[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,107,22,22,69,63,64,64,67,51,47,52,44,37,68,67,52,51,44,6,5,-9,2,-4,-4, -4,45,23,22,20,27,31,39,24,31,6,46,37,29,49,38,29,36,41,97,90,97,32,32,45,9,28, 18,0,52,55,34,30,29,48,48,48,42,-26,-19,4,29,28,77,83,72,71,20,6,6,0,0,2,126, 75,65,97,97,97,97,84,176,147,190,190,193,207,207,234,243,240,337,403,353,349, 361,484,484,515,903,919,962,982,982,982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. b4 Qa6 10. Qb3 Nf5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. a4 Qc4 13. Bd2 $146 (13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Kf7 20. Rd1 Rhd8 21. Raa1 Nc5 22. Nd2 Nxh4 23. Nxc4 Nf5 24. a5 Rac8 25. f3 h4 26. Kf2 e5 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Ne6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ra4 Rd5 31. b6 a6 32. c4 Rd1 33. c5 Nxc5 34. Rxh4 Rd3+ 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Ng3 Rxa5 38. Ne4 Nd7 39. g4 Rb5 40. g5 fxg5 41. Nxg5+ Kd6 42. Ne4+ Ke6 43. Rh6+ Ke7 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Rh7+ {1/2-1/2 (46) Muzychuk,M (2545)-Atalik,E (2445) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 13... Qxb3 14. cxb3 f6 15. O-O Be7 16. g3 Kf7 17. Rfe1 fxe5 $6 {This seems inaccurate - the pawn on f6 was very useful. Firouzja is going for counterplay, but he seems to have misassessed the position.} 18. dxe5 $16 Rac8 19. Nf4 d4 20. Rac1 c5 21. Nd5 $3 {A beautiful, surprising move overlooked by the commentators. It's easy to spot such a move when there's a pawn to capture on d5, but when the square is open it's easy to miss.} cxb4 (21... exd5 $4 22. e6+ Ke8 23. exd7+ Kxd7 { wins a pawn for the moment, but after} 24. Ne5+ Kc7 (24... Ke8 25. Ng6 Rg8 26. Bg5 Rc7 27. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 28. Nxe7 Rc7 29. Nxf5+ $18) 25. Ng6 Rhe8 26. Re5 $18) (21... Kg6 $142) (21... Rhe8 $142) 22. Nxe7 Nxe7 23. Ng5+ $2 {Surprisingly, this mistake undermines all his great play up to this point.} (23. Bxb4 $18) 23... Kg6 $11 24. Rxc8 (24. Bxb4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc6 {followed by ...Ndxe5, and Black is doing well. That's the problem with the check on move 23.}) 24... Rxc8 25. Nxe6 Nc6 26. f4 {White has kept the pawn, but Black has plenty of counterplay.} Kf5 $1 27. Nxg7+ Kg6 28. Ne6 Kf5 29. Ng5 Nc5 $1 30. Nf7 $1 Ke6 $1 31. Nd6 Rg8 32. Kg2 (32. f5+ Kd5 33. Bf4 Nd3 34. Ne4 $1 Nxe1 35. Nf6+ Kc5 36. Nxg8 Nxe5 $11) 32... Kd5 $1 (32... Nxb3 $2 33. f5+ Kd5 34. Ne4 $1 {Otherwise Black wins, but here White is winning.}) 33. Rb1 $8 Ne4 (33... b6 $142) 34. Nxe4 Kxe4 35. Rc1 (35. a5 $142) 35... Kd3 $6 (35... a5 $142) 36. Be1 Ke2 $2 { The continuation of a bad plan. Active defense is often best, but this is an exception.} 37. e6 $1 d3 38. f5 $1 $18 Nd4 (38... d2 39. Bxd2 Kxd2 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41. f6 $18 {and the pawns win.}) 39. Bxb4 d2 40. Bxd2 Kxd2 41. Rc5 Re8 42. Re5 Kd3 43. Kf2 Re7 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kg3 Re8 ({If it weren't for White's h-pawn, } 45... Nxf5+ 46. Rxf5 Rxe6 {would be great. If, if, if...} 47. Rf7 Rb6 48. h5 $18) 46. Kxg4 Nc6 47. Kf4 Ne7 (47... Nxe5 48. Kxe5 {followed by f6 wins easily. }) 48. f6 {Pretty obvious. If White was happy to give up the rook when Black's knight was on c6, why should he care if Black's knight takes it from g6?