[Event "Theorie"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2021.04.07"] [Round "?"] [White "A 32"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A32"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.04.07"] {[%evp 0,15,31,-25,22,19,19,17,-38,-20,21,-6,-4,18,13,-1,-10,28]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qc7 ({There are quieter positions after} 5... d5) 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8. O-O Nc6 (8... Qc7 9. Qa4 (9. e4 d6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. f4 O-O 13. e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] White wastes no time in beginning immediate operations in the centre. Weiß verliert keine Zeit, er beginnt sofortige Aktionen im Zentrum.} Ne8 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd7 (14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 $44) 15. Rxf7 $1 (15. Na4 $13) 15... Rxf7 (15... Nxe5 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Qb3 $44) 16. Nxe6 Qa5 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nec7 Ndxe5 19. Nxa8 Bg4 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qb3 $36) 14. Qb3 Nd7 {[#]} 15. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White sacrifices the piece for two pawns and a considerable initiative. Weiß opfert die Figur für zwei Bauern und für große Initiative.} fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 (16... Kh8 17. Nd5 {[%csl Re7]} Bh4 18. Qh3 $5 (18. gxh4 Nxe5 19. Qe7 $16) 18... Be7 (18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 $18) 19. Be4 h6 20. Qe6 $18) 17. Qb3 $40 { [%csl Rf7,Rg8][%CAl Rb3g8,Re5e6,Re6d7,Re6f7] White now has only one pawn or the piece, but there is the threat of 18.e6 and all the black pieces are terribly passive. Weiß hat nur einen Bauern für die Figur, aber es droht 18.e6 und alle schwarzen Figuren stehen schrecklich passiv.} (17. Bd5 $2 Nxe5 { [%csl Re6][%CAl Rc8e6]} 18. fxe5 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Nf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Kf8 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bd4 $15) 17... Nc7 (17... dxe5 18. Bd5 Nd6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 $16) 18. e6 {This is a simple and good solution - White wins back his piece. Das ist eine einfache und gute Lösung - Weiß gewinnt die Figur zurück.} (18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bd5 Ndf8 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. f5 $16) 18... Nxe6 19. Qxe6 $16 {[%csl Yd5][%CAl Gc3d5,Gg2d5] White now has material equality and his position is very dynamic. He controls the key square d5. Weiß hat schon materielles Gleichgewicht und seine Stellung ist sehr aktiv. Er kontrolliert das Schlüsselfeld d5.} Nc5 20. Qc4 Be6 (20... b5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Bxc5 dxc5 (22... Bg4 23. Qd3 dxc5 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bd5 $18 {[%CAl Rd5g8]}) 23. Rcd1 Qc8 24. f5 $1 { White wins an exchange. Weiß gewinnt eine Qualität.} Bxf5 25. Bd5 {[%csl Rf7] [%CAl Rd5g8]} Bf6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qh5+ (27. Nd5 $18) 27... Bg6 (27... g6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. g4 $18) 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. Na4 {[%csl Rc5][%CAl Ra4b6,Rb6a8,Rb6c8, Ra4c5]} (29. Qd6+ Kg8 30. Nd5 $18) 29... Qc6 $8 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Nb6 Re8 32. Nd7+ Kf7 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Rd6 $18 Re2 35. Rdxf6+ Ke7 36. R6f2 Re3 37. Rc1 Be4 38. Rd2 Bd5 39. Rxc5 {1-0 (39) Gustafsson,J (2603)-Hracek,Z (2595) Germany 2004 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Ribli,Zoltan]}) (9. Bg5 Nc6 (9... Be7 10. Rc1 Qd8 11. e4 d6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Nf3 e5 $2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qd7 19. Qe4 Rab8 20. Qb4 Nc8 21. