1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.Bb5
a6
4.Bxc6
dxc6
5.0-0
f6
6.d4
Bg4
7.c3
Bd6
This is one of Black's better defensive ideas.
7...exd4
8.cxd4
Qd7
9.h3
Be6
10.Nc3
leads to the sort of position where Bobby Fischer used to squeeze his opponents
to death.
8.Nbd2
8.Be3
followed by Nbd2 is another way for White to complete his development.
8...Qe7
9.a4
Perhaps White should have tried 9.Nc4
0-0-0
10.Qe2 instead.
9...Nh6
10.a5
Nf7
11.Qc2
0-0
12.h3
Bd7
13.b3
Rae8
14.Bb2
Nh8
15.Nh4
Qf7
16.Nc4
exd4
17.cxd4
Qh5
18.Nf5
Bxf5
19.exf5
Re2
20.Qd3
Rfe8
21.Ba3
Bxa3
22.Rxa3
R2e7
23.Ne3
Rd7
24.Ra4
Nf7!
The Knight looked pathetic on h8, but it will be superbly well placed on d6. White is already in trouble.
25.Rb4
Nd6
26.Rd1
Qf7
27.Kf1
Red8
28.Qc2
Nb5
29.Qc5
Qf8
30.Qxf8+
Kxf8
31.Nc2
White holds on by his fingertips, but ...
31...c5!
Oh dear. There goes a pawn.
32.Rc4
cxd4
33.Rd3
Kf7
34.b4
c6
35.g4
h5
36.Ke2
Rd5
37.Kd2
R8d7
38.f3
Rd8
39.Ne1
hxg4
White has succeeded in blockading the center, so Black opens a distant file for his Rook.
40.hxg4
Rh8
41.Nc2
Rh2+
42.Kc1
Rf2
43.Rc5
Perhaps 43.Nxd4
offered the most resistance.
43...Re5
44.Rd2
Rxf3
45.Nxd4
Nxd4
46.Rxd4
Rxc5+!
With this move, Black splits the White pawns and wins one of them.
47.bxc5
Rc3+
48.Kd2
Rxc5
49.Rd7+
Kg8
50.Rxb7
Rxa5
So White is two pawns down -- a devastating material disadvantage. But the pawns are split, so Black has to demonstrate some technique to win.
51.Ke3
Kh7
52.Kf4
Ra1
53.Rc7
Kh6
Black's King will stay on the kingside to defend the pawns. On h6, he has the added benefit of preventing g5.
54.Kg3
54.Rxc6
Ra4+
55.Kf3
Kg5
56.Rb6
Ra3+
57.Ke4
Kxg4
58.Rb7
Ra4+
59.Ke3
Kxf5
60.Rxg7
and Black wins, though the win is rather tedious. For the record, here is the winning technique against White's most stubborn line of resistance: 60...Ra3+
61.Kf2
Kf4
62.Kg2
a5
63.Rc7
Ra2+
64.Kh3
a4
65.Rc4+
Ke3
66.Rc3+
Kd4
67.Rc7
Rb2
68.Rd7+
Kc3
69.Rc7+
Kb3
70.Rb7+
Ka2
71.Rf7
a3
72.Rxf6
Rb4!
73.Rf2+
Kb3
74.Rf3+
Ka4
75.Rf2
Rc4!
76.Kg3
Kb3
77.Kf3
a2
78.Rf1
Kb2
and White cannot stop Black from queening.
54...Rc1
55.Kh4
Rh1+
Black tacks around a little bit before deciding on the proper plan.
56.Kg3
Rc1
57.Kh4
a5
58.Ra7
Rh1+
59.Kg3
Ra1
60.Rc7
Rc1
61.Ra7
c5
62.Kf4
Ra1
The simplest way for Black to use his material advantage is to lure White's King away, using the a- and c- pawns as decoys, and win the remaining White pawns on the Kingside.
63.Rc7
Ra3
64.Ra7
Ra4+
65.Kg3
Ra1
66.Rc7
Rc1
67.Ra7
c4
Black decides: the c-pawn will be the decoy. This is a little closer to the kingside (a disadvantage), but since Black's Rook will be in front of the pawn, it is in some ways preferable that it not be the a-pawn.
68.Kf4
Rf1+
69.Ke3
Rg1
70.Kf4
c3
71.Rc7
Rc1
72.Rc8
A little joke: White threatens mate in one.
72...g6
73.Ke3
gxf5
74.gxf5
Kg5
75.Rc5
Re1+
76.Kd3
Re5!
A nice bit of bullying.
77.Rxc3
77.Rxe5
fxe5
78.Kxc3
Even apart from the fact that the Black King can assist here, White's King cannot stop both pawns. 78...Kxf5-+
77...Kxf5
If it weren't for Black's a-pawn, White could draw here with 78.Rc1 intending to deliver checks from the front.
78.Ra3
78.Rc1
a4
79.Rf1+
Kg5
80.Rg1+
Kh4
81.Rf1
f5
82.Kd4
Ra5
and Black wins.
78...Kg4
79.Kd4
Re1
Keeping White's King cut off.
80.Rxa5
f5
Obvious and strong. With the White King cut off, Black will set up the Lucena position effortlessly. The finish, had White chosen to play it out, might have been 80...f5 81.Ra8 f4 82.Rg8+ Kf3 83.Rf8 Kg3 84.Rg8+ Kf2 85.Rf8 f3 86.Kd3 Kg2 87.Rg8+ Kf1 88.Rf8 f2 89.Rf7 Re8 90.Kd2 Rd8+! 91.Kc3 Rd5 92.Rf8 Ke2 93.Re8+ Kf3 94.Rf8+ Ke3 95.Re8+ (95.Rf7 Rc5+ 96.Kb4 Re5 97.Kc4 Re4+ 98.Kc3 Rf4-+ ) 95...Kf4 96.Rf8+ Rf5-+
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