Shirov Alexei (ESP) - Gelfand Boris (ISR) Monte Carlo (Monaco)

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19. b5
f6
[Possible is: 19... xd4!?
20. xd4
(20.cxd4
xe2!µ
) 20... xb5
21. xb5
xb5
22. xb5
c6
23. d4
xa3
24. f1
b2
, with good play for Black.] 20. xb7!
d8
21. xd7
xb7
22. e5
d8
23. g4
d6
White has obtained a serious initiative for the exchange. 24.h4
b8
25.c4
f6
26.c5!
fxe5
27.cxd6
cxd6
28.dxe5
e7?!
[28...d5
29.e6!
] 29. d3
f8
30. h5
g6
31. xg6!
A not especially complicated final to the perfectly played game. 31...hxg6
32. xg6
h8
33. e4!
xf3
34. h6
g8
35. g4
Black resigned. [1:0] |