[Event "GotM #93"] [Site "Valjevo"] [Date "2007.06.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2588"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "505255515005"] [EventDate "2007.06.20"] [EventCountry "SRB"] {[%evp 0,49,26,-18,69,-19,43,-43,68,-51,91,-63,68,-73,56,-44,43,-21,29,-29,18,-19,36,-22,22,14,61,-126,111,-55,93,-89,101,-93,119,-118,111,-75,107,-88,125,-118,107,-59,88,-218,29995,-29996,29997,-29998,29999,-29999]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Opening} e6 {French Defense} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Paulsen Variation} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 (4... Bb4+ {was played in last month's game between the two Walls.}) 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3) (5. c4) (5. c3) 5... Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O {[#] After the opening we can see that the middlegame will play out predominately on the Kingside.} 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ba6 Rb8 12. c4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Nc6 {[#] Nice post for the Knight as White works to cramp Black.} Re8 16. Bg5 Bf8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nh5 Nd7 {[#] Black wants to keep pieces on the board, but this is ceding ground to White. We are always advised that if we have less space then exchanging pieces is good.} (18... Nxh5 {may have led to something like} 19. Qxh5 Bd6 20. Rad1 g6 21. Qb5 Qd7 22. Re3 Kg7) 19. Qg4 {Now the Kingside attack begins.} Kh8 20. Re3 Nb8 21. Rg3 $1 {Offering Black a minor piece in sacrifice but he has no time to take. The numbers piling up on the Black King are mounting.} f5 22. Qh4 {The Queen is pushed off the g-file but Black's defenses look a little frayed.} Nxc6 {Was there time for this?} (22... h6 {had to be played here. After the textmove, only a forced # lies ahead.}) 23. Nf6 {Sacrificing a second Knight, the one that should have been exchanged a while back.} h6 {Stopping the mating threat but now he runs into} ({Of course} 23... gxf6 {wasn't a real sacrifice as # would have quickly followed:} 24. Qxf6+ Bg7 25. Qxg7#) 24. Qxh6+ $3 {And this "sacrifice" should make it clear that there is only one development imminent.} gxh6 25. Rg8# {[#] And a pretty # to finish.} 1-0