Kramnik, Vladimir (2791) - Giri, Anish (2722)
Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th (Hoogeveen), 10/16/2011

Round 1 [Stohl,I]


1.Nf3
[1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 - Kramnik,V (2781)-Giri,A (2701)/Dortmund/2011/ See the notes to this game in CBM 144. This time Kramnik tries a different approach...]
1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3



Bg7
[Kramnik indicated his plans against
3...d5 a few rounds later by
4.Qa4+ - see Kramnik,V (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715) /Hoogeveen/2011/ Giri said he was inspired by Nakamura's recent games against Kramnik and doesn't mind entering King's Indian territory. However, his opponent was certainly prepared, as Anish has already played this opening earlier this year.]
4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5



7.O-O
[7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Qa5
(13...Rxe3!? 14.Qxe3 Qf8Compensation was introduced in the last K-K match in 1990.)
14.Bf2 Nxd4?!
(Better is14...a6)
15.Bxd4 Qb4 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.a3 Qb3 18.Bd3 Rad8 19.Bc2 Qc4 20.b3 Qa6 21.b4 b6 Popov,V (2565)-Giri,A (2690)/RUS-chT Olginka/2011/
22.Bd3 Qb7 23.Rab1Initiative]
7...Nc6 Kramnik has been playing the Classical line for two decades and has vast experience with it.
[The less usual
7...exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 also had some recent outings:
9.f3 c6
(9...Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nf4 13.Be3 Nxe2+ 14.Nxe2 f5 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Ng3 Qf7 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.b3 a5 19.a4 Be5 20.Bf4 Bg7 21.Kh1 b6= Kramnik,V (2788)-Radjabov,T (2744)/ Kazan/2011/ Later in the nervous tie-break White managed to outplay his opponent, but from the opening Black was doing OK.)
10.Kh1 Nbd7
(10...Nh5!? 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.g5 Nh7 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Rg1 Ne5 17.Qe1 Nf8 18.Qf2 a6 19.Nb3 Be6 20.c5 Rad8 21.cxd6 Rxd6Unclear position Gelfand - Griscuk, Monaco rapid 2011
22.Qc5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nfd7= Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2011/)
11.Be3
(More usual is
11.Bg5 already played by Kramnik in the past:
11...Qb6 12.Nb3 a5 13.Qd2 a4 14.Be3 c5?! 15.Nc1 Ne5 16.Rb1 Be6 17.b3 axb3 18.axb3 Qa5 19.Rd1 Red8 20.Nb5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Ne8 22.Na2 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Rbd1 Nc6 25.g4 Be6 26.Nac3 Na5 27.Rb1 b6 28.Kg2 h6 29.Bd3 g5 30.Be4 Bxc3 31.Nxc3 Rac8 32.h4+ / - Kramnik,V (2770)-Polgar,J (2670)/Dortmund/1997/)
11...a6!?
(11...d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Ndb5!Initiative)
12.Nc2New opening move
(12.Bg1 /\ d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.exd5 Nb6 15.Qb3!+ / = Ponomariov)
(12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nc2 Be6 15.b3 Rad8 16.f4 Neg4 17.Bg1 Bc8 18.h3 Nh6 19.Qd3? (19.Bf3 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Bd4 Nf5 24.Nxe4 f6Counter-attack) 19...Nxe4! 20.Nxe4 Bf5- / + Korolev,A (2235)-Domogaev,S (2469)/Bogoroditsk/2011/)
12...Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Bg1 h5!? 15.Bf3
(15.h3 Nxe4!Compensation)
15...Be6 16.b3?!
(Better is16.Qd3!)
16...Qa5 17.Qe1 b5?!
(Pocitacove
17...Bf5 18.h3 Qd8!Initiative /\Ne4)
18.c5?!
(18.h3!+ / =)
18...b4 19.Na4 Bc4?
(19...Nxe4!Initiative)
20.Qxb4 Qxb4 21.Nxb4 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Nxe4 23.Nb6 Ra7 24.cxd6 Nxd6 25.Bxc6 Re2 26.N6d5+ / = Kramnik,V (2781)-Ponomariov,R (2764)/Dortmund/ 2011/ For more details see the notes by Ponomariov to this game in CBM 144.]
8.d5 Ne7



