[Event "Ch France"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Aix les Bains (France)"] [Round "10"] [White "Vaisser Anatoly (FRA)"] [Black "Sokolov Andrei (FRA)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2591"] [ECO "E38"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"] { Sokolov Andrei (FRA) +0 =1 -0 } 1.d4 { 1 } 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 { ? } ( 7...Nc6 8.Bg5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.e3 Qa5 11.exd4 Qxg5 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 b6 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.f3 g5 16.Be4 Nxe4+ 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 { 1/2-1/2, Schenk Andreas 2478 - Sokolov Andrei, France 2003 Ch France (team) 2003 } ) 8.e3 ( 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.e3 Be7 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 d6 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Rac1 Nbd7 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.Bh4 Nhf6 17.Nd2 Ne5 18.Bg3 Rac8 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Qb1 Qb8 21.b4 Qa8 22.Bf1 Ned7 23.Bh4 Re8 24.Qb2 Qa7 25.Bg3 d5 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.Nce4 b5 { ...1-0, Karpov Anatoly 2688 - Macieja Bartlomiej 2629 , Warsaw 2003 Match (active) } ) ( 8.Bf4 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nh5 10.Ng5 g6 11.Bc1 Be7 12.Nf3 Bxf3 13.exf3 Bg5 14.f4 Bh6 15.g3 Nc6 16.Bg2 Rc8 17.Qa4 Bg7 18.Nb5 d5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.O-O d4 21.Rfe1 a5 22.Bh3 f5 23.Bf1 Kh8 24.Bc4 Nf6 25.Be6 Nd7 26.Qc4 Na7 27.Qf1 Nxb5 { ...1-0, Ivanchuk Vassily 2730 - Zvjaginsev Vadim 2650 , Elista 1998 Cup President (play-off) } ) 8...Bb7 9.Bd3 ( 9.Be2 Qc7 10.b4 Be7 11.Bb2 a6 12.Rc1 d6 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Bd3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Ne5 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Bxe4 a5 20.Qb2 f5 21.Bd3 axb4 22.axb4 Qd6 23.Rfd1 Qxb4 24.Qxe5 Rc6 25.Qb5 Rfc8 26.Qxb4 Bxb4 27.Rb1 Bc5 28.f4 Ra8 { ...1/2-1/2, Tikkanen Hans 2306 - Palo Davor 2484 , Hallsberg 2003 It (open) (juniors) } ) 9...Bxf3 { N } ( 9...Be7 10.b4 ( 10.Bd2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Nd4 Bb5 16.Bc3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne4 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.O-O Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Rc8 22.Qb3 Bf6 23.Rd1 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rc1+ 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.h3 g6 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Kh2 Qd2 29.Kg3 { ...0-1, Berta Krisztian 2160 - Nagy Ervin 2335 , Hungary 1997 Ch Hungary (team) 1997/98 } ) 10...a5 11.b5 d6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Ne4 Rc8 14.O-O d5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rac1 g6 18.Qe2 Nc5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.e4 Bb7 21.Bb1 Qf4 22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Nxd2 Rfd8 24.Rfd1 Rd4 25.Nc4 Nb3 26.Rxd4 Nxc1 27.Kf1 Nb3 28.Rd3 a4 29.Nxb6 { ...0-1, Van Den Bosch Johannes - Steiner Endre 2450 , Budapest 1929 It } ) ( 9...h6 10.b4 ( 