[Event "Minor piece endgames"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bishop and pawn vs. knight"] [Black "Position 1a"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Knight at the rim."] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4k3/8/n3P3/5K2/8/B7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] {[%mdl 4096][%evp 0,13,725,715,715,725,735,735,1312,29926,29995,29996,29997, 29980,29981,29988]} {[%tqu "En","","","","a2d5","Thus the bishop gains control of all knight's squares and Black is completely helpless. Trapping the knight like this only works if the piece is placed at the rim.",10]} 1. Bd5 $1 { [%csl Yb3,Yb7,Rc4,Rc6][%cal Gd5c6,Gd5c4] Thus the bishop gains control of all knight's squares and Black is completely helpless. Trapping the knight like this only works if the piece is placed at the rim.} Kd7 {[%cal Ga5c6]} { [%tqu "En","","","","f4f5","",10]} 2. Kf5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Ke7 {[%csl Re6,Rf6]} 3. e6 (3. Kg6 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","a5c6","",10]} Nc6 $1 { 弃马的目的是消灭白方的e5兵} (3... Nc4 { 无法达到消灭e5兵的目的！}) 4. Bxc6 Ke6 $11 { e5兵必然被消灭，和棋了。}) 3... Ke8 (3... Kd6 {[%tqu "En","","","", "f5f6","",10]} 4. Kf6 Kxd5 5. e7 $18) 4. Kf6 Kf8 5. e7+ Ke8 6. Bf7+ Kd7 7. e8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Minor piece endgames"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bishop and pawn vs. knight"] [Black "Position 1"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Queen pawn on 7th rank"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3n1k2/3P4/5K2/8/8/3B4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] {[%evp 0,11,1282,1322,1282,609,661,29921,29969,29970,29971,29972,29973,29978]} {[%tqu "En","","","","d3e4","Takes away important squares from the knight.",10] } 1. Be4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Re6][%cal Ge4c6,Gf6e6,Ge4b7] Takes away important squares from the knight.} Nf7 {[%cal Gf7g5,Rg5e4]} {[%tqu "En","","","","e4f3", "",10]} 2. Bf3 Nd8 {[%tqu "En","","","","f3d5","The bishop totally dominates the knight.",10]} 3. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6,Rd5f7,Rd5c6,Rd5b7] The bishop totally dominates the knight.} Nf7 $1 4. Ke6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge6d6] Of course the knight can not be capture because of stalemate.} (4. Bxf7 $4 $11 {逼和}) 4... Nd8+ 5. Kd6 {Now the knight has no alternative but to move.} Kg7 6. Ke7 { [%csl Rb7,Rc6,Gd8,Re6][%cal Gd8f7,Gd7d8] 马必然被消灭} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.25"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Brkic, Ante"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2621"] [Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz+Sonneborn-Berger (Swiss)"] [SourceTitle "CBM 206"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.02.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.02.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,81,27,27,27,14,14,-17,-22,-40,-2,-20,-33,-33,21,-11,-26,-12,10,12,12, -1,21,0,15,-3,7,20,20,18,11,7,16,35,35,7,19,27,28,9,42,22,22,17,-12,-3,213,217, 193,202,202,202,202,198,208,212,212,197,197,183,251,260,304,335,358,346,360, 259,360,228,228,227,227,228,226,226,231,226,298,298,301,305,371,311]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Red8 17. Qe2 h6 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Ne4 20. Nd3 Ba3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf4 Bb7 $4 (22... Bxb2 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxb2) {[%tqu "En","How can White punish 22...Bb7??","Create unprotected pieces in Black's camp!","","g2e4", "Trading the fianchetto bishop against an enemy knight is something one should always have a very good reason for ... Like here!",3,"De","Wie kann Wei?22... Lb7?? bestrafen?","Schaffen Sie ungedeckte Figuren im schwarzen Lager!","", "g2e4","Den Fianchettol鋟fer gegen einen feindlichen Springer zu tauschen, daf黵 sollte man immer einen sehr guten Grund haben ... Wie hier!",3]} 23. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 (23... Bxb2 24. Bxb7 (24. Qxb2 $2 Bxe4) 24... Qxb7 25. Qxb2 $18) { [%tqu "En","Show White's point!","","","e2a6","Double attack! Wait a sec - what about 24...Td8 now?",1,"De","Zeigen Sie die Pointe von Wei?","","", "e2a6","Doppelangriff! Moment mal - was ist mit 24...Td8 jetzt?",1]} 24. Qa6 { [%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6c8,Ga6a3,Yc8d8,Gb2a3]} Rd8 {[%tqu "En","Play 25.Rxd8+ only after you have made sure that White does win a piece.","","","d1d8","The guardian of the white back rank leaves the board ...",1,"De","Spielen Sie 25. Txd8+ erst, wenn Sie ganz sicher sind, dass Wei?danach eine Figur gewinnt.", "","","d1d8","Der W鋍hter der wei遝n Grundreihe verl鋝st das Brett ...",1]} 25. Rxd8+ {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge7d8,Gd8d1,Gd1g1,Ge4h1]} Qxd8 {[%tqu "En","The right capture, please.","","","b2a3","That's the one!",1,"a6a3","",0,"De","Den richtigen Schlagzug, bitte.","","","b2a3","Nur so!",1,"a6a3","",0]} 26. Bxa3 { [%csl Ga3][%cal Gb2a3]} (26. Qxa3 $4 Qd1#) 26... g5 (26... Qd1+ {[%tqu "En", "Please show why it was so important to take on a3 with the bishop.","","", "a6f1","The looong retreat. +-!",1,"De","Bitte zeigen Sie, warum es so wichtig war, auf a3 mit em L鋟fer zu nehmen.","","","a6f1","Der laaange R點kzug. +-!",1]} 27. Qf1 $18 {[%csl Gf1]}) 27. Ng2 Qd2 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qc1 Qe2 30. Ne1 g4 31. Bb2 h5 32. a3 Kg6 33. Bc3 Kf5 34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Bxd2 Bd5 36. b4 e5 37. a4 f6 38. a5 b5 39. Nd3 Ke4 40. Nc5+ Kf3 41. Kf1 1-0 [Event "FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.28"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2582"] [Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz+Sonneborn-Berger (Swiss)"] [SourceTitle "CBM 206"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.02.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.02.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,80,27,27,18,-11,28,31,31,22,22,7,42,50,95,40,62,27,69,30,34,14,50,22, 59,41,49,59,57,58,95,61,87,75,72,68,37,-17,85,18,18,266,266,229,236,210,205, 205,260,187,204,181,303,293,328,328,366,366,332,340,394,396,383,345,443,413, 403,366,376,377,377,378,375,386,409,410,413,421,468,504,558,444,484]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 h6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Qc2 Bh5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Be7 11. h3 Bg6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. a5 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Qxd4 18. Be5 Qd8 (18... Qc5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Rxb7) {[%tqu "En","Three moves, then White will have a decisive advantage. Number 1?","Rd1 vs. Qd8 - hm...","","d3e2","Clearing the d-file. Black's attacked queen has no square, 19...Nd7 is forced.",3,"De","Drei Z黦e, dann hat Wei?entscheidenden Vorteil. Nummer 1?","Td1 vs. Dd8 - hm...","","d3e2","Legt die d-Linie frei. Die angegriffene schwarze Dame hat kein Feld, 19...Sd7 ist erzwungen.",3]} 19. Be2 {[%csl Rb6,Rc7,Rd8][%cal Gd1d8,Yf8d7]} Nd7 {[%tqu "En", "Number 2?","Boom!","","d1d7","Very direct and very strong! White sweeps away the blocker of the d-file.",2,"De","Nummer 2?","Bumm!","","d1d7","Sehr direkt und sehr stark! Wei?fegt den Blockeur der d-Linie hinweg.",2]} 20. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 {[%tqu "En","And number 3!","","","f1d1","Gone it was!",1,"De","Und Nummer 3!","","","f1d1","Weg war sie!",1]} 21. Rd1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd1d7]} Qd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. Qa4 Red8 25. a6 bxa6 26. Bxa6 Rc5 27. Nb3 dxe4 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Qc6 Bf8 30. Bf4 Kh7 31. Be3 Rb8 32. Bb7 a5 33. Qc7 Bd6 34. Qxd6 Rxb7 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. Qa3 Rd2 37. Be3 Rd3 38. Qxa5 Nd7 39. Qc7 e5 40. Na4 f5 1-0 [Event "FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2021.11.07"] [Round "11.16"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2626"] [Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz+Sonneborn-Berger (Swiss)"] [SourceTitle "CBM 206"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.02.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.02.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,79,27,11,60,45,41,37,28,25,47,45,29,34,33,18,-2,-2,28,27,35,-3,-13, -20,-20,-42,-46,-54,-64,-77,-76,-77,-70,-86,-86,-80,-76,-57,-103,-103,-69,-124, -87,-206,-184,-199,-186,-257,-268,-272,-272,-290,-138,-145,-141,-386,-385,-395, -393,-393,-362,-399,-315,-332,-242,-195,-163,-187,-189,219,261,107,112,140,382, 441,478,478,571,571,651,571]} 1. e4 c5 2. h3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Ba4 e6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Ng3 d4 11. Nce2 b5 12. cxb5 Nb6 13. Bc2 axb5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. f4 Nfd7 16. f5 e5 17. Nh5 c4 18. Neg3 f6 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Nh1 Nc5 22. Nf2 cxd3 23. Nxd3 Nc4 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bb3 Rd7 26. Rd1 Nxb2 27. Rg3 Nxd1 28. Qxd1 d3+ 29. Kh2 Bf2 30. Rg4 Qe8 31. Qf3 Qxh5 $2 32. Qxf2 Qe8 {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","Threaten checkmate!", "","f2h4","The right piece to enter the h-file, with a threat!",3,"g4h4", "Right idea (I guess :-)), wrong piece!",0,"De","Wie soll Wei?fortsetzen?", "Drohen Sie Matt!","","f2h4","Die richtige Figur, um in die h-Linie zu gehen, mit einer Drohung!",3,"g4h4","Richtige Idee (sch鋞ze ich :-)), falsche Figur!", 0]} 33. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rb3g8,Rh4h7,Gg4h4]} (33. Rh4 h6) 33... Rf7 {[%csl Rf7] [%cal Gb3g8]} (33... h6 {[%tqu "En","","","","d2h6","",2]} 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Rh7 {[%tqu "En","","","","h6f6","",1]} 36. Qxf6+ Rg7 37. Qxg7#) (33... h5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g4g6","",2]} 34. Rg6 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rh4h5]}) (33... Ra4 {[%tqu "En","For the records - what was White's threat again?","","", "h4h7","Enabled by the bishop on the diagonal b3-g8!",1,"De","Der Vollst鋘digkeit halber - was drohte Wei?noch gleich?","","","h4h7", "Erm鰃licht durch den L鋟fer auf der Diagonalen b3-g8!",1]} 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 { [%tqu "En","Continuation?","","","g4h4","... followed by checkmate.",1,"De", "Fortsetzung?","","","g4h4","... nebst Matt.",1]} 35. Rh4+ {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb3g8,Gh4h7]} Qh5 36. Rxh5#) {[%tqu "De","Schwarz hat die Diagonale b3-g8 geblockt. Was nun?","Druck erh鰄en!","","h4h5","Schon der Gewinnzug! Wei? bedroht den Tf7, und nach 34...Kg8 folgt ....",3]} 34. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Yh8g8, Rb3f7,Rh5f7]} Kg8 {[%tqu "En","One short move, please.","","","g4h4","... planning 35...h6 36.Bxh6! Game over!",2,"De","Noch einen Kurzen, bitte.","", "","g4h4","... planend 35...h6 36.Lxh6! Aus!",2]} 35. Rh4 $3 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Yh7h6,Gd2h6]} h6 36. Bxh6 Kf8 (36... gxh6 37. Qxh6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh6h8]}) { [%tqu "En","","","","h6d2","",3]} 37. