Endgames by Bajaranis

Exercises from the practice of authors, covering the practical

aspects of endgames.

Ulvi Bajarani Ilgar Bajarani

May 2021

© 2021 Ulvi Bajarani and Ilgar Bajarani. All rights reserved.

We thank all people, who helped us: Aliyev Ilham Nuru oglu (FIDE ID
13417789), Hojjatov Hikmat, Ismayilzade Jeyhun, Bayramov Araz,
Mammadzada Nurali, Sutovsky Emil, Cherniaev Aleksandr, Raetsky
Aleksandr, Mamedov Nidjat, Macieja Bartlomiej, Mista Aleksander,
Allahverdiyev Anar, Durarbayli Vasif, etc. Also, we thank all our
relatives, especially Ozdogan Ruhangiz, Ozdogan Muhammed Kazim,
Bajarani Salatyn, Bajarani Koubra, and Rashid Abbasov (who designed
the front cover illustration of the book). We offer an apology in advance
to whom we have either forgotten or not mentioned – We also thank all
of you.
We dedicate this book to the bright memory of people who passed away:
our coaches, Badalov Samir and Djafarov Fuad , and the deceased
relatives.

Bajarani Ulvi and Bajarani Ilgar, May 2021

 Introduction
Dear readers! You read the book containing 405 endgame positions, taken from the
rich practice of authors. The positions have been classified into separate chapters.

The ability to play endgames well is one of the most important abilities for high-
level chess players. Especially, nowadays when the results of games are decided after
the 4th hour of the game when both of the players (sometimes one of them) are in the
time shortage and tired after the calculation work during the middle game. Although the
definition of an endgame is trivial, the question of when an endgame starts is an indefinite
problem. While authors classify them according to the type of the positions, other ones
have tried to define them according to the number of pieces. In our opinion, we can
consider the endgames as the positions where the goal from the attack to the opponent’s
king changes to the creation and promotion of the passed pawn. Based on this, only
a few examples in the book require an attack on the opponent’s king. Regarding the
material on the board, we have two types of endgame positions:

• There are no more than two pieces for each side in the positions with queens. The
number of pawns is arbitrary;
• There is an arbitrary number of pieces for each side in the positions without queens.
The number of pawns is arbitrary.

The main reason why the book has been written is following: the number of books is
focused on the practical side of endgames is extremely lower than the number of books
is focused on the theoretical endgames with known evaluation. We can recommend the
classical book “Endgame Strategy” by Mikhail Shereshevsky to those who want to im-
prove their general endgame understanding. In addition to this, reading the commentary
of great chess players to their games might also be recommended the way of general and
endgame level improvement.

The guide about the chapters:

1. Positional Decisions – Despite some positions require some additional calculation,

in general, the positions require understanding the positional requirements of a
specific position (what piece to activate, what piece to trade, what pawn to attack,
etc.);
2. Tactics and calculations – The positions in this chapter require the tactical vision
and the calculation of variations;
 3. Queen trading problems – The queen trading question, moving either to the endgame
or more advantageous endgame is crucial. In this chapter, the positions require ei-
ther right solving this problem or offering the beneficial queen trading. Unlike other
chapters, the chapter mostly contains non-endgame positions;

4. Describe the knowledge! – The positions require the knowledge of theoretical

endgames. We recommend solving the positions in this chapter using a little time
(less than 2-3 minutes for each position).

All answers are provided in algebraic notation with icons of pieces and standard chess
annotation symbols. In some positions, you can find more than one possible promotion
of an idea; they are also included in the answers. In the answers, where it is possible,
the FIDE Elo of players has been mentioned.
The level of positions are approximately starting from 1600 FIDE Elo rating. More-
over, some positions might also be useful for strong players for a training.

If you have liked the book, please don’t hesitate to put the review and recommend the
book to the people you know.

With best wishes,

Bajarani Ulvi and Bajarani Ilgar, May 2021

 Symbols that are used in the positions and answers.
 — a White player.
 — a Black player.
4 — White to move. Is placed by a diagram.
H — Black to move.
x — a capture. For example, Bxa7 is a bishop takes a7.
# — a mate.
! — a strong move.
!! — a brilliant move.
? — a mistake.
?? — a blunder.
!? — an attractive move.
?! — a dubious move.
f — White has a slight advantage.
g — Black has a slight advantage.
c — White is an upper hand.
e — Black is an upper hand.
h — White has a decisive advantage.
i — Black has a decisive advantage.
j — The position is equal.
V — Both sides has a counter-play.
k — The position is unclear.
n — The side with a material shortage has a compensation.
F — an only move.
E — With an idea or threat. For example, ENc7 — with an idea or threat Nc7.
b — better is. Is placed by a move. For example, b26. Rd2 describes that 26. Rd2 is
the best move in the position.
I Positions
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+l+ t+v+*+*+
+*+*+oO* +o+*+*L*
*O*+*+*O *+o+*+m+
+*V*O*+* O*Po+o+*
pO*Wp+*+ p+*N*Po+
+p+*+*P* +*R*P*P*
*+q+*PbP *P*+*Kb+
1 +*+*+*K* 2 +*+*+*+*

t+v+t+l+ *+t+l+*T
+o+*+m+* +*+*VoO*
*+o+*+*+ *M*O*+*O
O*Po+o+* +*+pO*+*
p+*+*Po+ oOm+n+pP
+*RnP*P* +*+b+p+*
*P*+*Kb+ pPp+*+*R
3 +*+*+*+r 4 +kBr+*+*

t+*+*+*+ *TvT*+l+
Oo+*OoVl O*+*+oO*
*+m+*+oO *+*+*M*O
+*+t+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+pP*+p+ *+*V*+*+
+*+*Bn+p +*N*+b+*
p+p+*P*+ pP*+*+pP
5 R*+*K*R* 6 R*Br+*+k
Should Black take 21... Nxd4 ?
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+q+*+ *+lVt+*+
LoO*+*O* +*O*+*O*
o+t+*V*O oO*+vO*+
+*P*+*+* +*On+*+o
pP*T*+*P *+*Mp+*P
+*+o+*P* +*+*NpB*
*+*B*P*+ pPp+*+p+
7 +*+*+k+* 8 +*K*R*+*

t+v+l+*T *T*+lV*+
Oo+o+oOo Oo+*OoO*
*+mO*+*+ m+o+m+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*N*+*
*+*O*+*+ p+*P*+*+
+*+*+n+* +*+*+*P*
pPp+bPpP *P*+pK*+
9 +*Kr+*+r 10 R*B*+*+b

*+*+t+l+ *+*+*+*+
O*+*+oO* +*+*+rO*
*+*B*+*O *+oO*+*+
+*O*+*+* +oL*V*+*
*+v+p+*+ *+*+*+*K
P*T*+*+* +*P*P*+p
*+*+*+pP *P*+*+*+
11 R*+*R*K* 12 +*+*+*+*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+l+*+t+ t+*+*Tl+
Oo+m+oMr Oo+m+*O*
*+o+*+*+ *+o+o+*O
+*+*O*+* +*+oP*+m
*+*Op+*+ *V*P*+*+
P*+p+n+* +b+*+*+p
*Pp+bP*+ pP*NrPp+
13 +*K*+*+* 14 R*B*+*K*

*+t+*+*+ *+*+*+l+
+*Tm+*L* W*+*+*Oo
o+*+o+oO o+o+*O*+
+o+oP*+* +*M*+q+*
pPoP*+*+ *+p+*P*+
+*R*+*Pp +pN*+*+*
*+*+*P*+ p+*+*+pP
15 R*+b+k+* 16 +*+*+*K*

*+*T*+l+ *+tT*L*+
+o+t+oO* +*+*+oOo
*Mo+o+*O *+v+o+*+
O*+mP*+* O*N*+*+*
p+*R*+*P *+pP*+*+
+p+*+nP* P*+*+oP*
*+p+*Pn+ *+*R*P*P
17 +*+r+*K* 18 +*R*+k+*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*L*+
+*+*+*+* Oo+*+o+*
*B*+*+*+ *+*+o+*O
+*+*V*Oo +pV*+*O*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+p+*+
+*+kObLp +*+t+pP*
*+*+*+p+ *+*O*+kP
19 +*+*+*+* 20 +r+*+r+*
Which pawn is better to take?

t+*WlV*T t+*+*Tl+
+oOm+oOo +*Mv+*O*
o+*+oMv+ *+*+o+*O
+*+*N*+* Oo+o+*+p
*+bP*+p+ *+*R*Pb+
+*N*P*+p +*+*R*P*
pP*+*P*+ pPp+n+*+
21 R*Bq+rK* 22 +*K*+*+*

*+*+*+*L *+*+*M*+
O*+*+*O* +*+*+*L*
*O*+w+tO n+*+*Oo+
+*O*O*+* K*+*+*+o
*P*+r+*P *+*+*P*P
P*+qP*P* +*+*B*+*
*+*+*P*+ *+*+*+*+
23 +*+*+*K* 24 +*+*+v+*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+*+ t+*+mT*+
+*T*+oL* +o+v+*+*
*+nV*+o+ *+*+*L*+
+b+p+o+o OpOp+*+o
*+p+m+*+ *+*+pN*+
+*+*+r+p +*+*+pO*
*+*+k+p+ p+r+*+*+
25 +*+*+*+* 26 +*R*+b+k

*+l+*V*T tN*+*+*+
+*O*MvOo O*B*V*+o
o+*+*O*+ *+*+lO*+
+o+*+*+* Pv+*+*O*
*+o+p+*+ *+*Ro+*+
+*N*NpB* +*+*P*+*
pPp+*+pP *P*+*+pP
27 +*+r+k+* 28 +*+*+*K*
Evaluate 33... Bc5.

tNr+v+*T tN*+vV*T
O*B*VlOo O*B*OlOo
*+*+*O*+ *O*+*O*+
Po+*O*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+o+*+ p+*+o+*+
+*+*P*+* +*+*P*+*
*Pp+*PpP *Pp+*PpP
29 +*+r+*K* 30 R*+r+*K*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+tTl+ *+*T*+l+
O*+m+*O* +*+*+oO*
pVr+o+*O o+*+o+*O
+o+oP*O* +o+o+*+*
*+*P*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+n+p V*+*Pn+*
*P*B*Pp+ *+*N*PpP
31 R*+*+*K* 32 +r+*+*K*

*+tT*+l+ *+tT*+*+
OvO*MoO* Oo+*+vLo
*O*+o+*O *+*+*Mo+
+*+*N*+* +*Pp+o+*
*+pPp+*+ *P*+o+*+
P*+*+bP* P*N*+*+p
*+*R*PkP b+*+rKp+
33 +r+*+*+* 34 +*+r+*+*

*+*+*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+oO* Oo+*+*+o
*+*Mv+*+ t+*+*Lo+
+*+oN*Op +*+p+*+*
*+*P*+*+ *+*+k+*+
+*+b+p+* +p+*+*+p
pP*+*+p+ p+r+*+*+
35 +*R*+*K* 36 +*+*+*+*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+l+
Oo+t+*Lo +*+*+oO*
*+*V*+o+ *+*+*+*O
+*+p+*+* +*B*+*+*
*B*+*+*+ *P*+*P*+
+p+rK*+p P*+*+*P*
p+*+*+*+ *+*+*K*P
37 +*+*+*+* 38 +*+t+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+l+
+*T*+*Lo +*+*+oO*
*R*+*+o+ *+*+t+*O
O*+b+o+* Or+*+*+*
*+*M*+*P *+o+*+*+
+*+*+*P* +*+*+*P*
p+*+*P*+ *+*+pP*P
39 +*+*+k+* 40 +*+*+*K*

*+t+t+*L *+lT*+*T
+r+*+*Oo OoO*+oOo
*+*+*+*+ *M*+v+*+
+*+*+*+* +*V*P*+*
oO*+*P*+ *Mp+*P*+
+*V*+*P* +p+*Nn+*
p+*+*B*P p+*+*+pP
41 +*+r+*K* 42 R*B*Kb+r
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+t+ *+*+*+*+
+*+l+*+* O*+*+*Oo
o+m+*+*R *+*L*O*+
+*+*+*O* +*O*+*+*
*+p+*+*O *+*+*+tP
+*B*+*+* +p+kPrP*
*P*K*+*P p+*+*+*+
43 +*+*+*+* 44 +*+*+*+*

*+t+*Vl+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+oOo +*+*+*Oo
o+*+*+*+ *+o+*M*+
+*+p+*P* +o+l+o+*
*M*+oP*+ *+*P*P*+
+*+*+*+* +*Pk+p+p
p+*R*+bP *+*+*+*+
45 +*+*+*Bk 46 +*B*+*+*
Provide the winning plan for Black.

*+*+*+*+ t+l+*+t+
+l+*+*+* O*O*+o+*
*Om+*+*+ *Om+o+*+
O*O*O*+r +*+oPmB*
p+pOp+*+ p+*P*+*P
Bp+pV*P* +*Pn+o+*
*+k+n+*+ *+p+*+*+
47 +*+*+t+* 48 R*+*K*+r
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+*+ *+t+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+t+l+*
*O*+*+*L *O*Bm+o+
O*+*+*+* +*+*Po+m
*+*+*+rP p+*+*P*O
+p+*+*+* +*+n+*+*
t+*+*+p+ *+p+*+pP
49 +*+*+*K* 50 +r+*+rK*

*L*T*+*+ *L*+*+*+
Oo+*+*Vo +*+*+*+o
*+m+*Oo+ o+*NpV*+
+*O*O*+* +*+*+*+*
p+n+*+p+ *O*+*+*+
+*P*N*+p +pO*+*P*
*P*+*Pk+ *+p+*+*P
51 +*+r+*+* 52 +k+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ t+*T*+*L
+*Tw+o+l O*+*+*Vo
o+*O*QoO vOo+*+*+
+o+p+*+* +*+m+b+*
*P*Pr+pP *+p+*+*+
+*+*+pK* +pN*B*+*
*+*+*+*+ p+*+*+pP
53 +*+*+*+* 54 R*+*+rK*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+l+*+*T *+*+*+*+
+o+m+o+* +*+*+o+*
o+*+*+*O o+l+*Bo+
+*P*M*O* +*V*+*+o
pP*Np+p+ p+pO*+*P
+*No+*Kp +*+k+p+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*P*+
55 +*+r+*+* 56 +*+*+*+*

*+*R*Vl+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+o+o O*+lVoNo
oT*+*+o+ *+v+*+*+
+o+*+mN* +*+*O*+*
*+o+*P*+ p+*+*+*+
+*P*+*Pp +*+*Bp+*
pP*+*+b+ *+r+*KpP
57 +*+*+k+* 58 +*+t+*+*
Evaluate 36. Nxh7.

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*L
+*+tLo+o +*+*+*Oo
*R*+*+o+ oO*+*+*+
O*+p+*+* +*+*T*+*
pVbK*P*+ p+*+p+*+
+*+*+*P* +*N*+b+p
*+*+*+*P *+*+*+p+
59 +*+*+*+* 60 +*+*+*+k
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+b+*+ t+*+lV*T
+*+*+*O* Oo+m+oOo
*+*+*+*+ *+o+o+*+
O*+*+*L* +*+mP*+*
p+*+*+oO *+*+*+*+
+p+*+*+* +p+*+b+*
*+*+*+kP pBp+*PpP
61 +*+*V*+* 62 RnR*+*K*

*+*T*+l+ *+w+*+*+
+*+*+o+o +*+*+*Lo
o+*+*Qo+ oQmO*Vo+
P*+*R*+* +o+n+*+*
*P*+*+*+ *+*+p+*+
+*+*+*+p +pP*+*+*
*+*W*P*K pK*+b+*P
63 +*+*+*+* 64 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*Oo+o +*+*+oOl
*+*+*+o+ *+*+*+*+
+tOpP*+* O*T*+p+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+oK*+
+p+*RkPp R*P*P*+*
t+*+*+*+ *+*+*P*+
65 +*+r+*+* 66 +*+*+*+*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+t+*+*+ t+t+m+l+
+o+t+lO* +*+m+oOo
*+m+vO*O *+v+o+*+
+*+o+*+* +o+oP*+*
*+*B*+p+ *+*B*+*+
+*+*P*+p +p+*+pP*
*P*R*PbK *+pR*+bP
67 +*+r+*+* 68 +n+*+r+k

t+t+*+l+ *+l+t+*+
+*+*+oOo +vO*Tm+o
*+v+oM*+ o+*O*Oo+
+o+oM*+* +*O*+*+*
*+*Bp+*+ *+*+pP*+
+p+*+pP* +*P*NbP*
*+pR*+bP pP*+rK*P
69 +n+*+r+k 70 +*+*R*+*

*+*+*L*+ *+*T*+l+
+o+*+o+o O*+*OoVo
*+v+*Po+ *+o+*+o+
O*O*O*P* +*Nv+*+*
p+p+p+*+ *T*P*+*+
+p+*+b+p P*+*Bp+*
*+*T*+*+ *P*R*+pP
71 +r+*+k+* 72 +*+*R*K*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

t+*+*+*+ *+*+*+tL
+*+*+*+l +*+*+*+v
*+o+o+o+ *+*O*+*O
+*+vVo+* R*+pO*+*
*P*+*P*O *Pb+p+*K
P*+*K*+* +*R*+p+*
*Br+*+pP *+*T*+*+
73 +*+*+*+* 74 +*+*+*+*
How to take on e5 ?

*+t+*+*+ *+*T*L*+
+*+*LoOo O*+*+o+*
*+*+oM*+ *+b+*+*V
+*+t+*+* +p+p+o+*
*O*N*+*+ p+o+*T*O
+p+*+p+* +*N*+p+p
*P*R*+pP *+*+*+k+
75 +*+r+*K* 76 +*+r+*+*

*Vt+*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*Oo +*O*+*+*
*O*+*+*+ o+*Lv+oO
MnO*+o+* +o+*O*+*
r+*O*+*+ *P*+p+*P
+*+p+nP* +*+nKpP*
*P*+pP*P *+p+*+*+
77 +*+*Rk+* 78 +*+*+*+*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+t+l+ *+*T*+l+
+v+*+oO* +*+*+oOo
o+*+*M*O o+*+*+*+
+oBtO*+* +*+*+*+*
*P*+*+*+ *+*+p+*+
P*+b+p+* +vV*Bk+*
*+p+*+pP *+*+*PpP
79 +*Kr+*+r 80 +*+*+b+r

*+*+*+*+ *T*+*+*+
+*+*+o+m +*+*+*+*
o+nOtLoO *O*+m+*O
+o+*+*+* +n+*Vl+*
t+*+*P*+ *P*+*O*P
P*P*R*P* PkP*+o+*
*P*+*+k+ *+*+*B*+
81 +*+*R*+* 82 +*+*+*R*

t+*+*T*+ t+*+*Tl+
Oo+*+oLo +o+*+oO*
*+o+*Mo+ o+o+*+*+
+*+*N*+* +*+oP*+*
*+p+p+*+ *V*P*Rp+
+p+*+*P* +p+*B*+p
p+*+*P*P *P*+*+k+
83 R*+r+*K* 84 R*+*+*+*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

t+*+*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
+o+m+*+* +*O*+*+*
*+o+*+*O o+*+*+l+
+m+o+oOv +o+*+v+*
oP*P*P*+ *P*+*K*O
P*+nP*P* +*P*+p+*
*+n+*KbP *+*+*Np+
85 R*R*+*+* 86 +*+*+*+*

t+*+t+l+ *+*+*+t+
+o+m+oOo O*+*+*Oo
o+*B*+*+ *+*+l+*+
+*+p+*+v +*+*+*+*
*P*+*+mP *T*+*+*+
+*N*+*+* +p+*+b+*
*P*+*+bP pB*Pp+*V
87 R*+*R*K* 88 +*R*K*+*

t+*+*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
+o+*+oOo +*+*+*Ol
*O*+oM*+ *+m+o+*+
+*V*M*+* +*+o+*+o
*+*N*+*+ *+*P*+*+
P*+*PpP* +*+*+p+*
*P*+*+bP *T*+nKpP
89 +rBr+*K* 90 +*+r+*+*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +v+*+oL*
*+*+oMl+ oV*+o+oO
+*+o+*O* +*+oP*+*
*+*P*+p+ pO*+*P*+
+*+r+k+* +pT*PbPp
*T*+n+*P *+*+kB*+
91 +*+*+*+* 92 +r+*+*+*

*+*+*+*T *+*+*Tl+
+b+r+*Oo O*+vM*V*
*+*+oVl+ *+*+o+*+
+*+*O*+* +o+oP*+*
t+*+*+*+ *+oP*Pp+
+*+*+*+* +*+*K*+*
*Pp+*+pP pP*+*R*+
93 +k+*+*+r 94 +*+*+b+r

*+*+*L*+ *+*+*+l+
+*+*W*+o +*+*+vO*
*+*+*+o+ o+o+o+*O
+oO*V*+* O*+*O*+p
*+*Op+*+ pV*Tp+p+
+p+*+nPp +*N*+*+*
*+pQ*+k+ *Pr+*Pb+
95 +*+*+*+* 96 +*+*+*+k
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*T*+*+ *+*+*+*+
R*+m+oL* +*+*Lo+o
*+*+*+*+ o+*Ov+*+
+*Op+*+* T*+*+*O*
*+p+*+o+ *+pKp+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+p+*
*+*+*+bK pR*+b+*P
97 +*+*+*+* 98 +*+*+*+*

*T*+*+*+ *+*+t+t+
+*+*O*Lo +*+*+*+o
*+*Ob+o+ o+o+*L*+
O*Tp+pPm PoPoMoO*
pO*+*+*R *P*R*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*P*+p
*Pp+*+*R *+r+*Pp+
99 +k+*+*+* 100 +*+*+bK*

*+*+*+l+ *+t+*+*+
+*+*+oV* +o+*+*+*
*+*+*+o+ *+*+o+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+vL*
t+*PoP*O *+*+*+o+
+*+*P*+p PbP*K*+*
*+*+*P*N *P*+*+*+
101 +*+r+*K* 102 +*+*+*+r
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+tT*+l+ *+*+*T*+
Ov+mOoVo +*+*TlO*
*Oo+*+o+ *O*O*+*O
+*+*+*+* +*+p+b+*
*+bP*B*+ n+p+*M*+
+*+*Pn+p +*+*+p+*
pP*+kPp+ pP*+*+*P
103 +*Rr+*+* 104 +*+*+r+k

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+oL*+t+o +o+*+o+l
*+o+*+*+ o+o+*+oO
+pP*+m+* +*P*Qv+*
p+n+*+o+ *+*+o+*P
+*+r+*+* +p+*+*P*
*+*+*+*P p+*W*Pb+
105 +*+*K*+* 106 +*+*+*K*

t+v+*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+*Oo +*+*+*+*
*+m+oM*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+o+*+* +*+*+*Bo
*+*P*+*+ *+*Lo+vP
+*+b+n+* +t+*+*+*
pP*KnPpP *+*+*K*+
107 R*+*+*+r 108 +*+*R*+*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*T*+ *+*T*+l+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*Oo
*+*+*+*+ o+*+v+*+
+*L*+*O* +*+*T*+*
*+*+*+*+ p+*+*+p+
O*K*+pP* +*+*+r+p
*+*+*R*+ *+*N*+*+
109 +*+*+*+* 110 +*+*+rK*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
O*+*+oVo +o+*+*+*
o+*+*+*+ o+*+*Ml+
+*B*P*+* P*+*+*+*
*+*+*P*+ *P*Ot+oP
+*P*+*+p +*+r+*P*
p+*+*+bK *+t+*+*+
111 +*+t+*+* 112 +*Nr+*K*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+v+*L* +*+*+*+m
*+*+o+*+ *+*+nLoO
+*+oPm+* O*+*+o+*
*+oP*+o+ *+b+o+*+
B*P*+*+* Pp+*P*Pp
*+*+*PpK *T*V*P*+
113 +*+b+*+* 114 +*+*+rK*
1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*V*+l+ *+*+l+*+
Oo+*+oOo +o+*+o+*
*+o+*+*+ *+*+o+*+
+*P*O*+* +*+oNvOo
*Pp+*+*+ *B*Pm+*+
PnBm+pK* Pp+*P*+p
*+*+*P*P *+t+*Pp+
115 +*+*+*+* 116 +*+*+rK*

t+*+*+l+ *+*+t+l+
+*+*V*Oo +*+vToO*
*Om+*T*+ *O*+*+*O
O*Oo+*+m +pO*+*+*
*+*P*+*+ p+pOm+*+
+p+*+n+* +*+b+*+p
p+*+rPpP *+*+nPp+
117 R*B*+nK* 118 +*+rRk+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*TvL*+o +vO*Tl+o
*R*O*+o+ o+*+*+oP
O*Mp+o+* +*+o+*+*
o+p+*P*P *P*+oPp+
P*+*K*+* +*P*R*+*
*+bN*+p+ p+*+nK*+
119 +*+*+*+* 120 +*+*+*+*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

t+v+*Tl+ t+v+t+l+
+oO*+oOo +*+m+oOo
o+*+*M*+ oO*+*+*+
+*M*+*+* +*O*M*P*
*+*N*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*N*P*+* +nN*P*+p
pP*+bPpP pP*+bP*+
121 +*Kr+*+r 122 +*Kr+*+r

*+*+*+*+ *+*L*+*+
+*Vl+*+* +m+*+*+*
*+o+*O*+ o+*ObO*+
O*P*Op+* +o+p+*+*
p+n+p+*R *+*+p+*+
+*+*+*+* +p+*+p+*
*+k+*+*+ p+*+*+*+
123 +*+*T*+* 124 +k+*+*+*

t+*+*+l+ *+*+*L*+
+t+*+oOo +*+*Oo+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*O*+o+
+*+*+*+* +*+pM*Po
*P*R*+*+ pTt+b+*+
P*+*+nBp +o+*Rp+p
*M*+*Pp+ *P*+*+*+
125 +*+*+*K* 126 R*+*+*K*
1.1. Positional Decisions

t+*+*+*T *+*+*+*+
O*+mLo+* +*+*+l+*
*Oo+o+oO t+*+o+*+
+*+*+*+* +oPm+*O*
p+bP*+*+ oP*BrOp+
+*P*P*Pp P*+*+*+*
*+*+kP*+ k+*+p+*+
127 Rr+*+*+* 128 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*T*+
T*+*M*O* +*+m+oLo
*+*R*Ol+ *+*+*Mo+
+*+*+*+o +*+*V*+*
*B*+pP*P *+q+p+*+
+*+k+*+* +b+*+*Pp
*+*+*+p+ p+*T*P*+
129 +*+*+*+* 130 +*+*+rK*

t+vT*+l+ *+*+*+l+
+*+*VoO* +*+mOo+o
*+o+o+*O *+*O*+o+
O*Nm+*+* +*OpM*+*
*+*P*+*+ *T*+p+*+
+p+*+*P* +p+*R*+*
pB*+*P*P *+*N*PpP
131 +*+rRbK* 132 +*B*+*K*
 1.1. Positional Decisions

*+*+*Tl+ *+t+t+l+
O*+r+o+m Oo+*+oO*
*+tN*+*P *+*+m+*O
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+m+*B
+*O*+p+* +*+*Pn+*
p+r+*+*+ p+*+*PpP
133 +*+*+*K* 134 +*Rr+k+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+l+*+ *+l+*+*+
+*+*+*Ro +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ pP*O*To+
+*N*O*+* +*+*+*+*
*+bO*TvV *B*O*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+p
*+*+*+*P *P*+*+p+
135 +*+*+*K* 136 +*+*+*K*

*+l+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+o+*+rO* +*B*+*+*
o+*+*+p+ *+*+*+*O
+*+*Tp+* +*+*+*O*
p+o+*+v+ *+l+*+*P
B*P*+*+* +*+o+*P*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+t+
137 +*+*+*K* 138 +*Nk+*+*

*+tT*+l+ t+*+*L*+
+*+*+o+o +o+*+o+*
o+*+*+o+ *M*+*+o+
+o+o+*+* +*+p+*Po
*+*+*+*+ oP*+*+*+
+bB*+*+p P*+*+*P*
p+*+*Pp+ *+*+k+*+
139 Rn+*M*K* 140 +*Br+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

t+*+*L*+ *+*+*+l+
+o+*+o+* +r+*+o+*
*M*+*+o+ o+r+*+o+
+*+p+*Po P*+*+*+*
oP*+*+*+ *+*+*P*K
P*+*K*P* +*+*+w+*
*+*+*+*+ *P*+*+*P
141 +*Br+*+* 142 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*N*+*L* +*+*+*Lo
o+*+*+o+ o+*+t+*+
+*O*O*+* +*+nToO*
*O*+p+*+ *+*+*+*+
+p+*Wp+* +*Q*+*P*
p+p+*V*+ *P*+*K*P
143 +k+q+*+* 144 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+l+*+*T
+*+*+*O* O*Om+oOo
*+*Ok+*+ v+o+*+*+
+*+*V*+p P*+*O*+*
*+*Lp+*+ *Vp+*+*+
+o+*+*+* +p+t+*Pb
*P*+*R*+ *+*N*P*P
145 +*+*+*+* 146 R*B*+rK*
Should Black take 17... Bxd2 ?
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+t+*+ t+vT*+*+
O*Ol+*+* +*+l+*+o
p+v+*+o+ *+*+o+*+
R*+*Oo+o O*+oBo+*
*OpM*+*+ p+oP*P*+
+p+*B*P* +*P*+*+*
*+*K*P*P *+*+*+*P
147 +*+b+*+* 148 +*Kr+*R*

*+tT*+l+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+oO* OtL*+oOo
*+*+v+mO r+*+*+*+
+*+*+m+* +p+*+*+*
*+*+r+*+ p+*+*Mp+
P*+b+*N* +*+*+*+p
*Bp+*PpP *+*+*K*+
149 +*+*R*K* 150 +*+*+b+*

t+*+*+l+ *+t+*+*+
+*+*+oOo O*T*L*+*
o+nV*M*+ r+o+*+o+
+*+m+*+* +*No+oO*
p+*Po+*+ *+mP*+*+
+*+*+*+p +*R*P*Pp
*Bb+*Pp+ p+*+*Pk+
151 +*+*R*K* 152 +*+*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+lT*+*+ *+*+*+*+
OoO*+oOo +t+*+*+*
*+m+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*Lo+*O*
p+pP*+*T o+*+*+r+
+*+*Bk+p P*+*+*+p
*+*+*Pp+ *+*K*+*+
153 R*+r+*+* 154 +*+*+*+*
Should Black agree to a draw? Does 79...
d4 win?

