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[Event "Vezerkepzo April GM Lengyel L"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2022.04.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Lohia, Sohum"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2196"] [BlackElo "2529"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "Ukraine"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "UKR"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. Ne2 O-O-O 12. O-O Nge7 13. Qb2 Rhg8 14. Rab1 b6 15. Nf4 Rdf8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bh3 Re8 21. f4 Re7 22. Re2 Rge8 23. Rbe1 Kb7 24. Kg2 Nd8 25. Bc1 a5 26. Be3 Nf7 27. Rb1 Qc6 28. Kg1 Nd6 29. Bf2 Qc7 30. Bg2 Ka6 31. Rbe1 Ba4 32. Qc1 Bc6 33. g4 Nb5 34. Qe3 f5 35. g5 Nxa3 36. Bg3 Nb5 37. Qd2 Nd6 38. Ra1 Qd7 39. Ree1 Rh7 40. Qe3 Qf7 41. Bf3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Kg2 Qf5 44. Rh1 Qg4 45. Kf2 Rf8 46. Kg2 Rhf7 47. Rhf1 Rh7 48. Rh1 Rfh8 49. Kf2 e5 50. dxe5 d4 51. cxd4 Bd5 52. c3 b5 53. Rab1 Kb6 54. Ke1 b4 55. cxb4 a4 56. Kd2 a3 57. Ra1 Ra7 58. Rhc1 a2 59. Ke1 Kb5 60. Kf2 Rha8 61. Rc3 Ra4 62. Qd2 Ra3 63. Qe3 Rb3 64. Qd2 Raa3 65. Rxb3 Rxb3 66. Qxa2 Qxg3+ 67. Ke2 Re3+ 68. Kf1 Rf3+ 69. Ke2 Qg2+ 70. Ke1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Vezerkepzo April GM Lengyel L"] [Evente Mem"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2022.04.30"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Papp, L"] [Evente"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2529"] [BlackElo "2399"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Qa4 13. O-O c5 14. Rac1 Qc4 15. Rce1 Nb8 16. f4 Nc6 17. f5 Nf8 18. Qf4 Nd8 19. Bxd8 Kxd8 20. Qg5+ Ke8 21. Qxg7 Rh7 22. Qg8 exf5 23. e6 cxd4 24. Nf4 Ke7 25. exf7+ Kd7 26. Ng6 Nxg6 27. Qxh7 Nf8 28. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM May"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.05.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Karavade, Eesha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2531"] [BlackElo "2348"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nd2 Qc5 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. Qe1 Bxd1 16. Qxd1 b5 17. Ne3 Bd8 18. Nf5 b4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf6 22. Bb3 Be7 23. Qf3 Kh8 24. Rd1 Ne8 25. Qh3 Rb8 26. Rd3 Bf6 27. Bd2 d5 28. Qh5 Bd8 29. exd5 Qd7 30. d6 Nf6 31. Qg5 Ne8 32. Qh5 Nf6 33. Qg5 Ne8 34. Qe7 Bxe7 35. dxe7 Nd6 36. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 37. Nxd6 e4 38. Nxf7+ Qxf7 39. Bxf7 exd3 40. Bb3 Rd8 41. Kf1 dxc2 42. Ke2 Rc8 43. Bc1 a5 44. Kd2 Rf8 45. f3 g5 46. Kxc2 g4 47. Bh6 Rf5 48. Be3 h5 49. Be6 1-0

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM June"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2022.06.20"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Gaal, Zsoka"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2324"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nd7 6. Nce2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne7 8. e5 c5 9. c3 Nf5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 h5 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. h4 Nb6 14. Nh3 Bd7 15. Nf4 g6 16. Kb1 Bc6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qa5 Qc7 19. Rc1 a6 20. Nh3 O-O-O 21. Ng5 Rhf8 22. Bd3 Kb8 23. Ne2 Nf5 24. g4 Ng7 25. Nf4 Na8 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qc5 Rc8 28. gxh5 Nxh5 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. f4 a4 31. Qb4 Qd7 32. Nh7 Rh8 33. Nf6 Qd8 34. Rhg1 Nb6 35. Rg7 Qc7 36. f5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Rcf8 38. Kb2 Rh6 39. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"] [Site "Mureck"] [Date "1998.07.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Khramiankov, Yuri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B99"] [EventDate "1998.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [Source "Geller Jakov"] [SourceDate "2006.01.01"] {The players were age 12. But I still remember the post mortem analysis. It was a happy time for me. So many sacrifices in one game.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 {A rare move prepared especially for this tournament.} Bb7 14.f5 Ne5 15.Qf4 exf5 16.Nxf5 O-O 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rfc8 19.Nd4 Qa5 20.Kb1 Qa4 21.Qe4 Bd8 22.Bd3 g6 {White has advantage. I decided that it's time to attack.} 23.h5 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn to open lines for my rooks.} Bxg5 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rdg1 Bf6 26.Rf1 Nd7 27.Rxf6 $5 ({Rybka says that} 27.c3 $1 {is winning. But I was so impressed by sacrifices that I couldn't stop myself.}) 27...Nxf6 28.Qh4 Nh5 29.Rg1 ({Right move was} 29.Be2 $1 {and Black is forced to give up a rook.} Rxc2 30.Nxc2 Qxh4 31.Rxh4 {and this position should be completely winning. But my move is also not bad.}) 29...Kf8 30.Bxg6 $1 ({I could prepare this sacrifice by} 30.b3 $1 Qa5 {and just now} 31.Bxg6 $1 {with a crushing attack.}) 30...fxg6 31.Rxg6 $2 ({Now move} 31.b3 $1 {also helped me to win}) 31...Ra7 $2 ({The only move here was} 31...Rxc2 $1 {and I would be forced to find the move} 32.Rg4 $1 {that looks impossible for me even today. White still has an advantage.}) 32.Qxh5 Qxd4 33.Qf5+ {Now the checkmate is inevitable.} Ke7 34.Qe6+ Kd8 35.Qxd6+ Ke8 36.Qe6+ Kd8 37.Rg8+ Kc7 38.Qc6+

[Event "First Saturday GM 2022 July"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2022.07.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2433"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2022.07.02"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Bxa6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. e4 Ba6 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rfb8 19. Qg5 Bxc3 20. Qxg4 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Ng5 Qc3 23. Qd7 Qc2 24. Bf3 Bd4 25. Qc6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Vezerkepzo July I GM Tournament 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Sharma, Isha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2236"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rf1 Qc7 21. Nh2 Bg7 22. f4 bxa4 23. Rf3 exf4 24. Rxf4 Ng8 25. Raf1 Re7 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Ng4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Nb3 29. Qf2 Bxd5 30. Nh5 Rxe3 31. Nhf6+ Nxf6 32. Nxf6+ Kh8 33. Nxd5 Re1+ 34. Qxe1 Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Re8 36. Rf3 Qg5 37. Qf2 d5 38. Rg3 Qe7 39. Qf4 Kh7 40. Ng4 Qa7+ 41. Kh2 Re6 42. Qxh6+ Kg8 43. Bf5 Rc6 44. Ne5 Rf6 45. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Vezerkepzo July I GM Tournament 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.07.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Varga, Csaba Zoltan"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Rhd1 Rd8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Ke1 Na5 18. Ba2 Ba4 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Bc6 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. h4 Ke7 24. Ne5 Bb5+ 25. Ke3 f6 26. Rb1 Ba6 27. Nd3 Bc4 28. Nc1 b6 29. g3 e5 30. a4 Rc8 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Rb4 Bxa2 33. Nxa2 Ke6 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Rc8 36. Kd3 Nb7 37. Rg4 g6 38. Ke2 a5 39. h5 Kf5 40. f3 g5 41. c4 Nd6 42. Nc3 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 Nxc4 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Nd5 b5 46. g4+ Ke6 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Nd5 h6 49. axb5 Nxb5 50. Nf6+ Ke6 51. Ng8 Nd6 52. Nxh6 Kf6 53. Kc3 Kg7 54. Nf5+ Nxf5 55. gxf5 a4 56. Kb2 g4 0-1

[Event "Vezerkepzo July I GM Tournament 2022"] [Site "Tournament venue:Danubius Hot"] [Date "2022.07.25"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Makkar, Rajat"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2336"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2022.07.18"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. d5 Na6 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e5 15. Nb3 Nb7 16. Qe3 d6 17. Qd3 f5 18. e4 Qd7 19. f3 Rf6 20. Rf1 Raf8 21. Rf2 f4 22. g4 Rh6 23. Rh1 Rh4 24. Nc1 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Kg1 Rf6 27. Qc2 Rh6 28. Rfh2 Nc5 29. Qe2 Qa4 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. b3 Qa3 32. Qc2 a4 33. Kg1 Ke7 34. Qc3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nxe4 36. Qc2 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Rxh2+ 38. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qf2+ 40. Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Kg2 Nd1 42. Kf1 Nc3 43. bxa4 Nxa4 44. Nb3 Nc3 45. Nd2 Nxa2 46. Ne4 Nb4 47. Nxg5 b5 48. cxb5 Nxd5 49. Ne4 Nf6 50. Nc3 Ke6 51. Ke2 d5 52. Kd3 Nd7 53. Na4 Kd6 54. Nc3 Nc5+ 55. Ke2 Ne6 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Kd2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "First Saturday GM Nov 2022"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2022.11.09"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Fitzsimons, David"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "2517"] [EventDate "2022.11.05"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. h4 Nb6 14. h5 Rac8 15. Bh4 Qc4 16. Rd3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Nb3 Na4 19. Be1 Nc5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxb4 Nxf4 22. Qd2 Ncxd3+ 23. Kb1 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Ba8 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. Qa4 h6 27. Bxa6 Bf6 28. Re1 Be5 29. Bb5 Rb6 30. Be8 Rb8 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. Qxc6 Rb4 33. Re3 Rfb8 34. Qa6 Ng2 35. Re2 Nf4 36. Re3 g5 37. hxg6 Nxg6 38. Rf3 R8b7 39. Qc6 Kg7 40. Rf2 Ne7 41. Qe8 Ng8 42. g5 hxg5 43. Rg2 Bf4 44. e5 dxe5 45. Nc5 Rxb2+ 46. Ka1 Rb1+ 47. Ka2 R7b2+ 48. Ka3 Rb8 49. Nxe6+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM November 2022"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2022.11.26"] [Round "11.6"] [White "Varga, Zoltan"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2377"] [BlackElo "2517"] [EventDate "2022.11.17"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. e5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 dxe5 7. Nxe5 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. O-O-O Bc5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. b3 f5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nd5 19. Rd4 h6 20. Bc1 b5 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rd6 Nxc4 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Rxa6 Rhe8 26. Ra7+ Kg6 27. h4 Rb8+ 28. Kc2 Rec8 29. h5+ Kh7 30. Bf4 Ne5+ 31. Kd2 Rb2+ 32. Ke3 Ng4+ 33. Kf3 Rc3+ 34. Be3 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM December 2022"] [Site "Danubius Hotel Budapest, Szil"] [Date "2022.12.16"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Varga, Zoltan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2393"] [EventDate "2022.12.14"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 dxe5 8. dxe5 h6 9. Ne4 e6 10. O-O b5 11. a4 b4 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. c4 Nb4 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Bb2 Nxe5 17. c5 Ng6 18. Na3 Nd5 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Rab1 Rh7 21. g3 Be7 22. Qf3 Kf8 23. Ncd6 Nh8 24. Ba1 Kg8 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Ne3 f5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Qe3 Ng6 30. Rdc1 f4 31. gxf4 Rc8 32. Kh1 d4 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Bxd4 Nxf4 35. Rg1+ Kf8 36. Be5 Ng6 37. Bf6 e5 38. Rb7 h5 1-0

[Event "Vezerkepzo GM December 2022"] [Site "Danubius Hotel Budapest, Szil"] [Date "2022.12.19"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Aveskulov , Valeriy"] [Black "Krishnater, Kushager"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2410"] [EventDate "2022.12.14"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 d6 10. O-O dxe5 11. Bxf5 Qf6 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Bg5 dxc3 15. Bxf6 Rxd3 16. Nxe5 gxf6 17. Nxd3+ Ne7 18. Nxc3 Nd6 19. Be6 1-0

[Event "HUN team championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.02.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Horvath, Zsolt"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2384"] [EventDate "1999.09.09"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Ne1 Nbd7 8. Nd3 Ng4 9. h3 Nge5 10. Nb3 Nxd3 11. Bxd3 e5 12. Be3 h5 13. f3 h4 14. c3 Be7 15. Kc2 Nf8 16. Na5 Ne6 17. Rhd1 Bc5 18. Bc1 f6 19. a4 Rh7 20. b4 Bf2 21. Nc4 Rd7 22. a5 Rd8 23. Ba3 Rb8 24. Rd2 Bg3 25. b5 c5 26. Rdd1 Bf4 27. Kb3 Ke7 28. b6 a6 29. Nb2 Bd7 30. Bc4 Rbc8 31. Rd5 Bc6 32. Nd3 Bh6 33. Nxc5 Nxc5+ 34. Rxc5 Ke8 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Bc5 Bf8 37. Bf2 Ra8 38. Bxh4 g5 39. Bf2 Rd2 40. Be3 Rd7 41. Kc2 Be7 42. Rb1 Bd8 43. Be6 Re7 44. Bf5 Rb7 45. g3 Be7 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kf7 48. Rg1 Rh8 49. h5 Bf8 50. Bc8 Rb8 51. Bxa6 Rxh5 52. Bc4+ Ke8 53. a6 Rh2+ 54. Kb3 Rh7 55. Rg8 1-0

