Games
[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"] [Site "Herceg Novi"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C08"] [Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceTitle "CBM 196"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.06.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,47,31,31,42,42,32,44,57,15,46,55,43,21,70,47,55,36,44,19,21,18,44,16, 16,8,31,10,-9,-12,39,32,8,3,125,126,104,129,98,103,99,103,116,106,120,120,344, 356,490,489]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 c3 11. Nf1 b4 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nd3 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Bf3 Nbc6 {[%tqu "En","Not that I want to add time pressure on you, but this is a blitz game, Tal-Kortschnoj, Herceg-Novi 1970... White's knight on f4 is hanging. How can he get the advantage?","White wants to take with a knight on d5.","","f1e3","Three pieces, concentrated on one point!",3,"De","Nicht dass ich Sie unter zus鋞zlichen Zeitdruck setzen will, aber dies ist eine Blitzpartie, Tal-Kortschnoj, Herceg-Novi 1970... Der Springer f4 h鋘gt. Wie kommt Wei?in Vorteil?","Wei?m鯿hte mit einem Springer auf d5 nehmen.","","f1e3","Drei Figuren, auf einen Punkt konzentriert!",3]} 17. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Ge3,Gf3,Gf4][%cal Re3d5,Rf3d5,Rf4d5,Ge7d5,Gd6d5] 弃f4马,攻击对手的d5兵!} Qxf4 (17... Be6 {[%tqu "En","","","", "f4e6","",3]} 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nxd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5e7,Re1e6]} Qf7 (19... Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxa8) (19... Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxa8 $18) 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxa8) {[%tqu "En","Continuation?","","","e3d5","Blasting open the centre, White frees the bishop on the long diagonal and wins back the piece with interest. Fast forward to move 21.",1,"De","Fortsetzung?","","","e3d5","Wei? sprengt das Zentrum auf, befreit den L鋟fer auf der langen Diagonalen und gewinnt die Figur mit Zinsen zur點k. Schnellvorlauf zu Zug 21!",1]} 18. Nxd5 { [%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3a8,Gd5g8]} Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxc6 $16 Ra7 {[%tqu "En", "1/4绦?/2?=BQ_|_1/2?=B-/+阍谀睦铮?,"","","d1e2","There was nothing wrong with the simple 21.d5 either, but allowing the opening of the d-file is very logical. After 21...Qxd4 22.Rad1 White will be fully mobilised...",1,"d4d5", "",0,"De","Hier spielte Wei?21.De2!, denn nach 21...Dxd4 22.Tad1 Dc5 hatte er einen Gewinnzug in petto. Versuchen Sie in Ruhe, diesen Zug ebenfalls zu finden, und wenn Sie soweit sind, f黨ren Sie bitte 21.De2! aus.","","","d1e2", "An dem einfachen 21.d5 gab es auch nichts auszusetzen, aber die 謋fnung der d-Linie zu erlauben, ist sehr logisch. Nach 21...Dxd4 22.Tad1 ist Wei? n鋗lich voll mobilisiert...",1,"d4d5","",0]} 21. Qe2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf4d4, Ga1d1]} (21. d5) 21... Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qc5 {[%tqu "En","There we are - White to play and win.","Back rank!","","e2e8","Exactly! Now Black won't be able to control his back rank anymore. For example 23...g6 (breathing space for the king) runs into...",3,"De","Also dann - Wei?zieht und gewinnt.","Grundreihe!", "","e2e8","Genau! Danach bekommt Schwarz seine Grundreihe nicht mehr in den Griff. Zum Beispiel l鋟ft 23...g6 mit Luft f黵 den K鰊ig in ...",3]} 23. Qe8 $1 {[%csl Ge8,Yf8,Rh8][%cal Ge8h8,Ge1e8,Gd1d8]} g6 ({The game ended Die Partie endete} 23... Raf7 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d5","",10]} 24. Rd5 $1 {引离!} ( 24. Rd8 Kg8 (24... Rxe8 $2 25. Rexe8+ (25. Rdxe8+ $4 Rf8 $19) 25... Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxf8#) 25. Rxc8 Rxe8 26. Rexe8+ Rf8 $18 {Stockfish 310121:} 27. Rxf8+ ({Stockfish 310121:} 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8# {[%eval 32762, 37]}) 27... Qxf8 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Rxf8# {[%eval 32762,36]}) 24... Qb6 (24... Qa7 25. Rd8 g6 26. Qxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kg7 28. Rxc8 $18) (24... Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qf8 26. Rdd8 $1 $18) 25. Qxf7 {[%cal Re1e8] 1-0.}) (23... Kg8 {[%tqu "En","", "","","c6d5","",10]} 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Bc4 {doesn't change much. ändert nicht viel.}) {[%tqu "En","... and the knockout blow for Black is ...","","","d1d5", "Hitting the protector of the Rf8. Game over!",1,"De","... und der K.-O. -Schlag f黵 Schwarz ist ...","","","d1d5","Attackiert die Deckungsfigur des Tf8. Game over!",1]} 24. Rd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd5c5,Rc5f8]} 1-0 [Event "Wijk aan Zee"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2021.01.21"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 { The Poisoned Pawn Variation carries this title for a reason. Black risks to gain a seemingly worthless pawn and gets heavily behind in development. Modern engines made the defenders far braver than before. On top of that, Vachier-Lagrave trusts his position.} {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d2","",10]} 8. Qd2 $1 {弃兵,看看白方如何进攻!} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 ({The other main direction of the line was tested by Radjabov recently:} 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {In this line White often sacrifices three to four pawns in the blink of an eye:} Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21. Bd6 {which means that Black is always ready to part with some material to slow down the opponent's initiative:} f5 $1 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 {with sharp and interesting play Radjabov,T (2765)-Ding,L (2791) Online 2020}) 10... Be7 ({Another way to defend is} 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. e5 dxe5 { [%tqu "En","","","","g5f6","",10]} 15. Bxf6 $5 {再度弃兵!} Bxf6 16. Bh5+ g6 {[%tqu "En","~/=׷1/2_|ӦԣQ","","","c3e4","",10]} 17. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]} O-O 18. O-O {[%cal Re4f6,Rf1f6,Gf8f6]} Qe7 {[%cal Re4f6,Rf1f6, Ge7f6,Gf8f6]} 19. Bf3 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Be7 21. Qc3 Rb8 22. h3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qc7 { as in Karjakin,S (2752)-Duda,J (2757) Chess.com 2020}) 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 {[%cal Gc4a2,Rc4e6] A fashionable line, and a favorite choice of the Chinese top GM Wei Yi. White's play is very straightforward and logical.} Nbd7 14. Bxe6 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e6,Rc5e4,Rf6e4,Gc3e4]} 15. Bb3 $5 {An over-the-board novelty.} ({Both Vachier-Lagrave and Nepomniachtchi defended against the Chinese GM after} 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d2d4","",10]} 18. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4e4,Rd4h8]} Qc3+ 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Wei,Y (2721)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Chess.com 2019 and Wei,Y (2736) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Moscow 2019}) ({However, the French GM suffered a heavy blow in the following game:} 15. Bc4 $1 {Taken by surprise, Vachier-Lagrave followed the stream:} Ncxe4 ({However, in another game that year Black defended with} 15... b5 16. O-O bxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxc3 19. e5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Ne4 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. g3 