[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Men) 39th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "2463"] [BlackElo "2721"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Paraguay"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Nh7 13. a3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qf5 22. Qd3 Qh5 23. c4 Nd8 24. Bxe5 Rxf3 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe7+ Rf7 27. Qd4+ Kh7 28. Re8 Rg7 29. Qe4+ Qg6 30. Rxd6 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Nf7 32. Rf6 Rd8 33. h4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd6 35. Rf3 Nd8 36. g4 Re6 37. Rxe6 Nxe6 38. Kg3 Nd4 39. Rd3 Rd7 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. b4 Kf6 42. f3 Ke7 43. Kh3 Nc2 44. Rc3 Rd2 45. c5 Nd4 46. Re3+ Kf6 47. a4 Ne6 48. Kg3 Rd4 49. Rb3 h5 50. a5 Rc4 51. a6 bxa6 52. Ra3 Nc7 53. Rd3 Nb5 54. Rd5 hxg4 55. fxg4 Rxb4 56. h5 Nd4 57. Rd6+ Ne6 58. Rxa6 Rb7 59. Kh4 Rc7 60. g5+ Kf5 61. c6 Nc5 62. Ra1 Nd3 63. Rf1+ Nf4 64. Kg3 Kxg5 65. Rxf4 Rxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Men) 39th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.24"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2463"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Paraguay"] [BlackTeam "Philippines"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"] [BlackTeamCountry "PHI"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. Nd1 Be8 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. h4 Qd6 22. h5 Ne7 23. e4 Qg3 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd5 27. Kg3 f5 28. Rxe6 Bf4+ 29. Kh4 fxg4 30. Kxg4 Bc1 31. Re5 Rcd8 32. Rf2 Rg8+ 33. Kh4 h6 34. Rf5 Bf4 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxb4 37. Re4 Nc6 38. Rff4 Rg2 39. Nf2 Rh2+ 40. Nh3 Rd2 41. Re6 R2xd4 42. Rxh6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kh8 46. Rh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Baku ol (Men) 42nd"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.06"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Black "Edouard, Romain"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2016.09.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 175"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Paraguay"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] [WhiteClock "0:07:17"] [BlackClock "0:00:34"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 $5 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 $5 {A logical reaction.} ({In the event of} 11. Kb1 {Black has time to play} Ne5 {with an unclear position, for example:} 12. f4 b4 13. fxe5 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Rc8 $1 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nf5 $1 Be5 19. Qb4 $1 $40 {1-0 (51) Vallejo Pons, F (2702)-Jankovic,A (2571) Budva MNE 2009}) 15. Qe1 dxe5 16. Nb3 Qc7 $13) 11... Bxc6 12. Ne2 {A logical reaction.} Bb7 13. Nd4 e5 $6 {This idea simply seems dubious.} ({It could seem logical to play} 13... Rc8 {first but then in the event of} 14. Kb1 e5 15. Nf5 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 {White would be able to play} 17. Bd3 {and the pawn on a2 would be protected.}) 14. Nb3 (14. Nf5 d5 $132) 14... Rc8 15. Qa5 $1 $146 {A strong novelty. Black does not have the time to enter a good endgame, as Na5 followed by a4 or c4 is coming.} (15. Kb1 d5 {is fine for Black:} 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Bb4 20. c3 Be7 21. Bb6 Qb8 22. Ba7 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Ba7 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Bokros,A (2477)-Jankovic, A (2548) HUN 2008}) 15... Qd7 (15... d5 16. a4 $1 {poses problems. After} bxa4 17. Qxa4+ Bc6 18. Qxa6 d4 {Black has some compensations, but probably not enough as White can play} 19. Qa5 $14) (15... Be7 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Na5 $14) 16. Qb6 Rc6 17. Qa7 {The whole idea, somehow working for White!} Qc8 (17... Qc7 {is even worse as Black anyway goes} 18. Na5 $16) 18. Na5 Rc7 {Of course by playing this move, Black admits that he is clearly worse.