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2b4,Rb4f8]} (37. Be3) 37... Ra4 {[%cal Ga4b4]} 38. Bxa4 bxa4 39. Bb4+ Re7 40. Qd1 {[%cal Rb4f8,Rd1d3]} 1-0 [Event "Biel Credit Suisse"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1997.07.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1997.07.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 060"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,49,19,28,41,42,47,72,56,66,66,49,101,81,65,36,56,24,24,-12,32,22,31, 36,19,-20,-14,-33,-25,-26,-7,-119,-126,23,23,-54,-37,-42,-64,29,23,-107,182, 226,244,268,388,391,396,424,435,300]} {At the opening ceremony the previous day, the chess players had to play a match against representatives from the Swiss skiing federation. Each participant from the A and B tournaments had to play two moves and if they didn't mate the skiers within 24 moves, then the skiers won. Funnily enough, the chess players chose the Center Counter. To my great surprise, this is exactly what happened in my game!} 1. e4 {Mueller,Ka} d5 {I don't recall Joel ever having played this before, but he hadn't played in an event since Monaco, so I assumed this was an opening he had prepared quite well.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 {Nowadays 6. Ne5 is more popular, but during my preparations for the World Championship, I noticed that the lines with 6.Bc4 were very dangerous for Black to navigate. Since Joel didn't have a great deal of experience with the Centre counter, I decided to test him in this line.} Bf5 7. Ne5 {The lines with 7.Bd2 leave White with a slight edge, but I remembered that 7.Ne5 and 8.g4 gave Black more problems.} e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Nbd7 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ga8d8, Rd8d1,Ge5d7,Ge5g6,Gh4h5,Gd1e2] The best line} (9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. f3 $1 $14 {Campora-Hansen Palma 1989. I think that it was after this game that people started to look at 9...Nbd7 more seriously.} Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 b5 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qc7 17. d5 Nf6 18. h5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qe3+ Be4 21. fxe4 O-O 22. Nb4 Rfe8 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Rc1 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4+ 26. Kf2 Rxg4 27. h6 Rg5 28. Rc5 gxh6 29. Rxh6 Kg7 30. Rh3 Rd8 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Kxg3 a6 33. Kf4 Re8 34. Ne3 Re6 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Nd4 Rd6 37. Ke4 Kg6 38. Ke5 Rb6 39. Rc2 f6+ 40. Kd5 h5 41. Rg2+ Kh7 42. Nf5 b4 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rg3 a5 45. Nd6 a4 46. Kc5 Rb8 47. Nb5 b3 48. axb3 axb3 49. Rxb3 Kh7 50. Rf3 Kg6 51. Nd6 h4 52. Kd5 Rb1 {1/2 (52) Campora,D (2495)-Hansen,C (2525) Palma de Mallorca 1989}) 10. Nxd7 (10. Nxg6) (10. Qe2) (10. h5 $2 {Stockfish 271221:} Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Be3 Be4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Rh3 Bb4 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Rd4 17. a3 Rhd8 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd5 20. Rg3 Qc5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc4 23. Kb1 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Rf1 Qc7 27. Qf2 Qd6 28. Qxf7 Qxd3+ 29. Ka1 Qd7 30. Qf3 e5 31. g5 Qe6 32. Qe3 Qg4 $19 33. Qxa7 {[%eval -232, 35] [%wdl 0,80,920]}) 10... Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gh3e3]} ( 12. Rg1 {Mueller,Ka} Nb6 13. Be2 Na4 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 O-O-O $15 {Apicella,M-Prie,E/Brussels zt 1993/EXP 34/1/2-1/2 (49)} 18. Qf3 Rd7 19. Kf1 Ba3 20. Rb1 Be7 21. Rb2 Bg5 22. Be1 Rhd8 23. Kg2 Qa3 24. Re2 Qe7 25. Qe4 c5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Bg3 cxd4 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. cxd4 Rc7 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. Rb1 Rd5 33. Rb4 Kd8 34. Rc4 Qd6 35. Rc5 Rxd4 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. Rexe5 Bf6 38. Re3 Ra4 39. Re2 b6 40. Rc1 Be7 41. Kf3 Ra5 42. Rh1 Rd5 43. Rg2 Bg5 44. Ke2 Kc7 45. Rg4 Ra5 46. a4 Bh6 47. Rc4+ Kd6 48. Rch4 Re5+ 49. Kd1 { 1/2 (49) Apicella,M (2495)-Prie,E (2470) Brussels 1993}) (12. O-O {Mueller,Ka} Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. c3 g6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Kg2 gxh5 18. g5 Qe7 19. Qxh5 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Prie,E/Andorra op 1994/TD 94\02 (41)} 20. Rae1 h6 21. gxh6 Rdg8+ 22. Kf3 Qf6+ 23. Ke2 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. h7 Rf8 26. Rh1 f5 27. Qh2 Qxh2 28. Rxh2 Nf6 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Kf4 Rf7 31. Reh1 Rg7 32. f3 Rhxh7 33. Rxh7 Nxh7 34. c4 dxc4 35. Bxc4 Kd6 36. Rh6 Nf8 37. b4 Rg6 38. Rh8 Nd7 39. Rh7 Rg2 40. Rh6 Nf8 41. Ke3 Rg6 {1/2 (41) Westerinen,H (2370)-Prie,E (2475) Andorra 1994}) 12... Bg2 {A nice finesse -if White plays Rg3, then Black will gain a tempo with a later Bd6. Still, if the game continuation is correct, then Black will have to stick to 12...Bd5} (12... Bd5 {Mueller,Ka} 13. Bd3 O-O-O (13... Bd6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 Bf4 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Bxh7 {[%cal Gh3c3]} Kb8 19. Bd3 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Nb6 21. g5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Denker,A/New York op 1989/CBM 12 (41)} a6 22. Kb1 Rd6 23. h6 gxh6 24. gxh6 Na4 25. Be2 Rb6 26. Rb3 Rc6 27. Rh1 f5 28. Bd1 Nb6 29. Qg5 Ka7 30. Qf6 Rc8 31. c3 Qh7 32. Ka1 Rg8 33. Qh4 Rg6 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rb4 Rh8 36. Qd6 Nc4 37. Qc5+ Ka8 38. b3 Rxh6 39. Rxh6 Qxh6 40. bxc4 Qc1+ 41. Rb1 Qxc3+ 42. Rb2 { 1/2 (42) Ochoa de Echaguen,F (2435)-Denker,A (2295) New York 1989}) 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Nxd5 exd5 $132 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Lastin,A/RUS-ch Elista 1995/CBM 50 (54)} 16. c3 Qxb2 17. Rf3 f6 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qe7+ 21. Re3 Qd6 22. Re6 Qxd4 23. Ba6 $1 Nc5 (23... bxa6 $4 24. Rxc6#) 24. Rxc6+ Kd7 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxb7+ Kc6 27. Qf3+ Rd5 28. Bc3 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Re7 32. Rb8 Bd6 33. Rh8 h6 34. a4 f5 35. Bb5+ Kb7 36. Rd8 fxg4+ 37. Kg2 g3 38. fxg3 Re3 39. Ba5 Rxg3+ 40. Kf2 Rf5+ 41. Ke2 Bc7 42. Rd7 Rc5 43. Bxc7 Rxc7 44. Ba6+ Kb6 45. a5+ Kxa5 46. Rxc7 Kxa6 47. Kf2 Rg5 48. Ke3 Kb6 49. Rf7 a5 50. Kd4 Kc6 51. Ra7 Kd6 52. Kc4 Ke6 53. Kb3 Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 {0-1 (54) Rublevsky,S (2595) -Lastin,A (2465) Elista 1995}) {[%tqu "En","","","","h3e3","I had wanted to play 13.Rg3 which gives White a slight edge even though Black can play Bd6, but a fresh look at a position during a game can often turn up better moves than those found during home preparation!",10,"h3g3","Mueller,Ka",0]} 13. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3e8] I had wanted to play 13.Rg3 which gives White a slight edge even though Black can play Bd6, but a fresh look at a position during a game can often turn up better moves than those found during home preparation!} (13. Rg3 $6 {Mueller,Ka} Bd5 $11 {und Bd6 kann mit Tempo folgen (eine der Ideen von Bg2)}) 13... Nb6 (13... b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne4 {White will be better after the inevitable Bxe4 due to his two bishops and understandably Joel didn't want to resign himself to a worse position.