ESTRATEGIAS QUE DEBES APRENDER Y APLICAR (Partidas Complementarias)

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"] [Site "Kharkov"] [Date "2004.08.25"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Rogovski, Vladimir"] [Black "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2486"] [BlackElo "2572"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2004.08.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 103"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Qf3 {[%mdl 4] This plan is pretty dangerous for black as white wants to put the bishop on d3 and march his kingside pawns against the enemy king.} (15. h4 Re8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. g4 g6 18. h5 Re7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Qh3 Qa5 23. f4 Re1 24. Qh4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxd5 26. a3 {1-0 Cernousek,L-Danner,G/Budapest 2004/ (39)}) 15... Re8 (15... Qa5 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Re5 (17... Be5 18. h4 Re7 19. h5 Rae8 20. a3 b5 21. Qe4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh7 {1-0 Jansa,V-Mietzner,T/Germany 2004/ (29)}) 18. g4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 g6 (20... h6 21. h4 g6 22. b4 Rc8 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bg7 25. Rde1 a5 26. a3 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,D-Rechel,B/Wiesbaden 1998/ (65)}) 21. b4 g5 22. Bc4 Rb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. fxg5 Be5 25. Rd3 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,D-Maiorov,O/Cherkessk 1997/ (41)}) (15... d3 16. Bxd3 Be5 17. h4 Rc8 18. c3 f5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Be6+ Kg7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. f3 Rc5 23. Rd3 Rf4 24. Qc2 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Sutovsky,E/Pune 2004/ (40)}) 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Rhe1 (17. Kb1 Qe7 (17... Qb6 18. g4 Rae8 19. h4 Qc5 20. g5 Bd8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qg4 Qxd5 23. a3 b5 24. f4 Re3 25. h5 Qf3 26. Qd7 R3e7 27. Qxd6 Re6 28. Qxd4 {1-0 Mokry,K-Bouaziz,S/Reggio Emilia 1983/ (50)}) (17... Qa5 18. g4 Qxd5 (18... Rae8 19. h4 h6 20. a3 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. f4 Rc5 23. g5 Bd8 24. Rhe1 Re3 25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Re1 Rc7 27. Rxe3 Re7 {½-½ Paehtz,E-Zhao Xue/Elista 2004/ (33)}) 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 g5 21. fxg5 (21. Bc4 Rc5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxd4 Be3 24. Re4 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Re1 Bf4 28. c4 {1-0 Navara,D-Smeets,J/Antalya 2004/ (43)}) 21... Rxg5 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Rhf1 Be5 24. h4 Rg7 25. h5 h6 26. Rf3 f6 27. a4 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Areshchenko,A/Cappelle la Grande 2004/ (60)}) 18. h4 Re8 19. a3 (19. Qh3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Re1 22. a3 Rxd1+ {½-½ Hracek,Z-Palac,M/Rabac 2004/ (22)}) 19... b5 20. g4 Qb7 (20... Bxh4 21. Qf4 h6 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. f4 Re3 24. Qb6 Ra8 25. g5 {1-0 Michielsen,J-Becker,M/Arnhem 2004/ (44)}) 21. g5 Bd8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg4 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. h5 {½-½ Totsky,L-Ivanov,V/Smolensk 1991/ (36)}) 17... Qe7 18. Rxe5 (18. Re4 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe5 20. g3 Re8 21. Re1 g6 22. Kd1 $14) 18... Qxe5 (18... dxe5 $5 {It seems strange to unleash the d5 pawn into a potentially dangerous passed monster, but natural recapture greatly improves black's pawn structure.} 19. Qe4 (19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Qb4 22. b3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 g6 $15) 19... g6 20. f4 Qd6 21. g3 Rd8 $13) 19. Kb1 Re8 20. g3 g6 21. h4 h5 22. a3 (22. Qh1 b5 23. f4 Qe3 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bxf5 d3 26. Bxd3 Qe5 27. c3 b4 $132) 22... Bd8 23. Qh1 Ba5 24. b4 (24. f4 Qe1 25. f5 Qxh1 26. Rxh1 Kg7 27. b4 Bd8 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. a4 $14) 24... Bd8 25. f4 Qe3 26. f5 g5 (26... Qxg3 27. fxg6 Bxh4 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31. Qxd4 $14) 27. f6 $2 {Rogovski shows a great ambition, but the pawn structure transformes into enemy's favour.} (27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qh2 Re3 29. Rh1 Rxg3 30. Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 $14) 27... g4 $1 (27... Bxf6 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Ka2 (30. Rf5 Qxg3 31. Qxh5 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qg1 33. Rf4 Ra1+ 34. Kb3 Rxa3+ 35. Kxa3 Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Qxf4 37. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 30... Re5 31. Qg2 Re3 32. Rf5 Qxg3 33. Qxg3+ Rxg3 34. Rxh5 $11) 28. Qg2 (28. Qf1 Re5 29. Qg2 Bxf6 $15) 28... a5 29. b5 (29. bxa5 Bxf6 30. Rf1 Bd8 $15) 29... a4 (29... Bxf6 30. Rf1 Kg7 $15) 30. c4 $2 {This suicidal opening of the queenside will prevent a5-e1, but white king will be naked.} (30. Rf1 Ba5 31. Ka2 Be1 32. Rg1 Bf2 $17) 30... dxc3 31. Qc2 Bxf6 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Rf4 Qxg3 34. Rxa4 Re3 (34... Qxh4 $19) 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36. Ka2 Qg1 37. Bd3 (37. Ra8 Rc1 38. Qe4 Qd1 $19) 37... Rc1 38. Qe2 c2 39. Bxc2 Qc5 (39... Qc5 40. Bb1 Qxd5+ $19) 0-1 [Event "RUS-Cup10"] [Site "Tomsk"] [Date "1997.07.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Loskutov, Oleg"] [Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2480"] [Annotator "Nor,Igor"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1997.07.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 (10. Nd5 $5) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nc6 $6 11. Rfd1 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Nc1 Qa5 14. f3 Rfd8 $1 15. b4 $1 axb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. c4 $16 {Sznapik-Staniszewski, Warszawa(zt) 1987}) (10... Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 $1 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. f3 Nec5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf2 f5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe1 Bd6 20. g3 Rf6 21. Bd3 Raf8 22. Rd1 h5 $17 {Liu Wenzhe-Ljubojevic, Luzern(ol) 1982}) 11. a4 Nb6 $6 {It is not the best variation for black.} (11... Rc8 $5) (11... Nc5 $6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Rfd1 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 16. f3 c4 17. a5 Kf8 18. Kf1 {Yudasin-Kajumov, USSR 1983} Rc8 19. Ra4 $14 {Yudasin}) (11... b6 $5 12. Rfc1 h6 13. f3 Qb8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb7 16. c4 a5 $1 $15 {Kruppa-Shneider, USSR(ch) 1991}) 12. a5 (12. Rfd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. Nb4 Rg8 19. f3 Rg6 20. Nbd5 Rcg8 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Kh1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. g4 Be6 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nxd6 Qc6 27. Ndxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Qxf5 {0-1 Zapata,A-Gruenfeld,Y/Dortmund 1984}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 h6 $5 (14... Rc8 15. Nc1 Rc6 (15... Qc7 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. f3 h6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 { Karpov,A-Ostermeyer,P/Hannover 1983}) (15... Be6 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Nd3 Rc4 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf2 f5 20. b3 Rc8 21. Nb4 Qg6 22. Ncd5 Bg5 23. Be3 Bd8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Kh1 Qf7 26. c4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Nf2 Bg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Ne3 Rh5 33. Nxd6 Qf4 34. Nf1 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Bc8 36. Rad1 Qh4 37. Qe1 Qe7 38. Qe4 Bf5 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. Ng3 Rxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxg3 43. Rd8 {1-0 Flacker,E-Rohde,U/NRW-II 1993}) 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Na4 Qe6 21. Nb6 Bd8 22. Nd5 Qc8 23. c3 $14 {Geller-Tukmakov, Erevan(zt) 1982}) 15. f3 {It is not a nessesery move.} (15. Nc1 $5 Qc8 16. Nd3 $1 Ng4 17. Nb4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f5 19. Nbd5 Bg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd5 21. Qd2 $16 {Nunn}) 15... Rc8 16. Nc1 Be6 17. Bb6 (17. Nd3 $5) 17... Qe8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 {Now the position is starting to remind Sveshnikov variation.} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 (21... Qg6 $6 22. Nbd5 Bf8 23. Qd3 Kh7 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne4 c4 27. Qc3 Kh8 28. Kh1 Qf7 29. Nb6 $16 {½-½ Kruppa,Y-Boric,M/Kiev Platonov 1995/CBM 51/[Donev] (35)}) 22. Nbd5 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 $6 23. Nxd5 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Qb4 {With a clear advantage.}) 23. Nxd5 Bg5 $1 $146 {After this good novelty the position looks like a good "Sveshnikov" for black.He exchanges his bad bishop and it seems like he has enough dinamic compensation for his static weaknesses.} (23... Bf8 $6 24. b3 (24. Nb6 Rc6 25. b3 Qg6 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. c4 Rh5 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Nd5 Rf5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Qe4 Kh8 32. Rac1 Qe8 33. Bb6 Be7 34. Nc7 Qc8 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Re1 Bg5 37. Rcd1 Rf8 38. Qd5 Qc8 {Kaiumov,D-Blodstein,B/UZB-ch 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (52)}) 24... Qg6 $1 (24... Qf7 $6 25. Nb6 Rc6 26. c4 Be7 27. Qe2 Bd8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 b5 30. axb6 Bxb6 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qc7 33. Rad1 Rf6 34. h3 Qb6 35. Qd3 Qb4 36. Kh2 Qb8 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Re4 Qc7 39. Rg4 Rf6 40. b4 Qb6 41. c5 Qc7 42. Kh1 a5 43. Rc4 Qb8 44. cxd6 Rcxd6 45. bxa5 Qd8 46. Rcc5 {1-0 Karpov,A-Quinteros,M/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 25. Qd3 $5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27. c4 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 $14 {Da Costa Junior}) 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Nc3 (25. f4 $5 Rf5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Re1 $13) 25... Rd8 (25... Bh3 26. g3 $13 (26. Qd5+ $143 Kh8 27. Rd2 Qg6 $36)) (25... Qg6 $5) 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Qb4 $6 (27. Nc5 $142 $5 Bh3 $5 $13) 27... d5 28. Ng3 (28. Nc5 Rc8 $5) 28... d4 $6 {Black didn't have to "sacrifise" this pawn!After 28...Qf7 he is surely not worse.