E63 Tkachiev Vladislav (FRA) - Paragua Mark (PHI) Bastia (France) 2003

[#]1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 O-O 5.¥g2 d6 6.O-O ¤c6 7.¤c3 a6 8.b3 ¦b8 9.e3 b5 10.£e2 bc 11.£c4 ¤b4 12.£e2 a5 13.¦d1 ¥a6 14.£d2 c5 15.¥a3 £c7 16.¤e1 cd 17.ed ¥b7 18.d5 ¤g4 19.¥b2 ¥a6 20.¤a4 ¥h6 21.£d4 ¤f6 22.¤c3 ¥g7 23.¦ac1 £d7 24.£d2 ¤g4 25.¤e4 ¥b2 26.£b2 ¤e5 27.¤c5 £b5 28.a3

White has obtained a positional advantage. Black tries a witty trick: 28...¤a2!? And Tkachiev admits an error immediately: 29.¤a6?

[A cold-blooded continuation 29.¦c2 ¤c3 30.¦c3 dc 31.£c2 ¦fc8 32.¦e3white stands better would have resulted in a greater advantage for White]

29...¤c1 30.¤b8?

[White yet could maintain a rough balance by 30.¥f1!]

30...¤e2 31.¢h1 ¤g4!-+ Suddenly Black threatens with an economical checkmate exploiting his two knights. White can repel the threat but, alas, at the cost of a rook! 32.¥f3 ¤f2 33.¢g2 ¤d1 34.a4 £b6 White resigned. [...] [0:1]