[Event "Ch Europe"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Istanbul (Turkey)"] [Round "1"] [White "Aleksandrov Aleksej (BLR)"] [Black "Gershon Alik (ISR)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2524"] [ECO "E47"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3"] { Aleksandrov Aleksej (BLR) +0 =2 -3 } 1.d4 { 1 } 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.a3 { ?/= } ( 9.Qb3 a6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 b5 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bb7 16.b3 Rfc8 17.Bb2 c4 18.bxc4 Nb6 19.Qd3 bxc4 20.Qd2 Be4 21.Rfc1 Qb7 22.Bd4 Rab8 23.a4 c3 24.Rxc3 Nd5 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Qxc1 Bxg2 28.Qb2 Nb4 { ...0-1, Aleksandrov Aleksej 2633 - Sargissian Gabriel 2577 , Dubai 2003 It (open) } ) 9...Ba5 { } ( 9...cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Be2 Qxc3 13.Ba3 Nd5 14.Qb1 Qf6 15.Bd3 h6 16.b5 Rd8 17.Bb2 Qe7 18.Ra4 Nc5 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Rh4 f6 21.Rc4 Bd7 22.Ba3 b6 23.Be4 a6 24.bxa6 Rxa6 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Rfc1 Ra5 27.Qb2 Rb5 28.Qa3 Nb6 29.R4c3 { ...1/2-1/2, Kramnik Vladimir 2770 - Kasparov Garry 2849 , London 2000 Ch World (match) "Braingames" } ) ( 9...Bxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Bb2 Rfc8 14.Rfc1 Ne4 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 e5 17.a5 bxa5 18.Bf1 Nf6 19.dxe5 Ne4 20.Qc2 Qxe5 21.c4 Qe7 22.f3 Ng5 23.Qc3 f6 24.Rxa5 a6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Raa1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rd3 Nf7 29.Rxd8+ { ...1/2-1/2, Verdihanov Vladislav 2420 - Magai Vladimir 2500 , Azov 1991 Spartakiada URS } ) 10.Nb5 { N } ( 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 ( 11...Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bd3 b6 14.c4 Bb7 15.Re1 Rac8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bd2 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Qd6 19.Bb4 Qf4 20.Qe3 Nh5 21.Nd2 Ndf6 22.Bc3 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Ng4 24.Qh3 Qxf2+ 25.Kh1 Qxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Nf2+ 27.Kg2 Nxh3 28.Kxh3 Nf4+ 29.Kg3 Nxd3 { ...0-1, Aleksandrov Aleksej 2633 - Adams Michael 2734 , Bled 2002 Olympiad } ) 12.Bd3 Nbd5 13.Ne4 h6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Bc2 Rd8 16.Rd1 Bd7 17.Ne5 Rac8 18.Qd3 Kf8 19.Qh7 g5 20.Bb3 Bb5 21.Bd2 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 Nf4 23.Qe4 Bc6 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.Rad1 Rcd6 26.Kf1 b5 27.g3 Nd5 28.Rd3 Ne7 29.Rf3 Qg7 { ...1-0, Glyanets A 2385 - Timofeev Vladimir F 2290 , Orel 1992 Ch Russia (1/2 final) } ) ( 10.Qc2 Qe7 ( 10...cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 b6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.Bb5 Rc8 16.Qe3 Qc7 17.Bg3 Qc2 18.Bd6 Rfd8 19.Ne5 Nd5 20.Qf3 N7f6 21.Bb4 Rc7 22.Qd3 Qxb2 23.Nc4 Nxb4 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.Rfb1 Be4 26.Qxe4 Qxb5 27.Qf4 Qd7 28.Ne3 { 0-1, Jobava Beglar 2264 - Ehlvest Jaan 2588 , Kocaeli 2002 It (open) "Grand Prix" } ) 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Na4 Qc7 13.Qe2 a6 14.b4 b5 15.Bd3 bxa4 16.bxa5 Nc5 17.Bd2 Nb3 18.Ra2 Bb7 19.Rc2 Qd7 20.Bb4 Rfc8 21.Ne5 Rxc2 22.Nxd7 Rxe2 23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bxe2 Rd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 f5 27.f3 Kg7 28.Kf2 f6 29.Be2 Kf7 { ...1-0, Portisch