} (28... Qf7 $1) 29. Qxb7 Bd5 30. Qb4 Rb8 31. Qe1 $5 (31. Qa3 $143) 31... h5 (31... Rxb2 $6 32. Rxd4 $16) (31... Rc6 32. c3 $5) 32. b3 h4 33. Ne4 h3 34. g3 Qf7 35. Qe2 Rc6 36. Rd2 Rb5 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Qf1 $6 (38. Re2 $142 $5) 38... Bxe4 39. fxe4 Rbc5 {Now black got some compensation.} 40. Rc1 (40. Qxh3 $6 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 $44) 40... Qe6 $1 $44 41. Rf2 Rc8 (41... Rxa5 $6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Qf3 $40) (41... Qc8 $5 $13) 42. Qe2 Rc3 $5 43. Rcf1 Qg6 44. Qd1 Re3 $5 {Black doesn't want a draw,but I am not sure he has reasons for this!} (44... Qxe4 45. Qh5 $1 $11) 45. c4 Rxe4 $6 (45... Qxe4 $142 46. Qh5 $11) 46. Qd3 Qc6 47. Qf3 Qg6 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Qf3 Qg6 50. Qd3 {It was a third time,but for some reason white continues to play [althought he wants a draw!]} Rg4 51. Rf5 $5 Rd8 52. c5 e4 53. Qc4+ Kh7 {I guess white lost on time,because if he didn't,I can't see the reason for resigning after 54.R1-f4!! [the only move].After 54...e3! white's position is not so good,but he should try.} 0-1 [Event "Mainz m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2003.08.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2003.08.14"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 097"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 ({The choice between the text and the Scheveningen continuation} 6... e6 {is largely a matter of taste. However, nowadays lines in the Sicilian with the move e5 are increasingly popular-not only the Najdorf, but also the Sveshnikov.}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 (8... O-O {is the other critical line of the 6.e2 Najdorf, it occurred in the crucial 7-th game of the match.} 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. f4 b5 $1 11. Bf3 Na5 $11) 10... Be6 11. Qd2 a5 (11... b5 12. Bf3 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bd7 15. Ra3 d5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18. bxa3 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Bg5 $16 {Timofeev}) 19... Rc8 20. Qd3 Re8 21. h3 h6 22. Nd1 Nh7 23. Ne3 Ng5 24. Bg4 Ne4 $132 {Timofeev,A-Kobalia,M/RUS-chT Togliatti/2003/}) 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 (13... Ra5 {d5} 14. Bf3 a3 (14... Qc7 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. a3 Nbd7 17. N1a2 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nb4 Qc5 20. Rd2 Bd8 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rd8 24. Bg4 $14 {Timofeev,A-Rashkovsky,N/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 15. b3 $6 (15. Rb1 $142 $1 $14) 15... Qc7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Rac1 h6 $1 18. h3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 d5 21. e5 (21. exd5 $142 Nxd5 22. Nxd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qe2 Nc3 $1 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13 {vedie k zhruba vyrovnanej pozicii}) 21... Ne4 22. Qe1 {Anand,V-Polgar,J/Mainz act/2003/} Bg5 $36) (13... Qc8 14. f3 Rd8 15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Bb5 Qa5 19. c4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rdd8 21. Nb6 Ra5 22. Ne2 a3 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rad1 Ke7 25. Kg1 Ne8 26. Nc3 $16 {Short,N-Gelfand,B/Budapest/2003/}) 14. Rb1 axb2 15. Rxb2 Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4 Nd7 $44 {Timofeev,A-Sakaev,K/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 {Some 30-40 years ago the main line was} (10. f5 Bc4 11. a4 Nbd7 {Nowadays especially thanks to Fischer it's known Black has sufficient , his piece play balances the rather vague light-square weakness on d5. The clever waiting text-move became popular only later on.}) 10... h6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anand comes up with a novelty, the idea behind this inconspicuous move becomes clear, when we look at the alternatives.} (10... O-O $6 {is typical castling "into it", after} 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 {White has a dangerous .} d5 $5 ({Too passive is} 12... h6 $143 $6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nbd7 15. Rg1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Kf8 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Qh3 $40 {Short,N-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam/1996/}) 13. g5 $5 (13. exd5 Rd8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Nbd7 $13) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 Bd8 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Be3 $44 {}) ({Short has dealt a heavy blow to the other alternative, which was until recently considered playable:} 10... Nbd7 11. g4 $1 h6 (11... exf4 12. g5 Ng8 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 hxg5 16. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Bxd6+ $16) 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg4 $1 $146 (14. Nd5 Qd8 $1 $13 {}) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Bf4 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rad1 $1 Re8 (19... Rxh2+ 20. Kg1 Qb6+ 21. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rf1f4,Rc3d5] d5,f4+-}) 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rg6 $16 {Short,N-Ghaem Maghami,E/Tehran m/2003/}) (10... b5 11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4] ×b4,}) (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 $36 {is also pleasant for White, he has taken on f4 directly from c1 and has already made an important extra move h1.}) 11. Be3 {Polgar plays a logical developing move, but interesting was also} (11. Qe1 $5 {} O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd4 $1 $14) (11. g4 $6 exf4 {now doesn't make much sense.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 $5 {Original, this transformation is more typical with the pawn still on f2. However here the position of the  on h6 gives White chances on the .} (12. f5 Bc4 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Rfc8 {leads to the type of positions, mentioned in the note to 10.f5. Anand has already reached this position by transposition:} 15. Bxc4 (15. Ra4 Bb5 $1 $11) 15... Qxc4 16. Qf3 Qc7 $1 (16... Qc6 $143 17. g4 $1 Nh7 18. Nc1 Bg5 19. Nd3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Ndf6 21. Rg1 d5 22. Nb4 $36 {Asrian,K-Minasjan,A/ARM-ch/1999/}) 17. Nd2 (17. g4 $6 d5 $1 18. exd5 Bb4 $36) 17... Qd8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. c4 Bg5 22. b3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 {Kolev,A-Anand,V/Villarrobledo act/2001/}) 12... Bxd5 $8 (12... Nxd5 $2 13. exd5 Bf5 14. fxe5 Bxc2 15. Qd2 Bxb3 16. e6 $1 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 13. exd5 O-O 14. c4 $14 b6 (14... a5 15. Rc1 (15. fxe5 dxe5 $13) 15... b6 {-14...b6} (15... a4 $143 16. Nd2 $36 {b4 only helps White to get his  moving.})) 15. Rc1 (15. fxe5 dxe5 $1 $13 {with a dark-square blockade is far from clear.} (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Rc1 $14) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nf5 $40 {This line shows one of the downsides of 10...h6.})) 15... a5 16. Nd2 (16. f5 {shuts the , White's planned  would have good chances for success, if he would control e4. However, here after} Nh7 {[%cal Ye7g5] g5 Black gets dark-square play.} (16... Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 (17... Ndc5 $2 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f6 $40) 18. Nd2 $14)) 16... Rfe8 {Black still can't resolve the  tension advantageously,} (16... exf4 $6 17. Bxf4 Ne5 {allows} 18. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d4,Rd4f5] d4-f5}) 17. Bd3 $5 {White is better and it's a matter of character, which plan to choose. There is nothing unexpected in Judit training her sights on Black's .} (17. Nb1 {[%cal Rb1c3,Rc3b5] c3-b5 Shipov}) 17... Bf8 (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 (18... Bf8 19. Nb3 $36 {[%cal Rb3d4,Rd4f5] d4-f5} Ne5 $2 20. Bxh6) 19. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 20. Qf3 {[%csl Gd3,Re7] e4 In this position the comparison of the  speaks in White's favour (later in the game it will be different).}) 18. Bc2 $6 {Now Black manages to consolidate.} (18. f5 {[%cal Ya2a4] White wants to stop possible  with a4.} b5 $5 19. cxb5 Qb7 20. a4 $5 (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 (21... Qxb5 $2 22. f6 $1 $40) 22. Qd3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. f6 g6 $5 $132 {and despite Black's locked f8 matters are not so clear.}) 20... Qxd5 21. Nc4 $14) (18. Qf3 $5 exf4 (18... g6 $2 19. f5 $16) 19. Qxf4 $36 {[%cal Ye3d4,Yd3b1,Yc1c3,Yc3g3] d4,b1,c3-g3 is unpleasant, as White has clear methods to strengthen his attack and Black can't finish his regrouping with} g6 $2 (19... Ne5 20. Bb1 a4 21. Bd4) 20. Bd4 Bg7 21. Ne4 $18) 18... exf4 19. Bxf4 g6 $1 20. Ba4 Bg7 {Natural, but possibly even better was} (20... Nh5 $5 21. Qf3 Ne5 $132) 21. Bc6 (21. Nf3 Nh5 $11) ({An interesting tactical possibility was} 21. c5 bxc5 22. Nc4 Ne4 $1 (22... Bf8 $6 23. Qf3 $44 {f}) 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nb6 Qb7 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44 {[%csl Ge4] and Black's centralized  compensates for the exchange.}) 21... Rad8 (21... Rab8 $5 $132) 22. Qf3 $6 {[%mdl 32] After the second inaccuracy Anand takes over the initiative and gives a model demonstration of dark-square strategy.} (22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. b3 $11) (22. Bg3 $5 Nh5 23. Bh4 Rb8 $13) 22... Ne5 23. Bxe5 $8 (23. Qh3 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Nh5 $17) 23... Rxe5 24. Rce1 Qe7 25. Qg3 Ng4 $1 {Control of e5 enables Black to close the e.} (25... Nh5 $6 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Nf3 $36 {gives the e to White.}) (25... Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 (27. Qf2 $5) 27... Qxe4 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. b3 Bd4 30. Qd2 $11 {and Black's forces are not as well coordinated, as later in the game.}) 26. Nf3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rc6,Gg7] Although Black's edge is still not too large, it's difficult to defend such a position in a rapid game. Just as Larsen said long ago, Black is better not despite, but because of the .} 28. a3 (28. Nd4 Qg5 $5 $36) 28... Qc7 (28... Qf8 $5 $15 {exchanges the , but forces the  to defend the ×b6.}) 29. Nxe5 $2 {This gives Black's advantage a more permanent form, White should have tried to keep the  on the board with} (29. Nd4 $5 {The modest} Qe7 $15 {seems better, but Black's edge still remains rather volatile.} (29... Nxc4 30. Nb5 Qc8 (30... Qb8 31. Re7 $36) 31. Qf2 $1 {} Nxb2 $6 32. Nxd6 $1 $40)) 29... Bxe5 30. Qf2 Kg7 $36 {[%cal Yd8h8,Yh6h4,Yf7f5] Now Black's advanatge is undisputable. White has basic rank problems, which can't be solved, as g3 only creates further targets for a . His  is a much better piece, the c6 is offside and soon will be missed in the defence.