[Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I.."] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2192682562621296"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,114,19,20,-19,10,8,10,10,13,19,14,30,34,24,39,30,46,33,41,33,44,48,44,46,4,18,-9,31,37,22,-32,4,72,82,37,13,22,8,-7,-18,-17,-25,-6,-3,-9,-172,-18,14,33,-35,45,37,102,5,1,31,146,59,60,43,-1,18,41,-19,-24,-45,159,-53,-48,-50,-153,-67,-59,-65,-80,-55,-16,-19,-28,-29,0,-30,-48,-1,-49,-38,-34,-30,-38,-46,-42,-33,-25,-33,-43,-37,-38,-33,-32,-33,-33,-35,-32,-31,-38,-31,-29,-244,-53,-69,-1,-85,-39,-1,-40,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bd7 {Extremely rare, and never before played by a GM.} (9... Rb8) (9... Bb7) ({and} 9... Bg4 {are all standard.}) 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. axb5 (11. a5 $5 $146 {is a little trick known from a similar line.} Ba7 (11... Bxa5 $4 12. d5 $18) (11... Nxa5 $2 {is less obviously bad than capturing with the bishop, but it has its own tactical problem.} 12. Rxa5 $1 Bxa5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 $18 {leaves Black in a world of trouble.}) 12. Qd3 $14) 11... axb5 12. Qd3 {Starting to return to theory.} (12. Re1) (12. Nbd2) 12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Na3 (15. dxe5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. Na3 O-O 20. Nc2 Kh8 21. Nb4 Be6 22. Bd5 Rbe8 23. Qxb5 Bd7 24. Qe2 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Qd1 Bh7 27. b3 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qe3 29. Kh2 Qxf2 30. Qf1 Rf8 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Nc6 Nxc6 33. Bxc6 Kg7 34. Bd7 h5 35. Be8 Kh6 36. Re1 Bg8 37. c4 d5 38. Bb5 d4 39. Re8 Kg7 40. Rd8 Be6 41. Re8 Kf7 42. Rh8 d3 43. Rd8 d2 44. c5 Bxc5 45. Bc4 Bxc4 46. bxc4 Rf1 47. Rxd2 Bg1+ 48. Kh1 Be3+ {0-1 Pranav,V (2545)-Caruana,F (2766) Titled Tuesday intern op 14th Mar Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (10)}) 15... O-O (15... g4 $146 {=/? is the engine's clear preference.}) 16. Nxb5 Ne7 $146 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe8 18. Ba4 Ra8 19. b3 Ra5 20. Nd2 Nb8 21. Na3 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Nac4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nd7 25. Ne3 Qe6 26. Nf5 exd4 27. cxd4 Re8 28. g4 Qf6 29. Qc4 Rd8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Ne4 Qh8 32. Ra3 Nf6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Rh3 Qe6 35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Nf5 Kg8 37. d5 Qd7 38. Qd3 f6 39. d6 Re8 40. Ne7+ {1-0 Olszewski,M (2549)-Ragger,M (2572) GRE-chT Div-A 38th Peristeri 2010 (3)}) 17. Bc4 $6 (17. Na3 $14) 17... Ng6 $15 18. dxe5 (18. Na3 $142) 18... Nxg3 (18... g4 $142 $17) 19. hxg3 g4 20. Nfd4 Nxe5 21. Qe2 $8 h5 $15 {/? Pragg is in very good shape here.} 22. Na3 h4 23. Qe3 Kg7 $1 24. Be2 Rh8 $17 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qf6 $2 (26... Rh5 $142) 27. Qf4 {For White, Black's kingside attack is a bigger danger than the bishop pair, so getting the queens off the board is a big help.} Rh6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11 29. gxh4 Rxh4 30. g3 Rh3 31. Kg2 Rbh8 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 Ke5 35. Bxf7 Bxd4 36. cxd4+ Kxd4 37. Kg2 Kxe4 {Black's active king means that if there is a plus it's going to be Black's, but this is too easy for White to hold.} 38. Bg6+ Ke5 39. f4+ gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 c5 {The rest is unnecessary for players of this level.