} {Stockfish 271221:} Be7 ({Stockfish 271221:} 15... Qc7 16. g5 Qh2 17. Qg4 h6 18. Rg3 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh2 21. Qf3 Bd6 22. Rg2 Qf4+ 23. Ke2 Qxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rc8 25. a3 bxa3 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. c4 Rb8 28. b4 Bxb4 29. Bxa3 Bxa3 30. Rxa3 Rb7 31. Bxc6 Rc7 32. Bxd7+ Kxd7 33. Kd3 Rb8 34. Rg1 Rb2 35. c5 Rxf2 36. Rga1 Rh2 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7+ Kc6 39. Kc4 $16 {[%eval 89,33] [%wdl 262,735,3]}) ({Stockfish 271221:} 15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Be7 17. Bxc6 Rd8 18. h6 g6 19. Rd3 O-O 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Bf4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Kf1 g5 24. Bg3 Qb6 25. Qe4 Rfd8 26. c3 Bf8 27. Be5 Qa6 28. Kg2 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxd3 30. Qxg5+ Qg6 31. Qxd8 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 $16 {[%eval 150,33] [%wdl 647,352,1]}) 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O 19. O-O-O Rad8 20. c4 Bf6 21. Bxb4 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2a4]} Bg5 25. Bc3 e5 26. Kb1 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Ne6 28. Qe4 {[%cal Re4h7]} Ng5 29. Qf5 f6 30. b4 Kf8 (30... Qxc4 $4 31. Bb3 $18) 31. c5 h6 32. a3 Qf7 33. Kb2 $16 Qd5 {[%eval 85,33] [%wdl 242,755,3]}) 14. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gd3f1,Gd3a6,Gd3b1] I found this at the board and therefore changed my mind about 13.Rg3 and went for 13. Re3} (14. Bb3 $6 c5 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Rc4,Re6,Rf7][%cal Rc5c4] This gives Black good counterplay}) 14... Nd5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f2f3","The point, White is willing to jettison a few pawns and/or the exchange, but snares the bishop on g2.",10,"e3g3","Mueller,Ka",10]} 15. f3 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Gg2][%cal Gc1e3,Ge1f2, Rf2g2,Rd1g1,Rg1h2] The point, White is willing to jettison a few pawns and/or the exchange, but snares the bishop on g2. Mueller,Ka: der L鋟fer g2 ist nun lebendig begraben. Hatte Anand diese Idee vorbereitet ?} (15. Rg3 $5 {Mueller, Ka} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. Qe2 b5 19. h6 O-O-O $13 {1-0 Bauer, C-Prie,E/FRA-ch 1996/EXP 54 (40)} 20. a3 g6 21. Bg5 Bd6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rf3 f5 24. Kf1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Kc7 26. Qe3 fxg4 27. Qxe6 Qa5 28. Qf7+ Rd7 29. Qb3 Bf4 30. Re1 Bd2 31. Re8 Qxc3 32. Qg8 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxd4 34. Be4 Kb6 35. Re6 Be1 36. Qf8 Rd8 37. Rxc6+ Ka5 38. Qf4 Rd7 39. Re6 g5 40. Bb7 b4 41. Qf5+ {1-0 (41) Bauer,C (2465)-Prie,E (2480) Auxerre 1996}) 15... Bb4 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4][%cal Rb4e1,Ra5e1] Mueller,Ka: sieht zwar sehr logisch aus, aktiviert in der Folge aber auch den wei遝n Turm a1. Andere M鰃lichkeiten:} (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxd4 18. Kf2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2h3,Rd1h1]} Bxf3 19. Kxf3 $16 (19. Kxf3 {Mueller,Ka} Bc5 20. Kg2 O-O-O $13 {Stockfish 271221:} 21. Rb1 ({Stockfish 271221:} 21. Rc1 g6 22. Qf3 gxh5 23. Re4 Qd5 24. g5 Rhg8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Bc1 h6 27. Be2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Re5 Be7 31. Bxh5 Bxg5 32. Bxf7 Rg7 33. Bxg5 f4 34. Kf3 hxg5 35. Rf5 g4+ 36. Kg2 f3+ 37. Kg3 Kd6 38. Rf4 Rg5 39. Bc4 b5 40. Bd3 Ke5 41. c3 Kd6 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 44. Kxg4 {[%eval 131, 46] [%wdl 562,437,1]}) 21... Qd5+ 22. Rf3 g6 23. Qe2 gxh5 24. g5 Rhg8 25. Kh3 Rg7 26. Rbf1 Rd7 27. Bc1 Bd6 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bc7 30. Be3 Bd8 31. Rg3 Bb6 32. Bc1 Bd8 33. Bf3 h4 34. Rg2 Rg6 35. Be4 f5 36. gxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Bxf6 38. Bd3 Kc7 39. Rf2 Bd4 40. Rf4 Kb6 41. Rxh4 e5 42. