[Event "USA Championship 2021"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2021.10.19"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2623"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.10.06"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,115,29,0,4,8,11,17,16,12,19,13,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,14,15,25,27,15,15, 11,14,14,13,14,23,10,20,19,29,18,22,23,28,28,30,23,23,22,20,20,19,18,20,23,40, 33,57,32,43,39,42,17,46,50,101,86,147,144,132,127,168,143,188,191,191,191,189, 180,188,177,181,189,733,726,693,673,11089,12848,6540,7255,29944,1577,29961, 29961,12849,29955,6491,6097]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Na4 {[%csl Ga7,Rb2,Gb7,Gc2,Rc3,Rc7,Gd3, Rd4,Re3,Ge4,Re7,Rf2,Gf3,Gg2,Gg7][%CAl Ge4d5,Gc6b7,Gc6b5,Gd5c4,Gd4e5,Gf6g7, Gf6g5,Ge5f4,Gf3g5,Gf3e5,Gc1g5,Gd4c5,Gb6a5,Gc5b4,Gb6a7,Rc5d6,Rd6c7] [#]} Be7 ( 9... Re8 10. a3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 $1 12. Re1 d6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 { allows Black to exchange the dark-squared bishops-} (14. Rc1 Rc8 15. h3 a6 16. Bg3 Bf8 17. a3 Rc7 18. b4 Qa8 19. c5 Rcc8 20. cxd6 Qb8 21. Qe2 b5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Bb1 Rc7 26. Ba2 Rec8 27. Qd2 Rc6 28. Kf1 Qc7 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Ne5 Qd6 31. Nf3 Rc6 32. Rc1 Qc7 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Bb3 Nb6 35. Ne5 Qe4 36. Bc2 Qd5 37. Qc3 Nc4 38. a4 g6 39. axb5 axb5 40. f3 Nxe5 41. dxe5 Nd7 42. f4 Nb6 43. Kf2 Qa2 44. Qb3 Qa1 45. Bxg6 Qd4+ 46. Kf3 Nd5 47. Be4 Nc3 48. Bc2 Qd2 49. g4 Nd5 50. Qd3 Qxf4+ 51. Ke2 Qxe5+ 52. Kd1 Kf8 53. Qd2 Kg7 54. Qd3 Qf4 55. Qh7+ Kf8 56. Bd3 Ke7 {0-1 (56) Lutsko,I (2527)-Dydyshko,V (2567) Minsk 2005 CBM 106 [Gavrikov,V]}) 14... Nh5 $1 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Portisch,L/Niksic 1978/MCL (19)}) 10... Bf8 11. Bg5 $5 ({This move is better that the immediate} 11. b4 {which can be met by} a5 $5 (11... d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Nc3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc6 20. Re3 f6 21. Rd3 Nb8 22. Rd5 Qe6 23. h3 Nc6 24. Qa4 a5 25. Rb5 e4 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Be3 Re6 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxb6 axb4 32. axb4 h6 33. Be3 Kh7 34. g4 Be7 35. Qa5 Bxb4 36. Qa4 Qc3 37. Qb5 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (37) Jussupow,A (2665)-Kortschnoj,V (2635) Vienna 1996 CBM 055 [Jussupow,A]}) 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Be3 Be4 16. Rc1 Qc7 17. Be2 Qb8 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qd2 Red8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qe1 Re8 22. Qf2 Rc7 23. g4 Rcc8 24. h4 Be7 25. Qh2 Qa7 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nh7 28. Qg3 Bd8 29. Kf2 e5 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Qg4 Re6 32. c5 Nxc5 33. Nbxc5 bxc5 34. Bc4 Nf8 35. Qh3 Be7 36. Rh1 Bh7 37. g6 Qb8 38. Bxe6 {1-0 (38) Iniyan,P (2487)-Fedorchuk,S (2609) Noisiel 2019 EXT 2020 [Iniyan,P]}) 13... Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Bb1 Qa8 17. d5 e5 $5 (17... exd5 18. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nxf6 20. Nxb6 Qa7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 $13) 18. Bf5 Qd8 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kengis,E/Jurmala 1983/MCL (42) and Black´s chances are preferable.}) (11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 (13... g6 14. h3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nxf4 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bc6 21. Nxf8 Bxa4 22. g3 Nh5 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Re7 Be8 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Rxa7 Nf6 28. Ra8 Rd6 29. Bf3 Rd3 30. Kg2 Rxf3 31. Rxe8 Rb3 32. Re2 Nd7 33. a4 Nc5 34. a5 bxa5 35. Re5 Nd3 36. Rxa5 Rxb2 37. Kf3 Nxf2 38. h4 f5 39. h5 Ng4 40. Kf4 Kh6 {0-1 (40) Potkin,V (2653)-Bologan,V (2671) Olginka 2011 EXT 2020 [Bologan,V]}) 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. b4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 Rxa3 26. Rxd4 Ra4 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Carlsen,M (2815)-Karjakin,S (2776) Medias 2011 CBM 143 [Rogozenco,D]}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 ({In my opinion was more logical to neutralize the pin by} 12... Be7 $1 {reserving the possibilities a7-a5,d7-d5 and Nf6-h5,for example:} 13. b4 (13. Nc3 d5) (13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nc3 (15. d5 exd5 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. cxd5 Nf4 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Rc1 Na6 $1 $132) 15... Nf6 16. b4 a5 $11) 13... a5 14. c5 (14. b5 d6) 14... axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. dxc5 d6 17. Bb5 Rf8 $1 (17... Nc6 $143 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qb3 $5 $36) 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {with equality.