[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez, L."]
[Black "Nakamura, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 $5 {Played by Dominguez before against Glek. We also saw
Kasparov win with this variation against Shirov. It seems that this quiet g3
has more sting on a long term than one would think. After 0-0-0 black has a
clear plan: counterplay on the queen flank. In this line it seems hard to
decide what to do. Future games will give a more exact evaluation of this rare
move} Nxd4 (10... Qe7 {Ftacnik The novelty after less frequent move 10.g3,
Shirov is defending against attack and reserves the option to exploit the c4
weakness with the help of Nb6 move.} 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2 {Ftacnik} Nb6 {xc4})
11... Nb6 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rfc8 (14... f6 {Ftacnik} 15. exf6
Qxf6 16. Bb5 $1 Rac8 17. Rhe1 $14) (14... Rac8 {Ftacnik} 15. Nb5 $1 Na4 16. Nd6
$14) 15. g4 (15. Nb5 {Ftacnik} Nb4 16. Nd6 Rxc2 17. a3 $16) 15... Nb4 $1 (15...
f6 {Ftacnik} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 $14) 16. Nd4 Rc5 (16... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 17.
Rd2 Nc6 18. Ncb5 $1 Na5 19. Nd6 $14) 17. a3 Nc6 $2 {It is a small mystery why
both players have accepted this artificial move, since it hopelessly closes
the rook on c5.} (17... Na6 $1 {Ftacnik} 18. Ncb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rc6 20. h3 Nc5
$132) 18. Ncb5 $6 (18. Nb3 $1 {Ftacnik} d4 (18... Rc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 $18
) 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 $16) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Nc4
21. Qh3 (21. Bxc4 $5 {Ftacnik} Rxc4 22. f5 Ba4 $132) 21... h6 $1 (21... g6 {
Ftacnik} 22. Nf3 $16) 22. g5 (22. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Nxa3+ 23. bxa3 Rc3 24. Kb2 a5
25. Ra1 Bb5 $40) 22... Nxa3+ $1 {Shirov com es with a strong counterplay in
the twelfth hour, optically his chances on the kingside looked very bad.} 23.
bxa3 (23. Kc1 {Ftacnik} Nc4 (23... Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Ba4 25. b3 Rxc2+ (25... Rc3
26. Rd3 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qc5 28. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 29. Qd3 Qxf4+ 30. Kd1 $16) 26. Nxc2
Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Bxb3 30. Qc3 $16) 24. gxh6 g6 $13)
23... Rc3 24. gxh6 g6 (24... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 25. Nb3 Qb4 26. Qg2 g6) 25. Qg2 (
25. Kc1 {Ftacnik} Rxa3 26. Kd2 Rc4 $1 27. Nb3 (27. Nf3 Qc5) 27... Ba4 28. Bxc4
dxc4 29. Ra1 cxb3 30. Rxa3 Qb4+ 31. Qc3 Qxf4+ $11) (25. Qg3 {Ftacnik} Rxa3 (
25... Qxa3 $2 26. Qh4 $1 R8c4 27. h7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kxh7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+
$18) 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Bxg6 $1 Rc3 $1 28. Bh7+ Kf8 29. Qg7+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Ke8 $11)
25... Rxa3 26. Nb3 Qb4 $1 27. Bxg6 (27. Rhg1 {Ftacnik} Rc3 28. Bxg6 Raxb3+ 29.
cxb3 Rxb3+ 30. Kc1 Kh8 $1 31. Bc2 (31. Bd3 Qc5+ 32. Bc2 Qa3+ $11) 31... Qa3+
32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Kc1 (33. Ke2 Bb5+ 34. Rd3 Bxd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rb2+ $19) 33... Qa3+
$11) 27... Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Qxb3+ 29. Qb2 Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 fxg6 {In this endgame
white can not underestimate the body of black's pawns on the queenside.} 31. h4
(31. Ra1 {Ftacnik} a6 32. Rhc1 Bc6 $132) 31... Kh7 32. h5 Kxh6 33. hxg6+ (33.
Rdg1 {Ftacnik} gxh5 34. Rg5 Be8 35. Rg8 Bd7 36. Rg5 Be8 $11) 33... Kxg6 34.
