[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {One of the
attractions of this line is it often leads to a complex struggle with
opposite-side castling and in that case White's king is well protected on the
<< by the doubled c-pawns. However, this doesn't mean that White gets a strong
-> automatically: the open <-> e is a strong neutralizing factor and he must
reckon with Black's [+]<=> as well.} Be7 {} 7. Be3 {/\Qd2,0-0-0} ({
The other main move with similar ideas is} 7. Bf4 {, but this is recently
somewhat less fashionable among the top players (although in general it's
played rather more often, than the text-move). Now Black has a choice:} {
Developing the B to f4 allows Black to play} O-O (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O
{The usual continuation is} Qd7 ({An enterprising idea is} 9... Bxa2 $5 10. b3
a5 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Ra5 (13... Na5+ 14. Kb2 Qd7 15. Ra1 O-O
16. Qd5 b5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc6 Ra6 21. Nxe7+ Kf7
22. Bxb5 Rb6 23. c4 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. Kc3 $18 {
Karjakin,S (2723)-Kosteniuk,A (2517)/Moscow WCh 5'/2009/}) 14. Kb2 Qa8 15. Bc4
({Risky, but possibly more critical is the yet untested} 15. Rb1 $5 O-O 16. Bd3
Ra2+ 17. Kc1 Ra1 18. Qd1) 15... d5 16. Bxc7 (16. Bb3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Be7 {
1/2,Sjugirov,S (2585)-Maslak,K (2551)/Ulan Ude/2009/}) 16... O-O 17. Bxa5 (17.
Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc8 19. Qxd5 Qxc7 $132) 17... Nxa5 18. Ne5 (18. Bxd5 $2 Nc4+
$1 19. Bxc4 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Ra8 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 {
0-1,Mosionzhik,I (2162)-Nagibin,G (2366)/Moscow/2009/}) 18... Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Nxc4
20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qd7 b5 22. Rd5 $2 (22. Rhe1 Qxg2 $44) 22... b4 $36 {
Berbatov,K (2250)-Lampert,J (1791)/EU-chJ Herceg Novi/2008/} (22... Bb4 23.
cxb4 c3 24. Rc5 Qa3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qd3 Qxb4+ $40)) 10. Kb1 a6 (10... O-O-O
11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 Kb8 14. b3 Ne7 15. f3 b6 16. Kb2 Bd5 17. a4
Bb7 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rhe1 h5 21. Bf2 Rde8 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Reb1 g5 24.
Bd4 $14 {Radjabov,T (2756)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Baku rpd/2009/}) 11. Ng5 (11. h3 h6
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Re2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5
18. Rde1 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxf4 21. a3 Qd6 22. Qe1 Rf8 $11 {/+/=,McSha
ne,L (2657)-Giri,A (2677)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/ The control of the <->e
gives White the initiative, but proved insufficient to for anything more
tangible in a simplified and symmetrical position.}) 11... Bxg5 (11... Bf5 12.
Bc4 {/\} h6 $2 13. Nxf7 Rf8 14. Qd5 Bg6 15. Ne5 $16) 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O
14. b3 Rhe8 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Bf5 17. Be2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Rde8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20.
Bxe1 Re7 21. Bf2 Qe8 22. c4 $11 {/+/=^^,Kramnik,V (2743)-Adams,M (2732)/
Dortmund/2006/ Once again White has a very slight edge, this time due to his
^^, but converting it is very difficult.}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 {, in this m
ain branch he is currently doing fine. Just one fine example, in which he
managed to get directly at White's K (really an exception in this line):} 10.
h4 Bf6 11. Ng5 h6 12. f3 Rb8 $5 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kf8 16. Nh3 (16.
Ne4 $5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Rxe4 19. g5 $36) 16... b4 17. cxb4 a5 18. g5
Bxh3 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. c3 axb4 21. cxb4 Na6 22. a3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 $13 24.
