| ECO D10 in 2004 play it! gelfand b defeats black's vallejo pons f in 81 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. Bxa3 Bxa3 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rxa3 Qc7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfa1 a5 21. Rc3 g6 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rc5 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Raxa5 Rb6 27. g3 Rcb8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Qe4 R8b5 30. Rxc6 Rf5 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 h5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. e4 Rb5 35. Qc3 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 e5 37. dxe5 Qe6 38. Qc5 Kh7 39. Qf8 Qxe5 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ |
| ECO D02 in 1987 play it! gelfand b defeats black's balashov y in 65 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Bxa4 Ne4 17. Be1 a6 18. Bc2 Nd6 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bb3 Ne4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bc2 Nd6 23. Bb1 Nec4 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bd3 Qb4 28. Qg4 Qc5 29. Rc1 h6 30. b3 Rd8 31. Bxc4 Rd2 32. Qf4 e6 33. e4 |
| ECO D10 in 2004 play it! gelfand b defeats black's shabalov a in 49 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 c5 11. exf6 Bxf3 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Qxh7 Nf6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Bg5 Bf4 16. Qh3 Bxh1 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Qh4+ Qf6 20. g5 Qf5 21. O-O-O Rad8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Bd3 Rxg7 24. Nxe4 Rh7 25. Bc7+ |
| ECO D02 in 1994 play it! gelfand b defeats black's adianto utut in 56 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 a5 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Qd2 Qa6 15. Bd5 Nf4 16. Qe2 Qc4 17. Bxc4 Rg8 18. Bd2 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Bc3 Ng4 21. Ba6 f6 22. Rd1 Ra7 23. Rdb1 Bd6 24. a4 Bxc5 25. Ra2 f5 26. Qf1 Rxa6 27. Re1 Bxd4 28. g3 Nhf6 |
| ECO D02 in 1987 play it! gelfand b defeats black's chekhov v in 77 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Ba3 a5 12. Nxc4 Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 Bg6 15. h4 f6 16. h5 Bf7 17. h6 g6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qe2 f5 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nb6 23. Qb2 Be8 24. Rb1 Nd5 25. Nxb7 Qg5 26. f4 Qxh6 27. Qc1 g5 28. fxg5 Qg7 29. Rab3 f4 30. Nc5 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 fxg3 32. Nxe6 Qf7 33. Nxf8 Nf4 34. Qf1 Ne2+ 35. Qxe2 Qxb3 36. Qf3 Qc4 37. Qf4 Bf7 38. Nd7 Qd3 39. e6 |
| ECO D22 in 1990 play it! gelfand b defeats black's gulko b in 63 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 Be7 11. e4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Nb3 e5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bb1 Bf8 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Nh4 g6 21. Ba2 Bxe4 22. f3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Qd3 e4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Qb3 Rcc4 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Qg3+ Rg4 30. Qe3 Bc5 31. Qxh6 Rg6 32. Qh3 |
| ECO D15 in 1990 play it! gelfand b defeats black's hort v in 65 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Qd6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rab8 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Qg2 bxc4 16. bxc4 e6 17. Rb1 Ba8 18. c5 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Na4 Bb7 23. Ba5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc7 25. Nb2 Nb5 26. a4 Qxc5 27. axb5 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Qxf4 29. Bd2 Qxe5 30. Nd3 Qf5 31. Qa7 Nd7 32. Ne1 Bc8 33. Qc7 |