*+*+*+*L *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*O* +*+*+*+*
*+*+v+*W *+*O*+*O
+o+*+*+* +*L*O*+p
*+*R*P*+ oO*+k+*+
+*+*K*+* +*+*+*+*
*Pq+*+*+ p+*N*+*+
155 +*+*+*+* 156 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
O*+*+t+* +oO*+*O*
*+*M*+*+ *+l+o+o+
Pp+pL*O* +*+*P*+o
*+*+o+p+ p+p+*P*+
+*O*Nt+* +*+*+k+t
*+r+*PkO *+*+*+*+
157 +r+*+*+* 158 +*+*+*R*
Evaluate 38. Ke4.
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*Ol +*+*+r+*
*+*+o+*O *Bm+*+o+
P*+*P*+* PlO*+*+*
*OvP*Q*+ *+*+*+*P
+*+*+p+p +*+*+o+*
*P*+*+pK *+*+*T*+
159 +w+*+*+* 160 +*+k+*+*

t+*+t+l+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+oOo +t+*+oLo
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*Vo+
+*+o+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*Pm+ *+*+*P*+
+pP*+n+* R*+mB*P*
*+*+vPpP *+r+*+*P
161 Rb+*R*K* 162 +*+*+*+k

t+*+*Tl+ *M*+t+m+
+o+*+oOo +*V*+oLv
*+*+*+*+ *Tn+*+*O
O*VbR*+* +*+*+*+*
pM*+*N*+ *P*O*+oP
+*+*+*+* +r+*+*P*
*PvB*PpP *+*B*PbN
163 R*+*+*K* 164 +*R*+*K*
35... Re2, or 35... Nc6 ?
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ tN*+lV*T
+l+*+*+* O*+vOoOo
*P*+*+o+ *O*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*B*+*
*+*O*+kP *+*+o+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*P*+*
*+*+*P*+ pPp+*PpP
165 +*+*+*+* 166 R*+*+rK*

tNr+vT*+ t+v+*Vl+
O*B*V*Oo Oo+*+*Oo
*+*+lO*+ *+o+*+*+
Po+*O*+* +*PoO*+*
*+*+o+*+ *P*+*+*P
+*P*P*+* +*+n+pP*
*P*R*PpP p+*+*Pb+
167 +*+*+*K* 168 R*+*+*K*

*+*+*+*+ *+vT*+*+
+*V*+*+* +*+*T*L*
*+n+*L*O o+*+p+*+
+*Po+p+* +o+*+*+*
o+*P*Pp+ *P*O*R*+
Pv+*+k+* P*+r+*Kb
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
169 +*+*+*+* 170 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+tT*+ *+*+*L*+
O*O*M*L* R*+*+*+*
vO*+*+o+ *O*T*+*+
+*+pN*+o +*+*+pN*
*+p+bP*+ *+*+*+*+
P*+*+*K* P*+*K*+o
*+*+*+*P *+t+*+*P
171 +*Rr+*+* 172 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +l+*+*+*
*+*T*+*+ *+*+*+o+
+*+*+*+* +o+*Vo+*
*+*L*+k+ *+*+*+*P
+n+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ kPb+*+*+
173 +*+*+*+* 174 +*+*+*+*

*+t+*+*L *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+*Vo +l+*+*O*
*+*+*+o+ *P*+*O*+
+*+pM*+* +*K*+*+p
*+*N*T*B *+*M*+*+
+p+*+p+p +*+*B*+*
p+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
175 +*+r+rK* 176 +*+*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*T*+*+
Tb+*+*L* +*+*+*O*
*R*+*+o+ rO*Pl+*+
+*+*+*+o +*O*Pt+o
o+*+*OpP *+p+*O*+
+*+*+p+* +*+*+o+p
p+m+*+*+ *P*+*P*K
177 +*+*K*+* 178 +*+*R*+*
53. Kf2, or 53. Ke2 ?

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*M*R
+*+l+*+o +*L*V*+*
o+*+*OoN *+*+*+*+
+oO*+*+* Oo+t+*+*
*+mOpP*+ *+*+*P*+
+p+*+*+* +p+b+*+*
p+p+k+pP p+n+k+*+
179 +*+*+*+* 180 +*+*+*+*

*+l+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+oO*+*+o +*+*+*+*
*M*T*+*+ o+l+t+o+
O*+*ToO* +*Bm+*+*
*+p+*+*+ r+*+*+pP
+p+*+p+* +*Pk+*+*
p+nVb+pP *+*+*+*+
181 +*+r+k+r 182 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

tT*+*+l+ *+t+*+*+
+*+*+o+o +*+*+l+o
*+v+oVo+ *+*+*+o+
O*No+*+* +*+o+*+*
*O*P*+*+ *P*P*V*+
+*P*+*+* +*B*+r+*
pP*B*PpP tO*+*+pP
183 R*+*R*K* 184 +*+*Rk+*

t+*+*L*+ *+*+t+*+
+*+*+*R* +*+*+*O*
*O*+*P*+ oO*L*O*+
+*+o+*+* +*Oo+k+o
*+o+*K*+ *PpB*+mP
+*+*P*+* P*+*+*P*
p+*P*+p+ *+*R*P*+
185 +*M*+*+* 186 +*+*+*+*

*+v+*+*+ *+*T*Tl+
+o+*+*+l Oo+*+oO*
o+*+*+*+ *+oNo+*+
+o+*O*+o +m+*PvNo
*+*+*+*P *+r+*P*P
P*+*N*P* +*+*+*+*
*P*K*+*+ pP*+*+p+
187 +*+*+*+* 188 +*+*+rK*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+t+*+l+ *+*+*+l+
O*+*+oOv +r+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*B*+o+
+*+o+p+* +*+*Po+m
*+wN*+*+ *+p+*+*+
P*T*+*+* +*+*+*P*
*+p+q+k+ t+*+*+*+
189 R*+*R*+* 190 +*+*K*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*L*+* +*+*+l+*
*+*+*+o+ *+*+*+o+
+*+*P*+* +*+*P*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+o+*+*+t +o+*+*+t
*+*K*+*+ *+*K*+*+
191 +*+*+*R* 192 +*+*+*R*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*P*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*Lo+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+kP*
*+*+*+*+ *+*Lp+*+
+o+*+*+t +*+*+*T*
*+*K*+*+ *+*+*+*+
193 +*+*+*R* 194 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+t+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+lO*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+pO*+* +*+*Ok+*
*+o+p+oP *+*+p+p+
+*+*+*P* +*+t+*+*
*+r+*+k+ *+l+*+*+
195 +*+*+*+* 196 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
B*+*+oO* +t+*+*Ol
*RwV*+*O o+*B*+n+
O*+*+*+* +*+v+pKo
*+*+*+*+ *+*P*+p+
P*+*+*+* +*+*+*+t
*+*+*PpP p+r+*+*+
197 +*+r+*K* 198 +*+*+*+*

*+t+*Tl+ *+*+*T*+
O*+*V*Oo Oo+t+*L*
*+v+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+o+* +*+p+o+*
*+*Oo+*+ p+p+mBo+
+n+*+*P* +*+*+*+*
pP*+pPbP *P*+*+*+
199 +*Rr+*K* 200 +*+*RrK*
Evaluate 34. Rxe4.
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

t+*+*Tl+ *+*T*+*+
OoO*MoVo O*+*+*Lo
*+m+*+o+ *+*+p+o+
+b+*P*+* +*+n+*R*
*+*+*+v+ *+oP*+*+
+p+*Pn+* +*+m+*+*
pBp+*+pP p+*+*+*+
201 Rn+*K*+r 202 +*+*+k+*
Evaluate 34... Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Rf5. If it is
wrong, provide the best continuation.

*+v+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
+oN*Bo+* +*+*+*+*
*+*T*+oO *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +o+*+*+t
*+p+n+*+ o+pR*Ol+
+b+m+*Vp P*+*+*+*
pT*+*+p+ *P*+*+k+
203 +*+*+r+k 204 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*L *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+r
p+*+*+*O *P*L*+k+
+*+*+*+p +*T*+*+*
*+*Vb+*+ p+*+*+*O
P*T*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+o+*Ok+ *+*+*+*+
205 +*R*+*+* 206 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*R*+
+t+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*P*+*LpK *+*Pl+*+
+*P*+*+* +*K*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ t+p+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*O*P
207 +*+*+*+* 208 +*+*+*+*

*+lTt+*+ *+*+*+*+
+oO*+*O* +*+*+*+*
o+*+*O*O *+mO*+o+
+*+*+*+* O*+*L*+o
*Pp+n+*+ p+k+p+*+
M*+p+*Pp +p+*+*+*
*+*+r+k+ *+*+*+bP
209 +*+*R*+* 210 +*+*+*+*

*+*+l+*+ t+*+*T*+
O*+*+*+* +o+l+*+o
t+vPo+oO *+m+*+o+
+*+*Bo+* +*+v+*B*
*P*+o+*+ *+*O*+*P
+*+*+*Pp +*+*+*+*
p+r+*P*+ pPn+rP*+
211 +*+*+*K* 212 R*+*+*K*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*R*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+o+* O*+*+*O*
*O*+*+*+ *+oWoL*O
+*+*+*+* +o+oNm+*
pT*+*+*+ *+*P*+*+
Lp+*K*+* +*P*+p+*
*+*+*+*+ p+pQ*+p+
213 +*+*+*+* 214 +*+*+*K*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+m+*+
Oo+*+o+o +*Ov+l+o
*M*+*+o+ o+*+*O*+
+*+vPb+* P*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *P*N*O*+
+*+*+*Pk +*+*+p+p
*P*+*Q*P *T*+*+p+
215 +*+t+*+* 216 +*R*B*K*

*+*+*+*+ *+*V*+*+
+*+*+l+o +r+*+*+o
o+*+*O*+ *+tOlOo+
PvR*+*+* +*+n+*+m
*PtB*+*+ p+*+pP*+
+*+*+pKp +*+*Bk+p
*+*+*+p+ *+*+*+*+
217 +*+*+*+* 218 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*T*+*+ *+*T*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+o+*+*+ *+o+*+*P
+l+*+*+p +l+*+*+*
*+o+*+r+ *+o+*+r+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+k+*+ *+*+k+*+
219 +*+*+*+* 220 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+t+*+*L* +*+*+*Ol
r+*+*+o+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*M*WoO*
p+p+oK*+ *+pN*O*+
+p+vN*+* +*K*+p+p
*+*+*+*+ p+q+*+p+
221 +*+*+*+* 222 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*R*+
+*+n+m+* +*+*+*T*
*+p+kQo+ *+*+*+*+
W*+*+oO* +*+*M*+*
*+*+*O*+ *+*+l+*+
+*+*+pLp +*B*+o+*
p+*+*+p+ *O*+tP*+
223 +*+*+*+* 224 +r+*+k+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

t+*V*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+o+* +*+*+*+o
*+*+*+*+ o+*+*QoL
+*+*On+* +*+*+*+w
*+*+*+o+ *+o+*P*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
pPp+*+p+ *+*+*+*P
225 +k+r+*+r 226 +*+*+*K*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*O* +*+*+*O*
*+l+o+*+ *+*+o+*+
O*O*P*+* O*OlP*+*
*+*+n+*P *+*+*+*P
P*+m+*+* P*+m+*N*
*P*+*+*+ *P*+k+*+
227 +*+*+k+* 228 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
+*T*+*+* +*+*+*Ol
*+*O*+vO *+*+*+o+
O*+pO*+m +*+*+*+*
*+b+pT*O o+w+pO*P
RpM*Np+* Q*P*Kp+*
*+*N*+*K *+*+*+*+
229 +*+*+*+r 230 +*+*+*+*
Does 44. Kxf4 draw the game?
1.2. Tactics and calculations

t+*+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+*Oo O*+*+o+*
*+*+oOv+ *O*+l+*O
Vp+mB*+* +p+o+*Op
*+*+m+*+ *PtPo+p+
+*+*+n+* R*+*P*+*
nP*+*PpP *+*+*Pk+
231 R*+*+rK* 232 +*+*+*+*

t+*+*+l+ l+*+t+*+
+v+*+oO* Oo+*+*O*
o+*+*M*O *+o+p+o+
+oBtO*+* +*+*+*+o
*P*+*+*+ v+b+*P*+
P*+b+p+* P*P*B*+p
*+p+*+pP *+*+*K*+
233 +*Kr+*+r 234 +*+tR*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*T
+*+*+*+* Ov+*+o+p
o+*+nV*+ *V*+lN*+
+*+*+*O* +oO*Po+*
*O*+p+*+ *P*+*+*+
+p+*+*L* +*P*B*K*
p+p+*+*+ p+*+*+*+
235 +*+*+*K* 236 +*+*R*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+v+*+*+
+n+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+o+*+ *+*+*+*+
O*+*Po+o P*N*K*+*
pLp+*PoP *O*+*PlO
+*+*+*P* +*+*+*+*
*V*+*+k+ *+*+*+p+
237 +*+*+*+* 238 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+l+
+*O*+*+* +*+*+*Oo
o+*+*+v+ o+vP*+*+
+oOl+*Oo B*+*+o+*
*+*+*+*+ *M*+*+*P
PpP*+p+* +*Nm+*+*
*+*Kn+pP *P*+b+*P
239 +*+*+*+* 240 +*+*+*K*

*+*L*T*+ *+*L*T*+
+*O*+*+o +*O*+*+o
oOr+p+o+ oOr+p+o+
+*+pV*N* +*+pV*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+n+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
pP*+*+kP pP*+*+kP
241 +*+*+*+* 242 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+t+l+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+*+o O*+t+*+*
*+v+*+*+ *+*+oLo+
+*+oT*M* +*+*+*Ro
*+*+*R*+ *+m+bP*+
+*+b+*P* +*+*+*P*
pP*+*+nP *+*+*+kP
243 +*R*+*K* 244 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+tT*Vl+
+*+*+*+* +v+*+*Oo
*+*M*+*+ oO*+*+*+
+lN*+*O* +*+pNo+*
*P*Oo+o+ *+p+p+*+
P*+*+*+* +n+*+*+*
*+*+k+pP p+r+*KpP
245 +*+*+*+* 246 +*+r+*+*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+*+*+
+*+v+t+o +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+o+ r+*+*P*+
+*+*+*T* +*+*K*Ol
*+*R*N*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+p+o+* O*+*+*+*
pK*+*R*P t+*+*+*+
247 +*+*+*+* 248 +*+*+*+*
Provide two variations to draw.
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*R*+*+ *+*+*+*R
O*+*+*L* +*+*+*+*
*O*+*M*O *+*+*+*+
+bV*O*+* +*+*+*+*
p+*+*+pP *+*+*+*+
+*+*+k+* O*+*+*+*
*T*+n+*+ l+kO*+t+
249 +*+*+*+* 250 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *T*+*+l+
O*+r+oOl +*T*+*+o
*+*+oV*+ *+*O*+o+
+o+*+*+o P*+p+*+*
*+n+*+*+ *N*V*+*P
+p+*+pP* +*+*O*P*
*+t+pK*P r+*+*+k+
251 +*+*+*+* 252 +r+*+*+*

*+*+m+*+ *+l+t+*T
+oT*+oLo Oo+*+*O*
o+*+*+o+ *+o+*+m+
+*+*PpB* +*MoP*Po
p+*+*+p+ *+*N*+*P
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*B*
*+*+*+*P pPp+*+k+
253 +*+r+*+k 254 +*+*Rr+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+b+*
*+*+pL*+ *+*+o+*+
+*+r+*+* +*+o+l+*
o+*+*T*+ *+*Po+o+
K*+*M*+* +*+*PmP*
p+*+*+*+ *T*+*Pk+
255 +*+*+*+* 256 +*+*+r+*

*+*+*+*L *+*+*+*+
O*+*+*O* P*M*+l+*
*+*+*O*+ *+*+*+*P
+*+m+p+o +*+*+k+*
*+*+*+*N *+*+*+*+
+p+*+*+p +*+*+*+*
p+*+r+pK *+*+*+*+
257 T*+*+*+* 258 +*+*+*+*

*+lT*+t+ *+*+*+*+
O*V*+o+* R*+*+oLo
vO*+*+mO *+*+*+*+
+*O*O*+n +*+*+o+*
p+*+pP*+ *+*+*+*K
+*P*B*+* +*+*+pP*
*P*+*KbP oT*+*+*P
259 R*+*R*+* 260 +*+*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*T*+ *T*+*+*+
+l+*O*+o +*+*O*Lo
*+*+o+*+ *+*Ob+o+
+n+*T*+p O*Tp+pPm
*+p+*V*R pO*+*+*R
+p+k+o+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*P*+ kPp+*+*R
261 R*+*+*+* 262 +*+*+*+*

*+*+l+*+ *+m+*T*+
+*+*+*+* +o+mL*O*
n+*+*+*+ o+o+o+*O
+o+*Pk+* +*+*P*+*
*+o+*+*+ *+*+n+*+
+*P*+*+* +*+*+*+p
*M*+*+*+ pPp+b+p+
263 +*+*+*+* 264 +*K*R*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*N*Pv+* +*+*+*+o
*+*+*+o+ r+oL*Mo+
+*+*+*+o Pb+*+*+*
*+*+lP*+ *+*+o+*P
K*+*+*P* +*+*+*P*
*+*+*+p+ *+t+*Pk+
265 +*+*+*+* 266 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*L
+*+t+*L* +r+*+*+*
*BrV*OoO *+*+*+*N
+*+pO*+m +*+*M*Op
*+*+t+*+ *O*+*+*+
+*+*+nPp +*+*+*Pk
*+*+*Pk+ *+*+*+*+
267 +*+r+*+* 268 +*T*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
O*+*+*+l +*+n+*Vl
r+*+*+*P *+p+*+oO
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
p+*+k+*+ *+*+bO*+
+*+*+*+* +o+*+*Op
*+*+*+*+ *+t+*+*+
269 +*+t+*+* 270 +*+r+*+k

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*L
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*T*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+p+*+*+* +*+*O*+*
*+*+*O*+ *P*+p+w+
+*+*+lO* +*O*+*N*
*+*Kr+*+ *+*+*P*+
271 +*+*+b+* 272 +*+rK*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*Tl+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*Oo +*R*+*+o
*O*+*V*+ *+*+*L*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*Nk
o+*O*B*+ *+*VpT*P
Pp+r+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+t+*PpP *+*+*+*+
273 +*+*R*K* 274 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ r+*+*+*+
Oo+*+l+* +*+mVl+m
*+*+*+*+ *T*+o+*O
+w+o+qOo N*OoO*O*
*+*P*+*+ *+*+p+*P
+*+*+*+p +nPp+pP*
*+k+*P*+ *+k+*B*+
275 +*+*+*+* 276 +*+*+*+*

*+*T*+*+ *+*+*+*+
R*+*+*+* Ob+*+o+l
*+*+*Ml+ p+*+*+o+
N*B*+*Vo +*+*R*+p
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+k+
+n+*+mP* +*+*+*P*
*+*+k+*+ *+*+*+*+
277 +*+*+*+* 278 +*+*+w+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+r+*+*+ *+*+m+*T
+*+*+oOl +*+l+*O*
*+*Bo+*O *OoVvO*O
+*+mP*+* Ob+*+*+*
*+*+*+*P *+*+n+p+
+*+m+nK* P*B*+p+*
*+*+*Pp+ *Pp+*+p+
279 +*+t+*+* 280 +*K*R*+*

*+*+*L*T *+*+*+l+
+oT*+*O* +*+*+o+o
o+*+*Mb+ *+*O*+o+
+*P*+*R* +o+p+*+*
*P*+*+*+ *P*Op+*+
P*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*B*+*+*V *+t+kPpP
281 +*+*Rk+* 282 +r+*+*+*
Where to move the king?

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*L*
m+*+*+*+ *O*B*V*+
+l+o+*+* +p+*+*+p
o+*+*+*+ p+k+*+*+
B*K*+*+* +*O*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *T*+*+*+
283 +*+*+*+* 284 +*R*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+v+*T
+*+*+*L* +*+*LoO*
*O*B*+*+ *+m+o+*O
+p+*+*+p +*+oP*+p
p+oV*+*+ *+oP*+p+
+*+*+*+* +*R*+*+*
r+*+k+*+ *+p+nP*+
285 +t+*+*+* 286 +*+bK*+*

*+tT*+l+ *+*+*+*+
+*O*+o+* +l+*K*+*
o+*+*P*O *T*+*+*+
+oR*N*+* +*+p+b+*
*M*+*+*+ *+r+*+*O
+*+*+*+p +*+*+*Vp
p+*+*Pp+ *+*+*+p+
287 +*+*R*K* 288 +*+*+*+*

*+*T*+*+ *+*+*+*+
O*+p+*+* +*+*+r+*
*O*+l+*O *+l+o+*+
+*+*+*Op +*B*P*+o
*+*+*V*+ *P*K*P*+
Bp+*+k+* +*+*+*+t
p+*+*+*+ *+*M*+*+
289 +*+r+*+* 290 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
Lo+*+*+o OoR*+mLo
o+*+*+*+ *+m+*+o+
+*N*Wo+* +*+*Oo+*
*+*+oN*+ p+*+*+*+
+p+*+*P* +*Pt+*+*
p+r+*+kP *Pn+*PpB
291 +*+*+*+* 292 +*+*+k+*

t+vT*+*+ *+*+*L*+
+oO*+l+o +*+*+*Oo
*+*+o+*+ *+*+*+*+
O*+*Po+* Ro+*T*+*
p+b+oP*+ p+*+*+*+
+*+*P*+p +*+*P*+*
*Pp+*+*+ kP*+*+*+
293 R*+*K*R* 294 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+o+*B*+* +*+*+l+b
o+o+*+*+ *O*+*+*V
P*Po+*+* +*Op+*+p
*+*+l+o+ r+pO*P*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+k+*+ *+*+*K*+
295 +*+*+*+* 296 +*T*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+v+t+l+ *+*T*+*+
+*+*+*O* V*+*LoO*
*R*+*+*O *+*+*+*+
+p+*+*+* O*+m+*+*
*+*+*+p+ *Or+*Po+
+*+*+p+* +p+*+*P*
o+n+*K*P p+*+n+*P
297 +*+*+*+* 298 +*K*+n+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*Ol T*+*+*+l
*O*+*Oo+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+r+*
p+q+o+p+ *+*+*P*+
+*+*W*+p +*+o+*P*
kP*+*+p+ *+*+*+*+
299 +*+*+*+* 300 +*K*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+m+oO* +*M*+oO*
*+*+o+*O *+l+o+*O
+*+oP*+p +*+oP*+p
p+*L*Tp+ vR*P*Pp+
+*R*+*+* T*O*+*+*
*Kp+*+*+ p+p+n+*+
301 +*+b+*+* 302 +k+b+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+t+ *T*+*+l+
+*+r+n+l +*+vOoVo
*+o+*+*+ *+*O*+o+
+*+*+*+* O*+*+*+m
*+*V*O*T p+tNp+*P
+p+*+*+* +*NrBp+*
*Pp+*+*+ *Pp+*+p+
303 +k+*+r+* 304 +k+*+*+r

t+*+*+*+ *+*T*+l+
P*+*+o+* +o+*+vO*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*O
+*K*+l+* NpMoPo+*
*+*+*+*+ p+*+*P*+
+*+*+*+* +*R*+*+p
r+*+*+*+ *+*+*Kb+
305 +*+*+*+* 306 +*+*+*+*

*R*+*+*+ t+*+m+l+
T*O*+oLo N*O*OoVo
p+pM*+o+ *+pM*+o+
+*+mV*+* +*+*+*+*
r+*+*+*+ pT*+*P*+
+*+b+*+* +*+bB*+*
*+*+*P*P *+*+*P*P
307 +*+*+*K* 308 Rr+*+*K*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+l+ *+*+v+l+
+*+*+o+o O*+*VoOo
*+*+*+o+ *+*+oM*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+v+*P*+ *+*+*B*+
+*+oT*+* +nP*+*+*
*P*R*NkP p+*+*PpP
309 +*+*+*+* 310 +*+b+*K*

*+*+*T*+ *+*+*+*+
+o+*+l+m +*+k+*+*
o+*+*P*+ *+*+oL*O
+v+o+*O* +*+*+o+*
*+oP*+b+ *Vp+*+*+
+*+*+*+* +*+*RnP*
p+*+*R*+ *T*+*+*P
311 +*+*+rK* 312 +*+*+*+*
54...e5, or 54...f4 ?

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+b+
+*+*+*O* +*+mL*V*
*+*+*+*O *+*+*+o+
+*+*Ol+* +o+*+*+o
*+*+*+*+ oP*+*+*+
+*+*+p+p P*+*P*+p
p+*+*+*+ *+*+k+p+
313 +*+*+*+k 314 +*+n+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

t+*+*+*L *+*+*+*+
O*+v+oVo +*+*+*+*
*On+*+o+ *+v+l+*+
+*+mB*+* O*O*O*O*
*+*+*+*+ *+p+*Op+
+*+*+*+* Pp+k+p+*
*P*+*+pP *+*+*+*+
315 +*+*Rr+k 316 +*+b+*+*
Does 43. a4 lead to draw?

*+*+*+l+ *+*T*+*L
+*+*+o+o +*+*+o+o
o+*+*+oP *+*+oP*P
+oMwO*+* +*+*P*+*
*+*N*+*+ *BrP*+p+
+*P*Q*P* O*+*+*K*
*P*+*P*+ *V*+*+*+
317 +*+*+*K* 318 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*L*+ *+*+*+l+
+oRvT*Oo +o+*+oOo
o+*MoT*+ *Ov+o+*+
P*+oR*+p +*+*P*+*
*+*+*N*+ *+*TnP*P
+p+*+*Pb P*+*+*+*
*+*+*P*+ kPp+r+p+
319 +*+*+*K* 320 +*+*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*T*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+pLo+* +*+r+*+o
*O*+*+oO *+*+*+m+
+pOr+*+* +oN*L*+*
*+*+*P*+ o+*+*+p+
+*+*+*+b Tp+*+*K*
*+v+tP*P *+*+*+*+
321 +*+*+rK* 322 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
+*+m+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*L*+*+ *+*+*L*+
O*+*Oo+* O*M*+o+*
p+p+*+*+ p+p+o+*+
+*+n+*P* +*+*+*P*
*+*+k+*+ *+*+k+*+
323 +*+*+*+* 324 +*N*+*+*

*+*+*+l+ *+lT*+*+
+*+*+*+o +o+*+oBo
*+*+*+o+ o+o+*+*+
Q*+*+*+* +*+p+*+*
*+*PkP*+ *Vp+*M*+
Ow+*+*+* +*+*Tb+*
*+*+*+*+ p+*+*+pP
325 +*+*+*+* 326 R*+*+k+r
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+t+l+ *+t+*+l+
OoT*+*+o +*+*+oOo
*+*RoMo+ *Om+o+*+
+vP*N*+* O*+oN*+*
*P*B*Op+ *+*P*+*+
P*+*+*+p Pq+*+*P*
*+r+p+*+ *P*+pPkP
327 +k+*+*+* 328 +*T*+*+*

*+*+*R*+ t+*+*L*+
+*+t+mO* +o+*+o+o
*+*+*Ol+ *+*+*+oV
+*B*+*+o +*O*N*+*
*+k+pP*P o+p+*Pp+
+*+*+*P* +p+*P*+*
*+*+*+*+ p+*+t+p+
329 +*+*+*+* 330 +*R*+rK*

*V*+*+*+ *M*+*+*+
+*+*+rN* +*Rt+l+o
*+*+*O*+ *O*+*Oo+
O*+k+pL* +*+n+*+*
pT*+*+*+ o+*+t+*P
+*+*+*+* P*+*+*P*
*+*+*+*+ *P*+*K*+
331 +*+*+*+* 332 +*R*+*+*
 1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*+*L*+
+*M*+o+* +o+*+oOo
*O*+*+*+ o+oN*+*+
+*+pP*+* +mP*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*P*+*+
+*Nk+*L* +p+*+pP*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*K*P
333 +*+*+*+* 334 +*+*+*+*
32. Nb5, or 32. Nb7 ?

*+*+*+*+ *L*+t+*+
+t+l+oO* +*+*+oO*
*+*+*+*O *PkR*+*O
+p+k+*+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+*+p+
+r+*+*+p +*+*+*+p
*+*+*+p+ *+*+*+*+
335 +*+*+*+* 336 +*+*+*+*

*+*+*+l+ *+*+*+b+
+*+*+oO* +*+lV*+o
*+*+o+*O *+*+o+o+
O*+oPpPp O*+oPo+*
*O*P*+k+ pM*P*+*+
+p+*+*+* +*+*+*P*
p+*+*+*+ *+*B*PkP
337 +*+*+*+* 338 +*+*+*+*
1.2. Tactics and calculations

*+*+*+*+ *+*T*+l+
+*L*+*+* O*V*+o+*
o+*O*MoT *O*+*+o+
+*Op+*V* +*+*+pR*
pOn+p+p+ *+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+r P*B*+*P*
*PkN*+p+ *P*+*+*P
339 +*+*+*+* 340 +*+*+*K*

*+v+*+*+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*PlO* Kp+m+*+*
*+*+*+*+ n+*+*+*+
P*+*+*+o +*+lOo+*
*B*+o+*P *+*+*+o+
+*+*+*+* +*+*+*P*
*P*+o+*+ *+*+*P*+
341 +k+*+*+* 342 +*+*+*+*
43. Kc2 or 43. Kc1 ?

*+*+*+*+
+*+*+*+*
*P*Lo+*+
+*+*+o+*
*+kNm+o+
+*+*+*P*
*+*+*P*+
343 +*+*+*+*
 1.3. Queen trading problems

*+*+*+*+ *+*+tVl+
+*+*+oOl +*+*+*O*
*+*+o+*O *+*P*+*O
+*+v+*+* +*+*O*+*
p+*Pm+*+ *+n+*+*W
+*Qb+tP* +*+q+*+p
w+*+*P*P *P*B*+p+
344 +*Rn+*K* 345 +*+*+*K*

*+*W*+*L *+lTt+*+
+v+*+o+o O*W*+*Qo
*+o+*V*+ pO*M*+v+
+*B*Op+* +*M*Oo+*
*P*+q+*+ *+p+*+*N
+*+*+rP* B*+*+*+*
*+p+*+*+ *+*+bPpP
346 +*+t+b+k 347 R*+*+rK*

*+*+*+*+ *+*T*+l+
+*+l+o+* OoW*+*Oo
o+*WmPo+ *+m+q+*+
+*+*+*P* +*+*+o+*
*+*+p+*+ *+oP*+*+
+*+q+*+* P*+*+*P*
*+*+*+b+ p+*R*PbP
348 +*+*+*+k 349 +*+m+*K*
1.3. Queen trading problems

*+*+*+*T *+*+*Vl+
+qOl+oO* +*O*+oOo
p+oO*V*+ *+vM*+*+
+*+*+*+o +w+*Q*+*
w+*+*+*+ *Bo+*N*+
+*P*P*+p P*P*+*Np
*P*+*+*+ *+*+*Pp+
350 +*KrR*+* 351 +*+*+*K*
Evaluate 31. Qxb5 Nxb5 32. a4.

