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GAMES

Peter Heine Nielsen - Luke McShane
Politiken Cup København (7), 2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 c5
7.Bc4 Bg7
8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4
10.cxd4 Qa5+
11.Bd2 Qd8
12.d5 Ne5
13.Bc3 0-0
14.Bb3 Qb6
15.f4 Nd7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Rc1 Rd8
18.Rc4 e5
19.Qa1 f6
20.Qc3 exf4
21.Nxf4 Ne5
22.Rc7+ Kh8
23.Rf1 Bd7
24.Ne6 Rdc8
25.Rxf6 Rxc7
26.Rf8+ Rxf8
27.Qxe5+ 1-0
 

Krishnan Sasikiran - Rasmus Skytte
Politiken Cup København (7), 2003

1.Nf3 g6
2.d4 Bg7
3.c3 f5
4.Qb3 Nf6
5.Bg5 c6
6.Nbd2 d5
7.e3 Nbd7
8.Be2 0-0
9.c4 e6
10.0-0 h6
11.Bh4 Qb6
12.Qc2 Ne4
13.Be7 Re8
14.Ba3 Qd8
15.Rad1 Qf6
16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Nd2 e5
18.d5 c5
19.b4 Qa6
20.Qb2 Bf8
21.bxc5 Bxc5
22.Bxc5 Nxc5
23.Nb3 Qd6
24.Nxc5 Qxc5
25.d6 Be6
26.Qxb7 Rab8
27.Qa6 Red8
28.d7 Kf7
29.h4 Rb2
30.h5 Rxe2
31.hxg6+ Ke7
32.Rd5 Qb4
33.c5 Re1
34.Rxe5 Rxf1+
35.Kh2 Kxd7
36.g7 Bg8
37.Qd6+ Kc8
38.Qc6+ Kb8
39.Re7 Rc8
40.Qa6 Rxc5
41.Qxa7+ 1-0
 

Artur Jussupow - Magnus Carlsen
Politiken Cup København (7), 2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6
3.c4 Bg7
4.Nc3 d5
5.e3 0-0
6.Qb3 e6
7.Bd2 b6
8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 Bb7
10.0-0 Nbd7
11.Rfd1 c6
12.a4 a5
13.Rac1 Re8
14.Ne1 Bf8
15.Nd3 Bd6
16.f4 Qe7
17.Ne5 Bb4
18.Bf3 Rac8
19.Be1 Qe6
20.Bh4 c5
21.h3 c4
22.Qc2 Be7
23.Rf1 Bb4
24.g4 Bxc3
25.bxc3 Ne4
26.f5 Qd6
27.Bxe4 dxe4
28.fxg6 fxg6
29.Nf7 Qe6
30.Nh6+ Kh8
31.Rf7 Rf8
32.Rcf1 Rxf7
33.Nxf7+ Kg8
34.Nd8 Qd5
35.Qf2 Bc6
36.Qf4 b5
37.axb5 Bxb5
38.Qh6 Rxd8
39.Bxd8 Qd6
40.Kg2 a4
41.Ba5 1-0
 

Heikki Kallio - Erling Mortensen
Politiken Cup København (7), 2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.Nf3 0-0
5.Bg5 d6
6.e3 h6
7.Bh4 Nc6
8.d5 Nb4
9.Be2 Na6
10.Nd4 Nc5
11.Bf3 a5
12.0-0 Nfd7
13.Be2 f5
14.f4 Nf6
15.Bf3 Bd7
16.Qc2 Rc8
17.Nb3 Nce4
18.Nxa5 c6
19.dxc6 bxc6
20.Nb3 d5
21.Nxe4 fxe4
22.Be2 Qe8
23.Nc5 Bf5
24.Qd2 Rd8
25.Nb3 Nh7
26.Nd4 Bc8
27.cxd5 cxd5
28.Rac1 g5
29.fxg5 Rxf1+
30.Bxf1 hxg5
31.Bg3 Bd7
32.Bc7 Ra8
33.b4 e5
34.Nb3 Nf6
35.Nc5 Bc8
36.b5 g4
37.b6 Bh6
38.Qf2 Kg7
39.b7 Bxb7
40.Nxb7 d4
41.Nd6 Kg8
        1-0
 

