[Event "DDR-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Plauen"]
[Date "1980.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hesse, Peter"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1980.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Re8 $6 {Ich spielte diesen Zug, weil mein Gegner zwei
Runden zuvor gegen Pähtz darauf 11.b3 antwortete, worauf ich mit 11...ed4 12.
Sd4 Sg4 in meine Partie gegen Liebert, Eggesin 1978, eingelenkt hätte.} 11. d5
$1 Nc5 12. Nd2 $6 {Ich ahnte, daß seine Kenntnisse über diese Variante gering
sind. Meine Antwort sichert Ausgleich.} Bh6 13. Nb3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nxb3 15. Qxb3
c5 16. Nb5 $6 (16. a4 $10) 16... a4 $1 17. Qc3 Ra6 $1 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Bd7
20. b4 Bxb5 21. cxb5 {Er überlegte an diesem Zug 41 Minuten und verwarf das
Figurenopfer 21.bc5:} (21. bxc5 $5 {Es folgt} Bd7 22. cxd6 Qa8 $142 $1 (22...
Ra4 $6 23. f3 b6 24. Qb3 {nebst 25.Tb1})) 21... cxb4 22. Qxb4 Qb6 {Ich machte
diesen Zug auch noch н tempo und hatte somit für 22 Züge 21 Minuten verbraucht.
Hinterher war ich mit dem Zug sehr unzufrieden. Jedoch ist 22...Ta2 nicht
besser:} (22... Ra2 23. b6 Ng4 24. f3 {und} Nxh2 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ {ergibt nur
Remis.}) 23. Qc4 $1 Raa8 {Hierfür benötigte ich auch 21 Minuten, und mein
nächster schwacher Zug war schon mit eingeplant.} 24. Qc7 Qd4 $2 {
Überraschenderweise hält nur der Damentausch den Vorteil fest:} (24... Qxc7 25.
Rxc7 Rab8 {Nun droht das Manöver Ted8, Sd7-c5.} 26. f3 {Noch am besten.} (26.
b6 Rec8 $1 27. Rec1 (27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. f3 Rc2 29. Ra1 (29. Rb1 Nd7) 29... Rb2)
(27. f3 Rxc7 28. bxc7 Rc8 29. Rc1 Ne8) 27... Rxc7 28. bxc7 Rc8 29. Bb5 Kf8 {
nebst Se8.}) 26... Red8 27. Ra1 Nd7 28. Ra7 Nc5 29. b6 {und Schwarz hat
Vorteil, aber ob es zum Gewinn reicht, ist fraglich. Natürlich nicht einfach
zu finden während der Partie, aber wozu ist man eigentlich Großmeister ?!}) 25.
Rcd1 $1 {Mit diesen Dauerangriffen erreicht Weiß Ausgleich.} Qb4 26. Rb1 (26.
f3 Ra2 27. Qxb7 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nh5 {ist nicht ungefährlich für Weiß.}) 26... Qa4
$6 {Objektiv war wohl Zugwiederholung das Stärkste.} 27. f3 $1 Qa7+ $1 {
Für diesen Klimmzug brauchte ich 36 Minuten. Es ist die einzige Möglichkeit,
die zwei hängenden Bauern zu decken. Ein Opfer gibt nicht genügend Spiel, z.B.:
} (27... Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Ra2 29. Qxd6 Nh5 30. Qb4 Qf2 31. Rec1 {nebst 32.De1}) 28.
b6 Qb8 29. Rec1 {Es sieht beängstigend aus für Schwarz, ist aber spielbar.} Kf8
30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Qxb8 Raxb8 32. Ra1 $1 Rxc1+ $1 33. Rxc1 Ra8 34. Rc7 Ra1+ 35.
Bf1 Rb1 36. Rxb7 Ke8 {Man gewinnt den Bauern zurück und steht sogar noch etwas
besser.} 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Be2 Rb2 $6 {Besser war 38...Tb6 und Weiß muß sich
entscheiden.} 39. g3 Ke7 $6 (39... Rxb6) 40. Ke3 Rxb6 41. Ra7 $1 $10 Rb3+ 42.
Kf2 Kd8 43. h4 f6 44. Bf1 {Abgabezug} Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal Randers Preliminaries B"]
[Site "Randers"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Black "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 $6 (6... e5 7.
O-O (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 $10) 7... Nbd7) 7. O-O (7. e5 $5
dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 $36) 7... e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Na4
Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. c5 Qe7 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nxc5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18.
