A game from round three turned out to be decisive one for defining the winner of the tournament.

B19 Sutovsky Emil (ISR) - Illescas Cordoba Miguel (ESP) Pamplona (Spain)

[#]1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 de 4.¤e4 ¥f5 5.¤g3 ¥g6 6.h4 h6 7.¤f3 ¤f6 8.¤e5 ¥h7 9.¥d3 ¥d3 10.£d3 e6 11.¥d2 ¤bd7 12.f4 ¥e7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.£e2 ¦e8 A new move, aimed against f4-f5.

[Dautov played against me (Essen 2000) 14...c5 15.f5 (in the game Adams - Leko, Linares 1999 15.dc ¤c5 16.¥c3 £c7 17.f5 followed, and there Black had to respond 17...¤d5! with mutual chances) 15...cd 16.¤f7! £c7! 17.fe £g3 18.¤h6 gh 19.ed ¦f7 , and Black hold the balance, however, not without trouble. Perhaps, Illescas apprehended possible improvement from White.]

15.¦he1 ¥f8 16.f5 ¤b6 17.£d3 c5 18.fe ¦e6 19.¤f7?! ¢f7 20.¦e6 ¢e6 21.£g6

[Perhaps, stronger is 21.£f5!? ¢f7 22.dc ¤bd7 23.¤e4 with compensation.]

21...£d5! 22.dc £a2 23.¦e1 ¢d7 24.¥c3 £a1 25.¢d2 ¤c4 26.¢e2 £a6 27.£f7 ¢c6 28.¢f3 ¥c5 29.¤f5 ¦f8

[A computer suggested move wins effectively: 29...¦e8!! 30.¦e8 ¤d6 31.¤d6 £f1 32.¢g3 ¥d6 33.¥e5 (33.¢h3 £h1#) 33...¤e4 34.¢h2 £f7 , winning the queen.]

30.¤d4 ¢b6 31.£e6

[31.¦e6 ¤d6 32.£f8 £f1 33.¢g3 ¤fe4 -+]

31...¥d6 32.¤f5 ¦e8 33.¤d6 ¦e6 34.¦e6 ¢c7 35.¤e8 ¤e8 36.¦a6 ba 37.¢e4 ¤cd6 38.¢e5 ¢d7 39.¥d4 g6 40.¥a7 ¤c4 41.¢d4 ¤ed6 42.b4 ¤a3 43.¢e5 ¤e8 44.c3 h5 45.¥c5 ¤c4 46.¢d4 ¤cd6 47.¢e5 ¤f7 48.¢f4 ¤c7 49.¢e4 ¤e6 50.¥f2 ¤d6 51.¢e5 ¢e7 52.¢d5 ¢d7 53.¢e5 ¤c7 54.¥c5 ¤f5 55.¥f2 ¤e8 56.c4 ¤fd6 57.¢d4 ¢e6 58.¥e1 ¤f6 59.¢c5 ¤d7 60.¢c6 ¤e5 61.¢b6 ¤dc4 62.¢a6 ¤d3 63.¥c3 ¤b4! 64.¢b5

[64.¥b4 ¤e3 65.g3 ¤f1 66.¥e1 ¢f5]

64...¤e3 65.¢b4 ¤g2 66.¢c4 ¢f5 67.¢d3 ¤h4 68.¢e3 ¢g4 69.¢f2 ¤f5 70.¥e5 ¤e7 71.¥d6 ¤d5 72.¥a3 ¤f4 73.¥e7 g5 74.¥f6 h4 75.¥e7 ¢f5 76.¥d8 ¤g6 77.¥c7 g4 78.¥d6 ¢e4 79.¥c7 ¤f4 80.¥b6 g3 81.¢g1 ¢f3 82.¢h1 h3 83.¥a5 ¤d3 White resigned. [0:1]

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