CURSO GRATIS DEFENSA BERLINESA EN LA ESPAÑOLA

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2802"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {One of the main crossroads for Black, whether to put the pawn on h5 or h6. The alternative 10...h6 is cautious, while the move in the text is directed to fight against White's pawn offensive on the kingside. Its only drawback is the weakening of the g5-square.} 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 Be6 {is another line that has appeared recently at the top level.}) 11... Bd7 $146 {Another novelty from Levon. Black is going to develop his queenside rook before continuing the development of the other flank. Previously, Black automatically played 11...e7.} (11... Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 (12... Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rh6 17. Rfe1 Bc5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Bxc7 Ke7 {/= ½-½ Caruana,F (2714)-Jakovenko,D (2732)/Mulhouse 2011/CB22_2011 (43)}) 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 $11 {½-½ Anand,V (2817)-Nakamura,H (2753)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011/CB40_2011 (36)}) 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. b3 (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Nfg5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bc8 {This seems to be playable for Black. Later on he can drive White's outposted knight by f7-f6.}) 13... Be7 14. Rfe1 $6 {Allows the move that now follows.} (14. Ne4 Be6 15. c4 {As long as White keeps more minor pieces on the board he can fight for an advantage.}) 14... Bb4 {The pin itself is not so frightening for White. However, the point is that Black will now exchange his dark-squared bishop. This will solve his development problems.} 15. Bd2 Bc8 16. Ne2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne7 {An important square for the knight.} 18. Nc4 (18. c4 Ng6 19. f4 Ke7 $11) 18... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 19. a3 Ke7 20. f3 {Trying to slowly prepare the offensive on the kingside.} h4 {Fixing the kingside and at the same time preparing the rook manoeuvre that follows on the next move.} 21. Kf2 Rh5 {In the "Berlin endgame" the problem of developing this rook is often very apparent for Black. This is one of the possible ways to solve it.} 22. Rd2 Re8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. a4 {Ivanchuk is seeking to slightly improve his position also on the other side of the board.} a6 25. a5 Nb4 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Nd4 Ne7 {Levon is not in the mood to repeat moves!} 28. Re4 Rh6 $6 {Even if this provocation worked out well, it would have been objectively safer to go back 28...d5 with equality.} 29. f4 $6 (29. e6 $1 {This is a typical idea and was a good chance to seize the initiative.} Bxe6 (29... fxe6 30. Ne2 (30. Ne5 $44) 30... Nd5 31. Ne5 $44) 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 (30... fxe6 31. Rf4+ Nf5 32. Ne5 $14) 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Ne5 Rc8 33. Rd4 Nf5 34. Rb4 Rd8 35. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 29... Nd5 30. Kf3 $6 {Vassily clearly overestimated his chances.} (30. Nf3 Bf5 31. Red4 Nc3 32. Ng5 c5 33. Rd8 f6 34. Ne3 fxg5 35. Nxf5 Ne4+ 36. Ke2 Nxd2 37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Nxh6 Nxb3 39. cxb3 gxh6 40. f5 b5 $11) 30... Rg6 {With the very unpleasant threat 31...g3+ 32.f2 f5!} 31. f5 Rh6 32. Re1 $2 (32. Kf2 c5 (32... Rh5 33. Nf3 Bxf5 34. Rxh4 Rxh4 35. Nxh4 $15) 33. Nf3 Bxf5 34. Rxh4 Rxh4 35. Nxh4 Be6 $15) 32... c5 $6 (32... Rh5 $1 {was much stronger.} 33. Ke4 (33. Kg4 g6 $19) 33... Nc3+ 34. Kd3 Nb5 $17 {[%csl Rf5]}) 33. Ne2 Ne7 $1 {This knight jumps forward and back throughout the whole game, but very effectively. White's centre is collapsing.} 34. Nf4 $6 (34. f6 $1 gxf6 35. Nf4 {was the least of the evils with some counterchances.}) 34... Nxf5 {Now Black is a healthy pawn up.} 35. c3 Ne7 36. Red1 Ng6 37. Nd3 (37. Rd5 Nxf4 38. Kxf4 Rc6 $17 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 37... Be6 38. Re1 Rh5 39. Kf2 (39. Nxc5 Bxc4 40. Nd7+ Kg8 41. bxc4 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Nxe5 43. Kd1 f6 $19) 39... Rf5+ 40. Kg1 Bxc4 41. bxc4 Nxe5 {White could already resign.} 42. Rde2 f6 43. Re4 (43. Nxc5 Nf3+ 44. gxf3 Rxe2 45. Rxe2 Rxc5 46. Rb2 Rxc4 47. Rxb7 Rxc3 $19) 43... b6 44. axb6 cxb6 45. Rxh4 {White has won back one pawn, but the endgame is hopeless.