Bxa5 Nd7 19. Nxc8 Rexc8 20. Red1 b5 21. Rd2 Nc5 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. b3 f5 24. exf5
gxf5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Bb4 Nb7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Nf3 Nf7 30. Qc3 Rfd8
31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Kg7 33. Rd7 Kg6 34. Bc4 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Nbd6 36. Bxf7+ Nxf7
37. Rc7 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Rb6 39. a5 Ra6 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Servat, Roberto"]
[Black "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Re8 11. d5 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qc2 Rec8 17. Rbd1 Bf8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. g3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. Nc3
Bg4 22. Bg2 a4 23. Qxd6 axb3 24. axb3 Nxb3 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Nd5 Ra8 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Rb1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Nd5 d3 32. Nc7 Ra2 33. Nxe6
fxe6 34. Bf1 Bd4 35. Bxd3 Rxf2 36. Kh1 Rd2 37. Bf1 b6 38. h3 Kg7 39. Rb3 Rf2
40. Bg2 Rc2 41. Bf1 Kf6 42. e5+ Kxe5 43. Bd3 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Bc5 45. Bxg6 Rxc4 46.
Kf3 Ra4 47. h4 Ra3 48. Rxa3 Bxa3 {ungleiche L; nicht weit voneinander
getrennte schwarze Freibauern; nicht ganz einfacher Gewinn} 49. Bb1 Kd4 50. Ba2
e5 51. Bb1 b5 52. Bg6 Be7 53. Bf5 b4 54. Bg6 Bf6 55. Bc2 (55. Ke2 $5 b3 56. Kd2
e4 57. Bf7 b2 58. Ba2 (58. Kc2 Ke3 59. g4 Kf2 60. g5 hxg5 61. hxg5 Bg7 $19)
58... h5 59. Kc2 Ke3 60. Bf7 Kf2 61. Bxh5 Kxg3 62. Bg6 e3 63. Bd3 Kf2 $19)
55... Kc3 56. Bb1 b3 57. Kg4 Kb2 58. Be4 Kc1 59. Kf5 Bh8 60. Kg6 b2 61. Kxh6 (
61. Kh7 b1=Q 62. Bxb1 Kxb1 63. Kxh8 e4 (63... h5 64. g4 hxg4 65. h5 g3 66. h6
g2 67. h7 e4 $19) 64. g4 e3 65. g5 hxg5 66. hxg5 e2 67. g6 e1=Q 68. g7 Qh4+ 69.
Kg8 Kc2 $19) 61... b1=Q 62. Bxb1 (62. Bxb1 Kxb1 63. Kg5 Kc2 64. Kf5 Kd3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Liang, Chong"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Qe7 10. Rb1 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... a5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5
14. d5 Nc5 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 c5 17. Nd2 g4 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. Bd3 Bg5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S-McNab,C/Gausdal Int 1995 (35)}) 12. Qd2 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Be6 19. Red1 Ng6 20.
Be2 Bf8 $15 {0-1 Ali,M-Saltaev,M/Asia-chT 1995 (28)}) 10... a5 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 $5 {This is aan interesting positional sacrifice of the
pawn.} 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 (16... Nf4 17. Nd3 (
17. Nf3 Bg4 $44) 17... Rd8 18. Qf3 Nxd3 (18... Ne6 19. e5 Nd4 20. Qg3 $14) 19.
Bxd3 Qe5 $44) 17. Qxh5 Be6 $44) 15... Nxg3 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. hxg3 Rad8 {
[%cal Yd7e6,Ye7c5,Ye6c4,Yg7c3,Yd8d1]} 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. Red1 Be6 $44 {The pair
of the bishops and the full control over the black squares give the black more
than enough compensation for the sacrifised pawn.But the white have a
defendable position.} 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Bd4 (21... Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Bd4 $11)
22. Rd2 Re8 {[%cal Ye8e2]} 23. Qd3 Be5 24. Nd1 Bc7 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 $11
Bc8 {[%cal Yc7b6,Yb6d4,Ye8e4]} 27. Nc3 Be5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Ne2 Bc7 30. Nc3 Be5
31. Ne2 h5 32. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Bf6 33. f3 (33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. exf5 Re1 $15 {
[%cal Ye1g1]}) 33... Be7 {[%cal Ye7c5,Yc5g1]} (33... Rd8 34. Nf5+ Bxf5 35. Rxd8
Bxd8 36. exf5 $11) 34. Be2 Bc5 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Nb3 Bb4 37. Rd3 a4 $2 38. Nd2
Kg7 39. a3 {[%csl Ra4]} Ba5 40. c5 $1 (40. Bd1 b5 $14) 40... Be6 41. f4 (41.