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Akesson, J-Nielsen,D/Copenhagen 2001/CBM 083 ext (49)}) 10. Rc1 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. Qd2 ( 12. Na4 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nf5 d6 15. Be3 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. Nb6 e4 19. Qb3 Qe5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxf5 22. Qc2 Qh3 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Ng4 25. Nc8 Bb4 26. a3 Ne5 {0-1 Papa,S-Cvitan,O/Biel 2002/EXT 2003 (26)}) (12. Be3 Qd8 13. Qe2 d6 14. Nxc6 (14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxa6 Neg4 18. Bb5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 e5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxb2 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qa5 24. Qf3 Qa7 25. Rc6 Bg5 26. Kf1 Bd2 27. Qd3 Bc3 {0-1 Barnes,D-Issler,C/EU-chT4 corr8896 1988/Megacorr (27)}) 14... bxc6 15. e5 Nd5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc1 Bd4 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. b4 Bd7 23. Bf1 Rfb8 24. a3 Bb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Bb2 27. Rc2 Bxa3 28. Qc3 g6 29. Ra2 Bxb4 30. Rxa8 Bxc3 31. Rxb8+ Kg7 32. Rxb5 g5 33. g4 Kg6 34. Rb7 h6 35. Kg2 Bd2 36. Kf3 Bc3 { 1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Renet,O/Paris 1986/TD (36)}) 12... h6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Rfd1 Bb6 16. h3 Ba7 17. Kh2 Re8 18. b4 $44 Qd6 19. Na4 Qe7 20. f4 d5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. e5 Nh7 23. Rxc6 Bd7 24. Rc7 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qd8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Nc5 Qa7 28. f5 exf5 29. Bxd5 Rad8 30. Qf4 a5 31. Qxf5 axb4 32. e6 Ng5 33. exf7+ Nxf7 34. axb4 Kh8 35. Ne6 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rf1 $138 { 0-1 (38) Hutters,T (2414)-Pilgaard,K (2459) Gausdal 2003 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Ribli,Zoltan]} (38. Rf1 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rxe6 $19)) 9... Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Nd6 $44 Nd5 17. a3 Rd8 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. e4 Nf6 22. Nd6 e5 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rcd1 b5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Rd3 c5 27. Qb1 c4 (27... Bc6 $19) 28. Nb7 Rxd3 29. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rxa5 31. Qd6 h6 32. f4 $16 Ra7 33. fxe5 Rd7 34. Qb8 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 $18 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Bh3 Ke7 40. Bf5 {1-0 (40) Hoekstra,M (2369)-Epstein,E (2188) San Diego 2004 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Ribli,Zoltan]}) 9. Nb3 d5 (9... Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Qb4 12. e4 d6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Bc6 $15 17. Bxd6 Rfd8 18. e5 Bxd6 19. exd6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb6 21. Na4 Qxd6 $17 {Black is a pawn up - White has no compensation. Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr - Weiß hat keine Kompensation.