Nick de Firmian - Eirik Gullaksen
Politiken Cup København (7), 2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6
7.a4 h6
8.Be3 a6
9.Na3 Be6
10.Nc4 Be7
11.Nb6 Rb8
12.Nbd5 0-0
13.Be2 Rc8
14.0-0 Bxd5
15.exd5 Nb8
16.a5 Nbd7
17.Na4 Ne8
18.Nb6 Nxb6
19.Bxb6 Qd7
20.c4 f5
21.b4 Nf6
22.Qb3 Kh8
23.Rfd1 Ra8
24.c5 Rfc8
25.Rac1 Qe8
26.Qf3 g6
27.c6 bxc6
28.dxc6 d5
29.Qe3 Bxb4
30.Qxh6+ Kg8
31.c7 Kf7
32.Rxd5 Bf8
33.Qd2 Nxd5
34.Bc4 Kg7
35.Bxd5 Qd7
36.Qa2 Ra7
37.Bxa7 Rxc7
38.Be3 f4
39.Rxc7 Qxc7
40.Bd2 1-0

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 29                                                         July 20th, 2003

In This Issue

Review: King's Indian:
Mar del Plata Variation

Review: Modern Endgame Practice

New At Chessville

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

Hall of Champions

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

"The fundamental demand for a first-rate Go player, or any other athlete, is to strive for excellence in order to obtain the crown of performance. In competition it is usually imperative for the competitor to maintain a purely contestative state of mind, with his mind undisturbed and concentrated on the fight. A player must aim high, keep improving and perfecting his skills; in a  word, he must surpass his limits. This is also required of the promising younger generation  of crack players who have made remarkable achievements in order to meet the challenge from his opponent with open and magnanimous mind. Life is a continuous process of discovering one's mistakes, errors, weaknesses, a process of  transcendence in which on progresses toward the ultimate goal.  This applies also to the issue of life or death, which must be tackled with a sustained mentality of transcendence. This is an optimistic attitude."

Chen Zude, three times Chinese Go Champion ('Striving for
Excellence', Dongyu Publishing Inc., 2000)
 

from the editor's desk...  Be sure to check out the latest articles at Chess Cafe by two of Chessville's friends and contributors:

Let's Take a Look by Nigel Davies: Bucking the Trend

Novice Nook by Dan Heisman: A Fistful of Lessons

and for you Steve Lopez fans out there, check out the New of the Net section for his latest column at Chessbase!

Position of the Week

The task: determine if there has been any pawn promotion in this game.
White to move  - Find the Solution
 

 

 

Fantasy Chess is back, featuring 15 (!) prizes provided by Chess Today, GM Alexander Baburin's daily chess newsletter, and celebrating the 1000th edition of Chess Today (August 4), the daily email chess newsletter delivered straight to your inbox!

This time we're focusing in on the Dortmund Super-GM Tourney, which runs from July 31st through August 10th.  The lineup includes Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand, Teimour Radjabov, Viktor Bologan (winner of the Aeroflot Open) and Germany's new star, Arkadij NaiditschChessville's News section will have daily updates of all the tournament results.

It also pays to enter the tournament early as we are bringing back the early entry bonus points!  If your entry is received before the end of Wednesday, July 23, you will score 1 extra Fantasy Chess point.  The deadline for all entries is the end of Wednesday, July 30.

Check it out, and make your Fantasy Chess picks today!
 