} 31. b4 {This active attempt gives Black's pieces more open space, but passivity is not much better. Black can play e.g., h8,h5-h4,f5 etc.} axb4 32. axb4 h5 33. Qe3 $6 {Consistent with White's 31-st move was} (33. c5 $5 bxc5 34. bxc5 dxc5 (34... Qa7 35. Qg1 $5 $132) (34... Rb8 $142 $5 $36) 35. Qxc5 {Therefore} Rb8 $5 {is better, but here White certainly has more chances to save the game than later on.} (35... Bxh2 36. Re7 Qd6 (36... Qb8 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qf6 Qf4 39. Rxf7 $11) 37. Qa7 Rf8 38. Be8 (38. Rd7 $2 Qf4 39. Qa4 Qxa4 40. Bxa4 Bg3 $19 {}) 38... Qf4 (38... Bg3 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qe6 $11) 39. Rxf7+ (39. Bxf7 $2 Bg3 $1 $19 {and Black's  hides on g5 or h4.}) 39... Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ $142 $1 (40. Bxf7 $2 Qh4 $1 (40... Qxf7 41. Qd4+ $1 Qf6 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Kxh2 Qe5+ $15 {and the  with an extra  on one flank gives only practical winning chances.}) 41. Be6+ Bc7+ (41... Kh6 42. Bh3 $15) 42. Bh3 Qg3 43. d6 $1 {Otherwise the  stays trapped in the corner} Qxd6 44. Kg1 g5 $36 {and despite the simplification Black's play on the dark squares remains dangerous.}) 40... Qxf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Kxh2 g5 (42... Kf6 43. g4 $1 h4 44. g5+ Kxg5 45. Kh3 $11) 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. d6 Kxd6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. g3 $1 Kf6 48. Kf3 $11 {} Kf5 49. g4+ $1)) 33... Qa7 34. g3 {Tries to solve the basic rank problem, but Anand immediately exploits the new ×.} ({However, it's already too late for} 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Rb8 {[%cal Ra7c5] c5} 36. g3 h4 $1 37. cxd6 (37. gxh4 Qa2 38. Re2 Rb2 $1 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Qg1 dxc5 $19 {[%csl Gc5] c}) 37... Qxe3 38. Rxe3 h3 39. Re1 Bxd6 {[%cal Rf7f4,Rg6g4] f5,g5-g4,f4-+ and White's  remains pinned to the 1-st rank forever.}) 34... h4 $1 35. gxh4 $6 {The h4 makes White understandably nervous, but there is no way to resolve the  tension advantageously.} (35. g4 Qa2 36. Qe2 Qb3 37. b5 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c7,Rc7a7] c7-a7-+}) (35. Re2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh8+ 37. Kg2 Qa1 $40 {These lines illustrate White's main problem-in the long run he can't prevent the penetration of Black's major pieces into his position.}) ({The text decisively weakens the , but even after the better} 35. Qb3 h3 $1 {White starts running out of moves:} (35... Rh8 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qa6 38. Bd7 $5 f5 $15 {is less convincing.}) 36. Rf1 (36. Kg1 b5+ 37. Kf1 bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qa3 $19) 36... f5 $17 {/-+}) 35... Rh8 36. Qf2 Bf6 37. Rf1 Qe7 $19 {} 38. Re1 (38. Qxb6 $4 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd4+ $19) 38... Qd8 39. Re2 (39. c5 Bxh4 40. Qd4+ Bf6 {e5 is similar to the game.}) 39... Bxh4 40. Qf4 Bg5 41. Qf2 Bf6 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Qb8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6c5,Rb8f4] dc5,f4 Dark-square strategy!} ({Premature was} 43... Be5 $6 44. Rxe5 dxe5 45. d6 $132) 44. cxd6 (44. Qg3 dxc5 45. Qxb8 Rxb8 46. Rc2 (46. d6 $2 Rb6 $19) 46... Be7 $19 {was a way to prolong the game, although the  is technically lost. Now the  will decide faster.}) 44... Qxd6 45. Qe3 Rh5 46. Rf2 Be5 47. Qf3 Qe7 {Anand is careful and doesn't want to allow even} (47... Bxh2 $5 48. Qxh5 (48. Qxf7+ Kh6 $19 {}) 48... gxh5 49. Rxh2 Qf4 $19 {although White can't achieve a fortress. White sorely misses his  on f3.}) 48. Re2 ({More resilient, but insufficient was} 48. d6 Qa7 $5 (48... Bxd6 $17 {/-+}) 49. d7 Qa1+ 50. Rf1 Rxh2+ 51. Kg1 Qa7+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2 53. Qxf2 Bd4 54. d8=Q Bxf2+ $19 {and by combining the  against White's bare  with the advance of his  Black wins.}) 48... Qg5 {[%cal Rg5c1] c1} 49. Qf1 Qg3 50. Qf2 (50. Qg2 Qd3 51. Rf2 Qb1+ 52. Qg1 Qe4+ 53. Rg2 Rh8 $1 $19 {b8-b1}) 50... Qd3 51. h4 ({After} 51. Re3 Qd1+ (51... Rxh2+ $19) (51... Qc4 $19) 52. Re1 {the most convincing win is} Rxh2+ $1 53. Qxh2 Qxe1+ 54. Qg1 Qe2 55. d6 (55. Bd7 Qf3+ 56. Qg2 Qd1+ 57. Qg1 Qxd5+ $19) (55. Ba4 Qe4+ $19) (55. Bb7 Qf3+ 56. Qg2 Qh5+ 57. Kg1 Bd4+ 58. Kf1 Qd1#) 55... Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf1 Qc4+ $19) 51... Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Rxh4 {[%cal Rh3h1,Re5d4] h1#,d4} (52... Rxh4 53. Qxh4 Qxh4 54. Rxe5 Qd4+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Foros Aerosvit"] [Site "Foros"] [Date "2007.06.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2007.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O (12... Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 Nxd5 (16... a5 17. Bb5 $14) (16... f5 17. Qa5 $1 $16) 17. Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Kh8 $146 (18... Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 $14) 19. b4 f5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. bxa5 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2678)-Shirov,A (2715)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (41)}) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 {In my opinion the only difficulty to play this entire variation with Black is connected with a large amount of new theory. However, unlike in the last Corus tournament, where against Karjakin Shirov went for a less principled line (see above), this time Alexey came well prepared for the real theoretical battle.} ({Worse is} 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 (19... Bb7 20. Qc2 $14) 20. exf5 Bxf5 (20... Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qd5 $16) 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. Bc2 d5 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. c4 Rd8 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rh4 g6 28. Rc4 Rc5 29. Bd3 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc5 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Re1 $14 Nc6 $2 33. Qf3 $18 {1-0 Lahno,K (2468)-Llaneza Vega,P (2276)/Turin 2006 (35)}) 18. h4 {The ambitious pawn sacrifice leads to sharp and complicated variations. As I pointed out with many occasions before, in the arising double-edged positions Black has sufficient resources and his chances are not worse.} (18. O-O f5 19. exf5 gxf5 $13 {/=}) 18... Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 (19... Bf6 20. Ra2 {transposes to the well-known game Ponomariov-Kramnik, Corus 2005, where after} Bg7 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 {White developed a strong attack. That game set the fashion for the plan h2-h4 with the idea a2 and f2-f4, hoping to transfer quickly the queen's rook to the kingside.}) 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kd2 {White's king is looking for safety on the queenside.} ({After} 22. Kf1 {Black has a good play by opening the f-file:} f5 23. Ra2 (23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 {[%csl Rf1]} 25. Qg4 Bg5 $15 26. Kg2 $2 Bxf4 $1 27. Nxf4 Rg5 $19 {0-1 Delchev,A (2661)-Kotanjian,T (2471)/Kusadasi 2006 (28)}) 23... fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. Ng2 Rb7 26. Nxh4 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Rg7 28. Qh5 Bf5 $11 {/}) 22... Ne7 ({Now it makes less sense to open the kingside:} 22... f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Kc1 $14) 23. Kc1 {In the game White won't use the second rank for the rook transfer, therefore from that point of view more logical seems to place the king on c2 at once.} (23. Kc2 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 {offers mutual chances. I believe this is the right direction for White, if he is willing to search for an edge in the whole variation.} 25. Ra1 (25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Rha1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bg3 28. Rf1 {½-½ Leskur,D (2477)-Vukic,M (2506)/Zlatibor 2006}) 25... Bf6 26. Rh2 Bg7 27. Qd2 a4 $1 28. Rah1 (28. Rxa4 Ra8 $132) 28... axb3+ 29. Bxb3 Bxd5 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Bxd5 Qf6 $11 {½-½ Korneev,O (2638)-Solak,D (2564)/Vrsac 2006 (39)}) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 (24... Bf6 $2 25. Ra2 $40 {[%cal Ga2h2]}) 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Kb1 {The king is still looking for a safe position.} ({After the planned} 26. Ra2 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 (27. Bxd5 Bf6 28. Qd3 Qc7 $15) 27... Qf6 {[%csl Rf4] Black is in time for counterplay:} 28. Qd2 (28. Rah2 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 g5 $17) 28... Bg3 29. Rf1 d5 $1 (29... h5 30. Rxa5 Ra8 31. e5 $1 $36 {½-½ Topalov,V (2757)-Leko,P (2749)/Linares 2005 (57)}) 30. Bxd5 (30. exd5 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge8e4]} (30... h5 $5 31. Rxa5 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44) 31. Rf3 (31. d6 Rbd8 $1) (31. Rxa5 $6 Re1+ $1 32. Rxe1 Bxf4 33. Re3 Qb6 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxf4 Qxa5 $17) 31... Qh4 32. d6 Re4 33. Ra4 $1 Kg7 $13) 30... g5 31. Kb2 (31. f5 Rfc8 32. Kc2 Bf4 33. Qd3 Rc5 $15) (31. e5 $2 Qxf4 $17) 31... Bxf4 32. Rxa5 Rbc8 $13 {½-½ Korneev,O (2638)-Devereaux,M (2377)/Port Erin 2006 (59)}) 26... Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bf6 28. Kc2 $146 {This novelty is indeed better than the previously played 28.xa5. Nevertheless making another move with the king only shows that White does not pretend to having achieved an advantage. Generally I believe that in this game Jakovenko's opening preparation was rather superficial: White didn't find anything forced in the lines starting with 26.a2 and instead decided simply to play a position where Black has no reasons to be unhappy.} ({In the following game White won after} 28. Rxa5 Qc7 $6 (28... Bxc3 29. Ra6 (29. Ra7 Qf6 30. Rh3 Bd4 $15) 29... Ra8 $5 (29... Rb6 30. Ra7 Qf6 31. Rh3 Bd4 $13 {is still a possible alternative}) 30. Rxd6 (30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 $17) 30... Qb8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gb8b4,Gb8f4] and White's king is more vulnerable.}) 29. Kc2 Qb6 30. Rf1 Rbd8 31. Ra6 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qc5 33. Qd5 Qe3 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. b4 Qc7 36. Qd5 Bg7 37. f5 $36 {1-0 Lahno,K (2468)-Voiska,M (2314)/Turin 2006 (51). But Black's play was rather poor. The first moment to improve was simply to take on c3, as shown in analysis.}) 28... Qb6 {Notice that Black is a pawn up and giving it back in order to activate pieces is not even a real sacrifice.} 29. Rf1 (29. Rxa5 Qf2+ (29... Qe3 30. Qd3 Qxf4 31. Qh3 h5 $13) 30. Qd2 Qf3 31. Re1 Ra8 $11) 29... Qe3 30. Qd3 Qc5 {Possibly Shirov wanted to repeat moves once, or maybe he just thought that Black has more chances with queens on the board. However, Jakovenko avoids playing 31.d5.