Rhg1 $4 Nxb4 $1 25. axb4 Ra8 26. b3 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Qf6+ {
0-1,Rublevsky,S (2687)-Shirov,A (2699)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/}) ({
As mentioned above, White's main idea is << castling, so the older} 7. Bd3 {
/\0-0 practically doesn't appear nowadays, rightly being considered sterile.})
7... O-O ({Also here Black regularly plays} 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 ({
or even} 9... Bxa2 $5 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Ra5 14. Kb2
Qa8 15. Bc4 d5 16. Bxd5 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Kb2 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Kb2 {
1/2,Burg,T (2342)-Pruijssers,R (2413)/Venlo/2008/}) 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 {
, here he can even try} Bf5 12. Bc4 h6 $5 13. Nf3 (13. Nxf7 $5 Rf8 14. Qd5 $13
{is more testing}) 13... Be6 14. Be2 Bf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4
O-O 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. h4 b6 20. b3 Qb5 21. Kb2 Qc5 22. Rhe1 a5 $11 {Alekseev,E
2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/ If there will be more attacking games
like ours, he will probably resort to this restrained continuation even more
often.}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O {} Ne5 {
This natural centralizing move is Black's most popular option.} ({
Kramnik understandably wants to improve upon} 9... Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Bd3 Nf6
12. Rde1 d5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bb5 Rf8 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. h5 c4 (21... Qa5 22. Rxg6 $1) 22. hxg6
h6 {Nakamura,H (2741)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow/2010/ (23)} 23. Rhe1 $36) 10. h4
{White turned his attention to this thrust, once it was discovered that} (10.
Nd4 {allows} c5 11. Nb5 Be6 $1 12. Nxd6 Qb6 13. f4 (13. b4 Rad8 14. Bxc5 Qc7
15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Qe1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa6 19. Qh5 Ng4 20. Bd3 h6 21.
Qh4 Qxa2 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Re4 Bxb5 24. Rxg4 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Qb2+ 27.
Kd1 Qxc3 $17 {Landa,K (2574)-Kosyrev,V (2539)/playchess.com INT/2005/}) 13...
Ng4 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Na3 c4 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxc4 b5 (17... Qg6 $5 18. Bf4 Bxa3
19. bxa3 Nf6 $44) 18. Bb3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Qxa3+ 21. Kb1 a5 $15 {
El Shaddai,R (2406)-Abeljusto (2428)/playchess.com INT/2007/}) 10... c6 {
The latest fashion, but Black has tried other moves as well:} (10... Bg4 11.
Be2 Qc8 12. h5 {However, playable seems to be} h6 (12... Re8 $6 13. h6 $1 (13.
Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. Qd5 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. c4 b6 18. g4 Qd7 19. Qe4
Qe6 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rhd1 Rf8 22. a4 f5 $132 {
Jakovenko,D (2710)-Shirov,A (2739)/Moscow/2007/}) 13... g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 (14...
dxe5 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Nxg6 Bxd1 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qd5+ {
1-0,Ponomariov,R (2719)-Gelfand,B (2723)/Odessa rpd/2008/}) 13. Nxe5 (13. Kb1
Re8 14. Rde1 Bf6 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb5
20. Ka1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 $132 {
Jakovenko,D (2711)-Volokitin,A (2684)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/}) (13. Rdg1 Re8 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. g4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 f6 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Kb1
Rd7 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Rd2 a5 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Kf7 $11 {
Huschenbeth,N (2404)-Naumann,A (2528)/GER-ch Bad Liebenzell/2010/}) 13... Bxe2
14. Qxe2 dxe5 15. Qc4 c6 16. a4 (16. g4 b5 17. Qe4 Qe6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rd3
Rxd3 20. cxd3 $11 {1/2,Balogh,C (2561)-Fridman,D (2621)/Bundesliga/2007/CBM 123
}) 16... Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bb6 19. g4 Qe8 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. b3 Bxe3+ 22.
fxe3 f6 23. Qb4 Re8 $11 {
Caruana,F (2652)-Gashimov,V (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk WCup/2009/}) (10... Re8 11.
h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 h6 ({Kramnik had a bad experience with} 12... a6 13. Nh2 b5 14.
Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 $6 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. h6 Qd7 $5 $13) 16. Bf3 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6 21. Re1 Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23.
Qxd4+ $36 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/RUS-ch Moscow/2005/}) 13. Nh2 Ng4
14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8
20. Kc1 b6 21. Kd2 Re5 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2660)-Dominguez Perez,L (2638)/Cuernavaca/2006/}) 11. c4 (11. h5 h6
12. Kb1 Ng4 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 Re8 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bxf4 18.
Qxf4 Nxf2 19. Ne5 (19. Qe3 $5 Nxd3 20. Qe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. cxd3 $44)
19... Qf6 20. Nxc6 Ne4 $1 21. Bxe4 $6 Qxf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. gxf4 dxe4 24. Nxc8
Rxc8 25. Rxe4 Rc5 $17 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Medias/2010/ For
more details see notes by Rogozenco in CBM 137}) ({
Until lately White used to play} 11. Kb1 {and now:} Bg4 (11... Qa5 12. h5 (12.
Be2 Be6 13. b3 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Kb2 Qxd4 18.
cxd4 d5 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Re3 Kf8 $11 {
Kokarev,D (2622)-Maslak,K (2560)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/}) 12... Be6 13. b3 Nxf3
14. gxf3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qd5 17. h6 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 g6 (18... d5 $5 19.
hxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd3 h6 $11) 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bd3 Rd5 $132 {
Mastrovasilis,D (2583)-Carstensen,J (2295)/Leros/2010/}) 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3
(13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. f5 Bf6 17. Qg4 d5 18. h5 Re4 19. Qg3
Qe7 20. h6 g6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. a3 Qe5 23. Qh3 Qe6 24. Qg3 Qe5 $11 {
Leko,P (2735)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 15. h5
Qf5 16. Rdg1 f6 17. Rg4 Rf7 $1 (17... Qxf3 18. Rhg1 Rf7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7
Rxg7 21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. h6 Kh8 {
Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/} 23. hxg7+ Kg8 24. Qxd6 Re8
$14) 18. Rf4 Qe6 19. Re4 Qf5 20. Rf4 Qe6 21. Re4 Qd7 22. c4 Bf8 23. Rg4 b6 24.
Qd3 f5 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Rd1 h6 28. b3 Ree6 29. Bg3 Qe8 30. Bh4 Rf7
31. Bg3 f4 $15 {Radjabov,T (2740)-Wang Yue (2752)/Astrakhan/2010/}) 11... Be6
12. Ng5 {} Bf5 $146 (12... Nxc4 $5 13. Qd3 (13. Nxe6 Nxd2 14. Nxd8 Nxf1 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rhxf1 d5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14. hxg5 g6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qd4 (16. b3
Qxf2 {/\} 17. g3 Bd5 $1 $17) (16. Qc3 Qxf2 17. g3 Nb6 18. Bc4 Bg4 $5 $13 {/3})
16... Qxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 18. Bxc4 (18. Bg3 f5 $11) 18... dxc4 19. Be5 f5 20. gxf6
Rae8 (20... h5 $11) 21. Rh6 c3 22. Rxh7 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25.
f7+ $11 {Gashimov,V (2734)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/ - see also notes
by Kritz in CBM 137. I don't really know why Kramnik refrained from taking on
c4, or what improvement did Karjakin have on his mind - perhaps future
practice will show. In any case the text-move is probably even more risky, as
the B is exposed also on f5.}) 13. Kb1 ({Maybe White doesn't need this
otherwise useful move and can even play the immediate} 13. f3 h6 14. Be2 $5 $13
) 13... Re8 14. f3 {The N is not really planning to retreat to e4, so this
move already initiates the following great tactical complications, connected
with a piece sacrifice.} h6 {} 15. Be2 $1 {Courage, which deserves
commendation. Objectively White is already more or less committed to playing
the text-move:} (15. g4 hxg5 $5 (15... Bc8 16. Be2 f5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 $36)
17. f4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Qd3 $1 hxg5 20. hxg5 $44) 16. gxf5 (16. hxg5 Nxf3
17. Qg2 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qh3 Qh4 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Rxh4 Re4 $17) 16...