} 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rc7 b5 24. Nc5 Nd5 25. Rb7 Rb6 26. Rd7 a5 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Nd3 Rc2 29. Kg1 Rac8 30. Ne5 R2c7 31. Rd6 g6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Rd3 Rb7 34. Rf3 Rc2 35. Nd3 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Rd8 Rd2 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kf1 Ne7 40. Ke1 Rc2 41. Rd4 b3 42. Kd1 Nf5 43. Rd8 Ra7 {0-1 (43) Tegshsuren,E (2415)-Shipov,S (2589) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 10. Bf4 Be7 (10... Qb4 {is also possible}) 11. a3 { With the idea of trapping the queen.} (11. Rc1 Qb4 {This is a critical position. Marin,Mihail: 'White's advance in development "should" offer him reasonable compensation for the pawn. However, Black has virtually no weaknesses, which makes his position rather difficult to crack. If he manages to somehow get his pieces out, his chances would be simply better. Therefore, White is under the permanent stress generated by the necessity of converting his initiative into something of a more stable character. '} 12. e4 $5 { This has been the choice of most of the players so far. Anyway, I do not think that the immediate play in the centre promises White more than compensation for the pawn. However, Black must be very careful! Marin,Mihail: 'A relatively rare move.'} ({A comprehensive survey on} 12. a3 {was published in the comments to the game Kornev,A (2567)-Balashov,Y (2526)/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 091/ [Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 44)}) (12. Bc7 Bd8 $6 {This move loses too much time.} (12... O-O $5) 13. Bxd8 Nxd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 $44 { Levit,R-Gurevich,D/Chicago 1989/EXT 99 (0-1, 41)}) 12... Nxe4 $1 (12... dxe4 $6 {would be inferior. Black should pay attention to the fact that his queen is almost trapped. By exchanging knights he secures an additional square on a4 for his queen.} 13. Bc7 $1 {[%CAl Gc7b6]} O-O (13... Nd5 {Marin,Mihail: 'N'} 14. a3 {Marin,Mihail: 'Gelfand apparently considered that the exposed position of the enemy queen was a big part of his compensation.'} ({He could have simplified the position with} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Bb6 O-O $11) 14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qb5 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Qc2 {Marin, Mihail: 'A strong move, creating two deadly threats.'} Qh5 {Marin,Mihail: 'However, Black can defend against both of them in a convenient way.'} ({ The less obvious of them can be seen after} 17... h6 $2 18. Rxc6 $1 $18) 18. Re1 $14 {Marin,Mihail: 'would have been more restrained, but Black could have played'} (18. f4 $6 {Marin,Mihail: 'White has reached what looks like a dead point. He cannot question the enemy queen's stability easily, while the threat ...e5 followed by the development of the queenside is quite irritating. Gelfand's last move prevents this plan in a radical way, but weakens the kingside structure.'} a5 {Marin,Mihail: 'Black wins space on the queenside, preparing for the eventual possibility of simplifications and enabling an eventual development of the rook along the 5th rank. '} (18... e5 $1 $11) 19. Qf2 a4 20. Nc5 e5 {Marin,Mihail: '!?' Marin,Mihail: 'Black has had enough of being undeveloped and decides to return the pawn in order to open the c8-h3 diagonal. '} 21. Bf3 {Marin,Mihail: '?!' Marin,Mihail: 'The exchange of the light-squared bishops hardly constitutes part of White's main plan.'