} ({After the objectively strongest} 30... Qxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Bd8 $15 {only Black can play for a win in endgame.}) 31. Rd1 Rb6 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Rd5 {Now White activated the pieces, which helps him to hold the balance.} Qc7 34. Rf5 Qd8 (34... Kg7 35. e5 dxe5 36. fxe5 Bh4 37. Qg4 f6 {looks risky for Black, even if the position is anything but clear}) 35. Rd5 ({Now} 35. e5 $6 {is met by} d5 $17) 35... Qc7 36. Qh3 $2 {White is wrongly playing for a win. Indeed Black's extra pawn doesn't play a role now, but on the other hand White has no objective reasons to avoid the repetition.} Ra7 37. Qe3 Rb8 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Qd2 Kg7 {Now Black consolidated and it becomes clear that White is struggling to survive.} 40. Rd3 h5 $17 41. e5 {This leaves Black with two connected passed pawns, but it is not easy for White to wait.} (41. Ra1 a4 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 41... dxe5 42. fxe5 Be7 43. Qf4 Rxd3 $1 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Bxd3 (45. Kxd3 Qxe5 $17) ({The tricky} 45. Qf4+ g5 46. Qf5 {is refuted by} Rxc3+ $1 ({not} 46... Rd8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49. Qxh5+ Kg7 50. Qf7+ $11) 47. Kxc3 Qd7 $1 48. Qxd7 Bb4+ $19 {[%cal Ga7d7]}) 45... Qxc3+ $1 46. Kxc3 Bb4+ 47. Kd4 Rxf7 48. e6 Rg7 {Square e7 is well controlled and the connected passed pawns will sooner or later decide the game in Black's favour. In fact they advance very quickly.} 49. Ra1 ({Trying to promote the e-pawn is hopeless:} 49. Kd5 g5 50. Rxb4 axb4 51. Kd6 g4 52. e7 Rxe7 ({or} 52... Rg8 53. Kd7 h4 54. e8=Q Rxe8 55. Kxe8 h3 56. Bf1 Kg5 $19) 53. Kxe7 Kg5 $19) 49... g5 50. Rf1 g4 51. Ke4 ({The endgame is also lost after the exchange of rooks:} 51. Rf7 Rxf7 52. exf7 Kg5 53. Ke3 h4 $19 54. Bb5 (54. Be4 h3 55. Bb7 Bc5+ 56. Ke2 g3 $19 {[%cal Gg3g2]}) 54... h3 55. Bd7 Kh4 $19 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gg3g2]}) ({More resistant was} 51. Rf6+ Kg5 52. Rf5+ {but it wouldn't have changed the result after} Kh4 $19) 51... Be7 52. Be2 h4 53. Rf5 (53. Rg1 h3 $19 (53... g3 $2 54. Kf3 $17)) 53... g3 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"] [Site "Heraklion"] [Date "2007.11.01"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2007.10.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 121"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 d5 {Less than a month previously to the present game, the same opponents met in another highly important team competition. That game ended in a draw, but it was a long fight and Radjabov was under pressure all the time. Therefore now he has decided to change the pawn structure at an early stage.} (11... Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 a5 15. O-O Nc5 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Ne3 b3 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Bh4 a4 21. a3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rfd8 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Qd2 $14 {½-½ Morozevich,A (2755)-Radjabov,T (2742)/Kemer 2007 (69)}) 12. exd5 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 {leads to double-edged positions}) 12... Qxd5 13. Qd2 (13. Bxf6 $2 Qxg2 $19) 13... Ne4 {The evaluation of this move as offering White a slight advantage was based on some annotations of Vyzmanavin. In fact Black achieves completely reasonable play.} (13... Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Nxf5 16. c4 (16. O-O O-O-O 17. Ba5 Rd4 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bc3 Re4 20. f3 Re2 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nd7 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd6 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Rc5+ Kd7 27. Rxc4 $16 {1-0 Pavasovic,D (2527)-Shariyazdanov,A (2592)/Sibenik 2005 (62)}) 16... O-O 17. O-O Rfb8 18. Rae1 Re8 19. Bc3 $14 {0-1 Aseev,K (2575)-Vyzmanavin,A (2585)/Leningrad 1990 (32)}) 14. Qe3 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 {( - Vyzmanavin, 1990)} Qc5 $1 {The idea is simple: to protect the knight on e7 and prepare kingside castling. Due to the threat ...b4+ White has no time to take the pawn on g7.} (15... h6 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh7 Rb8 18. O-O-O Qxa2 19. Be4 Qe6 20. Bd5 Qg6 21. Bxf7+ {1-0 Sparic,N (2220)-Pavlovic,S (2275)/Tivat 1995}) (15... Bb7 16. O-O-O Qxg2 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qd6 $36 {1-0 Sumkin,A-Teichmeister,S/ICCF corr 1983 (26)}) 16. O-O-O $146 {A novelty in the spirit of the variation. However, Black is well developed and experiences no problems at all. Moreover, the knight on a3 indicates that it is rather White who should maintain the balance.} (16. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 17. Qxh7 Qb4+ 18. c3 Qxb2 {is bad for White}) (16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 (17. c4 h6 18. Qg3 b4 19. Nc2 f5 $11) 17... f5 18. Rfe1 Ng6 19. c4 b4 20. Nc2 Nf4 $11 {½-½ Misailovic,N (2349)-Nataf,I (2553)/Budva 2004 (133)}) 16... O-O 17. Rhe1 f6 18. Qe3 (18. Qh4 $6 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Ra3]}) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Be6 {Black has achieved a pleasant endgame. Nevertheless he does not have any real advantage: White will bring his knight from a3 into the centre and the position will become completely equal. Possibly Radjabov overestimated his chances or maybe he was forced to push too hard due to the extremely unfavourable development of the match Russia-Azerbaijan, where two of his teammates were clearly doing badly.} 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 {A rather forced way to protect the pawn a2.} (22. c3 $2 Bxa2 $17) 22... Kf7 (22... b4 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Kf7 (24... Rc8 25. Bd3 Nc6 26. Kb2 Na5 27. Re2 Nxc4+ 28. Kb3 $14) 25. c3 Rc8 26. Bd3 bxc3 27. Kc2 $11) 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 f5 25. c4 b4 26. Nc2 e4 27. Be2 a5 $11 {I suspect that many players would agree to a draw around here. Fortunately this game continued.} 28. f4 exf3 (28... Kf6 29. Kd2 (29. h4 Bd7 30. Kd2 Ke6 $11) 29... g5 $11) (28... Bd7 29. c5 (29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nb5 Ke6 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. Nd4+ Kd6 $11) 29... Kf6 30. Kd2 g5 $11) 29. Bxf3 g5 (29... Kf6 30. Kd2 Ke5 $11) 30. Kd2 Kf6 31. Nd4 $1 {Starting with this moment Black always had to solve some small problems. Although the position remains equal, Morozevich manages to outplay his strong opponent.} Bc8 (31... Ke5 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Kd3 Ke5 34. c5 $14 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) ({Possible is} 31... Bd7 $5 {and if White continues similar to the game} 32. Ba8 (32. c5 Ke5 33. Kd3 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 32... h6 33. Kd3 f4 34. Ke4 {then Black has} Be8 $132 {[%cal Ge8g6,Gg6b1]}) 32. Ba8 {Designed to free the f3-square for the knight and thus prevent for the moment ...e5.} h6 (32... Ke5 33. Nf3+ {[%csl Rg5]} Kf6 (33... Kf4 34. Kd3 {[%cal Gc4c5] looks dangerous for Black. Advancing the g-pawn is taboo due to the amazing mate in one:} g4 $4 35. g3#) 34. Kd3 $14) 33. Kd3 f4 (33... Ke5 34. Nf3+ Kd6 35. Kd4 $14) 34. Ke4 {Something went wrong for Black: White has centralised the king and has the plan to advance the c-pawn, while Black hasn't been able to achieve anything so far. At this moment Radjabov must have regretted his decisions on moves 28 and 29.} h5 $1 {Rightly creating his own counterplay.} 35. c5 $1 (35. h4 gxh4 36. Kxf4 h3 $11) 35... h4 ({In the event of the immediate} 35... Ba6 {White can already consider} 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kxf4 $14) 36. h3 Ba6 37. Nc6 $1 {Even if objectively it's a draw, the resulting bishop endgame is extremely dangerous for Black in practice.} Bf1 38. Kf3 Nxc6 39. Bxc6 Ke5 40. Kg4 Kd4 ({The passive} 40... Kf6 {must also be sufficient for a draw:} 41. Be4 (41. Bf3 Bd3 {is the same}) 41... Be2+ 42. Bf3 Bd3 43. Kh5 (43. c6 Kg6 44. Bd5 Be2+ 45. Bf3 Bd3 $11) 43... Bb1 44. c6 Ke7 45. Kxg5 Bxa2 46. Bd1 a4 47. bxa4 b3 48. c7 Kd7 (48... b2 49. c8=Q b1=Q 50. Qc7+) 49. Bg4+ Kxc7 50. Be6 Kd6 51. Bg8 Kc5 52. Kxh4 Kb4 53. Kg5 $18 Kxa4 54. Kxf4 Bb1 55. Bxb3+ Kxb3 $11 {In order to be precise for the assessment of such positions I used the tablebases in all 5 and 6 pieces positions.}) 41. Kxg5 Kxc5 42. Bf3 a4 (42... Bd3 {is probably a draw as well:} 43. Kxh4 Bb1 44. Kg5 Bxa2 45. Bd1 Kd4 (45... a4 46. bxa4 b3 47. h4 $1 (47. Kxf4 b2 48. Bc2 Bb3 49. Bb1 Kd4 $1 50. a5 Bc4 51. h4 Bd3 52. Ba2 Bc4 $11) (47. Bxb3 Bxb3 48. Kxf4 (48. a5 Bd5 49. Kxf4 Bxg2 50. h4 Bd5 $11) 48... Bxa4 49. Ke5 Bd7 50. g4 Kc6 51. Kf6 Kd6 $11) 47... b2 48. Bc2 Kd4 (48... Bb3 49. Bb1 $18) 49. h5 Kc3 50. Bg6 Bf7 (50... Bg8 51. h6 $18) (50... Bb3 51. h6 Bc2 52. h7 b1=Q 53. h8=Q+ $18) 51. Bb1 Kd2 52. h6 Kc1 53. h7 Kxb1 54. h8=Q Ka2 55. Qh7 b1=Q 56. Qxb1+ (56. Qxf7+ $18) 56... Kxb1 57. Kxf4 $18) 46. h4 Kc3 $1 (46... Ke3 47. h5 (47. Bc2 Kd2 48. h5 Kxc2 49. h6 a4 $11) 47... Bb1 48. h6 Bd3 49. Bh5 a4 50. bxa4 b3 51. Bf7 b2 52. Ba2 Kd2 53. Kxf4 Bc4 54. Bb1 Kc1 55. h7 $18) 47. h5 Bb1 48. h6 Bh7 49. Kf6 ({After} 49. Kxf4 Kd2 50. Bf3 a4 51. bxa4 b3 52. Bd5 b2 53. Ba2 Kc1 {[%cal Gh7g8] it is White who must escape}) (49. Bh5 $2 a4 50. Bg6 a3 $19) 49... f3 $1 {A nice trick which saves the game:} 50. Bxf3 (50. gxf3 $4 Kd2 {[%csl Rd1]}) 50... Kxb3 51. g4 (51. Bh5 $2 a4 52. Bg6 a3 53. Bxh7 Ka4 54. Bg8 b3 $19) 51... Kc4 52. g5 a4 53. Kg7 Bd3 54. h7 Bxh7 55. Kxh7 a3 56. g6 a2 57. g7 a1=Q 58. g8=Q+ Kd3 $11 {Long analysis of such sharp bishop endgames can always contain mistakes, but I believe that with precise play Black has enough resources to make a draw.}) 43. bxa4 Bc4 44. a5 Bxa2 45. a6 Kb6 46. Kxh4 Kxa6 (46... Bc4 47. Kg5 b3 48. Be4 Bxa6 (48... b2 49. Kxf4 Bd5 50. Bb1 Bxg2 51. h4 Bd5 52. h5 Bg8 53. h6 Kxa6 54. Ke5 $18) 49. Kxf4 Bb7 50. Bb1 Bxg2 (50... Kc5 51. g4 (51. Ke5 $2 Bxg2 52. h4 Bf3) 51... Kd6 52. h4 Ke7 {Black would achieve a draw if he could succeed in giving up his bishop for White's g-pawn, but he can't achieve that.} 53. h5 Bd5 (53... Kf6 54. g5+ Kg7 55. h6+ Kh8 56. Ke5 $18 {[%cal Ge5f6,Gg5g6,Gg6g7]}) 54. g5 Bf7 55. h6 (55. g6 $2 Kf6 $1 $11) 55... Kf8 (55... Bg8 56. h7 $18) 56. Ke5 Kg8 {and now White goes for the b-pawn:} 57. Kd4 Kh8 58. Kc3 Kg8 59. Bd3 Kh8 60. Be2 Kh7 61. Bd1 Kh8 62. Bxb3 Be8 63. Kd4 Bh5 64. Ke5 Be8 65. Kf6 Bh5 66. Bf7 $18) 51. h4 Kc7 52. h5 Bd5 53. h6 Bg8 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Ke8 56. Kg7 $18) (46... Be6 47. Kg5 b3 48. Kxf4 $1 (48. Be4 $2 f3 $1 (48... b2 49. Kxf4 $18 {see 46...c4}) 49. Bxf3 b2 50. Be4 Bd5 51. Bb1 Bxg2 52. h4 Bf3 $1 53. Kf4 Bh5 54. Bd3 (54. Ke3 Kxa6 $11) 54... Be2 $11) 48... b2 49. Be4 Kxa6 50. h4 $18) 47. Kg5 Kb6 $4 {Only this is the final mistake.