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Ne4 $11 {Radjabov,T (2759)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Dortmund 2019}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 {but was in for a nasty surprise:} 17. Bf7+ $3 Kxf7 {[%tqu "En","","","", "d2d5","",10]} 18. Qd5+ Ke8 19. Qxe4 Qa5+ {[%cal Ra5e1,Ra5g5]} 20. Kd1 Qxg5 21. Rxb7 $14 {[%cal Rb7e7,Re4a8] when White regained the piece and eventually won thanks to his superb preparation in Caruana,F (2819)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Stavanger 2019 1-0}) 15... Rc8 {Played without much hesitation.} ({Armoured with his hard-learned knowledge from the game against Caruana, MVL naturally stays away from the line} 15... Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf7+ Kxf7 18. Qd5+ Ke8 19. Qxe4 Qa5+ {[%cal Ra5g5,Ra5e1]} 20. Kd1 Qxg5 21. Rxb7 $14 {which transposes to the game from above.}) ({The immediate capture of the bishop} 15... Nxb3 16. Rxb3 Qc5 17. Rxb7 $14 {simply wins a pawn for White.}) 16. O-O Nxb3 {It's a good moment to get rid of this beast and bring the queen back into the play.} 17. Rxb3 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Rf4 {[%cal Gc3e4,Gf4e4,Rf6e4,Rc4e4] With the strong threat of e4-e5.} (19. Nd5 {is not dangerous for Black after} Nxd5 ( 19... Nxe4 {Stockfish 310121:} 20. Qd1 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rxb7 Bf6 23. Qh5 Ng5 24. Nxf6 {[%cal Rg7f6,Rh5h6]} Qc3 (24... gxf6 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qxf6 (26. Qg7) (26. Bxg5)) 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxg5 Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Rxc2+ 29. Kg3 Qe5+ 30. Kf3 Qxg5 31. Bxg5 Rxa2 32. h4 $18) 20. exd5 Bf6) 19... Qe6 { N Technically speaking, only this is a novelty. But not a good one. Black spent 18 minutes on his clock and might have messed up the lines.} ({There was a correspondence game where Black immediately attacked the annoying rook in return:} 19... Nh5 $1 {[%csl Gf1,Gf3,Gf5,Gg4]} 20. Rf1 (20. Rf3 Nf6) (20. Rg4 O-O) (20. Rf5 Nf6) 20... Rf8 21. Re1 b5 22. Nd5 Qxc2 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Qa7 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rc7 26. Qxa6 Kf7 27. h3 Kg8 {and the game eventually ended peacefully, Rothman,I (2158)-Pessoa, F (2525) ICCF email 2010}) ({Note that the queen cannot retreat easily on the c-file:} 19... Qc6 20. Nd5 Qxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Rxb7 $18 {[%cal Rb7g7] still wins a pawn for White.}) ({Whereas} 19... Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Rf8 22. Qh5+ {with a strong attack would be even more unpleasant than the previous retreat.}) 20. Rxb7 {Picking up a nice, healthy pawn while occupying the seventh rank. How bad can it get?} O-O 21. h3 $1 { A cool consolidation move. There will be no back-rank mates, nor Nf6-g4-e5 maneuvers.} ({Black is fighting after} 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qe5) 21... Rb8 { One more small subtlety by Grandelius. He does not even give the b-file without a fight.} ({The other route to e5 is not advisable:} 21... Nd7 $2 22. Qd5) ({If Black waits with} 21... Rc4 {[%cal Rf6e4,Re6e4,Rc4e4,Gf4e4,Gc3e4] then} 22. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7,Rb7e7,Ge6e7]} Bd8 23. Qd3 $18 {[%cal Rd3c4] improves White's position further.}) 22. Ra7 $1 ({As i:} 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Qd3) 22... Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd5 ({Also good was} 24. Qd3 $1 Rc8 ({No time for} 24... Rb8 25. Qxa6) 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Ra4 Rxc2 29. Rxa6 $18 {[%cal Ra2a8] and White should win the endgame.