D20 Shabalov Alexander (USA) - Granda Zuniga Julio E (PER) Willemstad AHO 2003

[#]1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc 3.e4 e5 4.¤f3 ¥b4 5.¤bd2 c3 6.bc ¥c3 7.¦b1 ed 8.¥c4 ¤h6 9.O-O O-O 10.e5 ¥f5 11.¦b7 ¤c6 12.¤b3 ¦e8 13.¦b5 ¤g4 14.¤g5 ¤ge5 15.¥d5 ¤b4 16.¥a8 £a8 17.¤d4 ¥d3 18.£h5 ¥d4 19.¦b4 c5 20.¦b3 ¥g6 21.£h4 £d5 22.¤h3 ¥c2 23.¤f4 £c4 24.¦h3 £a2 25.¥e3 a5 26.¥d4 cd 27.¤h5 £c4

28.¤g7!? ¢g7 29.f4 £c5 It is dangerous for Black to retreat with the knight: in that case, the check on h6 follows, then f4-f5 interposing an important diagonal for the black bishop. 30.£h6 ¢g8 31.f5 An attack is more important than a piece! 31...d3 32.¢h1 ¤g4 33.£g5 ¢f8 34.£g4 d2? Now Black is helpless.

[Meanwhile, a study maneuver found by Fritz 34...£f2! 35.¦f3 ¥d1!! would have yielded a half point for Julio, since the white queen cannot give a check from the b4-square!]

35.¦h7 £f5 36.¦h8 ¢e7 37.¦e8 Black resigned. [1:0]