[Event "HUN Super League"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2023.04.23"] [Round "9.30"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Acs, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2566"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. g5 Ne4 13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 Nd6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxb7 Rh4 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Rd1 Ke7 21. Be2 Rdh8 22. Ne3 a5 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. Ke2 Bb6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Rd7+ Kf8 27. Rhd1 Nxf2 28. R1d6 Nxh3 29. Rxb6 Kg8 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rxf7 Nxg5 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Bc6 Rc4 35. Bg2 Rc5 36. Kd3 e5 37. Re8 Nf7 38. Re6 g5 39. Be4+ g6 40. Rxg6 Kh8 41. c4 Rc7 42. Bd5 Rd7 43. Ke4 Kh7 44. Rf6 Nh6 45. c5 Kg7 46. Rf1 Ng4 47. c6 Re7 48. Rf7+ Rxf7 49. Bxf7 Nf6+ 50. Kd3 e4+ 51. Ke2 Kxf7 52. c7 1-0

[Event "FS June 2023"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.06.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Shoshin, Kyrill"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2329"] [BlackElo "2506"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Rc1 b6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Qe7 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nd7 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Nb3 f5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Nd2 e4 21. Qe3 Rae8 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. h4 Qf7 24. Re3 Ng6 25. Qd6 Qb7 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Ne5 28. c7 Ng4 29. Rb3 Re7 30. a4 Rxc7 31. a5 e3 32. fxe3 Rd7 33. Nf3 Re8 34. Rc1 Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Rde7 36. Ng1 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 Re3+ 38. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kf4 Re4+ 40. Kxf5 Nf2 41. Rf1 g6+ 42. Kf6 Re8 43. Kg5 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "FS June 2023"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.06.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Low, Zhen Yu Cycrus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2430"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. Bd3 a5 17. g4 h5 18. g5 fxg5 19. Qxg5 Qc5 20. Rhg1 a4 21. Qf6 Rh6 22. Rg6 fxg6 23. fxg6 Ra7 24. Nh4 Bg7 25. Qe6+ Kd8 26. Nf5 Be8 27. Nxd6 Re7 28. Nb7+ Rxb7 29. Bb5+ Kc7 30. Qxe8 Kb6 31. Qa8 Ra7 32. Qb8+ Rb7 33. Qa8 Ra7 34. Qb8+ Rb7 35. Rd6+ Qxd6 36. Qxd6+ Kxb5 37. a3 bxa3 38. b4 axb3 39. c4+ Ka5 40. Qxa3+ Kb6 41. Qd6+ Ka7 42. c5 Bf8 43. Qc6 Rxg6 44. Qxg6 Bxc5 45. Qxh5 Bd4 46. Qe8 b2 47. Qa4+ Kb8 48. Qe8+ Ka7 49. Qa4+ Kb8 50. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "First Saturday July 2023"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.07.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Neverov, Valeriy"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2470"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf1 g5 14. Ne3 Nf8 15. a4 Ng6 16. g3 Rg8 17. f3 h5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Rb1 O-O-O 21. a5 Qc7 22. Qa4 Kb8 23. Re2 Ka8 24. Reb2 Rb8 25. h3 e4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Nd7 28. Kg2 a6 29. Re2 f6 30. Be3 Rg7 31. Bf2 Re7 32. Rbe1 Rbe8 33. Re3 Ne5 34. Rb1 Ka7 35. Rbe1 Nd7 36. R3e2 Rb8 37. Ra1 Qc8 38. Rb1 Qe8 39. Qc2 b6 40. axb6+ Rxb6 41. Ree1 Rxb1 42. Qxb1 Ne5 43. Qa2 Rb7 44. Ra1 Rb6 45. Qe2 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Be3 Qb8 48. Ra2 Qh8 49. Qf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "First Saturday July 2023"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.07.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Yaniv, Yuval"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B69"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2390"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. h3 h4 16. f5 e5 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Nc1 Bc6 19. Rhe1 O-O-O 20. Qe2 Kb7 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Ng4 Rhg8 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. Be4 Kc7 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qh5 Rg7 30. Ne3 Kb7 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Qh8 1-0

[Event "SixDays Budapest July-August 2023"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.08.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Costa, Leonardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2314"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nh2 h5 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Ng5 Nxa4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 a5 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Qg3 h4 27. Qxh4 Bf8 28. Bc1 Bg7 29. Re3 Nd7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Qh4 Re7 33. Nh7+ Nxh7 34. Qxh7 f6 35. Bh6 1-0

[Event "First Saturday GM august 2023"] [Site "Budapest, Hotel Budapest"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Neverov, Valeriy"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E50"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2470"] [EventDate "2023.08.05"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nd2 e5 9. a4 e4 10. Be2 c5 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. O-O a5 13. Kh1 b6 14. f4 exf3 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. Rg1 Nf8 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Ra2 Bd7 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nf1 d5 21. Rag2 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Rad8 23. Bd3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Qd7 25. Bc2 Qb7 26. R1g2 Nh4 27. Rf2 Nd5 28. Bd2 cxd4 29. cxd4 f5 30. Rh3 Qe7 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bd7 33. Rg3 Nf6 34. Bc2 Nf5 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Ne3 Bg6 37. Bc1 Qb4 38. d5 Qc5 39. Re2 Nh5 40. Rg4 Rf8 41. Rc4 Qd6 42. Re1 Nf4 43. Rd4 Nh3 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kh1 Nh3 46. Kg2 Ng5 47. Nc4 Qf6 48. Rf4 Bf5 49. h4 Nh3 50. Rd4 Bc2 51. Qd2 Qxf3+ 52. Kh2 Nf2 0-1

[Event "First Saturday GM august 2023"] [Site "Budapest, Hotel Budapest"] [Date "2023.08.06"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Dudin, Gleb"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2537"] [EventDate "2023.08.05"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3 d5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. f3 Bh4 13. g3 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. fxe4 c4 16. Bc2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nd2 d4 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Nf1 Rxd4 21. Qe2 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd7 24. e5 Rdf7 25. h4 Rf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qd8 28. Rd1 Qa5 29. a3 c3 30. b3 Qxa3 31. Ne3 Qf8+ 32. Ke2 Qc5 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Bxh7 Qxe5 36. Bg6 c2 37. Bxc2 Qxg3 38. Rd4 Qh2+ 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Bd1 g6 41. Rg4 a5 42. Bc2 Qf2 43. Rg5 a4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Rxg6 Qxh4 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. Ra7 a3 48. Rxa3 Qh7+ 49. Kd2 Qh2+ 50. Kd3 Qh7+ 51. Kd2 Qh2+ 52. Kc1 Qg1+ 53. Bd1 Qg5 54. Kd2 Ke7 55. Ra4 Qc5 56. Rh4 Qa5+ 57. Ke2 Qb5+ 58. Rc4 Qh5+ 59. Rg4 Qh2+ 60. Kf3 Qh1+ 61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Ng2 Qd6 63. Bf3 Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Qc3 65. Re4 Qg7+ 66. Bg4 Qc3+ 67. Bf3 Kd6 68. Re3 Qg7+ 69. Kf2 Qg5 70. Rd3+ Ke7 71. Re3 Kd6 72. Re4 Qd2+ 73. Kg3 Qg5+ 74. Bg4 e5 75. Ne3 Ke7 76. Kf3 Kf6 77. Bc8 Ke7 78. Bg4 Kf6 79. Bc8 Ke7 80. Bf5 Qh5+ 81. Kg3 Qg5+ 82. Kf2 Kf6 83. Rg4 Qf4+ 84. Ke2 Qh2+ 85. Kd3 Qb2 86. Be4 Qb5+ 87. Kd2 Qb2+ 88. Bc2 Qa3 89. Rc4 Qa5+ 90. Ke2 Ke7 91. Rh4 Qa6+ 92. Kf2 Qa2 93. Rh6 Qb2 94. Kf3 Qc3 95. Be4 Kd7 96. Rh7+ Kd6 97. Rh2 Ke7 98. Rh3 Kf8 99. Rh7 Kg8 100. Rb7 Kf8 101. Rd7 Ke8 102. Rh7 Kf8 103. Rd7 Ke8 104. Rd6 Ke7 105. Rd3 Qe1 106. Kg4 Qe2+ 107. Kg5 Qh2 108. Bf5 Qg1+ 109. Bg4 Qc1 110. Rd7+ Ke8 111. Rd3 Ke7 112. Kf5 Qb1 113. Ke4 Kf6 114. Nd5+ Kg5 115. Be2 Qh1+ 116. Rf3 Qg2 117. Nc3 Qh2 118. Rf5+ Kg6 119. Rxe5 Qh4+ 120. Kd5 Qb4 121. Bd3+ Kg7 122. Ne2 Qb7+ 123. Kd4 Qb4+ 124. Ke3 Qh4 125. Rf5 Qb4 126. Kf3 Qd2 127. Nf4 Qd1+ 128. Ke4 Qh1+ 129. Ke3 Qg1+ 130. Ke4 Qh1+ 131. Ke5 Qe1+ 132. Ne2 Qa5+ 133. Ke4 Qe1 134. Rf3 Qb4+ 135. Nd4 Qe7+ 136. Kf4 Qh4+ 137. Ke3 Qe1+ 138. Be2 Qg1+ 139. Ke4 Qb1+ 140. Ke5 Qb8+ 141. Kf5 Qf8+ 142. Kg4 Qc8+ 143. Rf5 Qc3 144. Ne6+ Kg6 145. Bd3 Kh7 146. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "First Saturday GM august 2023"] [Site "Budapest, Hotel Budapest"] [Date "2023.08.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Kojima, S.."] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "2470"] [EventDate "2023.08.05"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d3 h6 10. e3 e5 11. b3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 a5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rab1 Qc8 16. Nd2 Bh3 17. Bh1 Qd7 18. Ba1 Rab8 19. Qc2 Rec8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Be6 22. Bg2 b5 23. Bc3 d5 24. Red1 d4 25. Be1 Bg4 26. Rdc1 b4 27. a4 dxe3 28. fxe3 Ne7 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. Bf1 Rbc8 31. Qb2 Nc6 32. Rc2 e4 33. dxe4 f6 34. Bg2 Ne5 35. Be1 Qd3 36. Rd2 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Nd3 38. Rxd3 Qxd3 39. Rc1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Turkish league"] [Site "Bursa"] [Date "2009.06.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Drozdovskiy, Yuri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2607"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] [EventCountry "TUR"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Rad1 Bg7 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.c3 f5 15.Bb1 Rd8 16.Rd3 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Be8 $146 {Just this move is a novelty.} (17...Bc6 {was probably more solid}) 18.g4 $1 Bxd4 {Black wants to simplify the position as much as possible.} (18...f4 19.R3d2 {and then Qe4; the Black king is not safe anymore.}) 19.Rxd4 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Rd8 21.gxf5 Rxd4 22.cxd4 Qxd4 23.fxe6 fxe6 $2 (23...Bc6 $1 24.exf7+ (24.e7 Qg7+ 25.Kf1 Qg2+ 26.Ke1 Qg1+ 27.Qf1 Qg5 28.Qe2 Qg1+ $11) 24...Kf8 25.Bd3 Qd5 26.f3 Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Qc1+ 28.Kf2 Qf4 {with an equal position.}) 24.Qxe6+ {Now I'm pawn up and have good chances to realize the win.} Bf7 (24...Kf8 {also wouldn't help Black} 25.Qh6+ Qg7+ 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 {in comparison with the position in the game the pawn is on b2. White will not be able to break through by means of c3-c4-c5. Black will place pawns on a7 and b6, Kf6 and the bishop will control squares d5 and b5. But when the white bishop goes to e4, pawn f2-f4 and Kc4 Black will be in zugswang. For instance,} 27.f4 h6 28.Kf2 Kf6 29.Ke3 b6 30.Kd4 Bf7 31.a3 Be6 32.Be4 Bg8 33.Kc3 Bf7 34.Kb4 Be8 35.Kc4 Ke6 36.b4 $1 {zugswang} Kd6 (36...h5 $2 37.h4 $1 {fixing. Now the Black bishop should follow for squares b5 and h5 in the same time} Bd7 38.Bg6 Kf6 39.Bxh5 Kf5 40.Bd1 Kxf4 41.Kd5 $18) (36...Bd7 37.Bg2 $1 {and King can't go to f5 because of check on h3 with a win of bishop} Be8 38.Bh3+ Kd6 (38...Kf6 39.Kd5 $18 {king goes to queen-side}) 39.Kd4 {and then Ke4, f4-f5-f6 (in a case of Ke7 - Ke5) with easy win}) 37.Bf5 $1 {and then Bh3, Kd4-e4, f4-f5-f6 with a win}) 25.Qc8+ Kg7 26.Qc3 Qxc3 (26...Qf6 27.f4 {and the same ending is coming}) 27.bxc3 {White has an easy plan here. Pawn f2 goes to f4, a2 - to a3, king - to d4 and then preparation of c3-c4-c5 with subsequent intrusion to the queen-side.} Kf6 28.f4 h6 29.Kf2 b6 30.a3 Be6 31.Ke3 Bf7 32.Kd4 Bg8 33.Bc2 Bf7 34.c4 Be6 35.Bd3 {For me it's better to see the black bishop on f7; While it is on e6 I should calculate Bf5 in some moments.} Bf7 36.c5 bxc5+ 37.Kxc5 $18 Be8 38.Bb5 Bh5 39.Bd7 Bf3 40.a4 h5 41.a5 {The pawn should stay on the black square because Black had one saving idea - the sacrifice of the bishop for the "a" pawn and then Kf6-f5xf4 with a draw} Ke7 42.Bc6 Be2 43.h4 $1 {Fixing one more weakness.} Ke6 44.Be4 Kd7 {I was ready to play Kc6} 45.Kd5 {but now my king moves to the king-side to help pawn "f"} Bg4 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.f5 Kf7 48.Bd5+ Kg7 49.f6+ Kg6 50.f7 Kg7 51.Kd6