} Ng6 46. Rhe4 Rxe4 47. Rxe4 Kf7 48. Re2 Ne5 49. g4 Rf3 50. Nxe5+ fxe5 51. Kg2 Rxc3 52. Rf2+ Kg6 53. Rb2 a5 54. Rxb6+ Kg5 55. Rb5 a4 {Two passed pawns decide.} 56. Rxc5 Kf4 57. Ra5 a3 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 31st"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "2015.10.22"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2796"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2015.10.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 169"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Siberia"] [BlackTeam "Socar"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {Caruana himself prefers to start with 9.h3 as White. This is a matter of taste, as there are too many nuances in this endgame.} Ke8 10. h3 h5 {Black's main idea is to block White's pawn majority on the kingside. The only drawback of this move - the weakening of the g5-square.} 11. Ne2 {Not the main move, but in general a standard manoeuvre. The knight is heading to f4, where it will eye up the h5 and support the e5-e6 thrust. Nevertheless, the main move 11.f4 seems to pose more problems for Black.} (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 (14... Bc4 15. Rfe1 Rg6 16. Nce4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ (17. b3 {seems to be more precise.} {The point is that after} Bd5 18. c4 Bxg5 $4 19. Bxg5 {[%csl Rd8] the rook is hanging.}) 17... Bxd8 18. b3 Bd5 19. c4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Be6 21. Kg2 c5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11 {½-½ (54) Adams,M (2745)-Kramnik,V (2769) London 2014}) 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 (20. Rde1 Kf7 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Nc5 $14 {½-½ (37) Bacrot,E (2711)-Anand,V (2797) Baden-Baden 2015}) 20... Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 Kd8 27. Nf5 c5 28. Ng3 $14 {½-½ (122) Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014}) 11... b6 12. Bg5 (12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 (14... h4 $5 {is a possible improvement. In some cases the kingside rook may enter the game via h5.}) 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bc8 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Bg5+ Ke6 20. Bd8 Kxe5 21. Bxc7+ Kf5 22. Bb8 $1 a6 23. Ba7 b5 24. Rd6 Rh6 25. Rd8 Be6 26. b3 $14 {½-½ (87) Grischuk,A (2763)-Jakovenko,D (2722) Moscow 2012}) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 $146 ({In the only preceding game Black achieved a good position after} 13. Nf4 $6 c5 14. Nh4 Nxh4 15. Bxh4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 {½-½ (43) Volokitin,A (2695)-Hovhannisyan,R (2600) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Be7 (13... c5 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Ne4 Be7 {is also perfectly playable for Black.}) 14. Bxe7 (14. e6 {This idea is standard and always deserves some attention. Black should reply with} f6 (14... fxe6 $2 15. Nf4 $36) 15. Bf4 c5 $1 (15... Bd6 $6 16. Ng3 $1 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 $14) 16. Bxc7 g5 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 14... Kxe7 15. Nf4 c5 16. Ng5 Rh6 $2 {This move appears to be bad enough to call it a decisive mistake!} (16... Rad8 $2 17. e6 $16) (16... Rhd8 $1 {was the only right choice. It's psychologically not easy to sacrifice a pawn in an endgame, so I don't find this move obvious at all.} 17. Nxh5 (17. e6 $2 f6 18. Ng6+ Ke8 {That's why it was important to put the kingside rook on d8.}) 17... Ba6 $1 18. Rxd8 (18. Rfe1 $2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Be2 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rh5]}) 18... Rxd8 19. Rc1 Rd5 20. f4 (20. Nf3 $6 Be2 $15) 20... Rd2 21. Ne4 Re2 22. Neg3 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Rd2 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Re1 Rxc2 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Nxg7+ Kf8 28. Nf5 Ke8 {White doesn't have more than a repetition.}) 17. c3 {As simple as it is strong. Now White's plan is simple: to put the rook on e1 and push e5-e6. So, Black's next move is practically forced.} f6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 (18... gxf6 $2 19. Rfe1+ Kf8 20. Nge6+ $18) 19. Nfe6 $1 Rg6 (19... Re8 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. g3 {White is in full control.