*+*T*+l+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+m+oOo +*+*+tOl
*+o+*W*+ *+*+o+*T
+*+*+*+* O*+*+w+*
*+*+b+v+ *+*+*+*+
P*Q*+*+* P*+*+*R*
*Pp+*PpP *+*+*+qP
352 +*+*RnK* 353 +*+*+*Rk

*+*+*Tl+ t+*Wl+*T
+*+*+*Wo Oo+m+oO*
*+*Oo+o+ *+o+o+o+
O*+*+*+* +*V*P*+*
nO*+*Q*+ *+p+n+*+
+*+*+*+p +*+*+*+*
p+*+*+p+ pP*+qPpP
354 +*+*+r+k 355 R*B*+rK*
 1.3. Queen trading problems

*+*+t+l+ t+w+*+l+
Oo+*+tO* O*+tM*O*
*V*+*+w+ *O*+oM*O
+*+*M*Pm +*+*+o+*
*+*N*+*+ *+*+p+*+
P*R*B*+p P*+*+n+*
*+q+*+b+ *Pq+*PpP
356 R*+*+*K* 357 +b+r+rK*

*+*+*+*+ *+*TlV*T
O*+*+*Lo Oo+*OoOo
*+n+*+w+ *W*+*+*+
+*Po+*+* +*+*B*+*
*+vP*PqV *+*+o+v+
+*+*+*+p +n+*P*+*
p+*+*Pk+ pPpQ*PpP
358 +*+*+*+* 359 R*+*K*+r
Evaluate 13. Qa5. Provide the best
continuation in the case if 13. Qa5 is
wrong.

*+*+*L*T tT*+*+l+
+*+*+o+* +*+mOoVo
o+wO*+*+ *+*O*+o+
+o+qO*+o W*Op+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *+*+p+m+
+pT*+*P* +*N*+nP*
p+p+*P*P pPr+qPkP
360 +*+*RrK* 361 R*B*+*+*
1.3. Queen trading problems

*+*+*+t+ t+*+wM*L
+*+*+o+l O*+*+qO*
*+oBo+*O *O*+*M*O
+*PoPp+* +*+*+*+*
*+*+*+*V *+*+*+n+
+*Wq+*+p +*+*B*+p
*+p+*+*K pPp+*+*+
362 +*+*+r+* 363 +*+*+rK*

*+t+*Tl+ t+*+*+l+
O*+*+o+* +*Ov+oVo
*O*VvW*O *O*O*Wo+
+*+o+*O* +p+p+*+*
*+*+*+*+ *Bp+*+*+
P*Pb+qP* P*+*Q*+p
*P*+*Pp+ *+b+*Pp+
364 R*+nR*K* 365 +*+*R*K*

*+*+v+l+ *T*+*T*L
O*V*+oOo +*+*+*Oo
*Oo+*+*+ *+mO*+*V
+*W*+*+* O*+nOw+*
*+*+p+*+ r+b+*+*P
+*+*Bp+* +pPq+*+*
pP*Qn+pP *+*+*Pp+
366 +*+*+*K* 367 +*+*+rK*
 1.3. Queen trading problems

*T*+t+l+ t+*+*Tl+
+v+*+oO* Oo+vMoOo
oO*+o+w+ *+*VoM*+
+*+oP*+* +*+*+*+w
p+*NmPq+ *+*P*+*+
+*P*R*+* P*Nb+n+p
*Pb+*+p+ *P*+qPp+
368 +*+*+rK* 369 R*Br+*K*

*+l+*+*T t+*Wl+*T
+o+*+o+* O*+*O*Vo
*OoT*M*O *+o+*+o+
+*W*+*O* +*+o+*+*
*+*OpQpP *+*+o+p+
+*+p+*+b +*+*+*+*
pPp+*+*+ pP*B*QbP
370 +*Kr+*+r 371 R*+*K*+r
Evaluate 21. Qf5+.

*+*+t+*+ *+*+vL*+
+o+w+*Lo OoO*+oWo
*+*+mOo+ *+*O*+*+
O*Oq+*+* +p+*+pQ*
p+p+*+*+ *+*+*+*P
+*+*+*+* +*+*+n+*
*P*+*PpP *+p+*+p+
372 +*+*RbK* 373 +*+*+*K*
1.3. Queen trading problems

t+w+t+l+ *+*+*+*+
Oo+*+oVo +*+*+*Ol
*+*+vMo+ *+w+*+*O
+*+o+*+* O*+*Kp+p
*P*+*+*+ p+*+q+p+
+*+*P*Pp +*+*+*+*
pBqN*PbK *+*+*+*+
374 +*+r+r+* 375 +*+*+*+*

*+*+tTl+ *+tT*+*+
+o+*+wO* Ov+*+*L*
o+o+*+q+ *Ow+o+oO
M*P*+*+* +*+*+o+*
*+*P*+*V *+*+*P*+
P*N*B*+* +*P*+q+p
*R*+*P*P pP*N*+p+
376 +k+*+*R* 377 +*+rR*+k

t+*+*+*L *+*+*+l+
+v+*+*+o +*+*+t+*
o+*O*+oW o+*On+o+
+*+pO*+* +o+pW*+o
*P*+*+p+ *P*Q*+*+
+*+*+*+m +*+*+*Pp
p+rQb+*P p+*+*Pk+
378 +*+n+*+k 379 +*+*+*+*
 1.3. Queen trading problems

t+*+t+l+ *+lT*+*T
Oo+*+*+* +oO*Vo+*
*Vm+*+*O oMm+*+*+
+*+*+oOv +*+wO*+*
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II Answers
1) Godjayev, Galib — Bajarani, Ilgar , AZE 1st league, 1988.02.18, (3)
27. Bf1! The position is equal in most of the moves, but understanding poor-placed
pieces and their activation are always important. 27... Kf8 28. Bc4j
2) Bajarani, Ilgar — Belozorev, Vitaliy , USSR corr, 1989
40. Bf1! Kf6 41. Bd3f
3) Bajarani, Ilgar — Belozorev, Vitaliy , USSR corr, 1989
36. Nc1! Kg7 37. Ne2f
4) Bajarani, Ilgar — Meladze, Fedor , USSR corr, 1989
23. b3! axb3 24. axb3 Na3+ 25. Bxa3 bxa3 26. Bb5+! Kf8 27. Bc6h
5) Bajarani, Ilgar — Popova, Z. 2325, Voroshilovgrad op, Voroshilovgrad, 1989
No, because after 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. cxd5 Bxa1 24. Kd2c Black got
into the worse position. (b21... Rd7 22. c3 b6n) (b21... Ra5!?n)
6) Zholudev, Yevgeniy — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989
22... Ng4! Threating Nf2, which forces to remove the last defender. 23. Bxg4 (23.
Ne4 Bf5i) 23... Bxg4i
7) Makarov, Yuri — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989
33... a5! 34. Qe1 (34. bxa5 Rxc5i) 34... axb4 35. Bxb4 Rc4i
8) Bajarani, Ilgar — Odeev, Ahmad , USSR corr, 1989
Here, Black might have tried to play with a slight advantage by 20... f5! 21. exf5 (21.
e5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Ne6g) (21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. c3 (22. exf5 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Nxf5
is the transposition.) 22... Be6 23. cxd4 cxd4e) 21... Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 23.
Bxe1 Nxf5 24. g3 Nd4 25. f4 Kd7g
9) Svidler, Peter — Bajarani, Ilgar , Leningrad op, Leningrad, 1990
Here, Black could have got good chances to equalize by 13... b6! 14. Bc4! (14. Rhe1
Kd8 15. Nxd4 (15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Bxf7 Kc7 17. Bd5 Raf8!?j) 15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4
Bb7 17. Rxd6 Re8f) (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bb7f) 14... Bb7 15. Bd5 Rc8!?
16. Ng5 Na5 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rxd4 h5f With good chances
to draw in all variations.
10) Godes, Dmitry R 2410 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2255, Baku, Baku, 1991
19. d5! (19. Be3? Nec7!g (19... Nb4!? 20. Ra3!?V) 20. d5? Nxd5 21. Bxa7 Ra8e)
19... cxd5 20. Bxd5 Nac7 21. Bg2n (21. Bc4!?n)
11) Bajarani, Ilgar 2255 — Magomedov, Magaram 2470, Baku, Baku, 1991
27... Bd3! Attacking both b1-square and e4-pawn. (Not so clear is 27... Be6!? 28.
Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 c4 30. Rb1!e) 28. e5 (28. Rec1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 c4 30. e5
Re6!?i With the idea either f6 or f5.) 28... c4i
12) Bajarani, Ilgar 2235 — Khalikian, Ovik 2365, Fajr open 2th, Tehran, 1992
Here, White could have won by 37. Rc7! (preventing b4.) 37... d5 (37... Kb6 38. Rc8
c5 39. Kg5 Ka5 40. Ra8+ Kb6 41. Kf5h) 38. Rc8! b4 39. cxb4+ Kb5 40. b3
Bd6 41. Kg4 Bxb4 42. e4!? dxe4 43. Re8h

13) Bajarani, Ilgar 2235 — Magomedov, Magaram 2475, Fajr open 2th, Tehran,
1992, (2)
Here, White could have got an advantage by 26. Bf1! (Less stronger is 26. Kd2 Kd8
27. c3f) 26... f6 27. Bh3 Kd8 28. Bxd7 Kxd7 29. b4c

14) Aryanejad, Hossein 2270 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2230, Fajr open 4th, Tehran, 1994,
(4)
Here, White could have got an advantage by 18. g3! (against Nf4) 18... g5 19. a3!?
(19. Kg2 Ng7 20. g4c) 19... Ba5 20. Bc2 Bb6 21. Nb3 Ng7 22. g4c

15) Aryanejad, Hossein 2270 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2230, Fajr open 4th, Tehran, 1994,
(4)
32... Nb8! (ENc6 with an attack to both b4-pawn and d4-pawn.) 33. axb5 axb5i

16) Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter 2480 — Bajarani, Ilgar , Moscow ol (Men),

Moscow, 1994, (4)
36. Kf1!h It is important to keep the king safe. In the endgame, the king should be
near either to the center or to a passed pawn.

17) Day, Lawrence A 2370 — Bajarani, Ilgar , Moscow ol (Men), Moscow, 1994, (6)
34... c5! 35. R4d2 and now, 35... c4!?g gives good chances for a win.

18) Bajarani, Ilgar 2230 — Fekri, Farzad 2405, Fajr open 4th, Tehran, 1994, (10)
31... e5! 32. d5 Ba8 33. Nd3 (33. Na4 Bxd5 34. Nb6 Be4i) 33... e4 34. Nf4
g5 35. Nh3 (35. Nh5 Bxd5i) 35... h6i

19) Harandi, Khosro 2375 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2230, Fajr open 4th, Tehran, 1994,
(11)
60. Bxe3?? (The same as 60. Kxe3?? g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Bd5 Kh2!j) (The winning
way is 60. Bxh5 Kxg2 61. Bg4h) 60... g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Be4 Kh2j and the
game is ended drawn after several moves due to the fortress.

20) Ismail, Ibrahim — Bajarani, Ilgar , Abu-Dhabi masters, Abu Dhabi, 1995.08.28
Here, instead of 33... a5?, giving the defence chances after 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Rfd1g,
Black could have paralysed all White’s pieces by 33... Re3 34. Rfd1 Re2+ 35. Kh3
h5 36. Rb2 Be3i
21) Rezaei, Reza 2205 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, Fajr open 5th, 1996, (6)
10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. f4 Bb4!?g (13... h5 14. g5
O-O-Og)

22) Bajarani, Ilgar — Iskandari , Astara, 1996.07.25, (5)

23. Rd1! b4 24. Nd4c

23) Bajarani, Ilgar 2405 — Magerramzade, Djavad , AZE-ch, Baku, 1997

31... Rg4! 32. Rxg4 Qxg4j

24) Deljou, Mohammad 2205 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, Fajr open 6th, 1997, (1)
40... Bxa6! 41. Kxa6 Kf7i White resigned after 42. Kb7 (42. Kb5 Ke6 43. Bc5
Nh7!i) 42... Ke6 43. Kc6 Kf5 44. Kd6 Ne6

25) Piarnpuu, Leyla 2180 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, Berliner Sommer 15th, Berlin,
1997.08.14, (5)
46... Rc8! 47. Nd4 Ra8i

26) Bajarani, Ilgar 2380 — Mamedov, Nidjat 2295, AZE-ch qual, Baku, 1998
36... b6! (36... Kg5? 37. Nh3+ Bxh3 38. Bxh3 b6 39. Kg2 h4 (39... Kf4 40. e5!
Kxe5 41. Re2+ Kf4 42. Rc4+c) 40. e5c) 37. Nxh5+ Kg5 38. Nxg3 Rxf3V

27) Bajarani, Ilgar 2380 — Allahverdiev, Anar 2460, AZE-ch qual, Baku, 1998
Here, White could have got a huge advantage by 19. a4! c6 (19... Be8 20. axb5 axb5
21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bd6 (22... c6 23. Nb6+ Kb7 24. Rd8 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Kxb6
26. Rb8+ Ka7 27. Rc8 Kb6 28. b4 cxb3 29. cxb3h) 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Kf2c) (19...
b4 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5c) 20. Bd6c

28) Davidov, Samir 2203 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (1)
Not so clear is 33... Bc5!? 34. Rxe4+ Kf5 35. Rd4 Bxd4 36. exd4 Ke4 37. a6e and
Black has problems with the future of the rook, and the win might take long time. The
only plan is to take the b-pawn, and try to attack a6-pawn by moving king to b5 and
bishop to c8. In the game, Black kept a slight advantage by 33... f5!? 34. g4 a6 35.
gxf5+ Kxf5g

29) Davidov, Samir 2203 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (1)
24... Ke6FV The only defence against Bd6.

30) Davidov, Samir 2203 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (1)
21. b4! (But not 21. a5? b5f, which happened in the game.) 21... e5 22. b5c
31) Mukhtarov, Farkhad — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (3)
25. Ba5! Trading the main defender of the queenside. 25... Kf7 (25... Bxa5 26. Rxa5
b4 27. Rb5h It is impossible to defend both b4 and e6 at the same time.) 26. Bxb6
Nxb6 and now, the best way is 27. Rac1! Rc8 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. b3!h with
domination.
32) Housseinov, Shahin — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (5)
Here, instead of 25. Kf1? Rc8f with a counterplay for Black, White could have got the
huge advantage by 25. Ra1! b4 26. Kf1 Rc8 (26... a5 27. Ra2! Ra8 28. Nb1! Bc1
29. Nd4 a4 30. Nb3! Ba3 31. Nc5!h) 27. Ra2! a5 28. Ke2h
33) Mirza, Shahzad 2290 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Abu Dhabi op 09th, Abu Dhabi,
1999.08.25, (5)
29... f6! 30. Ng4 and now, instead of 30... Ba6? 31. Ne3c, 30... f5! 31. exf5
Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Nxf5!j might have solved all problems.
34) Bajarani, Ilgar 2361 — Hagikasumov, Veli , Baku Bestcomp Cup active, Baku,
2000
31... b6! 32. c6 Ne8!j
35) Magerramov, Elmar 2568 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2354, Abu Dhabi op 10th, Abu
Dhabi, 2000.08.26, (1)
25... Rc8! 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8j
36) Mamedov, Nidjat 2392 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Baku EU qual, Baku, 2001, (3)
43... g5! It is important to create the counter-game. The move allows both Rh6 and
the passed pawn creation. 44. Rf2+ Ke7j
37) Mamedov, Nidjat 2392 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Baku EU qual, Baku, 2001, (3)
40. Bxd6! Rxd6 and now, White could have got a winning position by 41. Kd4! (But
not 41. Ke4?! Kf6c) 41... Kf7 (41... Kf6 42. Kc5 Ke7 43. Re3+ Kd7 44. Rf3h)
42. Rc3h
38) Bajarani, Ilgar 2365 — Ali, Shaheen 2104, Abu Dhabi op 11th, Abu Dhabi,
2001.08.26, (2)
Here, Black could have survived by 31... Rd3F (the game continued as 31... f5?? 32.
a4?? (The winning way was 32. Ke2! Ra1 33. b5h) 32... Kf7j 33. a5 Ra1?? Losing
the crucial tempo. (33... Ke6j) 34. Ke3h) 32. a4 Ra3 33. a5 f5F with an equal
game: 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd2 Ke6 36. Kc2 Kd5 37. Kb2 Rd3 38. a6 Kc6j
39) Arkhipov, Sergey 2500 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2365, Abu Dhabi op 11th, Abu Dhabi,
2001.08.29, (5)
Here, there are several ways to equalize. The most efficient is 47... f4!? 48. gxf4 (48.
g4 f3 49. Kg1 Rd7 50. Be4 Rf7 51. Rd6 Ne2+ 52. Kf1 Nc3j) 48... Kh6!?j (48...
Rd7 49. Ba8 Rf7 50. Ra6 Rxf4 51. Rxa5 Rxh4 52. Ra4 Kf6j)
40) Bajarani, Ilgar — Roghani, Arash , Fajr open 10th, Tehran, 2002.01.26
Instead of 34... Rxe2? 35. Rxa5g Black could have won by 34... Ra6 35. Rc5 a4 36.
Rxc4 a3 37. Rc1 a2 38. Ra1 Kh7! Shorter. The plan is to make White’s pawns move
and then, move Black king to d4, taking them. 39. Kf1 (39. e4 Kg6 40. f4 Ra3!i)
39... Kg6 40. Ke1 Kf5 41. h3 (41. Kf1 Ra8i With a zugzwang.) 41... Ke4i

41) Niknaddaf, Ali — Bajarani, Ilgar , Fajr open 10th, Tehran, 2002.02.27, (10)
37... h6!i (37... h5!?i is also possible.) (But not 37... Rcd8? 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39.
Bc5j and the absense of the window leaf makes sense.) 38. Kf1 and now, the best way
is 38... Rcd8!?i (38... Rb8!? 39. Rxb8 Rxb8i that had been played in the game
also gave a decisive advantage for Black.)

42) Khojasteh, M. — Bajarani, Ilgar , Mashad, 2002.11.11

Instead of 12. a3?? Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Rxd3i, White could have survived by 12. Ke2!
(Not so clear is 12. Be2?! h6!? (12... Rhe8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bd2 a5 16.
Bxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Kf2 Rf8 18. g3 g5 19. Ng2 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nxe5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8j)
(12... Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Nc2+ 14. Kf2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1n) 13. h3 (13. Bd2 a5 14. Bxb4
axb4 15. Kf2 f6 16. exf6 Rhe8! 17. Rhd1 Bd7 18. Nd4 Re4 19. Nec2 Rxf4+ 20. Ke1
Rxf6g) 13... Rhe8 14. Kf1 f6n) 12... Rhe8 (12... f6 13. f5 Bxe3 14. fxe6 Bxc1 15.
Rxc1 Nxa2 16. Ra1 (16. Rc2 Nb4 17. Rd2V) 16... Nc3+ 17. Ke3 Nd1+ 18. Ke2
Nc3+j) 13. g3 f6 14. f5 Bg8 15. Bh3!?V (15. e6? g6e) (15. Ba3 fxe5 16. Rd1
Rxd1 17. Nxd1 a5!?g)

43) Bajarani, Ilgar 2368 — Moradi, Behrooz 2216, Friendship Cup AZE-IRI, Baku,
2003.04.02, (5)
49... a5! Preventing b4. It is important to prevent any activity and passed pawn
creation from White. 50. Kd3 And now, Black could have equalized either simply by
50... Re8!? 51. c5 Ne5+ 52. Kd4 Re6 53. Rh8 Kc6 54. Rc8+ (54. Ke4 Nf7+
55. Kf5 Re2 56. Rh7 Rf2+ 57. Kg6 Nd8 58. h3 Ne6j) 54... Kd7j or 50... g4!?
51. Rxh4 g3 52. hxg3 Rxg3+ 53. Kc2 a4!j

44) Al Taher, Hisham — Bajarani, Ilgar , Sharjah , Sharjah, 2003.11.02

40... Ke5! 41. a3 (41. Rf4 Rxf4! 42. exf4+ Kf5 43. Ke3 (43. Kc4 Kg4 44. Kxc5
Kxg3 45. b4 Kxf4 46. a4 g5i) 43... Kg4 44. Kf2 h6 45. Kg2 h5 46. Kf2 Kh3 47.
Kf3 f5! (preventing g4) 48. a3 Kh2 49. Kf2 a5 50. a4 g6i) 41... f5e (41... h5!?i)

45) Salehizade — Bajarani, Ilgar , Fajr open 10th, Tehran, 2004.02.05

36. d6! The simplest. (Not so clear is 36. Bxe4 Rc4 37. d6 Rxe4 38. d7 Nc6 39.
Rc2! (39. d8=Q Nxd8 40. Rxd8 Rc4c) 39... Re7 40. Rxc6 Rxd7 41. Rxa6h) Black
resigned after 36... Rd8 37. d7 Nc6 38. Bxe4
46) Bajarani, Ilgar — Bolhari, A. , Fajr open 13th, Tehran, 2005.01.28, (2)
To break the position of White, the knight should be on h4. For example, 48... Ne8!
49. Be3 Nc7 50. Bc1 Ne6 51. Be3 Nf8 52. Bf2 Ng6 53. Be3 (53. Bg3 h6!
54. Bh2 (54. h4 h5iwith a zugzwang.) 54... Nh4 55. Bg3 Nxf3i) 53... Nh4 54.
Bf2 Ng2!? 55. Bg3 h6 56. Bh2 h5 57. Bg3 h4 58. Bh2 g6 59. Ke2 Kc4 60.
Kd2 Ne3! (But not 60... b4?? 61. cxb4 Kxd4?? (61... Kd5! 62. Ke2 Kxd4j) 62.
Ke2h With a reciprocal zugzwang.) 61. Kxe3 (61. Bg1 Nd5i) 61... Kxc3 62.
Ke2 Kc2i

47) Bajarani, Ulvi — Davidov, Samir 2198, Baku Ch-men final, 2005.04.20, (3)
It was necessary to push the passed pawn by 36. g4! The main idea is 36... Ra1 37.
g5! Nb4+ 38. Bxb4 Ra2+ 39. Kd1 axb4 40. g6j

48) Srinath, Narayanan 2084 — Bajarani, Ulvi , 4th Dubai Junior Open, Dubai,
2005.07.10, (8)
25... Ng3!g The knight moves to e4, where attacks to both c3 and g5. If 26. Rh3,
then 26... Ne4 27. Rxf3 Kb7 28. Rxf7 Nxc3g With a slight advantage and the
comfortable game.

49) Taminsyah, Aston 1599 — Bajarani, Ulvi 1599, Wch U10, Belfort, 2005.07.20,
(2)
Here, the only way for White to keep a decisive advantage was 50. Rg5! a4 51. bxa4
Rxa4 52. g3h

50) Bajarani, Ilgar 2322 — Ahmadinia, Ebrahim 2195, IRI-chT, Iran, 2005.08.26,
(9)
Here, the best way for White is 33. Rxb6! Rxc2 (33... Ra7 34. Ra1 Rxc2 35. a5 Rd2
36. Nf2h) 34. a5 Ra2 (34... Rc3 35. Rf3h) 35. a6h

51) Bajarani, Ulvi — Berbatov, Kiprian , EU-ch U10, Herceg Novi, 2005.09.23, (9)
Here, White might have got an advantage by 29. Rxd8+! Nxd8 30. Nd6 Ne6 31.
Nd5 Bf8 (31... Nf4+ 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Kf3! (33. Ne8 Bh8 34. Kf3 Kc8 35. Nd6+
Kc7 36. Nc4 Kd7 (36... g5? 37. Ke4c) 37. Kxf4 Bg7 j) 33... Bf8 34. Ne4 Be7
35. Kxf4 Kc7 36. g5!? fxg5+ 37. Ke5 Kd7 38. f3c) 32. Ne8 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
Nef6f

52) Bajarani, Ulvi 2015 — Namazov, Farid , Baku AZE, Open B 2005, Baku AZE,
2005.10.25, (3)
38... Bg5F 39. h4 Kc7F 40. Nf5 and now, it was crucial to keep the White king in
his cage by 40... Bd2j
53) Bajarani, Ilgar 2323 — Mirzaei, Hossein 2193, Fajr open 14th, Tehran,
2006.01.29, (8)
Here, Black could have equalized by 40... a5! Creating a passed pawn and the activity.
41. bxa5 b4 42. Re1 (42. a6 b3 43. Re1 Ra7 44. Rb1 Qa4!? (44... Qb5!? 45. Qxd6
Qd3j) (44... Qc7!? 45. Re1 Qd7 j) 45. g5 h5 46. Qxd6 Qxd4j) 42... Ra7j

54) Kasparov, Sergey 2491 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, Fajr open 14th, Tehran,
2006.01.30, (9)
Here, instead of 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rac1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Re8f, White could have got
a decisive advantage by 22. cxd5! Bxc3 23. dxc6! Re8 (23... Rf8 24. Bd7 Bxf1
25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1h) (23... Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Kg7 25. c7 Rf8 26. Bg4 Rae8
27. Bd4+ Kg6 28. Bf3h) 24. Bf4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rad8 27.
Bg4!?h

55) Sadeh, Shahin 2113 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, Khazar Cup, Rasht, 2006.02.05, (9)
31... a5! 32. Nd5 axb4 33. Nxb4? (33. Nb3F Rd8!? (33... h5 34. gxh5 Rxh5
35. Nxb4 Nf6 36. Nxd3 Nxe4+ 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Rc1 Nxd3 39. Rxc3 Nf4+ 40.
Kh2g) 34. a5 (34. Nxb4? Nf6i) 34... Nf8 35. Nxb4 Ne6 36. Nd5 Kb8g) 33...
Nxc5i 34. Rc1 and now, 34... d2! wins immediately: 35. Rxc5+ Nc6 36.
Nbxc6 bxc6!i

56) Bajarani, Ulvi 2070 — Turdyev, Anvar , Aeroflot Open, Moscow, 2006.02.14,
(8)
The only way to draw was 38. f4F Kd7 39. f3j (39. f5!? gxf5 40. f3j is also
possible.)

57) Abdulov, Orkhan 2231 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, Azerbaijan Championship Men
2006, Baku, 2006.03.03, (9)
36. Nxh7? led to the equal position 36... Kxh7 37. Rxf8 Kg7! (or 37... Nxg3+ 38.
Kf2 Kg7) 38. Rd8 Nxg3+ 39. Kf2 Nh5 40. Rd4 Rf6 41. Ke3 Ng3j b36. Kf2!?f or
b36. Ne4!?f With good chances for Black to draw in both cases.

58) Lavasani, Javad 2020 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2352, Dubai op 8th, Dubai, 2006.04.23,
(1)
Here, Black might have got a huge advantage by 30... a5! 31. Nh5 (31. Ra2 Bd5 32.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Bxd2 Bd8! 34. Bc3 f6i with winning the a4-pawn.) 31... Ra1i

59) Jasim, A. 2324 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2084, 8th Dubai Open, Dubai UAE, 2006.04.27,
(5)
48. Bb5! Rc7 49. Bc6h
60) Molina, Tony 2210 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2084, 8th Dubai Open, Dubai UAE,
2006.04.29, (7)
40... Rc5! the idea missed by Black. (In the game, Black played 40... b5!? 41. axb5
and now, Black missed the idea provided above, and after 41... axb5 (41... Rc5! this
idea also works here. 42. Nd5 Rxb5!f with good chances to draw the game.) 42. Nd5h
lost in several moves.) 41. Nd5 b5! 42. axb5 Rxb5!f With good chances to draw
the game.
61) Bajarani, Ulvi — Lin, Zhigen Wilson , 5th Dubai Juniors, Dubai, 2006.07.06,
(4.5)
It was crucial to block h4-pawn by 38. h3! with a drawn endgame: 38... gxh3+ 39.
Kxh3j
62) Slizhevsky, Alexsandr 2454 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2341, Pardubice Czech op, Par-
dubice, 2006.07.24, (4)
12... Bb4! Preventing Nd2 (12... O-O-O 13. Nd2!f) (12... a5 13. a3!f) 13. g3
O-O-Oj
63) Gashimov, Vugar 2644 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2131, simultaneous game, Abu Dhabi,
2006.08.17
48. b5! axb5 49. a6h
64) Bajarani, Ulvi 2131 — Nikologorskiy, Konstantin 1946, 16th EU-ch U12 Boys,
Herceg Novi, 2006.09.13, (4.2)
34. Nxf6! Kxf6 35. a4h
65) Lortkipanidze, Nodar 2087 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2131, 16th EU-ch U12 Boys,
Herceg Novi, 2006.09.14, (5.2)
32. d6! exd6 33. exd6 Ra8 34. d7 Rbb8 and now, White missed the chance get
the winning position by 35. Rd6! (35. Ke4 Rd8 36. Rd6h was also possible with the
transposition.) 35... Rd8 36. Ke4 Ra7 37. Kd5! Rdxd7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7+ 39.
Kxc5h
66) Housseinov, Shahin 2162 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2143, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2006.11.26, (6)
It was necessary to bring the king to the center by 48... Kh6 49. Kxe4 Kg5 50. f4+
Kf6 51. Rb3 a4 52. Ra3 Rc8 53. Kd3 (53. Rxa4 Rxc3 54. Ra6+ Ke7f With good
draw chances.) 53... Rd8+ 54. Kc2 (54. Kc4 Kxf5 55. Rxa4 Ke4j) 54... Kxf5 55.
Rxa4 f6f With good draw chances.
67) Abbasov, Farid 2444 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2167, 15th Fajr, 2007, (6)
Here, Black missed the chance to equalize by 31... Nxd4! 32. Rxd4 Rc4! 33. Rxc4
(33. R4d2 Rb4j) 33... dxc4 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Bxb7 (35. Bd5+ Be6 36. Bxb7
Ke7f with good draw chances.) 35... Ke6f with good draw chances.
68) Bajarani, Ilgar — Sadatnajafi, Mehrdad , Khazar Cup, Rasht, 2007, (7)
Here, instead of 33. f4?! b4V, White could have got an advantage by 33. b4!f, which
prevents b5-b4 and Black’s bishop activation.