Rhg1+ Kf5 $4 {Shirov did not deserve to lose this game, but after this horribe
move he will be mated.} (34... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 35. Rh1 Kg6 $11 (35... Rg8 $2 36.
Rh7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Kc3 $14)) 35. Rd4 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Astana 2001/CBM 84/[Ftacnik] (35)}) 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 (
11... a6 {Ftacnik} 12. Bg2 b5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. O-O Nc5
17. g4 Bb7 18. Rad1 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Rae8 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qf4 $16 {
1-0 Gofshtein,L-Gurevich,M/Noyon 2001/ (39)}) (11... b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Ne2
Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Qe3 {
1-0 Diaz,J-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cuba 1993/ (37)} (18. Qe3 b5 19. h4 b4 20. h5 $14 {
Diaz,J-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cuba 1993})) 12. Qxd4 Nb8 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qc5 Bd7 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Qd6 Na5 17. Bd3 Rc6 18. Qa3 a6 19. Ne2 b5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Re8
22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Qb4 Nb7 24. g4 Nc5 25. Qd2 b4 26. f5 Nxd3 27. f6 $1 Qc5 (27...
Nxe5 $5 28. Rxe5 (28. Nxe5 Ba4 29. b3 (29. Qg5 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 Bg6)) 28... Qc7
29. Rg5 $5 g6 30. Re5 Ba4 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Qf4 {
white has full compensation for the pawn}) 28. cxd3 Qf8 29. Nd4 a5 30. Rc1 h6
31. g5 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1 Ba4 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. b3 Bd7 37. Rxc8
Qxc8 38. Nc2 Bb5 39. Kc1 Qc3 40. Qd4 Qc7 41. Kd2 Bd7 42. Kc1 Kf8 43. Kb2 Ke8
44. a3 bxa3+ 45. Nxa3 Kd8 46. Nc2 Kc8 47. Qc3 Kb7 48. Qxc7+ Kxc7 49. Kc3 Kb6
50. b4 a4 51. Nd4 Ka6 52. Kb2 Kb6 53. Ka3 Be8 54. Ne2 Bb5 55. Nc3 d4 56. Ne2
Bxd3 57. Nxd4 Bc4 58. Kxa4 Bd5 59. Ne2 Bc6+ 60. Kb3 Bb5 61. Nf4 Be8 62. Kc4
Bb5+ 63. Kd4 Be8 64. Ne2 Bc6 65. Nc3 Bg2 66. b5 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, M."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Qf4 Rad8 14. Rc2 Nc5
15. Nh4 h6 16. b4 $2 Ncd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf3 Rc8 (18... Ne5 $1) 19. a3 Rc7
20. Rdc1 Rfc8 21. Nd1 Ne4 22. Qe3 d5 23. Qd3 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4
26. Qxc4 b5 27. Qc2 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bd4 Qd5 30. e3 e5 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32.
Nc3 Qe6 33. Bc5 ({might be better} 33. Ba7 f5 34. e4) 33... f5 34. a4 (34. e4)
34... Nxc5 35. Qxc5 Be7 36. Qc7 bxa4 37. Nxa4 Bxb4 38. Qc2 e4 39. h4 a5 40. Kg2
Qd7 41. Qb3 Be1 42. Nb2 Qd2 43. Nd1 Qe2 44. Kg1 Bb4 45. Qd5 Qf3 46. Qd7 h5 47.
Qa4 f4 48. exf4 Bc5 49. Qc2 Qxg3+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Qxd3 exd3 52. Nb2 d2 53. Ke2
Bb4 54. f5 Kg8 55. Nd3 Kf7 56. Kd1 Ke7 57. Kc2 Kd6 58. Nf4 a4 59. Nd3 Bc3 60.
f3 a3 61. Nf2 a2 0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, And"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Nd5 $6 {dubious} (11... Ng6 12.
Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 (14... Bd7 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Nd4 c5
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Rf8 20. g3 $14 {
1-0 Volokitin,A-Jonkman,H/Bundesliga2 2003 (41)}) 15. Nd4 h4 (15... Nxe5 $2 16.
