[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2665"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [Beauty "7080790484570"] [GameId "2235863552527770"] [EventDate "1996.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 051"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,96,22,17,23,27,12,21,15,4,1,26,19,25,18,23,33,18,12,12,16,20,25,19,13,28,12,28,45,32767,21,12,23,28,4,31,45,-10,5,-56,-72,-117,-166,-220,-19,-34,-33,-30,-82,-30,-23,-29,-38,1,1,1,-48,44,15,12,-1,131,21,-210,-200,-208,-301,-246,-129,-128,-118,-81,-131,-84,-86,-124,-153,-173,32767,-172,-186,-302,-251,-348,-349,-343,-343,-285,-343,-324,-369,-339,-409,-404,-400,-414,-389,-472,-448]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 {Survey CBM 51 [Ftacnik]} Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. Nbd2 {Actually, White has very little choice here.} (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 (16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd5 Rad8 $1) 16... Rfd8 $1 (16... Qxb2 17. Nd2 $44)) 12... h6 $1 (12... d4 13. Bg5 $14) (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 $14) 13. h3 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bc5 $1) 13... d4 (13... Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ba4) 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg4 16. Bd5 (16. Nc4 $5 Bf6 {It's not so easy to prove an advantage for White here, but he is definitely better because of the difference in ?s.} (16... Bc5 17. Ba4 $1 $16)) 16... Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 {Here I saw that the ? sac was possible and that it gave White the advantage. I decided to go for it because I was in a reckless mood that day!} 18. Nfd2 $1 h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Rf5 $1 g6 (20... Ne7 21. Rxh5 g6 (21... c6 22. Nb6 Nxe3 23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qh5+ $18) 22. Rh3 {This all seems to work out.}) 21. Qxg4 $3 {Critical but very risky and of course White has reached the point of no return.} hxg4 22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 $1 {Otherwise Black himself plays g4-g3} Rd7 {? ?d5} 26. R1f2 $1 {Now the ? can't move because ?g6+ is followed by ?h2#} Qc5 27. Nb3 (27. Kf1 $142 $1 {Ftacnik ??e2}) (27. b3 $142 {Ftacnik} Rdd8 28. Nf1 Rd7 29. Nh2 $16) 27... Qa7 $2 (27... Qb5 $142 $8 28. d4 $1 exd4 (28... Nf5 $1 29. Nxe5 $1 (29. Rxg6+ Kxf7 $13) (29. exf5 $1 Kxf6 {As these things go, the solution is to give more material!} 30. Nxe5 $1 (30. fxg6+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Re7) 30... Re7 (30... gxf5 31. Bc4 Qa4 32. Nc5 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 $18) 31. Bc4 $1 Qa4 32. Nc5 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 Qxb2 34. Ne4+ Kg7 35. f6+ Rxf6 36. Nxf6 (36. Rxf6 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Qxc2 {This is a mess}) 36... Rxe5) 29... Kxf6 (29... Rd6 30. Bc4 $18) 30. Bc4 Qa4 31. Nc5 Qa1+ 32. Rf1 $18) 29. exd4 Kh8 $8 {White has a draw at least with ?h2 and ?hf2, but does he have more?} (29... Nf5 30. Rxg6+ Kxf7 31. Rxf5+ $1 $18 Kxg6 (31... Qxf5 32. exf5) 32. Rxb5 {The reason why exd4 is bad} axb5 33. Ne5+ $18) 30. Ne5 Rxd4 (30... Rd6 31. Bc4 Rdxf6 32. Rh2+ Kg7 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Re2 $16) 31. Nxg6+ Nxg6 32. Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nf5 $1 Qxf6 34. Rh2+ Nh4 35. Bb3 Rf7 36. Bxf7 Qxf7 37. Rxh4+ $18 {The sting at the end of the tail.}) 28. Nxe5 $4 (28. Rxa6 $3 Qxa6 29. Nc5 Qc6 $1 {Ivanchuk} (29... Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ $1 {And Black has a horrible position, which is probably lost.} (31. Nxa6 Nc6 {This didn't seem so clear to me.})) 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Bxe6 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 b3 $1 33. c3 $1 Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Nd2 $1 $16 {This seems to be the best that White can achieve, but he does have good winning chances.}) 28... Qxe3 $1 {Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in this variation.} (28... Rd6 $4 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Nd4 $1 $18 {I saw this and fell in love with the whole variation.}) 29. Nxd7 Rh8 $1 {Now I suddenly realised that Black's threat is not ?g3, but ?e1!} 30. Kg2 Rh3 {With the lethal threat of ?e1!} 31. Bxg6 (31. Bc4 Qe1 $17) (31. Bg8 Nxg8 32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Nf8 Kh5 $1) 31... Nxg6 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Nf8 (33. Nf6 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Rxf4 Qe1#)) 32... Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ (34. Rf1 Nh4+ 35. gxh4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 g3 $19) (34. Nbc5 $2 {Ftacnik} Nh4+ $1 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. R6xf3 Qh6+) 34... Kxg6 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36. Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 39. Ke3 Qg1 40. Kf3 $4 {Forgetting that c2 could no longer be protected.} (40. Ke2 $1 Re1+ (40... Rb1 $1 41. Nd4 {And the game chunders on}) (40... Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 42. Kd2 $1 Qxb2 43. Nd1 {? ?e3,?c4}) 41. Kf3 {Black still has to work on realizing his advantage.} (41. Kd2 Rb1)) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 {Now c2 and the whole ? crumble.} 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. e5 Qxa5 46. d4 Qa1 47. Ke4 a5 48. d5 a4 {I decided to end my suffering here.} 0-1