} ({A draw was still possible with} 47... Kb5 48. Kxf4 (48. h4 b3 49. Bd5 Kb4 50. h5 Bb1 51. Bxb3 Kxb3 52. Kxf4 Kc4 {This is also a draw. For example:} 53. Ke5 (53. g4 Kd5 $11) 53... Kd3 $1 54. g4 Ke3 55. g5 Kf3 $11) 48... b3 49. Bd5 (49. Be4 b2 50. Ke5 b1=Q 51. Bxb1 Bxb1 $11) 49... Kb4 {This is the difference to the game. Black plans ...b1 next.} 50. h4 Bb1 51. Bxb3 (51. h5 $4 b2 52. h6 Bh7 53. Ba2 Ka3 $19) 51... Kxb3 $11) 48. Kxf4 Kc5 {There is no more escape for Black.} (48... b3 49. Bd5 Kc5 50. Ke5 $1 $18 {The extra tempo compared to the variation mentioned after 47...b5 makes a huge difference, White wins:} Kb4 51. h4 Bb1 52. Bxb3 Kxb3 53. h5 Kc3 54. g4 Kd3 55. g5 Ke3 56. g6 Kf3 57. Kf6 {and the Black king is one tempo too slow}) (48... Kc7 49. Ke5 Kd7 (49... Kd8 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. h4 Bb1 52. Bd5 Bc2 53. h5 b3 54. Bxb3 Bxb3 55. h6 Bc2 56. Kg7 $18) 50. Kf6 Kd6 (50... b3 51. Bd5 $18) 51. g4 (51. h4 $2 Bd5 $1 52. Bd1 Bxg2 53. h5 Be4 $11) 51... Bb3 {Setting a trap} (51... b3 52. Be4 $18) 52. Be4 $1 $18 (52. g5 $2 Bc2 53. Bh5 (53. g6 $142 b3 54. g7 b2 55. g8=Q b1=Q 56. Qf8+ $16) 53... b3 54. Bf7 b2 55. Ba2 Kc5 56. g6 Kb4 57. g7 Bh7 58. h4 Ka3 59. Bb1 Bxb1 60. g8=Q Bc2 $11)) 49. Ke5 $1 {The most technical move, of course.} Bb1 (49... b3 50. Bd5 (50. Be4 b2 51. h4 b1=Q 52. Bxb1 Bxb1 53. h5 {also wins}) 50... Kb4 51. h4 Bb1 52. Bxb3 ({It's never too late to lose:} 52. h5 $4 b2 53. h6 Bd3 54. Ba2 Ka3 $19) 52... Kxb3 53. h5 $18) (49... Bc4 50. g4 b3 51. Be4 (51. h4 $4 Bd3 52. Bd5 b2 53. Ba2 Kb4 $19) 51... Kb4 52. g5 Kc3 53. g6 Bd3 54. Bxd3 Kxd3 55. g7 b2 56. g8=Q b1=Q 57. Qg6+ $18) 50. Bd5 Bc2 51. h4 Bd1 52. Bf7 (52. Bf7 b3 53. Bxb3 Bxb3 54. h5 Bc2 55. h6 Kc6 56. Kf6 Kd7 57. g4 Ke8 58. Kg7 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gg5g6]}) 1-0 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2009.10.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2009.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 133"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 {Jakovenko is not rushing the issue and intentionally sidesteps the main move with the transfer of the knight from b3. Presumably he was not too happy about the possibility of his opponent's counterplay with the ...d6-d5 advance.} (15. Nc1 d5 $5 {The quiet continuation is fine as well, but White tends to play for an advantage.} (15... Qc7 16. Nd3 (16. Bb6 Qc6 17. f3 h6 (17... Rfe8 18. N1a2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 h6 20. Raa1 Qc4 21. Ra4 Qc6 22. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Barbulescu,D (2465)-Womacka,M (2375)/Eforie Nord 1984 (67)}) 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 {½-½ Karpov,A (2710)-Ostermeyer,P (2450)/Hannover 1983 (80)}) (16. N1e2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qc4 18. Qf3 h6 19. Ra4 Qe6 20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Qb3 Bxa5 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxc2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. b4 Rc7 29. Qb8+ Rc8 30. Qb7 Rc7 31. Qxa6 Bxb4 {1-0 Tal,M (2610)-Rodriguez,R (2415)/Moscow 1982 (41)}) (16. f3 Be6 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Nbd5 Bf8 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Cernousek,L (2242)-Efimenko,Z (2439)/Balatonlelle 2001 (42)}) 16... Bxd3 (16... d5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Rd7 Bf6 24. Rxb7 Rxb2 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Ra7 {½-½ Czarnota,P (2497)-Heberla,B (2487)/Krakow 2006}) 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Ra4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Rb4 Rc6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $14 {½-½ Oral,T (2538)-Vokac,M (2451)/Czechia 2009 (45)}) 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. exd5 Bb4 18. N1a2 $2 (18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 $11) 18... Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Raa1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qd7 {0-1 Ivanov,O (2461)-Luzhinsky,V (2298)/Alushta 2009 (35)}) 15... Rc6 16. Kh1 {Black was ready to employ tactics and push the d-pawn at a suitable moment.} (16. Nc1 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. b3 $11) 16... Qc8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nd5 {The waiting game is over. Jakovenko is forced to close the centre in order to prevent the activity of the enemy pieces.} Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Bb6 $14) 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 e4 $1 {Just in time Carlsen opens the new front along the e-file.} 21. fxe4 (21. Qe2 exf3 22. Qxf3 Rxc2 23. Bg5 Qc4 $15) 21... Rxe4 22. c4 Re8 23. Bg1 {White has not sensed the imperative necessity to react actively against the mounting concentration of black pieces.} (23. Nd2 Rh4 (23... Rg4 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nf3 $11) 24. Bd4 Nh5 (24... Qg4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf3 Rh5 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Rc2 $14) 25. Nf3 Rg4 26. Qc2 Bf6 $11) 23... Bf8 24. Nd4 $6 (24. Rf1 Qg4 25. h3 Qg5 26. Nd4 $11) 24... g6 25. Rf1 (25. b4 Bh6 $1 26. Rc2 Be3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Qf1 Qg4 $15) 25... Bh6 26. Qf3 (26. Rcd1 Ng4 $17) (26. Rc2 Ng4 $17) 26... Rf4 {Quite conciously Black is avoiding the immediate draw after the simple exchange of pieces.} (26... Bxc1 27. Qxf6 Bxb2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ $11) 27. Qd3 Ng4 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Bb6 f5 32. Kg1 $11) 28. Nf3 $2 {White is not objecting to the opponent's control of the e file. The exchange of the rooks was still keeping the position fairly even.} (28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Rf1 Be3 30. b3 $11) 28... Rfe4 29. Rc3 (29. Rc2 f5 $17) 29... Ne3 (29... Be3 $1 30. b4 Bxg1 31. Kxg1 Ne3 32. Re1 Qg4 33. Re2 Kf8 $17) 30. Re1 Qg4 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Bxe3 $2 {The role of the favourite is really difficult and sometimes forces players to take extreme risks. Naturally a better solution was to take on e3 with the rook.} (33... Rxe3 $1 34. Qd1 (34. Qc2 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qf5 $17) 34... Rxc3 35. bxc3 Bg7 36. h3 Qf5 $15) 34. Qe2 Qh6 35. c5 $1 dxc5 36. d6 Re6 $1 37. d7 Bg5 38. Qd1 $2 {The tables have turned and Jakovenko had a chance to become the master of the situation after the exchange of minor pieces.} (38. Nxg5 $1 Qxg5 39. Qd1 Qd8 40. Kg1 (40. Rxc5 $2 Qxd7 $19) 40... Re7 41. Rd3 $14) 38... Bd8 39. Rxc5 Qf8 40. Rd5 $6 {The last move before the time control is often critical. Carlsen will get a chance to activate his major pieces.} (40. Rc8 $2 Rd6 $1 $17) (40. Qd4 Rd6 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Qxd5 Qb4 43. b3 (43. h3 Qxb2 44. Ne5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Kg7 $15) 43... Qxa5 44. Qxb7 Qa1+ 45. Ng1 $11) 40... Qb4 41. b3 (41. Qc1 Re2 42. Rc5 Qa4 (42... Qg4 43. Qf1 Rxb2 44. Ne5 Qf5 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Kg1 Kf8 47. Rc8 Ke7 48. Nxf7 Kxd7 49. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 43. Ng1 Re4 44. Rd5 $15) 41... Re3 42. Nd2 Qc3 43. Nf3 (43. Qb1 f5 44. Qf1 Re5 $15) 43... Qb4 {Blinded by the heat of the fight both players are mysteriously ignoring the possibility to eliminate the b3-pawn.} (43... Qxb3 $1 44. Kg1 Qxd1+ 45. Rxd1 Kf8 46. Rb1 Ke7 47. Rxb7 Re6 $17) 44. Nd2 Qf4 45. Nf3 (45. Kg1 Qh4 46. Nf3 Qb4 47. Nd2 Qh4 $11) 45... Rc3 46. Qe2 (46. Nd2 f5 47. h3 Kf7 $15) 46... Qe3 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Rd4 {Yet another phase of the game is over and White has found himself in an unpleasant position despite the threatening d7-pawn.} (48. Kg1 f6 (48... Rxb3 49. Re5 $1 Kg7 50. Re8 Bxa5 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52. Rxd8 a5 $11) 49. Rd4 Kf7 50. Rb4 Ke7 51. Rxb7 Bxa5 52. Nd4 Rc3 53. Kf2 h5 54. b4 Bd8 55. b5 axb5 56. Nxb5 $15) 48... Kf8 (48... Rxb3 49. Re4 Rb1+ 50. Ng1 Bxa5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. d8=Q Bxd8 53. Rxd8 h5 (53... a5 54. Ra8 Ra1 55. Rb8 $11) 54. Ra8 g5 $17) 49. Rb4 $2 {There was no easy solution to White's problems, but the chosen path is worse than the alternative.} (49. Kg1 Ke7 50. b4 f5 51. Ng5 (51. Kf2 Re4 52. Rxe4+ fxe4 53. Nd4 Kxd7 54. Ke3 Be7 55. b5 Bb4 56. bxa6 bxa6 57. Nb3 Kc6 $17) 51... b6 52. Nxh7 bxa5 53. bxa5 Bxa5 54. Nf8 Kxf8 55. d8=Q+ Bxd8 56. Rxd8+ Kg7 $15) 49... Rd3 $1 50. Rxb7 Rd1+ 51. Ng1 Bxa5 52. g4 {One more level of uncertainty is gone. White will be struggling in the endgame without the a-pawn.} (52. b4 Bd8 53. g3 (53. Ra7 $6 Bb6 54. d8=Q+ Bxd8 55. Rxa6 Bg5 $1 56. Ra3 Re1 $19) 53... Ke7 $17) 52... Ke7 53. Kg2 Rxd7 54. Rxd7+ Kxd7 55. Kf3 (55. Nf3 Bd8 56. Kf2 Kd6 $17) 55... Kd6 56. Ke4 Kc5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Nf3 Bd8 59. h3 h6 60. h4 $2 {White's position is objectively hopeless, but Carlsen would have to work hard on converting his advantage to the full point. Exposing the pawn by moving to a square of the same colour as the bishop will significantly shorten the defender's suffering.} (60. Ke3 Bb6+ 61. Kf4 Bf2 $17) (60. Nd4 Bb6 61. Nf3 Bc5 62. Ne1 Ke5 63. Ng2 Ba7 64. Kd2 (64. b4 Bb6 65. Ne1 Kf4 66. Ke2 Kg3 67. Nd3 Kxh3 68. Kf3 Bd8 69. Nc5 g5 70. Nxa6 f5 $19) 64... Ke4 65. Ke2 Bd4 66. Ne1 Kf4 67. Nf3 Bb6 68. Nd2 Kg3 69. Ne4+ Kxh3 70. Kf3 Bc7 71. Nf6 (71. Nc5 a5 72. Nd7 Kh4 73. Nf6 Bd8 74. Nd5 h5 $19) 71... Kh4 72. Ne4 (72. Nd5 Be5 73. Nb4 Bd6 74. Nd5 Kg5 $19) 72... g5 73. Nf6 Bd8 74. Nd5 h5 $19) 60... h5 $1 61. gxh5 (61. g5 Bb6 62. Nd2 Bf2 63. Nf3 Ba7 64. Nd2 Ke5 $19) 61... gxh5 62. Ke3 Kc5 63. Kd3 (63. Ke4 Kb4 64. Ne5 Bxh4 65. Nxf7 Kxb3 66. Nd6 Bf6 67. Nb7 Kb4 $19) 63... Kb4 {Zugzwang is a sufficient reason for abandoning the resistance.} (63... Kb4 64. Kc2 Bf6 $1 $19) 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 19th"] [Site "Rethymno"] [Date "2003.09.30"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2003.09.