[Event "It \"] [Site "Montreal (Canada)"] [Date "2004.07.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhalevski Victor (ISR)"] [Black "Korchnoi Viktor (SUI)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2601"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Catalan: 3...c5"] { Mikhalevski Victor (ISR) +2 =1 -0 Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) +0 =1 -1 } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.Nf3 ( 7.e4 Nbd7 8.f4 Rb8 9.Nh3 Nb6 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 Bxh3 12.Bxh3 O-O 13.axb5 Nxe4 14.Rxa7 Bf6 15.Re1 Re8 16.Rxf7 Bd4+ 17.Be3 Ng5 18.fxg5 Rxe3 19.Rxe3 Qxg5 20.Be6 Qxe3+ 21.Kg2 Kh8 22.Qf1 h5 23.Rf3 Qe5 24.h4 Nxd5 25.Rf8+ Kh7 26.Qf5+ Qxf5 { ...1-0, Mikhalevski Victor 2540 - Tindall Brett 2275 , Hoogeveen 1998 It (open) } ) 7...g6 ( 7...Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b4 Bb7 10.Bb2 Na6 11.Nc3 cxb4 12.Nxb5 Qd7 13.Nfd4 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.e4 Nc3 16.Nxc3 bxc3 17.Bxc3 Bf6 18.Rc1 Rfe8 19.Re1 Rac8 20.Qf3 Rc5 21.Nf5 Bxc3 22.Qg4 Qe6 23.Red1 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Nxd6 Rd4 26.Ne4 Rc7 27.Kg2 { ...0-1, Umansky Mikhail 2415 - Huebner Robert Dr 2625 , Switzerland 2002 Ch Switzerland (team) 2002 } ) ( 7...Bb7 8.Nh4 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.a4 b4 11.a5 O-O 12.e4 Ba6 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.f4 Re8 15.Bf3 c4 16.Bd2 Rb8 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Qc2 Nd3 20.Reb1 Nxd5 21.Bb6 axb6 22.exd5 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 b3 { 0-1, Panagopoulos Takis - Keres Paul 2580 , Amsterdam 1954 Olympiad } ) 8.O-O Bg7 { = } 9.e4 ( 9.Ne1 O-O 10.a4 b4 11.e4 Re8 12.f3 Ba6 13.Rf2 Nbd7 14.Nd3 Rb8 15.Bf1 Qc7 16.Bd2 Nb6 17.Kg2 Nfd7 18.Be1 Nc4 19.Re2 Nce5 20.Rc2 Qb7 21.Be2 b3 22.Rc1 Nxd3 23.Bxd3 Bxb2 24.Bxa6 Qxa6 25.Nc3 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 Ne5 27.Rb1 Nd3 28.Bd2 c4 { ...0-1, Zaksauskaite Daiva 2020 - Meduna Eduard 2450 , Prague 1996 It (open) } ) 9...O-O ( 9...Bb7 10.a4 O-O 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Nc3 { 1/2-1/2, Psakhis Lev 2610 - Yudasin Leonid 2630 , Haifa 1995 It (cat.14) } ) ( 9...Nfd7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 fxe5 13.Be3 O-O 14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4 Bd7 16.Qa5 Bf6 17.Nd2 Qxa5 18.Rxa5 Bd8 19.Ra3 a5 20.Rc1 Bc7 21.Nc4 Bb5 22.Nxe5 Bd8 23.Nc4 Bxc4 24.Rxc4 Bf6 25.Rca4 Bxb2 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Nd7 28.Ra6 Ne5 29.Rxd6 { ...1/2-1/2, Zilberstein Valery I 2445 - Osnos Viatcheslav 2510 , Moscow 1972 Olympiad URS } ) ( 9...Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qb6 { -0.18 CAP } ) 10.e5 ( 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.Qc2 a5 13.a4 b4 14.Nbd2 Ba6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.Bg5 Nef6 17.Bh3 h6 18.Bf4 c4 19.Bxd6 c3 20.Nb3 cxb2 21.Qb1 Rc3 22.Nfd4 Re8 23.Bf4 Bc4 24.Nc6 Qb6 25.Nbxa5 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Bd3 28.Qe8+ Nf8 29.Ne7+ Kh7 { ...1-0, Bu Xiangzhi 2570 - Podlesnik Bogdan 2425 , Bled 2000 It (open) } ) 10...dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bb7 12.Nc6 Qb6 13.Ne7+ ( 13.Qf3 Nxd5 14.Ne7+ Nxe7 15.Qxb7 Nbc6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Nc3 b4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rac8 20.a3 bxa3 21.Rxa3 Rfd8 22.Bc4 Na5 23.Bb5 c4 24.Ra2 Rd5 25.Ba6 Rcc5 26.Kg2 h5 27.Re1 Bd4 28.Ra4 Kg7 29.Rd1 Bf6 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Bxc4 { 1/2-1/2, Terzic Safet 2291 - Palac Mladen 2591 , Neum 2002 Ch Bosnia & Herzegovina (team) } ) ( 13.Nxb8 Raxb8 14.Nc3 b4 15.Na4 Qb5 16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Rc1 c4 18.b3 cxb3 19.Qxb3 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Bg5 Rdc8 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Rd1 Nf6 24.Be3 h5 25.a3 a5 26.Nb6 Rc3 27.a4 Qc6 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Rxd5 Ra3 { 0-1, Sosonko Gennadi 2545 - Stean Michael F 2530 , London 1980 It } ) 13...Kh8 { +0.64 CAP } 14.Bf4 { N } ( 14.Re1 Nbd7 ( 14...Na6 15.a4 Rfe8 16.axb5 Qxb5 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Nc6 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Nb4 20.Rxa7 Rxa7 21.Nxa7 Nd3 22.Qd1 c4 23.Be3 Nxd5 24.Qf3 Ne1 25.Qd1 Nxg2 26.Bd4 Qe6 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qd4+ Nf6 { 0-1, Payen Arnaud 2386 - Pelletier Yannick 2587 , France 4. 4.2004 Ch France (team) 2004 } ) 15.a4 Qa5 16.Bd2 b4 17.Na3 Nb6 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 Rad8 20.Qc2 c4 21.c7 Rd7 22.Nxc4 Rxc7 23.Nxa5 Rxc2 24.Bxb4 Rfc8 25.Bh3 Rg8 26.Bc3 Nfd5 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.b3 Nc3 29.Bf1 Rc8 30.Nc4 Nxc4 31.Bxc4 Rc6 32.Re3 Rd6 33.Bd3 Rb2 { ...1-0, Khenkin Igor 2624 - Epishin Vladimir 2626 , Bratto 2002 It (open) } ) ( 14.Nc3 Nbd7 15.Be3 Rad8 16.a4 Rfe8 17.a5 Qa6 18.Nc6 Rc8 19.Nxb5 Qxb5 20.Nxa7 Qa6 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.b3 Qa8 23.a6 Bxd5 24.f3 Rc6 25.a7 Rc7 26.b4 Rxa7 27.bxc5 Rxa1 28.Qxa1 Qc8 29.Bd4 h6 30.Qc3 Kh7 31.Rc1 Ne8 32.Rd1 Bxd4+ 33.Qxd4 Nc7 { ...0-1, Ulibin Mikhail 2560 - Izeta Txabarri Felix 2510 , Las Palmas 1993 It (cat.13) } ) 14...Nh5 { ! } ( 14...Nbd7 { ? } 15.Nc3 Rfe8 16.Re1 b4 { } ) 15.Bxb8 Raxb8 { } ( 15...Bxb2 { !? } 16.Nd2 Raxb8 17.Rb1 Bd4 { } ) 16.Nc3 Rbd8 { } ( 16...Nf6 { !? } 17.Re1 Rbe8 18.Rc1 c4 { } ) 17.Qb3 a6 18.Nc6 c4 19.Qc2 Rde8 20.Rfe1 Nf6 21.Ne5 Qd6 22.f4 b4 { ? } ( { ? } 22...Re7 23.Rad1 Kg8 24.Qf2 Rfe8 { } ) 23.Na4 c3 { ?! } ( 23...Bxd5 { !? } 24.Rad1 Rb8 25.g4 Rb5 { } ) 24.bxc3 bxc3 25.Qxc3 Rc8 26.Qd2 { ?! } ( 26.Qd4 { !? } 26...Rc2 27.Bf3 Kg8 28.Nb6 { } ) 26...Nxd5 { ?! } ( 26...Kg8 { !? } 27.Rab1 Bxd5 28.Rbd1 Rfd8 { } ) 27.Rad1 Qa3 { ?? } ( { ? } 27...f6 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.Qxd5 Bxd5 { } ) 28.Bxd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Bxe5 30.Qxe5+ f6 31.Qd4 { } {#r} 1-0