[Event "Turkish league"] [Site "Bursa"] [Date "2009.06.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Gagunashvili, Merab"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2526"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O d4 13.e4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nd2 f6 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Bxc7 Qxc7 19.f4 Rac8 20.Rc1 Qd7 $1 {N The idea of this move is the preparation of counterplay on the queen-side. The queen is defending square b5 for future.} 21.Qf3 Bf7 22.h4 $2 {My opponent has not seen my idea} b5 $1 23.Nd2 Na5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.e5 Nc4 26.Nxc4 bxc4 27.Bf5 Be6 28.Qe4 g6 29.Bxe6+ Qxe6 {I have captured the advantage but fortunately for White there are still many defensive resources.} 30.Qxd4 Qxg4+ 31.Kf2 Qxh4+ 32.Ke2 Qg4+ 33.Kd2 Qg2+ 34.Rf2 Qc6 $1 {Surprisingly for me I hadn't found something more and decided to go to this ending with the better chances.} 35.exf6 Rf8 36.Kc3 Qxf6 37.Qxf6 Rxf6 38.Kxc4 g5 $1 {Unexpectedly White has a serious problems in this ending.} 39.Kd4 Kg7 40.f5 $2 {It is simplifying my problem} (40.Ke5 $4 {was losing immediately} Rxf4 41.Rxf4 gxf4 42.Kxf4 Kf6 $19 {and king goes to the queen-side. White king is too far}) (40.Ke4 {was the best continuation. But here White still in troubles after} h5 $1 41.b4 h4 42.f5 (42.a4 $2 h3 $1 {$19 and g5-g4 is coming}) 42...Rf7 $1 43.Rc2 Re7+ 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Rc5 Re1 {and Black should win}) 40...Rf7 $1 {The accurate move. King goes to f6, and rook defends pawns h7 and a7 and ready to cut the opponent's king along of the line "e".} 41.b4 Kf6 42.b5 h5 43.a4 Re7 $2 (43...h4 $1 {would be easier} 44.a5 g4 $19) 44.a5 ({White could offer more resistance by means of} 44.Rh2 $1 {but Black can win here also} h4 45.a5 Rb7 $1 {Calling the White king a little farther from the Black pawns} (45...Kxf5 $2 46.b6 axb6 47.axb6 Kf4 48.Kd5 Kg3 49.Rb2 h3 50.b7 Rxb7 51.Rxb7 h2 52.Rh7 Kg2 53.Ke4 $11) 46.Kc5 Rh7 $1 47.b6 axb6+ 48.axb6 g4 $19) 44...g4 $19 45.Kd3 g3 46.Re2 Rg7 47.b6 axb6 48.axb6 h4 49.b7 Rxb7 50.Ke3 Re7+ {White resigned}

[Event "Femida"] [Site "Kharkiv"] [Date "2008.11.02"] [Round "7"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Brodsky, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2550"] [EventDate "2008.10.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "UKR"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 {Usually I play here 3.Bb5 but this time I decided to play 3.d4 because my opponent plays Najdorf's variation. So, I was expecting Sveshnikov's variation after 3.d4.} 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 {I have never even studied this line.} 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 a6 8.N5c3 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 {Light squares in the center are weakened. That's why I try to exchange my opponent's light-squared bishop.} Be6 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Nde4 {The same to knight f6. It is also a factor in the fight for e4, d5 squares.} Qd7 13.Be3 O-O 14.O-O {I felt OK here.} Ng4 15.Qd2 {The Black-squared bishop can't contest the light squares; so, I don't need it.} Kh8 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Rad8 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Be2 {Gradually I'm keeping a closer watch over the light squares. Black has no active plan.} Rd8 20.h3 $6 {As for me, I made a strange move.} (20.Bf3 {obviously was better}) 20...Bf5 21.Bf3 Qe6 22.Ng3 Bg6 23.Bg4 Qf7 24.Rf1 Qe8 25.Bf5 Bf7 26.Nd5 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (26.Be4 $1 {and then Nf5}) 26...Bh4 27.Ne4 Ne7 {White loses some advantage} 28.Nxe7 (28.Nc7 $5 Qc6 29.Be6 $1 Bg8 (29...Bxe6 $2 30.Nxe6 $18) 30.Bxg8 Qxe4 31.Bd5 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 {White is better because of his excellent knight but the central location of Black's queen creates a lot of problems.}) 28...Bxe7 29.Nc3 Bg5 ({Black could get good counterplay in the center by} 29...b5 $1) 30.Ne4 Be7 31.Nc3 Bg5 32.Qd3 $1 {Weakening the pawn cover of Black king.} h6 33.g3 {and restricting the black-squared bishop} h5 34.h4 Bh6 35.a4 {I didn't see anything concrete at this time and just made useful moves} g5 {This attempt of active counterplay creates new problems for Black} (35...Qe7 $5) 36.hxg5 Bxg5 37.Be4 Rd7 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Nd5 Rd8 40.Rf5 (40.Qe2 $5 $1 $2 {transfering the queen via f3 to f5}) 40...Be7 41.Nc7 $1 Qd7 42.Rxf7+ $1 {A decisive combination.} Kxf7 43.Ne6 $1 {Nice trick!} Rg8 44.Bd5 {Black king is undefendable.} Kf6 (44...Ke8 45.Qh7 Rxg3+ 46.Kh2 Qc8 47.Qxh5+ Kd7 48.Kxg3 $18) 45.Qf1+ Kg6 46.Be4+ Kh6 47.Qf7 Rxg3+ 48.Kh2 $1 {Black resigned. Checkmate in 7 is coming.}

[Event "World Sports mind games"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Atakisi, Umut"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2388"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] {It was the 4th round of team rapid competitions at the 1st World Sports Mind Games. Match Ukraine-Turkey. Unfortunately we lost with a score 3-1.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2 Bg4 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 O-O 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Nh4 d5 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.e5 Nd7 17.d4 cxd4 (17...b4 $5) 18.cxd4 Qb6 19.Be3 Rfc8 {Black opened a "c" file to create pressure. White has some attacking opportunities on the opposite side of the board.} 20.Rc1 Na5 21.Qg4 {I decided to organize as strong as possible attack at the king of the opponent without regard for my queen-side.} Nc4 22.h4 Rc7 23.Bb1 $2 {A blunder that was not punished.} ({I had to play} 23.h5 $1 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rac8 25.hxg6 {and Black can't take on c2} Rxc2 $2 {because of} 26.gxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rxc2 Rxc2 28.Rf1+ Kg8 (28...Ke8 29.Qg6+ Kd8 30.Qxc2) 29.Nh5 Bf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Qxg7+ Ke8 32.Qg6+ Ke7 33.Qh7+ Kd8 34.Qxc2 $18 {And if Black doesn't take on c2 there is a strong attack.}) 23...Rac8 $2 ({The punishment ends here} 23...Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nxe5 $1 {But my problem was that Black is still OK.}) 24.Rc3 {Actually I considered just capturing on e3 and absolutely forgot about Bb4.} Bb4 25.h5 $1 {No doubts! Everyone attacks!} Nxe3 26.fxe3 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Bxg6 Rc1 30.Nh5 $1 {The sacrifice of rook that can be captured with check! I was pleased with this move. The attack is very dangerous} Rxe1+ 31.Kh2 {Bf7 or Bh7 threats} Kf8 $6 {My opponent didn't find the best defence. Actually Black had to fight for a draw.} (31...Qc6 $5 32.Bf5 Kf7 33.Bg6+ Kg8 34.Bf5 Kf8 35.Bxe6 Ke7 36.Qxg7+ Kd8 37.Nf4 {and white has good compensation}) (31...Rcc1 $5 32.Bh7+ Kf7 33.Qxg7+ Ke8 34.Qg8+ Nf8 (34...Ke7 35.Qg5+ $11) 35.Nf6+ Kd8 36.Qxf8+ Kc7 37.Qe7+ Kc8 38.Bg8 {with a strong attack}) 32.Qf4+ Ke7 33.Qh4+ Nf6 {The only move} (33...Kf8 34.Qxe1 Kg8 35.Qg3 $18) 34.exf6+ gxf6 35.Qxe1 {Material equality is restored. But White is definitely better now.} Qc7+ 36.Nf4 Qc1 37.Qg3 Rg8 38.Qh3 {White pieces starts a new wave of attack.} Qc8 39.Bh7 $1 Rg5 40.Bd3 $6 (40.e4 $1 dxe4 (40...Qd7 41.Bg6 a5 42.e5 $18) 41.Bxe4 $18) 40...Kd6 41.Qh6 Qd8 42.Qh7 Qe7 43.Qh8 $18 Kc7 44.a4 bxa4 45.Qa8 Qd6 46.Bxa6 Kb6 47.Qb7+ {Black resigned because of checkmate in 1.}

[Event "9th European Individual Ch"] [Site "Plovdiv"] [Date "2008.05.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Popov, Ivan"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2594"] [BlackElo "2535"] [EventDate "2008.04.21"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BUL"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.Nf3 {Instead of active and logical f2-f4 White has choosen the slower and passive Nf3} d6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne1 b4 9.Nb1 d5 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Nef3 {Again the same.} ({Almost everyone would play} 12.f4 {here}) 12...Nc6 13.Re1 g5 $1 {White had made a lot of passive moves and I decided to start an attack at the king-side.} 14.h3 h5 15.g4 {Weakening the square f4 and opening of "h" file. But so far it looks OK.Black's pieces (except the rook h8) is too far from these weaknesses.} hxg4 16.hxg4 Nf8 $1 {Knight is going to f4} 17.c4 $1 {White should look for any counterplay in the center or on the queen-side. Otherwise Black will develop a dangerous initiative near the White king.} Ng6 {Control under e4, c4 squares is more important than to keep f5 square.} 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Nf1 Qd7 20.Ne3 (20.Bxg5 Qxg4 21.Ne3 Qh5 {of course it's risky for White.}) 20...Nf4 {I decided to liquidate the bishop at g2 in order to leave my one on b7 without an opponent on the long diagonal and to weaken the White king.} 21.Nf5 Nxg2 22.Kxg2 d4 {Diagonal is ready. But the position is still complicated. I was sure that I had a big advantage but the fight is still ahead.} 23.Bd2 O-O-O 24.a3 Rde8 {Leaving square d8 for the bishop and casting a glance at the pawn e5} 25.axb4 cxb4 26.Rc1 Kb8 27.Re4 Bd8 $1 {Provoking White's next move. Bishop is going to c7. That's why White played} 28.Nd6 f5 $1 {An unexpected move for my opponent. Pawn just breaks through the wall of white pieces in the center.} 29.gxf5 (29.Nxf5 Qh7 30.Ng3 Nxe5 $19) 29...g4 $1 {Black exposes the shortcomings of White's arrangement.} 30.Nh2 $2 {A blunder.} ({The right move was} 30.Ng1 $1 Rxe5 31.Nxb7 Kxb7 32.Qxg4 Rh4 33.Qg8 Rexe4 34.dxe4 Rxe4 35.Rc5 {with a complicated position}) 30...Rxh2+ $1 ({White resigned as after} 30...Rxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Qh7+ 32.Kg1 Rh8 33.Kf1 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Rh1# {checkmate is coming})

[Event "9th European Individual Ch"] [Site "Plovdiv"] [Date "2008.04.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Miton, Kamil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2620"] [EventDate "2008.04.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BUL"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 {All theory.} Ra7 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.Kb1 Rg8 {N} 15.Rg1 a5 {Black pushes "a" and "b" pawns while White tries to get some dividends on the king-side and in the center} 16.Qh4 b4 17.Ne2 a4 18.Qxh7 Rg6 {Black wants to repeat the position with Rh6-g6-h6} 19.f5 Rh6 20.Qg8 e5 21.Qg4 $2 ({It looks like an online chess server move. Or perhaps White just had a mouseslip. But it was a real game and the move is played with good reason.} 21.Qg3 {was the right move. White is pawn up and slightly better.}) 21...a3 22.b3 Rxh2 {Now the position is about equal. Both kings are safe and there are no real weaknesses so far.} 23.Qf3 Qc5 24.Bc4 Rh4 25.g4 Bh6 26.Rh1 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 Qe3 {As a rule one who has two bishops should try to exchange all other pieces in order to strengthen his own bishops. But the rule doesn't work here because of the closed character of the position.} 28.Qxe3 Bxe3 29.Bd5 {Liquidating the advantage of two bishops. After this we will have an ending with good knight against a bad bishop.} Bxd5 30.exd5 Ke7 31.c3 {Weakening the a3 pawn and opening the "c" file} Ra5 32.Rd1 bxc3 33.Kc2 $6 (33.Rd3 Bb6 34.Nxc3 {was better}) 33...Ra8 $2 ({Black could transfer a rook to the 4th rank.} 33...Rb5 $1 {with a good position}) 34.Rd3 Bc5 35.Rxc3 {Now the White rook moves to the 4th rank} Rh8 36.Rc4 Rh2 37.Kd2 {Position is still about equal but Black needs to be more careful.} Kd7 38.b4 Bd4 39.Rc6 Bb2 $2 {The first serious mistake made in the time trouble.} (39...Rg2 $1 40.Ra6 Rxg4 41.Rxa3 Bb6 42.Rb3 $11) 40.Ra6 Kc7 41.Rc6+ Kd7 {The time control is reached. Now it's time to think.} 42.b5 $1 {Black rook is forced to go back. It will let my knight come to e4} Rh8 43.Ng3 Rh2+ 44.Ne2 {The ending rule says: "if you have advantage and position is slow one - don't hurry". It makes your opponent nervous and slightly absent-minded. Probably he will help you with new mistakes.} Rh8 45.b6 Rb8 46.Kd3 Rb7 ({A little bit more stubborn was} 46...Rc8 {but it still wouldn't help Black} 47.Rxc8 Kxc8 48.Ng3 Kb7 49.Ne4 Kxb6 50.Nxf6 Kc5 51.Ke4 Bc1 52.Nh7 Kc4 53.g5 Kc3 54.g6 fxg6 55.fxg6 Bh6 56.Ng5 Kb2 57.Kd3 $1 Kxa2 58.Kc2 {then knight takes on d6 and Black bishop will not be able to keep both White pawns.}) 47.Ng3 Bd4 48.Ne4 Bxb6 49.Rxd6+ Ke7 50.Rxf6 Ba5 51.Rxf7+

