1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5!?
Svidler is a connoisseur of the Marshall on both sides
of the board.
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.g3 Bd6
13.Re1 Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6 16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Nd2 Re8
Not 17...Qxd3? 18.Rd4!. 17...g5 led to 18.Rh6
Ng4 19.Ne4 ! Nxh6 20.Nxd6 Qg6 21.Ne4 1-0…39 moves (Svidler-Adams
Elista 1998.)
18.Ne4 Nxe4
18...Bc7? 19.Bf4 Be5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Rf4
Bf5 23.g4 1-0 (Davila-Neumann Bled 2002)
19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.dxe4 Qxe4 21.Bc2 Qe7 22.Bg5 f6
22...Qxg5? 23.Qxd6 Qd5 24.Rd1 is bad for Black.
22...Qc7 is preferable.
23.Be3 Be6 24.Qf3 Qd7
24...Rc8? 25.Re1!
25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Be4
26...Bxa2?
26...Rc8 27.h3 (preventing …Bg4 and allowing itself to
be captured!) Bxh3 28.Rxd6! Qxd6 29.Qh5 Be6 30.Bxh7+ Kf8 (30...Kh8
31.Bc5+ Qe5 32.Bf5+ Kg8 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Bg6#) 31.Bc5 wins.
27.Bb6 Bb3
Not 27...Rc8 ? 28.Bc5
28.Rd4 c5 29.Bxc5 Qe6
29...Bxc5? 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Qf5 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 and White
should win.
30.c4! 1-0
If 30…Bxc4 31. Rxc4! bxc4 32.Bd5 wins.