New At Chessville

(7/20)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(7/18)  Review:  King’s Indian: Mar del Plata Variation, by Svetozar Gligoric, reviewed by IM-CC Keith Hayward.  "In opening this book the formatting of the diagrams jumps out at this reviewer.  Rank numbers are on both sides of the diagrams, and the file letters are at the top and bottom.  I find this non-conventional presentation of diagrams annoying to look at.  I started to overlook this annoyance while playing through the first five games, and I was getting into Gligoric’s commentary and analysis...

(7/16)  The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade.  This week's exciting game features Hikaru Nakamura against the blazing hot 15 year old youngster, Dmytro Kedyk.  Kedyk has literally defeated about 75-80% of GM’s he has faced recently!

(1) Kedyk,D (2361) - Nakamura,H (2656) [B99]
64th New York Masters New York (1), 15.07.2003

(7/15)  Review: Modern Endgame Practice by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin, reviewed by David Surratt.  This is the third collaboration in the series by these two authors on the subject of endgames: Winning Endgame Technique and Winning Endgame Strategy provided the essential foundation for solid play in the endgames.  Now, in Modern Endgame Practice (MEP) the authors aim to "...identify definite mistakes made both by grandmasters as well as young players" in the endgame...

(7/14)  Online Chess League Spring Tourney Final Report:  This event has finally concluded and the winners have taken their place in the Hall of Champions.  Congratulations to Check Mates, Beam Me Up Scotty, and The Knightmares for winning their respective sections.  Play continues this summer in the 2003 Summer Individual Tourney, and teams are already forming for the Fall 2003 tourney.  Get more information or sign up today!

(7/14)  New Links!  A baker's dozen of new sites, from training to software to player's personal sites to chess variants, these sites are worth checking out.
 

King's Indian: Mar del Plata Variation
by Svetozar Gligoric

Reviewed by IM-CC Keith Hayward

First Impression:  In opening this book the formatting of the diagrams jumps out at this reviewer.  Rank numbers are on both sides of the diagrams, and the file letters are at the top and bottom.  I find this non-conventional presentation of diagrams annoying to look at.  I started to overlook this annoyance while playing through the first five games...

There is no doubt about the fact that Gligoric played a key role in the early development of the King’s Indian Defense.  I think any opening book written by a strong grandmaster that plays what they are writing about is well worth buying.  Usually their insights and passion for their opening (defense) makes for great reading.  And on this level, Gligoric delivers!

All games are well annotated, but the level of instructional narrative varies from game to game.  Gligoric gives his own games extra special attention, and these comprise about a third of the illustrative games.  He gives historical information, as well as own personal perspective, on the development of ideas within these games.  I really like this story-telling / reminiscing quality.  Although the book contains a modest 38 illustrative games, the analysis is extensive.  I think playing through and studying all these games will give the reader a good base of knowledge to play this line of the King’s Indian Defense with confidence...

Read the complete review by International Master (CC) Keith Hayward
 

Modern Endgame Practice
by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin

Reviewed by David Surratt

Modern Endgame Practice is written for strong players (Class A/Expert and up) who already have a strong grasp of endgame technique.  You won't learn here how to mate with bishop and knight against the lone king, or the basics of triangulation, or the intricacies of the famous Lucena position.  Modern Endgame Practice instead serves to refine your endgame technique, and illustrate some of the many pitfalls which await the unwary practitioner.

A partial list of chapter titles:  When Grandmasters Overlook Certain Manoeuvers; Rook Against Pawns; Grandmasters' Mistakes in the Endgame; Karpov's Technique in Rook and Bishop Endgames; Bishop against Knight with a Symmetrical Pawn Structure; Positional Draw; etc.

This book is chock full of valuable experience for the reader, and someone else's experience always hurts less than our own!  More than 400 examples, most taken from real games, provide ample opportunity for the authors to illustrate the points they feel need to be made.

Read the complete review at Chessville today!
 

Online Chess League

Online Chess League Spring Tourney Final Report:  This event has finally concluded and the winners have taken their place in the Hall of Champions.  Congratulations to Check Mates, Beam Me Up Scotty, and The Knightmares for winning their respective sections.  Beam Me Up Scotty is a former winner (Fall 2002) while Check Mates and Knightmares are newly formed teams.