} 41. Ke3 d5 42. Bd3 Be6 43. Bf1 d4+ 44. Kd2 c4 45. Bg2 Kd6 46. Bf3 Kc5 47. Bd1 Bf7 48. Kc1 Kb4 49. Kd2 Be8 50. Kc1 Bf7 51. Kd2 Bg6 52. Kc1 c3 53. bxc3+ Kxc3 54. Be2 d3 55. Bxd3 Kxd3 56. Kb2 Bf5 57. g4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2192682562621297"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,77,5,22,25,73,32,32,18,15,41,36,29,19,34,23,50,20,66,71,55,47,43,72,101,87,13,79,31,69,37,72,79,60,33,56,99,61,63,30,46,55,65,47,49,70,46,51,234,49,67,70,189,80,72,78,136,143,191,204,209,321,237,238,247,278,241,268,274,346,343,379,234,302,432,497,414,609,29989,29990] It's not easy to stay at the top of this tournament! Maghsoodloo had just made it into the tie for first; now, having made it to the top of the mountain, he's promptly pushed off the summit.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 {here and in similar positions has become rather popular in recent years.} a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bf4 (8. Qg3 $14 {is much more common; indeed, it's more or less the point of White's 6th move.}) 8... Ne7 $6 $146 (8... b5 {has been preferred in previous games, and it's the engine's pick too.}) 9. O-O-O $16 (9. Bd6 $16) (9. h4 $5 $16) 9... b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 (11. Bd6) 11... Rd8 (11... b4 12. Ne2 Rd8) 12. Qd4 {Improving the placement of the queen with tempo, as White threatens h5-h6.} f6 13. Bd6 Nc8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Rh3 $1 Qb6 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Re1 {Strongly hinting at Nd5 ideas.} (17. h6 $142 g6 18. a3 $16) 17... Qc5 {Missing an opportunity to make his life a little better.} ({Black should therefore hightail it out of there with} 17... Kf7 $1 {, nullifying the effectiveness of a possible Nd5.} 18. h6 g6 $14) 18. Nd5 $1 $16 Kf7 19. Nb4 Bb7 20. h6 g6 21. e5 $1 Kg8 (21... fxe5 $6 22. Nd3 {reminds us that no matter how unpleasant our position, we can always make things worse.}) 22. Nd3 (22. exf6 $142) 22... Qd4 23. g3 (23. c3 Qd5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Kb1 $16) 23... Nb6 $6 (23... fxe5 $142 24. Rxe5 Nb6 25. Rh4 Qd6 26. Re2 {is still more pleasant for White, but not *that* bad for Maghsoodloo after} Rc8 27. Ne5 Qxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Bd5 $14) 24. Rh4 $1 Qd5 25. b3 $16 Rc8 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. c3 d6 $2 {I'm sure that if I were playing Black here I'd be so sick of worrying about Ne5 and Re5 every move that I'd be tempted by ...d6 as well. The problem is that the e6 pawn is now an even bigger and more consequential weakness than the e5 square.} 28. Bh3 $18 {If White plays accurately, Black is completely lost: +4 territory.} g5 29. Rh5 $6 (29. Rhe4 $142) 29... Kh8 $2 (29... Kf8 {had to be tried, when only} 30. f4 $18 {maintains a clearly winning White advantage.}) 30. Rxg5 Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 Qxd3 32. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 e5 (34... Rxf2+ 35. Re2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 $18 {leaves Black without any sensible way to guard e6.} Nc7 $2 {, to take one obvious candidate, fails immediately to} 37. Rg7 $18) 35. Rg7 Bc6 36. Rc1 Nb4 (36... Rxh6 37. Ra7 Rxh3 38. Rxc6 Nf6 39. Rc8+ Ng8 40. Raa8 $18) 37. a3 Rxf2+ 38. Ke3 Rc2 39. Be6 $1 {Black will soon be mated. Maghsoodloo thus falls out of the tie for first with Abdusattorov (who won this game to take the clear lead) and Arjun Erigaisi (who drew and is now half a point behind the winner of this game).} (39. axb4 $1 Rxc1 40. Be6 {is an even faster mate, but it doesn't matter.