69) Bajarani, Ilgar — Sadatnajafi, Mehrdad , Khazar Cup, Rasht, 2007, (7)
Instead of 31... Ned7 32. e5 Ne8 leading to the previous exercise, better is 31... Ng6!
32. e5 Nd7 attacking to e5 and forcing the tempo waste. 33. f4 b4!g

70) Iskandarov, Misratdin — Bajarani, Ulvi , AZE CH U12, 2007.03.21, (6)

Here, White might have got a decisive advantage by 26. Nd5! Bxd5 27. exd5 Kd8
(27... Rxe2+ 28. Bxe2!h the tactical idea behind 26. Nd5) 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29.
Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Be2 a5 31. Ke3 Nh6 32. Kd3 Kd8 33. g4h with Kd3-c4-b5

71) Bajarani, Ulvi — Bayramov, Vougar , Federasiya kuboku, 2007.05.27, (2.1)

Here, Black might have got a decisive advantage by 51... h5! 52. Ke1 (52. gxh6
Kg8i) 52... Rh2 53. Rd1 Ke8i

72) Antinian, Armen 2080 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2165, Tbilisi, Tbilisi, 2007.06.13, (8)
25... Rc4!g Keeping the pressure on d4.

73) Antinian, Armen 2080 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2165, Tbilisi, Tbilisi, 2007.06.13, (8)
50. Bxe5! Positional factors (such as restricting the pawn movement.) are more
important than the material in the endgames with opposite-coloured bishops. (50. fxe5?
g5i led to the lost position in the game.) 50... Rxa3+ 51. Kd4e With draw chances

74) Bajarani, Ilgar 2319 — Klovans, Janis 2446, Pardubice Czech op, Pardubice,
2007.07.27, (8)
Here, White could have got a winning position by 56. Bf1! Rh2+ 57. Bh3h

75) Bajarani, Ulvi 2164 — Ivanov, Mikhail M 2455, 17th Abu Dhabi International
C, Abu-Dhabi, 2007.08.12, (1.25)
28... g5!g Starting to capture the space.

76) Safarli, Eltaj 2471 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2164, 17th Abu Dhabi International C,
Abu-Dhabi, 2007.08.15, (4.16)
Here, Black missed the win by 38... Ke7! 39. Kf2 (The main idea is 39. Ne2 c3! 40.
Nxf4 Bxf4i) 39... Kd6! with Rg8-g3.

77) Bajarani, Ulvi 2164 — Kayumov, Sergey 2414, 17th Abu Dhabi International
C, Abu-Dhabi, 2007.08.20, (9.19)
35. b4! Nb7 (35... Nc6 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rc1c) 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rb1c
78) Bajarani, Ulvi 2164 — Dicu, Razvan Stefan 1914, 17th EU-ch U12 Boys,
Sibenik, 2007.09.15, (2.6)
37. f4! Creating the passed pawn. Additionally, the defence of d4-square is annihilated.
37... exf4+ 38. gxf4h
79) Bajarani, Ulvi 2268 — Pavlenko, Oleg 2254, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2007.11.05, (4)
24. c4! bxc4 25. Bxc4c
80) Nakauchi, Gene 2040 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2268, Antalya TUR, World Youth Ch
2007, Antalya TUR, 2007.11.22, (5.3)
22... Rd1!i Pinning the pieces in the first rank, and promoting the a-pawn.
81) Bajarani, Ulvi — Dashdorj, Bulgan , Antalya TUR, World Youth Ch 2007,
Antalya TUR, 2007.11.22, (6.2)
35. Nb4! Temporarily trapping the rook on a4. 35... Nf8? (The best way was 35...
Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Kg7 37. Rd3 a5 38. Nc2 g5 39. Rxd6 gxf4 40. Nd4f With good draw
chances for Black, for example, 40... b4!? 41. Nf5+ Kg8 42. axb4 axb4 43. Nxh6+ Kf8
44. Rd4 fxg3 45. Kxg3 Ng5f) 36. Nd5+ Kg7 37. Nb6 Ra5 38. Rxe6 fxe6 and
now, the exact way to get a huge advantage was 39. Rd1! d5 40. Ra1 b4 41. cxb4
Rb5 42. Na4c
82) Orujov, Shujaat — Bajarani, Ulvi , U14 Aze, 2008.03.29, (7)
35... Nc7! The move with multiple ideas 36. a4?! (36. Nxc7 Bxc7 37. a4 Re8i)
(36. c4 Ne8!i ENf6-e4) 36... Nd5i
83) Pantsulaia, Levan 2617 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2234, Dubai open, 2008.04.06, (1)
Here, the best way to equalize was 17... Rfe8! 18. f4 Rad8! 19. Re1 (19. Rxd8
Rxd8 20. Re1 Rd4 is the transposition.) 19... Rd4 20. Rad1 Red8 21. Rxd4 Rxd4
22. Nf3 Rxe4j
84) Bajarani, Ulvi 2234 — Mroweh, Husein 2023, Dubai open, 2008.04.09, (4)
It was important to push the kingside pawns, starting with 24. g5! the blockade against
f6 (24. h4 allows f6j) 24... g6 25. Kf3f
85) Bajarani, Ilgar 2344 — Suresh, Kumar 2192, Dubai op 10th, Dubai, 2008.04.12,
(6)
28. Nc5! Otherwise, Black might have an advantage. 28... Nxc5? (Maybe, it is better
to search an activity by 28... Nf6!? 29. Nxb7 Ra7 30. Nc5 (30. Na5 Rc7 n The poor
placement of the Nc2 makes White’s extra pawn senseless, for example, 31. h3!? (31.
Bf1 Ne4+ 32. Kg2 gxf4 33. exf4 Nd2 34. Bxb5 cxb5 35. Ne3 Re7 V) 31...
Nc3 32. Ne1 Nfe4+ 33. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 34. Kg2 gxf4 35. Nd3 f3+ 36. Kh2 Rg7 37.
Nf4 Be8 38. Ne6 Rxg3 39. Rg1 Rf6 40. Rxg3+ Nxg3 41. Kxg3 Rxe6j) 30... Ng4+
31. Kg1 Re8 32. Bf3 Bg6 33. Re1 Rae7 34. Nxa4 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3
37. Kf2 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 Nxa3f With good chances to draw the game.) 29. bxc5c The
weakness of b7 and a4 makes Black’s task difficult to solve.
86) Bajarani, Ulvi 2234 — Hakimifard, Ghazal 2055, Dubai open, 2008.04.14, (9)
42... c5!j

87) Abbasov, Farid 2528 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2234, 3-rd President Cup International
Tourna, Baku, 2008.05.13, (2.24)
Here, White might have got an advantage by 24. Ne4! Nge5 25. Nc5 f6 (25... Nxc5
26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Nd7 28. Bd4h) 26. Re3 Nc4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Bg3h

88) Bajarani, Ulvi 2201 — Khaghani, Babak 2319, 2nd Urumia Open, Urumia,
2008.08.30, (8.13)
28. Rc5! Kd7 29. Ra5 Bb8 30. Bd5c

89) Ibrahimov, Rasul 2568 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2301, Fajr 2009, 2009.02.05, (3)
18. f4! Bxd4 (18... Nc4 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Bf3c) 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rd1c

90) Chrzuszcz, Malvina 2042 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2301, Cappelle le Grande,

2009.03.05, (7.125)
46... g5!g Getting a space and defending f4-square.

91) Chrzuszcz, Malvina 2042 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2301, Cappelle le Grande,

2009.03.05, (7.125)
Here, White might have equalized by 52. h4! gxh4 53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. g5!? Ne4
55. Ra3!? Nxg5+ 56. Kg4j

92) Bajarani, Ulvi 2342 — Musialkiewicz, Jan 2162, World U14, Kemer, 2009.11.16,
(5.7)
41... a5!i Activating the light-squared bishop leads to the decisive advantage.

93) Bajarani, Ulvi 2342 — Finney, Stuart 2007, World U14, Kemer, 2009.11.18,
(7.21)
Avoiding Rd4, White had to play 24. c3! (In the game, White played 24. Re1 Now,
Black could have played 24... Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Rxe6 Kf5 27. Re2 Be5 28. Be4+
Kf6c with draw chances.) 24... Rf4 25. Kc2h

94) Gasanov, Eldar 2536 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2329, Aeroflot Open A2, Moscow,
2010.02.13, (5)
26. Be2! Be8 27. Bd1! Bg6 28. Bc2 Bxc2 29. Rxc2j

95) Bajarani, Ulvi 2422 — Kashlinskaya, Alina 2346, World’s Young Stars 2010,
Kirishi, 2010.05.20, (11)
29. Qa5! Qb7 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qe8f
96) Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2607 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2409, 49th WJun, Chotowa POL,
2010.08.07, (5)
27... Be8!i Defending c6-pawn before Bxc3.

97) Bajarani, Ulvi 2408 — Sapozhnikov, Roman 2226, WYCC Open U16, Porto
Carras, 2010.10.27, (8)
It was necessary to activate the king by 43. Kg3! Ne5 44. Kf4! Nxc4 45. Rc7n

98) Bajarani, Ulvi 2393 — Baghdasaryan, Vahe 2303, Aeroflot Open B 2011,
Moscow, 2011.02.09, (2)
38. Bd1! The move restricting both the Black rook and activating the White rook.
38... Rc5 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40. Bb3j
99) Bajarani, Ulvi 2393 — Xu Jun 2494, Aeroflot Open B 2011, Moscow, 2011.02.12,
(5)
Here, White could have got a winning position by 37. fxg6! hxg6 38. Rf2! Rf8 39.
Rxf8 Kxf8 40. Kc1h
100) Bajarani, Ulvi 2437 — Grigoryan, Karen H 2463, World’s Young Stars 2011,
Kirishi, 2011.05.13, (6)
37. Be2!j The prophylaxis against h5.

101) Shchekachev, Andrei 2537 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2424, Paris Open 2011,
2011.07.05, (4.7)
It was crucial to activate the knight by 39. f3! exf3 (39... f5 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. Ng4h)
(39... Ra3 40. Re1 exf3 41. Nxf3 Bf6 42. Kf2h) 40. Nxf3 Bf6 41. Kf2h

102) Shamsi, Roohalah 2064 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2424, 10th Avicenna International
Open, 2011.07.26, (3.6)
Here, Black missed the win by 49... Rc5! For example, 50. Bd1 (50. a4 Re5+ 51.
Kd2 Be4i) 50... Re5+ 51. Kd2 (51. Kf2 Kf4 52. Rg1 Rb5 53. b4 Rd5 54. Be2
Rd2i) 51... Rd5+ 52. Ke1 Rb5 53. b4 Re5+ 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Rf1 Re3i

103) Ryahi, Naser 2265 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2424, 10th Avicenna International Open,
2011.07.27, (5.5)
16. Ng5! e6 (16... Rf8 17. Ne6 Rfe8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. f3!?c) 17. Ne4 Bf8 18.
Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6c
104) Manakova, Maria 2338 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2425, Al Ain Classic 2012, Al-Ain,
2012.12.24, (3.4)
After 45. Nxb6? Re2e White got problems. 45. Be4!n It is important to close the
entrance way of rooks. 45... Ra8!? (45... Rb8 46. Nc3 Re5n) 46. Nc3 Re5n White
can defend the position.
105) Bajarani, Ulvi 2425 — Esen, Baris 2576, Al Ain Classic 2012, Al-Ain,
2012.12.27, (6.1)
60. b6+! Kc8 61. a5! h5 62. a6! bxa6 63. Na5h

106) Bajarani, Ulvi 2492 — Moghaddamian, Afshin 2179, 1st Behin Bazafarin
Alborz Int. Tournam, Tehran, 2014.03.15, (11.9)
Here, the best way for White to try to survive was 30. Bf1! (30. Qc7 Be6 31. Qf4!
the only chance, but is insufficient. 31... Qxf4 (31... e3 32. fxe3 Qxa2 33. b4 Qb1+
34. Kh2e) (31... Qxa2 32. h5 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 gxh5 34. Qxe4+ Kg7 35. Qb4 Qb2 36.
Qxb7 Qxf2 37. Qxc6 h4e) 32. gxf4 f5 33. Kh2 a5 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Bf1 Kf6 36. Be2
a4! 37. bxa4 h5i) 30... h5 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Kg3
a5 35. Be2 Be6 36. Bf1 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa2 38. Bh3e With a few draw chances.

107) Bajarani, Ulvi 2486 — Khazhomia, Salome 2128, Nana Alexandria Cup, Poti,
2014.07.13, (1.6)
The best way to get an advantage is 15. Ne5!, for example, 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5
Ng4 17. f4 Nf2 18. Rhc1c

108) Bajarani, Ulvi 2483 — Istratescu, Andrei 2656, Abu Dhabi Master, Abu Dhabi,
U.A.E., 2014.08.21, (2.5)
89... Rf3+!i Deflecting the king from e3-square. 90. Ke2 (90. Kg2 e3i) 90... e3

109) Hakimifard, Ghazal 2232 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2483, Abu Dhabi Master, Abu
Dhabi, U.A.E., 2014.08.23, (3.21)
Here, Black missed the win by 40... g4! 41. f4 Re8! 42. Kd3 Kb4i

110) Bajarani, Ulvi 2483 — Iordachescu, Viorel 2589, Abu Dhabi Master, Abu
Dhabi, U.A.E., 2014.08.26, (6.1)
30. Rf4! It is important to trade the pair of rooks. 30... h6 31. Re4j

111) Dancevski, Orce 2372 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2483, European Club Cup 2014, Bilbao,
2014.09.14, (1.7)
37... Rd3! Prophylaxis against Kg3 (37... Bh6 38. Kg3 Rd3+ 39. Bf3 Rxc3 40.
Bxa7g) 38. Bd4 Bh6 39. f5 Bf4+ (39... Be3 40. Be4 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Bxd4 42.
cxd4 Rxd4 43. Kf4 Ra4i) 40. Kg1 Be3+ 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 42. e6 fxe6 43. fxe6
Kf8i (43... Rxc3i)

112) Bajarani, Ulvi 2494 — Rasulov, Vugar 2491, Azerbaijan Championship Men
2015, Baku, 2015.01.14, (8.4)
49... Nd7! 50. R3d2?? (50. Kf1 Ne5 51. R3d2 Rc3 52. Re2 Kf5 53. Rf2+
Nf3ialso leads to the decisive advantage for Black.) 50... Rxd2 White resigned.
113) Shevchenko, Kirill 2306 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2311, Nabokov memorial, Kiev,
2015.04.29, (9.2)
After 38... g3+F 39. fxg3 Ne3 40. Be2 Ba4 41. Kg1 Bc2!c Black could have
defended the fortress with an accurate play. The only thing is to do is to keep White
king away from h6.
114) Parligras, Mircea Emilian 2587 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2515, Turkish Teams Ch
1st League 2015, Konya, 2015.07.26, (2.2)
Here, White lost few winning chances by missing 35. h4!f Preventing Ng5 35... g5
36. Kh1!?f
115) Bajarani, Ulvi 2535 — Loiseau, Quentin 2419, World U20 Championship,
Chanty Mansijsk, 2015.09.04, (3.8)
32. f4! Adjusting the pawn structure. 32... Bc7?! (32... exf4+ 33. Kf3 f6 34. Ke2!?
(34. Bd4 Kf7! (34... g6!? 35. Ke4 Ne1 36. Bc3 f5+ 37. Kxf4 Bc7+ 38.
Ke3 Ng2+ 39. Kf3 Nf4 40. h4 Ne6g) (34... Bc7 35. Ke4 Ne5 36. Na5
Bxa5 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. bxa5 Kf7 39. Kxe5 Ke7 j) 35. Ke4 Ne1 36. Bc3
Ng2g) 34... Ne5 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Nd2 Kf7 37. f3j) 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Bxe5
Bxe5+ 35. f4 Bb2 36. Na5 Bxa3 37. b5! Bxc5 38. Nxb7 Bb6 39. bxc6j
116) Bajarani, Ulvi 2546 — Jakovenko, Dmitrij 2748, European Club Cup, Skopje,
2015.10.20, (3.3)
Here, the best way to keep a slight advantage was 24... g4!? 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. f3!
(26. Nd3 Ng3! 27. fxg3 Bxd3e) 26... gxf3 27. Rxf3 (27. Nxf3 f6g) 27... f6 28. g4
Bh7 29. Rf4! Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Nf3 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Rxb3 33. g5 Bf5
34. gxf6 Kf7 35. Ne5+ Kxf6g
117) Asadli, Vugar 2323 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2551, Fuad Djafarov Memorial 2015,
Baku, 2015.12.06, (6.1)
20... Rxf3! 21. gxf3 Bf6 22. Bb2 Nf4 23. Rd2 Bxd4i
118) Bajarani, Ilgar 2292 — Schekachikhin, Maksim 2321, International Chess Day
2016 IM, pos. Molodeznoe, 2016.07.21, (8.5)
Instead of 27. f3? Nd6e, White could have equalized by 27. Bxe4! Rxe4 28. f3! (28.
Nc1? Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Ra8i) 28... R4e7 (28... Rh4!? 29. a5!? (29. g3!? Rxh3 30.
Kg2 Rh5 31. Nf4 Rhe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Kf2n) 29... Be6 (29... bxa5 30. Nc1c)
30. Kf2!? Bxc4 (30... bxa5 31. Ng3 Rb8 32. Re5 Bxc4 33. Rxc5 d3 34. Ne4 f5 35.
Nd6 Bb3 36. Rxd3 Rb4V) 31. Ng3 Be6 32. axb6 Rb8 33. Re5V) 29. Nf4 Rxe1+
30. Rxe1 Be6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Re5 Ra8 33. Rxe6 Rxa4 34. Rxb6 Rxc4 35.
Ke2V
119) Nesterov, Arseniy 2214 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2512, Chigorin Memorial, St Peters-
burg, 2016.10.18, (4.82)
It was necessary to close the kingside by 36... h5!f with good chances to draw.
120) Bajarani, Ulvi 2512 — Matchenya, Ivan 1812, Chigorin Memorial, St Peters-
burg, 2016.10.19, (5.119)
Here, Black missed the chance to equality by 44... c5! 45. bxc5 Rc7j
121) Bajarani, Ulvi 2466 — Westerberg, Jonathan 2475, 2nd Stockholm Chess
Challenge, Stockholm, 2017.03.07, (3.4)
13. f3!f Defending both e4- and g4-squares.
122) Bajarani, Ulvi 2486 — Palchun, Grigory 2354, Saint Petersburg 2017 IM, St
Petersburg, 2017.05.19, (8.1)
Here, White missed the chance to get a significant advantage by 17. Nd2! b5 (17...
Bb7 18. Rh2!? Nf8 19. f4 Neg6 20. Nc4h) 18. Nde4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Bc6 20. f4
Ng6 21. Bf3c
123) Bajarani, Ulvi 2451 — Shahaliyev, Ismayil 2379, Aslanov Memorial GM-
Summer masters 201, Baku, 2017.08.05, (5.1)
The only way to defend was 58... Bd8!jF EBe7
124) Bajarani, Ulvi 2425 — Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2412, Saint Petersburg 2018
GM, Sankt-Petersburg, Overtime ch, 2018.08.29, (2.3)
41. b4!h Making the knight passive in the permanent basis.
125) Ozen, Deniz 2420 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2410, Rodostosah GM Tournament,
Tekirdag, 2019.02.14, (7.3)
34... f6!i Opening the window leaf and preventing any centralization on e5-square.
126) Uzumcu, Ahmet Utku 2211 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2460, 5th Marmaris Karya IM
2019, Marmaris, 2019.03.11, (5.3)
29... Nd7! 30. a5 Nc5 31. Ree1 Ra4 32. Kf2 and now, both simple 32... Rcb4
and difficult 32... Ra2 33. Rxa2 bxa2 34. Ra1 Ra4 35. Bc2 Rxa5 36. b4 Rb5!
the move has to be foreseen. 37. bxc5 Rb2i give the decisive advantage for Black.
127) Bajarani, Ulvi 2460 — Uzumcu, Ahmet Utku 2211, 5th Marmaris Karya IM
2019, Marmaris, 2019.03.13, (10.3)
19... g5! The prophylaxis to block the kingside.
128) Bajarani, Ulvi 2485 — Ibrahimli, Murad 2383, Baku Summer Festival 2019-
Masters, Baku, 2019.07.04, (2.3)
46... Ne7! trapping the rook on e4 by Nc6 47. Be5 Nc6i
129) Bajarani, Ulvi 2485 — Pourramezanali, Amirreza 2480, Turkish Teams Ch
1st League 2019, Konya, 2019.07.22, (1.5)
55... Ng8! Moving the knight to h6, where it can move to both g4 and not to be under
the attacks. 56. Rd8 Nh6f
130) Aronyak, Ghosh 2332 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2515, 26th Abu Dhabi International
Chess Fest, 2019.08.05, (5.25)
30. Rd1! Trading the best piece of Black 30... Rxd1+ (30... Rb2? 31. f4 Bb8 32.
Rxd7 Rxb3 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. axb3h) 31. Bxd1c

131) Homa, Seth 2281 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2477, Washington Chess Congress 2019,
Washington D.C., 2019.10.11, (2)
24... Bxc5! 25. dxc5 and now, either 25... a4 26. Be5 (26. b4 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6
28. a3 Ra7g) 26... Ba6 or 25... Ba6 26. Bg2 a4 27. Rd4 axb3 28. axb3 Bb5g
activates the light-squared bishop.

132) Bajarani, Ulvi 2477 — Marek, Matyas 2353, Washington Chess Congress 2019,
Washington D.C., 2019.10.11, (3)
25... Rd4! Using the vulnerable position of Nd2 26. Rc3 f5i

133) Bajarani, Ulvi 2468 — Baryshpolets, Andrey 2564, Pan-American Intercolle-

giate Ch 2019, Charlotte, 2019.12.28, (3.4)
Here, White missed the chance to get the decisive advantage by 44. f4! preventing Ng5
44... a5 45. Kf1 Nf6 (45... a4 46. a3h) 46. Rg2+ Kh8 47. Rd8! Rxd6 (47...
Rxd8 48. Nxf7+ Kh7 49. Rg7#) 48. Rxd6h

134) Harazinska, Ewa 2178 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2468, Charlotte Open 2020, Charlotte,
2020.01.01, (1.11)
20... f6!g Preventing Be7 and defending the d8-square.

135) Bajarani, Ilgar — Rahimov, Fuad , Baku ch, Baku, 1987.10.12, (6)
59. Nd3! Re4 60. Bd5! the position is dynamically equal after 60... Bf5 61. Bxe4
Bxe4 62. Nxe5 d3 63. Kf1j
136) Bajarani, Ilgar — Agamaliyev, Djamil , AZE 1st league, 1988.02.19, (4)
43... d5! 44. Ba5 d3! with the threat Rxb6 45. Bd2 Rxb6i
137) Khachiyan, Melikset — Bajarani, Ilgar , AZE 1st league, 1988.02.21, (5)
39. f6! Be6 (39... Rg5 40. Rxg7 Bh5+ 41. Kh2 Bxg6 42. Rxg6! The best way. (Also
possible is 42. f7 Rh5+ 43. Kg3 Bxf7 44. Rxf7 h) 42... Rxg6 43. f7h) (39... gxf6
40. g7 Rg5 41. Rf8+h) 40. Rxg7h

138) Karimov, Ramil — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989

51... d2! 52. Na2 (52. Ne2 Kd3i) 52... Kb3i

139) Yesvayn, Viktor — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989

23... d4! 24. Bd2 (24. Bxe1 Rc1i) (24. Na3 dxc3 25. Rxe1 a5! 26. Nxb5 c2 27.
Rc1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 29. Bxd1 Rc1i) 24... Nc2 25. Bxc2 Rxc2i
140) Sinibe, Urmas — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989
Here, White could have got a huge advantage by 36. Be3! Nc4 37. Bc5+ Ke8 38.
Rd4! Nxa3 39. Re4+ Kd8 40. Re7 b6 (40... Nc4 41. Rxf7 Ra6 42. b5 Ra5 43.
Rf4! a3 44. Rxc4 a2 45. Bd4 a1=Q 46. Bxa1 Rxa1 47. Ke3h) 41. Rxf7 Ra6 42.
Bd4 Nb5 (42... Nc4 43. Rf6 a3 44. Kd3! Nb2+ 45. Kc2h) 43. Bf6+ Ke8 44.
Re7+ Kf8 45. Rg7h

141) Sinibe, Urmas — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989

36... Rc8!i White loses d-pawn. After 37. d6 White resigned, not waiting 37...
Nc4+! 38. Kf2 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxc1 40. Rb6 Rc2+! 41. Kg1 Ra2i

142) Burmakin, Vladimir 2345 — Bajarani, Ilgar , Leningrad op, Leningrad, 1990
Here, White could have drawn by 40. Rcc7! Qxf4+ 41. Kh3 Qf3+ 42. Kh4j

143) Bajarani, Ilgar 2255 — Khakpoor, Abbas , Fajr open 1st, Tehran, 1991, (3)
Here, White missed an incredible decisive blow 37. a4!! (In the game, Black got a
compensation after 37. Nxa6 Qc3 38. Nc7 Bd4 39. Ne6+ Kf6 40. Nxd4 exd4n) (37.
a3!? c4 38. axb4 cxb3 39. cxb3c is less stronger.) 37... bxa3 (37... Qc3 38. Qd7+
Kh6 39. Ne6 Qxf3 40. Qd8 Qf7 41. Qh8+ Qh7 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Qf3+ Kh4 44.
Qxf2+ Kg4 45. Qg2+ Kh4 46. Qh2+h) (37... Bh4 38. Nxa6 c4 39. Nxb4 cxb3 40.
cxb3 Bf2 41. Nd3h) (37... c4 38. bxc4 b3 39. cxb3 g5 40. Nd5h) 38. Qd7+ Kh6
39. Ne6 Now, the a2-square is free, so there is no perpetual check. 39... Kh5 40.
Qd8 Qh6 41. Qf6h With ENg7

144) Bajarani, Ilgar 2235 — Sabitov, Odil 2235, Fajr open 2th, Tehran, 1992
46. Nf4! Kh6 (46... gxf4 47. gxf4h) 47. Nxe6 Rxe6 48. Qc8h

145) Bajarani, Ilgar 2235 — Khalikian, Ovik 2365, Fajr open 2th, Tehran, 1992
Here, White missed the last chance to win the game, not finding 45. Rf3! Kc4 46.
Rf7! Bxb2 (46... Kd3 47. Kd5! Kc2 48. Kc4h) (46... Kd4 47. Rb7 Kc4 48. Rc7+!
Kb4 (48... Kd4 49. Rc3h) (48... Kd3 49. Kd5h) 49. Kd5 Bxb2 50. Rb7+h) 47.
Kxd6 Ba3+ 48. Ke6 b2 49. Rf1 Kc3 50. e5 Kc2 51. Kd7h

146) Bajarani, Ilgar 2260 — Abi Ayad, Zohayr , Fajr open 3th, 1993, (3)
No, because not clear is 17... Bxd2? 18. Rd1V. In the game, Black got an advantage by
17... g6! 18. Rd1 f5i

147) Bajarani, Ilgar 2260 — Abi Ayad, Zohayr , Fajr open 3th, 1993, (3)
37. f4! Here, instead of 37... h4? 38. fxe5 hxg3 39. hxg3 Ne6 40. Bxa7hBlack should
try to defend on a7 somehow, for example, 37... Be4!? (37... Bg2!? is also possible.)
38. fxe5 (38. Rxe5? Rxe5 39. fxe5 c5i) 38... Nc6 39. Rb5 Re6 40. Bf4 Nd4 41.
Rxb4 Rxa6j
148) Effatian, Mehdi — Bajarani, Ilgar 2260, Fajr open 3th, 1993, (4)
35. Rg7+! Kc6 36. Rc7+ Kb6 37. Kd2! (37. Kc2?? Bd7 38. Rb1+ Ka6g)
37... Bd7 (37... Rd7 38. Rb1+ Ka6 39. Rc6+ Ka7 40. Rb5 Ba6 41. Rxa5 Kb7 42.
Rxe6h) (The similar is 37... Ka6 38. Rb1 Rd7) 38. Rb1+ Ka6 39. Rcb7!h

149) Bajarani, Ilgar — Huss, Andreas 2430, Moscow ol (Men), Moscow, 1994, (1)
26. Nh5! Usually, it is important to keep a knight when there is a two-bishop advantage.
26... Nge7? (26... Bd5! 27. Rg4 Nfh4 28. f3!? (28. Nxg7 Nxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxg2 30.
Kxg2 Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Nxd3 32. cxd3 Rc2f with draw chances.) 28... Bxf3 29. gxf3
Nxf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxe1 31. Kxe1 Rd5 32. Nxg7 Ne5 33. Nf5+ Nxg4 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35.
Nxd5 Nxh2 36. Ne3f with draw chances.) 27. Nf4h

150) Bajarani, Ilgar — Sarkhanpour , Astara, 1996.07.23, (3)

Here, White could have won immediately by 32. Kg3! g5 (32... Ne6 33. Bg2h) 33.
h4h

151) Safai, Pedram 2300 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, Iran team league, 1996.11.07
27... Rc8! 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 f5 30. Na7 Rc2 31. Re6 Bc7 32. Ba3 and
now, Black missed 32... Ra2! 33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Re1 Ba5! 35. Rf1 Nc3i with
the threat Ne2+

152) Bajarani, Ilgar 2405 — Sobhani, Farshid 2220, Iran team league, 1996.11.29
43. e4! Kd6 (43... fxe4 44. Nxe4 dxe4 45. Rxc4 Kd6 46. g4 Kd5 47. Raa4h) 44.
g4!h (44. e5+!? Ke7 45. Rb3c)

153) Vassalam, Mohammad Taghi — Bajarani, Ilgar , Iran team league,

1996.12.27, (10)
22. g4! f6 (22... Rxh3+ 23. Kg2h) 23. Kg3 g5 24. f4! h6 25. Bf2 h5 and now,
the best way is 26. Kh2! hxg4 27. Bxh4 gxh4 28. hxg4 Nxd4 29. Rd3 c5 30.
Re1h with a winning position.