} ({ Bringing the last piece into play with} 21. Re1 $5 {was probably better. Black cannot capture on f4 because he would lose a piece to Bxc6, whereas after} f6 { White can get his pawn back with} 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Qb6 $11) ({It should be said that the immediate} 21. Nxb7 $2 Bxb7 22. Qb6 {fails to} Ba6 $1 {attacking the f1-rook.}) 21... Bg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. fxe5 {½-½ (23) Gelfand,B (2733) -Alekseev,E (2679) Dortmund 2007 Marin,Mihail: 'From Black's point of view, the decision to agree to a draw is slightly premature. After 23...f6 White would have had problems maintaining his stability.'}) 18... a5 {anyway, facing White with similar problems as in the game.}) 14. a3 {Marin,Mihail: '!?'} (14. Re1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 (15. a3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qb5 {would lead to similar positions to those in our main game.}) 15... exd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Rac8 19. Bb6 Bf6 $6 (19... Rfe8 $1) 20. Bc5 (20. Nc5 $1 Bxb2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Rbd1 $44) 20... Rfe8 $11 {Parmentier,X (2347)-Ionescu,D (2406)/ Montpellier 2003/CBM 095 ext (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14... Qc4 15. Nxe4 {[%CAl Gc1c4]} Qb5 16. Re1 $5 $146 {Marin,Mihail: '~/='} (16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rc5 {1-0 (59) Platzgummer,F (2308)-Smirnov,A (2441) Schwarzach 2009})) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Re1 $6 (14. a3 $5 Qa4 $1 (14... Qb5 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Bc7 $5 (16. Qc2 h6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rfd8 21. Qxb5 axb5 22. Bb6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ra4 24. Bc2 Ra6 25. Bc5 Ra8 26. Be4 f5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rd6 Bd5 29. Rd7 Bf3 30. Kf1 Ra4 31. Bb4 c5 32. b3 Ra6 {½-½ (32) Carlsen,M (2765)-Leko,P (2741) Miskolc 2008})) 15. Re1 f5 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Rc4 Qb5 18. Rcxe4 Qb6 19. R4e2 Bf6 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Rd2 Bg5 22. Rd3 Bf6 23. Rd2 $11 (23. g4 {½-½ (57) Husemann,A (2086)-Willmann,B (2120) LSS email 2014})) 14... O-O $6 (14... f5 {Black could even protect his pawn in order to create a strong blockade in the centre.} 15. f3 e5 16. Bd2 Qa4 17. fxe4 O-O 18. exf5 Bxf5 $15) 15. Bc7 Qb5 16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Rf4 Qg6 18. Rg4 Qf6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Re4 Bf5 22. Bxe5 Qg6 23. Rd4 Qe6 24. Bf4 Bf6 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Bd5 Qe7 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. h4 b5 30. Bf3 Qc8 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Be6 33. a3 a5 34. Rc2 Qb8 35. Rc5 Rd8 36. Qe1 a4 37. Be2 Rd5 38. Qb4 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Bd7 40. Bf3 Be6 41. Be2 Bd7 42. f4 Qe8 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Qe5 Qd8 45. Ke3 h6 46. g6 Be8 47. gxf7+ Kxf7 48. Bh5+ g6 49. Bf3 Qb6+ 50. Kd3 Bc6 51. Bg4 Qd8+ 52. Kc3 Bd5 53. Be2 Qc8+ 54. Kd4 Bc4 55. Bf3 Qh3 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qc6+ Kf7 58. g4 Qh2 59. Bd5+ Bxd5 60. Qxd5+ Kf8 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kf6 63. Qd6+ Kf7 64. Qc7+ Kg8 65. Qb8+ Kf7 66. Qb7+ Kf6 67. Qb6+ Kf7 68. Qc7+ Kg8 69. Qc8+ Kf7 70. Qd7+ Kf6 71. Qd6+ {1/2-1/2 (71) Adhiban,B (2653) -Bok,B (2607) Wijk aan Zee 2016 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Lampert,Jonas]}) 11... a5 $1 {[%CAl Gc4a6] Black must be careful and play 11...a5 to secure another square for his queen. As Caruana shows in this game Black will manage to bring the queen back and White has no more than a draw.