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"] [BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] {In order to confirm once more several rather well-known things, a small introduction to the present encounter is needed. When I first briefly saw the text of the game, I had some doubts whether the record of all moves is entirely correct (just for information - the computer recording of the games are usually made by a human from the scoresheets of the players). I had a similar feeling in the past a couple of times with other games and each time I was right - it turned out that in reality some moves where played differently than in the recorded computer notation, although in the end often same positions would arise. In this game, at some point Ivanchuk sacrificed an exchange apparently out of the blue, offering Black a choice to take either the exchange or a pawn. For some reasons Black didn't take material. I doubted that this really happened in the game, so I contacted Loek Van Wely, who said "yes, Ivanchuk simply ignored my threat. I should have taken the exchange". To my question "what about the pawn then?", he replied "yes, the guy tricked me twice...", although he admitted that "a pawn is just a pawn, but I should have taken the exchange!" Thus, I convinced myself once again that: 1.Ivanchuk is a brilliant chess player and for a mere mortals like me occasionally is far from easy to understand quickly this guy's way of thinking. 2.Trust ChessBase! Sometimes is impossible to descipher certain individuals' handwriting on the scoresheet, and there is little to do about that. However, the notation provided by ChessBase is in 99,99% cases correct. 3."If you prepare a threat and have a chance to execute it, don't hesitate!", concluded Loek Van Wely, who in the end of our discussion sent his friendly greetings to all ChessBase users.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 {An idea of Latvian players, introduced first by Janis Klovans in 1975 and then used by Zigurds Lanka. The bishop aims for the long diagonal, and later from e4 it will exert pressure on both flangs.} fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 {Often Black plays 12...Be6 first, but Van Wely had something different in mind.} (12... Bf5 {Protecting the pawn is considered wrong by the theory, although it is not entirely clear. Van Wely played it as well.} 13. f3 $1 (13. O-O Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. c3 Ne7 16. Nc2 Rc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {½-½ Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Tilburg 1998 (36)}) 13... e3 14. f4 (14. Nxe3 Be6 15. f4 Rc8 $13) 14... Rc8 15. O-O (15. c3 exf4 16. O-O Bh6 17. gxf4 Rg8 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Kh1 Kf8 20. Nxe3 Bd3 21. Nac2 (21. Rf2 Be4 $1) 21... Ne7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qa8+ Kg7 24. Qb7 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rh5 $17 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Babula,V/Czechia 2001 (33)}) 15... Nd4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe3 Bg6 18. c3 Ne6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Rad1 $13 {1-0 Suarez Real,A-Stross,F/EU-ch Internet qual 2003 (31)}) (12... Be6 13. Bxe4 Bg7 14. Qh5 $1 (14. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Ge6,Gf6][%cal Ga8h1,Gh7h5,Gh5h4]}) 14... Rc8 15. c3 ({or} 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 ({also possible is} 16... Rc5 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3) 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. c3 Qd7 ({The immediate} 18... Rc5 $11 {is more precise.}) 19. Rd2 Rc5 20. Qd1 Rd8 21. Nc2 Bg4 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Bd5 (23. Nb4 $5) 23... Bg4 {½-½ Lanka,Z-Jussupow,A/Baku 1979}) 15... Ne7 16. Rd1 Rc5 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3 {is the main position of the 11.g3-variation.}) 13. Bxe4 Rb8 $5 {Black avoids the main line, starting with 13...Be6.} (13... Ra7 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. O-O (15. Nxe7 $5) (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. c4 $14 {1-0 Liss,E-Tsesarsky,I/Israel 1998 (55)}) (13... Be6 {Transfers to 12...Be6 13.Bxe4 Bg7.}) 14. Qh5 {An important move in White's plan - to prevent Black from castling.} (14. c3 O-O 15. Nc2 f5 16. Bg2 a5 $11 {½-½ Shamkovich,L-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/New York 1987 (44)}) 14... Ne7 (14... h6 $6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. g4 $5 Nd4 17. Rg1 f6 18. Qg6 Rf7 19. c3 Ne6 20. Nc2 Kf8 21. Nce3 Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bb7 24. Qf5 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Espinosa Flores,R/Cali 1990 (44)}) (14... Be6 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. c3 ({Better is} 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. c3 {which leads to the main game}) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O (17... Qd7 $5 $11) 18. Nc2 $11 {comparing to our game, here Black avoided the move h7-h6, Stolz,M-Kalinitschew,S/Germany 1992.}) 15. Nxe7 $1 {This is a novelty. Usually White tries to keep a piece on d5, but Ivanchuk's main idea was to prevent Black from castle, so he wanted to keep the bishop on the diagonal b1-h7.} (15. Rd1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O $11) 15... Qxe7 16. c3 {To understand better what happened next, it's important to realise the following: - as long as Black is not able to advance d6-d5, White has a better pawn structure. If Black succeeds to play d6-d5, then usually he immediately solves all problems; - Black's weakest squares are d5 and f5, that's why the black light-squared bishop is extremely important. With its disappearance, White will have huge positional advantage because of the absolut control of those squares; - for the moment Black has problems to castle short. Apparently he can easily solve it by playing h7-h6, but such a move will have negative consequences later, as explained below.} ({After} 16. O-O Be6 17. Rfd1 b4 {White must retreat the knight to b1.} 18. Nb1 Qd7 $5 $11) 16... Be6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Threatening 17...d5.} 17. Rd1 {Preventing the threat, but what about pawn a2?} (17. O-O d5 {is obviously fine for Black.}) 17... Qd7 {[%cal Ge6g4]} (17... Bxa2 $6 {After this move White gets a great compensation for the pawn:} 18. Nc2 (18. O-O Bb3 19. Rd2 (19. Nc2 $6 d5) 19... Rd8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20. Bc6+ (20. Nc2 $6 d5) 20... Kf8 21. Nc2 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 d5 23. Ra1 $5) 18... Bb3 (18... Rd8 19. Ne3 $44) 19. Rd2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5] To remind Loek's wise words - "A pawn is just a pawn", which here means that for a slight material advantage Black will have to suffer during the whole game. The presence of opposite-coloured bishops only makes Black's life harder, since on the light squares White has an extra piece, while the dark-squares are of no importance. Black has probably reasonable chances to achieve a draw, which in fact is the most likely outcome, but life without any perspectives is worth little.} (20. Bxc2 $5 $44 e4 21. Bxe4 Qe5 $16 {/})) 18. O-O $5 {An amazing move, completely ignoring Black's threat Bg4. Ivanchuk is ready to give up the exchange in order to take control over the light squares.} (18. h3 {is a concession, since it wastes time and weakens the pawn structure.}) 18... h6 $2 {This move is bad for several reasons. The main one is of a general nature - if you have a plan, go for it. White ignored 18...Bg4, but by refusing to play this, Black psychologically lost the battle. Secondly, Black's main idea in such a pawn formation is to push f7-f5 (d6-d5 would be nice too, but less realistic). After pushing the pawn on f5, the weak square g6 can play a role in all sorts of tactical complications. And last but not least, the square h6 cannot be used anymore by Black's pieces.} (18... Bg4 {Black had to play this. Only in such a way Ivanchuk's positional exchange sacrifice could be tested.} 19. Qh4 (19. Qg5 O-O (19... f6 20. Qh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 $44) 20. Qh4 h6 (20... f5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. f3 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qh4 (24. Qe3 Bh3 {ahould be fine for Black}) 24... Bf6 $11) 21. Rd2 $14) 19... Bxd1 20. Rxd1 {White hopes to have total control of squares d5 and f5 as the compensation for the exchange. With the knight on e3, Black would have serious problems to find any sensible counterplay, while with the knight on a3 Black is able to get a normal position.} h5 $1 {[%cal Gh8h6,Gd7g4,Gg7f6] As pointed out by Van Wely, Black is okay after this move. White still keeps positional compensation (many weaknesses in Black's pawn formation), but it will not be sufficient for advantage. For instance:} 21. h3 (21. Qg5 Qg4 (21... Kf8 $5) 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23. Bf5 Rd8 24. Rd5 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6c1]}) 21... Rh6 22. Bg2 Bf6 23. Qb4 Rd8 {[%cal Ge8f8,Gf8g7]}) (18... d5 $2 19. Nc2 Bg4 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qh4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $16) 19. Nc2 O-O (19... Bg4 {Here this is already less attractive. White gets a clear compensation:} 20. Qh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 O-O 22. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5,Rg7,Rg8]} f5 23. Qh3 $16) 20. Ne3 f5 {[%csl Rg6]} 21. Bd5 $14 {/} Kh8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd5 {With the pawn on h7 the position would be between equal and slightly better for White. With the pawn on h6 the position is between slightly better and clear better for White. Concretely: Black does not have moves like 23...e4 because of 24.Nf4-g6+. Also not possible is to play ...Qg6.} f4 24. Rd2 {Easy play for White, while Black must create something, otherwise he will be slowly in dire straits.} Rf5 25. Qe2 fxg3 ({Maybe it made sense to try further advance, since there are plenty of tricks connected with Qh3 and Rf4. However, with precise play White maintain a safe advantage.} 25... f3 26. Qe4 Rbf8 27. Ne3 $1 (27. Rfd1 Rh5 28. h4 Qh3 29. Ne3 Rf4 30. gxf4 Rxh4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ $11) (27. h4 {[%cal Gg1h2]} Rf4 $1 $132) (27. Rd3 R5f7 (27... Rf4 $2 28. Nxf4 Rxf4 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Rxf3 $18) 28. Rfd1 Qh3 29. Ne3 Rf4 {Even here this is possible, although White is not forced to take.} 30. Qg6 (30. gxf4 exf4 $40 {[%cal Gg7e5]}) 30... R8f6 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qe7 Re4 $13) 27... Rh5 (27... Rg5 28. h4 Rg6 29. Rfd1 $16) 28. Qg4 $16) 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3 $5) 26... e4 $6 (26... Rbf8 {would have kept more chances.} 27. Qe4 $14 (27. f3 $6) (27. f4 $5) (27. Kg2 $5)) 27. Rfd1 Rbf8 $6 (27... Rg5 $142) 28. f4 $1 $16 Qg6 $2 (28... R5f7 29. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 29. Qxe4 $1 Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qh3 (30... Qh4 31. Ne7 $18) 31. Ne7 $18 {The weakness of square g6 finally plays the decisive role.