}) 20. f4 Ne3 21. Rd7 {Threatening mate in one, so Black's reply is forced.} Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. g4 {A dream position for White in the Berlin variation!} hxg4 (24... Bc6 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26. Kf2 hxg4 27. hxg4 {makes no difference.}) 25. hxg4 Bc6 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Kf2 $1 (27. Re7 $6 {would allow} Rf8 {[%csl Rf4] and the white knight will have to go back to h3.}) 27... Bd5 28. Rd7 Bxa2 {This pawn is of little significance.} (28... Bc6 29. Re7 $18) 29. Kg3 {All White's forces are superbly coordinated.} a5 30. Ne4 $1 Bb1 (30... Kh7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nh5 Rf8 33. f5 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4g6]}) (30... a4 31. f5+ Kh7 32. Kf4 {Slowly, but surely White will prevail.}) 31. f5+ Kh6 32. Nd2 Bc2 33. Nf3 Be4 34. Ne5 (34. g5+ $1 {would finish it quicker.} Kh5 35. Kf4 Bxf3 36. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h2] mating.}) 34... Kg5 35. Nf7+ Kf6 36. Kf4 {[%cal Gg4g5] Mating net completed, so Black has to give up a piece.} Bxf5 37. gxf5 g6 38. fxg6 Kxg6 {If the black king were on the queenside, Caruana could hope for an escape "à la" Carlsen-Anand, game seven of the 2014 Wch match, but not this time.} 39. Rd8 {The easiest way.} Rxd8 40. Nxd8 Kf6 41. c4 Ke7 42. Nc6+ Kd6 43. Ne5 b5 44. Ke4 c6 45. b3 Kc7 (45... a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Nd3 a3 48. Nc1 $18) 46. Kd3 a4 47. bxa4 Kb6 48. Kc3 Ka5 49. Kb3 {Excellent play by Alexander Grischuk!} 1-0 [Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2006.02.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2006.02.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 112"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ {This check does not allow black to hide his king on the queenside. The black king is forced to stay in the centre where it might be vulnerable.} Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 {Topalov already played this position also as white.} (12... Be6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. Nf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rg8 17. a3 h6 18. Bc1 Be6 $11 {½-½ Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (34)}) 13. Nd4 (13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Kh2 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 f6 $15 {½-½ Svidler,P (2727)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (25)}) (13. a3 h6 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f4 Nh4 20. Kf2 h5 21. g3 Nf5 22. Nf3 c5 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxh3 $11 {½-½ Topalov,V (2735)-Vallejo Pons,F (2662)/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99 (61)}) 13... h6 14. Be3 h5 $146 {Black is fighting against white's pawns offensive on the kingside. Also, after the forthcoming h5-h4 black's rook gets a chance to join the battle via h5.} ({The plan adopted by Almasi is probably safer:} 14... Bb4 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. Ne2 b6 18. Ng3 h5 19. f5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 f6 21. Rfe1 Ba4 {½-½ Shirov,A (2715)-Almasi,Z (2644)/Monaco 2002/CBM 087 ext (21)}) 15. f4 h4 16. f5 $3 {[%mdl 512] A very deep and sound pawn sacrifice based mainly on intuition. At the price of a pawn Svidler seizes the initiative.} (16. Rd3 Bc5 17. Rfd1 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. f6 $1 {[%mdl 32] It's very important to prevent from black to play f7-f6, so that the knight won't have a stronghold on e5.} Rh5 18. Ne4 g6 (18... Nc4 19. Bf4 Nxb2 20. Rb1 {is bad for black.}) 19. Bf4 c5 (19... Bd6 $2 20. g4 $1 hxg3 21. Nxg3 Rxh3 22. Rde1 Kf8 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $16) 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 {Black's main problem is his king which is highly vulnerable in the centre and disconnected rooks. In my opinion, the position remains playable for black, but from psychological point of view it's much easier to be on the offensive side.} Be6 (21... Rf5 $6 22. Re3 $1 Be6 ({A spectacular mate is after} 22... Rxf4 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Re8+ $1 Bxe8 25. Nxf7+ Kc8 26. Rd8#) 23. Bxc7 c4 24. Re2 $1 Rc8 25. Red2 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxc7 28. Kf2 {[%csl Rh4] with a good winning chances for white.