} Ng6+ 49. Kf5 Nxh4+ 50. Kg5 {Or from f3!} Nf3+ 51. Kf4 Nd4 {No more merry-go-round; now it's time for White to promote a pawn.} 52. e7 Nc6 53. f7 Rxe7 54. Rd5+ ( 54. Rxe7 Nxe7 {was also fine, provided White doesn't play 55.f8Q?? (55...Ng6+ and Black wins) but takes the g6 square for the knight with} 55. Kg5 $18) (54. Rd5+ {is more than good enough: next up is 55.f8Q.}) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Howell, David W L"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,65,22,22,20,5,6,-24,26,33,18,13,13,13,8,11,30,36,23,14,13,8,19,19,36, 7,35,23,36,18,29,29,29,29,20,24,24,17,18,27,34,28,25,46,50,47,50,41,47,76,83, 77,82,45,60,-11,-6,131,142,123,166,188,239,-54,210,239,243,258]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 {Tiviakov has long been a fan of ...Na6 in the g3 Queen's Indian. I've tried to understand it, over the years, but without success - and I don't see many good things happening for Black from players not named "Tiviakov", either.} 8. Nc3 (8. h4 { - thanks, Stockfish - has been getting some attention the last couple of years. White's results here have been tremendous.}) 8... Ne4 9. Bd2 (9. Bf4) 9... f5 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 Bf6 $146 12. Nxe4 fxe4 {Sometimes I tell students that one mark of a stronger player is there ability to maintain the tension in a position. What happens over the course of the next seven moves is a terrific illustration: Howell leaves the knight under attack for move after move - and had to foresee and tolerate this situation when thinking about his previous move.} 13. e3 e5 $2 (13... Qc8) (13... Qe8) 14. Qg4 (14. Bc3 $142 $16) (14. dxe5 $142 dxe5 15. Nb4 $16) 14... Qc8 15. Qxc8 Raxc8 (15... Rfxc8 $142 $14) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc3 (17. Nb4) (17. Nc1 $1) 17... Rfe8 18. b4 $16 (18. Nc1 $16 { was a good alternative. But, again, Howell is happy to maintain the tension.}) 18... Rcd8 $6 (18... c5 $142) 19. Rad1 $6 {Not best, but a fine demonstration of Howell's patience!} (19. Nc1 $1) (19. Nb2 $1) 19... Ba8 $6 (19... c5 $142 $16) 20. Nc1 (20. Nb2 $142 $1) 20... c5 21. b5 (21. a3 $142) 21... Nc7 22. h4 $1 Ne6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nb3 Rd3 $2 {A waste of time.} 25. Rc1 $18 {White can evict the rook whenever he wants to, e.g. with Bf1.} g5 $2 26. Nd2 $1 Nd4 { A nice try, but Howell is up to the challenge.} 27. Bf1 $1 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxd2 30. Rd1 Nxf1 31. Rd7 $2 {A mistake, but White's advantage is too great for it to matter.} (31. Kxf1 {was better.}) 31... Nd2 $2 (31... Bb7 $1 32. Kxf1 (32. Rxb7 Nd2 33. h5 $1 {should also win for White.}) 32... Bc8 { saves the bishop. Two bishops are generally more than a match for a rook, but not this time.} 33. Rxa7 Be6 34. a4 $1 Bxc4+ 35. Ke1 gxh4 36. gxh4 Bxh4 37. a5 $18) 32. Rxd2 Bb7 33. Rd6 {Black will lose one of his bishops, so it's a good time to give up.