154) Bajarani, Ilgar 2405 — Mirzoev, Azer 2430, AZE-ch, Baku, 1997
The game ended drawn, however, Black could have won by 79... d4! 80. Rxg5+ Kc4
81. Rg8 (81. h4 Rb3 82. Rg8 Rb2+! (82... Rxa3?? 83. Rc8+j) 83. Kd1 Rh2i)
81... Rb2+ 82. Kc1 Ra2! 83. Rg3 Rf2! 84. Kd1 (84. Rg8 Kc3 85. Rc8+ Kd3i)
84... Rb2 85. Rg8 Rb3 86. Kc2 Rc3+! 87. Kb2 Rxh3 88. Rc8+ Kd3 89. Rd8
Rh2+ 90. Kc1 Kc3 91. Rc8+ Kb3 92. Rd8 Rh4i

155) Sideif Sade, Fikret I 2435 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, AZE-ch, Baku, 1997
Here, White could have won immediately by 81. Rd8+! Bg8 82. Qc8! Qb6+ 83.
Kf3 and there are no checks.
156) Aliev, Rasim — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, AZE-ch, Baku, 1997
Here, Black missed 47... b3! 48. axb3 (48. a3 d5+! 49. Kxe5 b2i with a reciprocal
zugzwang.) 48... a3!i
157) Bajarani, Ilgar 2405 — Yurtaev, Leonid 2495, Fajr open 6th, 1997, (3)
45... Nxb5! 46. Rxb5 (46. Nc4+ Kxd5 47. Ne3+ Kc5i) 46... Rxf2+! 47. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 48. Kh1 Kd4! 49. d6 (49. Nf5+ Rxf5! 50. gxf5 c2i) 49... Kxe3i
158) Moradi, Behrooz — Bajarani, Ilgar , Iran team cup, Arak, 1997.03.09, (6)
38. Ke4! (In the game, White lost after 38. Ke2? Rc3 39. Rxg6 Rxc4i) 38... h4
(38... Rh4!? 39. Kf3! (39. Rxg6?? Rg4 40. Rxg4 hxg4 41. Ke3 b6!i) 39... Rg4 40.
Rxg4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Kc5 42. Kg5 Kxc4 43. Kxg6 Kd5 44. Kf7!? (Also possible is
44. Kxg7 c5 45. Kf6 c4 46. f5 c3 47. fxe6 c2 48. e7 c1=Q 49. e8=Q Qf4+j) 44...
Ke4 45. Kxe6 Kxf4 46. Kd7 Kxe5 47. Kxc7 g5 48. Kxb7 g4 49. a5 g3 50. a6 g2 51.
a7 g1=Q 52. a8=Qj Black’s king is not in the winning zone.) 39. Rxg6 Rg3 (39...
Rh1 40. Rxe6+ Kc5 41. Kf3 Rf1+ (41... Rg1 42. Re8j) 42. Kg4 h3 43. Kxh3 Rxf4
44. Re7j) 40. Rxg3 hxg3 41. Kf3 g6 (41... Kc5?? Maybe, White was afraid of this
move in their calculations after 38.Ke4, but it loses after 42. f5! (But not 42. Kxg3??
Kxc4 43. f5 Kd5 44. f6 gxf6 45. exf6 Kd6i) 42... exf5 43. a5! f4 (43... c6 44.
Kxg3h With an unavoidable zugzwang.) 44. e6 Kd6 45. c5+ Kxe6 46. c6h) (41...
Kd7 42. Kxg3 c5j) 42. Kxg3 Kc5 43. Kh4 Kxc4 44. Kg5 Kd5 45. Kxg6 c5
46. f5 c4 47. f6 c3 48. f7 c2 49. f8=Q c1=Q 50. Qd6+ Ke4 51. Qxe6 Qf4j
159) Bajarani, Ilgar — Garizadeh , Ourmiyya open, Urmia, 1997.07.27, (3)
Here, instead of 43... Qxb2?? 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ With a draw,
Black could have won by 43... Bd5! 44. Qd2 b3! 45. Qf2 Qc2 46. Kg1 Qc1+!
47. Kh2 Qc7 48. a6 (48. Qd2 Qc2i The idea of the 46...Qc1+!: White cannot
defend the queen on f2.) 48... Qc4i
160) Mirzoev, Azer 2430 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2380, AZE-ch qual, Baku, 1998
36. h5! The pawn deflection to annihilate the defence of f5-square. 36... Rf1+ (36...
gxh5 37. Rf5 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kd1 Rc2!? 40. Rxf3j) 37. Kd2 Ne5 (37...
gxh5 38. Rf5 Rf2+ 39. Kd1 Rc2 40. Rxf3j) 38. hxg6F Rg1 (38... f2 39. Ke2 Rg1
40. Kxf2 Rxg6 41. Rf5j) 39. Rf5j With an equality. The game ended drawn after
39... Nc4+ 40. Kc3 Nxb6 41. axb6 Kxb6 42. Rxf3 Rxg6 43. Rf8 Rg3+ 44.
Kc4 Rg4+ 45. Kc3 Rg3+
161) Daus, Peter 2170 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2385, Berliner Sommer 16th, Berlin, 1998,
(2)
20... Bxf3! Otherwise, White is better. 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. gxf3 Nf6 (22...
Re1+?? 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Bxh7+h) 23. Rxa7 Re1+ (23... g6 24. Kf1!j) 24. Kg2
g6! Restricting the bishop and opening the window leaf for the Black king. 25. Bd3
Nh5g With a few chances to win for Black.
162) Bajarani, Ilgar 2385 — Rahls, Peter 2205, Berliner Sommer 16th, Berlin, 1998,
(5)
Here, Black missed 34... Rb1+! 35. Bc1 (35. Kg2 Ne1+i) 35... Nxc1e

163) Arkell, Keith C 2475 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2385, Berliner Sommer 16th, Berlin,
1998, (6)
25... Bd4! 26. Re2 (26. Bxb4 axb4!i) 26... Nxd5 27. Nxd5 and now, stronger is
27... Rfd8! 28. Nc3 (28. Be3 Bxb2 29. Rae1 Rxd5 30. Rxc2 Ba3!e (30... Bf6 31.
Rb1j)) 28... Bb3g

164) Hickl, Joerg 2540 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2385, Berliner Sommer 16th, Berlin, 1998,
(8)
35... Re2? (Better is 35... Nxc6 36. Bxc6 (36. Rxc6? Rxc6 37. Bxc6 Re6 38. Bd5
Rd6g) 36... Re2 37. Rb2 h5! 38. Bh6+ Nxh6 39. Rxe2 d3 40. Rd2 Rxb4n With a
good compensation.) and now, White missed 36. Rb2! Nxc6 (36... h5 37. Nxd4 Be5
38. Nxe2 Bxb2 39. Rc5h) 37. Bxh6+! (37. Bxc6 h5!j) (37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6
Re6 39. Bd7 Re7 40. Bxg4 Nf6 41. Bf3 Ne4f With good chances to draw.) 37...
Nxh6 38. Rxe2 d3 39. Rd2 Rxb4 40. Bxc6 Bb6c With a few chances to draw for
Black.

165) Safin, Shukrat — Bajarani, Ilgar , Fajr open 7th, 1998.02.06, (7)
55. f4! Kxb6 56. f5! (56. Kf3!? Kb5 57. f5hwas also possible.) 56... gxf5+ 57.
Kf3! (But not 57. Kf4?? Kc5 58. h5 d3 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. h6 f4+! 61. Kd2 f3 62. h7
f2 63. h8=Q f1=Qj) Black resigned due to 57... Kc5 58. h5 Kc4 59. h6 d3 60.
h7 d2 61. Ke2 Kc3 62. h8=Q+ Kc2 63. Qc8+h

166) Davidov, Samir 2203 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (1)
17... f6 (In the game, Black had problems after 17... Bb5 18. Rfd1c) (17... Bg4 18.
h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rad1c) (17... Bc8 18. Rfd1 e6 19. Rd2 Bb7 20. Rad1 Be7 21.
Bxg7 Rg8 22. Be5 f6 23. Rd7 (23. Bc7 Bd5j) 23... Bd5 (23... Bc8 24. Rc7 Rxb8
25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bd6+ Ke8 27. Bxb8 Rg7 f) 24. Bf4f) (17... Bf5 18. Rfd1 f6
19. Bc7f) 18. Bc7 e5! (18... g5 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Rd8+ Kf7 21. h3 Be2 22. Re1
Bb5 23. Rc1!? (23. b3 Bg7 24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. c4 Be8 26. b4 a6 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5
Ra7 29. Bg3 e5f) 23... e5 24. c4 Be8 25. Rcd1 Be7 26. Rc8f) (18... Bg4 19. h3 (19.
a4 e5 20. h3 (20. a5 b5V) 20... Be6V) 19... Bh5 (19... Be2 20. Rfe1c) 20. g4!
(20. a4 e5 21. a5 b5 22. g4! Bf7 23. a6 Be7 24. Rfd1 h5 25. g5 b4 26. Nc6 Rc8
27. Nxa7 (27. Nxe7 Rxc7 28. Nd5 Rc5 29. Nxb4 fxg5V) 27... Rxc7 28. Nb5
Rc8 29. a7 O-O! 30. Rd7 Bc5V) 20... Bf7 21. Rfd1 Bc4 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Rad1c)
19. Rad1 Be6 20. Rd8+ Kf7 21. Rfd1 (21. a3 Rg8 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Rxg8 Kxg8
24. Nc6 Kf7j) 21... Bg4! The key move. 22. R1d2 (22. R1d5 Be6j) 22... Bb4!
Another key move. 23. Rxh8 Bxd2j
167) Davidov, Samir 2203 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (1)
26... b4! 27. cxb4 Bb5e

168) Bajarani, Ilgar 2368 — Bayramov, Vougar 2277, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (2)
26... a5! 27. b5 cxb5g

169) Bajarani, Ilgar 2368 — Bayramov, Vougar 2277, Baku Cup, Baku, 1999, (9)
60... h5! 61. gxh5 and now, Black could have won by 61... Bd1+ 62. Ke3 Bxh5i

170) Bajarani, Ilgar 2362 — Tareq, H Omran 2171, Dubai op 1st, Dubai, 1999.05.03,
(3)
42. Kf2! Kg6 (42... Kh8 43. Rg3h) (42... Bxe6 43. Rg3+ Kh8 44. Bxe6h) 43.
Rg3+ Kh5 44. Bg4+ Kg5 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Bh3+ Kh6 47. Rf6+ Kh5 48.
Bf5h

171) Mirza, Shahzad 2290 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Abu Dhabi op 09th, Abu Dhabi,
1999.08.25, (5)
Here, Black missed 42... g5! 43. Nd3 (43. fxg5 Nf5+ 44. Bxf5 Rxf5 45. Nd3 Re4 46.
Nf2 Ref4 47. Rd2 h4+ 48. Kg2 Bxc4i) 43... Nc8!? (43... Nf5+ 44. Bxf5 Rxf5e
is also possible.) 44. Bf3 g4 45. Bg2 Nd6 46. c5 bxc5 47. Nxc5 Re2! 48. h3
Nf5+ 49. Kh2 Bc8i

172) Mirza, Shahzad 2290 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Abu Dhabi op 09th, Abu Dhabi,
1999.08.25, (5)
Here, White missed 71. f6! Rxf6 (71... Rc8 72. Rf7+ Ke8 (72... Kg8 73. Rg7+ Kf8
74. Nh7+ Ke8 75. f7+h) 73. Re7+ Kf8 74. Nh7+ Kg8 75. f7+h) (71... Rc3+ 72.
Ke4 Rc4+ 73. Ke5h) 72. Nh7+h with a winning position.

173) Mirza, Shahzad 2290 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Abu Dhabi op 09th, Abu Dhabi,
1999.08.25, (5)
107... Ke4! 108. Nc5+ Ke3 109. Nb3? loses quickly. (The best way is 109. Kg3
Rc6!? 110. Nd7 Rg6+! 111. Kh4 Rd6! 112. Nf8 Rf6! 113. Nd7 Rf5! 114. Kg4 Ke4
115. Nb6 Rf7! 116. Nc4 Rd7! 117. Kg3 Rd4 118. Nb6 Ke5 119. Kf3 Ke6 120. Na8
Kd6 121. Nb6 Rb4! 122. Nc8+ Kd7! 123. Na7 Rb7i) 109... Rg6+! 110. Kf5
Rb6i

174) Abbasifar, Hasan — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Fajr open 8th, 1999.09.25, (9)
49. h5! The idea should be conducted either sooner or later. 49... gxh5 50. Bxf5j

175) Mamedov, Nidjat 2392 — Bajarani, Ilgar , Baku EU qual, Baku, 2001, (3)
Here, White could have got a winning position by 32. Bf2! Nxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Rxf3
34. d6!h
176) Abbasov, Farid 2439 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Baku EU qual, Baku, 2001, (8)
Here, Black missed 58... Ne2F with either Ng3 or Nf4 and taking the last pawn, and
lost after 58... Nf5?? 59. Bf2h

177) Arkhipov, Sergey 2500 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2365, Abu Dhabi op 11th, Abu
Dhabi, 2001.08.29, (5)
53. Ke2! (After 53. Kf2? Black could have equalized by 53... Ne3! 54. Be4 hxg4 55.
Rxg6+ Kf7 56. fxg4 Re7j) 53... Ne3 (53... Nd4+ 54. Kf2 a3!? (54... Kh8 55. gxh5
gxh5 56. Be4c) 55. Be4 hxg4 56. Rxg6+ Kh8 57. Rxg4 Nb5 58. Rxf4 Nc3 59. Rf5
Ra4 60. Rh5+ Kg7 61. Rg5+ Kf6 62. Rg6+ Ke7 (62... Kf7? 63. Rg4h) 63. Bc2
Rxh4 64. Bb3c) 54. Be4 hxg4 55. fxg4! (55. Rxg6+ Kf7 56. h5 g3 57. h6 Ra5 58.
h7 Rh5 59. Rg8 Rh2+ 60. Kd3 g2 61. Kc3h) 55... Re7 56. Kf3 Nc4 57. Rb7
Rxb7 58. Bxb7h

178) Bajarani, Ilgar 2365 — Khalid, Al Shaali 2187, Abu Dhabi op 11th, Abu
Dhabi, 2001.09.02, (8)
Here, instead of 35. Rxb6? that could lead to draw after 35... Rg5! 36. Rb7 Rg2+ 37.
Kh1 Rxf2 38. Re7+ Kf5 39. Rf7+ Ke6j, White could have got a winning position by
35. Ra7! Rf7 (35... Rg5 36. Re7+ Kf5 37. e6 Rxd6 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. e7 Rd1 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. e8=Qh) (35... Rff8 36. Re7+ Kf5 37. Rxg7h) 36. Rxf7 Kxf7
37. e6+ Ke8 38. Rd1h

179) Bajarani, Ulvi — Hasanli, Sirus , AZE-ch U10, Baku, 2003

Here, Black missed 26... Ne3! a double attack. 27. c3 Nxg2 28. cxd4 Nxf4+ 29.
Ke3 Ne6i

180) Moradi, Behrooz 2216 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Friendship Cup AZE-IRI, Baku,
2003.03.29, (1)
32... Ne6! 33. Be4 The game ended drawn due to 33... Rh5! 34. Re8 Kd7j

181) Moradi, Behrooz 2216 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, Friendship Cup AZE-IRI, Baku,
2003.03.29, (1)
20. h4! Nd7? (b20... h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rh7+ Kc8 24. Ne1
Bxe1 25. Kxe1f (25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Kxe1 d5!j)) 21. hxg5 Nf8 (21... Bxg5 22.
Rxd6 cxd6 23. Rxh7c) and now, the best way is 22. Ne1!h

182) Bajarani, Ilgar 2333 — Khademzadeh, Yusif , Team ch, Ahwaz, 2005.01.01,
(2)
48. Rxa6+! Kxc5 49. Rxe6 Nf4+ 50. Ke4 Nxe6 51. Ke5 Nf8 52. Kf6 Kd6
and now, instead of 53. Kf7?? that could have given Black the draw by 53... Nd7F 54.
Kxg6 Ke6j, White could have won easily by 53. g5Fh
183) Haghshenas — Bajarani, Ilgar , Team ch, Ahwaz, 2005.01.03, (5)
23. Nxe6!f

184) Haghshenas — Bajarani, Ilgar , Team ch, Ahwaz, 2005.01.03, (5)

Here, instead of 32... Kg8?? 33. Bxb2 Bd2 34. Rb1j, Black could have won by 32...
Rxc3! 33. Rxc3 (33. Rxf4+ Kg8 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. Rh4+ Kg5i)
33... Ra1 34. Rb3 Bd2! 35. Rxb2 Bxe1i

185) Bistric, Faruk 2454 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2333, Fajr open 13th, Tehran, 2005.01.31,
(7)
Instead of 38... b5? 39. g4!k, Black could have got a winning position by 38... Nd3+!
39. Kf5 Rxa2 40. Ke6 (40. Rc7 Rxd2 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Ke8i) 40... Nc5+
41. Kxd5 Rxd2+ 42. Kxc4 Nd7 43. Kb5 Nxf6 44. Rg5 Rd6i

186) Bajarani, Ulvi — Asgarov, Mushfig 2088, Baku Ch-men final, 2005.04.27, (10)
Here, White might have got good chances to draw by 32. Bxc5+F bxc5 33. Rxd5+
Ke7 34. Rxc5 Nxf2 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Kg6 Re3 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 Rxg3+
39. Kh7 Rb3 40. a4n

187) Bajarani, Ulvi — Salem, AR Saleh 2044, 4th Dubai Junior Open, Dubai,
2005.07.07, (4.9)
Here, White missed the chance to get the winning position by 42. Kd3! Now it is
impossible to defend e5-pawn: 42... Kg6 43. Ke4 Kf6? 44. Nd5+ Ke6 45.
Nb6h the bishop is trapped.

188) Bajarani, Ulvi — Salem, AR Saleh 2044, 4th Dubai Junior Open, Dubai,
2005.07.07, (4.9)
Here, White missed the chance to get an advantage by 24. Nxf5! exf5 25. e6!c

189) Bajarani, Ilgar 2322 — Abbasov, Farid 2451, Iranian Super League, Iran IRI,
2005.07.22, (7)
36... Bxf5! (Stronger than 36... Qa4!?i and 36... Qxe2+?! 37. Rxe2 g5e) 37.
Qxc4 (37. Nxf5 Rxc2i) 37... Bh3+! 38. Kh2 R8xc4i

190) Bajarani, Ilgar 2322 — Ahmadinia, Ebrahim 2195, IRI-chT, Iran, 2005.08.26,
(9)
Here, White could have won immediately by 43. c5! Nxg3 44. c6h

191) Tvarijonas, Tomas — Bajarani, Ulvi , EU-ch U10, Herceg Novi, 2005.09.15,
(2)
To win, it was crucial to include 54... Rh2+! first. 55. Kc1 Kf7 (55... Rc2+ 56. Kb1
Kf7i is also possible.) 56. Rf1+ Kg7i
192) Tvarijonas, Tomas — Bajarani, Ulvi , EU-ch U10, Herceg Novi, 2005.09.15,
(2)
Here, White might have saved the game by 55. Rf1+!F Ke7 56. Rf6!F g5 57.
Rg6!F Rg3 58. Rf6!!Fj with a reciprocal zugzwang.

193) Tvarijonas, Tomas — Bajarani, Ulvi , EU-ch U10, Herceg Novi, 2005.09.15,
(2)
Here, Black might have got the winning position by 56... Rh2+! (56... Rh8? Gave the
chance to draw that was missed by White: 57. Rb1! Kxe7 (57... Rb8 58. Rxb3j) 58.
Rxb3j) 57. Ke3 (57. Kc3 Re2! 58. Kxb3 Rxe7 59. Kc3 Rd7!i) 57... Rh8! 58.
Rb1 Rb8i Now, neither e8=Q, nor Rb3 is possible due to the check.

194) Yahya, Mohamed Saleh 2136 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2322, Dubai Ramadan open,
Dubai, 2005.10.06, (2)
Here, Black could have won by 68... Kc5! (In the game, Black missed the chance by
68... Rf3+?? 69. Ke6 Rg3 70. Kf6j with a drawn position.) 69. e5 (69. g6 Kd6 70.
Kf6 Rf3+ 71. Kg7 Ke7i) 69... Kc6! 70. g6 Kd7 71. Kf6 Ke8 72. Kg7 Ke7
73. Kh7 Kf8i
195) Yahya, Mohamed Saleh 2136 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2322, Dubai Ramadan open,
Dubai, 2005.10.06, (2)
It is necessary to activate the rook. 47. Rb2!? (Similar is 47. Ra2!? Rb8 48. Rc2
Rb4 49. h5j) 47... Ra8 (47... c3 48. Rc2! Now, when pawn is far from Black king, it
is possible to stay passively.) 48. Rc2 Ra4 49. h5 Kd6 50. h6 Kc5 51. h7 Ra8
52. Kf1 Kd4 (52... Rh8 53. Rh2 Kd4 54. Ke2 is the transposition.) 53. Rh2 Rh8
(53... Rf8+!? 54. Ke1!? Rh8 55. Ke2j is the transposition.) 54. Ke2 Kxe4 55. Rh4
Kxd5 56. Ke3 e4 (56... e6 57. Rh1 c3 58. Rd1+ Kc4 59. Rd7 Ra8 (59... e4 60.
Kxe4 c2 61. Rc7+ Kb3 62. Kd3 Rd8+ 63. Ke3 Kb2 64. Rb7+ Kc1 65. Ke2j) 60.
Rc7+ Kb3 61. Rb7+ Kc2 62. Ke4 Rh8 63. Kxe5 Kd2 64. Rd7+ Ke3 65. Rc7j) 57.
Rh5+ e5 58. Rh4 c3 59. Rh2 c2 60. Rd2+ Ke6 61. Rxc2j
196) Yahya, Mohamed Saleh 2136 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2322, Dubai Ramadan open,
Dubai, 2005.10.06, (2)
The only winning path is 65... Rg3! 66. Kxe5 (66. g5 Rxg5+! the simplest. 67. Kxg5
Kd3 68. Kf5 Kd4i) 66... Kd3! 67. Kd5 (67. Kf5 Kd4 68. g5 is the transposition
to the exercise 194.) (Similar is 67. Kf4 Rg1 68. g5 Kd4 69. Kf5 leads to the similar
solution.) 67... Ke3! 68. e5 Kf4 69. e6 Kg5! 70. e7 Re3 71. Kd6 Kf6 72. g5+
Kf7i
197) Bajarani, Ilgar 2322 — Salem, AR Saleh 2014, Dubai Ramadan open, Dubai,
2005.10.11, (7)
31... Bxh2+! 32. Kxh2 Qc7+ 33. Kg1 Qxa7j
198) Durarbayli, Vasif 2198 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, AZE-ch men, Baku, 2006, (1)
Here, White could have won by 46. Nf8+! Kh8 47. Ne6! With the mate in 4 threat.
(Not so clear is 47. Rc8?! Bg8c) 47... Kh7 (47... Bxe6 48. fxe6 Re3 49. d5h) 48.
Rc5! Continuing the strategy of cutting Black bishop’s diagonal. 48... Bxa2 (48...
Bxe6 49. fxe6 Re3 50. Re5 Rxe5+ 51. Bxe5 hxg4 52. d5h) 49. d5 Rb4 50. Bf4
Rc4 51. d6 Rd3 52. Ra5 Bb3 53. d7 Rcd4 54. Ra3!h

199) Ibrahimov, Rasul 2544 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, AZE-ch men, Baku, 2006, (4)
Here, instead of 23... Bg5 24. Rc4f, Black could have equalized by 23... Ba4! 24.
Rxd4 Bxb3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. axb3 Rc2j

200) Bajarani, Ilgar 2323 — Tehrani, Afshin 2173, Fajr open 14th, Tehran,
2006.01.25, (3)
34. Rxe4!? Not the best way, but forces Black to find the best way to equalize. (34.
Be5+!? Kg8 35. Kg2f) 34... fxe4 35. Bh6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf8 Kg5 37. Kf2 and
now, Black could have drawn by 37... Rd6F 38. Ke3 g3 39. a5 Rf6 40. Rxf6 (40.
Rg8+ Rg6 41. Rxg6+ Kxg6j) 40... Kxf6 41. c5 Ke5 42. d6 Ke6j

201) Bajarani, Ilgar 2323 — Golizadeh, Asghar 2211, Fajr open 14th, Tehran,
2006.01.28, (6)
11... Bxf3! 12. gxf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5? (13. Ke2 a6 14. Bd3 Rae8e) 13... Bxe5
14. c3 Nd5 (14... c6!? 15. Bc4 b5 16. Be2 Nd5i) 15. Kf2 Bxc3 16. Nxc3
Nxc3e

202) Hooshdarmahjoob, Navid 2059 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, Khazar Cup, Rasht,
2006.02.03, (6)
After 34... Rf8+? 35. Ke2 Rf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5 White could have drawn by 37.
Kd2F (In the game, White lost after 37. Kf3? h5! 38. Ne3 (38. Kg2 a5 39. a3 Kf8
40. Kg3 Ke8 41. a4 Kd8 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kf2 Nc2 44. Nf4 Nxd4 45. Ke3 Nb3
46. Nxh5 (46. Ng6 Ke8i) 46... Ke7 47. Nf4 Kd6i) (38. Kg3 a5 39. a3 a4 40.
Kg2 (40. Kf3 h4 41. Nc3 Kf6 42. d5 Nc5i) 40... Ne1+ 41. Kf2 Nc2i)
(38. e7 Kf7 39. e8=Q+ Kxe8 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Nxh5 c3i) 38... c3i) 37... h5
38. e7 Kf7 39. Nf6! Kxe7 40. Nxh5 Kd6 (40... f4 41. Kc3 f3 42. Kxc4 f2 43.
Ng3j) 41. Kc3 Kd5 42. Nf6+ Ke6 43. Nh5j. The best way is 34... Rd6! 35.
Nc7 (35. e7 Kf7i) 35... Kf8! (But not 35... Kf6 36. Re5! (36. Ne8+? Kxg5
37. Nxd6 Kf6i) 36... Ke7 37. Nd5+j) 36. Ke2 (36. d5 Nf4 37. Rg4 Nxd5 38.
Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxc4 Ke7 40. Rc7+ Kxe6 41. Rxh7 Ra5i With a classical winning
position. The plan is simple: Reach to the configuration of Black’s pieces: Kh4, Ra3,
g4, a4. Then, the rook moves from a3, the pawn moves to a3, and the rook moves to b2
from b-file. (For example, Rd3, a3, Rd6-b6-b2)) 36... Rc6 37. e7+ Kxe7 38. Nd5+
Kf7i
203) Abdullazade, Mahish 2297 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, Azerbaijan Championship
Men 2006, Baku, 2006.03.01, (7)
Here, Black could have won by 26... Rc6! 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nce8 Rf2! 29. Rxf2
(29. Rb1 Ne1! 30. Rxe1 Re6i) 29... Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 Re6 31. Bb4 Nd3i
204) Abdulov, Orkhan 2231 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2323, Azerbaijan Championship Men
2006, Baku, 2006.03.03, (9)
84... Rc5! 85. cxb5 Rc2+ 86. Kf1 Kg3 87. Rxa4 (87. Rd8 Rxb2! (87... Rc1+?
88. Ke2 f3+ 89. Kd2 f2 90. Rd3+! Kg2 91. Kxc1 f1=Q+ 92. Rd1 Qxb5 93. Kb1j)
88. Rg8+ Kf3 89. Ke1 Rxb5 90. Ra8 Rb3! 91. Rxa4 Ke3 92. Kd1 f3 93. Ra8 f2 94.
Re8+ Kf3 95. Rf8+ Kg2i) 87... f3 88. Re4 Rc1+ 89. Re1 Rxe1+ 90. Kxe1
Kg2i
205) Bistric, Faruk 2430 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2084, 8th Dubai Open, Dubai UAE,
2006.04.23, (1)
Here, Black missed a simple win by 43... Re3! 44. Bxc2 (44. Kxf2 Rxe4+i) 44...
Re1i
206) Bajarani, Ulvi 2131 — Shiven, Khosla 1956, 5th Dubai Juniors, Dubai,
2006.07.08, (6.9)
The only way to draw was 51... Re5F 52. b7 Re8F 53. a5 Kc6F 54. a6 Kb6F
55. Rh6 Ka7F 56. Kf7 Rb8Fj
207) Bajarani, Ilgar 2341 — Blatny, Pavel 2443, Pardubice Czech op, Pardubice,
2006.07.25, (5)
Instead of 66. Kh5?? Rb8!i, White could have drawn by 66. c6F Rxb6 67. c7 Rc6
(67... Rb2 68. Kh7 Rh2+ 69. Kg8 Rc2 70. g7j With the same result.) 68. g7 Rc3
(or any rook move in c-file except 68...Rc5.) 69. Kh7! (But not 69. c8=Q?? Rxc8 70.
Kh7 Kf7i) 69... Rxc7 70. Kh8 Rxg7j with a stalemate.
208) Bajarani, Ilgar 2341 — Czakon, Jakub 2436, Pardubice Czech op, Pardubice,
2006.07.27, (7)
60... Ra5+F 61. Kb4 (61. Kb6 Rf5! 62. Rxf5 Kxf5 63. d7 f1=Q 64. d8=Q Qxc4j)
and now, instead of 61... Rf5? 62. Rxf5 Kxf5 63. d7 f1=Q 64. d8=Qh, Black could
have equalized by 61... Ra2F 62. Kb3 (62. c5 Kd7 63. Rf7+ Ke6 64. Rf3 Kd7 65.
h4 (65. Rf7+ Ke6 66. d7 Kxf7 67. d8=Q f1=Q 68. Qd5+ Kg7 69. Qxa2 Qe1+j)
65... Kc6 66. Rf6 Rd2 67. h5 (67. Kc4 Rc2+ 68. Kd4 Rd2+ 69. Ke3 Rd5j) 67...
Rd4+j) (62. h4 Kxd6 63. h5 Re2j) 62... Re2 63. c5 Kd7 64. Kc4 (64. h4 Kc6 65.
h5 Kxc5 66. d7 Rd2j) 64... Kc6 65. Kd3 Re5j
209) Bajarani, Ulvi 2131 — Torvenji, Roman 2002, Czech Open B1, Pardubice
CZE, 2006.07.29, (9)
Here, Black might have got a decisive advantage by 32... Re5! 33. Nc5 Nc2! (33...
Rde8 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc1e) 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Rxe5 Nxb4 36. Re7 b6 37.
Ne6 Rd7i
210) Bajarani, Ulvi 2131 — Nikologorskiy, Konstantin 1946, 16th EU-ch U12 Boys,
Herceg Novi, 2006.09.13, (4.2)
Here, Black might have drawn the game by 43... g5! 44. Kb5 Nd4+ 45. Kxa5
Nxb3+ 46. Kb4 Nc5 47. a5 g4 48. Kb5 h4 49. a6 Nxa6 50. Kxa6 h3 51.
Bh1 Kf4 52. Kb5 g3 53. hxg3+ Kxg3j

211) Horvat, Dan Sebastian 2103 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2131, 16th EU-ch U12 Boys,
Herceg Novi, 2006.09.17, (7.5)
42. b5! Bxb5 and now, instead of offering the draw, White could try to play for the
win by 43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Rc7+ Ke8 45. Re7+! (Immediate 45. Rh7 is not good
due to 45... h5j) 45... Kd8 46. Rh7 Bd7 (46... h5 47. Bf6+! Ke8 48. d7+! Bxd7
49. Re7+h) 47. Rxh6c

