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[#]1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e7 8.f3 ¥e6 9.£d2 O-O 10.O-O-O b5 11.g4 b4 12.¤a4 ¤c6 [Perhaps, stronger is: 12...¤bd7!? , rendering the white a4-knight offside, since it is dangerous for White to capture the black b4-pawn: 13.£xb4 d5] 13.¤b6 ¦b8 14.¤d5 ¥xd5 15.exd5 ¤a5 16.¢b1 ¤xb3 17.cxb3!+= ¤d7! [After the obvious move: 17...a5?! , White can occupy the weakened c6-square by: 18.¦c1! £d7 19.¦c6 ¦fc8 20.g5 ¤h5 21.£c2white stands better] [Now after: 18.¦c1 , Black blocks the c-file by: 18...¤c5] 18...a5 19.h4 ¢h8 This move is necessary for Black, because he will have to play f7-f5 sooner or later. 20.¥c2 ¦c8 21.£d3 f5 This is a forced continuation but not a bad one. 22.gxf5 [22.£d2 is followed by: 22...e4 , with the analogous ideas.] 22...¥f6 White's battery on the b1-h7 diagonal is neutralized. 23.£d2 e4! Black opens the diagonal for his f6-bishop, at the same time providing additional squares for his knight. Otherwise White can play: ¥e4, and Black has no counter play. 24.fxe4 ¤e5! Black has obtained a positional compensation for the material. 25.h5 £e7 26.h6 g5 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.£e2 [28.£g2 !?] 28...¢h7 29.¦df1 ¥g5 30.¥b6 ¦xf1 31.¦xf1 a4 32.£a6 £d7 33.bxa4? [White should rather try to exchange the queens by: 33.£a7!? £xa7 34.¥xa7 axb3 35.axb3 (35.¥xb3 ¤f3!) 35...¢xh6 , with a complicated struggle in the endgame.] [An interesting position arises after: 34.¦g1!? ¤d2 35.¢c1 ¥f4! 36.¢d1 £h3 , and the white king is in trouble.] [In the time trouble Black misses an opportunity of delivering a beautiful tactical strike: 34...¤xb6! 35.£xb6 ¦xc2!!-+ , winning.] 35.£b7 ¢xh6 36.¥d4! ¤d2 37.¢a1! ¦xc2 38.£g7 ¢h5 39.£h7 ¥h6 40.¥g7+- Black lost on time. Annotated by IM A. MITENKOV [1:0] |
