1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.Bb5
a6
4.Ba4
Nf6
5.0-0
b5
6.Bb3
Bc5
7.a4
Rb8
8.c3
d6
9.d4
Bb6
10.a5
Ba7
[10...Nxa5
has long been known to be bad or at least excessively dangerous: 11.Rxa5
Bxa5
12.dxe5
Ng4
13.Bg5
f6
14.exf6
gxf6
15.Bh4
c5
16.h3
h5
17.Nbd2
Rb7
18.Bd5
Rg7
19.e5
Nxe5
20.Nxe5
dxe5
21.Ne4
Rh6
22.Qf3
Rgg6
23.Rd1
Kf8
24.Be6
Qe8
25.Bxc8
Qxc8
26.Bxf6
Kg8
27.Bg5
Qf8
28.Qxf8+
Kxf8
29.Bxh6+
Rxh6
30.Nxc5
Bb6
31.Nd7+
Ke7
32.Nxe5
Re6
33.Nd3
Rd6
34.h4
Kf6
35.Kf1
Kf5
36.g3
a5
37.Ke2
Re6+
38.Kd2
Rd6
39.Re1
Kg4
40.Re4+
Kf3
41.Rf4+
Kg2
42.Rf5
b4
43.c4
Bd4
44.Rxa5
Bxb2
45.Rxh5
Bc3+
46.Kc2
Kf3
47.Rb5
Rd4
48.Nxb4
Rxc4
49.Kd3
Rc8
50.Rf5+
Kg2
51.Nc2
Kh3
52.Ne3
Bb4
53.h5
Rc6
54.Rb5
Bc5
55.h6
Bxe3
56.Rh5+
Kg4
57.Rh4+
Kf3
58.fxe3
Rd6+
59.Kc4
Rd8
60.h7
Rh8
1-0 Dolmatov,S (2608)-Sivokho,S (2469)/St Petersburg 2000]
11.h3
0-0
12.Be3
Ra8
13.Nbd2
Bb7
14.Re1
Re8
15.Ng5
Re7N
[15...Rf8
16.Nf1
Ne7
17.dxe5
Bxe3
18.Bxf7+
Rxf7
19.Nxf7
Bxf2+
20.Kxf2
Qf8
21.Nh6+
gxh6
22.exf6
Qxf6+
23.Kg1
Ng6
24.Ne3
Re8
25.Nd5
Qe5
26.Qd4
c5
27.Qxe5
Rxe5
28.Rad1
Kg7
29.Ne3
Bxe4
30.Rxd6
1-0 Kosteniuk,A (2516)-Kosintseva,N (2486)/Konya 2009]
16.d5
Nb8
17.Bxa7
Rxa7
18.Nf1
c6
19.Ne3
cxd5
20.exd5
h6
21.Nf3
Rc7
22.Nd2
Nbd7
23.c4
Nc5
24.Bc2
b4
25.Ndf1
Bc8
26.Ng3
g6
27.b3
Nh7
28.Ne4
f5
29.Nxc5
Rxc5
30.Qd2
Rb7
31.Bd3
f4?!
[31...e4=
; 31...Rxa5?
32.Rxa5
Qxa5
33.c5!+/-
dxc5?
(33...Qxc5??
34.Rc1+-
) 34.Nc4
Qd8
35.Nxe5+-
]
32.Nc2
Qg5
[32...Rxa5
might be playable, but it's risky and certainly isn't the reason Black played ...f4.]
33.Ra4
Bxh3
34.Bf1
[34.f3
was a better choice.]
34...Nf6?
[34...Qg4
35.Rxb4
Ng5
36.Kh2
Rxb4
37.Qxb4
Bxg2
38.Bxg2
f3
39.Bf1
Qh4+
40.Kg1
Qg4+=
is one of several lines ending in perpetual.]
35.f3?!
[35.Rxb4+/-
]
35...e4
36.fxe4
Re7
37.Nd4
[37.e5
Rxe5
38.Rxe5
dxe5
39.Rxb4
Ne4
40.Qe2=
/+=]
37...Nxe4
38.Qd3
Bf5
39.Ne6?
[39.Rxb4=
]
39...Rxe6??
[Shirov could have won with 39...Ng3!
40.Nxg5
(40.Qf3
Qh4
41.Rxb4
Bxe6
42.dxe6
Re5-+
) 40...Rxe1!
41.Qf3
hxg5!
42.Rxb4
Rxf1+
43.Qxf1
Nxf1
44.Kxf1
Rxa5-+
; 39...Bxe6
wouldn't have won, but it drew: 40.Qxe4
Rcc7
41.dxe6
(Not forced, but nothing's better) 41...Qc5+
42.Kh1
Qh5+
with a perpetual.; 39...Qh4?
loses to 40.Rxe4
; but first interpolating the flashy 39...f3
gives Black another way to draw: 40.Qxf3
(40.Rxe4
f2+
41.Kxf2
Rxe6
42.dxe6
Bxe4
43.Qxe4
Qd2+
44.Kg1
Rf5
45.Qa8+
Rf8
46.Qd5
Qf2+
47.Kh2
Qh4+
(47...Rf4
is more fun, but also drawn: 48.e7+
Kg7
49.Qg8+!
Kxg8
50.e8Q+
Kg7
51.Qe7+
Kg8
52.Qe8+
Kg7
53.Qe7+
Rf7
54.Qxd6
Qh4+
55.Kg1
Qf2+
56.Kh2=
) 48.Kg1=
; Note that the obvious 40.Nxg5??
loses just as obviously: 40...f2+
41.Kh2
fxe1Q-+
) 40...Qh4
White has loads of options, but they all seem to lead to equality. Here's one: 41.Rxe4
Qxe4
42.Qxe4
Bxe4
43.Nxc5
dxc5
44.Ra2=
]
40.dxe6+-
Re5
41.Rxb4
Qd8
42.Qd4
f3
43.gxf3
Ng5
44.Rxe5!
Nxf3+
45.Kf2
Nxe5
[45...Nxd4
46.e7
Qe8
47.Rb8
Kf7
48.Rxe8
Kxe8
49.Rd5
Nxb3
50.Rxd6
Nxa5
(50...Kxe7
51.Rxa6+-
) 51.Rxa6
Nb3
52.Ra7+-
]
46.Rb6
Bxe6
47.Be2
Qf6+
48.Ke3
Qg5+
49.Qf4
Qg1+
50.Kd2
Qa1
51.Rxd6
Qxa5+
52.Kd1
g5?
It's lost anyway, but this expedites matters.
53.Qd4
Kf7
54.Rd5
A cute way to finish.
54...Bxd5
55.Qxe5
1-0