9.b4
[Although this line is Kramnik's trademark, lately he has also played
9.Nd2 , albeit without much success:
9...a5
(9...Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.a4 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.Ba3 g4?! 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.b5 Ne8 17.Bxg4 Qc7 18.Be2 f3 19.b6 axb6 20.Nb5 fxe2 21.Qxe2 Qd8 22.Nbxd6 Nxd6 23.Bxd6 Rf7 24.Bxe5Initiative /+/-,Kramnik,V (2780)-Nakamura,H (2733)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/ 2010/ In the later course of the game Black managed to escape - see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 139.)
(Fischer's move
9...c5 is not too popular nowadays, here both
10.Rb1 (and 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 allow White to fight for an edge.))
10.a3 Kh8 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.b4 f5 13.f3 f4
(13...Ng8 /\Ngf6 was introduced by Kasparov and is played more often.)
14.Nb5 b6 15.Qc2
(15.c5!?Compensation)
15...a4!? A paradoxical new idea, which takes b3 away from the N and thus greatly complicates the c5 break.
16.Rd1
(Kramnik was worried about
16.Nc3 g5 17.Nxa4 Nf6 18.c5 g4Unclear position , but it's t so clear how strong the -> really is. Therefore this was a more testing and principled reaction.)
16...g5 17.g4 h5 18.h3 Rf6 19.Bb2 Rh6 20.Kg2 Ng6 21.Rh1 Bf8 22.Kf2 Nf6 23.c5 dxc5 24.Nc4 Bd6 25.Bc3 Kg7 26.Qb2 cxb4 27.axb4 Qe7 28.Rbg1 Bd7 29.Nbxd6 cxd6 /\Rah8->,Kramnik,V (2785)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Monte Carlo 2011 - see notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 142.]
[Giri's own recent game featured the older main line
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 fxe4
(Unusual, 11...Nf6 12.f3 f4Unclear position is the standard continuation.)
12.Nxe4 Nf5 13.Rc1
(13.Bc3!?)
13...Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bg4 b6 17.Rc3 a5 18.Ne1 Bg7 19.Nc2 h5 20.Bh3 Bh6 21.Re1 Kh7 22.Ng3 Qg5 23.Rf3 Bd7 24.b3 Rf7 25.Re4 Raf8= / + Renet,O (2497)-Giri,A (2687)/FRA-chT Mulhouse/2011/]
9...Nh5



10.g3 The older alternative, played already in the 1950s.
[If only statistically speaking the main move here is
10.Re1 , but Kramnik played this a lot in the past. Suffice to say that after he beat Kasparov in Novgorod 1997 in this line the latter stopped playing the KID in classical games. However, lately Kramnik has been doing some experimenting in the Bayonet Attack. His recent choice here has been
10...f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3
(12.f3 was played in no less than 5 (!) Van Wely-Radjabov games. The last one from 2009, annotated by Van Wely in CBM 129, illustrates the problems Black has to face after
12...Kh8 13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6)
12...c6 13.Ba3
(13.Be3 is a move, introduced by Kramnik in the late 1990s. However, here extensive practice has shownthat
13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bc2 b6= doesn't give White an advantage.)
13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Bxe4!?
(16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.b5 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8 is known to lead to a drawish _|_.)
Better is16...d5!
(16...Nxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Nc5! Qd6 (18...e4 19.Rc1Initiative) 19.Nxb7 Qxe6 20.b5 cxb5 21.cxd5 Qd7 22.d6 Nf5 23.Nc5 Qxd6 24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.Ne4+ / - Kramnik,V (2788)-Grischuk,A (2728)/WCh Moscow blitz/2008/)
17.Bc2
(17.cxd5 cxd5 18.b5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8= only transposes to 16.Ne4.)
17...Qd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bb3 Kh7 20.Qe2 Nh5 21.Rad1 Nf4 22.Qf1 Rad8!?Counter-attack
(22...Rac8 23.Ne4 Qxe6 24.b5Compensation)
(22...Qxe6 23.b5 Rad8 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5+ / = Chabanon,J (2455)-Touzane,O (2287)/FRA-chT/2010/)]
[Another try is
10.c5 Nf4 11.a4
(11.Bc4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Re1 Kh8! 14.Bf1 f5 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Rc1 a5 17.a3?! (17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Be2=) 17...axb4 18.axb4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 (19.Qxf3 Ra3!Initiative) 19...fxe4 20.Rxe4 Nf5 21.Rc4 Qg5+ 22.Kh1 Bxc3 23.R4xc3 Ra2 24.R3c2 Bykhovsky,A (2405)-Avrukh,B (2495)/Beersheba/ 1996/ - see Avrukh's notes in CBM 53.
24...Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qf6= / +)
11...f5 12.Bc4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 h6 14.Re1New opening move
(14.g3 Nh5 (14...Nh3+!? 15.Kg2 Bg4Counter-attack) 15.Nfd2 Kh8 16.Ra3 a6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.b5 Bf5 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.Bxa6?! (21.Rb3!+ / =) 21...Nxd5 22.Bb5 Qe7 23.Bc6 Ndf4! 24.gxf4 Nxf4 25.Qe1 Rac8 26.Bb5 d5 27.Ng3 Bh3Compensation |^, Bareev,E (2677)-Amonatov,F (2649)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/)
14...Bg4 15.Ra3 g5 16.h3 Bh5 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.g3 Rf8 19.a5 Kh8 20.Kg2 Rb8 21.Qd2 b6 22.axb6 axb6= 23.Nfxg5!? hxg5 24.Qxg5 Bg6Unclear position Kramnik,V (2781)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/ Later on White misplayed the complications and lost - see notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 144.]
10...f5 11.Ng5 Nf6