Lajos 2630 - Langeweg Kick 2425 , Wijk aan Zee 1968 It "Hoogovens" } ) ( 10.Bd3 Bc7 11.b4 cxd4 12.exd4 b6 13.Re1 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bb2 g6 16.Qe2 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Ba6 Ra8 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.Rc3 Nf6 21.Rh3 Ne4 22.Bd3 f5 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.d5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Qxd5 26.Ba1 e5 27.Re3 Bxg2 28.Rxe5 Qf3 29.Re7 Rf7 { ...1-0, Muratov Vladimir A - Podgaets Mikhail 2530 , Ivano-Frankovsk 1971 Ch URS (1/2 final) } ) ( 10.Qd3 Qe7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qc2 Ncd7 13.b4 Bc7 14.Bb2 a6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 e5 17.Rac1 Nf6 18.Qh4 h6 19.Bb3 Bd6 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qc4 Qe7 23.Nh4 Rfd8 24.Nf5 Qf8 25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.Bxe5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rc8 28.Qd4 Qe7 29.Bxf6 Qxf6 { ...0-1, Hlavnicka Jiri 2215 - Chloupek Stanislav 2360 , Czech Republic 1998 Extra League 1997/98 } ) ( 10.Ne2 cxd4 11.Nexd4 e5 12.Nb5 e4 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.b4 Bb6 15.Bb2 Qe7 16.Qb3 a6 17.Nc3 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Be6 19.Qe2 Bg4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxg4 f5 22.Qd1 Rfd8 23.Qb3 Qf7 24.Rfd1 Rac8 25.Nf1 Nf6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qc2 Qe6 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.h3 Rd6 { ...1-0, Braun Arik 2229 - Levin Felix 2531 , Altenkirchen 2001 Ch Germany } ) ( 10.Ba2 b6 11.Nb5 Bb7 12.Nd6 Bd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nb7 Qc7 15.Nxc5 bxc5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Nce4 18.Bb2 Rfc8 19.Nd4 Bxb4 20.axb4 Qd7 21.Ra6 Rab8 22.b5 Nd6 23.Qa1 Rc7 24.Qa4 Nfe4 25.Rc6 Rcb7 { 1/2-1/2, Jobava Baadur 2562 - Ehlvest Jaan 2588 , Kocaeli 2002 It (open) "Grand Prix" } ) ( 10.b4 cxb4 11.Nb5 a6 12.Bd3 bxa3 13.Bxa3 axb5 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.Qc2 b6 16.Bxh7 Bb7 17.Bd3 b4 18.Qe2 Nd5 19.Nd2 N7f6 20.Qf3 Qc7 21.Rac1 Nc3 22.Qh3 Ke7 23.f4 Rd8 24.f5 e5 25.Qg3 b5 26.e4 Bb6 27.Nf3 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Be3 29.Nxe5 Bxc1 { ...0-1, Nesic Nebojsa 2225 - Pavlovic Dragoljub 2325 , Nis 1995 Ch Yugoslavia (open) } ) 10...cxd4 11.b4 a6 { ?! } ( 11...Bb6 { !? } 12.exd4 Ne4 13.Qd3 Ndf6 { } ) 12.Nbxd4 Bc7 13.Bxe6 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bg4 15.h3 Bd7 16.Bb2 Ne4 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.a4 Qe8 19.a5 Na4 20.Ba1 b6 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Qd3 Qe7 { ?! } ( 22...Nf6 { !? } 23.Qxa6 Nbd5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 { } ) 23.Bb2 Ng5 24.Bc2 { ?! } ( 24.Rfd1 { !? } 24...Nxf3+ 25.Nxf3 Be6 26.Bxe6 { } ) 24...Qd6 25.Rfd1 Rfd8 26.Qxa6 Be6 27.Bd3 h6 { ?! } ( 27...Nxf3+ { !? } 28.Nxf3 Qe7 29.Nd4 Qd6 { } ) 28.Qa1 { ? } ( { ? } 28.Nxg5 hxg5 29.Nxe6 Qh2+ 30.Kf1 { } ) 28...Bd5 29.e4 Bb7 { ?! } ( 29...Bc4 { !? } 30.Nxg5 Bxd3 31.Rxd3 Qh2+ { } ) 30.h4 { ? } ( { ? } 30.Nxg5 hxg5 31.Qa7 Rb8 32.Nf3 { } ) 30...Nxe4 { ? } ( { ? } 30...Ra8 31.Qb1 Nxf3+ 32.Nxf3 Qf4 { } ) 31.Nb5 Qf4 { ?! } ( 31...Qe7 { !? } 32.Nxc7 Rxc7 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 { } ) 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Be5 Qg4 34.Bxc7 Ng5 35.Be2 Re8 36.hxg5 Rxe2 37.Nbd4 Nd7 38.Bg3 { } {#r} 1-0