Bd1 $1 Bc7 (41... Ra8 42. f4 $16) (41... f5 42. Bxa4 Bxd2 43. Rxd2 fxe4 44.
fxe4 Bc4+ 45. Kf2 Rxe4 46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. Bd1 $18) 42. Bxa4 Bxg3 43. Bb3 Bc8 44.
Nc4 $16) 41... g4 42. Rd4 (42. Bd1 $1 Ra8 43. Rd4 Bxd2 44. Rxd2 Ra5 $132) 42...
Rd8 $1 $11 43. Rxd8 Bxd8 44. Bc4 (44. Bd1 Be7 45. Bxa4 Bxc5 $44) 44... Ba5 $1
$11 (44... Be7 $2 45. Bxe6 fxe6 46. b4 $16) 45. Bxe6 Bxd2 46. Bc8 Bc1 47. Bxb7
Bxb2 48. Bxc6 Bxa3 49. Bxa4 Bxc5 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 (
8. d5 $5 {is a popular alternative.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 {White is
getting ready for advance of the d-pawn with the subsequent advance of the a-
and b-pawns.} Re8 11. d5 {It's better to make this move when Black's rook is
on e8 as one of Black's main ideas - f5 usually requires the rook on f8.} Nc5
12. b3 Bd7 13. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} (13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bg5 {0-1 Servat,R (2450)
-Tempone,M (2435)/Argentina 1995/CBM 049/[Hecht] (62)} ({In my opinion} 14. Qc2
{is better.} Nh5 (14... Rc8 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Rbd1 Bf8 17. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M (2545)-Kovalevskaya,E (2451)/Batumi 2000/CBM 076 ext (35)}) 15.
Be3 Nf4 16. Rbd1 Nfe6 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. g3 Red8 20. Red1 Kh8 21. Bh3
Rab8 22. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,T (2640)-Ljubojevic,L (2605)/Manila 1974/MCD 
(100)})) 13... cxd5 $1 {This exchange on d5 is important as it doesn't allow
White to play b3-b4 after a5-a4.} (13... a4 {looks wrong in view of} 14. b4 Nb3
15. dxc6 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Qxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Finegold,B (2543)-Nakamura,H 
(2647)/Cherry Hill 2007/CBM 119 ext (40)}) 16. Bb2 b6 17. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Ra4]
[%cal Gd3c2] 1/2-1/2 Friedrichs,K (2248)-Bogdan,D (2331)/Paks 2000/CBM 077 ext
(25)}) 14. cxd5 a4 $5 {Ivanchuk is trying to keep the position complex.} ({
Another option is} 14... b5 {, which seems to lead to equal play after} 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 (17... bxa4 18. Nd2 $1 $14) 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Bd3
Qb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bc2 Ra2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Raznikov,D (2270)-Bykhovsky,A (2487)/
Tel Aviv 2009/CBM 131 Extra (33)})) 15. bxa4 ({In the event of} 15. b4 Nb3 16.
Nb5 (16. Bb5 $6 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qd7 $15) {I didn't like} 16... Ng4 $5 {[%csl Rb5,
Rf2][%cal Gd8b6]} ({After} 16... Qb8 17. Nd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 $14 {White is
better.}) 17. Nxd6 Nxf2 (17... Qb6 18. Nxe8 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Re2 $14) 18.
Kxf2 Qb6+ 19. Be3 Qxd6 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gb3d4] and Black looks at least ok.})
15... Nxa4 16. Nxa4 (16. Qb3 Nc5 $1 (16... Nxc3 $6 17. Qxc3 Ra4 18. Nd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Liberzon,V/Moscow 1969/URS-ch (32)})) 16... Bxa4 $1 (16...
Rxa4 17. Bd3 b5 18. Bc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popov,V-Vasiukov,E/Budapest 1965/MCD (26).