} Rh5 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Nxf8 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qxd1 35. Qh7+ {White has a forced mate} Kxf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Rg7+ Kc6 39. Qa8+ Kb6 40. Qb7+ (40. Qb7+ Ka5 (40... Kc5 41. Rc7#) 41. b4+ Ka4 42. Qxa6#) 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-39"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.30"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2607"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 {This opening position has been tested many times in the last few years. Black has parted with the ligh-squared bishop, but he believes the kingside activity will compensate for the positional defect.} 13. Qd2 b6 {Safarli is making a serious positional concession on the queenside in the hope of slowing down White's potential attack. He is certainly avoiding lot of unpleasant tension that is present after the more popular move 13...fe4.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 Nh5 15. Na5 h6 16. b4 Nd7 17. c4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. g3 Nhf6 20. Bd3 e4 21. fxe4 Ne5 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Bb1 g4 $15 {0-1 Yu Shaoteng (2529)-Wen,Y (2520)/China 2010 (49)}) (13... Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 (14... b6 15. f3 (15. f4 f5 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Bf6 18. c3 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qc2 $11 {1-0 David,A (2544)-Bekker Jensen,D (2264)/Antwerp 1999/ (59)}) (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxb6 Qe7 20. b4 Rfb8 21. bxc5 Rxb6 22. cxb6 Qd8 {0-1 Abreu,A (2480)-Delgado,N (2481)/Santa Clara 2001/ (45)}) 15... Nf6 16. Rad1 Nfd7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 26. Kh1 Bf6 $15 {½-½ Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (59)}) 15. Qc4 (15. Qb5 Qc7 (15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 (16... Bg5 $2 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. h4 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxh4 20. Rf2 $16) 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Nd2 (18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. b3 f5 $14) 18... Bg5 19. Bf2 (19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc4 f5 21. c3 $14) 19... Qe7 (19... Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qg5 21. Rdd1 f5 22. c3 e4 23. b4 $14) (19... f5 $5 20. Nc4 Rf6 $14) 20. Nc4 f5 (20... Rfc8 21. a3 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. cxb3 $16) 21. Qc6 b5 $1 22. Nxd6 (22. Qxb5 $5 Ra6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Bxc5 Rxb5 25. axb5 Nxc5 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Rxa5 Nc7 28. b4 $16) 22... Ra6 23. Bxb5 $1 (23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Qc7 e4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Bxb5 e3 27. Bxa6 exf2+ 28. Kf1 Nxa6 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qxa6 Bh4 $17) 23... Rxc6 24. dxc6 {½-½ Milos,G (2620)-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (56)}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4 24. Rg2 Rce8 $11 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Voitsekhovsky,S/Minsk/1998/ (50)}) (16. Rad1 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. f4 Nfd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qc6 Qd8 21. d6 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Bc4 {1-0 Cuijpers,F (2496)-Kohlweyer,B (2423)/Germany 2005/ (55)}) 16... b6 {Black is using the move b7-b6 anyway, but the white queen is quite active on the queenside.} (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 f5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd3 f4 26. Rc1 {1-0 Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa 1998 (35)}) 17. Qc4 (17. a3 f5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) (17. f3 Nf6 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 $14) 18. Qc4 Qb7 $6 (18... a4 $5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qb5 Rfc8 21. a3 Bd6 $13) 19. Nxc5 bxc5 (19... dxc5 20. d6 Bd8 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. c3 $16) 20. Qb3 Qc7 (20... Qxb3 21. axb3 Rfb8 22. Kf2 $14) (20... Rfb8 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. b3 a4 23. Bc4 $14) 21. Bb5 Nh5 (21... a4 22. Qd3 (22. Bxa4 c4 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Bc6 Rxc2 26. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 $14) 22... Qa5 23. c4 a3 24. Rab1 $16) 22. Qc4 f5 23. c3 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/Rivne 2005 (44)}) 17... f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 (18... f4 $6 19. Bxe4 (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 g6 $14) 19... fxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. Qc3 b4 22. Qc4 Bg5 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bf5 $16) 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 (21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. Bd2 f3 $1 $15) 21... e4 22. Bf1 $13 {0-1 Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)/Dos Hermanas 1999 (33)}) 15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {½-½ Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/Poikovsky 2005/}) 14. f3 Nh5 {Black is well informed and thus avoids the interesting idea of advancing f3-f4 after 14..d7.} (14... Qd7 15. f4 $5 (15. c3 a5 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Nc1 e4 18. f4 b5 19. h3 Bd8 20. Kh2 Bb6 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. g4 Na6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. g5 Ne8 25. a3 Qe7 26. Qe3 Rbb8 27. Na2 Nec7 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. cxb4 Rf8 {½-½ Short,N (2674)-Hillarp Persson,T (2618)/Malmo 2009 (54)}) 15... Nfe4 16. Qb4 Rfb8 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Qh4 Rf8 21. g4 Qa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qe4 24. Qh3 a5 25. b3 $14 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Sarajevo/1999/ 1-0 (76)}) 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 {It would have been suicidal to enable the march of White's d-pawn.} (16... dxc5 $2 17. d6 Bf6 18. d7 $16) 17. c3 Bh4 18. Bd3 (18. b4 f4 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qc7 $11) 18... g6 {Safarli is not sure, if the exchange of dark-squared bishop would have been sufficient for equality.} (18... f4 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 g6 $11) 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bf6 $6 (20... f4 21. Bf2 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qd7 $11) 21. Rab1 (21. Rac1 e4 22. fxe4 f4 23. Bf2 Bg5 24. Rf1 f3 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 fxg2 27. Kxg2 Nf4+ $14) 21... e4 $5 {Black badly needs to get active play on the kingside, otherwise Efimenko will roll over him on the other side of the board.} (21... Qe7 22. Be2 Nf4 23. Bf1 $16) 22. fxe4 Be5 23. Bf2 {White prefers to play cautiously and not risk any surprises since the black pieces can become very active.} (23. exf5 Qh4 24. g3 Nxg3 25. Qf2 (25. fxg6 $2 Rf3 $1 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Re1 Raf8 $17) 25... Nxf5 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 $11) (23. Bh6 $5 f4 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 f4 25. Be2 (25. Bxf8 $2 Qh4 26. h3 Rxf8 $19) 25... Be3 26. Qb2 Qh4 27. Bxh5 Rf7 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Qc3 Qxh6 30. Bg4 $16) 24. Be2 Rf7 25. Qe1 (25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Rb3 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qg6 $11) 25... Nf6 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. Rbc1 $14) 23... f4 (23... Nf4 24. exf5 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxf5 26. Rf1 $14) 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Qd3 (25. Bf3 g5 $1 (25... Qd7 26. Rdc1 $16) 26. h3 h5 27. Qe2 Qe8 $11) 25... g5 26. Qh3 Kg7 (26... Qe7 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. dxe6 Nxe4 29. Bd4 $16) (26... Nxe4 27. Bd3 Nf6 28. Bf5 $16) 27. Bg4 $2 {Efimenko must have been very satisfied with his position as he has managed to stop Black's attack and can now advance his case. Unfortunately he misses a great tactical shot. It was much better to take the c-file under control.} (27. Rbc1 $1 Nxe4 (27... Rf7 28. Rc4 $16) 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qf5 $16) 27... Nxe4 28. Bf5 Rxf5 $1 (28... Nf6 29. Rdc1 h5 30. Rc4 g4 31. Qd3 Nxd5 32. Be4 $16) 29. Qxf5 Nc3 {Safarli is winning the exchange back and only has to cope with the advance of the b-pawn.} 30. a4 (30. Rdc1 Nxb1 31. Qxb1 Qd7 $11) 30... Rb8 31. Re1 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Rb7 (32... Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kf5 36. b6 Ke4 37. Rb5 Rb7 $11) 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. b6 Bc3 $6 {[%mdl 4096] I feel compassion with Black's feeling that he may lose to the pesky b-pawn. Fortunately his king can be centralizsed in time and cope with White's f2-bishop.} (36... Kf5 $1 37. Rc1 Ke4 38. Rc7 Rb8 39. b7 Kxd5 40. Ba7 Bd4+ 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. Rxh7 Kc5 43. Rg7 Kc6 44. Rxg5 Rxb7 45. Rf5 d5 46. Rxf4 Kd6 $11) 37. Rc1 Ba5 38. Kf1 Ke5 (38... Bxb6 39. Rb1 Ke5 40. Rb5 Bxf2 41. Rxb7 Bh4 42. Ke2 Kxd5 43. Kf3 $16) 39. Ra1 Bb4 $2 {Black is still unsure what to do with his problem; it was much stronger to put the bishop to the c3-square.} (39... Bc3 $1 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7 Kxd5 42. Rh5 Ra8 43. Rxg5+ Ke4 $11) 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7 Bc5 42. b7 Kxd5 43. Rc7 Kc4 44. Rg7 Kd3 $6 {Safarli remains confused till the end and ignores the chance to advance his pawns in order to generate counterplay.} (44... d5 45. Rc7 d4 46. Ke2 g4 47. Kd2 Kd5 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Rg7 Be5 $14) 45. h3 Be3 46. Rd7 Ke4 47. Ke2 Bxf2 (47... Bc5 48. Bxc5 dxc5 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rg7 Kd6 52. Kc4 $16) (47... d5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Bxe3+ fxe3 50. g3 Rf8 51. Rxe3 $18) 48. Kxf2 {Without bishops on the board the winning chances for White are excellent. Black will lose the better part of his army when trying to eliminate the b7-pawn.} d5 (48... Kd5 49. Rc7 $1 (49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Rg7 d5 51. Rxg5 Rxb7 52. Kxf4 Rb4+ $14) 49... Ke5 50. Kf3 $16) 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rc7 Kd6 52. Rh7 Rf8 (52... Kc6 53. Kd4 Re8 54. Re7 Rb8 55. Rg7 Re8 56. Rg6+ Kxb7 57. Kxd5) 53. Rf7 Re8 54. Rg7 Kc6 55. Re7 Rf8 56. Kd4 Rd8 57. Rg7 Re8 58. Rg6+ Kxb7 59. Kxd5 {Most likely taking the g5-pawn was also sufficient for a win.} (59. Rxg5 Re3 60. Kxd5 f3 61. g4 f2 62. Rf5 Re2 63. Kd4 Kc7 64. Kd3 Ra2 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Kxf2 Rxh3 67. Rf3 Rh8 68. Rd3 $18) 59... f3 60. gxf3 Rh8 (60... Re3 61. Rxg5 Rxf3 62. h4 Rf6 63. Ke5 Rh6 64. Rg4 $18) 61. Rxg5 Rxh3 62. f4 Kc7 63. Ke6 {The black king has no chance to get into the line of advance of the pawn and White will achieve the celebrated Lucena bridge position.