1.e4
d5
2.exd5
Qxd5
3.Nf3
Nf6
4.d4
g6
5.Be2
Bg7
6.0-0
0-0
7.h3
[7.c4
Qd6
8.Nc3
Bg4
9.h3
Bxf3
10.Bxf3
Nc6
11.Nb5
Qd7
12.Bf4
Ne8
13.Re1
a6
14.d5
Na5
15.Nc3
Nxc4
16.Qe2
Ned6
17.Rac1
Rfe8
18.Bg4
Qd8
19.h4
h5
20.Bh3
Nb6
21.Qf3
Nd7
22.Re2
Nf6
23.a4
b5
24.a5
Nc4
25.b4
Nd7
26.Qg3
Ra7
27.Rce1
Nf6
28.Qf3
Ng4
29.Bxg4
hxg4
30.Qxg4
Bxc3
31.Re6
Qxd5
32.Rxg6+
fxg6
33.Qxg6+
Bg7
34.Qxe8+
Kh7
35.h5
Ra8
36.Qg6+
Kh8
37.Rxe7
Qd1+
38.Kh2
Qd4
39.Bg5
Qd6+
40.f4
Qxg6
41.hxg6
c5
42.bxc5
Nxa5
43.Re6
b4
44.f5
Bf8
45.Be3
Rd8
46.f6
Nc4
47.Bg5
Rc8
48.Re4
Bxc5
49.Rxc4
Bd6+
50.Bf4
Rxc4
51.Bxd6
Rc8
52.Bxb4
Kg8
53.Kh3
Rb8
54.Bd6
Rd8
55.Be7
1-0 Stevic,H (2592)-Nisipeanu,L (2675)/Budva 2009/CBM 130]
7...c6
8.Be3
Bf5
9.c4
Qd8
10.Qb3
Qc7
[Tony suggested here as an alternative 10...Qb6!?
11.Qa3!?
]
11.Nc3
Ne4!
White has a space advantage, so it helps Black to get a pair of pieces off the board.
12.Rfd1
Nd7
[Tony thought about instead playing 12...a5
intending 13.--
Na6
]
13.Nh4
White wants the bishop pair.
13...Nxc3
14.bxc3
Be4?!
[14...e6!?
is playable 15.g4?!
Be4
16.f3??
Qg3+
]
15.f3
Black assesses he's better in the game position after his sixteenth move with White's pawn on f3 instead of f2.
15...Bf5?
[15...Bf6!
16.fxe4
(or 16.Bf2
Bxh4
17.Bxh4
Tony spent 10 minutes or so looking at 17...Qf4?!
18.Bf2!
but was dissuaded when he saw (18.Bxe7?
Qe3+
19.Kf1
Bc2!
20.Qxc2
Qxe7
) ) 16...Bxh4
]
16.Nxf5??
[Missing 16.g4!
Be6
17.d5
]
16...gxf5
17.Rab1
Rab8?!
[Tony regretted this move after the game. 17...b6!
]
18.Qc2
e6
[18...f4!?
]
19.d5!?
c5
[19...cxd5?!
20.cxd5
Nb6
and White has less advantage than in the game.]
20.Qd2
e5
21.Bh6
Qd6
22.Bxg7
Kxg7
23.Bd3
f4
24.Bf5
To prevent ...f7-f5
24...Nf6
25.Qf2
Ne8
26.Qh4
Qh6
[26...h6!
is most tenacious here.]
27.Qxh6+
White is winning.
27...Kxh6
28.d6
Nf6
29.Re1
Rfd8
30.Rbd1
Nd7
31.Bxd7
Rxd7
32.Rxe5
b6
As Tony pointed out, he could have saved an important tempo by playing this back on move 17! [32...Rbd8
33.Rxc5
Rxd6
34.Rxd6+
Rxd6
35.Rc7
]
33.Re7
Rbd8
34.Rxd7
Rxd7
35.Kf2
f5
[35...Kg5
]
36.g3
Kg5
37.Rd5
fxg3+
38.Kxg3
h5
39.h4+
Kg6
40.Kf4
Kf7
41.Kxf5
Ke8
42.Ke6
Rh7
43.Rg5
Black resigns. 1-0