Nxf3 17. Qf2 Nxh4 $15 {/~~}) (15. Ne4 $6 Bxe4 16. fxe4 Bxh4 $36) 15... d5 (
15... hxg5 $142 $5 16. hxg5 {is obviously dangerous, but in view of what
happens later it deserves closer attention. The tentative conclusion is White
has enough for the piece and doesn't risk too much, but this still seems to be
Black's best choice:} Qc8 (16... Qd7 17. g4 Bg6 {
allows White to win a tempo with} 18. Bd4 {, but this still isn't fully clear:}
(18. Rdg1 $5 Qe6 {-16...Qc8}) 18... f6 $142 $5 (18... Qe6 19. f4 Be4 (19...
Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qh2 f6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 $16 {/\} gxf6 24. Rdg1 $18
) 20. Rh4 $5 (20. fxe5 dxe5 $1 (20... Bxh1 $2 21. Rxh1 dxe5 (21... Qg6 22. Bd3
Qxg5 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 Kg8 25. Be3 $18) 22. Bd3 $1 {/\Rh8+-} Ba3 (22... Bd6
23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 $18) 23. Be3 e4 24. Qh2 Kf8 25. bxa3 $18) 21. Bc3 (21. Bd3
Bxg5 22. Qh2 Qh6 $15) 21... Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Qg6 23. Bd3 e4 24. Qh2 f6 25. Be2
Qxg5 26. c5 Rad8 27. Bc4+ Rd5 28. Qc7 $13) 20... Ng6 (20... c5 21. f5 $40) 21.
f5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. Rh5 $44) 19. gxf6 (19. f4 Nxg4 {/\f5-/+}) 19... Bxf6
20. g5 Bd8 (20... c5 21. gxf6 cxd4 22. Rdg1 $1 (22. f4 d3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24.
cxd3 Qf5 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhg1 Kf7 $132) 22... Qf7 (22... Qf5 23. f4 Qxf6 24.
fxe5 dxe5 25. c5 $40) 23. fxg7 (23. f4 d3 $1 $132 {/\} 24. Bh5 dxc2+ 25. Ka1
Nxc4 26. Qc3 Bxh5 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. fxg7 Rac8 29. Rxh5 Ne5 30. Qb3+ Kxg7 31.
Qxb7+ Nf7 32. Rh7+ $8 Kxh7 33. Qxf7+ $11) 23... Qf5 (23... d3 24. cxd3 Qf6 25.
Ka1 $16) 24. f4 (24. Rh8+ $5 Kxg7 25. Rh4 $44 {f}) 24... d3 25. cxd3 Nxd3 26.
Ka1 Nxf4 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. Bd7 Re7 (28... Red8 $2 29. Rxg6 Nxg6 30. Qh6 Kf7 31.
Rf1+ Ke7 32. Ba4 $1 Rg8 33. Qxg6 Rxg7 34. Qb1 $1 $18 {->}) 29. Rh8+ Kxg7 30.