}) 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 $6 ({Also here the correct plan is} 14... Be7 $1 15. b4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd2 (17. Nb5 Ndf6) (17. d5 exd5 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nf4 21. Bb5 Ne5 $132) 17... Nf4 18. Bf1 a5 $1 ({worse is} 18... Nf6 $6 19. Nb3 {/\ a4-a5}) 19. Qg4 Ng6 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Nb3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne7 {and Black´s position is perfectly playable.}) 15. b4 a6 16. Rc1 Rc7 $2 ({Black missed his last chance to play} 16... Be7 $1 17. Nd2 e5 18. Nb3 a5 $5 {and is soon in difficult situation without counterplay.}) 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. Bf1 g6 19. Nb3 {Planning a4-a5.} Bg7 ({After} 19... Rec8 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. f3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Petersen,F-Portisch,L/Halle 1967/EXT 2000 (34)} {strong is} 22. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (22... Nxf6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5) 23. dxe5 Nxe5 (23... Bxe5 24. f4 $1 (24. Qxh6 $6 b5) 24... Bxc3 $140 $2 25. Rxc3 d5 26. f5 $1 $40) 24. Qxd6 Rc6 25. Qd1 $16 {followed by Nd5.}) 20. f3 (20. a4 $5) 20... Nh5 $6 (20... Qb8 $142 21. a4 Ba8) 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bf2 f5 23. a4 $1 {[%CAl Ga4a5][%mdl 4]} Nhf6 {It is surprising that Black has no reasonable move.} ({If} 23... Qb8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Ba8 {,then} 26. b5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Rcc8 28. c5 $1 dxc5 29. dxc5 {is decisive.}) 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Bc8 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 $18 Nb8 28. Qa2 e5 29. Bc4 {Threatening Nd5.} Bb7 (29... Bd7 {would have held out longer, but the result is not in doubt.}) 30. b5 $1 e4 31. c6 Bc8 32. b6 Rxc6 33. Nxc6 Nxc6 34. Nd5 Ne5 35. Nc7 Qb8 36. Nxe8 Nxe8 37. Bxa6 Bd7 (37... Bxa6 38. Qxa6 Nd3 39. Qa7) 38. Be2 exf3 39. Bxf3 Nd3 40. Qa7 Qd6 41. Rcd1 {1-0 (41) Dizdar,G (2524) -Iordachescu,V (2609) Warsaw 2005 CBM 108 [Gavrikov,V]}) (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ba6 Rc7 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 h6 21. Bxe7 Bxe7 22. Bb7 Bf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd4 24. b4 a5 25. g3 axb4 26. axb4 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Rc7 g5 29. Rc6 Be5 30. Rg6+ Kh7 31. Rxb6 f5 32. Re6 Bd4 33. b5 Rd8 34. Bc6 Kg7 35. h3 h5 36. Kf1 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Bf3 Rb8 39. Be2 Rb6 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Rh7 Kg6 42. Rxh4 Rd6 43. Rf4 Kg5 44. Rf3 Rf6 45. h4+ Kh6 46. Rd3 Bb6 47. Rc3 Kg7 48. Rc6 Bd8 49. h5 f4 50. Rxf6 Kxf6 51. Bg4 Kg5 52. f3 {1-0 (52) Brunner,N (2443)-Huss, A (2345) Martigny 2016}) 10. a3 (10. Re1 d6 (10... d5 11. c5 bxc5 (11... Ne4 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 f6 15. Bb5 e5 16. c6 exf4 17. Qb3 Nb8 18. cxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qd6 20. Nc5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qe6 22. c6 Bd6 23. c7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Bd3 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Ne5 Ng5 29. Ng6 g3 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxd5+ Ke6 33. Nxf4+ Kd6 34. Rc8 Rf7 35. Rxb8 Kc7 36. Rd8 gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Kxb7 38. Rd6 Kc7 39. Ra6 Kb7 40. Ra5 Rd7 {1-0 (40) Ogaard,L (2485) -Karlsson,L (2500) Gausdal 1982 MCL [Gagarin,V]}) 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. b4 a5 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Bg5 e5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nd6 