[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qh4 Rc8 11. Bh6 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Rac1 Rc5 14. Nd5 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Ng5 N5f6 19. Rc4 Re8 20. Rh4 Nf8 21.
Bc6 d5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Nf3 e5 24. Qc1 d4 25. e3 d3 26. Qc3 N8d7 27. Rc4 Qe6
28. e4 Nc5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Nfxe4 31. b4 d2 32. Rd4 Na4 33. Nc4 Nac3 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35. Nxd2 Nf6 36. a3 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Ne5 g6 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Bg7 11. b3 Bd5 12. Bb2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. Rfd1
O-O 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qb2 b5 19. Ne5 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Rfd8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ne4 24. f3 Nd6 25. Qc5 a6 26. Bf2 Bf8 27.
Nc6 e6 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Nb7 30. Nb8 a5 31. Kf2 f5 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Kd4 a4
34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Nd7 Be7 36. Nc5 Bf6+ 37. Kd3 Nxc5+ 38. Bxc5 Ke8 39. Kc4 Kd7
40. Kb5 h5 41. Kxa4 Kc6 42. Kb4 g5 43. a4 g4 44. a5 h4 45. fxg4 hxg3 46. hxg3
fxg4 47. a6 Be5 48. a7 Kb7 49. Bf2 Bd6+ 50. Kb5 Ba3 51. e4 Bb2 52. a8=Q+ Kxa8
53. Kc6 Bc3 54. Kd6 Kb7 55. Kxe6 Kc8 56. Kf5 Kd7 57. e5 Bb4 58. e6+ Ke7 59. Bd4
Ba3 60. Bf6+ Kd6 61. Bd8 Bb2 62. Ba5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 (5. d4 {Retombe sur une Gruenfeld}
) 5... Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 b6 (7... Qb6 8. Qc1 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qc2 Na6
11. O-O Nb4 12. Qc1 c5 13. Nbd2 Rac8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Rd1 h6 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Qb2
b5 18. Nd6 exd6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Nd5 21. Qb2 b4 22. Nd2 Nc3 {Pantsulaia,
L (2613)-Erturan,Y (2346)/Konya 2011/1-0 (39)}) 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc2 Nc6 $11 13. Qb2+ f6 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. b4 $1 {[%cal
Gg2b7]} e5 (15... cxb4 16. Rac1 $44 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7]}) 16. b5 Na5 17. Ngf3 Qd7
18. a4 Rad8 19. h4 Ne6 {[%csl Gd4]} 20. Bh3 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Rd6 22. Nh2 Rfd8 23.
Nhf1 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 24. Ne3 f5 $36 25. Nec4 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 Rf6 $1 {Ferme la
diagonale pour йviter le vis-а-vis Q et K tout en soutenant la poussйe f4} 27.
a5 e4 (27... f4 $5 28. gxf4 (28. axb6 axb6 (28... fxg3) 29. Ra7 fxg3 30. fxg3
Ra8 (30... Rdf8) 31. Rea1 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Qc7 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gc7g3]}) 28... Rxf4 {
[%csl Rh4]}) 28. Bg2 f4 29. gxf4 Qc7 30. e3 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 exf3 32. Ne5 Qc8 33.
Kh2 c4 $2 (33... Rxd3) 34. Rac1 Qf5 35. Rxc4 Bc8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Rg1 h6 38.
Ng4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 f6 12. Nh3 Nh6 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. f4 Nc6 15.
a4 b4 16. Nd1 O-O 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. e5 f5 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 b3 21. c3 Nc2 22.
Bxc2 bxc2 23. Nxc2 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Be4 25. Ne3 Qxb2 26. Nc4 Qxc3 27. Rac1 Qb4 28.
Nd6 Bc6 29. Rb1 Qxa4 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Rab1 Qh3 32. Ne4 Qh6 33. Qxh6 gxh6 34.
Nf6+ Kf7 35. Rbd1 Ra7 36. Rd2 a5 37. Re3 Rb8 38. Kg1 a4 39. Rh3 a3 40. Rxh6
Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb2 42. Rxh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Qb4 11. Na4 b6 12. Rfd1 Bf5 13. Ne1 Rac8 14. h3 Be6 15.
Rdc1 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bf5 18. Ne1 h5 19. Nc3 Na5 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. f4
Nb8 22. Bf2 Nbc6 23. e4 Be6 24. e5 Bh6 25. Nf3 h4 26. Nxh4 Nxe5 27. Bd5 Nd3 28.