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.10"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,65,22,22,28,27,16,7,7,22,17,31,56,40,58,57,61,57,59,60,83,70,76,72,68, 63,78,68,64,14,56,26,28,19,29,41,16,20,23,6,32,30,21,22,36,38,41,36,34,45,38, 50,61,56,60,49,84,85,98,80,98,48,66,47,128,139,195,240]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. f3 Be7 15. g4 a5 16. b3 Be6 17. Kg2 b5 18. Ne2 a4 19. Nf4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2 21. Rf2 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bc8 23. Rfd2 g6 24. Nd3 Ra8 25. Nc5 b4 26. Ne4 Be6 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Bg5 Kg7 29. Kg3 Ra5 30. f4 Raa8 31. Rd7 $2 {Inaccurate, but stylish!} Bd8 $2 {Black tries to maintain the status quo, but this cannot be done. White finishes beautifully.} (31... Bxd7 {had to be played.} 32. Rxd7 Kf8 33. Ne4 Re8 34. Rxc7 Rh1 $16) 32. Ne8+ $3 Rxe8 33. Bxd8 $1 (33. Bxd8 $1 Bxd7 (33... Rexd8 34. Rxd8 $18) (33... g5 34. Bf6+ Kg6 (34... Kg8 35. Rh1 {mates.}) 35. f5+ Bxf5 36. gxf5+ Kxf5 37. Rxf7 $18) 34. Bf6+ Kf8 35. Rh1 Re6 36. Rh8#) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.12"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2649"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,51,22,20,23,-3,6,6,6,18,58,70,45,14,7,-6,-36,-37,31,34,33,7,7,2,20,23, 2,23,28,-3,-13,-44,-20,1,3,14,46,10,17,8,29,198,198,160,160,169,176,169,164, 182,182,140,148,160]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O {This gambit line has been popular for years at the pro level, though it has yet to trickle down to the amateur level.} Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 (8... Be7 {is more common, keeping the g5 square under control.}) 9. Re1 (9. Ng5 { is usual here.} h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 {and while players have often used this as a way to make a quick draw (13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qg6+, 15. Qxh6+, 16.Qg6+ etc.), White is probably slightly better after} 13. Bf4 ({or} 13. Re1 {.})) 9... Nd7 $2 {Sometimes, it's hard to know if players prepared badly, or were just surprised. This is a rare move, played only once before (by Mamedyarov!), and it's a big mistake if not a blunder. Amazingly, Mamedyarov got away with it, and Sarana does in this game, too. (He eventually loses, but not because of this mistake.)} (9... O-O) 10. Ne5 $2 (10. Bg5 $2 Be7 11. d5 Nc5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qe6 Rd1+ 22. Ne1 Bxg5 23. Qe2 Ra1 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Kh2 Bf6 26. f4 Re7 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Nf3 h6 29. Qc5 Re2 30. Qf5 Raxa2 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7+ Kg6 37. Qb1+ Rec2 38. Ne1 Rab2 39. Qd1 Rd2 40. Qf3 Re2 41. Kh3 Rbd2 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. Nf3 Rd3 44. Kh2 Rxc3 45. Ng5+ Bxg5 46. Qxe2 Bxf4+ 47. Kg1 Be3+ 48. Kh2 Bf4+ 49. Kg1 Be3+ 50. Kh2 Bd4 51. Qh5+ Ke6 52. Qe8+ Kd5 53. Qd7+ Ke4 54. Qg4+ Kd3 55. Qf3+ Kd2 56. Qf4+ Be3 57. Qe5 c5 58. Qxg7 c4 59. Qc7 Ke2 60. g3 Rc2 61. Kh3 Rc1 62. Kg2 Rc2 63. Kh3 Bg5 64. Qe5+ Kd1 65. Qd4+ Bd2 66. Qxa7 c3 67. Qa4 Be3 68. Kg4 Kd2 69. Kf3 Bg5 70. Qd4+ Kc1 71. Qd3 Kb2 72. Qb5+ Kc1 73. Qd3 Kb2 74. Qb5+ Ka2 75. Qc4+ Kb1 76. Qd3 Bd2 77. Ke4 Kb2 78. Qb5+ Ka1 79. Qa4+ Kb1 80. Kd3 Rb2 81. Qd1+ Ka2 82. Qa4+ Kb1 83. Qd1+ {1/2-1/2 (83) Korobov, A (2652)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) (10. Bxe6 $1 $18 O-O $8 (10... fxe6 $2 11. Rxe6+ Be7 (11... Kf8 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Qb3 $1 Qd7 14. Ba3 $1 Bxa3 (14... Qxe6 15. Nxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bxd6+ cxd6 (16... Kf7 17. Qxb7) 17. Qxe6 $18) 15. Qxa3+ Kg8 16. Qb3 Kf8 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. Re7 Qd5 19. Re5 Qd7 20. Rae1 h6 21. Qc4+ Kf8 22. Ne6+ $18) 12. Ba3 c5 13. Qb3 $1 Nf8 14. Re5 Ne6 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 $18) 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb3 $18) 10... O-O 11. Qh5 $146 Nf6 12. Qh3 Nd5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Bc4 $14 c5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 a5 $2 {Too slow.} (17... Bd7 $142) 18. Rac1 $16 (18. Qf3 $142) 18... Ra6 19. Qb3 Be7 $4 {Puzzle time: White to move and win.} (19... h6) (19... Bb8) 20. Rxc8 $1 Qxc8 21. Qxd5+ Qe6 (21... Kh8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 (22... Kg8 {allows smothered mate. For those new to the game, it's a very attractive pattern you'll see repeatedly as you gain in experience:} 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qg8+ $1 Rxg8 25. Nf7#) 23. Qxf7 $18 {wins on the spot, as the bishop can't move due to 24.Re8.}) 22. Nc6 $1 (22. Ng6 { works too, and is likely to transpose.}) 22... Qxd5 23. Nxe7+ Kf7 24. Nxd5 { Two minor pieces vs. a rook is almost always winning for the minors when the rook side doesn't have at least one pawn thrown in there, and with White's useful d-pawn ready to run Black's position is hopeless.} Re6 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Nb6 {Next up: d5, then d6, then d7...} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.23"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,80,22,22,18,27,16,28,4,0,0,-13,4,-25,14,-7,16,-10,-9,-9,8,-25,-9,-23, -18,-59,-71,-59,-64,-250,-217,-245,-273,-320,-257,-270,-218,-227,-160,-214, -196,-214,-79,-142,-184,-163,-146,-148,-105,-134,-124,-148,-124,-124,-109,-118, -102,-165,-158,-152,-165,-165,-192,-205,-206,-201,-208,-189,-111,-96,-125,-211, -205,-274,-309,-675,-696,-725,-798,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxd4 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ra3 Re8 18. Ba2 Re5 19. Rg3 Kf8 20. Nd2 Rxg5 21. Rxg5 c5 22. Bb1 c4 23. h4 Ne6 24. Rf5 Ng7 25. Rg5 Nh7 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Nf3 Qf4 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Ne2 Nh5 30. Rf3 Bc8 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. exd5 N7f6 33. Bf5 Ng4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Nc3 b4 36. Ne4 Re8 {Black is completely winning; I'm showing this game only for the attractive finish.} 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nxd6+ Kg6 39. Rxe8 {White would be entirely out of danger here, were it not for one tiny little problem.} Bxf2+ 40. Kh1 ({Or} 40. Kf1 Ng3#) 40... Ng3# {Not a pattern one sees every day.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "9.44"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2627"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,73,22,20,22,6,25,22,43,8,25,8,13,-11,-7,-20,22,-6,-20,-57,-60,-53,-53, -88,-64,-86,-91,-153,-151,-74,-117,-78,-62,-104,-68,-122,-107,-74,-57,-72,-61, -72,66,-160,-54,77,243,284,302,302,302,262,269,625,683,621,621,663,685,687,687, 655,621,629,621,590,656,632,819,684,684,685,705,473,474,466]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 (7. O-O {is the most popular move, and several other moves are also more common than Gelfand's 7.a4.