[Event "US Open"] [Site "Framingham, MA"] [Date "2001.08.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Silevitch, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D95"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2109"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] {D95: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 Qb3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O {last book move} Re8 10. Rfd1 Qb6 11. Qc2 e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Be4 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. b4 a6 21. b5 Ree8 (21... a5 $5 $14 {is noteworthy}) 22. bxa6 $16 bxa6 23. Rd2 (23. b4 Reb8 $16) 23... Re7 24. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xe4} (24. Bxa6 {is no comparison } Rea7 $17) 24... Bf5 25. Kf2 ({Instead of} 25. Bxa6 Rea7 $17) 25... Rb8 26. Rxa6 Reb7 {Black threatens to win material: Rb7xb2} 27. Rxd5 Rxb2 28. Rad6 Ra2 29. Rd2 Rbb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. h4 Be6 32. Rd4 Kg7 (32... f5 33. e4 $14) 33. e4 $16 Bc8 34. Ke3 Rb3+ 35. Kf4 Rb2 36. Bf1 Rf2 37. Rd1 h5 38. Rc1 Be6 39. Ke5 Bb3 40. Kd4 Kf6 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. g3 Be6 43. Kf4 Rb4 44. Rc6 Ke7 45. Rc5 Kf6 46. Bb5 Ke7 47. Bc6 Kd6 48. Rc3 Rd4 (48... Bc4 49. Ba8 $16) 49. Be8 Ra4 $4 {another bit of territory lost} (49... Rb4 $142 $16) 50. Kg5 (50. Bxa4 $142 {seems even better} Ke7 $18) 50... Ke5 $4 {throws away the game} (50... Ra8 $5 {is an interesting idea} 51. Bxf7 Bxf7 $11) 51. Bc6 (51. Bxa4 $142 {ends the debate} Bh3 52. Be8 $18) 51... Rb4 $4 {solves nothing} (51... Ra6 52. Bb7 Ra7 53. Bc8 $16) 52. f4+ $4 {White is ruining his position} (52. Rd3 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} Ba2 53. Rd7 $18) 52... Kd4 $16 53. Ra3 Rb6 54. Ba8 Rb5+ (54... Rb4 55. Kh6 $16) 55. Kf6 Rb6 56. Ke7 Rb5 $4 {cause more grief} (56... Rb4 $142 $16) 57. Bd5 $1 $18 {a fitting end to a beautiful game} Bxd5 1-0