}) 1-0 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"] [Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "135"] [GameId "2192682562621298"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bb3 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Re1 $146 Nh7 15. Nf1 Nf8 16. h3 Ng6 17. axb5 axb5 18. d4 (18. Ne3 $142 $16) 18... Qf6 19. Ne3 Nce7 20. Ng4 $6 (20. Qe2 $14) 20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 Kg7 $11 22. Qe2 exd4 (22... Nf4) 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rac1 (25. e5 $5 {The point is not to trade on e5, but to sac the pawn so Black's queen can't return to its comfortable defensive post on f6.} dxe5 26. Rad1 $44) 25... c5 26. Red1 (26. e5 $1) 26... Qb4 27. Rc3 Nf4 (27... Rbd8 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 $1 29. Rxd6 c4 30. Rd4 Nf4 31. Qd2 Ne6 $11) 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. g5 $1 c4 $1 30. gxh6+ Kxh6 $2 {Slightly insane, even if he does live to tell the tale.} (30... Kh7 $11) 31. Qd2 $1 $18 Kg7 32. Rg3+ $1 fxg3 33. Qxb4 gxf2+ 34. Kxf2 cxb3 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Rxd6 Ng6 37. Qxb3 {Can Black construct a genuine fortress? It doesn't seem that he should able to - his kingside looks rather porous - but in the game he manages to hold.} Kg7 38. Rd7 Ne5 39. Rd5 b4 40. Qg3+ Ng6 41. Qd3 Ne5 42. Qd4 f6 43. Qa7+ (43. Kg1 {Now is as good a time as any for this move, getting the king away from annoying knight checks.}) 43... Kg6 44. Kg3 Rbc8 45. Qa4 Rg8 46. Kf2 Rc1 47. Qb3 Rgc8 48. Rxe5 $2 {This accident-proofs the position, but at the cost of almost all of his winning chances.} (48. Rb5 $18 {is a good, greedy option.}) 48... fxe5 49. Qxb4 R1c2+ 50. Kf3 R8c6 51. Qb8 Rf6+ 52. Ke3 Rf1 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kh7 56. g3 Rb1 57. Qxe5 Rcxb2 {It's a dead draw.} 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Kf4 Rb7 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qh5+ Kg8 62. Qd5+ Kg7 63. e5 R1b4+ 64. Kg5 R4b6 65. Qe4 Re7 66. Qf5 Rbe6 67. Kh4 Rxe5 68. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2192682562621299"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,83,12,-3,20,17,33,28,39,34,43,33,36,21,28,32,39,7,2,17,23,23,61,55,62,56,46,42,55,118,45,52,58,52,35,-7,-3,-15,-1,-16,-9,-6,-67,-66,-32,-14,-14,-16,-10,21,-2,-2,12,-3,12,20,15,46,11,19,9,11,-31,-6,37,72,100,216,210,226,194,231,204,213,243,112,235,132,243,290,825,953,955,982,974,981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Nd2 c6 11. g4 {Very rare here, though g4 is in general a normal idea, both for aggressive ends and as prophylaxis against ...f5 plans.} Nd7 $146 12. h4 Ndc5 {Back to one predecessor.} 13. h5 Bd7 $146 (13... g5 14. f3 Re8 15. Kf2 Rb8 16. a3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Rc1 Rec8 20. Bc4 Bf8 21. Qe2 a4 22. Rc3 Qe8 23. Rhc1 Nb3 24. Nxb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Bxb5 26. Nd2 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qd7 28. Bb6 Nc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Nf1 b5 31. Qe2 c4 32. Ng3 Bc5+ 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Nf5 Qa7 35. d6 Rd8 36. Rd1 Bd4 37. Qd2 c3 38. bxc3 Bc5 39. Qd5 Bxa3 40. d7 Kg8 41. Nxh6+ Kg7 42. Qxf7+ {1-0 Javakhadze,Z (2454)-Popadic,D (2171) Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (1)}) 14. Nb3 $16 cxd5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. cxd5 $14 (16. Nxd5 $142 $16) 16... Rc8 17. Qd2 $6 (17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qd2 $16 {was the right way.