Rxa8 Rxd7 31. Re1 $14) 21. f4 Be4 $5 $13) (16... f6 {seems dubious due to} 17.
g4 Be6 18. gxf6 (18. f4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. g6 f5 21. Qh2 Bh4 22. Bf2 Qf6
$11) 18... Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. f4 $1 Ng4 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qh2 Kf7
23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Bc5 $1 Bd5 26. Rhe1+ Kd7 27. c4 $1 $18) 21. Bd4
$40 {/\} Qc8 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. Bxg4 Bxd3 24. Bxc8 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Raxc8 26. g6 $18
) 17. g4 (17. Rh2 f6 $5 (17... Qe6 18. Rdh1 f6 19. g4 Bg6 20. f4 Nxg4 21. f5 $1
Qxf5 22. Bd3 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Nxh2 24. Rxh2 fxg5 25. Kc1 $5 $14) 18. g4 Bg6 $15 {
is inconclusive}) 17... Bg6 (17... Bd7 18. f4 $1 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qh2 $16
) 18. Rdg1 (18. Rh4 f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Bd8 21. f4 Nf7 22. Bd3 Qe6 $17 {
gives Black good chances to beat off the ->.}) (18. f4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20.
Qh2) 18... Qe6 (18... f6 19. f4 Be4 20. fxe5 Bxh1 21. Bd3 $1 Bf3 22. Qh2 $18)
19. f4 Be4 20. Rh3 (20. fxe5 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 g6 $1 $15 {/\Bf8-g7}) 20... Nxc4 (
20... Nd7 21. f5 Qe5 22. Bd3 $1 $40) (20... Bxg5 $5 21. fxg5 c5 22. Bf4 $13 {
/+/=}) 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qh2 f5 23. g6 Qxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 fxg4 26.
Rxg4 Bf6 27. Rg2 Kf8 28. Re2 Kg8 29. Rd2 $14 {
and White's pressure persists even in the _|_.}) 16. g4 Bg6 $6 {After this
e gets a clear-cut initiative, which he will never relinquish even despite
some mutual inaccuracies.} ({Swapping Q doesn't solve Black's problems after} 
16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. gxf5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 $16 (19. Bxd2 $5 hxg5 20. hxg5
$36)) (16... hxg5 17. gxf5 gxh4 18. f4 $36 {gives White a pull for free.}) (
16... Bc8 $5 {
is a typical "inhuman" move, but seems to be the most resilient option:} 17.
cxd5 cxd5 $1 (17... Qxd5 $2 18. Qc3 $18) (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 $1 (18. d6 Qxd6
19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ng6 21. hxg5 Bxg4 $11 (21... Rxe3 $2 22. Rd8+ Nf8 23. g6
$1 {/\Rh8} fxg6 24. Bc4+ Be6 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxa8 $18)) 18... Ng6 (18...
Qxd5 19. Qe1 Qe6 20. Qh4 f5 21. gxf5 Qxf5 22. f4 $18) 19. Bd3 Qc7 (19... Qd6
20. Qg2 $1 $40 Bd8 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qh2 Rxe3 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd8+ Kf7 25.
Qf4+ Bf5 26. Rxa8 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 $18) 20. f4 (20. Qg2 $143 Bd6) 20... Bxg4 21.
Qh2 Bb4 (21... Bxd1 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Nxh8 24. Rxh8#) 22. Bd4 Qxf4 23. Qh7+
Kf8 24. Bxg6 Bxd1 25. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Qxd5 (18. Nh3 Bxh4 $5 19. Nf4 Bg5 20.
Nxd5 Be6 $132) 18... Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf8 (19... Bxg5 $5 20. hxg5 Nc6 21. Rd3 Nb4
22. Bd2 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 hxg5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bxg5 $44) (19... Ng6 20. Ne4 Nxh4
21. Rh5 Ng6 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. g5 $40) 20. Ne4 Nxf3 $5 21. Bxf3 Bxg4 22. Bg2 f5
$14 {<=>}) 17. f4 dxc4 (17... hxg5 18. fxe5 gxh4 19. g5 $16 {->}) (17... Nxc4
18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qf2 Qa5 20. f5 Bh7 (20... Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Bd4 $1 $16 {
/\} hxg5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. hxg5 $18) 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. g5 $40) (17... d4 $5 18.
