1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
e6
3.Nf3
d5
4.g3
Be7
5.Bg2
0-0
6.0-0
dxc4
7.Qc2
a6
8.Qxc4
b5
9.Qc2
Bb7
10.Bd2
Be4
11.Qc1
Bb7
12.Bf4
Bd6
13.Nbd2
Bxf4
14.gxf4
Qd6
15.Nb3
Nbd7
16.Rd1N
[16.Ne5
Bxg2
17.Kxg2
c5
18.Nxd7
Nxd7
19.dxc5
Qc6+
20.f3
Rfc8
21.Qe3
a5
22.Rac1
e5
23.fxe5
Re8
24.Nd4
Qg6+
25.Kh1
Rxe5
26.Qf4
Rxc5
27.Rxc5
Nxc5
28.Rg1
Ne6
29.Qe5
Qh6
30.Nf5
Qf4
31.Rxg7+
Kh8
32.Qf6
1-0 Lalic,B (2475)-Piza Cortizo,D (2295)/Valencia 1990/EXT 1997]
16...a5
17.Ne5
Bxg2
18.Kxg2
a4
19.Nc5
Nxc5
20.Qxc5
Qxc5
21.dxc5
Rfd8
22.Nc6
Rxd1
23.Rxd1
The knight looks beautiful on c6, constricting Black's rook like a fast food lover's arteries. White's rook controls the open file and his king is better centralized too, but despite all this White's advantage is minimal at best.
23...Kf8+/=
[23...a3
24.b3
Nd5
25.Kf3
f5
(25...Kf8
26.e4
Nc3
27.Rd2
f5
28.exf5
exf5
29.Nd4+/=
) 26.Nd4
Nc3
27.Rd2
Kf7
28.Rc2
Nd5
29.Rd2
(29.Nxb5
Ra5
30.Nd4
Nb4=/+
) 29...Nc3=
]
24.Kf3
Ke8
25.Nb4
Nd7
[25...Rd8
]
26.c6
Nc5
27.Rc1
Na6
28.Nxa6
Rxa6=
29.e4
b4
30.Rc5
f5
A little startling, perhaps, but very good!
31.exf5
exf5
32.Ke3
Ke7
33.Kd4
Kd6
34.Kc4
b3
[34...g6!
35.Kxb4?
Rb6+
36.Rb5
Rxc6
37.Kxa4
Rc2
favors Black.]
35.axb3
axb3
36.Rxf5
Rxc6+
37.Kxb3
Rc1
38.h4
Rf1
39.Rg5
Rxf2
40.Rxg7
Rxf4
41.Rxh7
Ivanchuk holds the draw without much trouble, but 34...g6 would have been no trouble at all.
41...c5
42.h5
Rh4
43.h6
Kc6
44.Kc3
Kd5
45.Rh8
Rh3+
46.Kd2
Kc6
Correctly rushing back to the corner, so that after h7 White's rook will have no winning follow-up.
47.Ke2
[47.h7
Kb7
is an immediate draw, because even after White wins the c-pawn (by bringing his king to g2, then to g6, then to d6/d5) Black holds. He leaves the king on b7 and the rook on the h-file (except to check White's king away when it defends the h-pawn) and that's that.]
47...Kb7
48.Kf2
c4
49.Kg2
Rh5
50.Kf3
Rh4
51.Kg3
Rh1
52.Kf4
Rh2
53.Ke5
Rxb2
54.Kd4
Rb6!
The Vancura draw. Black attacks the pawn on the 6th rank while leaving his king on b7, only reacting to two things. First, if White's king protects the pawn, it gets checked away. Second, on h7, Black plays ...Rh6 followed by ...Rh1, leaving the king on b7 and a7 and checking away White's king whenever it protects the pawn on h7.
55.Kxc4
Rg6
56.Kd5
Rf6
57.Ke5
Rc6
58.Rh7+
Kb8
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