[Event "Cup of rector"] [Site "Kharkiv"] [Date "2008.03.04"] [Round "9"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Arutiunian, Gevorg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2423"] [EventCountry "UKR"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 {The classical variation of Caro-Kann defence.} Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O e6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Kb1 Rd8 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Qe2 c5 18.dxc5 O-O 19.g4 $1 {Attacking as fast as possible.} Qxc5 20.g5 hxg5 21.h6 $1 g6 22.Nxg5 Nh7 23.Nxe6 $1 {A smashing blow.} fxe6 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 $1 ({Interesting variations come after} 24...Rf7 25.Qxg6+ Kf8 26.Rdg1 (26.Rhg1 Ke8 (26...Bg5 27.Bc3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Bf6 29.Qe4 Qc7 30.Bb4+ Be7 31.Qxb7 $1 Bxb4 32.Qxb4+ {White is better}) 27.Rge1 (27.Qg8+ Nf8 28.Be3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qh5 $13 {and Black king is safe}) 27...Qf5 28.Qg3 {with pressure}) 26...Ke8 27.Qg8+ Rf8 (27...Nf8 28.Be3 Qf5 29.Rg7 $1 Qf3 30.Rc1 Rd1 31.h7 Rxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Rxg7 33.Qxg7 Nxh7 34.Qxh7 Qxf2 35.Qe4 {I have no idea how to estimate this ending; 50/50 (win or draw) probably would be the correct evaluation.}) 28.Be3 $1 Qf5 29.Qc4 {White has 3 pawns for a knight and gradual pressure. So, that move made by Black is much better}) 25.Bc3+ Nf6 26.Rde1 Rde8 27.h7 $1 {That was the idea of my sacrifice.Pawn h7 is a wedge in Black's position. Especially since his king is unsafe with such a guest in its kingdom.} Qc6 $2 ({The best move was} 27...Qf5 $1 28.Qxf5 ({White can decline this offering} 28.Qe3 {but it will be hard to break through the defence while the queen is on f5.}) 28...gxf5 29.Rh6 Bd8 30.Rg1 Rf7 31.b3 Ref8 32.Rgg6 {Black can't undo the knot of his pieces. But his is solid and it's hard to say whether White will get something of this situation.}) 28.Qe3 (28.Qh3 {would be also good}) 28...Bd8 29.Qh6 $18 {Black's position is undefended.} Qd5 30.Qxg6 $2 (30.Reg1 $1 {would win right away}) 30...Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Qf7 $2 (31...Qd7 $1 {was the most stubborn} 32.f4 Qg7 33.Qd3 {with advantage}) 32.Qxf7 Rxf7 33.Re8+ Kxh7 34.Rxd8 $18 {The rest is not difficult} Ne4 35.Bd4 a6 36.c3 Kg6 37.Rb8 Kf5 38.Kc2 Ng5 39.Be3 Nf3 40.Bc5 Ke4 41.Re8+ Kd5 42.Rf8 $1 Rxf8 43.Bxf8 Ke4 44.Bc5 Ne5 45.Bd4 Nc4 46.b3 Nd6 47.Kd2 Nf5 48.Bb6 Ne7 49.c4 Ng6 50.Kc3 Ne5 51.Kb4 Nd7 52.Be3 Kd3 53.c5 Ke4 54.c6 $1 bxc6 55.Ka5 Kd3 56.Kxa6 Kc3 57.Kb7 Ne5 58.Kc7 Nd3 59.Kxc6 Nb4+ 60.Kb5 Nxa2 61.Ka4 Kd3 62.b4 Kc4 (62...Nc3+ 63.Ka5 Kc4 64.f4 $18) 63.Bd2

[Event "Cappelle open"] [Site "Cappelle"] [Date "2008.02.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2643"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.h3 Be7 10.d4 O-O 11.d5 Na5 12.b3 {Game came to a Closed Ruy Lopez kind of positions. But this is good for White. I closed the center with d4-d5 which gave me a space advantage. Black can't play c5-c4 because of b3-b4 and a2-a4 next. White is better. That's why I declined a draw offer here.} Nb7 13.a4 Ne8 14.Be3 g6 15.b4 $1 {A typical idea. Knight b7 is left without any perspectives.} c4 16.Nbd2 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bh6 Ng7 19.axb5 {Maybe not the best decision as this move releases Black from the necessity of watching for a4xb5. But I was consumed by the opportunity to play 21.Nd4} ({Now I would prefer} 19.Nf1 $1 {with a gradual improving of my position.}) 19...axb5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nd4 Qe8 22.Ne6 $6 ({Neither of us saw} 22.N2f3 $1 {in this moment} Bf6 ({Black can't take the knight} 22...exd4 $2 {because after} 23.Qxd4 {there is no good defence against a Qg7} Rf6 24.Bg5 Rf7 25.Qh4 $18) 23.Ne6 $1 Bxe6 24.dxe6 {with advantage} Qxe6 $2 25.Nd4 $18 {After the move in the game Black is ok}) 22...Bxe6 23.dxe6 Nd8 {The knight is free. It's evidence of a mistaken plan of White.} 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Nf1 {Now I make the move that had to be played 6 moves earlier. But White is still better.} Nxe6 26.Ne3 e4 27.Qd5 Qg6 28.Qb7 $2 {A useless move. I'm forcing Black to defend a bishop and have nothing instead of this.} ({Much better was natural} 28.Qxb5 {and White retains an advantage}) 28...Rf7 29.Qxb5 Nf4 30.Qxc4 Nxh3+ $2 ({Black missed an opportunity to create a dangerous attack:} 30...d5 $1 31.Qb5 Nxh3+ 32.Kf1 f4 {(in the game this move was impossible because of Be4)} 33.Nxd5 f3 34.g3 Qh5 {with a dangerous attack at my king}) 31.Kf1 Nxf2 $1 32.Kxf2 $2 ({We were already under time pressure and I couldn't find the strong reply -} 32.Bb3 $1 Rf8 (32...Nd3 33.Qxf7+ Qxf7 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 (34...Nxe1 35.Bd5 $18) 35.Ra1 Ke6 36.b5 $18) 33.Nd5 Bh4 (33...Bg5 $4 34.Qd4+ $18) 34.Nf4 Qh6 35.Ne6+ {and White has a huge advantage}) 32...Bh4+ 33.Ke2 Bxe1 34.Qd4+ Kh6 35.Kxe1 f4 36.Nf1 $2 {I wanted to keep the knight closer to the king and couldn't make the move forward} (36.Nc4 $1 {and Black is bad} Qg3+ (36...Qxg2 37.Bxe4 f3 38.Qd2+ $18) 37.Kd1 Qg4+ 38.Kc1 $18) 36...Re7 37.Kd1 $2 {The desire to keep the king as safe as possible doesn't allow me to find the best moves.} (37.Nd2 $1 {with a big advantage}) 37...Re6 38.g3 $1 Qg4+ 39.Ke1 fxg3 40.Qe3+ Qg5 41.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 42.Nxg3 d5 $2 ({Black had to activate the king in order to save the game:} 42...Kg5 $1 43.Nxe4+ Kf4 44.c4 $1 Ke3 {and then Kd4 with equal position}) 43.Bb3 $1 Re5 $2 ({Black's only chance was} 43...Rg6 $1 44.Ne2 Rd6 45.Kf2 Kg5 {and then pushing forward pawn "h"}) 44.Ne2 {Now it's winning} Kg5 45.b5 h5 46.b6 Re6 47.b7 Rb6 48.Bxd5 e3 49.Nc1 h4 (49...Rb1 50.Bb3 $18) 50.Nd3 h3 51.Ke2 Kf6 52.Kxe3 Ke7 53.Nf2 h2 54.Ng4 Kd6 55.Kd4 Rb5 56.Be4

[Event "Tula (GM)"] [Site "Tula"] [Date "2008.01.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Klimov, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2480"] [EventDate "2007.09.??"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 {One of the main lines in Paulsen's variation.} Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 c5 14.Be5 Rb6 15.Qd3 d6 16.Bc3 O-O 17.Rad1 (17.b3 {obviously is better, Efimenko-Neverov, Ch-UKR, 2006}) 17...d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Be5 f6 20.Bc3 Nb4 $6 (20...Rd8 {was more logical. A move to attack of the queen. But d5 is definitely a better spot for Black knight.}) 21.Qh3 $5 ({I could enter a good ending.} 21.Qd7 $1 Qxd7 22.Rxd7 {and because of captured 7th rank and excellent location on c4 White is always better.}) 21...f5 (21...Nxc2 22.Bd3 $18) (21...Nxa2 22.Ba5 Rxb2 23.Bc4 $18) 22.Qg3 g6 23.a3 Nd5 24.Be5 {By a series of moves White made a sieve from Black's position.} Bf6 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.b3 {Fixing the c4 square.} Qb8 27.Qe3 Qc7 28.h3 $2 ({The right move was} 28.Bc4 $1 {not allowing e6-e5}) 28...e5 $1 {Now Black gets a second wind.} 29.Qc3 (29.Rd2 $5 f4 30.Qc3) 29...Kg7 30.Qa5 {Preparing a transfer of the rook to c3} e4 31.Qc3 {Look at the Black king.} Kh6 32.f4 $1 {Well timed. Black can't leave White pawn on f4 because of the threat g2-g4.} exf3 33.Bxf3 Re8 34.Qd2+ Kg7 35.Qa5 {Coming back. Now this move is just for pinning of rook.} g5 $2 {An untimely activity.} (35...Ree6 {would be better} 36.Rfe1 Qe7 37.Kf1 {and White is just slightly better}) 36.Rfe1 $1 {Capturing a line "e"} Rxe1+ 37.Rxe1 {White wants to play Re6.} Qd6 38.Qc3 Kg6 39.Re5 g4 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.Be2 Rc6 42.Qd3+ $1 Qxd3 43.Bxd3+ {The terrible is ending for Black. There are too many weaknesses.} Kf7 44.Kf2 a5 45.a4 {Fixing} Nd7 46.Rg5 Nf6 47.Kg3 Rc7 48.Bc4+ Kf8 49.Rf5 Ke7 50.Re5+ Kf8 51.Re6 Kg7 52.Ra6 {The result is clear.} Re7 53.Rxa5 Re3+ 54.Kf4 Rc3 55.Kf5

[Event "Ukraine (ch)"] [Site "Kharkiv"] [Date "2007.11.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2429"] [EventDate "2007.09.??"] {The game for the title of the Champion of Ukraine! I couldn't miss a such chance...} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d3 {The move that was learnt from Gennadiy Kuzmin.} Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.h3 Bf8 (13...h6 {is the main line}) 14.d4 Bb7 $6 {Lets me close the center.} (14...cxd4 $5) 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nh4 $6 {A few moves later I realized that I had moved knight to the wrong side.} (16.b3 $5) 16...g6 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Qd2 c4 19.Ng3 Bg7 20.Nf3 {The admission of a mistake.Knight moves back.} f6 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Nh2 Nc5 23.h4 {The beginning of the conflict at the board.} Bc8 24.Bh6 $1 {I exchange a bad bishop. But the point is that after this exchange and f2-f4 Black will have problems defending the pawn at f6.} Bd7 25.Kh1 $1 {Preparing f2-f4.} a5 26.Rf1 b4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.f4 {Here we are!} exf4 29.Rxf4 b3 30.axb3 cxb3 31.Bd3 Ng8 32.Be2 a4 33.Ra3 $1 {Brilliant move! The rook blocks all counterplay on the queen-side and now other pieces have time to relocate.} Re7 34.Nf3 Rae8 35.Qd4 Re5 36.Nd2 Qd8 37.Ra1 {Rook can go back.} Qe7 38.Kg1 $1 {Another strong move from the king. As h4-h5 was being prepared king decided to go away from the "h" line.} Kh8 39.Rf2 $1 {Thinking about Nc4 in one moment and escaping from g6-g5} g5 $6 {Black was not able to stay on more and starts own activity.} 40.h5 g4 41.Rf4 $1 {This is the third coming back in this game (first two are: Ra1-a3-a1 and Kg1-h1-g1)} f5 {Position of Black is already very tough and my opponent tries to confuse the issue.} 42.Nxf5 Bxf5 43.Rxf5 Qg7 44.Rxe5 Rxe5 45.Rf1 Nf6 46.Nc4 $1 Rxe4 47.h6 $18 {The trick that made me the Champion!} Qxh6 48.Rxf6 Rxd4 49.Rxh6 Re4 50.Kf2 Kg7 51.Rh1 (51.Rxd6 $4 Rxc4 $1 {and nothing is clear.}) 51...Rf4+ 52.Ke3 Rf5 53.Bxg4 Rxd5 54.Rd1 Rxd1 55.Bxd1 d5 56.Nb6 Kf6 57.Nxd5+ Ke5 58.Nf4 Nd7 59.Bf3 {Black resigned. I am the Champion! Unbelievable!}