} Rh6+ 64. Kf7 Rh7+ 65. Rg7 Rh6 66. f5 Kd7 67. f6 Rh8 68. Rg1 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.04.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Dokhoian Romero Tischbierek} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 $14) (9... b5 $5) 10. f4 a5 {A new and interesting idea, despite to loose a tempo.} (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8 (12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rae1 Qe6 $10 {0-1 Sutovskij,E-Gruenfeld,Y/Rishon le Zion (06) ;CBM 45 1994 (37)}) 13. Rd1 (13. Nd5 $1) 13... Bh4 14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Qc1 $16 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Skalik,P/Wisla BES (04) 1992 (25)}) 14... Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2 Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Mithrakanth,P/Calcutta op (04) ;EXP 50 1996/½-½ (48)}) 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 {Controlling d5.} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Rf2 d5 15. exd5 exf4 {Cabrilo,G-Kosic,D/JUG-chT Igalo ;EXT 94ch 1994/½-½ (48)}) 12... Qb6 (12... Bd7) 13. g4 (13. Re1 {Dokhoian} Qf2 14. Re2 Qh4 15. f5 $6 d5 $132) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 (15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Re8 $13 (16... Bxf5 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 19. Rad1) 17... Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd2 d5 21. Nb5 $16)) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $5 {Forcing matters} gxf5 18. gxf5 Bf6 $2 (18... Kh8 $1 19. Rg1 Bf8 (19... Rg8 $2 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qg1+ $1 Qxg1+ 22. Rxg1+ Kh8 23. Bh5 Ne5 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxe5+ Kf8 26. Bf4 Nxc2 27. Nd5 $18) 20. Qd2 d5 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qg5 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd4 23. e5 $1 Qxe5 24. Rae1 $18) (20... Qd8 $5 21. Bg5 $5 $44) 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. e5 Qc7 (22... Nxe5 23. Qg5 Ng6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb2 27. Rae1 $44)) 21... Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. exd5 (23. f6 Qd6 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Qf8 $19) 23... Ra6 (23... Qe3 24. Qg2 Qh6 25. Rae1 $44 (25. Rae1 {Dokhoian} Rf8 26. Ne4 Nf6 27. Nd6 Ra6 28. Qg3 Nxc2 29. Re4 Rxd6 (29... Nxe4 30. Nxf7+) 30. Qxd6 Ng4 31. Qg3 Nge3 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qc7 Nxd5 34. Qg3 $16)) (23... Ne5 $2 24. Qh6 $18) 24. Ne4 (24. Qg2 Qf8 $17) 24... Qf8 25. c3 Ne5 26. Be2 $44) 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qd2 (20. e5 $5 {Tischbierek}) 20... Ne5 {Black has good squares for their pieces, but no comunication between queen and king side.} (20... Qd8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. Nxd6 Rg8 (22... Ra6 23. Nxe8 $3 Qxd2 (23... Qxe8 24. Qg2 Nxc2 25. Bg7+ $18) 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 (24... Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf6 27. Bg7+ $18) 25. Bxd2 Nxf3 26. Bc3 $18) 23. Bh5 $1 Rxg1+ (23... Ra6 $2 24. Nxf7+ Nxf7 25. Bxf7 $16) 24. Rxg1 Qe7 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Qc3 { 26.:e5}) 25. Qg2 Ng6 26. fxg6 fxg6 (26... hxg6 27. Bxg6 $18) 27. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (27... Qxd6 28. Bf7 $18) 28. Qxg6 Be6 29. Bf8 $1 $18) 21. Qg2 Ng6 $8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rgf1 $1 {} (23. Bg4 {Romero}) (23. Bh5 $6 {Dokhoian} Rg8 24. Raf1 Bd4 (24... Be5 $145 $5) 25. Bg5 Be6 $13) 23... Bg7 $6 {Seems logical to propose this change, but black pawn d6 will be very difficult to defend.} (23... Be5 {defending d6} 24. Rad1 (24. Bg4 {Romero xf7} Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Nxc2 $1 26. Nd5 (26. Rf7 Qxb2 (26... Nxa1 27. Qd7 Qb3 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ $10) (26... Qxb2 $2 27. Rg1 Qxc3 $145 28. Bd2 $1 $18)) 26... Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qa2 28. Rxb7 $6 (28. Qh4 Nb4 (28... Rab8 29. Bf4) 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rbc1 $14) 28... Ne3) 24... Be6 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Bg4 $5 Bc6 26. Rf7 Bxc3 27. Bf5 $1 Rg8 28. bxc3 Nd3 $5 29. Qg5 $1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kg3 Qd8 33. Re7 $18) 25. Bg4 Bc4 (25... Bxg4 $2 26. Qxg4 Nxc2 (26... Re7 27. Qf3 (27. Rd2 $16) 27... Ree8 28. Qf7 Nxc2 29. Rf6 Rg8 30. Rfxd6 Qxb2 31. Rd7 $18) 27. Rf7 Qc6 28. Rg1 $1 Rg8 (28... Bxc3 $2 29. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Bg7+ $18) 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qf6 Rag8 32. Rxg6 $3 $18) 26. Rf3 $36) (23... Qd8 {Romero} 24. Rad1) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rad1 (25. Bg4 {Romero} Qc6 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. Qf6+ $10 Kh6 $2 28. Qf4+ Kh5 29. Rg1) (25. Nb5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bd7 26. Rad1 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 $13) 25... Bd7 {Avoiding the jump b5 [#]} (25... Be6 26. Nb5 Rad8 (26... Bc4 {Romero} 27. Nxd6 Bxf1 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxf1) 27. c3 $16) (25... Re5 {Romero} 26. Nb5 $1) 26. Qg3 Re5 (26... Nxc2 27. Rxd6 Bc6 28. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Yg6]}) 27. Bg2 {Black has a lot of problems. f4 xf6} (27. Be2 $5 {Dokhoian  e2-c4}) 27... Nxc2 $6 (27... Rf8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rf1+ (29. Qf4+ {Romero}) 29... Kg8 (29... Kg7 30. Qh4 g5 31. Qh5 Be8 32. Qf3 h6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rf6 Bg6 35. Rxd6 $18) 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qf6 (31. e5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bc6) 31... Qd8 32. Qxd6 Bc6 $16) (27... Rae8 28. Qh4 Be6 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Nb5 Rxb5 31. axb5 Nxc2 32. Bh3 $18) 28. Nd5 Qd8 (28... Qxb2 29. Qf2 Bc6 30. Qf6+ Kh6 31. Rf4 Nd4 32. Rh4+ Rh5 33. Rxh5+ Kxh5 34. Nf4+ Kh6 35. Ne6 $18) 29. Qf2 Nb4 30. Nb6 $1 Bg4 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxa8 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Qxa8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxd6 Re8 (35... Nc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Qxe5 $18) 36. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1997.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 062"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 (10... Be7 11. Nd5 (11. Kb1 O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rc8 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 Qh4 20. g5 Rc4 {0-1 Cvicela,A-Debnar,L/SVK-ch (09) ;TD 93\10 1993 (30)}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg5 15. Kb1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O {Kasimadzanov-Georgiev,Ki,97}) 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nd5 (12. g3 Nb6 (12... Qc7 13. h3 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Na5 Rc7 19. c4 O-O 20. b4 Rb8 {½-½ McShane,Luke J-Hunt,Harriet/Ch Great Britain, Hove (England) (7) 1997 (64)}) 13... b5 14. Rh2 (14. Qf2 Qb7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Na5 Qc7 {½-½ Sax,Gyula-Leko,Peter/Ch Hungary, Budapest (Hungary) (7) 1997}) 14... Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. f4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Rc1 a5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rxh2 22. Qxh2 Be4 {½-½ Novgorodskij,V-Popov,Val/St.Petersburg Petrov (04) ;CBM 52 1996 (52)}) 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Rhe1 f5 19. c4 Kf8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Qf2 {½-½ Fogarasi,T-Szekely,P/HUN tt Postás-Statisztika(04) 1996}) 12... Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 $1 (14. Qa5 Nc4 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8) 14... Qxb6 15. Bd3 $16) 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 $146 (15... O-O 16. f4 $5) (15... Qc7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. f4 exf4 20. Qe4 Kf8 21. c3 Rh6 22. Qxf4 Rf6 23. Qe4 Qd7 {½-½ Wang Zili-Ye Jiangchuan/4th ST Lee Cup, Beijing CHN (02) 1997 (47)}) 16. Rhe1 $6 (16. Bf2 O-O 17. h4 Bh6 18. g4 Bf4 19. Nd2 $14) 16... O-O 17. g3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Rxe3 Nb6) 18... Qc7 (18... Nb6 $5) 19. c3 Nb6 20. Qg5 $6 (20. Na5 Na4) (20. Qd3 Nc4 $15) (20. f4 $5 Nc4 21. Qd3 {e4} exf4 $6 22. gxf4 Rfe8 23. Nd4) 20... Nc4 21. Nd2 (21. Qxh5 Qb6 22. Re2 (22. f4 a5) (22. Re4 Qf2) 22... a5 $44) (21. Re4 Qb6 (21... Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 23. Ka3 Rc5 24. Qd2 Ra5+ 25. Ra4 Rxa4+ 26. Kxa4) 22. Rh4 Qf2 23. Nd2 Ne3 24. Qxh5 f6 $17) 21... Qb6 (21... Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 23. Kb1 $11 Qd3+ 24. Ka1 Rc2 25. Ne4) 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxh5 (23. Ka1 Ra4 $1 (23... Rfc8 24. Re4)) 23... Rfc8 (23... Rxc3 24. Re4 Rfc8 25. Rh4 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rc2 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ $11 (30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 Qf2+ 32. Rd2 Qxf3 $15)) 24. Ka1 $2 (24. Re4 $142 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Rxc3 26. Qe2 Qe3 $15) (24. Kc2 $2 Rb4 $19) 24... Ra4 $2 (24... Qa5 $1 25. Re3 (25. Qf5 Rxc3) (25. Rd3 Ra4 26. a3 Rxa3+ 27. bxa3 Rxc3 $19) (25. Kb1 Ra4 26. a3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. Re2 Rxa3 $19) 25... R8c5 (25... Ra4 26. a3 Qb6 (26... Rxa3+ 27. bxa3 Qxa3+ 28. Kb1 $11) 27. Rdd3 $13 (27. Qf5 Rc5 28. Qd7 Rca5 29. Re2 Qb3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh6 32. Rdd2 Rb5 $17)) 26. f4 (26. b4 Qa4 27. f4 Rxc3 28. bxc5 Rc2 29. a3 Qc4 $19) 26... Ra4 27. a3 Rxa3+ 28. bxa3 Qxa3+ 29. Kb1 Rb5+ 30. Kc2 Qa2+ 31. Kd3 Rxd5+ 32. Ke4 Qc4+ $19) 25. Qf5 (25. Re4 Qb3 $19) 25... Rc5 26. Rd4 $1 (26. Qc2 Rca5 27. b4 Rxa2+ 28. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Qf2+ 30. Kb3 Qxf3 $17) 26... g6 27. Qf6 $2 (27. Qe4 $1 Rxd4 (27... exd4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Re7 $18) 28. cxd4 Rc4 29. Rd1 Rxd4 (29... Kg7 30. Kb1 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (31... exd4) 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. Kc2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. f4+ Kf5 (35... Kxd5 36. g4 $18) 36. h3 $18) 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. a3 (31. Kb1 d3) 31... Qc5 32. Kb1 Qc4 $15) (27. Rg4 Rxg4 28. Qxg4 Rxd5 $17) 27... Rxd4 28. cxd4 Rc2 29. Rb1 exd4 $19 30. h4 d3 31. h5 (31. Re1 Qe3) 31... gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ (33. Qxh5 Qd4) 33... Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxh5 Qd4 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Qh5 Kc7 38. Qxf7+ Kb6 39. Qf5 Ka7 40. a3 Rxb2 (40... Re2) 41. Rxb2 (41. Qf4 Qxf4 42. gxf4 Rf2 $19) (41. Qe4 Rxb1+ 42. Kxb1 Qg1+ 43. Kb2 d2) 0-1