Check Mates stole the thunder from the two perennial contenders in the Open section, and is truly an international team, sporting members from Chile, Israel, Holland, Scotland, and the USA.

Currently the OCL is running an individual competition, the Summer 2003 Individual Tourney.  Check in on all the action!

The Fall 2003 Team Tourney is scheduled to begin in September, however teams are forming and registrations are being accepted now.  Click here to sign up!

One of the great things about playing in the OCL is the strong stance they take against (c)heating.  The use of chess engines is strictly prohibited, and their (c)heating detection team is very active.  They use both a proprietary software system as well as strong and experienced players to detect (c)heaters.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

The "other" Morphy:  In 1845, Eugene Rousseau and Charles Stanley played a match in New Orleans to determine who was the United States "champion".  Stanley won the match (+15, -8, =8).  Rousseau lived in New Orleans, and his "second" for the match was Ernest Morphy, uncle of Paul Morphy.  It is believed that the young Morphy attended several games of the match.

The Real Morphy:  Paul Morphy was seriously ill when he commenced play in his 1858 match with Adolf Anderssen in Paris.  He was suffering from influenza, and a doctor drained blood from his body in an attempt to cure the condition.  Anderssen sportingly agreed to visit Morphy in his hotel, and the first game of the match was played there.  Anderssen won the game, but Morphy won the match convincingly (+7, =2, -2).

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Latest news: Kasparov vs. Ponomariov match will start September 19th

  • 25th Politiken Cup (Copenhagen, DENMARK)
    Peter Heine Nielsen is the leader after 7 rounds (6.5/7)

  • 2003 Canadian Open Chess Championship (July 12-20)
    Alexander Moiseenko leads after 9 rounds (7.5/9)

  • 36th Biel International Chess Festival (July 21-31 / Biel, SWITZERLAND)
    Starts on Monday / Morozevich, Smirin, Bacrot, Lutz, Korchnoi & Pelletier

  • Polgar - Gelfand Rapid Match (George Marx Match / July 10-13 / Pacs, HUNGARY)
    Gelfand beat Polgar 6-2 / Games available

  • More!

other online chess news resources
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The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
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     Review: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors by Garry Kasparov with Dmitry Plisetsky
     Endgame Study: M. Havel, Rijen 1925
     Let's Take a Look by Nigel Davies: Bucking the Trend
     An Arbiter's Notebook by Geurt Gijssen: I would like to propose a draw, but where is my opponent?
     Informant @ ChessCafe.com: The Most Important Novelty of Volume 86
     Novice Nook by Dan Heisman: A Fistful of Lessons
     The Skittles Room: Interview with Garry Kasparov by Hanon W. Russell

Salt Lake Tribune (Shelby Lyman): Checkmate

About.com Chess - Elementary endgames (Part 7)

Tigerchess - New Grandmaster Growl

Chessbase
     Kenneth Whyld was one of the great chess historians...
     During his visit in New York to promote his book "My Great Predecessors" Garry Kasparov participated in a chat session on the Playchess.com server (see transcript).
     ChessBase Workshop: Steve Lopez goes hunting for checkmates caused by a capturing pawn.
     Kasparov takes on X3D Fritz in November!

World Chess Rating
     Kasparov-Ponomariov Match Starts September 19, FIDE Says

Times of India: Sandipan becomes India's ninth Grandmaster

Express India: Stint with Vladimirov was a dream: Mokal

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler - Castles

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #148, 7-16-2003
         
1) Thornally, Wong and Yap tie for first in MI Summer Tuesday Night Marathon
          2) Qui and Young win MI San Francisco Scholastic Championships
          3) Here and There
          4) Upcoming Events

The Campbell Report
     A Tribute to Ken Whyld : Three New Lasker Games
     Preserving the Heritage of Correspondence Chess

Seagaard Chess Reviews - Fritz Technique Trainer 

World Chess Network
     John Henderson - The Scotsman
     Larry Evans On Chess - Bobby Fischer Talks!