[Event "Ukraine (ch)"] [Site "Kharkiv"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2598"] [EventDate "2007.09.??"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 {I was not prepared for the Petrov and decided to confuse my opponent with something unpopular but solid} Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Qe7 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1+ Be6 12.c3 {Black has just one problem -his king is in the center.} Rhe8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Kf8 (14...g5 $5) 15.Bxf6 gxf6 {Now there is slightly bigger problem - weak squares such as f5, f6, f7, h5 and h6.} 16.Nbd2 Ne7 17.Nh4 b6 18.Nf1 c5 19.Ne3 c4 20.Nef5 $1 {Square f5 is occupied.} Nxf5 21.Bxf5 b5 ({Of course Black doesn't want to give square f5 for the knight} 21...Bxf5 $2 22.Nxf5 {and White is almost winning.}) 22.Kf1 Ke7 23.g3 Kd7 24.Bc2 Kc7 ({After} 24...Bh3+ 25.Kg1 {Black bishop shall go back because of the positional threat of capturing the Bf5}) 25.f4 a5 26.Kf2 Rab8 27.Ng2 $1 {Knight transfers to a better position.} Bd7 28.Rxe8 Bxe8 29.Ne3 Bc6 30.a3 {White has a stable and unpleasant advantage.} Bf8 31.Bd1 $1 {Another weak square is going to be occupied.} Kd6 32.Bh5 Be8 {White's pieces are perfectly placed. But because of time trouble I couldn't find the right plan and just moved} 33.Ke2 Rd8 34.Kd2 Rb8 35.Nf5+ Kc7 36.Ne3 Kd6 37.Ke2 Rd8 38.Bf3 Bc6 39.h4 {One step forward.} Rb8 40.Ng4 Bg7 41.Ne3 Bf8 42.Kd2 Rd8 43.Re1 Kc7 $2 {Finally Black couldn't withstand the siege and makes a mistake. Otherwise I would prepare g3-g4-g5 with subsequent pressure at pawn f7.} 44.Bh5 $1 {Black has no way to defend the pawn.} b4 (44...Be8 45.Nxd5+ Rxd5 46.Rxe8 Rxh5 47.Rxf8 $18) (44...Rd7 45.Ng4 Bg7 46.Re8 {and Rg8+-}) 45.axb4 axb4 46.Bxf7 Kb6 47.Ra1 Rd6 48.g4 Rd8 49.Rf1 {Preparing g4-g5} bxc3+ 50.bxc3 Ra8 51.Rb1+ Kc7 52.Nxd5+ Bxd5 53.Bxd5 $18 {This ending is winning without any problems.} Ra2+ 54.Ke3 Rc2 55.Rb7+ Kc8 56.Rf7 Rxc3+ 57.Ke4 Bd6 58.Be6+ $1 Kb8 59.Rxf6 Kc7 60.Rxh6 Rc1 61.Bxc4 $1 {The easiest way. White gets too many passed pawns for a bishop.} Rxc4 62.Kd5 Rc6 63.Rh7+ Kb6 64.Rf7 Bc7 65.f5 Rd6+ 66.Ke4 Kc6 67.d5+ Kb6 68.g5 Bd8 69.g6 {Black resigned.It was a neat job.}

[Event "Ukraine (ch)"] [Site "Kharkiv"] [Date "2007.11.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Truskavetsky, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2398"] [EventDate "2007.09.??"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 {A solid but not very popular move} b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Bf3 d6 $6 {Not the best novelty.} 8.a4 b4 9.Qd2 $1 {Forcing Black to play d6-d5} d5 (9...Qc7 10.Qxb4 d5 11.Qc3 $1) (9...a5 10.c3 Na6 11.Qe2 {and because of weaknesses on b5 and d6 White is better.}) 10.exd5 Bxd5 {Now White has open lines in the center and its main task is to break through an outpost on d5.} 11.Qe2 $1 {Queen has completed its mission; now it frees a road for the other pieces.} Nf6 12.Rd1 Ra7 $6 (12...Be7 $1 $2 {my opponent was afraid of} 13.Nf5 $1 {but probably it would be the lesser of two evils} exf5 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Bxf6 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Bxf6 17.Qxa8 Bxb2 18.Re1+ Kf8 19.Ra2 Be5 20.c3 $1 {with advantage of White}) 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.c4 $1 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Nxc3 (15...Rd7 $2 16.Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17.Rxd5 Rxd5 18.Qxe6+ $18) 16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Rb1 $18 {Last pieces join in the attack of king captured in the center.} Be7 18.Qg4 Bf6 19.Ba3 h5 20.Qe4 (20.Nxe6 $2 Qxh2+ $1 21.Kxh2 hxg4+ 22.Kg1 Nc6 {and Black is not so bad.}) 20...Be7 21.Nxe6 Qc8 22.Rxb8

[Event "2nd It"] [Site "Edmonton"] [Date "2007.08.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Bachmann, Axel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2466"] [EventDate "2007.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2007.08.13"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 Nd7 ({The main continuation here is} 7...Nh5) 8.Ne4 Nb6 9.c3 Bf5 10.O-O e6 11.Qe2 d5 12.Nc5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 {White has advantage in space and the possibility of a king-side attack.} Rb8 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.Qh3 h6 16.Nf3 {f4-f5 threatens now} h5 17.Ng5 {Now g2-g4 is ready} Bh6 18.Nf3 Bg7 19.b3 $1 {Of course there is no place for a draw. White wants to play a2-a4, Ba3 with a pressure.} Qd8 $2 {Loses at once.} (19...a5 20.a4 Qc8 21.Ba3 {with advantage}) 20.Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 (21...Kh7 22.Ng5+ Kh6 23.Nf7+ $18) 22.Qxg6 $18 {There are too many pawns for the knight} Qe8 23.Qg5 {Of course no exchange} Qe6 24.Nh4 Qh6 25.Qg3 Qh7 26.f5 Bh6 27.Ng6+ Kg8 28.Nxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qg6

[Event "Canadian Open"] [Site "Ottawa"] [Date "2007.07.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2414"] [BlackElo "2539"] [EventDate "2007.07.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2006.10.09"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.e3 Qc7 9.Nbd2 b6 10.c4 Ba6 11.Ne5 Rac8 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Rc1 Rfd8 14.Re1 Qe8 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.a3 Qf8 $1 18.b4 $2 ({Right move was} 18.e4 {and after} Nc7 19.b4 {with usual position}) 18...Nxb4 $1 {The idea of Qf8} 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Qa4 $2 (20.Rxc8 $1 Bxc8 21.Qa1 Rxd2 22.Rc1 Bc5 23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.exd4 Bd7 25.Qxa7 Qd8 $15 {and White has some compensation for a pawn}) 20...Bxd2 21.Ba3 Qe8 $2 ({I have not found the shortest win} 21...Bxe1 $1 22.Rxc8 (22.Rxe1 Bb5 {with an advantage}) 22...Bxf2+ $1 23.Kxf2 (23.Kh1 Rxc8 24.Bxf8 Rc1+ 25.Bf1 Bxf1 $19) 23...Rd2+ {and Qc8-+}) 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Qxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rd1 Bc3 {Black has 2 extra pawns but one of them will be won back.} 25.Rd7 Be2 26.Rxa7 Rd8 27.Bf1 Bf3 28.Rc7 Be5 29.Rc1 h6 30.Bg2 Rd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxd1 {A 4-bishop ending is very difficult for White} 32.f4 Bc3 33.Bc6 Be2 34.Kf2 Bc4 {Bishops don't let White king come closer} 35.Bb7 b5 36.Ba6 f5 37.Bc5 Kf7 38.Bd4 {In order to bring king to the queen-side.} Bxd4 39.exd4 Ke7 40.Ke3 Kd6 $19 {Rest is easy calculations.} 41.h3 Kc6 42.h4 Kb6 43.Bc8 b4 44.Bd7 Kc7 45.Be8 Kd6 46.Bh5 b3 47.Kd2 b2 48.Kc2 Kd5 49.Kxb2 Kxd4 50.Bd1 Bd5 51.h5 Ke3 52.Kc3 Bf3 53.Bb3 Bxh5 54.Bxe6 Bg4 55.Bd7 h5

[Event "Chicago Open 2007"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "2007.05.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Shabalov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2606"] [EventDate "2007.05.??"] {It was our second game in the last few months. First one finished with my win. That's why my opponent wanted a rematch.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Qe2 Ne7 7.Nh4 h6 ({The main line is} 7...f6) ({and our first battle was continued with} 7...g6) 8.g3 c4 {My opponent is known as a player of a tactical bend. And now he wants the initiative at any cost} 9.dxc4 Ba6 {Here I made the move of the game. My thinking was that I have an extra pawn; but my pieces are undeveloped. What is the my main problem? Hm...Ok, let me see what would happen in a few moves if I played simple chess. I play 0-0, he plays d7-d5, I defend my pawn with Nd2, he replies with g7-g6 or g7-g5. Then Bg7, 0-0, one rook goes to d8 another one moves to b8; then even probably f7-f5. I'm under big pressure. Well, what is the main problem in these variations? The Bishop at c1 is it. So, first of all I should decide how to develop it. After b2-b3 he'll just play Qe5; I'm forced to play c2-c3; he moves d7-d5 and I can't defend pawn e4 without losses. Ok, how else can I develop my bishop? Via d2 - no; e3 is also not good, f4 - he just plays queen somewhere and then g7-g5 is threatening. But there should be any way to develop it. Stop, I can sacrifice a pawn c3 back... Let me check... I'm here - he is here; I'm here - he is here; I play this ... well, not bad. So, let's go!} 10.b3 $1 Qe5 11.c3 d5 12.Nd2 $1 {It was the idea.Pawn e4 is defended. And Black has nothing better than capturing on c3. But after this Bc1 is ok and already bishop f8 is in trouble.} Qxc3 13.Rb1 dxc4 14.bxc4 (14.Bb2 $2 Qd3 {and already Black is better}) 14...Rd8 15.Nhf3 Nc8 (15...Qd3 $6 16.Qxd3 Rxd3 17.Ne5 Rd8 18.Ba3 {with advantage}) 16.Bb2 Qc2 17.Nd4 Qa4 18.O-O Be7 {Black tries to resolve a problem of bishop f8 but not successfully.} ({After} 18...Nb6 19.Qh5 $1 {is coming}) (18...Bb4 19.Rfd1 O-O 20.Qg4 {with an attack}) 19.Qg4 Bf6 $2 (19...Rg8 {was more solid}) 20.e5 $1 h5 21.Qd1 $1 Qxd1 22.Rfxd1 Bg5 23.Ne4 c5 24.Nb5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Be7 27.Ba3 $2 {The only big mistake in this game."} (27.Rc1 $1 {would win a pawn}) 27...c4 28.Bxe7 $6 {I missed move 30} (28.Bd6 $1 f5 29.Bxe7 Kxe7 30.Nc5 Nb6 31.Rd6 Rc8 32.Rxe6+ Kd8 33.Rd6+ Ke7 34.Rc6 Rxc6 35.bxc6 c3 36.f4 {with an advantage that should be realized}) 28...Kxe7 29.Rc1 Nb6 30.a4 Rb8 $1 ({I was considering just this line} 30...Rc8 $2 31.a5 Nd5 32.Nd6 {with a practically winning position}) 31.Nd6 f6 32.f4 fxe5 33.fxe5 Nd7 $2 {Black had to wait for a4-a5} (33...Rf8 $1 34.a5 Nd7 35.a6 (35.Rxc4 Nxe5 36.Rc8 Rf3 37.Ne4 Re3 $11) 35...Nxe5 36.Nxc4 Rc8 37.b6 axb6 38.a7 Nxc4 39.Rxc4 Ra8 40.Rc7+ Kd6 $11) 34.Rxc4 Nxe5 35.Rc8 Rb6 36.Ne4 {White again has an advantage} a6 37.Rc5 Nf3+ $2 {Just helps me to bring my king closer to the center} ({More stubborn was} 37...Nd7 38.Rxh5 e5 $5 39.Rh7 Kf7 40.Rh8 axb5 41.axb5 Ke7 42.Nc3 Rd6 43.Rc8 {White has a good winning chances but this is not easy so far}) 38.Kf2 $1 Nd4 (38...Nxh2 $2 39.a5 $1 Rb7 40.Rxh5 Ng4+ 41.Ke2 $18) 39.Ke3 Nf5+ 40.Kf4 axb5 41.Rxb5 $1 {Pawn "a" is more remote than pawn "b" is} Ra6 ({The losing ending could happen for Black after} 41...Rxb5 42.axb5 h4 43.g4 Nd4 44.b6 Kd7 45.Nc5+ Kc6 46.b7 e5+ 47.Ke4 Kc7 48.Nd3 (48.h3 $2 Ne2 49.Kxe5 Ng1 $11) 48...Kxb7 49.Nxe5 Nc2 50.Ng6 Kc7 51.Nxh4 Kd7 52.Nf5 $18) 42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Nc5 Rc6 44.Rc7 $1 ({Black resigned because of such variations:} 44.Rc7 Rd6 (44...Rxc7 45.Nxe6+ Ke7 46.Nxc7 $18) 45.Ke5 Ke8 46.Nxe6 g6 47.Kf6 Ra6 48.Rh7 $18)