axb4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxe5 Bc6 21. Rg5 g6 22. h4 Qd8 23. Qe1 Ra3 24. Rd1 Rc3 25. a3 Rxa3 26. Qxb4 Qa5 27. Qd4 Qc3 28. Qf4 Ra4 29. Qf3 Nd7 30. Bxg6 Qxf3 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. gxf3 Nxc5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rdxd5 Ne6 35. Rg4 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Re5 Ng7 38. Re7 { 1-0 (38) Iskusnyh,S (2430)-Ibragimov,I (2580) Elista 1995 CBM 050 [Chekhov,V]}) (10... Re8 11. a3 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Bf1 g6 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. Rb1 a6 17. Nd2 d5 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qc7 20. Na2 Bc6 21. Nb4 Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Qe2 Bh6 24. Rbd1 Reb8 25. Nb1 Nh5 26. Nc3 Ra5 27. Ncxd5 exd5 28. Nxd5 Qd8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 Nf4 31. Qg4 Qc7 32. Nxa5 {1-0 (32) Sadler,M (2667)-Kortschnoj, V (2673) Arnhem 1999 CBM 071 [Wells,P]}) 11. b4 Nbd7 (11... a5 $5 12. b5 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd2 e5 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Spassky,B/Palma de Mallorca 1968/MCD (15)}) 12. Bb2 {when in my view Black must react with} a5 $5 (12... Re8 $143 13. Nc3 Bf8 (13... g6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. a4 Bf8 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Qb3 Bg7 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Rd1 Bh8 22. Be2 Qh6 23. Bc1 Qh4 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. h3 h6 26. Be3 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ne5 28. Qc2 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qe5 30. Qd3 Nd7 31. Ne2 a5 32. Qe4 axb4 33. Rb1 Qxe4 34. Bxe4 Bc3 35. Nxc3 bxc3 36. Bc2 Bxd5 37. Rd1 Bc6 38. Rxd6 Ne5 39. Rd4 Kf8 40. e4 Ke7 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. Rb4 Nc6 43. Rc4 Kd6 44. Rxc3 g5 45. Rd3+ Ke7 46. Bd1 Na5 47. Rd2 Nc4 48. Rd4 Ne5 49. Ke3 f6 50. Rb4 Kd8 51. Be2 Kc7 52. Bb5 Be6 53. Rd4 Bd7 54. Rd1 {1-0 (54) Reshevsky,S-Najdorf,M Santa Monica 1966 MCL [Ftacnik,L]}) 14. d5 exd5 (14... e5 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nb3 Nh5 17. g3 Ng7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb5 Nd7 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. Bc6 Qc7 23. Rc1 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Nc5 25. Nexc5 bxc5 26. Qf3 Rac8 27. Nxc5 Qxc6 28. Qxf7 Bxc5 29. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rxe5 32. Bb2 { 1/2-1/2 (32) Portisch,L-Spassky,B Santa Monica 1966 MCL [Ftacnik,L]}) 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Nxd5 $5 (16. cxd5 a6 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Spassky,B/Moscow 1967/MCL (16)}) 16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 $14) 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 $5 (14... Re8 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nb3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf8 {0-1 Lerner,K-Polugaevsky,L/Moscow 1983/URS-ch (59)} 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nb5 Qc8 $13) 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nfd5 17. Qb3 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Rea1 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Nf4 21. Bf1 Bf6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lein,A-De Firmian, N/Estes Park 1986/CBM 003 (50)}) (10. Bf4 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. h3 Nf8 14. d5 e5 15. Bd2 N6d7 16. b4 Ng6 17. Rc1 Ndf8 18. Bc2 Bc8 19. Ne4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Nd7 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Be3 h6 26. Nc3 Bg5 27. Nb5 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Rb8 29. Nxa7 Qxd5 30. Ba4 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rf8 32. Nxc8 Rfxc8 33. Rxe5 Rc7 34. Bb5 g6 35. a4 Ra8 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Raa7 38. Rd6 Rc2 39. Rd4 Rac7 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Bxe2 Ra7 42. Bb5 {1-0 (42) Najdorf,M-Golombek,H Moscow 1956 MCL [Chekhov,V]}) 10... d6 (10... Qc7 $1 11. b4 (11. Nc3 $143 d5 ( 11... d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. d5 e5 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Bb2 g6 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Nb3 Ng7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. a4 a6 21. Nc3 Bd8 22. Ba3 f5 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Rb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc7 27. c5 dxc5 28. Nxc5 Rb8 29. d6 Qc6 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Nxd5 {1-0 (31) Gligoric,S-Timman,J Hastings 1970 MCL [ChessBase]}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... a5 $5 (11... Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf1 Nd8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 Nf7 19. c5 Qc7 $13 {0-1 Botvinnik,M-Bronstein,D/ Moscow 1951/MainBase (39)}) 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb2 (14. Bf4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. h3 e5 19. Bg5 g6 20. Bf1 h6 21. Be3 exd4 22. Qxd4 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Wells,P/Ubeda 1996/CBM 051 ext (51)} Ne4 $1 $132) 14... Nbd7 15. Rc1 Bf8 16. Nc3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Smyslov,V/Mar del Plata 1966/ MCD (25) with comfortable position for Black.}) (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d5 (11... Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Nc3 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxf4 17. Qh3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Be5 19. Ne4 h6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Re2 Qd6 22. Rae1 Bd4 23. Kh1 e5 24. a4 a5 25. b3 Qf6 26. Bc2 Qf4 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 g6 29. Bc2 f5 30. f3 h5 31. g3 h4 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rf1 Rh8 34. Rd1 d6 35. Ree1 Bc5 36. Bd3 Rh5 37. g4 h3+ 38. Kh1 fxg4 39. fxg4 Rhh8 40. Rf1 Rdf8 41. g5 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rh4 43. Rf6 e4 44. Be2 e3 45. Kg1 Rg4+ {0-1 (45) Chatalbashev,B (2535)-Nisipeanu,L (2575) Krynica 1998 CBM 067 [Psakhis,L]}) 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Qh3 exd5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rad1 g6 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Ba2 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Bxd5 Kg7 24. Bb3 Bc5 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. g3 h6 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Rd2 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Bd1 a5 33. a4 Bb4 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Ushenina,A (2501)-Zhao,X (2552) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Havasi,G]}) 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6.} 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nc3 Bf8 {The position is equal.} 15. Bf1 a6 {[#]} 16. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rc1 g6 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. a4 Qb8 20. Ba3 d5 21. c5 e5 22. cxb6 exd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxd4 Nxb6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Fahnenschmidt,G (2360)-Hecht,H (2475) Germany 1981}) 16... Rc7 17. a4 d5 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 {[#] And now ...Nfg4 would win.} (20... Rxe5 {feels hotter.} 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Nb5 Neg4 23. Nxc7 Bxc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxg4 g6) 21. Nb5 $1 axb5 22. Bxe5 Rce7 23. Bxf6 { Discovered Attack} Rxe1 24. Bxd8 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd8 26. Bxb5 Bxc5 27. Nb3 Ba7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} d4 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bd3 Kf8 33. a5 (33. Bxh7 $2 g6 $19) 33... Rc3 34. Kf1 ({But not} 34. Bxh7 $2 g6 $19) 34... Ke7 35. a6 ({Of course not} 35. Bxh7 g6 $15) 35... Kd6 36. Ke2 Rb3 37. Rd2 g6 38. h4 Rb4 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bxh7 Rb8 41. Bd3 h4 {White now steadily converts the win.} ({Black should try} 41... Rb4 $14) 42. Kf3 $16 Rh8 (42... Rg8 $142) 43. Kg4 $1 Rg8+ {[#]} 44. Kh3 $1 f6 45. Rb2 Rg7 46. Rb5 Rc7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rc3.} 47. Rf5 $1 ({Much less strong is} 47. Kxh4 $6 Rc3 $16) 47... Ke6 48. Kxh4 Rc3 49. Rf3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Rc5 $2 (50... Bb8 51. Kf5 Rc5+ 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Kxd4 Rg5) 51. Rh3 $18 Rg5+ 52. Kf3 Rg7 53. Rh7 Rxh7 54. Bxh7 Ke6 55. Bd3 f5 56. Kg3 Kf6 57. f4 Bb8 58. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.41} 1-0
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