}) 7... b4 8. e5 bxc3 9. exf6 cxb2 10. fxg7 bxa1=Q 11. gxh8=Q {Is there any other variation where both sides promote to surviving queens this early in the game? This line is rare, but it has happened in three earlier games. Remarkably, the first one occurred in a game between 1200s. (Correspondence 1200s, but still.) Props to them!} Qa5+ 12. Nd2 $146 (12. Kf1 Q5xa4 (12... Q5c3 13. Bf4 (13. Bh6 Nd7 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15. Qe5 Bb7 16. Qc7 Nd7 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6 Rb1 19. g3 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kg2 Qe2 22. Ne5 Kf8 23. Qxd7 Qe4+ 24. Kh3 Qf4 25. Kg2 a6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Grkinic,G (1224)-Nett,P (1219) IECG email 2000}) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 Qd3+ 15. Be2 Qb1+ 16. Ne1 Ba6 17. Bh6 Nd7 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Qe5 O-O-O 20. Qe3 Qa1 21. h4 Rxd4 22. Qf3 Kc7 23. Qxf7+ Nd7 24. Qxh7 Rd2 25. Qh6 Rc2 26. Qg5 e5 27. f4 Ra2 28. Rh3 c3 29. Rd3 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Qa2+ {0-1 (30) Lagergren,H (2010)-Ayrosa,P (2257) ICCF email 2007}) 13. Qxa4 Qxa4 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 Bb7 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Qxh7 Qa2 18. Nd2 c5+ 19. Bf3 Qa6 20. Rb1 Bxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qc6 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qh5 f6 24. Kg1 e5 25. Bd2 e4 26. Nh4 e3 27. Bxe3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qe4 29. Qb5 Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qe6+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ 34. Ng2 Nb6 35. Qa6+ Qb7 36. Qa2 Qc6 37. Qxa7 Rd2 38. Qa6+ Kc7 39. Rg1 c3 40. Qa7+ Kc8 41. Qa6+ Kc7 42. Qa7+ Kc8 43. Qa6+ {1/2-1/2 (43) Halkias,S (2553) -Heinemann,J (2255) Riga 2019}) 12... c3 13. O-O cxd2 14. Bxd2 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 $44 {Down to just two queens, one the original and the other one not. Black is up a full piece, but White has a big lead in development and Black's king remains in the center. What a weird, fun line.} Qxa4 $2 (15... Qf5 $1 16. d5 $1 Qg6 $1 17. Qe5 $44) 16. Qxh7 $2 (16. Bh5 $1 $18) 16... a5 $2 (16... e5 17. Bh6 Qb4 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Bf3 $44) 17. h4 $1 $18 {Could it happen? It would really be fantastic if White's h-pawn and Black's a-pawn both queened, but only half of that fantasy is fulfilled.} Ra7 (17... e5 $142) 18. h5 Ba6 19. Bf3 $1 Rd7 20. h6 (20. Be3 {might be simpler, but there's nothing wrong with Gelfand's move.}) 20... Rxd4 21. Bh5 Rd7 22. Qg8 Bd3 (22... Qh4 23. Rb1 Bb7 24. h7 Qxh5 25. h8=Q Qxh8 26. Qxh8 Rxd2 27. Rxb7 $18) 23. Bg5 $1 {White's idea is this: 24.h7, and after 24...Bxh7 25.Bxf7+ Rxf7 26.Rd8 is Morphy's mate.} Bg6 24. Re1 $1 Bxh5 25. h7 Qb4 26. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Re7 28. Qc8+ $1 Kf7 29. Qf5+ $1 Ke8 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qf5+ Ke8 32. h8=Q Re1+ 33. Kh2 Bg4 34. Qg6+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Be7 36. Qhe8+ Kc7 37. Bxe7 {A spectacular game.} 1-0