}) 24... Rb8 ({Perhaps Vachier-Lagrave had to try and defend the position after} 24... Nxd5 25. exd5 Qg6 26. Rg4 Qf5) 25. c4 Bd8 ({The last chance was} 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Qe5 28. Bd4 Qe1 {Although White should also win here with} 29. Qd3 $1 ({ Rather than the endgame} 29. Qxe1 $2 Rxe1 {where Black has chances thanks to his active rook.})) 26. Qf2 Nd7 27. Bd4 Bg5 (27... h6 $5 {to open air for the king was more resilient.}) 28. Rf5 Bh6 ({It was probably here where the French GM spotted} 28... h6 29. h4 g6 ({Without the bishop on the kingside Black is quickly mated:} 29... Bc1 30. Qg3 g6 31. Nf6+) 30. hxg5 $1 gxf5 31. exf5 Qe4 32. g6 $18 {and nothing can stop the white pawns.}) 29. Kh2 {The last preparatory move. Grandelius is converting in style.} Rc8 30. Qg3 g6 (30... Qxe4 31. Qxd6) {[%tqu "En","","","","g3h4","A nice final touch.",10]} 31. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h7,Rh5h8] A nice final touch.} Bf8 ({White regains all the material with interest in the line} 31... gxf5 32. exf5 Qe8 (32... Qxf5 $4 33. Ne7+ $18 {[%cal Re7g8,Re7f5]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5e7","",10]} 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nxc8 Qxc8 35. Qxh6 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","f5f6","Not even a sacrifice. The white pieces are mercilessly surrounding the opponent's king.",10]} 32. Rf6 {Not even a sacrifice. The white pieces are mercilessly surrounding the opponent's king.} Qe8 ({Or} 32... Nxf6 33. Nxf6+ Kf7 34. Qxh7+ Bg7 35. Ng4 Rg8 {[%tqu "En","","","","g4h6","winning.",10]} 36. Nh6+ {[%cal Rh6f7,Rh6g8] winning.}) 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxc8 (35. Nxc8 Qxc8 36. Qxh7+) 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"] [Site "Debrecen"] [Date "1992.11.??"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Lputian, Smbat G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3brk1/1pq1bpp1/p1p1pn1p/4N3/3P1P2/P1N4P/1PQ2PP1/1B1R1RK1 w - - 0 17"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1992.11.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] {[%evp 0,51,27,27,40,-8,10,10,10,10,19,15,15,12,64,41,44,41,40,47,43,40,36,54, 61,14,36,36,46,40,40,51,58,59,122,146,131,167,139,169,166,172,145,142,151,151, 180,170,224,211,251,248,516,585] [#]} {[%tqu "En","","","","d4d5","",10,"g2g4", "",0] *} 17. d5 $3 (17. g4 g6) 17... Rd8 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Rc2c7]} ) (17... cxd5 $4 {[%tqu "En","~/=׷1/21/2>=BQ㹻+/=>>>=>>-/+.. 量Q?,"","","c3d5","",10]} 18. Nxd5 $3 Qxc2 {[%tqu "En","1/ 4绦鳴〈蟮ń?=BQ?,"","","d5e7","",10]} 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxc2 $18) 18. Rfe1 $5 Kh8 19. dxe6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 fxe6 {[%csl Ge6,Gh7] 黑方形成e6孤兵} { [%tqu "En","~/=׷1/21/41/2>=BQ","","","c3e4", "削弱黑方王翼的防守!",10]} 21. Ne4 g6 22. Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e6] 毫不犹豫,进攻e6孤兵!} Bxc5 23. Qxc5 {[%csl Gd7,Ge7,Gf7]} Rg8 { [%tqu "En","~/=׷1/21/4Q","","","b1a2","",10]} 24. Ba2 {[%cal Ra2g8]} Kg7 ( 24... Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d5","",10]} 26. Rxd5 $18) ( 24... Qc8 25. Rd6 $18) 25. Bxe6 Rf8 26. Nd7 (26. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 ( 27... Qxd7 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29. Qd4+ $1) 28. Qe7+ {[%cal Re7d7,Re6d7]}) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. a5 b5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rac8 17. c3 Qb7 18. Ra3 g6 19. Na1 Re8 20. Nc2 Bf8 21. Nb4 Bg7 22. Rc1 e4 23. f4 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Qd2 Qc8 28. Raa1 g3 29. h3 Nh5 30. Rac1 Bh6 31. b3 Rc7 32. Nc6 Ng7 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qd7 35. Qc2 Rb7 36. b4 Nf5 37. Bc1 e3 38. Re1 Rb5 39. Qd3 f6 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. Qxe4 Qf7 42. Nd4 Qxd5 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Nxf5 Qxf5 45. Qxe3 Rxb4 46. Qxg3 Re4 47. Rxe4 Qxe4 48. Qe3 f5 49. Qxe4 $2 {A very bad decision, which is difficult to explain from such a strong player as Leko. Black obviously gets two very strong passed pawns in the centre. Eine ganz schlechte Entscheidung, welche von einem so starken Spieler wie Leko schwer zu erkl鋜en ist. Offensichtlich erh鋖t Schwarz zwei sehr starke Freibauern im Zentrum} (49. Qa7+ Bg7 50. Kh2 { is perfectly playable for White. ist vollauf spielbar f黵 Wei?