...and White retains slightly better chances thanks to his spatial advantage.})
17. Qd2 {[%csl Rb7]} Re7 {[%cal Ge7c7]} 18. Rb4 {[%csl Ye4]} Rc7 {[%cal Gc7c2]}
19. Qb2 $1 Qc8 $1 ({The immediate} 19... Rc2 {was also possible, but after} 20.
Qb1 {Black would have to come back to c7.} Rc7) 20. Be3 $6 {A dubious move. I
missed Black's 22nd move.} (20. h3 $5 $11) 20... Ng4 21. Bb6 {This was part of
my plan.} (21. Bg5 $1 {is objectively better with the idea to meet} Rc2 $6 {
with} 22. Rc1 $1 $14) 21... Rc2 22. Qb1 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gh6c1]
Suddenly the passive bishop is getting active.} 23. h3 Nf6 $1 $15 {Correctly
avoiding the following combination.} (23... Nxf2 24. Bxf2 Rxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Qc5+
26. Nd4 $1 exd4 {[%cal Gd4d3]} 27. Qd3 b5 28. Qxd4 Bd2 29. Reb1 Bxb4 30. Rxb4
$11) 24. Be3 {A sad necessity.} Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Ra7 $6 {First inaccuracy.} ({
It would be better to play} 25... b5 $1 26. Ne1 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Bxb5 Bxb5
29. Rxb5 Rxa3 {[%csl Re4,Rf2] and despite equal material Black is better
thanks to weaknesses on e4 and f2.} 30. Nc2 Ra8 31. f3 Nh5 $15 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3]
[%cal Gh5f4]}) 26. Ne1 {I wanted to deal with the annoying rook as soon as
possible, but in fact it wasn't necessary.} (26. Rb6 $1 {Freeing the b4-square
for the queen was better.} Ne8 27. Qb4 $11) 26... Rc3 {[%csl Ra3] Black is
trying to exploit the weakness of the a3-pawn, but this move is inaccurate.} ({
Both} 26... Rc5 $5 $15) ({and} 26... Rc1 $15 {preserving an active rook were
better.}) 27. Qb2 $6 {Being short on time I immediately returned the favour.} (
27. Rxc3 $1 {was correct. Now after} Qxc3 28. Rc4 $1 Qxa3 $140 (28... Qa5 29.
Qb4 $11) 29. Qb6 Ra8 $1 (29... Be8 30. Rc8 Kg7 31. Nc2 $1 Qa4 32. f3 $1 Ra8 33.
Rc7 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd6] is better for White due to the weakness of the d6-pawn.}
) 30. Qxb7 Bd7 $11 {the position is equal.}) 27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qc5 $15 {
[%csl Re3,Re4] I had underestimated the weakness of the e-pawns.} 29. Kf2 Bd1
$6 {[%cal Gc5a5] Surprisingly this is the move I'd expected to see. Black has
a clear idea to win the a3-pawn by means of 30...Qa5.} ({The immediate} 29...
Qa5 $5 $15 {[%csl Ra3]}) ({or the preparatory} 29... Kg7 $5 $15 {were better.})
30. Bb5 $3 {Preventing Black's idea.} g5 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gg5g4,Gh5g6] Black
has two ideas in mind: the simple g4 and the Bh5-g6 manoeuvre attacking my
weak e4-pawn.} 31. a4 $1 {First of all White needs to consolidate his position
on the queenside.} g4 {[%cal Gg4g3]} ({After} 31... Bh5 {White seems to hold
after} 32. Nd3 Qb6 33. g4 $1 (33. Bd7 Qc7 34. Bf5 Bd1 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gd1c2]}) 33... Bg6 34. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f2] although White still has some
problems to solve.}) 32. Nd3 $3 ({After} 32. Qd2 gxh3 $1 33. gxh3 Bh5 {[%cal
Gh5g6] Black retains a slight edge.}) 32... gxh3 $3 {A fantastic resource in
mutual time trouble.} (32... g3+ $2 {would be wrong in view of} 33. Ke1 Qxe3+ (
33... Qc2 $142 34. Qxc2 Bxc2 35. Kd2 $14 {[%csl Rg3]}) 34. Kxd1 Nxe4 35. Qc1 $1
$16) 33. gxh3 ({It wasn't easy to calculate the incredible variations after} 
33. Nxc5 h2 {and so I decided to choose a simpler move. Nevertheless the game
could continue} 34. Nd7 $3 Ng4+ (34... Nxd7 $2 35. Bxd7 h1=Q {[%cal Gh1h4]} 36.