12.Bf3!? Natural enough, but very rare. Now we have a position from the previous note, in which White has played g3 instead of Re1. It's necessary to compare these lines, their pluses and respective drawbacks.
[The older move is
12.f3 f4 and here White should perhaps reconsider
13.Kg2!?
(13.b5 fxg3 14.hxg3 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Qc8 17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.Nxc7 Qh3 19.Rf2 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Rxf2 21.Kxf2 Rf8+ 22.Ke3 Qxg3+ 23.Kd2 Rf2 24.Ne8 Qf3! 25.Nxd6 Bf6 26.c5 Nd5! 27.exd5 e4 28.Ke1 Van Wely,L (2655) -Stellwagen,D (2630)/Amsterdam/2009/ This game still remains the last word in the 13.b5 line.
28...Bc3+! 29.Bd2 Qg3 30.Bxc3 e3- + /\Rf1)
13...h6
(13...Nh5)
(13...a5 and)
(13...c6!?Unclear position are all viable improvements, leading to complex play.)
14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 c6 16.b5 Qc7 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Ba3 Rfd8 19.Qa4 Qc8 20.Rab1 Kh8 21.Rfd1 Qxe6 22.Qa6 h5 23.Rb7 g5 24.Rxa7 Rab8 Van Wely,L (2585)-Ye Jiangchuan (2535)/Biel izt/1993/
25.Rb7!+ / - /\ Ra8? 26.Rxd6!]
12...c6 The standard reaction.
[12...h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 fxe4
(14...c6 15.b5 fxe4 -12...c6 13.b5)
15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 c6 17.Be3
(17.Qg4 d5 18.Bxg6 Nxg6 19.Qxg6 Qe8 20.Qg4 Rf6=)
(17.b5 d5 18.Bg2 Qd6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qb3 Qxe6 21.Ba3+ / =)
(17.Qb3!?)
17...d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bg2 Kh7?!
(19...b6!? 20.Qb3 Qd6 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.e7 Qxe7 24.Rxd5+ / =)
20.Bc5 e4 21.Rc1 Rf6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Qxd5 Rxe6 24.Rc7 Qxc7 25.Qxe6+ / - f^-,Shneider,A (2537)-Zakurdjaeva,I (2308)/Aghios Kirykos/2008/]
[Black usually avoids the committal
12...fxe4 13.Ncxe4 Nf5+ / = , but even here White's advantage is only small.]
13.Ba3New opening move Here practical examples are scarce and this is already new.