}) 22. Rfd3 ({After} 22. Ng5 $6 Rd8 23. Re1 c4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 {[%cal Gd8d1,Gf8c5] white loses all his trumps.}) 22... c4 23. R3d2 c6 24. Ng5 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Bd5 $6 {This moment was rather critical.} (25... c3 $1 26. bxc3 Bxa2 {Looks rather risky for black, but some concrete variations does not confirm that white has more than equality here. For instanse:} 27. Rd7 ({Not dangerous for black:} 27. Ne4 Bf8) ({Or:} 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Bf2) 27... b6 28. Rb7 (28. Ne4 $2 Be6 29. Nxc5 $2 (29. Rc7 Rd5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Re7+ Kf8 $15) 29... Bxd7 30. Nxd7 Rf5 $1 31. Bc7 Rd5 {and after the exchange of rooks black is simply winning.}) 28... Bd5 29. Re1+ (29. c4 $5 Bxc4 30. Rdd7 (30. Ne4 Rd5 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Ree7 Rf5 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Bg7 Rxf6 $8 38. Bxf6 g5 {black saves his king and even gets some winning chances.}) 30... Rxg5 31. Bxg5 a5 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxe3 b5 $132 {[%csl Ga5]}) 29... Kf8 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Ree7 a5 (31... Bxe7 $2 32. fxe7+ Kg7 (32... Ke8 33. Ne4 {mating.}) 33. Be5+ $1 Kh6 34. Bb8 $18) 32. Rxf7+ Bxf7 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 (33... Kg8 $2 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. f7+ $18) 34. Rg7 (34. Rb7 $2 Rxg5 $1 35. Bxg5 Kf8 36. Rh7 Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 $17 {[%csl Ga5]} (37... Kf8 $4 38. Bh6 $18)) 34... a4 35. f7+ Ke7 36. f8=Q+ Kxf8 37. Ne6+ Ke8 38. Nc7+ Kf8 39. Ne6+ Ke8 $11) 26. Re2+ Kf8 27. Rde1 b5 ({Here} 27... c3 {was not so sound due to simple} 28. b3 {and the c3 will be a target.}) 28. c3 a5 29. a3 Rc8 30. g4 {The only way to make progress.} hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Be6 $6 ({The bold} 31... Ra8 $1 {would have been patient. Ok, white has the initiative, but I don't see a clear plan of improvement.}) 32. h4 $1 (32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Bd6 (34. Kg4 Rf5 $11) 34... Rg5+ $1 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Kg4 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Rc7 $11) 32... Kg8 $2 {Topalov is really eager too change the course of the game, but after the move in the text his position is beyond saving.} ({It was necessary to come back with the bishop:} 32... Bd5) 33. Re5 $1 (33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Rf5 {with good drawish chances.}) 33... Bf8 (33... Bd6 34. Rxe6 $1 Bxf4+ 35. Kxf4 fxe6 36. Kg4 {followed by 37.Rxe6. Despite being an exchange down, white has a winning position. Black's rooks are actually out of play.}) 34. Nxe6 {Now it's the right time for this capture, since black's h5 won't come out.} fxe6 35. Rd1 $1 {It's very important to control the "d" file.} Rh7 (35... Kf7 36. Bg5 {[%csl Yh5] locking the rook.}) 36. Rxe6 Rb7 37. Re4 {Preventing black's possible counterplay with b5-b4.} Kf7 38. Bg5 Re8 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Kg4 Rh7 (40... Rd7 $2 41. f7+ $1 Rxf7 42. Rd8#) (40... a4 {might be an improvement, but from psychological point of view it was obviously hard for Topalov to make such a move which deprives of any counterplay.}) 41. Re1+ Kd7 42. a4 $1 {Breaking black's pawns chain, Svidler gets additional targets for his rook.} bxa4 43. Re5 c5 44. Bf4 Rh8 45. Bg3 $1 {Black is actually in zugzwang.} Bh6 46. Re7+ Kc6 47. Bf4 Bxf4 48. Kxf4 Rh5 (48... Rxh4+ 49. Kg5 $18) 49. Re5 Rxh4+ 50. Kg5 $1 Rh5+ 51. Kxg6 Rxe5 52. f7 {Black can't stop the pawn, but white still has to be precise in the forthcoming queen vs rook endgame.} Re6+ 53. Kg5 Re5+ 54. Kg4 Re4+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kf2 a3 $1 57. f8=Q axb2 (57... a2 58. Qc8+ $1 (58. Qh6+ $2 {might still spoil it:} Kb5 59. Qh1 Rh3 $1 60. Qa1 a4 61. Qxa2 Rh1 $1 {locking the queen. White can't win this position!}) 58... Kb5 (58... Kb6 59. Qd8+ Ka6 60. Qd6+ Kb7 61. Qd7+ Kb6 62. Qa4 $18 {just like after 58...Kb5.}) 59. Qd7+ Kb6 60. Qa4 Rh3 61. Qxa2 Kb5 62. Qb1 $18) 58. Qc8+ Kb5 $1 {The last chance is stalemate!} 59. Qb7+ Ka4 60. Kxe3 (60. Qxb2 $4 Rf3+ $11) 60... Ka3 61. Qb5 a4 62. Qxc5+ Kb3 63. Qb4+ Kc2 64. Qxa4+ Kxc3 65. Qa5+ Kc2 66. Qf5+ Kc1 67. Qf1+ {[%mdl 4096] Perfect endgame technique by Svidler!} 1-0 [Event "Linares 20th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2003.02.