[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj EMBE"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan MROS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "95"]

{In this game Tischbierek attempts to improve on Topalovs play in the 
model game against Jussupov last year in Novgorod.} 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.h4 $1 {
This approach, with Be3 and h4 as a respons to Ng6, is all the rage now. 
Topalovs instructive win against Jussupov in Novgorod, 1995, opened our 
eyes to the merits of this strategy. The basic question now is: can Black 
go on playing this line or is it dead?} 8...h5 
    ( {Black can ignore the the White aggression with} 8...Be7 {Last but 
    not least, the logical continuation:} 9.h5 $1 
        ( 9.g3 h5 
            ( 9...h6 10.Nbd2 
                ( 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nd7 
                    ( 12...c5 13.a4 b6 14.Nf1 Qc8 15.N1h2 Bd7 16.Nd2 Ra7 
                    17.Qe2 Rb7 18.O-O Nf8 19.f4 $40 {0-1 Van 
                    Riemsdijk,H-Ye Rongguang/Antwerpen op 1996 (41)} )
                13.Nf1 Nf6 14.N1h2 Bd7 15.Nd2 h5 16.a4 a5 17.Nc4 Nf8 18.f3
                Bc8 19.Qd2 N8d7 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 $16 {1-0 
                Milos,G-Magomedov,M/Moscow olm 1994 (29)} )
            10...Bf6 11.d5 Nb8 12.c4 c5 13.a3 a5 14.h5 Nf8 15.Nh4 Bxh4 16.
            Rxh4 Nh7 17.b4 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rh1 O-O 20.g4 Bxa4 21.Qxa4 
            Qd7 22.Qxd7 Nxd7 23.Ke2 $14 {Jansa,V-Zude,A/BL2-O 1994/1-0 
            (54)} )
            ( 9...O-O 10.h5 Nh8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxa4 13.Qxa4 dxe5 14.
            Nd2 b5 15.Qc2 Qc8 16.f3 Qe6 17.g4 f6 18.Qb3 Kf7 19.Ke2 c5 20.
            Qxe6+ Kxe6 21.c4 Rab8 22.Rac1 bxc4 23.Nxc4 Nf7 24.b3 $14 {1-0 
            Lau,R-Gretarsson,H/Velden op 1996 (58)} )
        10.Nbd2 b5 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 Bg4 14.b3 O-O 15.Kf1 Qd7 16.
        Kg2 f6 17.Qb1 Rf7 18.a4 b4 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.Ne1 Raf8 21.Bb6 f5 22.
        Bxa5 f4 $40 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Rios, A/Merida 1993 (40)} )
    9...Nh4 
        ( 9...Nf8 $6 {is hardly to be considered} 10.Nbd2 Bf6 11.Nf1 Qe7 
        12.Ng3 g6 13.d5 Nd8 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Nd2 b5 16.b4 Nb7 17.a4 $16 {
        1-0 Lutz,C-Weyrich,M/Groningen op 1995 (33)} )
    10.Nxh4 Bxh4 11.d5 Nb8 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.g3 g6 
        ( 15...Rc8 16.O-O-O c6 17.dxc6 Rxc6 $16 {1/2-1/2 
        Blatny,P-Rantanen,Y/Namestovo 1987 (55)} )
    16.O-O-O Bg7 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Rxh8+ Bxh8 19.Rh1 O-O-O 20.Bg5 Bf6 21.Nf3
    Bxg5+ 22.Qxg5 Qf6 23.Qxf6 Nxf6 24.Ng5 $16 {Korneev,O-Safin,S/Ashkhabad
    1996/1-0 (50)} )
    ( 8...h6 9.h5 Nge7 10.Nbd2 g5 11.hxg6 fxg6 12.d5 Na7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
    Ng5 $16 {1-0 Nedeljkovic,S-Kieninger,G/EU-chT Wien\Baden 1957 (21)} )
9.g3 Be7 10.d5 
    ( 10.Nbd2 )
10...Nb8 11.Bc2 $146 {Tischbierek departs from Topalovs path. Keeping the 
B:s is logical since Black lacks space and need exchanges. On the other 
hand exchanging white-squared B:s is in Whites interest from a structural 
point of view.} 
    ( 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Nfd2 Nf6 13.f3 O-O 14.c4 c5 
        ( 14...b5 )
    15.Nc3 Qd7 16.a4 a5 $2 
        ( 16...Bd8 )
    17.Qe2 Kh7 18.O-O-O $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Novgorod 1995 (32)} 
    )
11...c6 12.c4 
    ( 12.Nbd2 )
12...cxd5 13.cxd5 Bg4 14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Qb1 Nf6 
    ( 15...O-O 16.Ng5 $1 $16 {/\f3} )
16.Ng5 Rc8 17.Bd3 b5 
    ( 17...Nh7 18.Nxh7 Rxh7 19.f3 
        ( 19.Nc4 $2 Bf3 20.O-O Qd7 21.Kh2 Qg4 {and White has some 
        problems.} )
    19...Bd7 20.Nc4 $16 )
18.a4 $1 $16 {Now its bad everywhere for Black.} 18...Bd7 19.axb5 axb5 20.
f3 O-O 21.Ke2 $1 Qc7 22.Ra7 Qb8 23.Qa2 Rc7 24.Ra1 Rfc8 25.Ra6 Ne8 26.Rb6 
    ( 26.Ba7 $1 {Fritz} 26...Qb7 27.Rb6 )
26...Rb7 27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.Qa7 Rc7 29.Qxb7 Rxb7 30.Nb3 Bd8 31.Ra8 Bb6 32.
Bxb6 Rxb6 33.Na5 Nf8 34.Ke3 g6 35.f4 Kg7 36.Ra7 Nf6 37.Nc6 exf4+ 38.gxf4 
Kg8 39.Kd4 Bxc6 40.dxc6 Rxc6 41.Bxb5 $18 Rb6 42.Bc4 d5 43.Bxd5 Nxd5 44.
exd5 Rxb2 45.Rxf7 Rh2 46.Ke5 Rxh4 47.Ra7 Rg4 48.d6 1-0