| ECO D17 in 1991 play it! gelfand b defeats black's hort v in 99 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. Be2 h5 19. b4 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kc7 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 h4 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Re2 Kd6 27. Kd3 g5 28. Rd2 f5 29. Ke3+ Kc7 30. b5 Re7 31. bxc6 Kxc6 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33. a5 Rf7 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. Kc4+ Kc7 36. Ba4 Re7 37. Rd1 g4 38. Kc5 b6+ 39. axb6+ axb6+ 40. Kb4 f4 41. Bc2 Rf7 42. Be4 f3 43. gxf3 gxf3 44. Kc3 b5 45. Bd3 Rg7 46. h3 e5 47. Bxb5 e4 48. Kd4 Kb6 49. Rb1 f2 50. Be2+ |
| ECO D17 in 2004 play it! gelfand b defeats black's kobalia m in 59 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Nf7 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd6 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Rd3 Nc4 23. Ne4 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Re8 26. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 27. Nxc5 Rxe2 28. Bf3 Rf2 29. Re1 Bh6 30. Rd8+ |
| ECO D10 in 1993 play it! gelfand b defeats black's shirov a in 77 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 O-O 13. Nc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18. Rfc1 Qa8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qg4 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Ra1 Qb8 23. Qg3 Bd8 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Bb1 Bxa5 26. h4 Bd8 27. h5 Qc7 28. Bh6 Qe7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. f4 Qh7 34. Qe8+ Qg8 35. Bf8 Rf7 36. Qxd8 Nd3 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Nxe6 |
| ECO D17 in 1989 play it! gelfand b defeats black's hector j in 85 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 Qf5+ 18. Kb3 Nc5+ 19. Kb4 Rd5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd6+ Kc7 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Rd1 Rf2 24. b3 e5 25. g3 Re8 26. Bc4 e4 27. Kc3 Re5 28. Rd2 Rf3+ 29. Kb2 a6 30. Re1 e3 31. Rc2 g5 32. Bf1 h5 33. Bg2 g4 34. Rce2 Rff5 35. Kc3 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kd3 c5 38. Ra2 c4+ 39. bxc4 bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Ra5 41. Ree2 h4 42. Kd4 h3 43. Be4 |
| ECO D10 in 1987 play it! gelfand b defeats black's kosic d in 125 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Bd7 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Na6 10. c5 Qd8 11. a3 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. b4 Bf5 14. Rb1 Nb8 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Bb2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 18. b5 Nf5 19. Rfc1 Rab8 20. a4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. a5 Bg7 24. Qd2 Qd7 25. Qb4 Rbe8 26. Ned4 Re4 27. a6 bxa6 28. bxa6 Nxd4 29. exd4 Qc8 30. Qb7 Bxd4 31. Qxa7 Bf6 32. Qb7 Re7 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc2 Ra7 35. Ra2 Kf8 36. Ne1 Ke7 37. Nd3 Kd7 38. Rb6 Bc3 39. Ra3 Bd4 40. Ra4 Bc3 41. Ra3 Bd4 42. Rab3 f6 43. Kf1 Be5 44. Rb7+ Rc7 45. f4 Bd4 46. R7b4 Be3 47. Ke2 d4 48. Rb6 Ra8 49. Rb2 Re8 50. Kd1 g5 51. fxg5 Bxg5 52. Rb7 Ra8 53. Rxc7+ Kxc7 54. Rb7+ Kc8 55. Rb6 Kd7 56. Nb4 Bf4 57. Rxc6 Be5 58. Rb6 Rg8 59. Rb7+ Kc8 60. Rxh7 Rxg2 61. a7 Rg1+ 62. Kc2 Ra1 63. Nd5 |
| ECO D17 in 1987 play it! gelfand b defeats black's smagin s in 99 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. h4 h6 9. e4 Bh7 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Ba5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. g4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qg3+ 18. Qf2 Qf4 19. Qe3 Qg3+ 20. Kf1 Bb6 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Rfd8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Ke2 Nd7 25. g5 Ne5 26. Bb3 Rd4 27. Rhd1 Rad8 28. f4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Ng6 31. f5 Nxh4 32. g6 Nxg6 33. fxg6 Bxg6 34. Kf3 Bh5+ 35. Kg3 Kf8 36. Ne3 Be2 37. Nf5 Bd3 38. Kf3 c5 39. Bd5 Ba6 40. Nd6 f6 41. Bxb7 Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Ke7 43. a5 bxa5 44. Nxc5 Kd6 45. Nb7+ Ke5 46. Nxa5 g5 47. Nc6+ Kd6 48. Nd4 Kc5 49. Nf5 h5 50. Ng7 |
