[Event "TCEC 19 Premier 2020"]
[Site "tcec-chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "51.1"]
[White "Komodo 2576.00"]
[Black "ScorpioNN 3.0.8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "3505"]
[BlackElo "3448"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.30"]
{[%evp 0,85,14,11,73,52,79,59,55,34,34,30,47,57,47,16,22,20,36,38,38,4,40,29,
29,0,39,43,43,43,90,102,102,80,69,19,49,56,56,99,99,40,29,109,123,123,123,123,
123,168,186,139,202,180,175,155,227,250,254,261,268,268,383,397,397,405,380,
380,380,379,461,456,748,646,639,669,1146,1150,1261,1261,29993,29994,29995,
29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O $6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 b5 11. e5 Bb7 12.
exd6 $1 $146 (12. Qg3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. Qxe4 Nd7
17. Bd3 g6 18. h4 Nc5 19. Qf3 Bh6 20. h5 Qxe5 21. hxg6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Papp,G
(2604)-Kevlishvili,R (2472) Karlsruhe 2018}) 12... Bxd6 13. Qh3 $16 Be7 (13...
Ne4 $142) (13... Nbd7 $6 14. Nxe6) 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 {
Black's opening looks suspicious, but only the incredible combination that
follows suffices to prove that it really was bad.} 17. Nf5 $1 exf5 18. Qh8+ Ke7
19. Rhe1+ Kd7 20. Re8 $3 $18 {First this, and only later will White commit the
bishop to one diagonal or another.} Rxe8 21. Bxb5+ Kc8 22. Bxe8 $1 Qc5 23. Qg8
$1 {The only move to keep a serious advantage.} Kc7 24. Qxf7+ Qe7 25. Qc4+ Kb6
26. Na4+ Ka7 27. a3 $3 {White needs to spend the tempo to avoid a back rank
tactic. Amazingly, without this resource, White's whole combination would have
been in vain. After any other move White would have no more than equality.} (
27. Qb3 Bd4 $1 $11 28. Rxd4 $4 Qe1+ 29. Rd1 Qxd1# {clearly highlights the
point of 27.a3.}) 27... a5 (27... Qxe8 28. Qc5#) 28. Qb3 Na6 29. Rd7 Qe1+ 30.
Ka2 Rb8 31. Qb6+ Ka8 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Qxa6+ Kb8 34. Bc6 {Flesh and blood
would easily suffice to carry off the remainder.} Qe6+ 35. b3 Re7 36. Qa8+ Kc7
37. Qxa5+ Kc8 (37... Kxc6 {loses to the queen:} 38. Qb6+ Kd5 (38... Kd7 39.
Nc5+ $18) 39. c4+ Ke4 40. Nc5+ $18) 38. Bd5 Qd6 39. Nb6+ Kc7 40. Qa7+ Kd8 41.
Qa8+ Kc7 42. Qb7+ Kd8 43. Qc8# {A wonderful game, and a brilliant exploitation
of Black's dubious opening.} 1-0
