[Event "Bundesliga 97-98"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1997.12.06"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1997.10.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "GER-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 (9. Rg1 O-O 10. Qh5 (10. Qd2) 10... g6 11. Qh4 Nde5 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 f6 14. f4 fxg5 15. fxg5 Qa5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Qg3 Rad8 18. h4 Nc6 19. Be3 Ne5 20. h5 {1-0 (40) Wohl,A (2435)-Cvitan,O (2570) Groningen 1997}) 9... O-O 10. Qh5 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bb7 ( 15... b4 16. Ne2 Qa5 17. Kb1 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. b3 d5 {Movsesian-Orsag 1996}) 16. Rg1 (16. Re1 b4 17. Nd1 Qa5 18. b3 Qxa2 19. f5 Rac8 20. Bb2 Rc5 {0-1 (33) Degerman,L (2415)-Cvitan,O (2495) Vienna 1991}) 16... b4 17. Nd5 $3 {amazing sacrifice} (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f5) 17... exd5 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Kb1) 18. Rdg3 $3 {point next move} (18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f5 Rg8 20. f6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6+ Kh8 $19) (18. Qh6 gxh6 19. gxh6+ Bg5 20. Rxg5+ Qxg5 21. hxg5 dxe4) 18... Qc7 ( 18... Re8 19. g6 $1 fxg6 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qd7 23. Bxg7 Qf7 24. Qh6 {1-0}) (18... Rc8 19. Qh6 gxh6 20. gxh6+ Bg5 21. Rxg5+ Qxg5 22. Rxg5#) 19. Qh6 $3 {this forces the opening of the g file} Qxc2+ (19... f6 20. gxf6) 20. Kxc2 Rfc8+ 21. Kd2 gxh6 22. gxh6+ {Black has avoided checkmate but ending is completely winning for White} Bg5 (22... Kf8 23. Rg8#) 23. Rxg5+ Kf8 24. exd5 Ke7 25. Rf5 Rc4 26. Kd3 (26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Bb6+) 26... Rac8 27. Rg7 $1 (27. Rg7 a5 28. Rgxf7+ Kd8 29. Bb6+ Ke8 30. Rf8+ Ke7 31. R5f7#) 1-0 [Event "Eu-Cht(men)"] [Site "Pula"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fedorov, Alexei"] [Black "Lanka, Zigurds"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B89"] [Annotator "thechesscorner64"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,88,15,28,46,31,34,5,1,1,40,41,39,31,22,22,26,21,21,7,7,0,0,-13,10,-15, -28,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-25,16,23,4,2,22,-67,-90,-264,-85,-99,-86,-119,-118, -220,-220,-214,-175,-184,-156,-170,-178,-437,-490,-490,-433,-440,-483,-473, -484,-478,-499,-661,-664,-893,-747,-1466,-1488,-1466,-1580,-1628,-1969,-29973, -29974,-29975,-945,-948,-555,-555,-555,-555,-563,-560,-523]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nf5 $5 {first sacrifice} b5 (13... Nxb3+ 14. axb3 exf5 $2 15. gxf5 Kh8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Qh5 f6 19. Rg3 Qe8 20. Qh4 Ne5 21. Rdg1 Rf7 22. Nc7) (13... exf5 $2 14. gxf5 Kh8 15. Qh5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Rg8 17. Rg3 g6 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rh3+ Kg7 20. Bh6+ Kf6 21. Nd5+ Ke5 22. Re3 gxf5 23. f4+ Ke6 24. Nxc7+ Kd7 25. Nxa8) 14. Bd5 $5 {second sacrifice} (14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 {Hector-Shirov 1990} 17. Be3 Bb7 18. g5) 14... Bb7 (14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Qb7 16. e5 Ne6 17. exd6 Bd8 18. f4) 15. g5 $1 { the sharpest continuation} (15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... exd5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Bxc5 Bg5+ 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exd5 Rac8 ) 15... Rfc8 (15... b4 16. Qh5 Ne5 (16... bxc3 17. Rg3) 17. Rg3 bxc3 (17... exf5 18. exf5 Ncd3+ 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Rh3 {strong attack} Kf8 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qxh7 Ke8 23. Bxf7+ Nxf7 24. g6 Nfe5 25. g7 Kd7 26. Qf5+ Kc6 27. Rxd3 Qd7 28. Nd5 Qxf5 29. Nxe7+ Kd7 30. Nxf5 Nxd3 31. cxd3) 18. Rh3 f6 19. Qxh7+ Kf7 20. Nxg7 {completely winning}) 16. Rg3 (16. Qh5 g6 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Bd4 f6 20. Qe3) 16... Ne5 ({Onischuk-Shirov 1996} 16... Bf8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 b4 {R.Edouard played 20.Rh3 in 2012, Onischuk played 20.Bc6 in 1996} 20. Ng4 bxc3 21. Rh3 cxb2+ (21... f5 22. Nf6 h6 23. Qxh6+ Bxh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rh7+ Kf8 26. Rh8+) 22. Kb1 h5 $19) (16... b4 17. Rh3 (17. Nxg7 bxc3) 17... g6 (17... bxc3 18. Qh5 cxb2+ 19. Kb1) 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Bxc6 bxc3 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. b3 Nxe4 23. Nxf7 e5 24. Rh4) 17. Rh3 $1 (17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd4 b4 20. Na4 Nc4 21. b3 Na3 {Sion-Shirov 1995 0-1}) 17... Ng6 $2 {the decisive mistake} (17... exf5 18. f4 Ncd3+ 19. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 $1 ( 20. Qxd3 b4) 20... Bxg5 21. fxg5 Ne5 (21... b4 22. Qh5) 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qb7 (23... Qc4 24. Qg2 Qg4 25. Rg3 Qd1+ 26. Bc1 $40) 24. Qg2 Rab8 25. f6 $1) 18. Qh5 $18 Nf8 19. Nxg7 $1 {crushing attack} Bxd5 (19... Kxg7 20. Bd4+ Kg8 21. Qh6 e5 22. g6 $1 $18) 20. Qh6 e5 (20... f5 21. Nh5 $18) 21. Nh5 Nce6 22. exd5 b4 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 {Fedorov-Lanka 1997} 1-0