}) 49... fxe4 { The resulting bishop endgame is most likely won for Black. Das entstehende L鋟ferendspiel ist h鯿hstwahrscheinlich gewonnen f黵 Schwarz.} 50. Kf2 d5 51. g4 (51. Ke3 $2 g5 52. g3 (52. fxg5 Bxg5+ $19) 52... gxf4+ 53. gxf4 Bg7 54. Ba3 Kg6 55. Bc5 Kf5 56. Bb6 d4+ $19 57. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kxf4 $19 {[%csl Re3] [%cal Gf4f3]}) 51... d4 52. Bb2 Bg7 53. Ba3 Kg8 54. h4 Kf7 55. Bc5 Ke6 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 d3 58. Ke3 Bh6 59. Bb4 Kd5 60. Bd2 Bf8 61. Bc1 Bc5+ 62. Kd2 Kc4 63. h6 Bf2 64. Kd1 e3 65. Bxe3 Bxe3 66. h7 Bd4 {[%cal Gd4h8,Gc4c3]} 0-1 [Event "URS-ch22"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.02.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1955.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4 Ne8 9. Nc4 e5 10. c3 f5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Ne3 Nxb4 15. Rb1 a5 16. Ba3 Nc7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6 19. Rb6 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Bc4 21. Rxd6 Qe8 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Re7 {[%tqu "En","Es sieht so aus, als sollte Wei? dank seines aktiven Turms auf d6 und des Springers auf g5 besser stehen. Aber wie kann er aus seiner Aktivit鋞 vollen Nutzen ziehen?","Der schwarze K鰊ig wirkt etwas exponiert. Aber es gibt eine schwarze Figur, die einfach zu viele Felder kontrolliert und Wei?daran hindert, seine Initiative zu verst鋜ken.", "Denken Sie so: 'Welches Figurenpaar w黵de man gerne vom Brett nehmen?'", "g2f1","",6,"d1c2","",0,"De","It looks like White should be better thanks to his actve rook on d6 and the knight on g5. But how can he make full use of this activity?","The black king looks somewhat exposed. But there is one black piece which simply controls too many squares and prevents White from increasing his initiative.","Think this way: 'What pair of pieces would you like to take off the board?'","g2f1","",6,"d1c2","",0]} 24. Bf1 $1 $18 { [%csl Gc4] The black bishop controls the important diagonal a2-g8. Besides, it does not allow the white rook to come to f1. On the other hand the white bishop on g2 is doing nothing. Der schwarze L鋟fer kontrolliert die wichtige Diagonale a2-g8. Au遝rdem l鋝st er den wei遝n Turm nicht nach f1. Dagegen leistet der wei遝 L鋟fer auf g2 gar nichts.} (24. Qc2 $2 Qxa4) 24... Bxf1 ({ Other moves don't help either: Andere Z黦e helfen ebenfalls nicht:} 24... Qxa4 25. Bxc4+ Qxc4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6d8","",10]} 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 (26... Kg7 27. Qd6 $18) (26... Re8 {Stockfish 310121:} 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qd7 h6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Ke8 31. Qg7 Rd8 32. Qxg6+ Kd7 33. Rd1+ Kc8 34. Qf5+ Ne6 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Nxe6+ Ke7 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Qd8+ Kc6 39. Qc7+ Kb5 40. Qxe5+ Ka4 41. Qa1+ Kb5 42. Nd4+ Kb6 43. Qb2+ Kc7 44. Qa3 Kd7 45. e5 Qd5 46. e6+ Ke8 47. Qa4+ Kf8 48. Kf2 Qh5 49. h4 Qe5 50. Qd7 Qf6+ 51. Ke2 Qe7 52. Qc8+ Qe8 {[%eval 1021, 33]}) 27. Qxd8+ Re8 {[%tqu "En","","","","d8d7","",10]} 28. Qd7 $18 {[%cal Rd7h7]} Kf8 