Bxd4 hxg5 19. hxg5 $1 (19. Qe1 gxf4 20. Bxe5 $14) 19... Be4 20. Qc3 Bxh1 21.
Rxh1 (21. Bxe5 Bd6 {/\} 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe2 $132) 21... Bxg5 22. fxg5 (
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $8 23. Qxe5 Bf6 24. Qe4 g6 $14) 22... Ng6 (22... Qxg5 23. Rh5)
23. Bd3 Qxg5 24. Bxg7 $16) 18. Qc3 $40 {} Nd3 (18... Nd7 19. f5 (19. h5 $5)
19... Bf6 20. Qxc4 $5 (20. Qd2 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Nb6 22. Qxd8 Bxd8 23. Bxb6 Bxb6
24. Bxc4 hxg5 25. hxg5 Re4 26. b3 Rd8 27. g6 $16) 20... Rxe3 21. fxg6 $40) 19.
f5 $1 (19. cxd3 $6 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rxe3 21. gxh6 Qf6 $132) (19. Qxc4 $6 Nxb2 $1
20. Rxd8 (20. Kxb2 Bf6+ 21. Kb1 Qe7 $44) 20... Nxc4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxc4
Bxg5 23. hxg5 Rxe3 24. f5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 hxg5 $13) 19... Bxg5 (19... Bf6 20.
Qxc4 Rxe3 21. Bxd3 hxg5 (21... Bh5 22. Ne4 $18) 22. hxg5 $1 $18) 20. fxg6 Rxe3
{} 21. gxf7+ $2 (21. Qxc4 $1 Qe7 (21... Rxe2 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24.
hxg5 Re1+ 25. Rd1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qxf7 27. gxf7 Kh7 28. gxh6 $16 {/+-}) 22. Bxd3
Bxh4 23. Bf5 $1 $16 {^--> The point is White takes on f7 only after improving
the position of his pieces (/\a3,Rd7), whereas now Black's K can feel
relatively safe on f8.}) 21... Kf8 22. Qxc4 {} Rxe2 $2 {
Black repays the favour, without the B his K will be exposed again.} ({After} 
22... Bxh4 23. Bxd3 Bf6 24. Rde1 Qd4 $132 {he is fully back in the game.}) 23.
hxg5 Qxg5 (23... b5 24. Qb3 (24. Qc3 b4 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Re6 27. gxh6
Rxh6 28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. Rf1 $16) 24... Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd3 $16 {
leads to a dreary _|_, but the text-move loses by force.}) (23... Qd5 24. Qc3
$5 $40) 24. Qxd3 Qe3 (24... Re5 25. Rhf1 Rd5 26. Qh7 Rxd1+ (26... Ke7 27. Rxd5
cxd5 28. Qg8 $18) 27. Rxd1 Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 (28... Ke6 29. Rxg7 Rf8 30. a3 $18
) 29. Qe4 $1 Qe5 30. Rf7+ $18) 25. Qh7 $18 {
 Black's K will be chased out into the open and the game is decided.} Qe4 (
25... Ke7 26. Rhf1 Rf8 27. Qxg7 Rd2 (27... Qg5 28. Qd4 $18) 28. Rde1 Re2 29.
Qc3 $1 $18) 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rhf1 {/\Qf6#} Rd2 $8
30. Rfe1+ Re2 (30... Kd7 31. Rc1 Re2 32. Red1+ Rd2 33. Rf1 Rf2 34. Rcd1+ Kc7 (
34... Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kxf7 36. Rd7+ $18) 35. Qe5+ Kb6 (35... Kc8 36. Qe6+ Kc7 37.
Qd6+ $18) 36. Qe3+) 31. Qc3 $1 {Wins at least a R.} Kxf7 (31... Qxc3 32. Rxe2+
Kxf7 33. bxc3 $18) 32. Qf3+ 1-0