212) Isgandarova, Khayala 2171 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2143, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2006.11.22, (2)
Here, Black might have got a decisive advantage by 24... h6!! 25. Bxh6 (25. Bc1 Bf3
26. Rd2 (26. Re1 d3 27. Ne3 Ra4i) 26... Rf4i) 25... Rf5 26. Rd1 Rh8 27. Bc1
(27. Bg5 Rxg5+i) 27... Rxh4i

213) Bajarani, Ulvi 2167 — Darban, Morteza 2401, 15th Fajr, 2007, (4)
Here, the White missed the draw by 51. Ra8F Rxb3+ 52. Kd2!?j

214) Bajarani, Ulvi 2167 — Mosadegpour, Mohsen , 15th Fajr, 2007, (11)
31. g4! Using vulnerable position of the knight and the king. 31... Nh4 32. Qf4+
Ke7 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Kf2h

215) Bayramov, Vougar — Bajarani, Ulvi , Khazar Cup, Rasht, 2007, (7)
26. Qe2! Rc1 27. e6!h

216) Bajarani, Ilgar 2348 — Asbehi, Mehrdad , Ahwaz Fajr open, 2007.02.04, (5)
Here, White could have won immediately by 38. Ra1! Be6 Otherwise, the rook is
trapped by Bc3. 39. b5! Ra2 (39... Bc4 40. Bc3 Rxb5 41. Nxb5 Bxb5 42. Bd2h)
40. Rxa2 Bxa2 41. bxa6 Bd5 42. Bd2h

217) Bajarani, Ilgar 2348 — Asbehi, Mehrdad , Ahwaz Fajr open, 2007.02.04, (5)
Here, White could have won immediately by 51. Rxb5! axb5 52. Bc5 Rc2 53. a6
Ra2 54. a7 Ke6 55. Kf4h

218) Bajarani, Ulvi 2165 — Huseynov, Fazil , 2-nd President’s Cup, 2007.05.09, (7)
41. Rb8!h Ba5 (41... Kd7 42. a5! Bxa5 (42... Ra6 43. Rb7+ Kc8 44. Rxh7 Rxa5
45. Rh8h) 43. Rh8 Ke6 44. Rxh7 Bd8 45. f5+ gxf5 46. Rxh5h) 42. Ra8! Be1 43.
Ra7 Black resigned due to the mate.
219) Velikhanli, Firuza 2310 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2165, 2-nd President’s Cup,
2007.05.10, (8)
The only way to draw the game was 75. Rg1F Kb4 76. Rd1F Rh8 77. Kd2 Rxh5
78. Rb1+j

220) Velikhanli, Firuza 2310 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2165, 2-nd President’s Cup,
2007.05.10, (8)
Here, Black missed the win by 75... c3! 76. h7 c2 77. h8=Q (77. Rg8 c1=Q 78.
Rxd8 (78. h8=Q Rd2+ 79. Kf3 Qf1+ 80. Ke3 Qf2+ 81. Ke4 Re2+ 82. Kd3 Qe3#)
78... Qc2+i) 77... c1=N+!i

221) Bajarani, Ulvi 2165 — Purtseladze, Maka 2348, 2-nd President’s Cup,
2007.05.11, (9)
Here, White missed 50. b4! with a winning position: 50... Rxb4 51. Ra7+ Kf8
(51... Kh6 52. Ng4+ Kh5 53. Rh7#) (51... Kf6 52. Nd5+h) 52. c5 Rb8 53. c6
Rc8 54. c7 Ke7 55. Ke5 Kd7 56. Nd5 Re8+ 57. Kd4 Re6 58. a5!? (58. Ra8
Ba6 59. Rd8+ Kc6 60. c8=Q+ Bxc8 61. Rxc8+ Kb7 62. Rc7+ Kb8 63. Re7 Ra6 64.
Nc3h) 58... Rd6 59. Ke5 Re6+ 60. Kf4h

222) Babaev, Rashad — Bajarani, Ulvi , Federasiya kuboku, 2007.05.28, (3.1)

Here, Black missed 50... Qe3+ 51. Kb4 Nd3+i

223) Babaev, Rashad — Bajarani, Ulvi , Federasiya kuboku, 2007.05.28, (3.1)

Here, Black missed the draw by 66... Nd8+ 67. Kd6 Kxg2 68. Qxg5+ (68. c7??
Qb4+ 69. Kd5 Qb7+ 70. Kd6 Qc6+ 71. Ke7 Qxc7i) 68... Kxh3 69. Qxg6
Nxc6! 70. Kxc6 Qa6+! deflecting the knight. (70... Qxa2 71. Qxf5+h) 71. Nb6
Qxa2j
224) Guramishvili, Sopiko 2267 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2319, Tbilisi, Tbilisi, 2007.06.14,
(9)
Here, Black could have won by 46... Rg2! 47. Re8 (47. Be1 Ng4 48. Re8+ Kd3 49.
Rd8+ Kc2i) 47... Rexf2+ 48. Ke1 Rc2 49. Rxe5+ Kf4i

225) Bajarani, Ulvi 2164 — Furman, Boris 2276, Pardubice Czech op, Pardubice,
2007.07.22, (2)
Here, White missed the chance to get the decisive advantage by 25. Rd6! (ERdh6)
25... Bg5 26. Rh5 Bf4 27. g3 Rad8 28. gxf4 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 exf4 30. Rg5+
Kh7 31. Rxg4 Rd8 32. Rxf4 Rxd6 33. Rxf7+ Kg6 34. Rf1h

226) Adla, Diego Gustavo 2472 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2319, Pardubice Czech op, Par-
dubice, 2007.07.22, (3)
43... Qc5+! Both defending f8-square and the c4-pawn for the push. 44. Kg2 c3i
227) Chudinovskih, Alexander 2417 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2319, Pardubice Czech op,
Pardubice, 2007.07.26, (7)
Here, instead of 51. Ng3? Kd5i (51... g6!i is also possible.), White could have
equalized by 51. Ke2! Nxe5 (51... Nxb2 52. Nd6 Kd5 53. h5 Nc4 54. Ne8 Nxe5
55. Nxg7j) 52. Ng3 Nd7 (52... g6 53. Ke3 Kd5 54. Ne2 Kc4 55. Nc1n with good
chances to draw.) 53. b3n with good chances to draw.

228) Chudinovskih, Alexander 2417 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2319, Pardubice Czech op,
Pardubice, 2007.07.26, (7)
Here, instead of 52... Nxe5? (52... Nxb2? 53. Nh5 Nc4 54. Nxg7 Nxa3 55. h5 Nc4
56. h6 Nxe5 57. h7 Ng6 58. Kd2j) 53. Nh5! g6 54. Nf4+ Kd6 55. b3j, Black could
have won by 52... Kd4! 53. Kd2 (53. b3 Nf4+ 54. Kd2 g6!i) 53... Nxb2 54.
Nh5 Nc4+ 55. Ke2 g6 56. Nf4 Nxe5 57. Nxe6+ Kd5 58. Nf4+ Kc4 59. Ke3
Kb3 60. Ke4 Ng4 61. Nxg6 Kxa3i

229) Bajarani, Ilgar 2319 — Klovans, Janis 2446, Pardubice Czech op, Pardubice,
2007.07.27, (8)
Here, Black could have got a winning position by 45... Nxe4! 46. Nxe4 (46. fxe4
Rf2+i) 46... Rxf3 47. Rg1 (47. Nxd6 Rxe3 48. Rxa5 Nf4 49. Rha1 (49. Ra8+
Kh7 50. Rha1 Rg7 51. R1a7 Rh3+ 52. Kg1 Bf7+ 53. Kf1 Rf3+ 54. Ke1 Bg6i)
49... Rh3+ 50. Kg1 Rg7! 51. Ra8+ Be8+ 52. Kf1 Rf3+ 53. Ke1 h3! 54. Rxe8+
Kh7i) 47... Kh7 (47... Rxe3? 48. Rxg6+ Kh7 49. Rxd6 Rxc4 50. bxc4 Rxa3 51.
Re6j) 48. Rxg6 Kxg6 49. Ng2 Rxc4F 50. Nd2 Rf2! (50... h3? 51. Nxf3 Rc3 52.
Ngh4+ Kf6 53. Kxh3 (53. Rxa5?! e4 54. Nd4 Rd3 55. Ndf5 Kg5 56. Ra7 Kg4 57.
Re7 j) 53... e4 54. Kg4 exf3 55. Kxh5 f2 56. Ra1 Rxb3 57. Rf1 Rb2 58. Ng2 Ke5 59.
Ne3 Re2 60. Ng4+ Kxd5 61. Nxf2j) (50... Rxb3 51. Rxb3 Rd4 52. Nf3j) 51. Nxc4
Nf4 52. Nce3 Re2! against Kg1 (52... h3? 53. Kg1 Re2 54. Nxf4+ exf4 55. Nf1j)
53. Kh1 Nxg2 54. Nxg2 h3 55. Nh4+ Kg5 56. Nf3+ Kg4 57. b4 axb4 58.
Rb3 Rc2!i

230) Stachowiak, Kamil 2301 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2164, Pardubice Czech op, Pardu-
bice, 2007.07.29, (9)
Here, White missed the draw by 44. Kxf4F Qb3 45. Qc5F a3 46. h5F Qf7+
47. Ke3! (47. Kg3!? also draws: 47... a2 48. Qa5F gxh5 (48... g5 49. Qa6Fj)
49. c4Fj) 47... a2 48. hxg6+ Qxg6 49. Qa5F the key move of the variation 49...
Qg1+ 50. Kd3 a1=Q 51. Qh5+ Kg8 52. Qe8+j. So, the answer is yes.
231) Sundararajan, Kidambi 2447 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2164, 17th Abu Dhabi Inter-
national C, Abu-Dhabi, 2007.08.17, (6.18)
The only way to reduce the activity of Black pieces was 20. Nc3F (In the game, White
lost after 20. Bd4? e5e) 20... Ndxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. b6 a5
(23... Ne2+ 24. Kh1 a6 25. Rfe1 Nf4 26. Nd2 e5 27. Nc4k) (23... a6 24. Rfe1 e5
25. Nd2j) 24. Nd4 e5 25. Ne6 (25. Nb3 a4 26. Nc5 Ra5 27. Nxb7 Rb5 28. Kh1!
Rxb6 29. Nc5 Bc2 30. f4j) 25... Ra6 26. Nc5 Rxb6 27. Rxa5g

232) Sale, Srdjan 2411 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2164, 17th Abu Dhabi International C,
Abu-Dhabi, 2007.08.19, (8.2)
Here, White missed 44. Rxa7 Rxb4 45. Rc7! Rxb5 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. Rxh6 Kf8
48. Rh8+! Kg7 49. Re8!h with a winning position.

233) Bajarani, Ulvi 2268 — Pavlenko, Oleg 2254, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2007.11.05, (4)
The only way to equalize was 23... e4! 24. fxe4 Nxe4! 25. Bxe4 (25. Bb6 Rd6!?j)
25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxe4j
234) Davidov, Samir 2310 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2342, Baku team Ch, Baku, 2007.12.10,
(1)
Here, White could have equalized by 37. Rxd1! (But not 37. Bc5? Rd2+! 38. Ke3
Rdd8i) 37... Bxd1 38. Bc5 Kb8 (38... b6 39. Bd6j) (38... b5 39. Ba2j) 39. e7
Kc7 40. Bf7 Kd7 41. Bxe8+ Kxe8 42. Bxa7 Kxe7j
235) Bajarani, Ulvi 2275 — Hosseinzadeh, Nima 2001, Fajr open 15th, 2008.02.07,
(9)
The only way to survive for White was 41. e5!, for example, 41... Be7 (41... Bxe5 42.
Nxg5 Kf4 43. Ne6+j) 42. Kf1 g4 43. Nd4j

236) Bajarani, Ulvi — Allahyarov, Said 2086, U14 Aze, 2008.03.25, (3)
Here, Black missed the way to equalize by 42... Bd8F 43. bxc5 (43. Bf4 cxb4 (43...
Bxf6 44. exf6+ Be4 45. Rd1 Kxf6 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. bxc5 Rxh7 48. Bg5+ f6 49.
Bxf6+ Kf7 50. Be5f) 44. cxb4 Bxf6 45. exf6+ Be4 46. Rd1 Bd5j) 43... Bxf6 44.
exf6 Rxh7 45. Rd1 f4+ 46. Bxf4 Rh8 47. Rd6+ Kf5j
237) Bajarani, Ulvi 2234 — Yap, Ernesto , Dubai open, 2008.04.12, (6)
Here, White missed the win by 53. c5! Bd4 54. Nd8! Bxc5 55. Nxe6h

238) Bajarani, Ulvi 2234 — Hakimifard, Ghazal 2055, Dubai open, 2008.04.14, (9)
Here, Black missed the draw by 50... Kh5! 51. f5 Kh6!j

239) Bajarani, Ulvi 2234 — Hakimifard, Ghazal 2055, Dubai open, 2008.04.14, (9)
30. h4! Ke5 31. hxg5 Kf5 32. Ke3c
240) Abbasov, Farid 2528 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2234, 3-rd President Cup International
Tourna, Baku, 2008.05.13, (2.24)
The only way for Black to defend was 33... Bd7F (But not 33... Be8? 34. Nd5 Nxd5
35. Bxd3h and there is no way to defend f5 and prevent Bc4 at the same time.) 34.
Bxb4 (34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. Bxd3 Kf7 36. Bxa6 Ke6 37. Bc7 Ke5f with good draw
chances.) (34. Na2 Nc6! The main idea of 33...Bd7 35. Bxd3 (35. Bc3 Nc5 36. Nb4
Ne4 37. Nxc6 Bxc6 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Bxa6 Nxd6 40. Be5 Nb5fwith good draw
chances.) 35... Nxa5 36. Bxa6 Kf7j) 34... Nxb4 35. Bc4+ Kf8 36. Kf2 a5 37.
Ke3 g6 38. Kd4 Nc6+f with good draw chances.

241) Bajarani, Ulvi 2201 — Hamdan, Marshool , 7th Dubai Juniors, Dubai,
2008.07.08, (2.2)
Here, Black missed 29... Rf5! 30. Nf7+ Ke8 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxc7 Rxd5j
with an equal endgame.

242) Bajarani, Ulvi 2201 — Hamdan, Marshool , 7th Dubai Juniors, Dubai,
2008.07.08, (2.2)
Here, White missed 29. e7+! Kxe7 30. Re6+h

243) Sanal, Vahap 1814 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2201, 7th Dubai Juniors, Dubai,
2008.07.09, (3.2)
The only way to survive was 26. Kf1F Nh3 and now, 27. Rg4+ (Worse is 27.
Bxh7+?! Kxh7 28. Rh4+ Kg7 29. Rxh3 Re2 30. Nf4 Rxb2g) (Another equivalent
alternative is 27. Rh4 Rf8+ 28. Nf4 Re3 29. Bxh7+ Kg7 30. Bb1j) 27... Kh8 28.
Rh4 Rf8+ 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Re3 31. Rd1j

244) Schulz, Anja 1854 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2201, 7th Dubai Juniors, Dubai, 2008.07.14,
(9)
36... Ne3+! 37. Kf3 Nf5 38. h3 and now, Black missed the chance to get a decisive
advantage by 38... Rd1! 39. Ke2 (39. g4 Rf1+i) 39... Ra1!?i

245) Hosseinipour, Mehdi 2067 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2201, 2nd Urumia Open, Urumia,
2008.08.29, (6.3)
Here, White missed the draw by 60. Nxe4F Nxe4 61. Kd3j

246) Bajarani, Ulvi — Asadi, Sadegh , 2nd Urumia Open, Urumia, 2008.08.29,
(7.19)
29. c5! bxc5 (29... Bxc5+ 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Rb2 Ba8 32. d6 Bxe4 33. d7 Ra8 34.
Rc1h) (29... Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 31. Rxc5!? bxc5 32. Ke3 fxe4 33. d6h) 30.
Na5 Ba8 31. Nec6 Re8 32. e5h
247) Van der Lende, Ilias 1973 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2201, EU-ch U14 18th, Herceg
Novi, 2008.09.23, (8)
Here, Black missed the instant win by 39... Rg4! 40. Rxf3 g5! 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42.
Ne6 Rf7i
248) Fataliyeva, Ulviyya 2000 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2232, 1st Liga, 2008.11.10, (1)
53. f7 (The simpler way is 53. Ra8 Re2+ (53... Kg6 54. Rg8+Fj) 54. Kf5F Rf2+
55. Ke6F (55. Ke5?? a2i) 55... a2 56. f7F Kg6 57. Rg8+F Kh7 58. Ra8Fj)
53... Rf2 and now, White missed a draw by 54. Rf6F a2 (54... Rxf6 55. Kxf6 a2 56.
f8=Q a1=Q+ 57. Ke6Fj) 55. Rxf2F a1=Q+ 56. Ke4F (56. Kd5?? Qa8+i)
56... Qe1+ (56... Qa8+!? 57. Ke3 (57. Kd3!? is also possible with the transposition.)
57... Qf8 58. Ke2F g4 (58... Kg4 59. Kf1F Kg3 60. Kg1F g4 61. Rg2+Fj) 59.
Kf1F Kh4 60. Kg2Fj) 57. Kf3F g4+ 58. Kg2Fj
249) Iskandarov, Misratdin 2002 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2232, 1st Liga, 2008.11.18, (9)
41... Rb3+! 42. Kg2 Rb4!i White lost one more pawn.
250) Ayyad Husein, Abdulgalil Sateh 2111 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2301, Fajr 2009,
2009.02.08, (7)
The only way to draw was 65. Rb8F d1=Q+ 66. Kxd1 Rb2 67. Rc8j the key
move. (67. Ra8 Kb3 (67... Rb7 68. Kc2 Rc7+ 69. Kd2j) 68. Rb8+ Kc3 69. Rc8+
Kd3 70. Kc1j is also possible.)
251) Bajarani, Ulvi 2331 — Agayev, Nijat 2286, AZE CH U20, Baku, 2009.04.20,
(7)
Here, instead of 25. Nd6?? Rd2i, White could survive by 25. Na3 Rb2 26. Nxb5
a5 27. Rd3g
252) Bajarani, Ulvi 2331 — Hakimifard, Ghazal 2072, Dubai Open 2009, Dubai,
2009.04.28, (3.35)
Here, Black missed the chance to win the knight by 35... e2! 36. Rxe2 Rc4 37. a6
Rcxb4 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. Re4 Rb2+i
253) Bajarani, Ulvi 2357 — Vigram, Mohan 1871, Dubai Children, 2009.07.31, (4.1)
Here, Black might have equalized by 32... gxf5F 33. Rd8 (33. gxf5 f6!F 34. Bf4
Rc4!Fj) 33... Kg6F 34. Bh4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Kf2
Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxh2 39. Be7 fxg4 (39... Ng7? 40. Rg8h) 40. Rxe8 Ra2j
254) Bajarani, Ulvi 2357 — Yogesh, Gautam 1874, Dubai Children, 2009.08.04,
(9.1)
The only way to equalize for Black was 25... Ne6 26. Nxe6 (26. Nf5?! Ref8 27.
Nd6+ Kc7g) 26... Rxe6 27. Rf7 Re7 (27... Rg8 28. Ref1f is not the clear way.) 28.
e6 Rxf7 29. exf7 Kd7 30. Be5 Rf8 31. Bxg7 Rxf7 32. Bf6 Nxh4+ 33. Kg3
Ng6j
255) Gasanov, Eldar 2536 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2329, Aeroflot Open A2, Moscow,
2010.02.13, (5)
56. e7F Re4 and now, White missed 57. e8=N+F It is also possible to promote
either to the queen or to the rook 57... Rxe8 58. Rd6+F Ke5 59. Ra6Fj

256) Bajarani, Ulvi 2395 — Kotronias, Vasilios 2599, 11th European Championship
Men, Rijeka, 2010.03.15, (9.56)
55... Rb8! Trapping the bishop and threating Rh8. 56. Rh1 Rf8 57. Rh5+ Kf6i
White resigned.

257) Belous, Vladimir 2471 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2422, World’s Young Stars 2010,
Kirishi, 2010.05.10, (2)
The only defence was 47... Kh7c with draw chances.

258) Wang, Chen — Bajarani, Ulvi , 5th Dvorkovich Cup, Moscow, 2010.07.06, (10)
Here, White missed the win by 58. Ke4! Kg6 59. Kd3! Kxh6 60. Kc4! Kg6 61.
Kc5 Kf6 62. Kc6 Na8 63. Kb7 Ke7 64. Kxa8h

259) Bulanov, D. 2379 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2409, Petrovskaya Ladia ’75, Peterghof,
2010.07.23, (1)
It was necessary to include 23. Bh3+ before playing f5: (In the game, White didn’t
realize this, and lost after 23. f5? Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxg2+!
the position of bishop in g2 made sense. 27. Kxg2 Be2i) 23... Kb7 (23... Kb8 24. f5
Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Red1j) 24. f5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rad1 (26. Red1 Bd3
27. Nf6 Bc2 28. Nxg8 Bxd1 29. Bf1 Bb3 30. Nxh6 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxh2 32. Ng4
Rxb2 33. e5n) 26... Bc4 27. Bf1 Bb3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nf6 Rd2+ 30. Re2g
With a defendable position.

260) Kigel, Dmytro 2131 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2408, WYCC Open U16, Porto Carras,
2010.10.28, (9)
Here, Black missed the win by 44... Kf6! 45. h3 Ke5! 46. Ra4 (46. Kg5 Kd4 47.
Kxf5 (47. f4 Kc3 48. Kxf5 Kb3 49. Kf6 Rb1 50. Rxa2 Kxa2 51. Kxf7 Kb3i) 47...
Kc3 48. Kf6 Rb6+ 49. Kxf7 Rb7+ 50. Rxb7 a1=Qi) 46... Kd5 47. Kg5 Kc5 48.
Kxf5 Rc2!! the key move. 49. g4 Kb6 50. Kf6 (50. Ke4 Kb5!? (50... Rc4+ 51.
Rxc4 a1=Qi) 51. Ra8 Kb4 52. Kd3 Rc3+ 53. Kd4 Ra3 54. Rb8+ Ka4 55. Kc4
Rc3+i) 50... Kb5! 51. Ra3 Rc6+ 52. Kxf7 Ra6 53. Rxa2 Rxa2i

261) Oganisjn, Roman 2293 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2393, Aeroflot Open B 2011, Moscow,
2011.02.10, (3)
35... Rd8+! 36. Nd4 (36. Kc3 Bd2+ 37. Kc2 Bg5 38. Rd4 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Rd2+
40. Ke4 R8xd4+ 41. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 42. Kxd4 Bf6+i) 36... Bg5 37. Rg4 Bf6i
262) Bajarani, Ulvi 2393 — Xu Jun 2494, Aeroflot Open B 2011, Moscow, 2011.02.12,
(5)
37... Rxc2! 38. Rxc2 b3+ 39. Kb1 bxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Ng3 41. fxg6 Kxg6j

263) Bajarani, Ulvi 2424 — Boussard, Arnoud 2219, Paris Open 2011, 2011.07.08,
(7.14)
The only way to draw was 56... Nd3F 57. Nc7+ Kd7F 58. Nxb5 Nc5F 59. Kf6
Ne4+F 60. Kf7 Ng5+Fj

264) Bajarani, Ulvi 2424 — Bissieres, Matthieu 2352, Paris Open 2011, 2011.07.10,
(9.11)
27... Rf5!i Winning the pawn. (Immediate 27... Nxe5? doesn’t work due to 28. Nc5
Nd6?! 29. Bg4!c)

265) Bajarani, Ulvi 2424 — Javanbakht, Nima 2292, 10th Avicenna International
Open, 2011.07.27, (6.5)
Here, Black missed the draw by 55... Kf5! 56. Kb4! (56. e8=Q?? Bxe8 57. Nxe8
Kg4j) 56... g5 57. Nd5!? (57. fxg5? Kxg5 58. Kc5 Kg4 59. Kd6 Kxg3 60. Ke5 h4
61. Kf6 Bh5 62. Kg5 Bf7j) 57... Ke6 58. Kc5!? gxf4 59. gxf4 h4 60. Ne3! Be8
61. Kd4 Bb5!? (But not 61... Bh5?? 62. Ke4 Be8 63. Kf3h(63. Nd5?? misses the
win due to 63... Bg6+ 64. f5+ Bxf5+ 65. Kd4 Kf7 66. Ke5 Bd7 67. Kd6 Be8Fj))
62. Ke4 Bc6+ 63. Kd4 Bd7j

266) Fedoseev, Vl3 2523 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2434, World Youth U16 Ol, Kocaeli TUR,
2011.10.25, (3.6)
Here, Black missed the chance to win the game by 50... Nd5! 51. Ba4 e3! the key
idea. 52. Bxc2 e2i

267) Bajarani, Ulvi 2436 — Bayramov, Vougar 2210, Baku Open 2012 group A,
Baku, 2012.09.24, (3.16)
34. Nd2! Ra4 35. Nc4 Be7 36. d6 Bd8 37. Bc7h

268) Bajarani, Ulvi 2429 — Idrisov, Tabriz 2268, Baku Open 2012 group A, Baku,
2012.09.30, (9.2)
76. Ng4!h Nf3 (76... Nxg4 77. Kxg4 Rc5 78. Rxb4h) 77. Nf6 Ng1+ 78. Kg4
Rc4+ 79. Kf5 Black Resigned.

269) Grigoriants, Sergey 2578 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2436, [Link] Memorial 2012,
St. Petersburg, 2012.11.01, (6.28)
Here, White missed the win by 54. Rxa7+ Kxh6 55. Ke5F (55. a5? Rg1Fj) 55...
Rg1 56. Rf7Fh
270) Durarbayli, Vasif 2584 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2436, [Link] Memorial 2012, St.
Petersburg, 2012.11.03, (8.31)
Here, Black might have got a decisive advantage by 37... f3! 38. Bxc2 (38. Bxf3
b2i) 38... bxc2 39. Rc1 g2+ 40. Kh2 Bd4i

271) Bajarani, Ulvi 2436 — Zalkind, Konstantin 2232, [Link] Memorial 2012,
St. Petersburg, 2012.11.04, (9.58)
61. Bg2+! Kg4 62. Bc6! f3 and now, White missed the win by 63. Re7! (63.
Re8?? provided the chance for Black to draw the game by 63... g2 64. Rg8+ Kf4 65.
Ke1 Rb8!j the idea that was impossible in 63. Re7) 63... g2 64. Rg7+ Kf4 65. Ke1
Ke3 66. Re7+ Kd4 67. Kf2h

272) Parligras, Mircea Emilian 2628 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2425, Al Ain Classic 2012,
Al-Ain, 2012.12.26, (5.6)
40... Qf4! 41. Ne2 Qxe4 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Ng1 Qh6! 44. Ne2 and now, the
simplest is 44... Qh3+! 45. Kg1 c2 46. Rc1 Qd3 47. Re1 Qd2 48. Kf1 Qxb4
49. Rc1 Qb3!i

273) Ali Marandi, Cemil Can 2354 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2425, Al Ain Classic 2012,
Al-Ain, 2012.12.28, (9.11)
Here, Black could have got a simple win by 29... Rc3! 30. Rxc3 dxc3 31. bxa4 c2!
32. g3 (32. Rc1 Rc8i) 32... Bd4! with the threat Rf4 33. Rc1 Rc8i

274) Bajarani, Ulvi 2417 — Aliakbarov, Anar 2197, 20 yasadek oglanlar arasinda
Azerbaycan, Baku, 2013.05.20, (1.3)
It was important to play 60... Ke5j before Bf2. (In the game, Black resigned after
60... Bf2?? 61. Rf7+ due to 61... Ke5 62. Rxf4 Kxf4 63. Nh3+h) 61. Rxh7 (61.
Re7+ Kd6 62. Re6+ Kd7) 61... Bf2 62. Re7+ Kd6j

275) Dzhumaev, Marat 2553 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2417, Alekhine Memorial, Voronezh,
2013.06.17, (5.11)
Here, Black could have got an advantage by 40... Ke8! 41. Qxg5 (41. Qc8+ Ke7 42.
Qc7+ Qd7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. Qxg5 Qa4+!e the key move.) 41... Qc4+ 42. Kd2
Qxd4+ 43. Ke2 Qe4+ 44. Kd2 Qf3e

276) Bajarani, Ulvi 2417 — Petrov, Nikita 2344, Alekhine Memorial, Voronezh,
2013.06.18, (6.18)
Here, White might have got a decisive advantage by 50. Ra7! Ke8 51. Nxc5! Bxc5
(51... Nxc5 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. Bxc5+h) 52. Bxc5 Nxc5 53. Rxh7 g4 54. fxg4
dxe4 55. dxe4 Nxe4 56. Rxh6 Ra6 57. Nb7!h
277) Bajarani, Ulvi 2417 — Petrov, Nikita 2344, Alekhine Memorial, Voronezh,
2013.06.18, (6.18)
Here, White might have got a decisive advantage by 73. Nc6! (73. Kxf3 allowed 73...
Rd3+ 74. Kg2 Ne4j) 73... Rd7 (73... Nd2 74. Nxd8 Nxb3 75. Bf2h) 74. Rxd7
Nxd7 75. Kxf3h

278) Grigoryan, Avetik 2607 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2417, 20th International Chess Fes-
tival, Abu Dhabi, 2013.07.03, (4.7)
To keep the winning position, Black should have played 39... Qd1+! (39... gxh5+ 40.
Rxh5+ Kg6 41. Be4+ Kg7 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. Bb7 Qe2+) 40. Kh3 (40. Kh4 Qd4+
41. Re4 Qf6+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. Kg2 (43. Re3 Qf1+i) 43... Qb2+i) 40... gxh5i

279) Papin, Vasily 2547 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2417, 20th International Chess Festival,
Abu Dhabi, 2013.07.06, (7.1)
36... Rf1! Using the poor placement of pieces and the weakness of f2-pawn. 37. Rc2
(37. Rc4 Nxf2 38. Bc5 Nd3i) 37... N5f4! 38. Bc5 Rh1!i 39. Be3? (39. Kg4
f5+ 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Nd4 Kg6 42. Bd6 e5) (39. Ba7 Nh5+ 40. Kg4 f5+ 41. exf6
Nxf6+ 42. Kg3 Ne4+ 43. Kg4 h5+ 44. Kxh5 Nf6+ 45. Kg5 Ra1 46. Bb6 Rb1 47.
Bc5 (47. Bd4 Rb5+i) 47... Nxc5i48. Rxc5 Ne4+i) 39... Nh5+ 40. Kg4 Kg6
41. Rc4 f5+ 42. exf6 gxf6 White resigned due to the mate.