29. Nxh7+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8 Nxe8 32. Rf1+ $18 Kg8 33. Qxe8+ $18) (24... Ba2 25. Qd2 Bb3 (25... Qxa4 26. Ra1 $18) 26. Qb4 Qxa4 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxe7 $18) (24... Bf7 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Rb6 $16) 25. Rxf1 Qxa4 26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Qf3 Qc4 28. Rd7 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gf6g7]} 1-0 [Event "Minsk"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Evgeni Vasiukov"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B02"] [Annotator "3700"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] {[%evp 0,39,19,31,57,55,57,40,79,45,54,23,9,5,24,-2,-11,-22,-24,-51,-62,-29, -36,-24,-25,-25,-21,-9,-9,-3,47,12,32,-243,-276,-434,-460,-519,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 (4. d4) (4. Nf3) (4. Nc3) 4... Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 (6... Bxc5 7. Qg4 (7. d4 Bb4 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. Qg4 Kf8 $11 (9... O-O $2 {[%cal Gg4g8,Gc1h6]})) 7... O-O 8. d4 f5 9. Qg3 f4) 7. dxc3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} (7... Bxc5 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8 9. Bf4 (9. Nf3) 9... d5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. h4 h5 13. Qg3 c5 14. Nf3 c4 15. Bc2 Nc6 16. Bg5 b5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 a5 19. Rf4 b4) 9. Nf3 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bh6 Nc6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rfe1 e5 ) (7... Qh4 8. Qe2 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Qe7 $1 (9... Qh5 10. g4 $1 Qxg4 11. Rg1 Qh5 12. Rg5 Qh3) 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Ne5 $5 O-O (12... fxg5 $2 13. Qh5+ { [%cal Ge8f8,Ge8d8]} Kd8 (13... Kf8 14. Ng6+ $18 {[%cal Rg6f8,Rg6e7,Rg6h8]}) 14. Nf7+ $18) 13. Bh4 d5 14. Bb3 (14. Bd3 Qg7) 14... Nc6 (14... Nd7)) 8. Bf4 Bxc5 9. Qg4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5,Rg4g5,Gd8g5]} 10. Bxg5 Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g5,Rd8g5,Gg4g5]} 11. Nh3 (11. h4 h6 12. Bxd8 Rxg4 13. Be2 Rxg2 14. Bxc7 Rxf2 15. Nf3 b5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Kxf2 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. a3 a5 22. Re4 Ke7 23. Rg4 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Ke2 Rb8 $11) 11... Be7 12. f4 Nxe5 $6 {[%cal Re7g5,Rd8g5,Rg8g5,Gh3g5,Gg4g5,Gf4g5]} (12... Bxg5 13. fxg5 (13. O-O $2 Nxe5 14. Qh5 Nxc4 15. fxg5 Qe7 16. Qxh7 Qf8 $15) 13... Nxe5 14. Qe4 d6 15. Qxh7 Rf8 16. Be2 Bd7 17. O-O Qe7 $15) 13. fxe5 Bxg5 14. Qh5 (14. Qf3 Rg7 (14... a5 15. Bd3 a4 16. Nf2 Ra5 17. Ng4 Rf8 $11) 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rae1 d5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. b3 Rb8 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rf2 Bd7 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qxb8 Qc1+ 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qe4 27. Rg1 Rxg2 28. Rxg2 Qe1+ 29. Rg1 Qe4+ 30. Rg2) 14... b5 $6 (14... Rg7 15. O-O Qe7 16. Bd3 b6 17. Be4 c6 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. a4 O-O-O 20. a5 c5) 15. Qxh7 Rf8 16. O-O (16. Be2 Bb7 17. O-O Be3+ 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qd3 Bb6 20. Qxb5 O-O-O 21. a4 $11) 16... bxc4 {[%cal Rf1f7,Rh7f7,Ge8f7, Gf8f7]} 17. Rxf7 $3 Be3+ (17... Rxf7 {Stockfish 310121:} 18. Qg8+ (18. Qh5 Be3+ $17) 18... Rf8 19. Qg6+ Ke7 20. Qxg5+ Ke8 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Qh7+ Ke8 23. Qe4 Rb8 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Ke8 26. Qh5+ Ke7 $11 {[%eval 0,27]}) 18. Kh1 Rxf7 19. Qh8+ Ke7 (19... Rf8 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Qh7+ Rf7 22. Qh4+) 20. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2