf1!?
    ( 13.Bb2 )
13...dxc4
    ( 13...cxd4 14.Nxd4 b5 15.Ne3 bxc4 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 cxb3 18.Qxb3
    Bf6
        ( 18...Nc5 19.Qf3 Bf6 20.Ba3 Qa5 21.Rab1 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Be2 23.Qxe2
        Qxa3 24.Qe7 {1-0 Sulava,N-Atalik,S/Cappelle La Grande FRA 2000
        (34)} )
    19.Ba3 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Ne6 {1-0 Stohl,I-Dydyshko,V/Zakopane chT
    2000/The Week in Chess 310 (26)} )
14.d5 Ne8 {Der Springer peilt das Blockadefeld d6 an.}
    ( 14...cxb3 15.axb3 Bxf1 16.Bxf1 Qc7
        ( 16...Ne8 17.Rxa7 Nd6 18.Bf4 $36 )
    17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxa7 Ra8
        ( 19...Nxd5? 20.Bc4 N7f6 21.Ng5 {Jetzt droht 22.Rxd5.} 21...g6 22.
        Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Ne4 Qb8
            ( 23...Nb4 24.Nxd6 Nxc2 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Rdd7 +- )
            ( 23...Qe5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Nf6+ +- )
        24.Rd7 Nb4 25.Qc3 +- )
    20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Nh4 g6 22.Ng2 += )
15.bxc4 Nd6 16.Ne3 Re8
    ( 16...b5!? )
17.Bf1
    ( 17.a4!? += {Weiss verhindert b6-b5. Die Stellung ist geschlossen,
    aber Weiss hat spuerbar Raumvorteil.} )
17...b5 $132 18.Rb1
    ( 18.cxb5 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 Nxb5 20.Nc4 Nb6 )
18...bxc4
    ( 18...Rb8 )
19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Bd2 ~ {Weiss beschaeftigt sich nicht mit der Rueckeroberung
des Pc4, er moechte vielmehr den positionellen Druck erhoehen.}
    ( 20.Nxc4 Nb6 21.Qc2
        ( 21.Qxa7 Nbxc4 22.Bxc4 Rc7 23.Qa4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Rd7 = )
    21...h6 +=
        ( 21...Bxd5 22.Rxb6 Bxf3 23.Rbxd6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 +/- )
    )
    ( 20.Qxa7? Ra8 )
20...Ra8
    ( 20...Nb6!? 21.Qxa7 Nxd5 22.Nxd5
        ( 22.Rxb7? Nxb7 23.Qxb7 Nxe3 24.fxe3 c3 -+ )
    22...Bxd5 23.Ba5 Ra8 24.Bxd8 Rxa7 25.Bxe7 Bxf3 26.Bxd6
        ( 26.Rxd6 Raxe7 27.Bxc4 Re1+ 28.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Bf1 Kf8 $36 )
    26...Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Re1
        ( 28.Bxc4? Rad7 -+ )
    28...c3 29.Bxc5 Rxa2 =+ )
21.Ba5 Nb6 22.Qc2 Bc8 {Schwarz moechte seine Laeuferstellung verbessern.}
    ( 22...Bf6!? )
23.Ne5 Bf6 24.N5xc4 {Weiss gewinnt den Bauern zurueck.} 24...Ndxc4 25.Nxc4
{Weiss scheint dank seiner Initiative am Damenfluegel besser zu stehen.}
25...Bg4 $132 26.Rd2 Bd4
    ( 26...Nxc4?! 27.Bxd8 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 +/- )
27.Nxb6 axb6 28.Bxb6 Qxd5 {Die Stellung ist materiell ausgeglichen,
Schwarz hat keine Probleme.} 29.Bg2 Bf3? {Dieser automatische Zug verliert
einen Bauern.}
    ( 29...Qe6! 30.Bxa8
        ( 30.Bxc5? Bf5 -+ )
    30...Bf5 31.Qb3 Bxb1 = )
30.Bxf3 Qxf3 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Qxc5 += {Weiss hat einen Mehrbauern, aber da
der a- Bauer gar nicht gefaehrlich ist, hat Schwarz bei gutem Spiel
ausgezeichnete Remischancen.} 32...h5 {Schwarz moechte seine Grundlinie
oeffnen und droht eventuell h5-h4 mit Bauerntausch.} 33.h4 Ra4
    ( 33...g6 += )
34.Qc7 Raa8
    ( 34...Rea8?! 35.Rd8+ Rxd8 36.Qxd8+ Kh7 37.Rb3 Qe4 38.Qg5 g6 39.Qf6
    +/- )
35.Rdb2 Kh7 36.Rb3 Qd5 37.Qc2+ Kg8
    ( 37...g6 += )
38.a3 g6 39.Rd1 Qe6 40.Rf3 Rec8 41.Qd2 Rc7 {Alles in der schwarzen
Stellung ist verteidigt - es gibt keine Schwaechen.} 42.Qd4 Rca7 43.Rdd3
Qe7 44.Rde3 Qf8 45.Qb2 {Weiss verteidigt den Pa3, aber das ist auch schon
alles, er hat keine Hoffnung zu a3-a4 zu kommen.} 45...Qd6 46.Rf6 Qd1+ 47.