[13.Rb1 cxd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d5 19.Bg2 Qd6 20.b5 Rad8 21.Qa4 Qxe6 22.Qxa7 Ra8 23.Qxb7 Rfb8 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qb7 Rcb8 1/2,Zubov,O (2306)-Efimenko,Z (2546)/Kramatorsk/2002/]
[Seemingly more natural is
13.b5 Maybe Kramnik disliked
13...cxd5
(13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc7? (15...fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bg2!+ / = - see the 12...h6 line above.) 16.Ba3 Rad8 17.Qb3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Qc8 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Rfd1 Qxe6 22.Bxd6!+ - Podzielny,K (2506)-Koch,F/Kleve /2000/)
14.cxd5 fxe4 15.Ngxe4 Nf5 16.Bg2 Nd4 17.Ba3
(17.a4!? Bf5Counter-attack)
17...Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxb5 19.Qb3 a6 20.Bb2 Rf7 21.a4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qb4Compensation Podzielny,K (2456)-Klein,D (2262)/ Groningen/2009/ White has about enough for the P, but can hardly claim an advantage.]
13...cxd5 Giri subsequently reproached himself for this move, which gives White a chance to change the character of the position and further complicate it.
[Instead he suggests
13...h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 Perhaps more promising is
16.Bxe4!?
(16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bg2 (To give g3 some sense. Kramnik had intended
19.b5 dxe4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Bxe7 Re8 22.Bc5 Rxe6 23.Rfd1 Here White is a tempo up on the aforementioned _|_, as he already has some luft with g3, However, this doesn't give anything tangible after
23...a6 24.b6 Rc8 25.Be3 Re7=) Better is19...e4! (19...Qd6 20.Qb3 b5 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Bc1!+ / = /\ (22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.e7 Qxe7 24.Rxd5 Kh7 25.Rxb5 e4Compensation) 22...Qxe6 23.Be3) 20.b5!? This worried Giri during the game, but Black is OK after
(20.Rc1 b5! /\ 21.Rc5 Qb6 22.Rxd5 Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Rad8 24.Qxe4 Rxf2! 25.Rxf2 Rd2 26.Qe1 Rxf2 27.Kh1 Rf8= / +) 20...Bxa1 21.Qxa1 Rc8 22.Qd4 Rc2! 23.Bb2 Rxb2 24.Qxb2 Qd6 25.Qd2 (25.Qd4 Qb6!?) 25...Qxe6 26.Qxh6 Nf5Counter-attack)
16...d5 17.Bg2 Qd6 18.cxd5 Nfxd5
(18...Nexd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qb3 Qxe6 (20...b5 21.Rac1+ / -) 21.b5 Rfd8 22.Rac1+ / =)
(18...cxd5 19.Qb3 Qxe6 20.b5+ / = /\Be7,Nd5^-)
19.Ne4!?
(19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Qb3 b5 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Bc1!+ / = transposes into 16.Nxe4.)
19...Qxe6 20.b5Compensation]
14.exd5!?
[Kramnik is spoiling for a fight and avoids transposing into the previous note with
14.cxd5 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 /\d5 - see 13...h6.]
14...e4 15.Be2! No fianchetto, the B doesn't belong to g2 here.



[15.Bg2 h6
(15...Ng4 16.Rc1 Ne5 17.Qb3!?Unclear position)
16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 d5= /=/+]
15...Ne8! Black transfers his N to liquidate the o^ after the coming Ne6.
[15...Nfxd5? fails to 16.Nxd5 Bxa1 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qd5+! Kg7 19.Rxa1 Qxg5 20.Bb2+ Kh6 21.Qxd6 Rf7 22.h4 Qe7 23.Qf4+ g5 24.hxg5+ Qxg5 25.Qd6+ Qg6 26.Qd2+ Qg5 27.Qd5+ - ->,/\Kg2]
[15...f4 is less clear:
16.Ngxe4
(16.c5!?)
16...Nxe4 17.Nxe4 fxg3 18.hxg3 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxa1 21.Qxa1 Nf5 22.Re1Compensation]
16.Rc1
[16.Qb3 /\Rad1 is strategically sound, but White must reckon with
16...Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxg5!?Unclear position
(17...Bxa1 18.Rxa1 Qxg5 19.Nf4!Initiative)]
16...h6 Already the first step in the wrong direction.
[A more circumspect move was
16...Bf6!? (Giri) 17.Ne6
(17.Qd2 h6 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 Bg5 20.Qc2 Bxc1 21.Bxc1Unclear position)
(17.h4!? h6 18.Nh3 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Re1 f4)
17...Bxe6 18.dxe6 Qc8 19.Nd5
(19.c5 Qxe6 20.cxd6 Nxd6 21.Nb5 Nxb5 (21...Rfd8!?) 22.Bc4 Qxc4 23.Rxc4 Nxa3 24.Rc7 b5!= / +)
19...Qxe6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.b5Compensation ^^ gives White compensation, but remains