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2734"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 094"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Nowadays the hight of fashion, after Kramnik's success with the Berlin against Kasparov in 2000 a lot of people started playing it (Ponomariov in the last months of 2002 and was successful with it in Wijk 2003).} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O $11 {was played already in the first World title match Steinitz-Zukertort in 1886! The symmetric position doesn't promise White much.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 (6. Bg5 {practically disappeared from practice after the strong novelty} f6 $1 7. dxe5 $6 Nxb5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Re1+ Kf7 10. Qd5+ (10. Bf4 $142 $5) 10... Kg7 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Nh4 Rg8 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Qh5 Nd4 15. Nd5 b6 16. Nxf6 (16. Rad1 $142 $15) 16... Qxf6 17. Be5 Bg7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Re3 Bb7 20. Rg3 Rae8 21. Kh1 Ne4 22. Ng6+ Rxg6 23. Rxg6 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Rxf6 Nxh5 27. Rxf2 Kg7 $19 {Socko,B-Lautier,J/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 6... dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {[%csl Gc8,Ge6,Gf5,Gf8,Gg4] The basic Berlin position. White has a lead in development and a better -structure, but a clear road to an advantage is hard to find. This is because Black has also some trumps-his solid setup has no visible weaknesses, he has the  and last, but not least firmly controls the light squares on the  (e6,f5,g4).} Be7 {One of the many possible alternatives. Black started playing like this only recently and practice has proven his setup is viable even without the . All in all the Berlin defence is not so much about concrete moves and forced variations, but about long-term plans. Especially Kramnik has studied the nuances of the whole system very deeply, as the following examples prove:} (9... h6 10. b3 Ke8 (10... Bd7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. h3 Ne7 {is not so ideal, after} 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. h4 g4 20. Nh2 h5 21. Rd8+ Kb7 22. Nf4 Ng6 23. g3 c4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. bxc4 $14 {Socko,B-Kharlov,A/EU-ch Batumi/2002/ Black is still far from full equality.}) 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 h5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. c4 Rd8 16. h3 b6 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Bc1 Kc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. g4 g6 $1 {and Black's fortress seems unbreakable, e.g.} 25. f4 (25. h4 $6 hxg4 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Ke8 28. Kg2 {½, Deep Fritz-Kramnik,V/Manama m/2002/}) 25... Ke8 26. Kg2 hxg4 27. hxg4 Kf7 28. Kf3 (28. Kh3 Kg7 29. Be3 Kh7 30. Bf2 Kg7 31. Bh4 Bxh4 32. Kxh4 Kh6 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. f5 g5 $1 37. Ke3 Kf7 $11 {and the extra c6 tempo saves Black}) 28... Bd8 (28... Bh4 29. Ke4 Be1 30. f5 gxf5+ 31. gxf5 Ke7 32. Bg5+ Kd7 {is possibly also sufficient}) 29. Ke4 g5 $5 (29... Be7 30. f5 Bd8 31. Bh6 {[%cal Re4f4,Rh6g5] f4,g5+-}) 30. f5 c6 31. Be3 Kg7 32. fxe6 Kg6 $11 {and as the  break with b4 is insufficient, White has no visible way to improve his position.}) ({But Black's whole defence hangs on a thin thread and even a slight change of the -structure can render the  untenable, as witness} 9... Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. a3 h6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Ne4 Be6 (13... a4 $142 $5 $132) 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Nc5 a4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 Be7 19. Be3 c5 20. Rd1 Rf8 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Kg3 b5 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. h5 Kd7 26. c4 c6 27. Rf4 $1 Ke8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Kf3 g5 30. Bc1 b4 31. b3 $1 axb3 32. a4 $18 {Anand,V-Almasi,Z/Bundesliga 0203/2003/ and after picking up the b3 White went on to win.}) ({Later Almasi tried} 9... Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 (11. Ne4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd2 c5 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 Kc8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nc4 a5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Ned6+ Kb8 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Rd7 Rc8 $13 {Shirov,A-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo blind/2003/}) 11... Ng6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rfe1 Nf4 15. Nd4 a5 16. Nce2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re4 axb3 21. axb3 Ra2 22. Bc3 b5 23. Rd2 Be7 24. g3 c5 25. Rde2 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rd1 27. Be1 g5 28. c4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Rc2 Re4 32. Bd2 $16 {Anand,V-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo blind/2003/} Rxe5 $2 33. g4 $1 Re4 34. Be3 Kd7 35. Kf3 $18) 10. Rd1+ ({Pono's first experience woith the line was} 10. h3 Be6 (10... h6 {or}) (10... Ke8 {can lead to the above mentioned positions.}) 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rad1 Bc4 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 g5 $5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Ng3 c5 $5 20. Ndf5+ Bxf5 21. gxf5 f6 $1 $11 {Polgar,J-Ponomariov,R/Benidorm 5' plof/2002/}) (10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 {/ enables Black to save a tempo in comparison with the game, on the other hand it's to White's advantage to occupy the d with his a1, leaving the other  to support his .}) 10... Ke8 11. Bg5 (11. g3 h6 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rd8 (13... g5 $5 $13) 14. h3 g5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Ne6 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bc1 Nxh3+ (21... Nd5 $2 22. Nd3 b6 23. c4 $1 Nxf6 24. Nb4 c5 25. Bb2 cxb4 26. Bxf6 $16 {Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 22. Kg2 Nf4+ $132) 11... Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rd3 h6 14. Nf3 $146 {[%cal Rg2g4][%mdl 8] g4 The text is new, but at best only a slight improvement compared to} (14. Nge4 Rd8 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. f4 $6 {This is premature.} (17. h3 $142 $5 $14) 17... Ne3 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bh7 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Ne3 22. Kf2 Nc4 {Black already spurns a draw by repetition, but White retains enough counterchances.} 23. Rd4 b5 24. b3 Na3 25. Nce4 Nxc2 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nb4 28. a3 Nd5 29. Kf3 $44 {Grischuk,A-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14... g6 ({The active} 14... g5 $5 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. Nd4 Nf5 {has its positive (gains space on the ) and negative (also weakens the ) sides, it's difficult to say if it's better than the text.}) 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. h3 ({The seemingly promising} 16. Nd4 Nf5 $5 {probably didn't seem enough to Anand, the text fits his plans as well.}) 16... Be6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. f4 (18. Nxe6 Rxd3 $142 (18... Nxe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 (20... Nxd8 21. f4 Ne6 22. Ne2 $14 {is similar}) 21. Ne2 g5 22. g3 $14 { gives White a pleasant , which he can play for a win without any risk.}) 19. Rxd3 (19. Nxg7 $2 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Rg8 $19) 19... Kxe6 $5 (19... Nxe6 20. Ne4 $14 (20. Ne2 Nc5 $132)) 20. f4 g5 $132) ({However, the immediate advance of the f2 is rather committal, deserving attention was} 18. Ne4 $5 $14) 18... Bc4 $1 19. R3d2 c5 20. Nf3 (20. Ndb5 Nh5 $11 {[%csl Rf4] and White can't protect the important f4.}) 20... Nh5 21. b3 (21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. b3 Ba6 24. Ne4 Nxf4 25. Nxc5 Ne6 $5 $11) 21... Rxd2 (21... Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Ne2 c4 25. b4 $14) 22. Rxd2 {Logical, but interesting was also the other recapture} (22. Nxd2 $5 Be6 23. Rf1 {} Ng3 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Kh2 Nf5 26. Nde4 $14) 22... Be6 23. Ne2 c4 $1 $132 {Black exchanges his doubled  and is close to full equality.} 24. Kf2 $1 (24. g4 Ng7 {h5} (24... cxb3 $5 {is also playable, but hardly necessary}) 25. Kf2 {-24.f2}) ({Even after} 24. b4 c3 25. Rd4 Bxa2 26. Nxc3 Be6 27. g4 Ng7 $132 {/= White's advantage is more or less illusory.}) 24... cxb3 25. cxb3 {White has more space and potentially a more dangerous  majority, but the f5-square is under strong control.} (25. axb3 a5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gb7b5] gives Black chances to create a more dangerous outside  on the a.