[Event "Memorial Stepanov (open)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com - Krasnodar (Russia)"] [Round "1"] [White "Litvishko M (RUS)"] [Black "Maiorov Oleg (RUS)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2234"] [BlackElo "2446"] [ECO "A56"] [Opening "Benoni: Czech, 4.Nc3 d6"] { Maiorov Oleg (RUS) +4 =3 -2 } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 { ? = } ( 7.Nf3 Nf8 8.Qe2 Ng6 9.g3 a6 10.h4 Bg4 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Bd2 Nh5 13.Nh2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.O-O-O Nf6 { ...1-0, Krasenkow Michal(2605) - Chabanon Jean-Luc(2461), Asti 1996 It (open) } ) 7...h5 ( 7...Nf8 8.a3 Ng6 9.b4 b6 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.Rb1 O-O 12.O-O Nh5 13.Qa4 a6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Na4 Rb8 16.Rxb8 Qxb8 17.Bd2 { ...0-1, Rogozenko Dorian(2536) - Seirawan Yasser(2644), Breda 2001 Ch Netherlands (team) 2001 (play-off) } ) ( 7...a6 8.h3 h5 9.Be3 h4 10.Qd2 Ng8 11.a3 { 1/2-1/2, Ippolito Dean(2430) - Shliperman Igor(2450), New York 1998 Ch USA (juniors) } ) ( 7...O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.g3 a6 10.f4 Rb8 11.a4 b6 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Qd2 h6 14.Kg2 Nf6 15.h3 Bd7 16.Ng1 Nh7 17.Nf3 { ...0-1, Ftacnik Lubomir(2555) - Mokry Karel(2520), Prague 1986 Ch Czechoslovakia } ) 8.Ng3 ( 8.f3 h4 9.Be3 Nf8 10.Qd2 Ng6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.a3 a6 13.Kc2 Nh7 14.g3 Bg5 15.f4 Bf6 16.Rhg1 Kf8 17.Rdf1 Rb8 { ...1-0, Quinteros Miguel A(2515) - Gheorghiu Florin(2605), Lone Pine 1980 It } ) 8...g6 ( 8...a6 9.Nf5 Bf8 10.h4 g6 11.Ne3 Bh6 12.a3 Kf8 13.g3 Ne8 14.b4 b6 15.Bd2 Kg7 16.Kf1 cxb4 17.axb4 a5 18.Kg2 { ...1/2-1/2, Bertok Mario(2430) - Petrosian Tigran V(2640), Vinkovci 1970 It } ) 9.h3 { N } ( 9.f3 a6 10.Rb1 h4 11.Nge2 Nh5 12.g4 Ng7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.a3 Ne8 15.Qh6 Ndf6 16.Rg1 Nh7 17.g5 h3 18.Kd1 Ng7 { ...1/2-1/2, Vera Reynaldo(2538) - Comas Fabrego Luis(2510), Habana 1999 Memorial J.Capablanca (cat.12) } ) ( 9.Qc2 a6 10.Bd2 Kf8 11.a4 b6 12.a5 Rb8 13.O-O Kg7 14.Rfb1 h4 15.Nge2 Nh5 16.b4 bxa5 17.b5 Bg5 18.bxa6 Rxb1+ { ...0-1, Oud Nicolas(2021) - Onat Ilhan(2355), Bad Wildbad 1993 Ch World (seniors) } ) ( 9.Nf1 Kf8 10.g3 Kg7 11.Ne2 a6 12.a4 h4 13.Ne3 Nh5 14.Rg1 hxg3 15.hxg3 Ndf6 16.f3 Bd7 17.Bd2 Ne8 18.Bc3 Kg8 { ...1/2-1/2, Dickenson Neil F(2310) - Twyble Michael(2205), England 1997 Ch England (team) 1996/97 } ) ( 9.O-O h4 10.Nge2 Nh5 11.Be3 g5 12.Bc2 Nf4 13.Ba4 Kf8 14.a3 Nb6 15.Bb3 Bd7 16.Nc1 Bf6 17.Nd3 Rc8 18.Rc1 Ke7 { ...1/2-1/2, Nordahl Helge(2256) - Hansen Torbjorn R(2259), Gausdal 1999 Ch Norway } ) 9...h4 10.Nge2 { +0,56 CAP } 10...Nh5 11.Be3 Nf8 12.Qc2 a6 13.O-O-O { } ( 13.O-O { !? } 13...Bg5 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.Rfb1 { } ) 13...Rb8 14.g4 hxg3 15.fxg3 Bd7 16.g4 Ng7 17.Rdf1 b5 18.Ng3 Bh4 19.Qf2 f6 20.Kb1 { } ( 20.Rhg1 { !? } 20...Qa5 21.a3 b4 22.axb4 { } ) 20...Qa5 21.Rhg1 { ? } ( 21.Bd2 { ! } 21...bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qb6 23.Nd1 { } ) 21...bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc3 { } {#R} 0-1