} ({I had missed that after} 18... Rxc2+ 19. Kb1 Rc7 {White had the simple move} 20. Rc1 {although the engine somehow manages to save the day with some crazy lines:} Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Ba8 22. Be3 Nxe4 $1 23. fxe4 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 Qg4 $1 {(wow)} (24... Qa8 25. Qc7 Be7 26. Be2 Qd8 27. Qc3 $14) 25. Bc1 Be7 (25... Qc8 26. Be2 Qc2 {fails to} 27. Bd2 $1 $18) 26. Qb8+ (26. Qxa6 $2 O-O 27. Bxb5 Qxg2 28. Re1 Ra8 29. Qb6 Qc2 30. Be3 Bd8 31. Qxd6 Bxa5 $19) 26... Bd8 27. Qxd6 Bxa5 28. Qxe5+ Kd7 29. Bxb5+ axb5 30. Qxb5+ Ke7 31. Qxa5 Re8 32. h3 Qd7 {and a probable draw.}) 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 21. c4 Be7 22. cxb5 ({There was no reason not to keep the tension with} 22. b3 {followed by Kb2 and normal development.}) 22... axb5 23. Be2 O-O 24. Kb1 $2 {A very strange move.} (24. Rd2 {followed by Rhd1 preventing ...d5 seemed like an obvious choice.}) 24... Rd8 25. Rd2 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Rhd1 Nxe3 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. g3 ({White had a last chance for an advantage with the move} 30. g4 $1 {with the idea} Kg6 31. Rd3 Nc4 32. Rd5 {and Black is going to lose a pawn.}) 30... b4 31. Re8 $6 f6 32. Bd3+ (32. f4 {was logical after playing Re8 but Black is fine:} Rd7 (32... Kg6 $5) 33. Kc1 exf4 34. gxf4 Nf5 $13) 32... g6 33. Rd8 h5 34. Kc1 Ra7 35. Kd2 Nf5 36. Bxf5 {Not necessary.} (36. Bc4 {was more logical.}) 36... gxf5 37. Rb8 Rxa2 38. Rxb4 Ra1 39. Rb7+ $6 (39. Ke2 Rh1 40. h4 Rh2+ 41. Kf1 $11) 39... Kg6 40. Rc7 $6 {White was in time trouble and these 2 unreal moves resulted.} Rh1 { I thought I was completely winning but some practical difficulties remain.} 41. b4 {The only practical chance.} (41. h4 Rg1 $19) 41... Rxh2+ 42. Kc3 Rf2 43. b5 Rxf3+ 44. Kc2 Rf2+ 45. Kc3 Rf1 46. Kc2 Ra1 47. b6 Ra6 48. Rc6 (48. b7 {may have held:} Rb6 49. Kd3 e4+ 50. Ke3 Rb3+ (50... Rb4 51. Rd7 $1 {does not help Black.} ({Not} 51. Re7 {as after} Rb3+ 52. Kd4 f4 53. gxf4 Kf5 54. Kc4 Rb1 { White would not get a check on the fifth rank!})) 51. Kd4 (51. Kf2 f4 52. gxf4 Kf5 $19) 51... f4 (51... e3 52. Rc3 Rxb7 53. Kxe3 {should be an easy draw.}) 52. gxf4 Kf5 (52... e3 53. Rc3 Rxb7 54. Kxe3 h4 55. Kf3 $11) 53. Kc4 $1 { An idea I missed.} Rb6 54. Rc5+ $1 Kxf4 55. Rb5 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 h4 $11) 48... Kg5 (48... f4 49. gxf4 exf4 50. Kd3 f3 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Rb3 {would end up in a rook h+f endgame which I supposed to be a draw.}) 49. Kd3 Ra1 50. Kc2 (50. Rc8 {was my worry but it seems Black is winning:} Rb1 51. Rg8+ Kh6 52. Rb8 Kg7 53. b7 Rb6 54. Ke2 Rb3 55. Kf2 f4 56. gxf4 exf4 57. Kg2 f5 58. Kf2 h4 59. Kg2 f3+ 60. Kf2 h3 $19) 50... Ra8 51. Kd3 Rd8+ 52. Kc3 (52. Ke3 Rd4 53. Rc8 Rb4 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Rb8 f4+ 56. gxf4 exf4+ 57. Kf2 Kg5 58. b7 Kf5 $19) (52. Ke2 $1 { was the only way but it seems Black is winning:} Rd5 53. Rc8 Rb5 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Rb8 Rb3 56. b7 Kg7 57. Kf2 f4 58. gxf4 exf4 59. Kg2 h4 60. Rc8 Rxb7 61. Kh3 f5 62. Kxh4 Kf6 $19) 52... e4 53. Kc2 Rd5 (53... f4 54. gxf4+ Kf5 {was the cleanest and easiest win.}) (53... Kg4 54. Rxf6 e3 {also wins easily.}) 54. Rc3 Rd6 {Playing the second move of my line first...} (54... Rd7 55. Rc7 Rd6 56. b7 Rb6 57. Rg7+ Kh6 58. Re7 Kg6 $19) 55. b7 1-0 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Black "Avrukh, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2425"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 113"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Paraguay"] [BlackTeam "Israel"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f4 d6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Qg3 h5 15. h3 g6 16. Nd4 h4 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Rd1 O-O-O 20. Kh1 f5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 g5 23. a5 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Rdg8 25. Rg1 Rg3 26. Kh2 Nbxd3 27. Nxd3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Bc5 29. Bxg3 hxg3+ 30. Qxg3 f4 31. Qg4 f3+ 32. g3 Bxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Kb8 34. axb6 Qxb6+ 35. Qd4 Qxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Rxh3 37. Ne4 a5 38. Kf2 Rh2+ 39. Kxf3 Rxc2 40. Ra4 Bd5 41. Ke3 Rxb2 42. Nc3 Rb3 43. Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rg2 45. Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sindilegis op-B"] [Site "Sindilegis"] [Date "2009.10.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Fier, Alexandr"] [Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2009.10.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. a3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. b4 d6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bd2 h6 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nf3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. e4 Bh3 13. Ne1 c6 14. a4 d5 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Rdc8 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Bb4 a6 24. Bxe7 axb5 25. axb5 Re8 26. Bb4 Qxb5 27. Qd2 dxe4 28. dxe4 Nf6 29. Rfe1 Qb7 30. Rc4 Rac8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Nxe5 Nxe4 33. Qd7 Rc7 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Nf3 Rc2 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Bd2 Rc5 38. Qb6 Bd4 39. Qb4 Rc2 40. h4 Rb2 41. Qxd4 Qxd4 42. Nxd4 Rxd2 43. Nf3 Ra2 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Kf3 f6 46. Nc4 f5 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. f4 Ra4 49. Nd2 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. Nf1 g4 52. Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Rg2 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Kd4 Rg1 57. Ne3 Ke6 0-1 [Event "Baku ol (Men) 42nd"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.08"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Piorun, Kacper"] [Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2016.09.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 175"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "Paraguay"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "PAR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Ba6 Qf6 20. Rdg1 Kh7 21. h5 Nf4 22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Qe1 Bh8 24. Bb4 Rd4 25. Ne3 Rb8 26. a3 Bf7 27. Bc3 c5 28. Bf1 Qe6 29. b3 Qf6 30. Bh3 Be6 31. Rh2 Rxb3 32. Rg6 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Nxg6 34. hxg6+ Qxg6 35. Rg2 Qf6 36. Qxc5 Rd7 37. Qc6 Qh4 38. Bxf5+ Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "Brazil Foz do Iguacu Open"] [Site "Foz do Iguacu BRA"] [Date "2018.05.18"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Mareco, S.."] [Black "Cubas, Jo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2454"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2018.05.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1228"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.05.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.21"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. e4 e5 15. Bh4 Rae8 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Qc4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. Rb1 a6 20. c4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 f6 22. Rc6 Bb8 23. d5 Rc8 24. Nd2 Rxc6 25. dxc6 Nc5 26. Rxb6 Ba7 27. Rb2 Rc8 28. Rc2 Rxc6 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. f3 Ne6 31. Bf2 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mario Covas rap 5th"] [Site "Santos"] [Date "2005.09.