Asymmetrical warfare in chess: The Ultra Flexible 1...g6 Part Three

Hello chess lovers
In the final part of this trilogy I would like to share the brilliant game Ioseliani vs Svidler 1998 with you.
Aside from looking at the unorthodox nature of black's concept we can also explore the cross pollination of ideas in the Modern Defence and see how ideas from the Sicillian Dragon are quite similiar.

This game has some aesthetic qualities which will be backed up by variations.

Ioseliani v. Svidler 1998


1.e4g6 2.d4Bg7 3.Nc3d6 4.Be3a6 5.Qd2Nd7 6.f3b5 7.h4Ngf6 8.g4h6!? Svidler is using a lot of flexible moves here.He is ready for h4-h5 or g4-g5.
9.Nh3Nb6 10.0-0-0b4 11.Nb1?! A critical moment. White wants the bishop on f1 to guard c4 and so leaves the knight on this sad  outpost.The problem is that it leads to a lot of mating ideas on the b2 square.Svidler develops a plan around this.
11....a5 12.Nf4Nfd7Svidler prepares for action on the queenside.Note that his king has a fixed address. 13.Bb5 
(13.e5de5 14.de5Be5 15.Nfd5Bb7 16.Nb6cb6 17.Bb5Bd6)
13...Bb7 14.d5c5!! Beautiful concept.This is all based on the important square c4. Now we have a Sicillian type structure where c5 is played with loads of attractive variations.
15.dc6!? (15.Ne6fe6 16.de6Bc6!! 17.ed7 -17Bc6Nc4! 18.ed7Kf8- 17...Qd7 18.Bc6Qc6 19.Qe20-0)
15...Bc6 16.Qe2(16.Bc6Nc4 with the idea of Bb2#)Rc8 17.Bc6Rc6At this point black is virtually playing a form of Sicillian Dragon with the open c-file and white's king in his sights.
 18.Nd50-0 
Only now does Svidler castle in order to secure the king and get the other rook into action.
19.Bd4Bd4 20.Rd4e6 21.Ne3Nc5 At this point white goes quite wrong.However she was under some pressure and she also has to a
djust to the fact that she has no aggressive possibilities.
22.Nc4?


(22.Qb5Qf6 ; 22.b3e5!)
22...Nc4 23.Rc4d5 24.ed5ed5 25.Rhd1Nd3!! A lovely line clearance move with a check.
Svidler plays this part of the game extremely well. The white king has been a liability on c1 for many moves and Svidler cashes in.
26.Qd3Rc4 27.Nd2Rc6 now we reach the business end of the game where results are all important.
28.h5Qg5 29.hg6fg6 30.Kb1Sadly for white this did not improve the situation.
30...Rfc8 31.Nb3Rc2 32.f4Qf4 33.Qg6 Kh8 34.Rh1Rh2 And here white had enough. 0-1
Summary:
Svidler played for imbalances in the opening. He was playing fora win in this event and he chose
something that his opponent would be unfamiliar with.The opponent played well for 10 moves and then 11.Nb1?! allowed Svidler to develop a concept around the b2 square and the bad position of white's King which was stuck on the c-file.