[Event "Chicago-open"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "2007.05.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Enkhbat, Tegshsuren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2379"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 ({The idea of this variation is:} 7...Qxb2 8.e6 $1 Qxa1 9.Qb3 b5 10.Ne2 {and then 0-0 and Nc3.}) 8.Nd2 Ne7 9.Ngf3 Nd7 10.O-O Nf5 11.c4 {White completes development and now tries to get the initiative in the center} Qa6 12.Qc3 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 Ne7 (14...Nxe3 $6 15.fxe3 {and White gains a new open line}) 15.Nd2 {Knight moves to e4 and 3rd rank is available for the queen} Ned5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qf3 Nb4 18.Ne4 {White is better; Black pieces are still undeveloped and there is no easy way to do this.} Qd3 19.Be3 $1 {Of course White doesn't agree to the exchange of queens} Rd8 20.Rfd1 Qb5 21.a3 Nd5 22.Bg5 Rd7 23.b4 {Black developed a rook to d7 but there are still problems with the rook h8, bishop and king. The only hope of Black is the solidity of its position.} a5 24.Ng3 {The pawn h5 in undefended} Nc7 25.Nxh5 Qd5 26.Qg4 {No exchanges. White wants to finish the game before the ending starts.} Nb5 27.Nf4 Qe4 28.d5 $1 cxd5 {The only possible capturing.} 29.Rac1 $18 f5 ({The main idea of d4-d5 move was hidden:} 29...Nc7 30.Nxd5 $1 exd5 (30...Qxg4 31.Nxc7+ Rxc7 32.Rd8#) 31.Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 (31...Qxg4 32.Rc8+ Rd8 33.Rxd8#) 32.Qxe4 dxe4 33.Rd8#) (29...Na7 $5 30.Re1 Qd4 31.Qh3 $1 {and Ne6 is coming with a crushing attack}) 30.exf6 Kf7 31.Rc4 $1 {Another nice move} d4 32.a4 gxf6 33.axb5 fxg5 34.hxg5 axb4 35.g6+ Kf6 36.Nh5+ Ke5 37.Qxe4+

[Event "Miami (it)"] [Site "Miami"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Becerra, Julio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2544"] [EventDate "2006.08.16"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Na5 11.Nd4 O-O 12.f3 ({Probably} 12.Nd2 {was better} Nxd2 13.Qxd2 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bc2 Nc4 (15...g6 $6 16.Qe2 Kg7 17.Rae1 $14 {Kotronias-Lopez Martinez, 2005}) 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.f4 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 {and White is slightly better}) 12...Nc5 13.f4 Ncxb3 14.Nxb3 Nxb3 (14...Nc4 $1 $2 {Keres-Euwe,1939}) 15.axb3 Qd7 16.b4 a5 {An interesting sacrifice of a pawn.} (16...f6 $5 17.Nd2 fxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 $11) 17.bxa5 c5 (17...Bg4 18.Qe1 b4 $1 $2 {widening the scope of the bishops}) 18.Nd2 Ra6 19.Qf3 d4 20.cxd4 Bd5 (20...cxd4 21.Bf2 Bd5 22.Ne4 (22.Qd3 Qb7 23.f5 Bxg2 24.Rfd1 {with a complicated position}) 22...Qb7 23.Rfe1 Bb4 24.Re2 Rfa8 25.Bxd4 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Kf2 {and White is slightly better}) 21.Qe2 (21.Qf2 Rg6 22.g3 Qh3 23.Rfc1 h5 24.f5 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Rg4 {with compensation}) 21...Rg6 22.Rf3 $1 (22.g3 Qh3 23.Rf3 $1 {this version of the exchange sacrifice is even better}) 22...Bxf3 (22...cxd4 $5 23.Bxd4 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Ra8 (24...Qd5 $2 25.a6 Bc5 26.Qf2 $1) 25.Qe4 Qc6 $11) 23.Nxf3 c4 24.Nd2 Ra6 25.Qf3 Rd8 $11 (25...Rfa8 26.d5 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.d6 Bd8 29.Kf2 $13 {with a complicated position}) 26.f5 f6 $1

[Events f5-f6} 27.e6 (27.Ne4 Qd5 $11) 27...Qd5 (27...Qc7 $1 28.Qh5 Bb4 29.Ne4 Rxa5 30.Rxa5 Bxa5 31.d5 $11) 28.Kf2 $1 Qa8 (28...Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Bb4 30.Ne4 Rxa5 31.Rd1 {with a more pleasant position for White}) 29.Qxa8 Rdxa8 30.Ne4 Rxa5 31.Rxa5 Rxa5 32.d5 b4 (32...Ra6 33.Bf4 Ra2 34.d6 Rxb2+ 35.Kf3 Bd8 36.d7 Rb3+ 37.Ke2 (37.Kg4 Rd3) 37...Rb2+ 38.Kf3 Rb3+ $11) 33.d6 Rxf5+ 34.Ke2 Kf8 $2 {The first serious mistake for Black} (34...Bd8 $5 35.e7 Bxe7 36.dxe7 Re5 37.Nd6 c3 38.bxc3 b3 39.Nc4 Rxe7 40.Kd3 {in comparison with the actual position, Black has an "extra" pawn on b3}) (34...Re5 35.dxe7 Rxe6 36.Nd6 c3 37.bxc3 b3 38.Nc4 Rxe7 {with the same position}) 35.Bc5 $1 {White gets the advantage} Bxd6 (35...Re5 36.d7 $1 Rd5 (36...Rxc5 37.Nxc5 Bd8 38.Ke3 Bb6 (38...Ke7 39.Kd4 c3 40.bxc3 b3 41.Kd3 f5 42.c4 $18) 39.Kd4 c3 40.bxc3 b3 41.Kd3 Ke7 42.Nb7 $18) 37.Bd6 $1 Rxd6 38.Nxd6 Bd8 39.Nc8 f5 40.Na7 Ke7 41.Nc6+ Kxe6 42.Nxd8+ Kxd7 43.Nf7 Kc6 44.Ng5 h6 45.Ne6 g6 46.Nd4+ {and White should win}) 36.Bxd6+ Ke8 37.Bxb4 Re5 38.Kf3 Rxe6 39.Nd6+ Kd7 40.Nxc4 {Finally we have an interesting ending demanding precise calculation.} Rc6 41.Ne3 Rc1 42.Bc3 Ke6 43.Ke4 g6 44.h3 f5+ 45.Kf3 g5 46.g4 fxg4+ 47.hxg4 Rh1 48.Nf5 Rf1+ 49.Kg2 Ra1 50.Nd4+ Kf7 51.Nf3 h6 52.Kf2 {White has made some progress: pawns g5, h6 are fixed and now everything is ready for pushing the "b" pawn forward. But fortunately my opponent made my task much easier} Rh1 $4 53.Be1 $18 {Rook is trapped} h5 54.Kg2 hxg4 55.Nxg5+ {Black resigned.A tense game!}

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"] [Site "Stillwater"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Shabalov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2517"] [BlackElo "2602"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Qe2 Ne7 7.Nh4 g6 ({Probably, a novelty.The main line is} 7...f6) 8.e5 $1 {White begins pack the black's pieces, especially the bishop c8. The primary task for black is to push at my pawn e5 because it is disjoining the black forces.} Bg7 9.f4 O-O (9...g5 $5 10.Nf3 (10.fxg5 Qxe5 11.Qxe5 Bxe5 12.Nc3 d5 13.Na4 Bd6 14.O-O {with unclear position}) 10...gxf4 11.Bxf4 Ng6 12.Bg3 h5 $1 13.h3 f6 {and this position need a practice}) 10.Nf3 {Now white are making stronger the pawn e5.} f6 11.Nbd2 fxe5 12.fxe5 Nf5 13.c3 {Protecting the important square d4.} Ba6 14.Ne4 $1 {White has a big advantage.} Qa5 (14...Qb6 15.g4 $1 c4 16.d4 Ne7 17.Nc5 {White is much better}) 15.O-O {It's time to castle.Nd4 was threatened.} Rab8 16.g4 $1 Ne7 17.c4 $1 {Protecting the last free squares for black's pieces. Position is winning for white.} Kh8 18.Be3 Ng8 19.Bxc5 d5 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Nd6 dxc4 22.dxc4

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"] [Site "Stillwater"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Brooks, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2517"] [BlackElo "2481"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2007.02.26"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Qg3 Kh8 12.Bc4 Bb7 13.Qd3 {The idea that brought to me the last GM norm} h6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Kg8 16.f3 Rfc8 17.Nd2 Nc5 18.Qe2 Ne6 19.Qf2 Nd4 $1 20.Rac1 Bc6 21.Ba2 {Foreseeing the b6-b5 thrust} b5 22.Kh1 b4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Ne2 Bxa4 25.Nxd4 Bd7 26.Nf1 $1 {Knight is going to e3} a5 27.Ne3 a4 {Black had a devilish threat - b4-b3 and after Bb1 - a4-a3!} 28.Qd2 Rab8 29.Nef5 Bf8 30.g4 {The beginning of attack} Be8 $6 ({Strange move. The pawn f7 doesn't need defence.That's why the Black could have played} 30...a3 31.bxa3 bxa3 32.g5 hxg5 33.Qxg5 Bxf5 34.Nxf5 Qc3 {with an unclear position}) 31.g5 hxg5 32.Qxg5 {Now White has a strong attack. Ng7 is threatened.} Nh7 33.Qd2 $6 (33.Qg2 {was more dangerous for Black. During the game I was afraid of} b3 {but after} 34.Nxg7 $1 (34.Bb1 $2 g6 {the position is unclear}) 34...Bxg7 35.Rg1 f6 36.cxb3 Qa7 37.bxa4+ Kh8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Ne6 {White wins}) 33...Kh8 {Natural desire to go away from the a2-g8 diagonal.} 34.Rg1 Qd8 $2 {The losing move.} (34...g6 {was better. The win would be very difficult.}) 35.Nxg7 Bxg7 36.Nf5 (36.Rxg7 {doesn't work because of} Kxg7 37.Rg1+ Kh8 38.Qg2 Qg5 $1 {and White has no compensation for his sacrifices}) 36...Bxb2 ({Another moves also loses:} 36...Be5 37.Nh6 Nf8 38.Rg8+ Kh7 39.Nf5 $1 Kxg8 40.Rg1+ {with a checkmate}) (36...Bf8 37.Rg3 {and Rcg1+-}) 37.Nh6 Ng5 (37...Nf8 38.Rg8+ Kh7 39.Rcg1 Qf6 40.Nf5 b3 41.Qg2 Ng6 42.Rf8 $18) 38.Rxg5 b3 39.Rcg1 Rxc2 40.Nxf7+ {Actually, there are a lot of winning ways.} Bxf7 41.Rh5+

[Event "Aratovskiy Memorial Tournament"] [Site "Saratov"] [Date "2006.11.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Matsenko, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2363"] [EventDate "2006.08.16"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7 16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 bxa3 18.bxa3 g6 19.Nf2 Nh5 20.Qe3 f6 21.f5 (21.Bc4 {is more popular}) 21...exf5 {N} ({A good correspondence game was won here:} 21...gxf5 22.Qh6 Ng7 23.Rb1 Qc8 24.exf5 e5 25.Nh3 $1 Bb5 (25...exd4 26.Ng5 $1 fxg5 27.f6 $18) 26.c4 Bxc4 27.Ng5 $1 fxg5 28.f6 Rxf6 29.Bxh7+ Kf7 30.Qg6+ $1 Ke6 31.Rxf6+ Bxf6 32.Bxe5 $1 Nh5 33.Bd4 Qc6 34.Qf5+ Ke7 35.Re1+ Kd8 36.Bxf6+ Nxf6 37.Qxf6+ Kc7 38.Qg7+ Kb6 39.Rb1+ {1-0 Viard, D.- Graudins, I./ICCF Email 2000/CORR 2000}) 22.Rb1 Qd7 23.exf5 g5 24.Ng4 $1 Nf4 25.Rxf4 $1 gxf4 26.Qxf4 {Now White wants to just check on g5} Kh8 27.Qh6 Qd8 28.Re1 Rf7 {Black wants to push my queen away with Qf8} 29.Bc4 $1 d5 30.Bf1 {And blocking the 1st rank from future checks} Qf8 {Now it's time for the final combination!} 31.Rxe7 $1 Qxh6 32.Nxh6 Rxe7 33.Bxf6+ Rg7 34.Bd4 $1 Be8 35.f6 Rf7 36.g4 $1 Rc8 37.Bd3 Rc6 38.g5 Re6 39.Kg2 Re1 40.h4 {Black resigned. White is just pushing forward his "h" and "g" pawns.}