Bf4 $16) 16. f4 Rh5 {
Postny: A typical manoeuvre. The rook helps to block white's kingside pawns.}
17. Ne4 Bd7 (17... a6 18. b4 a5 19. c3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Bc1 Ra2 22. Nf6+
gxf6 23. exf6 Kf8 24. fxe7+ Nxe7 25. Nf3 Rd5 26. Nxh4 Be6 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. f5
f6 29. Bf4 Kf7 30. Bxc7 Rc2 31. Bd8 Nc8 32. Re3 b5 33. Bc7 Rd2 34. g4 Bc4 35.
Ng6 Rd7 36. Ba5 Nd6 37. Kf2 Bb3 38. Nf4 Nc4 39. Rd3 Ra7 40. Bd8 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Levin,F/Katernberg GER 2005/The Week in Chess 579 (41)}) 18. c4 b6
19. a4 (19. b4 $1 $146 {Motylev improves his own play. Usually, in Berlin
defense white does not move forward his queenside pawns, but this move is
directed against c6-c5 which could drive away the white knight from it's
active position. Few rounds earlier he didn't succeed to break throw
Karjakin's defense.} Nf8 $2 {Already the decisive mistake.} ({Possible was} 
19... a5) 20. f5 $1 {
If this move becomes possible, than black's position is really bad.} c5 ({
Harikrishna probably missed that he can't take on f5:} 20... Bxf5 21. g4 $1
hxg3 22. Nxg3 {winning the exchange.}) 21. f6 $1 {The decisive breakthrow.}
gxf6 (21... cxd4 22. fxg7 {and the pawn queens.}) 22. exf6 cxd4 23. fxe7 Nh7
24. Bxd4 $18 Rh6 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Be5 Kxe7 (26... Be6 27. Nb5 Kxe7 28. Nxc7 $18)
27. Bxc7+ Be6 28. Nd5+ Kf8 29. Bf4 Rg6 (29... Rh5 30. Bd6+ Kg7 31. Nf4 $18) 30.
Bd6+ Kg7 31. Ne7 Rxc4 32. Be5+ Kh6 33. Nxg6 Kxg6 34. Rd4 {
The exchange of rooks kills black's last hope.} Ng5 35. Rxc4 Bxc4 36. Bd4 Ne6
37. Bf2 {1-0 Motylev,A-Harikrishna,P/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108/[Postny] (37)}) 19...
Rd8 20. Ne2 Bf8 21. a5 Bb4 22. Bd2 Be7 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Bd2 Be7 25. Be3 Bb4 {
- Motylev,A-Karjakin,S/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108 (25)}) (11... Bd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13.
Rd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Nxc3 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. bxc3 Bd6 19.
Rxh8 Rxh8 20. exd6 Kxc6 21. dxc7 Kxc7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. g4 h5 25.
gxh5 Bxh3 26. h6 gxh6 27. Bxh6 Bf5 28. Kf1 Bxc2 29. Ke2 {
- Polgar,J-Ponomariov,R/Sofia 2005/CBM 107 (29)}) (11... Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13.
Rfe1 Rd8 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nc5 b6 16. Na6 Nd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Nxc7+ Ke7 19. fxe3
Rd7 20. Na6 Bc2 21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Nb8+ Kc7 23. Nxc6 Kxc6 24. Nd4+ Kc5 25. Nxc2
Kxc4 26. Rd1 Bc5 27. Rd7 Re8 28. Rxf7 Kd3 29. Ne1+ Kxe3 30. Nf3 Re7 31. e6 Rxe6
32. Rxg7 a5 33. Rd7 Ke2+ 34. Kh2 Re4 35. b3 a4 36. Rd2+ Ke3 37. Rd1 axb3 38.
axb3 Rb4 39. Re1+ Kd3 40. Ne5+ Kc3 41. Ng4 h5 42. Nf6 h4 43. Nd5+ Kxb3 44. Nxb4
Bxb4 45. Re4 Bd6+ 46. Kg1 Bg3 47. Kf1 b5 48. Ke2 Kc3 49. Re3+ Kc4 50. Kd1 Kd4
51. Rb3 Kc4 52. Rf3 b4 53. Kc2 Be5 54. Re3 Bg3 55. Re4+ Kc5 56. Kb3 Kd5 57.
Rxb4 Be1 58. Rg4 Ke5 59. Kc2 Kf5 60. Kd3 Bg3 61. Rxg3 hxg3 62. Ke3 {
1-0 Smirnov,P-Aronian,L/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (62)}) (11... Bf5 12. Rad1+ Ke8
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Rxd5 Bxc2 18. Rc1 c6 19.
