[Event "It (open)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Marseilles (France)"] [Round "6"] [White "Epishin Vladimir (GER)"] [Black "Solozhenkin Evgeniy (RUS)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2501"] [ECO "E46"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O"] { Epishin Vladimir (GER) +5 =5 -2 } 1.d4 { 1 } 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 { ? ? } ( 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.g3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 e5 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 19.Rfe1 Be7 20.Rd2 Bf8 21.Rde2 Re6 22.Nc5 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 Qc7 24.g4 f6 25.Bg3 Qf7 26.h4 Rd8 27.Bh3 g6 { ...1/2-1/2, Corral Blanco Juan Antonio 2459 - Topalov Veselin 2690 , Cala Galdana 1999 Ch Spain (team) (1 Div) } ) 8...Nd7 ( 8...Nb6 9.Qc2 N8d7 10.g3 c5 11.Bg2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Rfd1 Qb8 17.Qb1 Nc4 18.Be1 b5 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.h4 h6 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.Ne4 Rfd8 23.Nd2 e5 24.N4f3 Bg4 25.Nxc4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxc4 27.Rc1 Bf5 { 1/2-1/2, Ushenina Anna 2348 - Belikov Vladimir 2494 , Alushta 2003 It (cat.8) } ) ( 8...Nxc3 9.Bxc3 b6 10.Ng3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O c5 13.Qc2 g6 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Qb1 Rfd8 17.Bf1 Qb8 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.b4 Nd7 21.Qb2 Rc8 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Qd2 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Qd4 Kg7 26.e4 e5 27.Qe3 h6 28.f3 { ...0-1, Mamedova Rena 2353 - Kacheishvili Giorgi 2583 , Cappelle la Grande 2001 It (open) } ) 9.Qc2 Nxc3 { } ( 9...N5f6 10.Rd1 b6 11.Nf4 Bb7 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O cxd4 14.exd4 Bd6 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.Rc1 Be4 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 a6 19.Nc3 Re8 20.Rfd1 Nf8 21.d5 e5 22.Nfe2 e4 23.Qh3 Ng6 24.Be3 Bd6 25.Na4 b5 26.Nc5 Rc8 27.b4 h6 28.Rc3 Rc7 29.Nxa6 { ...1/2-1/2, Volkov Sergey 2575 - Korchnoi Viktor 2676 , Batumi 1999 Ch Europe (team) } ) ( 9...c5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Nf4 cxd4 12.Nxd5 dxe3 13.Nxe3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.O-O Bd6 16.Bc3 Qc8 17.Rac1 { 1/2-1/2, Petrosian Tigran V 2615 - Korchnoi Viktor 2695 , Velden 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/4) } ) ( 9...Re8 10.Ng3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Nd7 13.Bd3 N5f6 14.O-O Ne5 15.Be2 Bd7 16.f4 Ng6 17.e4 Rc8 18.Be3 e5 19.f5 Nf4 20.Bf3 a5 21.Qb3 axb4 22.axb4 Qc7 23.Nce2 Bb5 24.Rfc1 Bc4 25.Qb1 Nd3 26.Rc3 Nxb4 27.Nf1 Qd7 28.Ra5 Nc6 29.Ra1 { ...0-1, Makarov Marat 2370 - Taimanov Mark E 2480 , Belgrade 1988 } ) 10.Bxc3 { N ^254 ^00 ^00 ^00 ^04 !? } ( 10.Nxc3 e5 ( 10...c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Nd7 13.Be2 Nf6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rfd1 Qb8 16.Qb3 Rd8 17.a4 Be8 18.b5 Qe5 19.Bf3 Rd7 20.Be1 Rad8 21.Rdc1 h5 22.Ne2 Ng4 23.Ng3 Bd6 24.h3 Nf6 25.Bc3 Qg5 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Ne4 Qe5 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Bxh5 Qe5 { ...1-0, Volkov Sergey 2605 - Tunik Gennady 2480 , St. Petersburg 1998 Memorial M.Chigorin (open) } ) 11.d5 ( 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 Bg4 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.Rd1 c6 15.h3 Nf6 16.O-O Qc8 17.Ne2 Re8 18.Bc1 a5 19.b3 Qe6 20.Bb2 Rad8 { 1/2-1/2, Filip Miroslav 2465 - Bobotsov Milko G 2405 , Wijk aan Zee 1970 It } ) 11...Nf6 12.e4 Bd7 13.Bb5 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Qd7 15.Nc3 Bc5 16.O-O Rac8 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Na4 Bd4 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 Nd6 21.Rfe1 b6 22.Qc2 c5 23.dxc6 Rxc6 24.Qd3 h6 25.Bd2 Rd8 26.Bc3 Nc4 27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.f3 f6 29.a4 Rcd6 { ...1/2-1/2, Slutzky Leonid 2375 - Tiviakov Sergei 2615 , Amsterdam 1996 Memorial J.Donner (open) } ) 10...b6 11.Ng3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Re8 13.e4 Nf8 14.Bc4 c6 15.O-O a5 16.a4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.f4 Ra7 19.f5 Rd7 20.e5 exf5 21.Qxf5 Bg5 22.Ne4 Ne6 23.Rd3 Rf8 24.Rdf3 { ?! } ( 24.Nd6 { !? } 24...Nc7 25.Rg3 Ne6 26.Rh3 { } ) 24...Be7 25.Qg4 { ?! } ( 25.Rh3 { !? } 25...g6 26.Qf2 Rd5 27.Qe3 { } ) 25...Nxd4 26.Rg3 Ne6 27.Qh5 { ?! } ( 27.Nd6 { !? } 27...b5 28.b3 bxa4 29.bxa4 { } ) 27...h6 { ? } ( { ? } 27...Rd3 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.exf6 Rxg3 { } ) 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 { ?? } ( { ? } 28...Kh8 29.Nxd7 Qxd7 30.Rd1 Bc5+ { } ) 29.exf6 { } {#r} 1-0