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 43. Bxh7 $18 Kb5 { [%eval 284,46] [%wdl 991,9,0]})) (15... Nxe3 {Mueller,Ka} 16. Bxe3 Ba3 17. Bc1 (17. bxa3 Bxf3 18. Qd2 Bxg4 19. h6 $15) 17... Bb4 18. Kf2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qxd4+ 21. Kxg2 $14) {[%tqu "En","","","","e1f2","",10]} 16. Kf2 $1 Bxc3 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 {[%tqu "En","","","","a1b1","",10]} 18. Rb1 Bxd4 19. Kxg2 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 $16) 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd4 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Rxb7 $16) (18... Nxe3 {Mueller,Ka} 19. Bxe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O-O $13) 19. Rxb7 {[%cal Rb7f7,Rd3g6,Rd1d4]} Rd8 {Here I saw the possibility of g6 and when I realized that it didn't work because at a certain moment Black would simply play Kg8. Then I saw the possibility of h6 - Kg8 could be met by Rg7+! Suddenly, all that remained was to check all the details...} (19... Bh3 { [%tqu "En","","","","b7f7","I stopped here, but Joel saw two moves further!", 10]} 20. Rxf7 $1 {[%cal Rd1d4] I stopped here, but Joel saw two moves further!} c5 {Black simply protects his queen and threatens Kxf7} 21. Rf5 $3 {Lautier} Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qb2 23. Rxc5 O-O 24. Kg3 $1 $18) (19... Nf4 20. Kg3 (20. Qe1 Qf6 21. Kg3 $16) 20... Qd6 {[%tqu "En","","","","c1a3","Fritz",10]} 21. Ba3 $1 { Fritz} Nxh5+ (21... Qxa3 22. Be4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3a3,Rd1d7]} (22. Bb5 {[%cal Ge3a3,Gd1d7] Mueller,Ka} Nd3 23. Bxc6+ Kf8 24. Rxd3 $18 {[%csl Rd1,Rd3][%cal Rd3d8,Rd1d8]})) 22. Kxg2 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 $18 {[%csl Re1,Rf2,Rg1,Rg2,Rh2]}) (19... e5 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Gd4e5] Mueller,Ka} 20. c4 (20. Qe1 {[%csl Re1,Re3][%cal Re3e8,Re1e8]} Bxf3 21. c3 Qc5 (21... Nxc3 22. Kxf3 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qxg4+ {[%tqu "En","","","","g2h2","",10]} 24. Kh2 $18 {[%csl Re2,Rh4][%cal Ge1h4,Re3e2, Re3h3]}) 22. Kxf3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qd6 24. Qb1 $16) 20... O-O-O (20... Nf4 21. Bb2 Nh3+ 22. Kxg2 Qxe3 23. Kxh3 $16) 21. cxd5 Kxb7 22. dxc6+ Kc7 23. Kxg2 $16) ( 19... O-O-O {Mueller,Ka} 20. Rxf7 (20. Ba6 $4 {reizt zu hoch:} Qxd1 21. Rxf7+ Kb8 22. Rb3+ Nb6 23. Bf4+ Rd6 $19) 20... Kb8 21. Qg1 $18) 20. h6 $3 gxh6 $2 { This gave me a chance to have a really beautiful finish. Black could still fight with Nxe3, but Joel hadn't seen the idea behind h5-h6} (20... Nxe3 { Absolutely the only move which doesn't lose} 21. Bxe3 Qe5 22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Qg1 (23. Bh6 Qh2 $1 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gh2h6]}) 23... Bxf3 24. Kxf3 $16) 21. Bg6 $3 Ne7 (21... Qxe3+ 22. Bxe3 fxg6 (22... hxg6 {Mueller,Ka} 23. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Gg2] [%cal Rd4h8]}) 23. Bc5 $18) (21... Qf6 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Nxe3 24. Qxd8+ $1 (24. Qe2 Nd1+ 25. Kxg2 Kxf7 {Is not that clear, although White remains much better}) 24... Kxd8 25. Bxe3 Bh3 26. Rxa7 $18) (21... Qxd1 {Mueller,Ka} 22. Rxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24. Bxf7#) (21... Nxe3 {Mueller,Ka} 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxe3 $18) 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd3 $1 {Why bother with 23.Rxe6 Rd7 when this wins effortlessly?} Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bd3 $1 (25. Bd3 Bh1 26. Bb2 Re8 27. Bf6 $18) 1-0