Rd4 Bxb3 20. axb3 a6 21. Kf2 Rd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb4 24. Kf3 Ke7 25. Bb6
g6 26. Ke4 h5 27. g3 {
- Leitao,R-Granda Zuniga,J/Villa Martelli 2005/CBM 109 (27)}) 12. Rad1 Be6 13.
Nd4 $5 {an interesting idea} Nxe3 14. fxe3 {white takes the f-file for the
doubled pawn, this idea puts 11....Nd5 in doubt. Precise play by Volokitin
after a very bad (1/4) tournament start!} Ke8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Rf3
Rf8 18. Kf2 Rf5 $6 {this doesn't work out} ({tougher might be:} 18... Rd8) 19.
Rxf5 exf5 20. Kf3 Ke7 21. e4 g6 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. g4 fxg4+ 25. hxg4
Rg5 26. Rh1 Kf7 ({better was:} 26... Bd4) 27. Rh5 Be7 28. Nh3 Rg6 29. Nf4 Rg5
30. Ng2 Rg6 31. Nh4 Re6 32. Kf4 c5 33. Kf5 Ra6 34. Nf3 Bf8 35. g5 $1 $16 Ke8
36. e6 hxg5 37. Rh8 Ke7 38. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 $5 {Transposing into an
open spanish defense: another proof of Vallejo great opening preparation.} 6.
Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13.
Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 $1 {
Played once before in the game Navara-Krenskow, Poland, 2005 (draw)} (17... g6
18. Kh1 c4 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24.
Ba4 Rb2 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Rc5 27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Ra5 29. Bd1 Qa6 30. h3
Kg7 31. Bf3 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Qa5 34. Bxd5 Bc5 35. Qxc4 Bf2 36. Qe2
Qc5 37. c4 Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Be3 39. g3 Qa3 40. Kg2 h5 41. h4 Bc5 42. Qc2 Kf8 43.
Qb1 Qb4 44. Qc2 Ke7 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qb3 Qb4 47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49. Bg2
Kf8 50. c5 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/The Week in Chess 586 (50)}) 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 $5 $146 {weakening e5} 20. Bd2 {this seems strange} c4 21.
Ra5 Qc6 22. Qa1 Bc5 23. Ra6 Qb7 24. Qa5 Rde8 25. Re1 Bf2 $1 $17 26. Rf1 Be3 27.
Bxe3 fxe3 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rxe5 30. Rxb5 e2 31. Re1 {
What does black play now?} Rxf3 $3 32. gxf3 Nxf3 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxe2 Rg5 {
Mate or wins the bishop...} 0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Bruzon, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 {an extravagant variation}
6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bb7 {A line played by Hillarp Persson against Ponomariov. We
could expect some improvement by Bruzon.} ({More usual is:} 7... Qc7 {
this moves defends the manoeuvre in the game a4 b4 a5 although it also looks
suspicious, black has expanded on the queen flank but suffers a big lack of
development}) 8. O-O Nc6 {Very rare... it doesn't seem to improve black's
position. Qc7 still looks the correct reaction} (8... Qc7 {Ponomariov,R} 9. Re1
d6 $6 10. a4 $1 $146 bxa4 11. Bf4 (11. Rxa4 $5 {Ponomariov,R} Nf6 (11... Nd7
12. Be3) 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 $36) 11... Nd7 12. Rxa4 Ne7 13. Qa1 Ng6 14. Be3
Qc8 15. Qa2 Be7 16. Ra1 Bf6 17. Rc4 Qb8 18. Qa4 Ke7 19. Qb3 $16 {
Ponomariov,R-Hillarp Persson,T/Torshavn 2000/Inf 80/[Ponomariov,R] (19)}) 9. a4
$1 b4 10. a5 Qc7 11. Na4 Nf6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Bb6 Ne5 $6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. b3 Qc3 $6 ({better:} 19... d5 {
but black stays inferior} 20. f4 Qc3 21. e5 $14) 20. Qe1 e5 21. Ra4 $1 d5 22.