[Event "Lviv-GM"] [Site "Lviv"] [Date "2006.10.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2495"] [EventDate "2006.08.16"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd3 {The variation that became our (mine and Oleksienko's) weapon against the Najdorf's variation for a long time. Twice we played this variation with each other. Once before he beat me (at the Ukrainian under 20 championship in 2006). This was our second game played in this variation.} Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nfd7 $1 $2 {An interesting idea. Black prepares Bg5} 12.c4 $6 {A mistake.} ({The best reaction would be} 12.Be3 {with idea to hide the bishop after f2-f3 to f2.That's why Black shall play} Bg5 {but in this case White has a pressure at the queen-side} 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Na5 Nc5 15.Qa3) 12...a5 13.Be3 Bg5 14.Nd2 f5 {Black has got a good position from the opening} 15.Bxg5 Qxg5 16.b3 e4 17.Qc3 Ne5 18.a3 ({Black is ok after} 18.f4 $5 exf3 19.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Nd7) 18...Nbd7 (18...Ng6 $1 $2 {was deserving attention}) 19.b4 ({again} 19.f4 $1 {was the best move}) 19...Rac8 20.Qd4 $2 (20.f4 exf3 21.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 b6 23.Qd4 {with a normal position} (23.bxa5 $6 bxa5 24.Qxa5 Ne5 {and White should be careful})) 20...axb4 21.axb4 Nd3 $1 22.Rfd1 {The only move} (22.Bxd3 $2 Qxd2 23.Rfd1 Qxb4 {Black is better}) 22...Nxb4 23.Rab1 Na6 24.Rxb7 Nac5 25.Ra7 {Because of this exchange both Black knights have wonderful outposts} Rce8 ({Just few moves later I realized that I need to exchange rooks} 25...Ra8 $1 26.Rda1 Rxa7 27.Rxa7 Rb8 {with an advantage}) 26.Kh1 Ne5 27.Bf1 Qg6 {preparing f5-f4} 28.Re1 h6 {I make necessary moves. White has nothing to do here} 29.h3 Ncd3 30.Bxd3 (30.Rea1 {was more stubborn}) 30...Nxd3 31.Rb1 Ra8 {Opening the second front} 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Qe3 f4 34.Qd4 $2 {A final mistake} (34.Qe2 Ra2) 34...e3 $1 ({White resigned because of} 34...e3 35.fxe3 Ra2)

[Event "The lion's cup"] [Site "Lviv"] [Date "2006.08.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Hryhorenko, Nataliya"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "2471"] [EventDate "2006.08.16"] [EventCountry "UKR"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 b5 9.a4 a6 10.Ba3 Nd5 $1 {A good example of a positional sacrifice of an exchange.} ({There is a lot of theory after} 10...Re8 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nf6 13.Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14.e5 Nd5 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Be4) 11.Bxf8 Qxf8 12.e4 Nb6 13.a5 Na4 {Knight has located to an excellent position} 14.e5 (14.Nd2 {(with an idea Nc4) was definitely better} e5 $1 15.Nxc4 (15.dxe5 Be6 {and Black has a very serious initiative at the queen-side}) 15...Nc3 16.Qc2 exd4 17.e5 Ra7 18.Nd2 c5 {with sufficient compensation}) 14...Bb7 15.Ng5 Bxg2 16.Qc2 (16.Kxg2 h6 17.Qf3 Nd7 18.Ne4 Rd8 {with following Nb8; Black is better}) 16...g6 17.Kxg2 Nc6 18.Qe4 Ne7 {Black knights have great opportunities: d3, d5, f5. They are much better than White} 19.h4 h6 20.Nh3 Nc3 21.Qc2 Ncd5 $17 22.a3 Rd8 23.Rfd1 Nf5 24.Qc1 $2 (24.Kh2 {would be more stubborn}) 24...c5 $19 25.g4 (25.dxc5 Nde3+ $1 26.fxe3 $19 Rxd1) 25...Nxd4 {White resigned. A final position is very demonstrative.Just take a look at the white rooks and black knights...}

[Event "The lion's cup"] [Site "Lviv"] [Date "2006.08.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Golovlev, Nikolay"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2471"] [BlackElo "2280"] [EventDate "2006.08.16"] [EventCountry "UKR"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Nge2 c5 9.a3 Ba5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.b4 Nxc3 {N} 12.Nxc3 Nxe5 13.Qg3 Bc7 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Bb2 Ng6 16.Nd6 b6 17.Bd3 (17.c4 $1 $2 {was better} bxc5 18.bxc5 e5 19.Bc3 $1 Bxd6 (19...d4 $2 20.Qf3 Bxd6 21.Qxa8 Bxc5 22.Bb4 Qc7 23.Rb1 $16) 20.cxd6 d4 21.Bd2 {with the advantage of the bishop pair, the bad location of Black's king and passed pawns at c4 and d6}) 17...bxc5 18.Nxf7 $1 Bxg3 19.Bxg6 $5 (19.Nxd8 Be5 20.Rb1 Bxb2 21.Rxb2 Ne5 22.f4 Nxd3+ 23.cxd3 cxb4 24.Rxb4 Bd7 25.Nb7 Rc8 {and Black is ok}) 19...Qb6 $2 (19...Bxf2+ $1 {was the strongest answer to my sacrifice} 20.Kxf2 Qb6 $1 (20...Qh4+ {was not so good} 21.g3 Qg4 22.Ne5 $1 (22.Nxh8 Kg8 $19) 22...Qg5 (22...Qh3 $2 23.Raf1 Ke7 24.Ke1 cxb4 25.axb4 Rf8 26.Rxf8 Kxf8 27.Rf1+ Ke7 (27...Kg8 28.Nc6 $1 Qxf1+ ({the only move because after} 28...Ba6 $4 {White checkmates} 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31.Rf7+ Kh8 32.Rh7#) 29.Kxf1 {with advantage}) 28.Rf7+ Kd6 29.c4 $1 d4 (29...dxc4 $4 30.Be4 {! with checkmate}) 30.Bxd4 {and White is winning}) 23.Rhf1 Ke7 (23...Ba6 24.h4 $1 Qd2+ 25.Kg1+ Bxf1 26.Rxf1+ Kg8 (26...Ke7 $4 27.Rf7+ Kd8 28.Nc6+ Kc8 29.Be5 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Qe2+ 31.Kh3 $18) 27.Bf7+ Kh7 28.Bg6+ $11) 24.Kg2 Rf8 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.h4 Qe7 28.Bf7+ Kh7 29.Bg6+ $11) 21.Rhf1 (21.Nxh8 cxb4+ 22.Kf3 (22.Ke2 $2 Kg8 23.Nf7 Ba6+ 24.Kf3 b3 $19) 22...e5 $1 {opening the 6th rank} 23.Bxe5 Kg8 24.axb4 Bd7 $19) 21...Ba6 22.Nxh8 (22.Kg3 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Ke7 (23...Kg8 $4 24.Ne5 cxb4 25.Bf7+ Kh7 26.Bg6+ $11) 24.Nxh8 Rxh8 {and White has just 2 bishops for a queen}) 22...cxb4+ 23.Kg3+ Bxf1 24.Rxf1+ Kg8 25.Nf7 b3 $1 26.Ne5 bxc2 $19) (19...Qc7 $2 20.fxg3 Qxf7 21.Bxf7 Kxf7 22.bxc5 {with advantage}) 20.fxg3 Rg8 (20...cxb4 21.Rf1 $1 Qe3+ (21...Ba6 22.Ne5+ $1 Ke7 23.Rf7+ Kd8 (23...Kd6 24.Rd7+ Kc5 25.Rd1 Kb5 26.Bd4 Qa5 27.Bd3+ Ka4 28.Nc6 Bxd3 29.axb4 $18) 24.Bd4 Qd6 25.axb4 {and White has more than enough compensation for a queen}) 22.Kd1 b3 (22...Ba6 23.Re1 Qb6 24.axb4 $1 (24.Nxh8 $2 b3 25.Be5 (25.Bh7 bxc2+ 26.Kc1 Rc8 27.Ng6+ Ke8 $1 (27...Kf7 28.Ne5+ Ke7 29.Nf3 $13 $1 {-unclear}) 28.Nf4 Kd7 $19) 25...Kg8 26.Nf7 bxc2+ $19) 24...Rg8 25.b5 $1 Bxb5 26.Ng5 $1 Be2+ (26...Ke7 27.Rxe6+ Qxe6 28.Nxe6 Kxe6 29.Kd2 {with compensation for the exchange}) 27.Rxe2 Qxb2 28.Nxe6+ Ke7 29.Ra6 {the attack continues}) 23.Ne5+ Ke7 24.Rf7+ Kd6 25.Nf3 $1 {with ideas like Bd4, Be5. White is ok}) 21.O-O $1 cxb4+ (21...Ke7 $5 22.Rf2 $1 cxb4 23.axb4 Ba6 24.Be5 $1 Kd7 (24...Bc4 25.Bd6+ Qxd6 26.Nxd6 Kxd6 27.Rf7 $11) (24...Bb5 25.Bd6+ Kd7 26.Bc5 {White is better}) 25.c3 $1 {White has excellent compensation for the queen}) 22.Kh1 Ke7 (22...Ba6 $6 23.Rf4 $1 ({after} 23.Bd4 $6 Qxd4 24.Ne5+ Bxf1 25.Rxf1+ Ke7 26.Nc6+ Kd6 27.Nxd4 bxa3 28.Ra1 Rgb8 {Black is better.}) 23...Ke7 24.Bd4 Qb5 25.axb4 {with an attack}) 23.Ne5 $6 (23.axb4 $1 $2 {avoiding the exchange of rooks. Because of the following Rf4, Bd4, Ne5 White has enough compensation.}) 23...Rf8 (23...Bb7 24.axb4 Rgf8 25.Bf7 $1 {with compensation}) 24.Rxf8 (24.Bd4 $6 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 bxa3 $1 26.Bxb6 axb6) ({missing:} 24.Bf7 $1 Kd6 25.Ng6 Ba6 26.Rf4 b3 $1 27.cxb3 Rfc8 28.Re1 {and the Black king is still in danger}) 24...Kxf8 25.axb4 $2 (25.Rf1+ $1 Ke7 26.Bd4 (26.axb4 {lets the Black king escape} Kd6 27.Nf7+ Kc7) 26...bxa3 $1 27.Bxb6 axb6 {Black is better}) 25...Qf2 $2 (25...Kg8 $1 {puts White in a difficult situation} 26.Rf1 (26.Bf7+ Kh7 27.Bg6+ Kh8 28.Rf1 Ba6 $19) 26...Ba6 27.Rf4 Qe3 $19) 26.Bd3 $2 ({The best decision was} 26.Bd4 $1 Qxd4 27.Rf1+ Kg8 28.Bf7+ Kh7 (28...Kh8 29.Ng6+ Kh7 30.Nf8+ $11) 29.Bg6+ $11) 26...Ke8 $4 {Black makes a final mistake.} ({Black king was more safety tucked in the corner:} 26...Kg8 $1 27.b5 $1 (27.Rf1 Qb6 28.Ng6 Ba6 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Ng6+ Kh7 $19) (27.Ng6 Ba6 $1 28.b5 (28.Bxa6 Qxc2 29.Ne7+ Kf7 $19) 28...Bxb5 $1 29.Bxb5 Qxc2 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Be5 a5 {and White has no sufficient compensation}) 27...Qc5 28.Nc6 Bb7 29.Bd4 Qf8 30.Ne5 {White is very solid in the center but only Black can play for a win here}) 27.Rf1 $18 Qe3 (27...Qb6 28.Bd4 Qb7 29.Bc5 Kd8 30.Rf8+ Kc7 31.Rf7+ Kd8 32.Bd6 $18) (27...Qd2 28.Bd4 Kd8 29.Bc5 Bb7 30.Bd6 Bc6 31.Nxc6+ Kd7 32.Bf4 $18) 28.Bd4 Qd2 (28...Qxd4 29.Bg6+ Ke7 30.Nc6+ $18) 29.Bc5 Kd8 30.Rf8+ ({Black resigned due to} 30.Rf8+ Kc7 31.Rf7+ Kd8 32.Nc6+ Ke8 33.Re7+ Kf8 34.Rd7+ Ke8 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Rf8# {A game full of mistakes. But still one of my favorites!})