280) Bajarani, Ilgar — Kawanaka, Yosuke , Tokio (rapid), Tokio, 2013.08.16, (1)
27. Nxd6! Nxd6 28. Bxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rxe6h

281) Gabuzyan, Hovhannes 2532 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2500, WYCC U18 Open Classic,
Al-Ain, 2013.12.21, (5.1)
Here, White could have got a decisive advantage by 34. Rd5! Rc8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36.
Rd7h

282) Bajarani, Ulvi 2500 — Abasov, Nijat Azad 2510, WYCC U18 Open Classic,
Al-Ain, 2013.12.27, (10.3)
The only way to equalize was 36. Kd3 (In the game, Black got an advantage after 36.
Kf3? Kg7!e) 36... Rxf2 37. Rc1! Kf8 (37... Rxg2 38. Rc6 Rxh2 39. Rxd6 h5 40.
Rb6 Kf8 41. Rxb5j) 38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Ke8 (39... Kf6 40. Rd7j) and now,
the possible way is 40. g4! (40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Kxc2j) 40... Rxh2 41. Rb7j

283) Bajarani, Ulvi 2504 — Stukopin, Andrey 2517, Moscow Open F Student 2014,
Moscow, 2014.02.01, (1)
Here, White might have equalized by 90. Kd4! For example, 90... Nb4 91. Bc1!j
(91. Bb2 Kc6 92. Bc3 Nc2+ 93. Kd3 Na3i) 91... Kc6 92. Bh6j
284) Bajarani, Ulvi 2492 — Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin 2203, 1st Behin Baza-
farin Alborz Int. Tournam, Tehran, 2014.03.11, (8.5)
Here, Black missed the draw by 53... Ra2F 54. Bb4 c2F 55. Bc3 (55. Kb3 Rb2+j)
55... Rxa4+ 56. Kb3 Rh4Fj

285) Bajarani, Ulvi 2492 — Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin 2203, 1st Behin Baza-
farin Alborz Int. Tournam, Tehran, 2014.03.11, (8.5)
Here, White missed the immediate win by 50. Rd2! Bf6 (50... Bc3 51. Rd1 Rb2+ 52.
Kf3 Bf6 53. Bf4) 51. Bf4!h, for example, 51... c3 (51... Rb4 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53.
Rd6 Kf7 54. Rxb6 c3 55. Bc7! Rxa4 56. Rc6h) 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. Rd6h

286) Iskandarov, Misratdin 2403 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2471, Azerbaijan Championship

Men 2014, Baku, 2014.06.03, (4.4)
Here, Black could have equalized by 27... f6! 28. f4 f5! the move missed by Black.
29. gxf5 Bxh5 30. Ra3 (30. Rg3 Rg8 31. f6+ Kf8 32. fxg7+ Rxg7 33. Rxg7 Kxg7
34. c3 Ne7j) 30... exf5 31. Ra6 Bxe2 32. Bxe2 Nxd4 33. Ra7+ Ke6 34. Bh5
Rf8 35. Rxg7 Nxc2+ 36. Kd2 Nb4j

287) Bajarani, Ulvi 2486 — Dilanyan, Grigor 2250, Nana Alexandria Cup, Poti,
2014.07.14, (3.7)
Here, Black missed the way to equalize by 28... Nd3! 29. Nxd3 Rxd3j

288) Shahaliyev, Ismayil 2273 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2494, Azerbaijan Championship

Men 2015, Baku, 2015.01.08, (3.6)
Here, White might have got a decisive advantage by 92. Rg4! Bd6+ 93. Kd7 Bg3
94. Rxg3! hxg3 95. d6 Rb5 96. Ke7h

289) Bajarani, Ulvi 2494 — Belous, Vladimir 2577, Aleksandr Pochink Memorial
2015, Moscow, 2015.01.31, (1.5)
The only way to equalize was 39... Rxd7! 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 41. Bf8 Ke6 42. Kg4
Kf6 43. Bxh6 a6 44. Bf8 b5 45. Ba3 Kg7 the key idea: Black king moves to h7.
46. Bc5 Kh7j the fortress.

290) Bortnyk, Oleksandr 2533 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2494, Aleksandr Pochink Memorial
2015, Moscow, 2015.02.01, (2.2)
41. b5+h Kxb5 42. Rb7+ Kc6 (42... Ka4!? 43. Bb4! (43. Rb2?? Nb3+j) 43...
Rh2 44. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kc5h) 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. Bb4!h Due to the possibe
f5 idea, Black is lost.

291) Bajarani, Ulvi 2504 — Asgari, Morteza 2283, Nakhchivan Open 2015,
Nakhchivan, 2015.05.02, (1.21)
Here, Black missed a chance to equalize by 31... Qc7! 32. Rc4 Qd6!j
292) Mamedov, Rauf 2655 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2504, Nakhchivan Open 2015,
Nakhchivan, 2015.05.06, (5.3)
Here, Black missed 39... Rd2! 40. Nb4!? f4! (40... Nxb4?! is not clear due to 41.
Bxe5+ Kf8 42. Bf4 Rxb2 43. cxb4 Rxb4 44. Bd2 Rxa4 45. Rxb7 Ke8e) 41. Nxc6
bxc6 42. b4 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. Rxa7 Rc1i

293) Kutnik, Alexandru Francisc 2106 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2522, Railway Bank Astra
Open Arad 2015, Arad, 2015.08.06, (1.12)
Here, Black missed the way to equalize by 18... b6! 19. Ke2 (19. Rg5 Ba6! 20. Bxa6
(20. Bb3 Rg8 21. Rd1 (21. Rxf5+ Ke7 22. Rh5 Rad8 23. Rxh7+ Kf8 24.
f5 Rg1+ 25. Kf2 Rxa1 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Rh7+j) 21... Rxg5 22. fxg5 Ke7
23. Kf2 Rf8 24. Kg3 h6j) 20... Rxa6 21. Ke2 Raa8 22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24.
Rxg8 Kxg8j) 19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rg2 Raa8j

294) Bajarani, Ulvi 2522 — Milu, Romeo Sorin 2375, Open Brasschaat 2015, Brass-
chaat, 2015.08.20, (6)
Here, White missed 41. Rxb5 Rxb5 (41... Rxe3 42. a5h) 42. axb5 Ke7 43. e4
Kd6 44. b4! the key move. Sacrificing one pawn, White is able to push their “pants”
till 8th rank, for example, 44... h5 45. b6 Kc6 46. e5 Kxb6 47. e6 Kc7 48. b5h

295) Saiyn, Zhanat 2413 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2535, World U20 Championship, Chanty
Mansijsk, 2015.09.05, (4.7)
The only way to draw was 61. Bf6F, for example, (In the game 61. Bd6? lost due to
61... Kd4!i62. Kf2 Kd3!i) 61... d4 62. Be7 g3 (62... d3+ 63. Kd2 Kd4 64. Bd6
Kc4 65. Bh2 Kxc5 66. Kxd3 Kb5 67. Bc7 Kb4 68. Ke2 c5 69. Kd2 Kb3 70. Bd6 c4
71. Bc7 Kb4 72. Kc2j) 63. Bh4 g2 64. Kf2 d3 65. Bg5 Kd4 66. Kxg2 Kxc5
67. Kf2j

296) Bajarani, Ulvi 2535 — Yuffa, Daniil 2476, World U20 Championship, Chanty
Mansijsk, 2015.09.06, (5.6)
48. Ra7+! Kf6 49. d6! Bxf4 (49... d3!? 50. Bxd3 Bxf4 51. d7 Ke7 52. Bf5 Rxc4
53. Ra8 Bc7 54. Re8+ Kf6 55. h6 Rf4+ 56. Ke3h) 50. d7 Ke7 51. Bf5h

297) Bluebaum, Matthias 2580 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2535, World U20 Championship,
Chanty Mansijsk, 2015.09.11, (9.2)
Here, Black missed the chance to get the decisive advantage by 36... Re5! with the idea
Rc5 37. Na1 (37. Rc6 Bb7 38. Rb6 Rc5 39. Na1 Bd5i) (37. Rb8 Rc5 38. Na1
Kh7! 39. b6 Rc1 40. Nb3 Be6 41. Ra8 (41. b7 Rb1 42. Rh8+ Kxh8 43. b8=Q+ Bg8)
41... Bxb3 42. b7 Bd5 43. Rxa2 Bxb7i) 37... Kf7 38. Rc6 Be6 39. b6 Rb5 40.
Ke3 Rb1 41. Nc2 Bb3 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 Bxc2 44. Rxa2 Bd1i
298) Bajarani, Ulvi 2535 — Van Foreest, Jorden 2541, World U20 Championship,
Chanty Mansijsk, 2015.09.14, (12.4)
39... Kf8!i Creating the threat Ne3. (Immediate 39... Ne3?? wasn’t possible due to
40. Re4+h)

299) Efimenko, Zahar 2647 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2551, Al Ain Classic, Al-Ain,
2015.12.27, (6.8)
Here, Black missed the win by 36... Qe1! 37. h4! e3! 38. Qe4 Qg3! 39. h5 Qe5!
40. Qxg6+ Kg8! 41. h6 Qe7i

300) Bajarani, Ulvi 2551 — Ankit, R Rajpara 2489, Al Ain Classic, Al-Ain,
2015.12.30, (9.17)
58... Rg7F 59. Rh5+ Kg8 60. Rh3 Kf7 61. Kd2 Ke6 62. Kxd3 Kf5 63. Ke3 Kg4 64.
Rh6 Kxg3j

301) Sargissyan, Sargis 2311 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2540, Moscow Open A 2016,
2016.01.30, (1.2)
Here, Black missed the chance to get the winning position by 47... Nb6! 48. Kb3 (48.
Ra3 Nc4+i) 48... Nxa4!i

302) Sargissyan, Sargis 2311 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2540, Moscow Open A 2016,
2016.01.30, (1.2)
Here, White missed the chance to get the second extra pawn by 34. Nxc3! Rxc3 35.
Rxa4h

303) Bajarani, Ulvi 2540 — Rychkov, Oleg 2323, Moscow Open A 2016, 2016.02.02,
(4.48)
Here, Black missed the chance to equalize by 41... Rg7 42. Rxd4 (42. Ng5+ Kg6 43.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 44. Ne6 Be5 45. Nd8 c5 46. Nb7 Bd4j) 42... Rxf7j

304) Bajarani, Ulvi 2540 — Petrosian, Davit G 2394, Moscow Open A 2016,
2016.02.06, (8.19)
Here, White could have got a decisive advantage by 20. b3! If 20... Nf4, then 21.
Bxf4 Bxd4 22. Nb5! the key move missed by White. 22... Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5
24. Kc1h
305) Bajarani, Ulvi 2532 — Shahaliyev, Ismayil 2362, Azerbaijan Championship
Men 2016, Baku, 2016.03.16, (2.3)
Here, White missed the win by 62. Kd5!! (62. Kc6 doesn’t win due to 62... Ke4F
63. Kb7 Rxa7+ 64. Rxa7 f5j) 62... Kg4 (62... Rd8+ 63. Kc6 Ra8 64. Kb7 Re8 65.
a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8!h) (62... f6 63. Ra4h) (62... Kf4 63. Rf2+h) (62... Kf6
63. Kc6 Ke5 64. Kb7 Rd8 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8h with the transposition.) 63.
Ra4+! Kg5 (63... Kf5 64. Kc6 Ke5 65. Kb7 Rd8 66. a8=Q Rxa8 67. Rxa8 f5 68.
Kc6 f4 69. Kc5h) 64. Kc6 f5 65. Kb7 Rd8 66. a8=Q Rxa8 67. Rxa8 (67.
Kxa8?? doesn’t win due to f4 68. Kb7 f3 69. Kc6 f2 70. Ra1 Kg4j) 67... Kf4 (67...
f4 68. Kc6 f3 69. Rf8! Kg4 70. Kd5 Kg3 71. Ke4 f2 72. Ke3h) 68. Kc6 Ke4 69.
Kc5 f4 70. Kc4 f3 71. Re8+ Kf4 72. Kd3h
306) Rasulov, Vugar 2489 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2508, Match Rasulov-Bajarani, Baku,
2016.07.02, (3)
Here, Black missed the chance to equalize by 41... Ne4+! 42. Bxe4 d4!! the key
move missed by Black. Now, Black equalizes: 43. e6 (43. Nxb7?? dxc3 44. Nxd8 fxe4
45. Ke3 c2 46. Kd2 Bb3i) (43. Rc6!? bxc6 (43... fxe4!? 44. Rd6 Ra8 45. Nxb7 e3+
46. Kg3 Rxa4 47. Nc5 Ra1 48. e6 Be8j) 44. Bxc6 (44. Nxc6 fxe4 45. Nxd8 e3+
46. Ke2 Bc4+ 47. Kf3 Bd5+j) 44... d3 45. Bf3 d2 46. Bd1 Bd5 47. Nb3 Bxb3 48.
Bxb3+ Kf8 49. Ke2 Rd4j) (43. Rc1 fxe4 44. Nxb7 e3+F 45. Ke1 (45. Ke2 Bh5+
46. Kd3 Bg6+ 47. f5!? Bxf5+ 48. Ke2 Rf8F 49. Rd1 Be4 50. Rxd4 Bxb7 51. a5
Ra8j) 45... Rd5Fj) 43... Bxe6 (43... dxc3!? 44. exf7+ Kxf7 45. Bxf5 Kf6 46. Be4
Rd4 47. Ke3 Rxa4 48. Nb3 Rb4 49. Nd4 g5 50. fxg5+ hxg5j) 44. Rc1 fxe4 45.
Nxb7 Rf8j
307) Illina, Natalia 2051 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2292, International Chess Day 2016 IM,
pos. Molodeznoe, 2016.07.16, (4.4)
Here, instead of 30. Ra5? Ne7 31. Rb7 Bd4e White could have drawn by 30. Rb7!
Ra8 (30... Nxb7? 31. cxb7 c5 32. Re4 Bc7 33. Re8 Nb4 34. Ra8 Rxb7 35. axb7
Nxd3 36. Rd8 Ne5 37. Rc8 Bd6 38. Rxc5f) 31. Ra5 Nf4 32. Rxe5 Nxd3 33. Ra5
Nc4 34. Ra1 Nce5 35. Ra3 Nf4 36. a7 Ne6 37. Rb8 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Nxc6 39.
Rba8 Nxa7 40. Rxa7j
308) Illina, Natalia 2051 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2292, International Chess Day 2016 IM,
pos. Molodeznoe, 2016.07.16, (4.4)
22... Rd4! 23. Ra3? (23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nb5 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxb5 26. Bxb5g
with chances to draw for White.) 23... Rxa7 24. Bxd4 Bxd4i

309) Bajarani, Ilgar 2292 — Palchun, Grigory 2351, International Chess Day 2016
IM, pos. Molodeznoe, 2016.07.20, (7.1)
42. Ng4! Bd5+ (42... Re6 43. Ne5 Ba6 44. Kf2g With good chances to draw.) 43.
Kg1g
310) Illina, Natalia 2058 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2508, Saint Petersburg 2016 IM, Poselok
Molodejnoe, 2016.07.21, (8.2)
25... Ne4! 26. c4? (26. Be5 Bf6! (26... f6 allows 27. Bc2j) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. c4
Nc3 29. Bg4 Nxa2g) (The best way was 26. Bd2 Nxd2 27. Nxd2 f5g with a stable
advantage.) 26... Nc3 27. Bf3 Nxa2e

311) Bajarani, Ulvi 2512 — Kamnev, Alexander 2073, Chigorin Memorial, St Pe-
tersburg, 2016.10.16, (1.41)
38. a4! Bxa4 (38... Bc6 39. a5h) 39. Bf5 Nxf6 40. Bc2 Ke7 41. Bxa4 b5
42. Bc2c For example, 42... b4! 43. Bg6! (43. Re1+ Kf7! 44. Ra1 b3 45. Bd1
Kg8 46. Rxa6 Ne4 47. Rxf8+ Kxf8 48. Rb6 Ke7 49. Bf3 Nc3 50. Bg4 Ne4 51. Bf5
Nd2 52. Kf2 c3 53. Ke2 b2 54. Bc2 (54. Kd1 Nc4 55. Re6+ Kf7 56. Re1 Na3 57.
Bd3 b1=Q+ 58. Bxb1 Nxb1 59. Kc2 Nd2j) 54... g4 55. Rg6 b1=Q 56. Bxb1 Nxb1
57. Kd3 (57. Rxg4 c2 58. Rg1 Kf6 59. Kd3 Na3j) 57... Nd2 58. Rxg4 Ne4j) 43...
Nd7! (43... b3 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. Ra1 c3 46. Rf3 b2 47. Re1h) (43... c3 44. Re1+
Kd7 45. Ra1 b3 46. Rf3 b2 47. Re1h Rc8 48. Rxf6 c2 49. Bf5+h) (43... a5 44.
Re1+ Kd6 45. Ra1 Nd7 46. Rxa5 Rf4 47. Rxf4 gxf4 48. Rb5 b3 49. Kf2h) 44. Rxf8
Nxf8 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Bh5 Nd7 (46... Ne6 47. Kf2 Kd8 48. Ke3 Nf4 49. Bd1
Ng2+ 50. Kd2 Nf4 51. Ra7h) 47. Kf1!? a5 48. Rf5+ Ke7 49. Rxd5 a4 50.
Rxg5 b3 51. Ra5 Nb6 52. Ke2 c3 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. Ra6 Kc7 55. Bg6! Kb7
56. Bd3!h

312) Karayev, Kanan 2257 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2486, Fuad Djafarov Memorial 2017,
Baku, 2017.01.05, (3.3)
54... e5? Despite it also draws, the precise play is required. (Simpler is 54... f4!, for
example, 55. Rxe6+ (55. gxf4 Kf5 56. Rxe6 Kxf4j) 55... Kf5 56. Nh4+ (56. Rxh6
fxg3 57. hxg3 Ke4j) (56. Nd4+ Kg4 57. Re4 Rxh2 58. gxf4 Rf2 59. f5+ Kg5 60.
Ke6 Bc5 61. Nb3 Ba7 62. Re5 h5j) 56... Kg4 57. Rg6+ Kh5 58. Rf6 Rd2+ 59. Kc6
Rf2j) 55. Rxe5 Rd2+ 56. Rd5 and now, Black missed the only move 56... Rc2F
attacking on c4. For example, 57. Rd4 (57. Ne5 h5 58. Rb5 Bf8j) 57... Bc5 58.
Rh4 Be3j

313) Abedi, Ali 2167 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2486, 15th International Khazar Cup, Rasht,
2017.01.25, (7.15)
Here, Black missed the draw by 58... e4F 59. Kg2 (59. fxe4+ Kxe4 60. Kg2 g5F 61.
a4 h5j) (59. a4 exf3 60. a5 Ke4 61. Kg1 Kd5 (61... f2+!? is also possible: 62. Kxf2
Kd5 63. Kf3 with the transposition.) 62. Kf2 Kc5 63. Kxf3 Kb5 64. Kf4 Kxa5 65.
Kf5 Kb5 66. Kg6 Kc6 67. Kxg7 h5Fj) 59... Kf4 60. a4 (60. fxe4 g5Fj(60... Kxe4
61. Kg3h)) 60... exf3+ 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. a5 Kd5 63. Kxf3 Kc5 64. Ke4 Kb5
65. Kf5 Kxa5 66. Kg6 Kb5 67. Kxg7 (67. h4 Kc6 68. h5 Kd7j) 67... h5F 68.
h4 Kc5 69. Kh6 Kd6 70. Kxh5 Ke7 71. Kg6 Kf8j
314) Manin, Viktor 2144 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2297, Saint Petersburg 2017 IM, St
Petersburg, 2017.05.14, (3.2)
Here, White could have won the second pawn and achieve a decisive advantage by 48.
Bd5! Kd6 (48... Nb6 49. Bc6 Nc4 50. Bxb5 Nxa3 51. Bxa4h) 49. Bf7 Nb6 50.
Be8!h
315) Saveliev, Alexei 2369 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2297, Saint Petersburg 2017 IM, St
Petersburg, 2017.05.16, (5.3)
29. Rxf7! Bxe5 30. Rxd7h Black resigned due to 30... Nf6 31. Nxe5 Nxd7 32.
Nxd7h
316) Bajarani, Ulvi 2425 — Ponkratov, Pavel 2605, [Link] Memorial - 2018,
2018.08.17, (3.3)
43. a4! The only way to draw. 43... Be8!? Trying to play e4. Otherwise, White stays
by Be2-d1 44. Kd2 (The same is 44. Kc3!?) 44... Bg6 45. Bc2 Bxc2 46. Kxc2
e4! 47. fxe4 Ke5 48. Kd3 f3 49. Ke3 f2 50. Kxf2 Kxe4 White had calculated till
here during the game. However, White could have drawn by 51. Ke2! Kf4 52. Kd3!!
Kxg4 53. Ke4! Kh3 54. b4! axb4 55. a5 g4 56. a6 g3 57. a7 g2 58. a8=Q
g1=Q 59. Qh8+ Kg2 60. Qg7+Fj

317) Saveliev, Alexei 2382 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2425, Saint Petersburg 2018 GM, Sankt-
Petersburg, Overtime ch, 2018.09.02, (6.1)
Here, Black missed the chance to get the decisive advantage by 35... Qe4! 36. Qg5
Qe1+F 37. Kg2 Qxf2+F 38. Kh3 (38. Kxf2 Ne4+i) 38... f6!? 39. Qg4 f5
40. Qg5 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Nc6 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 (43. Kh3 Qg4+i) 43...
Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd6i
318) Schekachikhin, Maksim 2370 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2310, Saint Petersburg 2018
IM, St. Petersburg, 2018.11.10, (8)
Here, instead of 61. Be7? Ra8 62. Bxa3 Bxa3j White could have won by 61. Bc3!
Bxc3 (61... Rb8 62. Kf3 Kg8 63. Ke2 Kf8 64. Kd3 Bxc3 65. Rxc3 Ra8 66. Rc1 Ke8
67. Ra1 Kd7 68. Kc4 Kc6 69. g5 a2 70. g6h with a transposition.) 62. Rxc3 Ra8
63. Rc1 Kg8 64. Kf2 Kf8 65. Ke3 Ke8 66. Kd3 Kd7 67. g5 Rg8 68. Rg1 a2
69. Ra1 Ra8 70. Kc4 Kc6 71. g6! fxg6 (71... hxg6 72. h7 Rh8 73. Rxa2 Rxh7 74.
Ra8!h) 72. f7 Rf8 73. Rxa2 Rxf7 74. Ra6+ Kd7 75. Kc5h

319) Babazada, Khazar 2299 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2421, Azerbaijan Championship

Men 2019, Baku, 2019.01.16, (1.3)
Here, White missed the chance to get a decisive advantage by 31. Rxd7! Rxd7 32.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 (32... Kg8 33. Rxd5 g6 34. Nc5 Rc7 35. Nd7!h) 33. Rxe6h For
example, 33... d4 34. Kf1 Nf7 35. Bg2!? (35. Rxa6 Rd8 36. Rb6 d3 37. Ke1 Rd5
38. Bg4h) 35... Nd8 36. Rb6 Re7 37. Rd6 Nc6 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. h6h
320) Asadli, Vugar 2471 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2421, Azerbaijan Championship Men
2019, Baku, 2019.01.24, (9.3)
Here, White missed 26. Rd2! Bd5+ 27. b3F Rxe4 28. c4 Rxf4 29. cxd5 exd5
30. Rxd5 with an equal endgame, for example, 30... h5!? 31. e6! fxe6 32. Rxh5
Rf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Kb2 Kh7 35. Kc3 Kg6 36. Kd4 Kh5 37. Ke5 Kxh4 38.
Kxf5 Kg3 39. Kg6 Kxg2 40. Kxg7 Kf3 41. Kf6 Ke3 42. Ke6 Kd3 43. Kd6
Kc3 44. Kc7j

321) Ozenir, Ekin Baris 2262 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2420, Rodostosah GM Tournament,
Tekirdag, 2019.02.13, (5.5)
Here, White missed a chance to equalize by 33. Bg4! Re4 34. Bd1! Bxd1 35.
Rfxd1 Rxf4 36. Re5+ Kf8 37. Rd6 h5 38. Kg2e With good chances to draw.

322) Bajarani, Ulvi 2420 — Kamer, Kayra 2419, Rodostosah GM Tournament,

Tekirdag, 2019.02.15, (8.2)
The only way to keep the draw chances was 54. Kf2!, for example, 54... axb3 (54...
Ra2+ 55. Ke3 axb3 56. Rb7j) 55. Nd3+ Ke4 (55... Kf6 56. Rd6+ Kg5 57. Rd5+
Kxg4 58. Rxb5 h5 59. Rb4+j) 56. Nc5+ Kf4 57. Rd4+ Ke5 58. Rb4 Kd6 59.
Nxb3 Kc6 60. Ke3g With good draw chances.

323) Gokerkan, Cem Kaan 2423 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2420, Rodostosah GM Tourna-
ment, Tekirdag, 2019.02.15, (9.1)
Here, Black missed the win by 46... Nc5! 47. Nb2 Ne4! the key move. 48. Kf3
Nf6! 49. Ke3 Ng4+! 50. Kd3 Kc6!i

324) Gokerkan, Cem Kaan 2423 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2420, Rodostosah GM Tourna-
ment, Tekirdag, 2019.02.15, (9.1)
Here, Black missed the draw by 50. Ke3! Kg5 (50... Ke5 51. Ne2! Nxa4 52. Nd4j)
51. Kd4 Nxa4 52. c5 Kg4 53. Nb3! Kxg3 54. c6j

325) Ozkan, Taha 2019 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2460, 5th Marmaris Karya IM 2019, Mar-
maris, 2019.03.10, (3.5)
Here, White could have got a drawn position by 54. d5! Kg7 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56.
Qd8 Qg3 57. Qa5 Qb3 58. Qd8 Qb1+ 59. Kf3 Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qf5 61.
Qh4+ Kg7 62. Qe7+ Qf7 63. Qxa3 Qxf4+ 64. Kg1 Qd4+ 65. Kh2 Qxd5j
This position is drawn according to tablebases.

326) Bajarani, Ulvi 2479 — Zeynalli, Rashad 2282, Khazar University C A Genclik
Cup, Baku, 2019.06.18, (3.1)
Here, White didn’t play 22. Bh6! Bd6 23. Bg4+ the crucial check missed by White.
23... Kb8 24. g3 Re4 25. Bf3 Rxc4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Kg2
cxd5 29. Rhd1h
327) Bajarani, Ulvi 2485 — Ibrahimli, Murad 2383, Baku Summer Festival 2019-
Masters, Baku, 2019.07.04, (2.3)
Here, White missed the chance to get an advantage by 32. a4 Bxa4 33. Ra2 Bb5
34. Rxa7c Bxe2? 35. c6 Ba6 36. Bb6 f3 37. Nxf3 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Bd3+ 39.
Rc2h

328) Tarlabasi, Emirhan 2352 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2485, Baku Summer Festival 2019-
Masters, Baku, 2019.07.09, (9.2)
Here, White missed the chance to get a decisive advantage by 25. Nd3 Rc4 26. Qxb6
a4 (26... Rxd4? 27. Ne5!h) 27. e3!h ENc5

329) Bajarani, Ulvi 2485 — Pourramezanali, Amirreza 2480, Turkish Teams Ch

1st League 2019, Konya, 2019.07.22, (1.5)
61... Nd6+! 62. Bxd6 (62. Kd5 Nb7+! The key move missed by White 63. Kc6
Nxc5 64. Kxc5 Rd3 65. e5 Kf5j) 62... Rxd6j

330) Bajarani, Ulvi 2485 — Javanbakht, Nima 2461, Turkish Teams Ch 1st League
2019, Konya, 2019.07.23, (3.3)
Here, White missed the way to get a huge advantage by 26. Nd7+! Ke8 27. Nb6
Rd8 28. Nd5! the key move overlooked by White. 28... Rxa2 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30.
Rc2h

331) Laxman, Rajaram 2426 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2515, 26th Abu Dhabi International
Chess Fest, 2019.08.09, (9.26)
51. Ne8 Be5 52. Ra7 Rxa4 53. Ke6j

332) Tsay, Vincent 2164 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2515, 85th Southwest Open 2019, Irving
USA, 2019.09.02, (8.13)
36. Nxb6! (36. Rxd7+ doesn’t work due to 36... Nxd7 37. Rc7 Ke6 38. Rxd7 Rd4j)
36... Rxc7 37. Rxc7+ Ke6 38. Rc8! Na6 39. Re8+ Kf5 40. Rxe4 Kxe4 41.
Nxa4h

333) Bajarani, Ulvi 2477 — Guo, Arthur 2265, Washington Chess Congress 2019,
Washington D.C., 2019.10.13, (7)
50. Kc4! Kf4 (50... Na6 51. Nb5! Nc5 52. Nd6! Kf4 53. Nxf7h) 51. Nb5!
the key move. 51... Ne8 (51... Nxb5 52. Kxb5 Kxe5 53. Kc6h) 52. d6 Ng7 53.
Nc7!h against Ne6
334) Macieja, Bartlomiej 2519 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2477, Washington Chess Congress
2019, Washington D.C., 2019.10.14, (8)
32. Nxb7? (32. Nxb5! gives the winning position after 32... axb5 (32... cxb5 33. b4!
Ke7 34. d5!h) 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. g4 g5 36. f4!h the move missed by
Black. 36... gxf4 37. Kxf4 Kd5 38. Ke3h) 32... Nxd4 33. Na5 Ke8! (33... Ke7?
allows to attack c6-pawn. 34. Ke3 Nc2+ 35. Kd3 Ne1+ 36. Ke2 Nc2 37. Nxc6+ Kd7
38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Kd3 Ne1+ 40. Ke4 f6 41. Nc6 f5+ 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Nb4+ Kxc5
44. Nxa6+ Kb6 45. Nb4h) (33... f6!? is also possible. 34. Ke3 Nf5+ 35. Ke4 Ne7f)
34. Ke3 Nf5+ 35. Ke4 Ne7f

335) Bajarani, Ulvi 2477 — Popilski, Gil 2460, Texas Collegiate Superfinals, Richard-
son, 2019.10.20, (4.1)
Here, White missed the win by 38. Kc5!, for example, (In the game, 38. b6? gave the
draw chances after 38... Kc8 39. Kc6 Re7c) 38... Kc8 39. Re3 Rc7+ 40. Kb6 Rc2
41. g4 Rf2 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rg8 Ke7 44. h4 (44. Rxg7? Kf8 45. Rh7 Rf6+ 46.
Ka5 Kg8 47. g5 hxg5 48. Rh5 Rf5j) 44... g6 (44... f5 45. gxf5 Kf7 46. Rc8 Rxf5 47.
Rc5h) 45. Kb7 Rg2 46. b6 Kd6 (46... Rxg4 47. Kc6h) 47. Ka7 Rxg4 48. b7
Ra4+ 49. Kb6 Rb4+ 50. Ka6 g5 51. b8=Q+ Rxb8 52. Rxb8 Ke5 53. h5h