}) 25... c5 $6 (25... Rd8 $142 $5) 26. g4 Ng7 27. Nc3 h5 {[%csl Rg5] In the future the weakening of g5 will play a major role, but it's difficult to recommend passive waiting moves.} (27... Rd8 {is already not ideal due to} 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Nb5 $36 {e.g.,} a6 30. Nd6 {[%cal Rf3h4,Rf4f5] h4,f5}) 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 18432] This is however a more serious positional mistake, now Anand coordinates his pieces ideally and shows precise technique.} ({More in keeping with Black's 27-th move was} 29... Rh1 $5 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 b6 $14 {}) 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ng5 {First improve the f3...} Ke7 32. Nge4 b6 (32... c4 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Nd6 $18 Ba6 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nc7+ $16 {/+-}) 33. Kh4 {[%cal Rh4g5,Re4d6,Rf4f5] g5,d6,f5 Then the ...} Bd7 {Prevents the aforementioned plan, but now White activates also his c3.} 34. Nd5+ Kf8 ({More active, but weaker is} 34... Ke6 $143 35. Ndf6 Ke7 (35... Bc6 36. Nd6 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rg5h6] g5-h6} Ke7 (36... b5 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Ne8 40. Nc8+ $18) 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Ne8 {and White can afford even a :} 39. Nfxe8 Bxe8 40. Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Kg5 {a plausible line is} b5 (41... Ke7 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. a4 a6 45. f6 Kd7 46. Kd5 $18) 42. Kf4 f6 (42... Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. f6 $18) 43. e6 Ke7 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. a3 Kc6 46. a4 a6 47. axb5+ axb5 48. e7 Kd7 49. Kd5 c4 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. Kxc4 Kxe7 52. Kc5 $18) 36. Nxd7 $5 Kxd7 37. Kg5 Ke7 (37... Ne8 38. Nf6+ $1 $18 {-see above.}) 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Ne8 (39... Kf8 40. Nd6 $18) 40. f6+ $1 Kf8 (40... Ke6 41. Kf4 {[%cal Re4g5] g5+-}) 41. e6 $1 fxe6 42. Kg6 $18 {[%csl Gf6] and the f6 will cost Black his .}) 35. Nd6 Ne8 (35... Ne6 $142 $5 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Bc6 (37... Nd4 38. Kg5 Kg7 39. Nf6 Nf3+ 40. Kf4 Bc6 41. Nc8 Ne1 42. Ng4 $16 {is also no bed of roses}) 38. Ne3 Nd4 39. Kg5 Kg7 40. Nc8 {loses material, but Black would get at least a whiff of . Now he will be practically pushed of the board.}) 36. Nc4 b5 (36... Be6 37. Nce3 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rh4g5,Rf4f5] g5,f5,פe8}) 37. Nce3 Ng7 38. Kg5 Bc6 39. Nc7 $1 {[%csl Rc5] ×c5} (39. f5 $16 {/+- was also possible, but Anand targets a new × and for the time being avoids exchanges.}) 39... a5 (39... Ke7 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Kd7 42. Na6 $18) 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bd7 (41... Ne8 42. Nxe8 Kxe8 43. Kf6 {[%cal Re5e6] e6+-}) 42. Na6 c4 43. Nc5 Bc8 $8 {The only move, but now White has achieved full domination.} (43... cxb3 44. Nxd7+ Ke7 45. f6+ $18) 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6] d6} Bd7 46. Nc5 Bc8 (46... Bb5 47. a4 $18 {loses both .}) 47. e6 $1 $18 {Despite the simplification this break is decisive.} c3 (47... fxe6 48. f6 Nf5 (48... Ne8 49. Nxc4 $18 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc4e5] e5,f6}) 49. Nxc4 {} e5 (49... Kf7 50. Nxa5 $18 {[%cal Ra5c6] c6}) 50. Nb6 Nd6 51. Nxc8 Nxc8 52. Kg6 Nd6 53. Nd7+ Ke8 54. Nxe5 a4 55. a3 $22 (55. f7+ Ke7 56. a3 $2 Nxf7 $1 57. Nxf7 Ke6 $11) 55... Kf8 56. Nd7+ Ke8 57. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6a4] a4}) 48. e7+ $1 Ke8 (48... Kxe7 49. f6+ Kf8 50. fxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ne4 Be6 52. a3 $18 {and the last a3 will decide the game.}) (48... Kg8 49. f6 Ne8 50. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rc3] loses the c3}) 49. f6 Ne6+ 50. Nxe6 Bxe6 (50... fxe6 $2 51. Nc4 $18) 51. Kf4 {The  must cover d5 and f5 and is tied to e6.} Kd7 52. Ke5 $1 Bg4 (52... Bxa2 53. Nf5 c2 54. Nd6 c1=Q 55. e8=Q+ Kc7 56. Qc8+ Kb6 57. Qb7+ Kc5 58. Qb5#) 53. Kd4 Bd1 54. Kxc3 Ba4 {Now Black can activate his , but he will lose a piece in the process and Anand's  will be back on time.} 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Nd5 Kf5 57. Kc5 Ke5 58. a3 (58. Nc7 $18) 58... Ke6 59. Nc7+ Kxf6 60. e8=Q Bxe8 61. Nxe8+ Ke6 62. Kb5 Ke5 63. Kxa5 f5 64. Ng7 (64. Ng7 f4 65. Nh5 f3 66. Ng3 Kf4 67. Nf1 $18 {The f3 is going nowhere and the a3 will decide the game.