[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 512][%evp 0,76,17,14,8,-15,-13,0,18,36,24,16,30,25,31,10,13,13,26,12,2,2,6,10,17,-8,-8,-8,12,15,26,-16,-7,0,0,0,0,-13,-16,-32,-5,-41,-15,-15,-38,-5,-33,-29,0,2,1,8,8,-6,-3,-24,-17,-18,0,-34,-77,-46,-79,-69,-82,-58,17,-45,28,-452,-393,-399,-451,-494,-511,-1142,-2424,-2436,-2204]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ {[%CAl Gc7c6,Gb8d7,Gd8d7]} Bc6 $5 {[%mdl 2176]} 8. Qb3 (8. Qc2 $6 {Ftacnik} dxc4 9. e4 b5 $17) 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. e3 (10. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Be7 13. Bd3 $2 ({Stockfish 170922:} 13. Rd1 c5 14. dxc5 Qc8 15. cxb6 axb6 16. h4 Ra5 17. Nb5 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bc6 19. Nbd4 b5 20. Bd3 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4+ 22. Ke2 Bd5 23. Ra1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxa5 Bxa5 26. Rc1 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rb8 28. h5 g6 29. Rc5 Bb4 30. Rb5 Rxb5 31. Bxb5 gxh5 32. Kg3 Be1 {[%eval 14,46] [%wdl 18,974,8]}) ({Stockfish 170922:} 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qd3 b5 15. Qe4 b4 16. Bd3 g6 17. axb4 a5 18. b5 Qc7 19. Kb1 cxb5 20. Qg4 a4 21. h4 h5 22. Qg3 Bd8 23. Nxb5 Qd7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Nd6 Na6 28. Ng5 Nc7 29. Ndf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 {[%eval 0,46] [%wdl 12,976,12]}) ({Stockfish 170922:} 13. Be2 a6 14. Rd1 b5 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. h4 h6 17. Qe3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rc1 c5 21. Rfd1 Qb6 22. Na2 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bd5 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. Bf1 Rxb2 28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rb1 Rba2 31. Rd2 R2a3 32. Rb7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 R1a2 34. h5 {[%eval -21,46] [%wdl 7,971,22]}) 13... Ba6 14. Nb5 c6 15. Qc2 Bxb5 (15... cxb5 {Stockfish 170922:} 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Nd7 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. O-O Kg8 20. a4 Rc7 21. axb5 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rfc1 Re8 24. Qe4 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc6 Rc8 27. Rc1 Bd8 28. d5 Qxc6 29. dxc6 Nc5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. g3 Bc7 32. Ra3 Kf8 33. b4 Ne4 34. Re3 f5 35. exf6 Nxf6 36. Rxe6 {[%eval -310,37] [%wdl 0,14,986]}) 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. h4 Qd5 18. Be4 Qd8 19. O-O-O Nd7 20. Ng5 Rc8 21. Bg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Bxg5+ 23. hxg5+ Kg8 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. g6 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Guliev,S/WchJM-U12 Szeged 1994/ (28)}) (10. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Bb7 (10... Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd5 14. Bg2 Nd7 15. O-O c5 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rac8 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qxd4 22. Red1 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rd7 {Gelfand,B-Akopian,V/Cap D'Agde fin1 1996/?-? (59)}) 11. g3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bg2 c5 16. O-O Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 {?-? Khenkin,I-Lalic,B/Isle of Man op 1995}) (10. g3 $5) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 (11. Rd1 Nbd7 (11... Ba6 {Ftacnik} 12. Qa4 $14) 12. Be2 Qc8 13. O-O c5 14. Qa2 h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. b4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf6 21. a4 Qe5 22. a5 Ned5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qa1 $11 {?-? Tunik,G-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg op2 1994 (43)}) (11. b4 $5 {Ftacnik Aseev,K} {Stockfish 170922:} c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 N7b6 22. Ke2 Rac8 23. Rgc1 g6 $17) 11... a6 {[%mdl 272]} (11... Nd5 $5 {[%CAl Re7g5,Rd5c3,Gd5e7,Gd8e7]} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 c5 15. Qa4 Nd7 {= Hansen,C-Tiviakov,S/Groningen 1995} (15... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 16. Ba6 $1 $14 {× ?c} Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Rd8 19. Qb7 $1 Qd6 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Qc6 Nf6 22. Rdc1 {[%csl Rc1,Rc3,Rc6][%CAl Rc1c8] 1-0 Hansen,C-Tiviakov,S/Groningen 1995/ (47)})) 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. O-O (13. b4 $6 {Ftacnik} c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) 13... b5 14. Qa2 c5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f1d1","",10,"d4c5","Ftacnik",0,"g5f6","Ftacnik",0]} 15. Rfd1 {[%CAl Rd1d8]} (15. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 $11 {[%CAl Gf8d8,Ga8c8]}) (15. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxb5 $5 {[%tqu "En","","","","b7d5","",10]} Bd5 $1 (17... axb5 $6 {Stockfish 170922:} 18. Rxc5 Qe7 19. b4 Bd5 20. Qd2 Rxa3 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Nd4 Ra2 23. Qe1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qh4 25. Bxb5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 {[%eval 0,33] [%wdl 10,980,10]}) 18. Qb1 Nb3 $13 {Stockfish 170922:} 19. Rcd1 axb5 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb6 22. Qb4 Nc5 23. Rc1 Na6 24. Qb3 Rfb8 25. Rc2 Nc5 26. Qb4 Na6 $11 {[%eval 0,34] [%wdl 10,981,9]}) 15... Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 18. b4 (18. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rfd8 $11) 18... Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Ne4 20. Rcd3 Bd5 21. Qb2 {[%tqu "En","","","","a8c8","",10]} Rac8 {[%CAl Rc8c1]} 22. Nd2 Nd6 $5 {[%CAl Gd6c4]} 23. f3 $6 {Unnecessary weakening of the quuenside. Stronger was 23.?f3, and White keeps the balance.} (23. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Nc4 24. Qa1 $11) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5c4","??????,?????!!!????????????????,????,????!!!",10]} 23... Bc4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 2208] The strongest continuation. Exchanging his bishop for the knight, Karpov aims at the weak dark squares on the kingside.} 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qb3 {[%tqu "En","","","","c4b6","????,??c?,????(???)????",10]} Nb6 {[%CAl Rc8c1] Preventing ?d7 and getting control over c-file.} 26. Bf1 (26. e4 {Ftacnik} Rfd8 {Stockfish 170922:} 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qc3 g6 $11) 26... h6 {Black is planning to double his rooks along c-file after ?c6.} 27. Rd6 $2 {[%CAl Rd6b6]} ({Tempting move, which is effectively refuted by Karpov. Much stronger was prudent} 27. Rc3) {[%tqu "En","","","","b6d5","",20,"e7c7","White has a good position. Karpov banks on dangerous initiative and perfect interaction between his pieces after the pawn sacrifice.",0]} 27... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd5][%CAl Re7d6,Rd6a6]} ({After passive} 27... Qc7 {White has a good position. Karpov banks on dangerous initiative and perfect interaction between his pieces after the pawn sacrifice.}) 28. Rxa6 Rc3 $1 {[%CAl Rc3b3,Rc3e3]} 29. Qb2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f8c8","Much stronger than ?e3. Seizing the c-file and invading the second rank, Black develops irresistible attack. The interaction between Black's pieces is incredible!",10,"c3e3","Ftacnik",0]} Rfc8 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2][%CAl Gc8c2,Ge7g5,Rc2g2,Rg5g2,Rg5e3,Rd5e3] Much stronger than ?e3. Seizing the c-file and invading the second rank, Black develops irresistible attack. The interaction between Black's pieces is incredible!} (29... Rxe3 {Ftacnik} 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Qd2 $14) 30. e4 {More stubborn was 30.?f2.} (30. Rd3 $2 {Ftacnik} Rc2 31. Qd4 R8c4 32. Qa7 Qh4 33. e4 Rxg2+ 34. Bxg2 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke1 Nc3 $1 $19 {[%CAl Gg5c1,Rc2g2,Rc1e1]}) 30... Ne3 31. Re1 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3f1","????,???????????????!",10]} Nxf1 $1 {Eliminating the king's bodyguard, Black develops irresistible attack on the position of the white king.} 32. Rxf1 (32. Kxf1 {Ftacnik} Qh4 $17 {[%csl Rc2][%CAl Gc3c2,Rh4f2]}) 32... Rc2 33. Qe5 {Otherwise after 33...?g5 Black wins immediately.} {[%tqu "En","","","","c8d8","???????!???d8-d2,??g2?",10]} Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Gg2][%CAl Gd8d2,Rc2g2][%mdl 2048] Intending to double the rooks along the second rank.} 34. Qxb5 Rdd2 35. Qb8+ (35. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Rxg2 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Ra2 $19) 35... Kh7 36. Qg3 (36. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Qg5 37. Qg3 Qb5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rb5f1,Rb5a6]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","e7d7","Involving the queen into play. White is defenseless.",10]} 36... Qd7 $1 {Involving the queen into play. White is defenseless.} 37. Ra5 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Rd1 {[%csl Ga3,Ga5,Gb4,Rc1,Rd1,Rh1][%CAl Gc2c1,Rd1h1,Rc1h1]} (38... Rd1 {Shifting focus to the first rank.} 39. Re1 Rcc1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rd1,Gg3]} {Stockfish 170922:} 40. h3 ({Stockfish 170922:} 40. h4 Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2 43. Rh5 Rg1 44. Rg5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Qxg2# {[%eval -32755,245] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 40... Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2 43. Rg5 hxg5 44. b5 Re2 45. e5 Qxg2# {[%eval -32755,245] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 0-1