[Event "Inautomarket-open"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "2006.07.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2471"] [BlackElo "2575"] {A win in this game would give me the last GM norm.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 {A surprise. Usually my opponent played 6...e6} 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd3 {I have decided to surprise my opponent, too. I have never even analyzed this move for White.} Nbd7 10.Qg3 {Bh6 threats} Kh8 (10...b5 {is probably better:} 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Be3 Bb7 13.a3 Rc8 $13 {with a typical Sicilian position}) 11.a4 b6 12.Bc4 $1 {A very strong novelty. White fixes the d5-square.} Bb7 13.Qd3 $1 {Queen has opened and closed the door for a bishop.} h6 Bg5. But it was not necessary.} (13...Qc7 {was probably better}) 14.f3 $6 ({White shouldn't be afraid of Ng4. The exchange of this knight for my black-squared bishop would let me control the d5-square. That's why right move was} 14.Be3 $5) 14...Qc7 15.Be3 Kg8 16.Qe2 $2 {Another unnecessary move.} (16.Rfd1 $1 Rfc8 17.Nd2 {and Black can't play d6-d5}) 16...Rfc8 17.Nd2 d5 $1 {This move equalizes the game.} 18.Nxd5 (18.exd5 $5 Bb4 19.d6 $1 Qxd6 20.Nce4 $13) 18...Nxd5 19.exd5 Nf6 20.Bf2 Nxd5 21.Rfe1 Bf6 22.Bb3 Nf4 23.Qf1 Bd5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.c3 Qc6 (25...Be7 $5) 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Ng3 Bf6 28.Nh5 $1 {White again gains an advantage.} Re8 29.Rad1 $14 Bd8 30.Qd3 Nf6 31.Nxf6+ Bxf6 32.Qe4 (32.Qd7 $5) 32...Re6 33.Rd5 $2 ({Missing the strong} 33.Rd7 $14 $1) 33...Rc8 34.a5 bxa5 35.Rxa5 {Because of this exchange White got a passed "c" pawn.} Rb8 36.Re2 Qxe4 37.fxe4 Bd8 $6 (37...Rb3 $5) 38.Ra3 (38.Rd5 $14 $5) 38...Bb6 39.Rd2 {White still has some advantage because of the "c" pawn and that fact that the e4 pawn holds d5 and stops ...f7-f5} Kf8 40.b4 Rc8 41.Bxb6 Rxb6 42.Kf2 Rbc6 43.Rd3 Ke7 44.Ke3 h5 (44...Rc4 $5 45.Rxa6 Rxc3 46.b5 Rc2 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.b6 Rb2 49.Rc7 Rb8 $11) 45.Kd2 h4 (45...Rc4 $5 46.Rxa6 Rxe4 47.b5 $14 Rec4 {with an unclear position. The Black pawns are ready to go forward}) 46.Ra5 f6 47.Kc2 Rh8 $2 {a slow plan} (47...Rc4 $5 48.Kb3 Rxe4 (48...R8c6 $2 49.Rxa6 Rxb4+ 50.cxb4 Rxa6 51.b5 Ra8 52.Kb4 {and Black is badly off}) 49.Rxa6 Re1 $11) 48.Rad5 Rc7 49.Kb3 {White is ready to move forward} Rh6 $2 {The continuation of the wrong plan} (49...Rhc8 {was obviously better}) 50.c4 Rg6 51.g3 Rg4 (51...hxg3 52.Rxg3 $1 Rxg3+ 53.hxg3 $18 {with a subsequent b4-b5}) 52.Re3 {Now the rook at g4 is evidently misplaced. White's pieces operate more harmoniously.} Ke6 53.Kc3 $6 {An inaccuracy} (53.Ra5 $1 Rc6 54.Ra1 g6 55.b5 axb5 56.cxb5 Rc5 57.Kb4 Rc2 58.b6 Rb2+ 59.Ka5 {with an advantage}) 53...hxg3 54.hxg3 g6 55.c5 (55.Rd8 f5 56.Ra8 Rc6 57.exf5+ gxf5 58.c5 e4 59.Kd4 Rg7 $11) 55...Rc6 $2 {A serious mistake} ({The best move was} 55...a5 $1 {with an exemplary variation} 56.b5 Rxe4 57.Red3 Rb4 58.c6 Rc8 $13 $1 (58...Ke7 $2 59.Rd7+ Rxd7 60.Rxd7+ Ke6 61.Rb7 Rg4 62.c7 Rxg3+ 63.Kc4 Kd7 64.b6 $18) 59.Rd1 {and White has good chances for a win}) 56.Rd8 (56.Red3 $1 {would be more precise} Rxe4 57.Rd6+ Rxd6 58.Rxd6+ Ke7 59.Rxa6 $18 {and it looks like the white pawns are unstoppable}) 56...a5 $4 (56...f5 $1 {was the saving move} 57.exf5+ gxf5 58.Re8+ Kd7 59.R3xe5 (59.R8xe5 Rcg6 60.Re7+ Kc6 61.R3e6+ (61.R7e6+ Kb5 $11) 61...Kd5 62.Rxg6 Rxg6 63.Re3 Kc6 $1 64.Kb3 Kb5 $11) 59...Rcg6 60.R5e7+ Kc6 61.Re6+ Kd5 (61...Kb5 62.Rb8+ Ka4 63.Rxg6 Rxg6 64.Kc4 $18) 62.Rxg6 Rxg6 63.Rd8+ Kc6 64.Kc4 Rxg3 65.Rd6+ Kb7 66.Rb6+ Ka7 67.Rf6 Rg4+ 68.Kb3 Rg1 69.Rxf5 {with a theorhetically drawn rook ending}) 57.Kc4 $18 axb4 58.Kb5 $1 {Black flagged out but his position is quite lost. Pawn "c" finally has decided the destiny of the game.}

[Event "Ukrainian Youth Games"] [Site "Evpatoria"] [Date "2006.05.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2504"] [BlackElo "2667"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] [EventCountry "UKR"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Bd6 {An unusual move aimed at confusing of the opponent.} 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Be5 10.Nb3 Bxc3 {Black exchanges his black-squared bishop when his pawns are placed on the white squares. But White double pawns. The next moves should resolve doubts about whose achievement is more significant.} 11.bxc3 d5 12.Bc5 $1 {White threatens the Black king in the center.} b6 13.Ba3 Bb7 14.Rhe1 {All White's pieces are directed to the Black king.} dxe4 ({The King can't escape to the queen-side} 14...O-O-O 15.e5 Ne8 (15...Nd7 $4 16.Bd6) 16.Bxa6 {and White is better.}) 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Ne7 ({Another possibility was} 16...Rd8 {exchanging one pair of rooks.}) 17.Qg4 Rc8 $2 (17...O-O $4 18.Bd6 $18) ({Black could take on c3:} 17...Qxc3 $5 18.Bb2 Qc6 19.Qxg7 Rg8 20.Qxh7 Qxg2 {with an unclear position. White can't easily take advantage of the central location of the Black king}) 18.Rd3 {Black is worse. His king is trapped in the center; rook h8 is undeveloped and can't join the other pieces.} Qxh2 (18...Ng6 19.Rxe6+ fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Ne7 21.Re3 $18) (18...Rg8 19.Nd4 {and then Ne6 with a crushing attack}) 19.Bxe7 $18 Qxg2 (19...Kxe7 20.Rxe6+ $1 Kf8 21.Rd7 $18) 20.Qh4 {Now a win is in the bag.} h6 21.Bd8 g5 22.Qd4 O-O 23.Qf6 e5 24.Qxh6

[Event "UKR-ch (U-20)"] [Site "Lviv"] [Date "2006.02.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Pavlov, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2504"] [BlackElo "2450"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] [EventCountry "UKR"] {It was a very bad event for me. I finished with a record low: +5-5=1. But some games were pretty good.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 (5...Nf6 {is the main line here}) 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 {Looks slow.} ({Black has to complete development} 8...e6) 9.Bg5 [preventing e7-e6} Qa5 10.Bh4 e6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Nf5 $1 {A strong move that captures an initiative} Qb4 ({Accepting the sacrifice was risky.} 12...exf5 13.b4 $1 Qxb4 14.Nd5 $1 Nxd5 15.exd5+ Be6 16.dxe6 Qxh4 (16...fxe6 17.Qd5 Be7 18.Rxe6 Qxh4 19.Rae1 $18) 17.exf7+ Kd7 (17...Kxf7 18.Qd5+ Kg6 19.Re6+ Kg5 20.f4+ $18) 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.Qf3 $18) 13.Qf3 $1 {Now Ng7 threatens} exf5 14.Nd5 $18 {Black is defenceless.} Qc4 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.exf5+ Kd8 17.Qxb7 Qxh4 18.Qxa8+ Kc7 19.Qa7+ Kc8 20.Qxa6+ Kc7 21.Qa7+ Kc8 22.Re3 Bc6 23.Rb3 {Black resigned}

[Event "Installplast-HV"] [Site "Rodatychi"] [Date "2005.08.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Iljin, Timofey"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2450"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] [EventCountry "UKR"] {This game was awarded the prize for best game of the tournament.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4 9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bg2 e5 13.f5 Nd4 14.Qd3 Bd7 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Ne2 Rac8 17.b3 {White had played the opening in an off-hand way and Black plays energetically to maintain the initiative.} Bxd2+ 18.Qxd2 d5 $1 {A bomb for my opponent!} 19.e5 $6 (19.Qxd4 {was the right move} dxc4 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.O-O Rfe8 {and Black is better}) 19...dxc4 $1 20.exf6 $2 (20.Qxd4 {still was the best option} Qxd4 21.Nxd4 Rfe8 22.O-O Rxe5 23.Bxb7 Rc7 {with a little advantage to Black. But my opponent couldn't keep himself from taking the knight}) 20...d3 $1 21.bxc4 (21.Qg5 g6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Bd5 Bf5 24.Nf4 Rfe8+ 25.Kf1 Qd4 26.Rb1 c3 $19) 21...dxe2 $19 {Black d6 pawn has crushed everything in its path.} 22.Qg5 (22.Qxd7 $2 Qb2 23.Kf2 e1=Q+ $19) 22...g6 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Bd5 Bf5 25.h4 Rfd8 {The rest is easy. The e2 pawn is a killer.} 26.Rc1 Qb2 27.Qd2 Qxf6 28.Rh2 Qe5 29.Kf2 b5 30.Qe1 Qd4+ 31.Kg2 Rxd5 32.cxd5 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Qd1

[Event "7th Int Rector Cup"] [Site "Kharkiv"] [Date "2005.04.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Averjanov, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2381"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {In this tournament I got my first GM norm. The opponent was my friend and we both had a good chance for a norm. But the problem was that we both needed a win.} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 {More usual is ...Nc6, but there is nothing bad with the move played.} 8.f4 b6 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Kh1 Qc4 13.Qf2 h5 14.Bd2 Ng4 15.Qg1 Be7 16.Rae1 g6 17.Rd1 Ndf6 18.Rfe1 Kf8 19.e5 $1 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nd5 21.b3 Qc7 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Qf1 Kg7 25.Bf4 Qb7 26.Rd3 $6 (26.h3 Nh6 27.e6 {with an advantage}) 26...Bc5 27.h3 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Nh6 29.Bg5 $2 ({Under time pressure I missed} 29.c4 $1 dxc4 30.e6 $18) 29...Nf5 30.Rd3 Rhe8 31.Bf6+ Kh7 {Here I had found a nice tactical trap:} 32.Qe2 d4 33.Rf1 Ne3 $4 {Here we are!} 34.Rxe3 $1 dxe3 35.Rf5 $1 {Black is defenceless.} Kh6 36.Qxe3+ Kh7 37.Rxh5+ gxh5 38.Qg5 Qxg2+ {Last chance} 39.Qxg2 {Black resigned.} (39.Kxg2 $4 Rg8 $19)

[Event "Istanbul open"] [Site "Istanbul"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Quparadze, Giga"] [Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2471"] [Annotator "Aveskulov V."] [EventDate "2006.08.16"] {A famous axiom states that the most difficult part of a chess game is to win a won position. This is true! A lot of you had problems with a win in the won positions. And many times you escaped from the lost positions. Here I would like to describe situation as I see it. So, why does an absolutely won position lead to a draw or even a loss? Partly because of lack of chess knowledge. But often it happens due to the loss of concentration. The first problem can be resolved by getting more and more experience. This is completely a chess problem. You must analyze such games very carefully. Put all mistakes to one cart and try to realize what the common mistakes are. Finally you will see that all the mistakes could be divided into a few groups, such as: you have exchanged bad opponent's piece for yours good; you allowed an opponent to improve his pawn structure while it had been his main problem; you exchanged queens and transferred to a slightly better position while you could crush him with an irresistible attack etc. Than more such cases will be included to your collection than fewer mistakes will be made by you in the won position. But let me repeat: that problem will be resolved exclusively by improving your chess. The second problem can and must be resolved by psychological work on yourself. Let me show you one of my not best, but instructive games. It was the 9th round game and a win would give to any of opponents some money prize. Draw would giving nothing.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nb6 15. Na5 Rac8 16. a4 (16. Bxb5 $2 {would be met with} d5 $1 17. Bc6 $1 (17. exd5 $2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxb7 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 axb5 $19 {and the knight is trapped}) 17... Bxc6 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bg5 22. Rb1 Rc5 23. Qb7 Qh6 $17 {and Black has good attacking chances}) 16... b4 17. Na2 d5 18. Nxb4 d4 $6 (18... dxe4 $1 {was much stronger} 19. Nxb7 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Nbd5 $1 {the key move that was not seen during the game} 21. Qb3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxb7 23. b3 exf3 24. Bxf3 e4 25. Be2 $11) 19. Bg5 Ba8 $2 {Another mistake.} ({I could take on a4:} 19... Nxa4 $1 20. Bxf6 (20. Nxb7 Nxb2 $1 {knight on b7 can be taken in any moment} 21. Rf1 Qb6 $1 {another unexpected move that I could not find} (21... Qxb7 22. Bxf6 {and knight goes to d5}) 22. Nxa6 (22. Bxf6 $4 {now it does not work} Bxb4 {and queen takes on f6}) 22... Qxb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nb4 Bg5 25. Qxg5 Qxb4 26. Qxe5 Qd2 27. Bb5 Qc3 $44 {with a compensation for a pawn.}) 20... Bxf6 21. Nxb7 Nxb2 $1 22. Nd5 Qxb7 23. Rb1 a5 $11 {Sure line can be improved. But in any way it was only normal possibility for me. Unfortunately I could not find it and was forced to play a position without two pawns.}) 20. Nxa6 $16 Qd6 21. Ra1 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. Qe2 f5 25. b4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nd7 27. b5 Qg6 28. Rf1 Nf6 29. b6 Ng4 30. b7 $18 Bxb7 31. Nxb7 Ne3 {Of course there is no real compensation for a knight and pawn. But I never considered giving up. I saw some chances and tried my best. In the same time my opponent obviously decided that the game is over and his only task became to finish the game with more than an hour difference on the clock. This is a classical example of concentration's loss. Now consider which is easier - to calculate a few more variations and to force an opponent to stop a clock or to make a few inaccurate moves giving him a real counterplay and then to start a hard job almost from scratch?} 32. Rf3 $4 {Here is the fatal mistake.} (32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Na5 $18 {bringing the knight back would easily lead to a deserved win.}) 32... Qb6 $1 {Knight is trapped and game starts from the beginning.} 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Nbc5 (34. Qh5 Nxc2 35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Rg1 Qxb7 37. Qxe5 Rc3 $44) 34... Bxc5 $11 {Finally I even managed to win this tough game and earned some money. But it is out of the article's topic. The goal of article is to shed light on common problem. The rest is up to you. Think on the problem; follow your approach when you are winning won positions; make deductions and use them to find the right plans! Mainly, "DO NOT LOSE YOUR CONCENTRATION UNTIL THE OPPONENT GIVES UP!"}