}) 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 21st"] [Site "Saint Vincent"] [Date "2005.09.20"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Bologan, Viktor"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2005.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"] [BlackTeam "Eynatten"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BEL"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Ne4 (11. Re1 Ng6 12. Ne4 c5 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1+ Bd7 15. c4 Kc8 16. Nc3 Be6 17. b3 Be7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nc3 Kb7 21. Nh2 h5 $11 {½-½ Lupulescu,C (2546)-Naiditsch,A (2626)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (66)}) (11. Be3 {A rare move. I don't think that this is the best square for the bishop, since it blocks the "e" file. Usually white develops his bishop with help of 11.b3.} Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 15. Nd4 h4 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Bf4 $16) 16. f4 Rh5 {[%csl Yf5] A typical manoeuvre. The rook helps to block white's kingside pawns.} 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. c4 b6 19. b4 $1 $14 {1-0 Motylev,A (2675)-Harikrishna,P (2645)/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108/[Postny] (37)}) 11... Ng6 12. b3 a5 (12... Ke8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 Nf4 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. c4 Bb4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Nh4 Rd8 21. Nf5 Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd3+ Ke8 24. g4 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2591)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (90)}) 13. a4 $1 $146 {The right move. White should prevent the advance a5-a4.} (13. Bb2 a4 14. c4 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Kc8 16. Kh2 Rg8 17. g4 Be7 18. Ng3 c5 19. Nh5 Ra6 $132 {0-1 Netzer,J (2370)-Pavasovic,D (2592)/Salzburg 2004/CBM 102 ext (52)}) 13... Bd7 14. Bb2 {Probably more precise is 14.e1, not allowing yet the move that now follows...} Nf4 $1 {Transfering the knight to an ideal e6 square.} 15. Rad1 Ke8 16. Kh2 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Ne6 {Till now black made half of his moves with this knight! However, it's very hard to find a clear-cut advantage for white.} 18. Nh4 $6 {This manoeuvre is not the best one.} (18. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5] is preferable.}) 18... c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 19. c4 Bc6 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {It can be concluded that black has solved his opening problems.} 21. g3 $6 {This move weakens the dark squares in white's camp, which will become apparent very soon.} (21. Nf5 g6 22. Nfg3 $11) 21... Kc8 22. f4 Be7 23. Nf5 Bd8 24. Nf2 ({Does not work:} 24. Nxg7 $2 Nxg7 25. e6 f6 26. Nxf6 Nf5 27. Nd5 (27. g4 Nd4 $17) 27... Nd4 28. e7 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Nxe1 30. Bxh8 Bxe7 $19) (24. Nc3 g6 25. Ne3 Nd4 {[%csl Rb3]}) 24... g5 $1 $15 {Black achieved all that he wanted. All his pieces are harmoniously placed, while white failed in advancing his pawn majority.} 25. Bc1 (25. Ne4 gxf4 26. gxf4 h5 $15 (26... Nxf4 $2 27. e6 {[%csl Rh8]})) 25... gxf4 26. Bxf4 (26. gxf4 Rg8 27. Rg1 Rxg1 28. Kxg1 h5 $15) 26... Bg5 27. Nd3 $2 {Probably the decisive mistake. It was necessary to keep the knight on f2, covering the vital d3 square.} (27. Be3 $15) 27... Rd8 28. Bxg5 Rxd3 29. Bxh6 Nd4 $1 (29... Rxb3 $2 30. Ne7+ $1 Kd7 31. Nxc6 Kxc6 32. h4 {[%csl Gh4] and white's "h" pawn is very dangerous.}) 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rb1 Be4 32. Rb2 Kd7 {White is a pawn up, but his pieces dominate the board completely.} 33. Rf2 (33. Rd2 c5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) 33... Rf3 $1 34. Rxf3 Bxf3 {At the moment, white is even a pawn up, but he is not able to save most of his queenside pawns.} 35. Bd2 b6 {[%csl Ra4,Rb3,Rc4][%cal Gf3d1]} 36. b4 (36. c5 bxc5 37. Bxa5 Bd1 $19) 36... axb4 37. Bxb4 c5 38. Bd2 Be2 39. g4 Bxc4 40. Kg3 Bd3 41. Kf4 c4 {Black's two connected passers decide the game.} 42. Bb4 c3 43. h4 Ke6 44. h5 Kd5 45. a5 bxa5 46. Bxa5 Kc4 47. e6 {The last chance...} fxe6 48. Ke5 Bh7 49. g5 d3 50. Bxc3 Kxc3 51. g6 d2 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (51... d2 52. gxh7 d1=Q 53. h8=Q Qd4+ $19) 0-1