[Event "GotM #105"] [Site "Chelyabinsk"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gusev, Yuri S."] [Black "Auerbach, E.."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "73"] [GameId "2186537999007141"] [EventDate "1946.??.??"] [EventCountry "URS"] 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} c5 {Sicilian Defense} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Open Sicilian with 2...d6.} g6 {Sicilian Dragon} 6. Be2 {Classical Variation} Nc6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 {[#] Signalling intent for a Kingside attack.} Rc8 10. f5 Bd7 11. g4 Ne5 12. g5 {This is a full on pawn storm, the attack better work because if not, the White King will be vulnerable.} Ng8 13. Nd5 f6 14. Be3 b6 15. Nd4 Kf7 16. c3 Qe8 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. fxe6+ Kf8 {[#] The alternative is worse.} (18... Kxe6 19. Qb3 Kd7 20. Qa4+ Rc6 21. Qxa7+ Ke6 $18) 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. Rxf6 $1 {[#] The exchange sacrifice sets up a mating net around the King. White now controls all of the Black King's adjacent squares.} exf6 23. Qxd6 Rc6 24. Qxe5 $3 {[#] Opening the door to the King. An amazing sacrifice.} fxe5 25. Rf1 Rc8 26. Bd1 Rc4 27. Bb3 b5 28. Bxc4 bxc4 {Black gives back an exchange to get rid of that dangerous Bishop on that light square diagonal.} 29. b3 a5 30. bxc4 Qe7 31. Kg2 Qa3 32. Rf2 Qe7 {And Black's dilema is clear. White's mating net has not only frozen the Black King and the hapless Rook in place but the Queen also can never abandon the defense of the mating square f8 and also to some extent f7. The killer blow will come from the c-file where White has more resources to overwork the Black Queen.} 33. Rf1 g5 34. Rf5 g4 35. c5 Qd8 36. c6 Qe7 37. c7 {[#] And now Black must resign as he must take the pawn and allow # on f8 or allow the pawn to Queen leading to # anyway.} 1-0