}) 17... b5 $1 18. f3 ({The difference is that if White plays} 18. hxg6 {now, hoping for 18...fxg6 19.Bxh6 with a substantial plus, Black instead plays the intermezzo} b4 $1 {when White must fight for equality, e.g.} 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxb5 Nxe4 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Kd1 $1 e4 $11 {and it's White's king that faces more potential peril than its counterpart.}) 18... b4 ({The daring} 18... f5 {was also good.}) 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. a4 bxa3 21. bxa3 (21. Nxa3 $142 $11) 21... f5 $1 $15 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Rb1 (23. exf5 $142 Bxf5 24. Rg1) 23... fxe4 (23... Kh7 $142) 24. Nc3 Qd8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Kh7 $11 27. Rb7 Rf7 28. Qb2 Bf6 29. Rg1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Kd2 $6 (31. Rf1 $1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 $1 Kh6 33. Kg2 g4 $1 $11 {finds both kings...well, not safe, but safe enough.}) 31... Kh6 $6 (31... g4 $1 {The threatened ...Qg5+ is very strong, and merits this small sacrifice to make it possible.} 32. Rxg4 Bxg4 $1 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Bxg4 $8 Qg5+ 35. Kd3 Qxg4 36. Rf2 $8 {Black has the initiative here, but there doesn't seem to be any way to make it pay off.}) 32. Qb6 {Now it's Black who must be careful. Keeping queens on has its dangers, but Aravindh (quite possibly in time trouble) failed to grasp just how bad the ending is for him.} Qxb6 $2 (32... Qf8 33. Qe3 Qg7 $14 (33... Qg8 $14)) 33. Rxb6 $18 Rf6 34. Rf1 $1 Rcf8 35. Rxd6 $1 {There's the fatal problem that Black must have missed when deciding on the queen trade. There are many pawn-down endings that can be drawn with good, active defense; this is not one of them.} Rxd6 36. Rxf8 g4 37. Rd8 Kxh5 38. Bb5 g3 39. Bxd7 g2 {A good try. If White had to play 40.Rg8 now Black would be fine after 40...Rg6. Unfortunately for Black, White has better.} 40. Be8+ Rg6 41. Bxg6+ Kh6 {The pawn queens?} 42. Bf7 $1 {Technically, yes, but it won't survive.} (42. Bf7 $1 g1=Q 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rg8+ Kxf7 45. Rxg1 $18) 1-0 [Event "2nd UzChess Cup Masters"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2025.06.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Rapport, R.."] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "52"] [GameId "2192682562621300"] [EventDate "2025.06.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,52,15,-11,18,-4,2,7,9,10,12,23,24,24,40,41,39,8,-106,27,22,22,48,26,23,-23,1,-7,22,5,24,19,21,51,34,45,38,55,69,62,92,72,95,55,41,37,48,24,-16,19,40,7,3,10,27]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 {Black has been making draws in this line (most of the time) since 1952. (There is a game in the database from 1932, but Black lost that one.) Just for fun, I've included a game from the late great Viktor the Terrible, who manages to get his half point against the 20th century's other main candidate for the Greatest Player Never to Become World Champion.