| ECO D17 in 1987 play it! gelfand b defeats black's dokhoian y in 107 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bc2 13. Rd2 Bb3 14. e4 Na6 15. Bf2 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. e5 Nh7 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Nf8 22. f4 Rc8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. b3 Rc7 25. Nd6 a6 26. Kf3 Rd7 27. Ke4 Rc7 28. Ke3 Rd7 29. a5 g6 30. Be2 f6 31. Rd4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bd8 33. Nc4 Be7 34. Nd6 Bd8 35. b4 b6 36. Nc4 bxa5 37. bxa5 Be7 38. Nd6 Bd8 39. Ra4 Rc7 40. Kd4 Rc2 41. Bxa6 Rxg2 42. Bc4 Rxh2 43. a6 Bb6+ 44. Kd3 Rh3+ 45. Kc2 Rh2+ 46. Kc3 Rh3+ 47. Kb4 Re3 48. Nc8 Bd4 49. Ne7+ Kf7 50. Nc6 Bc3+ 51. Kb5 Re1 52. a7 Rb1+ 53. Nb4 Bxb4 54. Rxb4 |
| ECO D02 in 1990 play it! gelfand b defeats black's nikolic p in 81 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qd2 Bb3 12. a5 a6 13. Na4 e6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Be4 Qd8 19. f4 Be7 20. e3 O-O 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Rac1 Qa4 26. Qf3 c3 27. bxc3 Qxa5 28. f5 Bc4 29. fxe6 Ne7 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Ng6 32. Qxc4 fxe6 33. Qg4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qb5 35. c4 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. Rf2 a5 39. Qe4 Ne7 40. Bxa5 Nf5 41. Bd2 |
| ECO A40 in 1987 play it! gelfand b defeats black's knaak rainer in 73 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5 Ra7 9. Nb1 Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. d5 Qc8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Na6 14. Be3 Qe8 15. d6 Nxe4 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxd7 Qf6 18. Nc6 Nec5 19. Qd2 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 e5 21. Bg2 c6 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Rd2 e4 25. Rfd1 Qf5 26. a3 a4 27. Rd8 h6 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qg4 Qf6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qc8 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Bh3 Rf6 34. Bd4 Rf7 35. Rd6 Nd3 36. Be6 Re7 37. Bf5+ |
| ECO A80 in 1994 play it! gelfand b defeats black's nikolic p in 83 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bg5 Na6 11. Qe1 Nc7 12. g4 b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Ne2 Ncd5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Rg1 Qe8 18. Bh6 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Kh8 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. Rh1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qg6 24. Nd4 a5 25. Qd2 Bg8 26. Rh6 Qg7 27. Nxc6 g3 28. Rhh1 Rf2 29. Qd4 Nf4 30. Kb1 Rf8 31. Bxg8 Rxg8 32. Nd8 Rf8 33. Qc5 Re2 34. Rd7 g2 35. Rc1 Rxe5 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxe5 Qf6 38. Ng4 Qe6 39. Qg5+ Ng6 40. Rdd1 Kg7 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Ne3 |
| ECO A40 in 1990 play it! gelfand b defeats black's azmaiparashvili in 115 moves | 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. Bc3 e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. f3 Be6 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Nc3 O-O 18. g4 Nd7 19. h4 Nb6 20. b3 f6 21. Nfd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bc8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Qh6 f5 27. gxh5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. h6 Ne8 30. Re7 Rg6 31. Ne2 Nf6 32. Nf4 Rg3 33. Rh3 Rgg8 34. Ne6 Rd7 35. Rg7 Rgxg7 36. hxg7+ Rxg7 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Rg3+ Kf7 39. Kd2 Bd7 40. Rg1 Ng8 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Rb1 Ne7 43. b4 cxb4 44. Rxb4 b6 45. a4 Nc8 46. a5 Kf6 47. f4 Ke7 48. Rb1 bxa5 49. Rh1 Kf6 50. Rxh7 Ne7 51. Ke3 Be8 52. Rh8 Bd7 53. Rd8 Bc8 54. Rxd6+ Kf7 55. Bc2 Ng6 56. Rc6 Bd7 57. Rc7 Ke8 58. Rxd7 |
| ECO A41 in 2007 play it! gelfand b defeats black's markowski t in 59 moves | 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Qf3 Qe5 14. g5 Qe7 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Rad1 f6 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. b4 Qxg3 21. fxg3 Nd7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Rf7 24. c5 Kg7 25. Bc4 Re7 26. a4 Re8 27. Rf1 Re7 28. Rd2 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Bd5 |