Bh3 $1 $16) 35. Ke1 $1 {Allowing promotion with a check.} h1=Q+ 36. Kd2 {
[%csl Rd1] Now it turns out that the bishop on d1 is misplaced.} Qg1 (36... Ra8
$5 {seems to lead to a weird perpetual after} 37. Qc1 Nxe3 $1 38. Qc3 $1 Qxg2+
({or} 38... Ng4 39. Rb1 $1 Qxg2+ 40. Kxd1 Nf2+ 41. Kc1 Nxe4 42. Qc2 Qg1+ 43.
Kb2 Qd4+ 44. Ka3 Nc3 45. Rb4 Nxb5+ 46. Rxb5 Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Qd4+ 48. Ka3 $11) 39.
Kxe3 Kh8 $1 {[%cal Ga8g8,Gg8g3]} 40. Rb2 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 $1 Rg8 $1 42. Nxe5 $1
Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Rg3+ 44. Nf3+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ $3 Kf8 ({After} 46... Rxg4
47. Nxg1 Rxg1 48. Bd7 $11 {[%csl Rb7] White is fine.}) 47. Qc8+ $11) 37. Qc3
Kg7 38. Rb1 Nf2 $1 39. Qb4 $1 $13 {and the position remains very unclear.})
33... Qc8 {[%csl Rh3]} 34. Kg3 {Probably somewhere here I started to go astray.
} (34. Qc1 $1 {was better.} Nxe4+ $5 (34... Qxc1 35. Nxc1 Bc2 36. Kf3 $11 {
is ok for White.}) 35. Rxe4 Qf5+ 36. Ke1 Qxe4 37. Nf2 $1 Qxd5 (37... Qf3 38.
Qc8+ Kg7 39. Nxd1 $11) 38. e4 $11 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 34... Qd8 ({Another option
was to bring the queen to h6.} 34... Qf8 {[%csl Re3,Rh3][%cal Gf8h6]}) 35. Kh2
({White's position after} 35. Nf2 $5 Nh5+ (35... Bh5 36. Be2 $11) 36. Kh2 Bf3
37. Nh1 $3 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gb5e2,Gb2f2] still looks defendable.}) 35... Bf3 (
35... Bh5 $1 $15 {was more precise.}) 36. Qf2 (36. Nf2 $5 {deserved atention
leaving the queen on the queenside.}) 36... Bh5 $1 ({In the event of} 36...
Bxe4 37. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 38. Qg2+ Ng5 39. h4 h6 40. Nf2 $1 $11 {White is ok.}) 37.
Rc4 (37. Qg3+ $5 Kh8 38. Qh4 $5 ({In the event of} 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Qxe5 Kg8
40. Rc4 Ra8 41. d6 Bg6 42. Rc7 Nxe4 $15 {Black is better.})) (37. Qh4 $5) 37...
Ra8 $1 {Now I started to feel that my queen is misplaced on the kingside and
with my next move decided to provoke Ng4 as in the event of some slow defence
White's position is very unpleasant.} 38. Qh4 Ng4+ $2 $138 {Fortunately
Ivanchuk didn't have much time left and so he decided to win a pawn.} ({
After the simple} 38... Bg6 $1 39. Nf2 Kg7 $17 {[%cal Ga8c8] the e4-pawn is
very weak and the lack of the queen on the queenside is essential.}) 39. Kg3
Qxh4+ $6 {Black shouldn't have activated my king.} ({The immediate} 39... Nxe3
$5 {was better.} 40. Qxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rc7 f5 42. Bd7 fxe4 43. Nf2 Bg6 44. Be6+
Kh8 $15 {[%cal Gd8f8,Gf8f3]}) 40. Kxh4 Nxe3 41. Rc7 $5 {If White wins the
b7-pawn his chances will be at least not worse.} (41. Rc3 $5 Bg6 42. Nf2 Ng2+
43. Kg3 Nf4 44. Rc7 Rb8 45. Rd7 Rc8 46. Rxd6 Rc3+ 47. Kh2 Rf3 48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49.
Kf1 Ra3 50. Kg1 $11) 41... Bd1 42. Rc3 $3 {A fantastic defensive resource.
White is threatening with both 43.Nf2 and 43.Nb2, while the a4-pawn is
defended indirectly.} f5 {After this move the lights went off in most of
Gibraltar and the play resumed after more than an hour.} (42... Bxa4 {would be
better and led to some interesting complications:} 43. Ra3 Ra5 44. Bxa4 b5 45.
