Timofeev Artyom (RUS) - Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) Kazan (Russia)

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After not especially successful playing in the opening, Black found himself in a difficult position. 32.f5!
Tearing the opponent's defence apart. 32...bxc5
[Now: 32...gxf5
would compromise the black king's position even more. 33. xf5
White would play: 33... h8
(outright bad was: 33...exf5
34. e7
h8
35. f7!
g8
36. c3
g6
37. xf6
g7
38. e7!
) 34. d6
bxc5
35.bxc5‚
, obtaining an attack.] 33.fxg6!?
[Possible is also: 33.bxc5
; , as well as: 33.fxe6
xe6
34. xe6
xe6
35. xe6
] 33...hxg6
34. h3
g5
35. d3
f5
36. c3
g6
37.bxc5
[Immediately after the game Andrei Harlov mentioned that winning was: 37. e2!
xb4
(37...g4
38. xg4!
, and if: 38... xd6
(after: 38...fxg4
, winning was: 39. d3
g5
40. e3
g6
41. e4
g5
42. e5
g6
43. h5
) , then: 39. h5
g5
40. g7
f4
41. g3#
) 38. h5
h7
39. f7
(Interesting was suggested by the computer: 39. e4!?
xe4
40. xe4
fxe4
41. f7
) 39... h4
40. xh4
gxh4
41. f6
, and Black was helpless. Later I did not use
several opportunities of finishing the game to
my benefit, but after the time trouble I
managed to break Victor Lvovich's
resistance.] [1:0] |