f3 $1 $18 {According to Ponomariov, Bruzon underestimated the strength of this
move...b4 is extremely weak and black is lost.} dxe4 23. fxe4 Bc6 24. Rxb4 Bb5
25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruzon, L."]
[Black "Volokitin, And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Nd2 Na6
9. Be2 Nc7 10. a4 Qe8 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Bd3
g5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Nf1 Ne8 18. Ne3 Ndf6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd8 21. f3 Ng7
22. Bf2 Qd7 23. g4 Nh7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxh4 f6 26. Ra2 Kf7 27. Rh2 Rh8 28. Kf2
Rae8 29. Reh1 Qc8 30. Qb1 Ng5 31. Be4 Reg8 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Rxh8
Qxh8 35. Qxb7+ Kf8 36. Ke2 Qh2+ 37. Kd1 Qa2 38. Qxa7 Qxc4 39. a5 Qxc3 40. Qb6
Qa1+ 41. Kd2 Qd4+ 42. Kc2 Ne8 43. a6 Qa4+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qc4+ 46. Bd3
Qa2+ 47. Kf1 c4 48. Bb1 $1 Qa3 49. Kf2 c3 50. a7 Qa4 51. Ke1 Qa1 52. Ke2 Qa4
53. Kd3 Kg7 54. Bc2 Qf4 55. a8=Q Qd2+ 56. Kc4 Qxc2 57. Qxe8 Qe2+ 58. Kxc3 Qe1+
59. Kc4 Qf1+ 60. Kb4 Qe1+ 61. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 {black is really equal in such positions but Leon prefers
playing no risk positions} h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3
Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. O-O Qa6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qb1 b6 16. e4 Nf6 17. a4 Ne8 18. Qa2 Nd6 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. e5
Nb7 21. Ne4 Ng6 22. bxc4 {here one expects dxc5...which would lead to a good
endgame for black due to the isolated pawns on a4 and c4. blacks queen is very
badly placed though ... Nb7 suffocates black.} c5 23. d5 $5 {
trying to prevent by tactical means this inferior endgame} Rxd5 $6 (23... exd5
$17) 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. e6 $1 dxe4 26. exf7+ Kh8 $6 ({better} 26... Kxf7 27.
Qxe4 Rd8 $1 {giving the piece back for activity, being a pawn up} 28. Qf5+ Kg8
29. Qxg6 Qxc4 $17 {was surely a better option}) 27. Qxe4 Nf8 28. Ne5 Nd6 29.
Qd3 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Nb8 Qxa4 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Rd1 {
according post-motem analysis, Karjakin told that he didn't see that one coming
} Qxf7 34. Qxd6 Ne6 35. Qd7 Qg6 36. Re1 $1 Nd4 37. Qd5 (37. Qe8+ {
leads to a simply won endgame}) 37... Kh7 38. h4 Qf5 39. Qxf5+ (39. Re8 $5 Qb1+
40. Kh2 Qf5 41. h5 $1 $16) 39... Nxf5 40. Ra1 Kg6 41. Rxa7 Nd6 42. Kf1 $1 Nxc4
43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Ra6 $6 (45. Rd7 $1 {is clearly tter: white's rook
has a double task: attacking g7 and threatening b6}) 45... Nc8 46. Kc4 Ke5 47.
Kb5 Kd5 48. Ra1 Nd6+ 49. Kxb6 Nf5 50. Rd1+ Nd4 51. h5 c4 52. Kc7 $1 c3 53. Kd7
Ke4 54. Ke7 Ne2 55. Rd8 $4 {tragic} (55. Re1 $18 {was a very simple win:
black's king has to defend the knight and white will win both black pawns})
55... c2 56. Rc8 c1=R 57. Rxc1 Nxc1 58. Kf7 Kf5 59. Kxg7 Kg5 60. f4+ Kxh5 61.
g4+ Kxg4 62. Kxh6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, M."]