Rd1 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Kf8 31. Nf3 Bg7 32. Ne5 e6 33. Nc3 Rxd1 34.
Nxd1 Rd8 35. Ke2 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Nc6 37. Ra6 Rd7 38. Nc3 Nxe5 39. Nb5 Nc6 40. g4
g5 41. Ke3 f6 42. b4 cxb4 43. c5 Nb8 44. Ra4 bxc5 45. Nxa7 Rh7 46. Ke4 Rxh3 47.
Nb5 Nd7 48. Nc7 Ke7 49. Ra6 f5+ 50. gxf5 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:56"]
[BlackClock "0:49:59"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. d3 Rac8 14. Ne4 e5 15.
Rfc1 Ba8 16. Nfd2 h6 17. Nc3 Kh7 18. Nd5 f5 19. h4 Rf8 20. Bc3 Ng8 21. Qd1 Qf7
22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Qe2 Rcd8 24. a4 Nf6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rb5 a6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.
Rxc5 Qd6 29. Rd5 Qa3 30. Qd1 Nb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34.
Nb3 Qa4 35. h5 Qc6 36. Na5 Qb6 37. hxg6+ Kh8 38. Qa4 Qxg6 39. Qxb4 f4 40. Qb7
Rf8 41. Qe4 Qb6 42. Nc6 fxe3 43. fxe3 Qb7 44. d4 exd4 45. exd4 a5 46. Rb1 Qa8
47. d5 a4 48. Ne7 Re8 49. Re1 Rb8 50. Ng6+ Kg8 51. Ne7+ Kh8 52. Ng6+ Kg8 53.
Qe6+ Kh7 54. Qf5 Qa7+ 55. Kg2 Qd4 56. Re7 Kg8 57. Qf7+ Kh7 58. Nf4 Qb2+ 59. Kh3
Qa1 60. Nh5 Qh1+ 61. Kg4 Qd1+ 62. Qf3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteClock "0:30:34"]
[BlackClock "0:01:31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. c3 Nbc6 8. Qc2
a5 9. a4 h6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Nb5 f5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. b3 g5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rad1
Ng6 16. d4 Be4 17. Qc1 exd4 18. cxd4 g4 19. Ne1 Rc8 20. Qc4+ Kh7 21. Nd3 Qf6
22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Nc5 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Nd7 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Qg5 27. Qf7 Kh8
28. Rd3 Qh5 29. h4 Nfxh4 30. gxh4 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Nf4 32. Qxf5 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Rd8
34. Qe4 Qh5 35. Qe7 Ra8 36. Bc1 Qf5 37. Re1 Ra6 38. Bb2 Rg6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Re7 1-0

[Event "Al Ain op 4th"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O cxb3 10. Qxb3 O-O 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. Nc4
Qh5 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Re1 Qh5 17. Nxf7 e6 18. Re5 Qg4 19. Rd1 Rxf7 20. h3 Qxd1+
21. Qxd1 Ne8 22. Re3 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 18th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nc4 h6 11. Nfd2 Be6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. a5 Rfe8 15.
Qa4 f5 16. Nb3 Bf8 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bd7 19. Qa2 Be6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qa2
Be6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Nxg6 Bf7 25. Nf4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qc6 27. c4
Bd6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Qxd5 30. Nc1 c4 31. Qxc4 Qxc4 32. dxc4 Bc5 33. Kf2
Re8 34. Nd3 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Ra3 Rd4 37. c5 Rc4 38. Rb3 Bxc5 39. Rxb7 Bd4
40. Rd7 Ra4 41. b4 Bc3 42. Rxa7 Bxb4 43. Nxb4 Rxb4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Ke2 Kf8 46.
Kd3 Ke8 47. Kc3 Kd8 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Kc4 Kc8 50. Kb5 Rb1+ 51. Kc6 Rc1+ 52. Kd6
Kb8 53. Rb7+ Ka8 54. Rh7 Ra1 55. Ke5 Ra5+ 56. Kf4 Rxa6 57. Kxf5 Kb8 58. Rg7 Kc8
59. Rg6 Ra5+ 60. Kg4 h5+ 61. Kh4 Kd7 62. Rg5 Ra2 63. h3 Ke6 64. Kxh5 Kf6 65. g4
Ra8 66. Rf5+ Ke6 67. h4 Rg8 68. Rf3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 18th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3
Nbc6 9. Qb3 d4 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. e5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bd2 h6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Qa3 b6 20. Bxh6 Rfe8 21. Rac1
Rac8 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ng5 Bd6 26. Qd2 Bd5 27. Ne4
Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf5 29. Bg5 Re8 30. h4 Kg7 31. Bh3 Qb5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 f5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. h4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
d6 9. h5 Nd7 10. Nh4 Qa5 11. Bd2 gxh5 12. c5 Nf6 13. Qc2 f4 14. Bxf4 dxc5 15.