} (11... O-O $2 12. Rc1 $16 Rd8 13. Bc7 Rd7 14. Bb6 Qg4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 b5 17. e4 Qg6 18. Qe1 Bb7 19. e5 Ng4 20. f4 h5 21. Rd1 Ne7 22. h3 Nh6 23. Bf2 $44 {Aronian, L-Prusikin,M/Morso 2002/CBM 088/1/2-1/2 (125) White has a space advantage in the centre and strong control over the dark squares. Weiß hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum und er hat starke Kontrolle über die dunkelfarbigen Punkte.}) (11... d4 12. Nd2 Qc5 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nc4 e5 (14... Qxc4 15. Nb6 Qb5 16. Nxa8 O-O $13) 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Nxe5 g5 17. Qxd4 gxf4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qxf4 Bd6 21. Qf5 (21. Qxf6 Bxe5 22. Qf5 O-O $17) 21... Ke7 22. f4 Qd5 23. b4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19 {0-1 Sapunov,E-Chuprikov,D/Tula 2002/EXT 2003 (59)}) 12. Rc1 (12. Re1 $5 Qa6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bf1 Qb6 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Bc7 Qa6 17. Nd6 Qa7 18. Nb5 Qa6 $11) 12... Qa6 13. a4 {[%CAl Gc3b5]} O-O 14. Nb5 Qb6 (14... Ne8 {is too passive} 15. e4 $44 Qb6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Bh3 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Na7 Rfb8 23. Nxa5 Rxb2 24. N7xc6 Bf8 25. Nc4 $16 Ra2 26. Nb6 Re8 27. Ra1 Re2 28. Nc4 Be6 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Bh3 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Nxd8 Nd5 33. Bd4 Rd2 34. Nc6 f6 35. a5 Bd7 36. Nb8 Bg4 37. Bc5 Rc2 38. Bd6 Kf7 39. a6 Bf3 40. a7 $18 Nb6 41. Na6 Rc4 42. Bf4 Na8 43. Be3 g5 44. Kf1 Kg6 45. Nc5 Rb4 46. Ne6 Be4 47. Rc1 Rb2 48. Nd4 Ra2 49. Nb3 f5 50. Nd2 Bb7 51. Rb1 Bd5 52. Rb8 $2 (52. f4 $18) 52... f4 $1 53. gxf4 gxf4 54. Bxf4 Rxa7 $14 55. Rd8 Ra5 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. f3 Rb5 58. Be3 Be6 59. Ne4 Ke7 60. Bg5+ Rxg5 61. Rxe6+ Kxe6 62. Nxg5+ Kf5 63. Nxh7 Nb6 64. Nf8 Kf6 65. h4 Kf7 66. Nh7 Kg6 67. Ng5 Kh5 {1/2-1/2 (67) Nielsen,P (2652)-Hansen,S (2552) Copenhagen 2004 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Ribli,Zoltan]}) 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Bf4 (16. Nc5 $5 {would be the only chance to play for an advantage. Even though it is perfectly playable for White Black also should be able to hold the position.} Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne8 ( 17... Bd7 18. Bd6 Nb4 $1 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Now Black has good enough compensation for equality.} 20. Qd4 {An ambitious reaction.} ({I think, that it was right was to play without innovating:} 20. Nd4 $5 e5 21. Nf3) 20... Bc6 (20... b6 21. Rc7 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Rfc1 Na6 24. Rc8 Nc5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bf1 {Looks normal for both sides.}) 21. e4 $2 {It is difficult to comment on such moves. But it worked!} e5 $6 {Any taking of the pawn was better.} ( 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rd1 Nd3 24. Rg5 (24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Rg5 e5 26. Qxe5 g6 $1) 24... e5) (21... dxe4 22. Rg5 (22. Rd1 Nd3) 22... h6 23. Nc7 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Rxa5 Nxb2) 22. Qd2 (22. Qc3 $5 {will be not bad.} d4 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Rcc1 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. f4) 22... Qb6 23. Rxd5 {There is no alternative.