Kh2 Rc7 48.Qa2 Kg7 49.Ref3 Raa7 {Schwarz verteidigt seine einzige
Schwaeche, den Pf7.} 50.Qb2 Kh7 51.Qe5 Re7 52.Qf4 Qa1 53.Qc4 Kg7 {Droht
eventuell 54...Qxf6 und Schwarz bekommt zwei Tuerme fuer die Dame.} 54.
R6f4 Rac7 55.Qd5 Rcd7 56.Qc4 Rc7 57.Qd4+ {Das Turmendspiel hat Weiss auch
nichts zu bieten, andererseits kommt er sonst auch nicht dazu, seine
Stellung zu verbessern.} 57...Qxd4 58.Rxd4 Rc2 59.Ra4 Re6 {Schwarz kann
ein Turmpaar tauschen, wonach eine aus der Theorie bekannte Remisstellung
entsteht.}
    ( 59...Ra2 )
60.Kg2 Ra2 61.Ra7
    ( 61.Raf4 Re7 )
61...Rf6 62.Rxf6 Kxf6 = {Man findet dieses Endspiel in jedem
Endspiellehrbuch. Die Stellung ist theoretisch Remis, denn Weiss kommt
nicht voran. Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf a2 und kontrolliert
gleichzeitig den a-Bauern und die weissen Bauern am Koenigsfluegel.} 63.
Kf3 Kg7 64.Ke3 Kf6 65.f3 Ra1 {Die Zone a2-a1 ist ideal fuer den schwarzen
Turm.} 66.Ra4 Kg7! {Nach diesem Zug kann Weiss seine Turmstellung nicht
verbessern.}
    ( 66...Ra2? 67.Rf4+ Kg7 68.a4 +/- )
67.Ke4 Re1+ 68.Kf4 Ra1 69.Ke5 Rg1 {So sieht die schwarze Verteidigung aus
- wenn der weisse Koenig sich fort begibt, greift der schwarze Turm die
Bauern am Koenigsfluegel an.} 70.Kf4 Ra1 71.Ra7 Kf6 {Wenn die Drohung Rf4+
nicht mehr besteht, darf der schwarze Koenig auf f6 erscheinen.} 72.Ke3
Ra2 73.Ra4 Kg7! 74.Ra5 Kf6 75.g4 {Dieser Zug bietet nichts, aber es gibt
keinen anderen Gewinnversuch.} 75...hxg4 76.fxg4 Rh2 77.h5 Rh3+
    ( 77...gxh5?! 78.Rxh5 Ra2 79.Ra5 += {In der Partie bekommen wir eine
    aehnliche Stellung, aber mit dem h-Bauern, und das ist viel einfacher
    fuer Schwarz.} )
78.Kf4 gxh5 79.gxh5 Rh4+ 80.Kg3 Rc4 {Das Material ist reduziert, der
weisse Mehrbauer hat keine Bedeutung.} 81.Ra6+ Kg7 82.h6+ Kh7 83.Rf6 Rc3+
84.Rf3 Rc7
    ( 84...Rxf3+?? 85.Kxf3 Kxh6 86.a4 +- )
85.a4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th olm final"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O
Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.a5 Nxa5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bd3
g6 16.Qf3 Rf8 17.Bh6 Nxe5 18.Qg3 f6 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Qh3 Kg8 21.Nxe6 Qd6
22.Rxa5 Bxe6 23.Qg3 Nxd3 24.Qxd6 Bxd6 25.cxd3 Be5 26.Ne4 Rf8 27.h3 Kg7 28.
Ng5 Bg8 29.Nf3 Bd6 30.Raa1 Bd5 31.Rae1 Rd8 32.Re3 Rc8 33.Nd4 Be5 34.Ne2
Rc2 35.d4 Bd6 36.Rg1 Rxb2 37.Nc3 Bf7 38.Rd1 f5 39.Kg1 h5 40.Rb1 Rxb1+ 41.
Nxb1 b5 42.Rc3 Bc4 43.Nd2 Bd5 44.Rc8 Kf6 45.Nf3 b4 46.Nd2 a5 47.Nc4 Bxc4
48.Rxc4 a4 0-1