} 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 g6 (11... e6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Kc2 O-O 14. Rhd1 Rfd8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Ne4 Bb5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bc5 Kf8 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rc5 a6 21. Nc3 Bc6 {½-½ Keres,P-Kortschnoj,V URS-chT Republics 09th Group3 Moscow 1963 (5.1)}) 12. Kc2 (12. Rc1 {is the most common move, and just in case you wonder if White ever wins in this variation, here's proof that it can happen:} Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Ke1 Rac8 15. Kf2 Be6 16. Rhd1 h5 17. b3 Nb4 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bxg7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Kxg7 21. Rc1 b6 22. a3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. b4 Be6 25. e4 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Ne2 Rb8 28. Nd4 Bg4 29. Ke3 e6 30. e5 h4 31. gxh4 Rh8 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Kg3 Bh5 34. Rc5 a4 35. Rc7 Kg8 36. Rc4 Bd1 37. Rc1 Bh5 38. Rc4 Bd1 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Ra2 41. Rc3 Bb3 42. Nb5 Bd5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Nd6 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Rc7 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rxa3 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50. Ra7 Ra1 51. Kg5 a3 52. Kf6 a2 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rc7 Bb7 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Re7 Bc6 60. Rc7 Bb7 61. Nxb7 Kg8 62. Nd6 Rg1 63. Rc8+ Kh7 64. Rc7+ Kg8 65. Rc8+ Kh7 66. Ra8 a1=Q 67. Rxa1 Rxa1 68. Kxe6 Rh1 69. f5 Rxh2 70. f6 Rf2 71. f7 Kg7 72. Ke7 Rxf7+ 73. Nxf7 Kg6 74. e6 {1-0 So,W (2747)-Firouzja,A (2763) Wch Blitz Final New York 2024 (1.3)}) 12... Bf5+ 13. Kb3 ({More proof:} 13. Be4 Bxe4+ 14. Nxe4 Rc8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nb3 Bg7 18. Kb1 Kf7 19. Rhd1 Ne5 20. Bd4 Rhd8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. f4 Nc6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rc1 a5 25. Nd2 Kf6 26. a4 Ke6 27. e4 fxe4 28. Nxe4 h6 29. Nd2 Kd7 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Ka2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Ka3 Rh8 36. Nxb6+ Kc7 37. Nd5+ Kd6 38. Rd1 Rxh2 39. b4 e5 40. Ne3+ Ke6 41. b5 Nd4 42. b6 Rh7 43. Nc4 Rb7 44. Rb1 Nc2+ 45. Kb3 Nb4 46. Rh1 Nd5 47. Rh6+ Nf6 48. g4 e4 49. Kc3 Rd7 50. Nxa5 e3 51. b7 e2 52. Rh1 Ne4+ 53. Kc2 Rc7+ 54. Kb2 Rxb7+ 55. Nxb7 Nf2 56. Nc5+ Kd5 57. Re1 Kxc5 58. Rxe2 Nxg4 59. Kb3 Nf6 60. Re5+ {1-0 Navara,D (2718)-Volokitin,A (2642) Bundesliga 1415 Germany 2014 (9.7)}) 13... Be6+ $146 ({Still more proof:} 13... Rc8 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Bxa7 Be6+ 16. Kb4 Bg7 17. Rac1 Rc4+ 18. Kb5 O-O 19. Rhd1 Rc6 20. Bc5 Rfc8 21. Na4 Bxa2 22. Rd7 e6 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Rcd1 Bf6 25. b4 Bb3 26. R1d3 Bc2 27. Rf3 Kg7 28. g4 g5 29. Be7 Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Bg6 31. Nd7 Rd8 32. Nc5 Rb8 33. Nd7 Rd8 34. Nc5 Rb8 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. Nxb7 Rc2 37. Kb6 Rxe2 38. Ka7 Re8 39. b5 Rb2 40. Kb6 e5 41. Nd6 Re6 42. Kc5 Rc2+ 43. Nc4 Kg7 44. Rd2 Rc1 45. Re3 Re8 46. Kb4 e4 47. b6 Rc8 48. Rc3 Rb1+ 49. Rb3 Rc1 50. Nd6 Rb8 51. Kb5 h5 52. h3 hxg4 53. hxg4 Kf6 54. b7 Ke5 55. Kb6 Rh8 56. Rb5+ Kf4 57. Rc5 Rb1+ 58. Nb5 Re8 59. Rc8 Re6+ 60. Rc6 Re8 61. Rc8 Re5 62. Rd5 Re6+ 63. Kc5 Rc1+ 64. Kd4 Rd1+ 65. Kc3 Rb6 66. Rxd1 Rxb7 67. Nd4 Kxg4 68. Rg1+ Kf4 69. Rc5 Ra7 70. Rcxg5 {1-0 Miles,A (2580)-Alburt,L (2530) USA-ch 1989 (10)}) 14. Ka3 Bf5 15. Bxc6+ (15. b3 Nd4 $1 16. Rac1 $1 Rb8 $1 17. Nd5 Nc2+ 18. Ka4 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 $14) 15... bxc6 16. Na4 e5+ 17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 Ke7 (18... O-O-O $1) 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rhd1 g5 21. b3 h5 22. Ka4 (22. Kb2 $142) 22... Rab8 $11 23. Na6 $6 Rb6 $6 (23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rb5 $15) 24. Nc5 Rbb8 25. Na6 (25. h4 $11) 25... Rb6 26. Nc5 Rbb8 1/2-1/2