Svidler, P. (2430) - Dmitriev, S.
Pinsk SU-chj B18, 01/07/1989
Round 2 [PBS]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.Qb1 Bg7 17.Nb3 Rc8 18.a4 d5

I knew Zaitsev was highly likely, and I went to great lenghts to prepare, even going thru the last Informant and checking for anything important. However, in those years my grasp of ECO codes was somewhat loose, and I failed to look at C93 games, thus missing the Lau-Lukacz game, while my opponent didn't. When we got to this position, he triumphantly played 18...d5, and I started thinking. It took me 49 minutes (I still remember the figure), but I came up with a much better reaction than Lau:
19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe4

21.Bxe4

[21.f3 Ng5 22.Nc5

(22.f4 Nxh3+ 23.gxh3 Qh4)

22...Nxf3+! 23.gxf3

(23.Kh1 Qh4 !)

23...Qg5+ 24.Kh1

(24.Kf1 Qg3)

(24.Kf2 Qh4+ 25.Kg2 Bxe5)

24...Qg3 , and Black went on to win in Lau-Lukacs, Budapest 45/415 1988]

[21.f4 was offered as an improvement by Lukacz, but it does not look very promising:
21...Qh4 22.Rf1 g5! 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.Nxe4 gxf4]

21...dxe4

22.e6! There are, of course, better reactions to this that what my opponent opted for, but I think it's a nice game nonetheless:

[22.Nc5 Bd5 23.Nxa6 Bxe5 24.axb5 Qg5 is what Lukacz had to say about 21.Bxe4]

22...f5?! 23.Nc5 Bd5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rd1 c6

26.c4! bxc4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Ra7+ Rc7 29.Qa1+ Kg8

30.b5! Rxa7 31.Qxa7 Re7 32.Qa6 Qb8 33.Nd7 Qd6 34.Rxd5

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.Qb1 Bg7 17.Nb3 Rc8 18.a4 d5 I knew Zaitsev was highly likely, and I went to great lenghts to prepare, even going thru the last Informant and checking for anything important. However, in those years my grasp of ECO codes was somewhat loose, and I failed to look at C93 games, thus missing the Lau-Lukacz game, while my opponent didn't. When we got to this position, he triumphantly played 18...d5, and I started thinking. It took me 49 minutes (I still remember the figure), but I came up with a much better reaction than Lau: 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe4 21.Bxe4
	[21.f3 Ng5 22.Nc5
		(22.f4 Nxh3+ 23.gxh3 Qh4)
	22...Nxf3+! 23.gxf3
		(23.Kh1 Qh4 !)
	23...Qg5+ 24.Kh1
		(24.Kf1 Qg3)

		(24.Kf2 Qh4+ 25.Kg2 Bxe5)
	24...Qg3 , and Black went on to win in Lau-Lukacs, Budapest 45/415 1988]

	[21.f4 was offered as an improvement by Lukacz, but it does not look very promising: 21...Qh4 22.Rf1 g5! 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.Nxe4 gxf4]
21...dxe4 22.e6! There are, of course, better reactions to this that what my opponent opted for, but I think it's a nice game nonetheless:
	[22.Nc5 Bd5 23.Nxa6 Bxe5 24.axb5 Qg5 is what Lukacz had to say about 21.Bxe4]
22...f5?! 23.Nc5 Bd5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rd1 c6 26.c4! bxc4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Ra7+ Rc7 29.Qa1+ Kg8 30.b5! Rxa7 31.Qxa7 Re7 32.Qa6 Qb8 33.Nd7 Qd6 34.Rxd5 1-0