O-O O-O 16. e4 Kh8 17. Rab1 Rf7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bd2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd8 21. Be4
Qg8 22. Kg2 Bf8 23. Rh1 Qg4 24. f3 Qg8 25. Kf2 Nc7 26. Ng2 Ne6 27. Rxh5 Nxd4
28. Qc3 Rf5 29. Rbh1 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Bf5 31. Qxd4 c5 32. Qd3 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rd8
34. Ke2 Qf7 35. Nf4 e6 36. Be3 Kg8 37. Nxe6 Re8 38. Rg5+ Kh8 39. Nxf8 Qxa2+ 40.
Bd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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c5 14. c3 c4 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd2 b5 17. a3 h6 $132 {1/2 (77) Gschnitzer,A (2333)
-Lobanov,S (2531) Innsbruck 2018}) 11. c3 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne3 Nh4 13. Nxh4
Qxh4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 (14... fxg6 $1 $36) 15. Ng4 Rc8 16. h3 O-O 17. Be3 Nb6 18.
c3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 (25) Heinemann,T (2426)-Dautov,R (2616) Erfurt
2004}) 11... cxd4 12. Bxf5 $6 (12. Nxd4 $142 Nxd4 13. cxd4 $11) 12... Bxf5 13.
Nxd4 {[%mdl 32] White hoped that his control of the d4 square would be
important; alas, Black obtains pressure on light squares, which becomes more
painful.} Bg6 14. Ng3 Nc5 {A bit premature.} (14... O-O $5 15. Nh5 Qc7) 15. f4
(15. Nh5 $5 O-O 16. Nf4 $11) 15... Bh4 $5 16. Rf1 Bxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Be3 $6 (
18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 $132) 18... Ne4 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. c4 $6 {[%mdl 512] This
pawn sacrifice doesn't succeed.} ({It was still possible to play} 20. f5 exf5
21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxf5 {as in case of} Nxg3 (23... Ke7 $142 24.
Raf1 Raf8 $15) {White obtains sufficient counterplay:} 24. Rf3 h4 (24... Ne4
25. Rd1 $132) 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Bxa7 $13 Ra8 27. Bf2 Rxa2 28. Bxg3 hxg3 29. Rxg3
Rxb2 30. Rxg7 $11) 20... dxc4 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Nb5 O-O 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. Bc5 Qc7
$1 25. Bxd6 Qb6+ 26. Kh2 Qxb2 $6 (26... Rfc8 $17) 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Too passed
pawns for the exchange guarantees Black a clear advantage. However, White can
restore the material balance by force.} 28. Rd7 $1 c3 29. Rxb7 Qxa2 30. Rc7 $2
{But he misses the opportunity!} (30. Qxc3 $8 Qa6 31. Qf3 Be4 32. Qxe4 Qxf1 33.
Rxa7 $11) 30... c2 $17 {The rest is a matter of technique.} 31. Qc3 Qb1 32. Rf2
a5 33. Rd2 Kh7 34. Rdd7 Qf1 35. Rd2 Qd1 36. Rdd7 Qg4 37. Qd2 h4 38. gxh4 Qxh4+
39. Kg1 Kg8 40. Qe3 a4 41. f5 Bxf5 42. Rd4 Qh6 (42... Qh5 $142 43. g4 Qg6) 43.
Qxh6 gxh6 44. Rxa4 Rd8 45. Rac4 Rd2 46. Kh2 Re2 47. R4c5 Be4 48. Kg3 Rxg2+ 49.
Kf4 Bg6 50. Ke3 h5 51. Rc4 Kg7 52. R7c5 Kh6 53. Kf4 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Rxg4+
hxg4+ 56. Kg3 Bd3 57. Rc7 Kf5 0-1