336) Bajarani, Ulvi 2477 — Popilski, Gil 2460, Texas Collegiate Superfinals, Richard-
son, 2019.10.20, (4.1)
White couldn’t have recognized that it was crucial to play b7 after calling f6, missing
the win by 43. h4! (Immediate 43. b7? led to the draw after 43... h5j) 43... f6 (43...
Rc8+ 44. Kb5 Rc2 45. Rd8+ Kb7 46. Rd7+ Kb8 47. Rxf7h) (43... Rg8 44. Kb5 h5
45. g5h) 44. h5 Kc8 45. b7+ Kb8 46. Kb6 Rh8 47. Re6!h

337) Bajarani, Ulvi 2468 — Peng, Shunkai 2315, Charlotte Open 2020, Charlotte,
2020.01.03, (4.3)
The direct winning way was 47. g6! fxg6 48. hxg6! exf5+ 49. Kxf5 Kf8 50.
Ke6!h The key move.
338) Zhao, Ian 2354 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2464, Southwest Class Championships 2020,
Irving, Dallas, 2020.02.16, (7.1)
The only way to keep draw chances was 39... g5! (39... h6? 40. Bxh6 g5 41. g4 fxg4
42. Kg3h led to the lost position.) (39... h5? also doesn’t work due to 40. Bf7! ,for
example, 40... g5 41. Bxh5 g4 42. f3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3h) 40. Bxh7 g4 41. f3 (41.
h3 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Nc6 43. Be3 (43. Bc3 Bd8!j) 43... Bb4 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4
Bc3 46. f4 Nxd4 47. Kg5 Ke7j) 41... gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nc2 43. Bc3 (43. Bxa5
Nxd4+ 44. Kg2 Nc6f) 43... Bb4 44. Bb2 Na3! the key move saving the game,
which was missed by Black. The idea is to attack both a4 and d4. Now, Black survives,
for example, 45. h4 (45. g4 Nc4 46. Ba1 Nd2+! 47. Kf4 (47. Kf2 fxg4j) 47... Nb3
48. Bb2 Bd2+ 49. Kg3 Be1+ 50. Kf3 fxg4+ 51. Kxg4 (51. Ke2 Bb4 52. Bg6 Nd2
53. Bh5 Ne4 54. Bxg4 Nc3+ 55. Bxc3 Bxc3j) 51... Bf2j 52. Bg6 Bxd4 53. Bxd4
Nxd4 54. h4 Nb3 55. h5 Ke7 56. Kg5 Nc5 57. h6 Kf8 58. Kf6 Kg8 59. Bc2 d4 60.
Ke7 d3 61. Bd1 Kh7 62. Kd6 Ne4+ 63. Kxe6 Kxh6 64. Kd7j) (45. Bc1 Nc4 46.
Ke2 Bc3 47. Kd3 Ba1Fj ENb2) 45... Nc4 46. Ba1 Nb6! 47. g4 fxg4+ 48.
Kxg4 Nxa4 49. Bc2 Nb6 50. Kh5 (50. Kg5 Be7+f) 50... Be1 51. Kg5 Ke7
52. h5 Kf7 53. Bg6+ Ke7! 54. h6 Bd2+ 55. Kh5 Kf8 56. Bc2 Kf7 57. h7
Kg7 58. h8=Q+ Kxh8 59. Kg6 a4 60. Kf6 a3 61. Kxe6 Kg7 62. Kd6 Bb4+
63. Kc6 Nc4 64. Bd1 Kf7 65. Bf3 Ke7 66. Bxd5 (66. Kxd5 Ne3+ 67. Kc6 Nc2
68. Kb5 Be1j) 66... Nb2 67. Bb3 Bc3 68. Kc5 Na4+ 69. Bxa4 Bxa1 70. Bb3
Bc3j
339) Bajarani, Ulvi 2464 — Perrine, Dalton 2274, Southwest Class Championships
2020, Irving, Dallas, 2020.02.17, (8.16)
30. e5! (30. Nf3? Rxh3 31. gxh3 Nxe4 32. Nxg5 Nxg5 33. h4 Nf7c) 30... dxe5 31.
d6+ Kc8 32. Nf3! Rxh3 33. gxh3 Bf4 34. Nfxe5 g5 35. Nd3h
340) Bajarani, Ulvi 2458 — Cordova, Emilio 2592, US Collegiate Rapid 2020,
[Link] INT, 2020.09.26, (6.115)
31... Rd5! 32. Rg4 Rxf5 33. Rc4 and here, the endgame after 33... Rc5F 34.
Rxc5 bxc5 35. Kf2 f5 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Kd3 g5 38. Kc4 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4j
is equal. Instead of this, Black played 33... Be5?? 34. g4 Bxc3 35. gxf5 Bxb2 Here,
playing 36. a4?j, White didn’t see the double attack after 36. fxg6 Bxa3 37. gxf7+ Kf8
38. Rc8+ Kxf7 39. Rc7+h
341) Vorontsov, Pavlo 2540 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2458, Texas Collegiate Finals,
[Link] INT, 2020.10.17, (1.1)
43. Kc1?? lost after 43... e3!i 44. Kc2 Bf5+ 45. Kb3 g5!i The right decision is 43.
Kc2F e1=Q 44. Bxe1 Kxe7 45. Bd2!?g with good draw chances.
342) Bajarani, Ulvi 2458 — Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio 2467, Texas Collegiate
Finals, [Link] INT, 2020.10.18, (5.3)
In the time trouble, White missed 57. Nc7+ Kd6 58. Na8!h (ENb6)
343) Bajarani, Ulvi 2458 — Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio 2467, Texas Collegiate
Finals, [Link] INT, 2020.10.18, (5.3)
In the time trouble, White missed 49. b7! Kc7 50. Nxe6+ Kb8 (50... Kxb7 51.
Nc5+h) 51. Nc5 Nxf2 (51... Nd6+ 52. Kd5 Nf7 53. Ke6h) 52. Kb5 Ne4 (52...
Kc7 53. Ka6h) 53. Nxe4 fxe4 54. Kc4h

344) Bajarani, Ilgar — Zhugda, Boris , USSR corr, 1989

38. Qc2! The simple move reducing the activity. (Insufficient is 38. Bxe4+ Bxe4 39.
Qe1 Bg6 40. Ne3 Qxa4 41. Qd1j) 38... Qxc2 (38... Rxd3 39. Qxd3 f5 40. Qe3h)
39. Bxc2 f5 (39... Ra3 40. f3! (40. Nc3 f5 41. Nxd5 exd5c) 40... Rxf3 41. Nc3! f5
42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Ra1h) 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Ne3h

345) Karimov, Ramil — Bajarani, Ilgar , USSR corr, 1989

34... Qd4+! 35. Qxd4 exd4g

346) Bajarani, Ilgar — Kask, Elmar , USSR corr, 1989

32... Qd5! 33. Qxd5 cxd5i

347) Guliev, Sarhan — Bajarani, Ilgar , Azerbaijan, 1990

Instead of 21. Qxc7+? Kxc7g, It was crucial to keep the queens by 21. Qh6! Nf7
(21... Nde4 22. Nxg6 Re6 23. Rad1 hxg6 24. Bf3c) 22. Qe3f With the weak Black
king.

348) Mukhin, Mikhail A — Bajarani, Ilgar 2255, Baku, Baku, 1991

Here, instead of 49. Qb3? (Of course, not 49. Qxd6+?? Kxd6i with the lost position.)
49... Nxg5e, White could have drawn by 49. Qc2F Nxg5 (49... Qd4 50. Bh3j) 50.
e5F Qxe5 51. Qc6+ Kd8 52. Qa8+j

349) Bajarani, Ilgar 2255 — Shur, Mikhail 2345, Baku, Baku, 1991
23... Qf7!i The only way to get an advantage. (23... Kh8? 24. Rxd1j) 24. Qxf7+
Kxf7 25. Bxc6 (25. Rxd1 Nxd4i (25... Rxd4? 26. Rxd4 Nxd4 27. Bd5+ Kf6 28.
Bxc4g)) 25... bxc6 26. Rxd1 Ke6i

350) Bajarani, Ilgar 2235 — Khalikian, Ovik 2365, Fajr open 2th, Tehran, 1992
23... Qb5! 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Kc2 Ra8 26. Ra1 Kc6c

351) Mohebbi — Bajarani, Ilgar , Sarv open, Tehran, 1996.08.27, (6)

31. Qxb5? (b31. Qd4!?) 31... Nxb5 32. a4 and now, instead of 32... Nd6? 33.
a5j with a fight for a draw, Black could have got an advantage by 32... Bxb4! 33.
axb5 (33. cxb4 Nc3! 34. a5 Na2e) 33... Bd6F 34. bxc6 (34. Nf5 Bxf4 35. Ne7+
Kf8 36. Nxc6 Bd2! 37. Ne5 Bxc3 38. Nxc4 Bd4!e White has slight chances to draw.)
34... Bxf4 35. Ne2 (35. Ne4 f5e) 35... Bd2!e
352) Kuten — Bajarani, Ilgar , Sarv open, Tehran, 1996.08.28
Instead of 22. Qxf6? Nxf6j, White could have got an advantage by 22. Qb4! Nb6
(22... h5 23. Qxb7 Nc5 24. Qxc6 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb2 26. Qe7c) 23. Bxh7+
Kxh7 24. Qxg4c

353) Bajarani, Ilgar 2405 — Mirzoev, Azer 2430, AZE-ch, Baku, 1997
53... Qd5! (53... Qe5?! 54. Rg5 Qc7 55. Rg3g) 54. Qxd5 exd5e

354) Aliev, Rasim — Bajarani, Ilgar 2405, AZE-ch, Baku, 1997

34. Qxf8+? (b34. Qc4 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qd4j) 34... Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8e

355) Salehi, Muqaddam — Bajarani, Ilgar , Iran team ch, Tehran, 1997.12.19
14... Qh4! 15. h3 Qh5! 16. Qxh5 Rxh5g

356) Babaev, Rashad 2245 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2380, AZE-ch qual, Baku, 1998
Instead of 34. Qxg6? Nxg6e, White could have equalized by 34. Bd5F Qd6 (34...
Qxc2 35. Bxf7+ Nxf7 36. Nxc2 Nf4 37. Rb3 Bxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Nxe3 Nxh3+
40. Kg2 Nhxg5 41. Rd1 Ne4f) 35. Bxf7+ Nxf7 36. Nf5 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 (37.
Rxe3 Bxe3+ 38. Nxe3 Qg3+ 39. Ng2 Nxg5j) 37... Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxh3+ 39.
Qh2 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4 41. Qf2 (41. g6 Ne4+ (41... Qxg6 42. Rc8+ Nd8 43.
Re1 Nf5+ 44. Qg2 Qe6 45. Rxd8+ Bxd8 46. Qd5 Qxd5 47. Nxd5 Kf7 j) 42. Qg2
Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Nxc3 44. Rc1 (44. gxf7+ Kxf7j) 44... Bxe3 45. Rxc3 Bb6
46. gxf7+ Kxf7j) 41... Qxg5 42. Kh2 Ne4 43. Rc8+ Nd8 44. Qf3 Nd6 45.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 46. Rd1n

357) Bajarani, Ilgar 2368 — Babaeva, Fanara 2133, Baku Cup, Baku, 1999, (7)
21. Qxc8+! Rxc8 22. Ba2! Rxd1 (22... Kf7 23. Ne5+h) (22... Rc6 23. Ne5h)
23. Bxe6+ Kh7 24. Rxd1 Rc2 and now, a simple 25. exf5h gives a decisive
advantage for White.

358) Bajarani, Ilgar 2368 — Bayramov, Vougar 2277, Baku Cup, Baku, 1999, (9)
Here, Black could have won by 42... Be2! 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. Nxa7 Bf6 45.
Nc6 Kf5i

359) Davidov, Samir 2203 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2368, AZE-ch, Baku, 1999, (1)
13. Qa5?! Qxa5+ 14. Nxa5 f6! (Worse is 14... b6?! 15. Nc6V) 15. Bc3 (15. Bg3
e5!e16. Nxb7? Rb8 17. Na5 Bb4+i) 15... b6 16. Nc6 Rd7g The best way is 13.
Bd4!? Qb5! 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 (15. a4 Qc4 16. g4 e5 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2
exd4 19. gxh5 dxe3 20. fxe3 Rd5 21. a5 Rxh5 22. Ra4 Bd6 23. Rxe4+ Kd7V) 15...
e5 16. gxh5 exd4 17. O-O-O!? (17. exd4 Qxh5 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 f5V)
17... Qxh5 18. Kb1 d3 (18... Be7 19. exd4 O-OV) 19. Qc3V
360) Bajarani, Ilgar 2357 — Ibrahimov, Rasul 2468, AZE-ch, Baku, 2003
24. Qxc6! (24. Qd2 f6e) 24... Rxc6 and now, it is crucial to play 25. f4! exf4
(25... Rxc2 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxa2 28. Rf4!? Rh6 29. Ref5n with good chances
to draw.) 26. Rxf4 Rxc2 27. Re6 Rd2 28. Ref6 Rh7 29. a4n with good chances
to draw.

361) Yahya, Mohamed Saleh 2136 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2322, Dubai Ramadan open,
Dubai, 2005.10.06, (2)
15... Qa6! 16. Qxa6 Rxa6n

362) Bajarani, Ilgar 2322 — Mamedov, Nidjat 2517, Iran ligue, 2005.12.15
41... Rg3! (Worse is 41... Qxd3? 42. cxd3 Ra8 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Rf7+ Kg6 45. Rc7j)
42. Qxc3 Rxc3i

363) Bajarani, Ulvi — Rezaei, Mohamed , 14th FAJR Int. Open Chess Tour,
Tehran, 2006.01.24, (1)
Here, White could have won by 27. Rxf6! gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qf3! the
key move. 29... Nd7 30. Qd5+ Kg7 and now, 31. Bxh6+!? (31. Qd4+ Kh7 32.
Qd3+ (But not 32. Qxd7+?? Qxd7 33. Nf6+ Kg6 34. Nxd7 Kf5j and the knight is
trapped.) 32... Kg8 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. h4 Qe7 36. h5 Rf8 37. Qg6+
h) 31... Kh7 32. Be3 Rc8 33. h4!h

364) Mehrabi, Manuehehr — Bajarani, Ulvi , 14th FAJR Int. Open Chess Tour,
Tehran, 2006.01.29, (8)
22... Qxf3! 23. gxf3 and now, Black could have got a slight advantage by 23... Bc5!
24. Ne3 d4 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Re2g

365) Bajarani, Ilgar 2323 — Aryanejad, Arman , Khazar Cup, Rasht, 2006.02.02,
(5)
30. Qe7! Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Rd8 32. a4c

366) Alieva, Elmira 2136 — Bajarani, Ilgar 2352, Baku President’s Cup, Baku,
2006.05.06, (3)
29... Qd6!? 30. Qxd6 Bxd6g

367) Bajarani, Ulvi 2143 — Shabanov, Nurlan , AZE team Ch, Baku, 2006.12.13,
(4)
23. Qxf5! Rxf5 and now, White missed an immediate win by 24. g4! Rf3 25. g5h

368) Bajarani, Ulvi 2165 — Purtseladze, Maka 2348, 2-nd President’s Cup,
2007.05.11, (9)
The best way was keeping queens by 28. Qh4 Qh6 29. Qe1!h
369) Bajarani, Ilgar 2319 — Wirig, Anthony 2487, Pardubice Czech op, Pardubice,
2007.07.23, (4)
14. Ne5!? excluding any risk. 14... Qxe2 15. Bxe2j
370) Rzayev, Bahruz 2105 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2268, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2007.11.02, (1)
21. Qf5+? (21. Qd2!? Nd7 22. Rdf1 Ne5 23. Rf5V) 21... Qxf5 22. gxf5 and now,
instead of 22... Nd7? 23. f6V, Black could have got an advantage by 22... g4! 23. e5
Rd5! The crucial move missed by both players. 24. exf6 gxh3 25. Rdf1 Rg8 26.
Rxh3 Kd7g
371) Tesik, Csaba — Bajarani, Ulvi , Antalya TUR, World Youth Ch 2007, Antalya
TUR, 2007.11.20, (3.2)
20... Qb6! (Less stronger is 20... Rf8 21. Qc5 Qb6g) 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bc3
Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 b5e
372) Bajarani, Ulvi 2275 — Arabi, Saeed 2095, Fajr open 15th, 2008.02.05, (5)
It was necessary to avoid trading either by 28... Qc8!? 29. Re3!? (29. g3 b6! 30.
Bh3 Nf4! 31. Rxe8 Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 Qxe8 33. Kxh3j) 29... Qc6 30. g3 Nc7 31.
Qxc6 bxc6 32. Bg2 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Na6 34. Bxc6 Nb4j or by 28... Qc6!? 29.
g3 Kf8 30. Bg2 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Nd8j In the game, 28... Qxd5?? 29. cxd5 Nc7
30. Rc1 b6 31. d6h led to the lost position.
373) Bajarani, Ilgar 2345 — Ismagambetov, Anuar 2492, Dubai op 10th, Dubai,
2008.04.14, (9)
Instead of 29. Qf4? Qf6i White could equalize by 29. Qd8! Qc3 (29... f6 30. Nd4
Qe7 31. Ne6+ Kf7 32. Qa8j) 30. f6 Qe3+ 31. Kh2j

374) Bajarani, Ulvi 2232 — Lortkipanidze, Nodar 2135, World Youth Chess Cham-
pionships 2008, Vung Tau city, 2008.10.30, (11.1)
It was crucial to keep queens by 21. Qb1!f with a slight advantage.
375) Bajarani, Ulvi 2331 — Rasulov, Vugar 2488, AZE CH U20, Baku, 2009.04.22,
(9)
After the long defence, Black got into the lost position, missing the only way to defend
by 81... Qc5+! 82. Ke6 (82. Qd5 Qe3+ 83. Kd6 Qa3+j) 82... Qb4!j

376) Bajarani, Ulvi 2357 — Krylov, Mikhail 2480, Glek’s Round Robin, 2009.07.05,
(4)
31. Qxf7+! It was important to trade the queens to get the decisive advantage. 31...
Rxf7 32. Rg4! Bd8 (32... g5 33. Ne4 Nc4 (33... Rf4!? 34. Bxf4 Rxe4 35. Rxh4 gxh4
36. Be3 Nc4 37. Rxb7 Nxa3+ 38. Kb2 Nb5 39. Kc2h) 34. Rb3 Nxe3 35. fxe3h)
33. Rb4h Since the knight is blocked, White de facto has an extra piece.
377) Bajarani, Ulvi 2357 — Glek, Igor 2528, Glek’s Round Robin, 2009.07.08, (3)
It was necessary to keep the queens by either 29. Qe2j or 29. Qf1 (In the game,
Black might have got an advantage after 29. Qxc6?! Bxc6 30. Nf3, playing 30... Kf6g)
378) Ali, Mahmoud 2174 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2357, Scheveningen, Abu Dhabi,
2009.08.15, (4.2)
29... Qh4!i Of course, White’s king is weak, so no trading of queens.
379) Ovetchkin, Roman 2548 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2357, Ramadan, Sharjah,
2009.09.01, (8.2)
To have chances to survive, it was crucial to keep the queens. The best way was 36.
Qd3 Qf5 37. Qd4e
380) Hugaert, Arthur 2066 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2392, World U20, Puerto-Madryn,
2009.10.30, (9.23)
21... Qd3!i The simplest and forced way to the victory. 22. Qxd3 exd3 23. Nc3
f4 24. c5 Bc7 25. Nd5 (25. Bh2 Be5i) 25... Be5 26. b5 Nd4 White resigned.
381) Bajarani, Ulvi 2392 — Le, Minh Hoang 1940, World U14, Kemer, 2009.11.12,
(1.5)
19. Qxd5 (Also possible is to start with 19. gxh4) 19... Nxd5?! (19... Rxd5 20.
gxh4 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Bxh4 22. Nc5f) 20. gxh4 Rxh4? (20... Bxh4 21. Nf3 Bf6 22.
Kd2f) 21. Rxh4 Bxh4 22. Nf3c
382) Bajarani, Ulvi 2422 — Ganichev, Alexander 2126, World’s Young Stars 2010,
Kirishi, 2010.05.15, (7)
31... Qa2! Keeping White pieces passive. 32. Bd3 Qxf2 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Rxe4
Ne5e
383) Bajarani, Ulvi 2409 — Nyzhnyk, Illya 2543, 49th WJun, Chotowa POL,
2010.08.06, (4)
Here, White might have won, using the breakthrough idea by 66. f4+! (66. Qxd6+
Kxd6 67. f4!h is also possible.) 66... gxf4 67. Qxd6+ Kxd6 68. g5 Ke5 69. g6
Kf6 70. Kg4h
384) Bajarani, Ulvi 2409 — Aleksandrov, Aleksej 2642, Baku Open 2010,
2010.08.25, (3)
25. Qxd8 Equalizes. (25. Qe3?! Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Re5 27. Rb1 Rxc5 28. Rxb7 Nh4
29. Qe3 Rg5 30. g4 Ra5g) 25... Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxd8 27. Rb1j
385) Bajarani, Ulvi 2413 — Abbasov, Farid 2538, Solidarity Day 2010, Baku,
2010.12.27, (7.1)
49. Qxb4? (It was necessary to include 49. Rf1j first before the queen trading.) 49...
cxb4 White lost e5-pawn.
386) Bajarani, Ulvi 2413 — Bagirov, Rufat 2470, Solidarity Day 2010, Baku,
2010.12.28, (9.1)
The best way was 15. Qxb5+ (15. Qc2 O-Oe) (In the game, there were moves 15.
Rb1? Qxa4 16. Rxb8+ Kd7 17. Rxh8 , and now Black could have played 17... c3!e
with the future plan e5, Nd5, f5, e4) 15... Rxb5 (15... axb5 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rfb1j)
16. Bd2 (16. Be3 Ke7g) 16... O-O 17. Rfc1 Rb2 18. Be1 Rxe2 19. Rxc4 Nd5g

387) Bajarani, Ulvi 2393 — Abdulov, Orkhan 2334, Azerbaijan Championship Men
2011, Baku, 2011.01.25, (5.3)
It was necessary to keep the queens by 13. Qe3! Be7 14. Rad1 Qg6 15. Rd3!
Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Qb6c

388) Bajarani, Ulvi 2437 — Grigoryan, Karen H 2463, World’s Young Stars 2011,
Kirishi, 2011.05.13, (6)
34. Qxe5+F Of course. Otherwise, White would be lost under the attack. 34... Nxe5
35. Rd1g

389) Bajarani, Ulvi 2429 — Guliyeva, Sabina 2074, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2012.11.26, (1.2)
It is better to keep queens by 23... Qd8!?g

390) Bajarani, Ulvi 2429 — Ahmadov, Fariz 2166, 1 Liga AZE Ch-men, Baku,
2012.11.28, (3.3)
25. Qxc5! Rxc5 and now, White missed 26. g4! Ne7 (26... Nh6 27. Rd7h) 27.
Rd7 b5 28. Bd3 a6 29. Ra1 Rd5 (29... Rc6 30. Be4 Rb6 31. Bb7 Rb8 32. Rxe7
R6xb7 (32... R8xb7 33. Rxa6h) 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxa6h) 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31.
Rxa6 b4 32. Ra5 Rd8 33. Bc4 bxc3 34. bxc3 Nxc3 35. Rxe5c

391) Bajarani, Ulvi 2441 — Demchenko, Anton 2627, Moscow Open A 2013,
2013.02.07, (6.26)
It was necessary to keep queens by 38. c3! with equal chances, for example, 38...
Qd8!? (38... b2+ 39. Kxb2 Rxc4 40. h7 Kg7 41. h8=Q+!? Rxh8 42. Rg1+ Kf8 43.
Qd6+ Ke8 44. Qb8+j) 39. Qf4 (39. Qg2?! Qh4! 40. Qg7+ Ke7 41. Rf1 Rf8 42.
Qg2 Rab8 43. axb3 axb3 44. Kb2 Qxh6 45. Qf2V) (39. Nd3!? Rxc4 40. h7 Rh4 41.
Rg1 Rxh7 42. Qg2V) 39... b2+ 40. Kxb2 Rxc4 41. Qxc4 Qd2+ 42. Ka3 Qxe1
43. Qb4+ Kg8 44. Qg4+j In the game, 38. Qxa5? Rxa5 39. cxb3 axb3 40. Nxb3
Ra4!g led to the better position for Black.

392) Zeynalzade, Vali Imran 1998 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2452, Independence day open,
Baku, 2013.10.16, (3.1)
28... Qxc4 29. Bxc4 and now, 29... exf4 30. gxf4 g5j equalizes.
393) Bajarani, Ulvi 2452 — Ahmadov, Fariz 2188, Independence day open, Baku,
2013.10.19, (6.1)
14. Qxe4! Trading the strongest piece of Black. 14... fxe4 15. Ng5 Nb4 (15...
Rad8?! 16. Be3 b6 17. Nxe4 Nb4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21.
Rxa7 Nxc2 22. Kf2 Rd3 23. Bc1c) and now, instead of 16. Nxe4?! Nxc2 17. Rb1
b6V, White could have got an advantage by 16. c3! Nc2 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Rxd8
Rxd8 19. Nxe4 Rd1+ 20. Kf2f It is important here not to overestimate the pin on
the 1st rank. Here, the sample variation describing the advantage of White: 20... c4
21. a4! Weakening the c4-pawn. 21... a6 22. a5 Bh6 23. g3f Rh1 24. Nd2
Rxh2+ 25. Kg1 Re2 26. Nxc4c

394) Radovanovic, Nikola 2272 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2500, WYCC U18 Open Classic,
Al-Ain, 2013.12.26, (9.7)
26... Qg5!i (26... Qxh2+? 27. Kxh2 Rxb2 28. g5e gives chances to White.)

395) Bajarani, Ulvi 2471 — Guliev, Sarhan 2415, Azerbaijan Championship Men
2014, Baku, 2014.06.05, (6.4)
35. Nf5! A crucial intermediate move before queen exchange. 35... Re8 36. Qxd5+
Nxd5 37. Nxd4h

396) Yaramis, Hakan 2102 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2486, Nana Alexandria Cup, Poti,
2014.07.14, (2.14)
Black rightly avoided trading, but the exact way was 20... Qa3!g For example, 21.
Rbb1 f6!?e

397) Bajarani, Ulvi 2496 — Mithil, Ajgaonkar 2258, World Junior Championship
U20 Open, Pune, 2014.10.07, (2.16)
It was important to keep queens by 23. Re3!f (23. Qd3!? allows 23... Ne5 24. Nxe5
dxe5 25. Bxb6 Rxb6V) For example, 23... Bxe4 24. Qe2 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26.
Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rdxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qf5 29. Nd4 Qg5 30. g3f

398) Zarinfam, Arsalan 2247 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2551, Fuad Djafarov Memorial 2015,
Baku, 2015.12.06, (10.1)
15... Qxd4! 16. cxd4 a5j

399) Bajarani, Ulvi 2460 — Keler, Faruk 2291, 5th Marmaris Karya IM 2019, Mar-
maris, 2019.03.11, (6.2)
21. Qxf6 (21. Qxg4 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Qg3 Nbd7j) 21... Nxf6 and now, the
possible way to keep a slight advantage is 22. Rfe1!? (22. Rac1 allows 22... d5 23. f3
Bd7 24. Kf2 Rac8j) 22... Rac8 23. Rac1f
400) Bajarani, Ulvi 2477 — Baryshpolets, Andrey 2562, Texas Collegiate Superfi-
nals, Richardson, 2019.10.20, (3.1)
37... Qxe4?? A conceptual error made by Black in time shortage: if the opponent’s
king is weak in the position with opposed-squared bishops, don’t trade queens. (The
winning way is 37... Rf8+! 38. Ke2 ( 38. Kg1 Qg3 39. Rc7 d3i the variation by Alex
Onischuk.) 38... Qg3!i the variation by Alex Onischuk ) (Not so clear is 37... Qf6+
38. Ke2 Rf8! (38... Rxd6 39. Qe8+ Qf8 (39... Bf8 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Qf7
Qe5+ 42. Kd1! Qg7 43. Qe6 Be7 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Bxf8 46.
Kc2 Bd6 47. Kd3 Be5 48. Bc6 b4 49. Kc4j) 40. Qxf8+ Bxf8 41. Rxd6 Bxd6
42. Kd3 Bc5 43. Bc6 b4 44. Kc4j) 39. Kd3 Qf1+ 40. Qe2 Qb1+ 41. Qc2 Qf1+
42. Qe2 Qf4 43. Qe1! b4 44. d7 Qf5+ 45. Kc4 Qxd7 46. Qe6 Qd8 47. Ra6 Qg5 48.
Ra8 Qc1+ 49. Kb5 Rxa8 50. Bxa8 Qf1+ 51. Qc4 Qf4 52. Bf3 Bf8e) 38. Bxe4j

401) Chrzuszcz, Malvina 2042 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2301, Cappelle le Grande,

2009.03.05, (7.125)
83... Rh3! 84. Re5 Rg3! 85. Kf2 Kh3! 86. Re8 Rg2+! 87. Kf1 g4 88. Rh8+ Kg3i

402) Bajarani, Ulvi 2331 — Kalegin, Evgeny 2490, Voronezh Open, Voronezh,
2009.06.19, (7.22)
59. Ra7 Kf4 and now, White couldn’t provide the drawing path: 60. Ra4+F Ke3
61. Rh4F Ra2+ 62. Kg1 Rf2 63. Ra4 Ra2 64. Rh4 Kd3 65. Rh3+F Kc2 66.
Rf3j
403) Primbetov, Kazbek 2256 — Bajarani, Ulvi 2483, Abu Dhabi Master, Abu
Dhabi, U.A.E., 2014.08.28, (9.19)
The only way to draw was 93. Be4j, for example, 93... b2 94. Bb1j

404) Bajarani, Ulvi 2470 — El Jawich, Amro 2238, 10th Beirut International Open
Chess Ch, Beirut, 2019.04.29, (4.2)
Here, the only way to draw was 53... Ra8F 54. Rh7+ Kf6Fj

405) Bajarani, Ulvi 2485 — Pourramezanali, Amirreza 2480, Turkish Teams Ch

1st League 2019, Konya, 2019.07.22, (1.5)
83. Kg6!h Kf8 84. Rf6+! The tempo win (84. Rb6? Ra1 85. f5 Rf1j) 84... Ke8
(84... Kg8 85. Rb6 Kf8 86. f5h) 85. Kg7h