Ne1 $1 {[%csl Gg2] It's important to cover the g2-square.} (45. Nf2 $2 {
is wrong in view of} Ng2+ 46. Kg3 Nf4 $19) 45... bxa4 ({or} 45... Nf1 46. Rf3
Rxa4 47. Rxf1 Rxe4+ 48. Kg5 $11 {and White is not worse thanks to activity of
his king.}) 46. Rxe3 a3 47. Nc2 a2 48. Na1 $11 {and a draw is the most likely
outcome.}) 43. Nf2 $5 {[%csl Rd1,Re3] This seems to lead to a draw.} ({Instead
White could have set some problems with} 43. Nxe5 $1 {Obviously I considered
this move, but after a long break I was unable to calculate any lines and
decided to play a move, which looked safer.} dxe5 (43... Ng2+ $2 44. Kg3 dxe5
45. d6 $1 Rd8 46. d7 Kf8 47. Rc8 f4+ 48. Kxg2 $16) 44. Rxe3 (44. d6 fxe4 45.
Rxe3 (45. d7 $2 {is wrong in view of} Nf5+ 46. Kg5 Rf8 $3 47. d8=Q (47. Rc8 {
is strongly met by} h6+ $1 48. Kg6 Ne7+ $19) 47... h6+ $1 48. Kg6 Bh5+ $1 49.
Kxh5 Rxd8 50. Rc7 Ng7+ $1 51. Kg4 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6g6]} 52. Kg3 Nf5+ 53. Kg4
Nd4 54. Bc4+ Kf8 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Rxb7 e3 $15) 45... Kf7 {transposes to 44.
Rxe3.}) 44... fxe4 45. d6 {The following line illustrates a possible
continuation.} Kf7 (45... Bf3 $2 46. Kg5 $1 $36) 46. d7 Kf6 47. Rc3 Rd8 48. a5
Ke7 49. Kg3 Bh5 50. Kf2 Bf7 51. Rc7 Bd5 52. Ke3 $14 Kd6 53. Rc8 Ke7 54. h4 Be6
55. Rxd8 Kxd8 56. Kxe4 Bxd7 57. Bd3 Kc7 58. Kxe5 h6 {and Black should be able
to survive.}) 43... f4 44. Rc7 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rg8] Cutting off Black's king,
activating the rook and preparing the Kg5-f6 manoeuvre. All of this is
possible thanks to a misplaced knight on e3.} Bxa4 45. Bxa4 Rxa4 46. Kg5 $5 {
[%cal Gg5f6] I was pretty sure that activity of the king would compensate for
the material disadvantage.} ({There was also nothing wrong with} 46. Rxb7 $5 h6
(46... Ra2 {doesn't make sense in view of} 47. Kg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5f6]})
47. Rd7 Ra2 48. Ng4 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Rg2+ 50. Kh5 (50. Kf3 $5 $11) 50... f3 51.
Rxd6 Kg7 (51... Rg7 52. Ra6 Rf7 53. Ra1 $11) 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Rd6+ Kf7 54. Rc6
f2 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Rc8+ Ke7 57. Rc7+ $11 {and Rf7(f8) will follow if Black
loses control over the f7 or f8 squares.}) 46... b5 47. Kf6 $1 h5 {A clever
idea. Now the king will escape to h6.} (47... Ra8 {doesn't change much.} 48.
Rb7 Kh8 49. Rxb5 Rg8 50. Rb6 Rg6+ 51. Ke7 (51. Kf7 Rg7+ $11) 51... Nc4 (51...
Rg2 $2 52. Rxd6 $1 Rxf2 $140 $4 53. Kf7 $1 $18) 52. Rc6 Rg7+ 53. Kf6 $11 {
with the perpetual on the g6-, g7- and g8-squares.}) 48. Rb7 ({or} 48. Rc8+ Kh7
49. Rc7+ Kh6 50. Rc8 Ra7 51. Rh8+ Rh7 52. Rg8 Ra7 $11 {and so on.}) 48... b4
49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Rb8 Kh7 ({or} 51... Ra7 52. Rh8+ Rh7 53. Rg8 Rb7
54. Rh8+ $11) 52. Rb7+ {A very interesting fighting draw. This was second and
the last draw of Ivanchuk in this tournament... he finished with an incredible
9 out of 10.} 1/2-1/2