[Black "Bruzon, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. a4 a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nb3 Nd5 15.
Bc5 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nb4 20. Ne4 b6 21.
Rc4 c5 22. Nc3 Raa7 23. Qc1 Rad7 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qh5 Rd4 26. Rc1 Re6 27. Nb5 Rd7
28. Nc3 Nc6 29. Qh4 Qe8 30. Qe4 Rd4 31. Qe3 e4 32. Nxe4 f5 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34.
Nf6+ gxf6 0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6
9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Rxg7 13. h5 f5 14. g3 Qd5 15. Rh2
Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nd7 17. h6 Rh7 18. Nxd7 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Kxd7 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Kf1
Rah8 22. Re1 Qd5 23. Bd1 Qd6 24. Re5 a6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. f3 gxf3 27. Bxf3 Kd8
28. axb5 axb5 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Ra2 Rxh6 31. Ra8+ Kc7 32. Ra7+ Kc8 33. Ra8+ Kc7
34. Ra7+ Kc8 35. Kg1 $6 (35. Ra8+ {draw}) 35... Qb8 36. Ra6 b4 37. cxb4 Qxb4
38. Ra1 Qb2 39. Ree1 Kd8 40. Qg5+ Kc8 41. Qf4 Rh2 42. Qe3 f4 43. Ra8+ Kb7 44.
Rxh8 Rg2+ 45. Bxg2 fxe3 46. Rf8 c3 47. Rff1 e2 48. Rf7 c2 49. Rxd7+ Kc8 50. Rd6
c1=Q 51. Rxc6+ Qxc6 52. Bxc6 Qxd4+ 53. Kg2 Qc3 54. Rxe2 Qxc6+ 55. Kg1 Kd7 56.
Rg2 Qc1+ 57. Kh2 Qh6+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kh2 Ke7 60. g4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Felgaer, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Administrador"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 {A surprise, most players prefer Nc3} c5 $5 4. d5 e6
5. c4 b5 {A sort of Benko, hard to say if it is ?! or !? Azmaiparasjvili has
played it in some games} 6. cxb5 (6. dxe6 {Erenburg} fxe6 $5 {Erenburg} 7. e5 (
7. cxb5 d5 $13 {
0-1 Gelfand,B-Azmaiparashvili,Z/FIDE WCh KO, Moscow RUS (4.4) 2001 (41)}) 7...
Nh5 8. Be3 Nc6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Leski,M/Nice op;EXT 2001}) 6... exd5 7.
exd5 Be7 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nb6 10. b3 Nfd7 11. a4 {trying to consolidate the
extra pawn...black has to play very precise. Ruben Felgaer really manages to
do it:} ({seems giving an advantage:} 11. O-O Bf6 (11... a6) 12. Nbc3 $14)
11... Bf6 12. Ra2 Ne5 13. Na3 a6 $1 14. O-O (14. bxa6 Nbxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxa6)
14... Nexc4 15. bxc4 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxc4 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Ng3 O-O 20.
Ne4 Bf5 21. Qc4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. Re2 Nc8 $1 $15
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qb3 Qe7 $6 (27... Qe2 $1 {for example:} 28. Rg1 Ne7 $1 29.
Nxd6 (29. Nc7 Rd8) 29... Bd4) 28. Bd2 Nb6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. a5 c4 31. Qb4 Nxd5
32. Qxc4 Ne7 33. Nd4 d5 34. Qb5 Qd6 35. Bb4 Qxf4 36. Bxe7 Bxd4 $6 ({better:} 
36... Bxe7 37. Qxd5 Rc8) 37. Qxd5 $16 Rc8 38. Qd7 Rb8 39. Bh4 $6 (39. Bg5 $18
Qe5 40. Bd2 $1 Qc5 41. Rc1 Bc3 42. h3 $18) 39... Rf8 40. Bg3 Qd2 41. a6 Qb4 42.
a7 h5 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Bd6 Ra8 45. Qc6 1-0

