Bologan,Victor (2575) - Krazenkov,Michal (2615) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 The generally accepted treatment these days is 4 O-O and then if Black doubles his knights with 4 ... Nge7 then 5 c3 trying to build a big center. Bologan's immediate exchange 4 Bxc6 is thought to give Black too early a heads up as to how to plan his development. 4...bxc6 5.d3 Ne7

6.Nh4 A radical means of stopping the Black knight from arriving at g6. More intuitive is the plain vanilla development 6 Nc3 Ng6 7 O-O (in this line 7 h4 h5 does not seem to benefit White). 6...Ng6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Be3 d5 With doubled c-pawns, Black has to be careful about making this advance, as the pawn on c5 can become weak. Here, however, White's relative lack of space prevents him from targeting that pawn effectively. 9.Nd2 Bd6 Threatening to trap the White bishop with 10 ... d4,

so White is unable to "fix" the Black c5 pawn as a weakness with a move like 10 c4. 10.c3 Ba6 11.Qc2 f5 12.e5 Finally initiating play on the dark squares. Now 12 ... Bxe5 13 Bxc5 Bd6 14 Nb3 will establish a secure grip on c5. 12...Be7
13.0-0-0 Kf7

Continuing his dynamic play, this move has the virtues of connecting the rooks and defending e6 with his king. This would be important if White starts to make inroads with this knight, perhaps after 14 Nb3 c4 15 dxc4 Bxc4 16 Nc5. 14.Nf3 g5 Black needs to get this in before the kingside is fixed with h2-h4 and Be3-g5. 15.h3 c4 16.dxc4 Bxc4 17.Nd2 Putting the knight back to this defensive work is an admission that he has been strategically outplayed. 17...Be2 18.Rde1 Bb5 19.f4 Qa5 20.Kb1 Qa6

The involvement of Black's heavy wood in the queenside press is quite ominous. 21.c4 dxc4 22.Rc1 Rhd8 23.Nxc4 Not 23 fxg5 c3! 24 Qxc3 Rd3 and Black wins. 23...gxf4 24.Bf2 Because 24 Bxf4?? Rd4 would spear a piece. 24...Rab8 25.Qc3 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qa5 27.Bd4 Qd2 Now White loses more pawns. 28.Bc3 Qxg2 29.Qxf4 Bg5 30.Qa4 Bxc1 31.Qxa7+ Kg8 32.Rxc1 Qe4+ 33.Ka1 Ra8 34.Qc5 Qc2 35.Bb4 Qa4
36.a3 Rd1 37.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.Ka2 Qd5+

39. Qxd5 exd5 40.e6 f4 41.Bd6 f3 42.b4 Re8