[Event "Russian team championship"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2017.05.10"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Andrei Esipenko"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2785"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2293381272621069"] [EventDate "2017.05.01"] {[%evp 0,94,19,31,14,1,42,37,37,33,33,33,43,25,45,25,64,67,69,45,90,31,13,11,56,26,174,-27,202,0,-13,-64,-80,-78,-83,-58,-52,-60,-29,-58,-58,9,-18,-18,-21,-21,-21,-7,5,-2,-2,2,2,4,2,2,20,7,8,8,6,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-44,-41,-17,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,-96,-145,-208,-480,-697]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 c6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Bf1 f5 12. g3 Ne6 {A funny move, and a good one.} ({The obvious} 12... Nh5 {would not be good, as after} 13. exf5 {Black would have no good way to take back the pawn.}) ({However} 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 f4 {would be another reasonable way to play.}) 13. exf5 {This is much better than the immediate} (13. dxe6 f4) 13... gxf5 14. dxe6 f4 15. Nde4 fxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 {White has won a pawn, but Black's active play is sufficient to keep the balance.} Rf3 19. Nde4 Nb4 {The most interesting move.} (19... Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Bh6 {would be another way to play. After} 21. Nf6+ Kf7 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 {things would look bad for Black, but he would save himself with} Rf8 24. Rxh6 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Kg7+ {with a more or less equal position.}) 20. Ng5 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Rf2+ 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Raf1 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Nb4 25. Kc3 {Black had al sorts of threats and White is compelled to return the exchange that he had won.} Bxe2 26. Kxb4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Bh6 28. Rf5 Rf8 29. Rxe5 Bg7 30. Ra5 Re8 31. Rxa7 h6 32. Nf3 Rxe3 33. Nh4 Bf8+ 34. Ka5 {Up to here the lively struggle had left the players with equal chances, but now White, clinging to his extra pawn, makes a big mistake.} ({After} 34. Ka4 b5+) ({or} 34. Kc4 b5+ {the game would have probably ended as a draw.}) 34... Re5+ 35. Ka4 Rb5 {Suddenly White has big troubles. His king is stuck and in great danger.} 36. b3 Rb4+ 37. Ka5 Kf7 38. Nf3 Rb5+ 39. Ka4 Rb4+ 40. Ka5 Bc5 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. Nd2 ({According to my Stockfish, relatively best was} 42. Ne1 Bd6 43. Nc2 {White would also be in a bad state here.}) 42... Rb5+ 43. Ka4 Be7 44. Nf3 Rb4+ 45. Ka5 Kd7 46. Nd2 (46. Z0 {Black was threatening} Re4 47. Z0 {followed by} Bd8+) 46... Kc7 47. Nf3 Re4 {White resigned. Black was threatening mate in two and there is no good fefense.} 0-1