RusBase Part Three - New Materials for 1986

Annotated Games

New York Masters Game of the Week, analysis by IM Greg Shahade

The Telegraph Chess Club
     Malcolm Pein: G Jones - K Mah, Smith & Williamson YM 2003
     David Norwood:
Sultan Khan, M -- Capablanca, J, Hastings 1930
     Nigel Short: John Nunn-Igor Nataf, France, 1999

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Adams-Radjabov, Enghien-les-Bains 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Ivanov-Weeramantry, Philadelphia 2003

Jack Peters (LA Times)
     Eduardo Ortiz -- IM Andranik Matikozyan, PSW Open, Los Angeles 2003
     John W. Williams -- Craig Clawitter, SCCF Candidates, Costa Mesa 2003

David Sands (Washington Times)
     Daly-Short, Irish Championships, Dublin, July 2003
     Nordahl-Hersvik, Norwegian Championship, July 2003

Boris Schipkov (Chess Siberia)
     Adams-Lautier, Enghien-les-Bains (2) 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe & Mail): Malakhov-Graf, Euro Championship 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions
     Max Euwe vs Lohr, Amsterdam, 1923
     Blake vs Hooke, London, 1923
     Erik Andersen vs T Borjesson, Goteborg, 1923
     Alexander Alekhine vs Edmund Spencer, Liverpool, 1923
     A. Alekhine vs West, Portsmouth, 1923
MagnateGames - A problem each day
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day
Mastermove - Endgame Compositions
National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week
Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily

Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you.  Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com

Position of the Week: Solution

The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights
by Raymond Smullyan

This puzzle comes from the introduction to Professor Smullyan's fantastic collection of retrograde analysis puzzles.  Learn more about this type of puzzle at the Retrograde Analysis Corner.

The step-by-step solution:

  • Since it is White to move, Black moved last, and must have moved the king as it is the only piece on the board.  The question is - where did he move from?

  • Not from g3 else he would have been in check from the pawn on h2, which could not have moved to h2 to check Black, therefore Black would have had to move into check and that would have violated the rules of chess.

  • Likewise the king could not have come from f3 for similar reasons.

  • Rule out e3 since the king would there have been in check from the c1-bishop, and the bishop could not have moved there to give check on White's previous move, nor is there any other White piece which could have vacated the d2 square to discover the check.  Once again Black would have had to move into check on his prior move, so e3 is out.

  • Also rule out e1 since the kings can not stand next to each other.  Well, we're down to just two remaining squares - f1 and g1.

  • On g1 the king again would have been in check, a check it would have been impossible to get into.

  • To approximate Sherlock Holmes, "When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains - however improbable - must be the truth!"  So the Black king's last move was from f1 to f2.

  • Set the above position up on a board, move the king back to f1, and now figure out what White's last move could possibly have been.  With just the pieces on the board, Black would be in check, so there must have been another White piece, one that blocked the check from the rook on h1.  What could that piece have been, and where did it go?

  • The last is easier answered than the first - since it is no longer on the board in the diagrammed position it must have been captured, and since Black's last move was Kf1-f2, the missing piece must have been on f2, hence Black's last move was the capture Kf1xf2.

  • What type of piece could have moved from g1 (the only square to block the check from the h1-rook) to f2?  It would have to have been a bishop!

  • As White already has a dark-squared bishop on c1, either that one, or the one Black just captured, must have been promoted earlier in the game.  And there's your answer!

 

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Ask the Tiger!
GM Nigel Davies

Send Your Questions today!

From previous columns...

Q: What exactly a combination is? Just a series of moves which leads to
gaining a piece?  My very best regards!  Balkan Jundiai - SP - Brazil


A: There have been a number of attempts to define this over the years. I've always liked Botvinnik's definition: "A combination is a forced variation with sacrifice".  This distinguishes it from a mere 'forced variation' which has no sacrifice or 'intuitive sacrifices' which have no forced variation.