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"] [Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2451"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2005.09.26"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Nf3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rhb1 Bc6 13. a4 Qe7 14. h4 Nd7 15. a5 O-O-O 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Rdg8 18. Rh1 Kb8 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Kc7 21. Ke3 g5 22. g3 Nd7 23. f4 gxf4+ 24. Kxf4 h5 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Bf3 Bd7 27. Rae1 f5 28. exf6 Kd6 29. c4 Rh6 30. cxd5 Rxf6+ 31. Ke3 e5 32. Ne2 e4 33. Bxh5 Bb5 34. Rhf1 Rxf1 35. Rxf1 Bxe2 36. Bxe2 Rxg3+ 37. Kd4 Rg2 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. Rh6 Rxe2 40. Kxc5 Rxc2+ 41. Kd4 e3 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Rxe3 Rh2 44. Re4 b6 45. a6 Rh3 46. Rg4 Ra3 47. h5 Ra4+ 0-1 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Atalik, Suat"] [Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2425"] [Annotator "Atalik,S"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 113"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Turkey"] [BlackTeam "Paraguay"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] [BlackTeamCountry "PAR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 $5 {Everyboy goes for this these days.} 6. c5 b6 $1 {This is what I was planning as well.} 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Na4 Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Ne5 $6 {I do not like this automatic move.} Bd6 $1 12. Nxd7 (12. Bd3 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. b3 Ke7 16. Ke2 Rhb8 17. Rab1 e5 18. Bf5 $11) 12... Qxd7 13. Rc1 c5 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. b3 ( 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. f3 a5 $11) 15... Ke7 16. Bd3 Rhb8 17. Ke2 a5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Rb1 $6 {Sometimes my play with white scares only myself.} (20. e4 Nf6 $11) (20. Bc3 $2 Ba3 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Kd2 Bb4 23. Bxb4+ axb4 $17) 20... Bb4 21. Bc1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bb2 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Bd6 25. g3 f6 26. Rhc1 Rcb8 $1 $17 27. Bd4 Rb5 28. a4 Rb7 29. Rc6 (29. Bc5 Rab8 30. Bxd6+ Kxd6 31. Rc3 Rb4 32. Kc2 g5 $17) 29... Kd7 $1 {Black's play was very impressive so far.} (29... Rab8 $2 30. Ra6 Rxb3+ 31. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 32. Kc2 Ra3 33. Rxa5 Ra2+ 34. Kb3 Rxf2 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. Rxg7 e5 37. Bb6 Rxh2 38. a5 Rh1 39. Kb2 Rh2+ $11) 30. Rc3 (30. Rb6 $4 {loses a piece.} Rxb6 31. Bxb6 e5 32. Rc1 Ra6 33. Bc5 Rc6 $19) 30... Rab8 ( 30... e5 31. Bc5 e4+ 32. Kc2 (32. Ke2 $2 {could easily be my choice.} Be5 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. exd4 Rb4 35. Rbc1 Ra7 36. Ke3 Rab7 37. Rc5 Rxb3+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Rb1 40. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Rxa5 Rd3 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Rxd4 48. Rxh7 Rxa4 $17 {The resulting ending looks very difficult for white.}) 32... Be5 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. exd4 Rb4 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Kc3 $15) 31. Bc5 Be5 32. Bd4 Bd6 $2 {All of a sudden my opponent became timid and satisfied with a draw.} (32... Bc7 33. Kc2 e5 34. Bc5 e4 $15) (32... Bxd4 33. exd4 (33. Kxd4 Rb4+ 34. Kd3 Rxa4 35. bxa4 Rxb1 36. Rc5 Rb2 37. Rxa5 Rxf2 38. Ra7+ Kd6 39. Rxg7 Rxh2 40. e4 dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 h5 42. Rh7 $17) 33... Kd6 (33... Rb4 34. Rc5) 34. Kc2 Rb4 35. Rd1 e5 36. dxe5+ fxe5 $17 { looks also very unpleasant for white.}) 33. Bc5 Be5 34. Bd4 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alicante op2"] [Site "Alicante"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Aracil Serra, Javier"] [Black "Cubas Pons, Juan Miguel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. Qh5 c4 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qb5+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. d4 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nf4 O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Nd3 Qb8 17. h3 b5 18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f3 f5 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Ne5 b4 23. Ne2 Bb5 24. c4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qc6 26. Rf2 f6 27. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2