[Comment "auto-generated from "]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifmans 8.��e3 in "]
[Black "the 7...��bd7 line"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 ({The "proper" move order is:} 2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 $5 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 c6
12. d5 c5 $5) 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Qe7
9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 c6 12. d5 {
"That is an excellent move"- Khalifman.} c5 $5 {Black close the centre and is
ready for: ...f5. To me this makes a lot of sense. The�� Qe7 already covers Pd6,
and that means that she is doing just as, if not a more useful�� job than Qc2
at the moment!} 13. Nb5 Nb8 {(important)} 14. b4 Na6 15. Ne1 (15. h3 Nh6 16. a3
Nf7 17. Bd3 Bh6 18. Rab1 Kh8 19. Nc3 Ng5 20. Nh2 Nf7 21. Rb3 Bd7 22. Rb2 Bxd2
23. Qxd2 f5 24. b5 Nc7 25. b6 Ne8 26. bxa7 Rxa7 27. f4 Nf6 28. exf5 gxf5 29.
Nd1 e4 30. Be2 Nh6 31. Ne3 Qg7 32. Kh1 Rxa3 33. Rxb7 Qg3 34. Nd1 Qg7 35. Rg1
Rg3 36. Nf1 e3 37. Qb2 Rg6 38. Nfxe3 Ne4 39. Bf3 Qxb2 40. Nxb2 Bc8 41. Rb8 Nd2
42. Bh5 Rg7 43. Ra1 Rb7 44. Raa8 Rxb8 45. Rxb8 Kg7 46. Rb6 Rd8 47. Kh2 Ng8 48.
Be2 Nf6 49. Bd3 Nfe4 50. Rb8 Rf8 51. Na4 Nf2 52. Rb2 Nxd3 53. Rxd2 Nxf4 54. Nb6
Kf6 55. g3 Ng6 56. Ra2 Re8 57. Ng2 Bb7 58. Nd7+ Ke7 59. Ra7 Kxd7 60. Rxb7+ Kc8
61. Rxh7 Ne5 62. Nh4 Nxc4 63. Nxf5 Re2+ 64. Kg1 Kd8 65. g4 Rd2 66. Ne7 Ne5 67.
Kf1 c4 68. Nc6+ Nxc6 69. dxc6 c3 70. Ke1 d5 71. Ra7 d4 72. Ra4 d3 73. Rc4 Re2+
74. Kd1 c2+ 75. Kc1 Re1+ 76. Kd2 Rd1+ 77. Ke3 c1=Q+ 78. Rxc1 Rxc1 79. Kxd3 Rxc6
80. Ke4 Ke7 81. Kf5 {
0-1 Alexandria,N (2320)-Kovalevskaya,E (2451)/Batumi GEO 2000}) 15... cxb4 16.
Nd3 f5 {"now black must consider":} 17. f3 Nf6 18. c5 fxe4 19. cxd6 Qe8 20.
Nxb4 exf3 21. Rxf3 $36 {"with initiative�� for white"- Khalifman.�� ���� To me
this looks like a complete mess! But white`s position with the pawn on d6
seems threatning, indeed. That said, this could be the sort of mess black is
hoping for if he`s playing for the hole point.�� ���� The engines top variation
is:} e4 22. Rff1 (22. Rb3 Bg4 23. Bc4 Nc5 24. Rg3 (24. Nc7 Qe5) 24... Bf5 25.
Nc7 e3 26. Nxe8 Bxc2 27. Nxg7 exd2 28. Ne6 Nxe6 29. dxe6 Rfc8 $13) 22... Bg4
23. Bc3 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rc8 25. Nc7 Qe5 $13 *