[Event "It (active) (knockout)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Cap d'Agde (France)"] [Round "1"] [White "Harikrishna P (IND)"] [Black "Volokitin Andrei (UKR)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2645"] [ECO "B45"] [Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5.Nc3"] { Volokitin Andrei (UKR) +5 =8 -10 } 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Qc7 { ?/= +0.68 CAP } ( 8...Nf6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Na4 Qc7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Be5 Qc6 16.Be4 f6 17.c4 Rfd8 18.Qh5 fxe5 19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.cxd5 exd5 21.f4 exf4 22.Bg6 Qe6 23.Qh8+ Qg8 24.Rxf4+ Bf6 25.Rxf6+ { 1-0, Svidler Peter 2743 - Volokitin Andrei 2660 , Turin 31. 5.2006 Olympiad } ) 9.b3 { N } ( 9.f4 Nf6 10.Kh1 Be7 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Qg3 d4 14.Nb1 c5 15.Nd2 h5 16.Qe1 h4 17.Nc4 h3 18.g3 Bc6 19.Kg1 Bb5 20.Qe2 Nd7 21.a4 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 a5 23.Bd2 Nb6 24.Bb5+ Kf8 25.c3 Qd8 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Rac1 Bg5 28.Rc6 Nc8 { ...1-0, Timofeev Artyom 2658 - Volokitin Andrei 2666 , Sarajevo 20. 5.2005 It (cat.16) } ) ( 9.Re1 Bb7 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.e5 Bf8 12.Ne2 Ne7 13.Nf4 g6 14.Qg3 c5 15.c3 h5 16.h4 Bg7 17.Nh3 Rg8 18.Bf4 Nf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Bg5 Kd7 21.Rad1 Raf8 22.Qe3 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Rxe5 f6 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.f3 Kd6 27.Rde1 d4 28.Kf2 Be4 { ...1-0, Anand Viswanathan 2779 - Svidler Peter 2742 , Rishon le Zion 7. 9.2006 Ch World (blitz) } ) ( 9.Qg4 Ne7 10.Qg3 Qd7 11.Na4 dxe4 12.Nb6 Qb7 13.Nxa8 exd3 14.Nc7+ Kd7 15.Bf4 dxc2 16.Qd3+ Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qxc2 f6 19.Rac1 e5 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.a3 Ke6 22.Rfe1 Bd7 23.Re3 Qa8 24.Qb3 { 1/2-1/2, Steen Jan Peter - Scepanik Hans Juergen, Schleswig Holstein 1991 Ch Schleswig Holstein } ) ( 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.e5 h6 12.Bh4 Ng8 13.Bg3 h5 14.Bf4 c5 15.b3 Bb7 16.Bd2 g6 17.Nd1 Nh6 18.f3 Nf5 19.c3 c4 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Nf2 O-O-O 22.Rab1 Rhg8 23.Kh1 Rg7 24.Nh3 Rdg8 25.Nf4 h4 26.h3 { 1/2-1/2, Sedlak Nikola 2564 - Volokitin Andrei 2660 , Turin 23. 5.2006 Olympiad } ) ( 9.Ne2 { 1/2-1/2, Rabrenovic Milinko 2341 - Stanojevic Branko 2334 , Herceg Novi 2.10.2006 Ch Montenegro (team) } ) ( 9.Kh1 Nf6 10.f4 Be7 11.e5 Nd7 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 Bb7 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.b3 g6 16.Qe2 O-O 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Be3 Rfc8 20.Rac1 Qb7 21.Rfd1 a5 22.Bc4 Bc6 23.Rd2 a4 24.Kg1 Kg7 25.Rcd1 Qb4 26.h3 axb3 27.axb3 Qb7 28.Qf2 Ra5 { ...1-0, Georgiadis Ioannis 2312 - Paganoglou Anastasia 1935 , Athens 11. 6.2006 It (open) } ) ( 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Kh1 Nf6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Rf3 Rfe8 15.Raf1 Qc6 16.Rh3 g6 17.Nd1 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Bc3 Qc7 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qe7 22.f6 Qe6 23.Qh4 h5 24.Qg5 Qg4 25.Qxg4 hxg4 26.Rg3 Bc5 27.Nf2 Bd4 28.Nxg4 a5 { ...1-0, Froewis Annika 1861 - Horvath Maria 2023 , Koeflach 10. 9.2006 Ch Austria (w) } ) ( 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Qh5 h6 12.Kh1 O-O 13.f4 Bd7 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Ne2 c5 16.c3 dxe4 17.Bxe4 f5 18.Bf3 Nd5 19.Qh4 Bc6 20.Qf2 Ba8 21.Kg1 Qa5 22.Nc1 Qb5 23.Re5 Qa4 24.g3 Nf6 25.b3 Qd7 26.Rd1 Qf7 27.Nd3 Rd8 28.Bxa8 Ng4 { ...0-1, Frolov Artur 2485 - Rublevsky Sergei 2665 , Sochi 1990 Ch URS (juniors) (under 20) } ) ( 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f4 Bb7 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Qe2 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14.Qf2 d4 15.Ne2 Qd5 16.Ng3 Ng4 17.Qe2 Ne3 18.Be4 Qd7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.c3 Nxf1 21.Nxf1 dxc3 22.bxc3 O-O 23.Ng3 Qb5 24.Qe4 Qc5+ 25.Qd4 Rac8 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Ne4 Rc4 28.Re1 Rb8 { ...0-1, Simon Frank - Schaaf Andre 2051 , Darmstadt 1997 Memorial Weber (open) } ) 9...Nf6 10.Bb2 { N } 10...Bd6 11.f4 Bxf4 12.h3 Be5 13.Kh1 { ?! } ( 13.Qe1 { !? } 13...O-O 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Kh1 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Bb7 18.Qc4 { } ) 13...dxe4 14.Bc4 Bb7 15.Qe1 c5 16.Rd1 Nh5 { ?! } ( 16...O-O { !? } 17.Bc1 h6 18.Na4 Nh5 19.Rf2 Ng3+ 20.Kg1 Nf5 21.Ba3 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 { } ) 17.Nb5 Ng3+ { ? } ( 17...axb5 18.Bxb5+ Kf8 19.Rd7 Qxd7 20.Bxd7 Bxb2 21.Qf2 Nf6 22.Qxc5+ Kg8 23.Qb4 Ba6 24.Rb1 Ba3 { } ) 18.Kg1 axb5 19.Bxb5+ Kf8 20.Rd7 Nxf1 21.Rxc7 Bxc7 22.Qc3 f6 23.Qxc5+ Kg8 24.Qxc7 Bd5 25.Kxf1 h5 26.c4 { } {#r} 1-0