} Nbxd5 (23... Nfxd5 24. exd5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. d6 $36) 24. exd5 Rd8 ({I was afraid of} 24... Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Re1 Re8 27. d6 { , but here White has good compensation, because} e4 $2 {is impossible} 28. Bxe4 $1) 25. Nc3 Bd7 26. Re1 Re8 27. d6 Qd4 28. Qxd4 $2 $138 {A fantastic mistake.} ({I hadn't seen that, after} 28. Rd1 Bg4 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Re1+ 31. Bf1 Bh3 {, White has the only, but winning reply:} 32. Rd1 $1) 28... exd4 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Ne4 b6 31. b3 ({Beforehand I forgot, that after} 31. Bf1 f5 32. Bb5 fxe4 33. Bxd7 {Black can play simply} Nxd6 $1 $19) 31... f5 (31... h6 {gives no advantage:} 32. Bf1 f5 33. Nd2 Nxd6 34. Nf3 Kf7 35. Nxd4 Kf6 36. f4 $11) 32. Ng5 Nxd6 33. Bd5+ Kf8 ({Passive strategy would be hardly good.} 33... Kh8 34. Nf3 d3 35. Kf1 b5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Ke1 Ne4 38. Nd4) 34. Nxh7+ Ke7 35. Ng5 b5 $1 {An uncertain, but strong decision. Now White is forced to play a series of only moves.} 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Kf1 Kd6 38. Bg8 Nc3 39. Ke1 Ne4 40. Nf3 Kc5 41. Ne5 Bb5 42. f3 Nf6 43. Be6 $1 {A brave and strong move.} Kd6 44. Bc4 Be8 ({ The position is drawish after} 44... Kxe5 45. Bxb5) 45. Nd3 ({Maybe there was the stronger move} 45. f4 $5) 45... Nd5 46. Bxd5 $5 {A hard decision, after which White is forced to defend passively.} ({But} 46. h4 {was not better} Ne3 47. Bg8 Bc6 48. Ke2 Bb5 49. Bf7 Ke7 $17) 46... Kxd5 47. Kd2 Kd6 48. h4 Bh5 ({ The position seems to be drawish, but there were more chances after} 48... Bf7 $5 49. Nc1 Kc5 50. Nd3+ Kb5 51. Kc2 Bd5 52. Nf4 Bxf3 53. Ne6 Be4+ 54. Kb2 Kc6 55. Nxg7 $11) 49. Ne1 Bf7 50. Nc2 Kc5 (50... Bxb3 {changes nothing:} 51. Nxd4 Be6) 51. Kd3 f4 {An interesting resource.} 52. gxf4 ({Maybe} 52. g4 $5 { was more technical} Bxb3 53. Nxd4 Bd5 54. Kc3 a4 55. g5 Kd6 56. h5 Ke5 $11) 52... Bg6+ 53. Kd2 Bh7 (53... Bf5 54. Ne1 Kb4 55. Nc2+ Kc5 56. Ne1 $11) 54. h5 $1 Bf5 55. Ne1 Be6 56. Nd3+ Kd6 57. Kc2 $6 {White shouldn't play actively} (57. Nc1 $11) 57... Bf7 58. Ne5 Bxh5 59. Nc4+ Kd5 60. Nxa5 Bxf3 61. Kd3 Bg2 { It seemed to me, that the position was absolutely drawish. It is really so, but it's hard to make the right moves in time trouble.} 62. Ke2 (62. b4 $5 Bf1+ 63. Kd2 Bb5 64. Nb7 $11) 62... Ke4 63. Nc6 Bh3 64. b4 Be6 65. Kd2 Bc4 66. Na5 $2 {White was very lucky that after this move he could find a draw.} (66. f5 $5 ) 66... Bb5 67. Nb7 Kxf4 68. Nd6 Bf1 69. b5 Ke5 (69... g5 70. b6 Ba6 71. b7 Bxb7 72. Nxb7 g4 73. Nc5 g3 74. Ke2 $11) 70. Nf7+ Kd5 71. b6 Ba6 72. Nd8 g5 73. b7 Bxb7 74. Nxb7 g4 75. Na5 g3 76. Ke1 $1 $11 {The most important detail, which at last gave me half a point in the first round. After this move I was very happy.} (76. Ke2 $4 d3+ $1 $19) 76... d3 77. Nb3 Kc4 78. Nd2+ Kc3 79. Ne4+ Kc2 80. Kf1 g2+ 81. Kxg2 d2 82. Nxd2 Kxd2 {1/2-1/2 (84) Vitiugov,N (2638) -Alekseev,E (2715) Moscow 2008 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Vitiugov]}) 18. Bf4 Nb4 $1 {- with the idea of playing ...b6 -} 19. e4 b6 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. e5 Bc6 $1 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Re1 Qd3 {Finally, Black will manage to exchange queens. Solving his biggest problem should secure Black chances.}) 16... Qb6 17. Bc7 Qa6 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Ponomariov,R (2706)-Caruana,F (2810) Dortmund 2016 Opening Encyclopaedia 19 [Lampert,Jonas]} *