.
]
17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6



Nc7?! A more serious mistake.
[18...Rf6?! 19.Nd5!?
(19.Qb3 Rxe6 20.c5 d5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rcd1 Nef6 23.Bc4+ / =)
19...Rxe6 20.Nf4 Rf6 21.Bb2Initiative]
[Better is18...Qc8!Unclear position /\ 19.c5 Qxe6 20.cxd6 Nxd6 21.Nb5 Rfd8! 22.Nxd6
(22.Nc7 Qxa2 23.Nxa8 Qxa3= / +)
22...Rxd6 23.Bc4 Nd5 24.b5 Rd7 25.Qb3 Rad8 26.Rfd1 Kh7 and White should already bail out with
27.Bxd5
(27.Rd2? e3- / +)
27...Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Qxd5
(28...Rxd5? 29.Rc7 e3 30.Re7+ -)
29.Qxd5 Rxd5 30.Rc7 Kg8 31.Rc8+
(31.Rxb7? Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Bd4- / +)
31...Kf7 32.Rc7+=]
19.b5 Be5? Now the tactics will work in White's favour.
[Better is19...Nxe6 20.Bxd6!?+ / = leads to an advantage, but the game is far from over.
(20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Bxd6 Bxc3 (21...Rfe8 22.c5+ / =) 22.Rxc3 Nd4 23.Bd1 Kf7= /+/=)
/\ 20...Bd4 21.c5 Bxc5? 22.Nxe4+ / -]
20.Qb3



Kg7
[Giri admitted he overlooked
20...Nxe6 21.c5 d5 22.Nxd5! Nxd5 23.Rfd1+ / - /\ Nd4? 24.Rxd4! Bxd4 25.Rd1+ -]
[20...Kh7 was more resilient, but still unsatisfactory:
21.Rfd1 Nxe6 22.c5 Nd4 23.Rxd4 Bxd4 24.cxd6 Nc8 25.Nd5
(25.Qd5?! Bg7)
25...Nxd6 26.Rc7+ Bg7 27.Bb2 Ne8 28.Rxb7+ / - /+-]
21.Rfd1 Nxe6 Black is already under heavy pressure and it's difficult to suggestimprovements .
[21...Rf6 22.Bxd6!? Bxd6 23.c5 Rxe6 24.Qb2! Kh7 25.Bc4+ -]
22.c5 Nd4 The following sacrifice will be both natural and very strong, but
[22...Qd7 23.cxd6 Nc8 24.Nd5 Nxd6 25.Bb2+ - is no better.]
23.Rxd4! Bxd4 24.cxd6+ - Ng8
[24...Nc8 25.Qd5+ -
(25.Nd5 Nxd6 26.Nc7+ -)]
25.Nd5 Kh8



26.Rc7 Be5 27.Bb2?! A strange oversight, but even after dropping his o^ White's -> will be too powerful.
[27.Re7+ -]
[27.Rxb7!?+ -]
27...Qxd6 28.Rxb7 The R on the weak 7-th rank decides the game.
28...g5
[28...Bxb2 29.Qxb2+ Nf6 30.Nf4 Rg8 31.Rf7 Raf8 32.Rxa7+ -]
29.b6!?
[29.Ba3+ / - is too mundane.]
[29.Bh5+ - was equally strong.]
29...a5
[29...axb6? 30.Rxb6+ -]
30.Bh5 /\Bg6 Rab8 31.Ra7



Bxb2
[31...a4 32.Bg6! Ne7 33.Qb4 Qxd5 34.Bxe5+ Qxe5 35.Rxe7 Rxb6 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Qxb6 Qf6 38.Rb7+ - drops a piece, but now the -> breaks through.]
32.Qxb2+ Nf6 33.Bf7 Kg7 34.Rd7 Qc6 35.Be6+
[35.Be6+ Kg6 36.Ne7+]


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