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Be4 Nd7 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bf5 Bd6 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.Bd2 Rfe8 19.Bc3 Nc5 20.Bh3 Qc7 21.g3 Ne4 22.Be1 Qb8 23.Rac1 Be5 24.Bb4 a5 25.Be1 Qd6 26.f3 Ng5 27.Bg2 Bxd4 28.exd4 Qe6 29.h4 { ...1/2-1/2, Peregudov Y 2220 - Jakovenko Dmitry 2410 , Tomsk 1998 Cup Russia (open) } ) 10...Be7 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 d6 13.h4 Nbd7 14.Ng5 Rc8 15.Nce4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.f4 Qg3+ 20.Kf1 Nc5 21.Qf3 Qxf3+ 22.gxf3 Na4 23.Bd4 Rxc4 24.Ke2 f6 25.Rag1 e5 26.Ba1 Kh7 27.Rd1 Rc2+ 28.Kd3 Ra2 29.Ke4 { ...0-1, Carmona Jose Luis 2145 - Emma Jaime 2405 , Rio Hondo 1966 Zt } ) ( 9...Nc6 10.O-O Rc8 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Kh1 Bxa3 16.Bxa3 Qxa3 17.Ra1 Qc5 18.Rxa7 Ne5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Nf3 21.Kg2 Qh5 { 0-1, Delalande Thierry 2183 - Bagaturov Giorgi 2473 , Sautron 2001 It (open) } ) ( 9...Qc7 10.b4 Be7 11.Bb2 a6 ( 11...Nc6 12.Rc1 a6 13.O-O Rac8 14.h3 h6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Qe2 d6 17.Rd2 Nd7 18.Ne4 f5 19.Ng3 Nce5 20.Nd4 Nxd3 21.Rxd3 Nf8 22.f4 g6 23.e4 Qd7 24.exf5 exf5 25.Ngxf5 gxf5 26.Rg3+ Bg5 27.fxg5 f4 28.Rg4 h5 29.Rxf4 { ...1-0, Bircher D - Martig Markus 2120 , Lenk 1994 It (open) } ) 12.Ne4 Nxe4 { } ) ( 9...d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Qe2 Bf6 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nbd4 b5 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Rc1 Qa8 20.Nf5 Rc8 21.N3d4 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Qb8 23.f3 Nd6 24.Qf2 Ne5 25.Bc2 Qc7 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.Nb3 Nc4 28.Nc5 Bc8 29.Qe2 { ...0-1, Fichtner Kathrin 2070 - Elschner Annegret 2145 , Germany 1995 Bundesliga 1994/95 (w) } ) ( 9...a6 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 d6 12.Ng5 h6 13.h4 Nbd7 14.f3 Rc8 15.O-O-O Bc6 16.Kb1 b5 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.b4 Qb6 20.Nge4 d5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qd3 Rc4 23.f4 Rfc8 24.Rc1 Qc6 25.Ne2 Bxb2 26.Kxb2 Nb6 27.Nd4 Na4+ 28.Ka2 Qb6 29.Rxc4 { ...1/2-1/2, Kincs Imre 2220 - Csiszar Zoltan 2215 , Pecs 1998 Ch Hungary (open) } ) 10.gxf3 Nc6 { } 11.Bd2 { ?! } ( 11.b4 { !? } 11...Bd6 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Be2 { } ) 11...d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.b4 Be7 14.Nb5 d4 15.Be4 { ? } ( { ? } 15.Qxc6 dxe3 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qc2+ { } ) 15...Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bf6 17.Rc1 dxe3 18.fxe3 { ?! } ( 18.Bxe3 { !? } 18...Ne5 19.Ke2 Qd7 20.Nc7 { } ) 18...Ne5 19.Ke2 Qd7 20.Nd4 Rad8 21.Qf5 Qd6 { ?! } ( 21...Qxf5 { !? } 22.Nxf5 Nxf3 23.Bc3 Ne5 { } ) 22.Bc3 { ? } ( { ? } 22.Rc2 Qe7 23.Nb5 Rd7 24.Rg1 { } ) 22...Rfe8 23.Ba1 { ?! } ( 23.Bb2 { !? } 23...Ng6 24.Kf2 Rxe3 25.Rc6 { } ) 23...Ng6 24.Rc4 Nf4+ 25.Kd2 Ne6 { ? } ( { ? } 25...Ng2 26.e4 Nh4 27.Qg4 b5 { } ) 26.Kc1 { ?! } ( 26.f4 { !? } 26...Qd7 { } ) 26...Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.exd4 g6 29.Qg5 Rc8 30.Qb5 Qf4+ 31.Kb2 Qd2+ 32.Ka1 Re1+ { } {#R} 0-1