* * * * *

Q: Most questions are on improvement, but mine is on the opposite.  What are some good ways to get worse at chess? - Thomas Brown

A: Drink 3 bottles of whisky a day and cease all chess activity for six months; when you come back you should be a lot worse.

Editor's note: This one is too easy: He should start his own chess website. He'll never have time to study again.

* * * * *

Q: I am about to play a big tournament here in the USA. How do you prepare for a tournament technically and psychologically? With kind regards, Diego

A: The main thing is keep a clear head and to keep concerns (both chess and non-chess) to a minimum. Your technical preparation should be in keeping with this and you should solve any specific worries that you have in the opening.

* * * * *

Q: Do you have an opinion on using a chess computer or program as a training sparring partner? I have found that it is helpful because I  can always get a game against a strong opponent. The computer never tires, and nor becomes demoralized. It forces me to accurately play out the winning position.  - Julian Wan

A: I tend not to play against them myself because they are too unlike human opponents to be a realistic sparring partner. But I've found them very useful as analysis partners.

* * * * *

Q: First of all thanks for your responses to my previous questions. This time I would like to ask about chess books. Suppose that a chessplayer only has enough resources to buy ten chess books in his life and no more than that... Which ten chess books would you recommend the most in such a case and why? - Regards, Diego Acosta.

A: Well if I can only pick 10, here we go.

1. Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanual Lasker: This is far more than just a chess book, Lasker lays the foundation for a much wider philosophy of struggle.

2. Chess Fundamentals by Jose Raoul Capablanca: A brilliant and lucid explanation of many aspects of chess strategy.

3. Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch: One of the best books for gaining insights into strategy.

4. The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres and Alexander: This one's a real classic, the chapter on defending difficult positions is required reading for everyone.

5. Larsen's Selected Games by Bent Larsen: One of the best games collections by a very creative and competitive grandmaster.

6. My Best Games: Book 1 by Victor Korchnoi: Fifty great lessons by a chess legend.

7. My Best Games: Book 2 by Victor Korchnoi: Another 50 great lessons, this time for playing Black.

8. Tal - Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal: A wonderful insight into one of the great matches in chess history.

9. Rook Endings by Victor Korchnoi: Possibly the best endgame book ever written.

10. Modern Chess Openings (14th Edition) by Nick De Firmian: It's good to have some sort of reference book on the openings, and this is as good as any.

Ask the Tiger!
GM Nigel Davies

Send Your Questions today!

 

 

 

 

GAMES

Carsten Hoi - Jonny Hector
Politiken Cup København (7), 2003

1.d4 d5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.c4 c6
4.e3 Bf5
5.Nc3 e6
6.Bd3 Bg6
7.0-0 Nbd7
8.Qe2 Bb4
9.Bd2 a5
10.a3 Bxd3
11.Qxd3 Be7
12.e4 Nc5
13.dxc5 dxe4
14.Qe3 exf3
15.Rfd1 fxg2
16.Na4 0-0
17.Nb6 Ng4
18.Qg3 Bxc5
19.Qxg4 f5
20.Qe2 Qxb6
21.Qxe6+ Kh8
22.Bc3 Bxf2+
23.Kxg2 Bh4
24.Rf1 Bf6
25.Qxf5 h6
26.Bxf6 Rxf6
27.Qe5 Rg6+
28.Kh1 Rd8
29.Rg1 Rxg1+
30.Rxg1 Qd4
31.Qe7 Qd7
32.Qe5 a4
33.Re1 Qg4
34.Qe2 Qxe2
35.Rxe2 Rd1+
36.Kg2 Rc1
37.Re7 Rc2+
38.Kg3 Rxb2
39.c5 Rb5
40.h4  Rxc5
         0-1
 

 

 

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