[Event "GotM #83"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jobova, Aleksandrovich B"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
{[%evp 0,55,27,11,25,31,63,32,26,-3,11,-25,7,-34,67,-45,-45,-30,-26,-4,-4,-4,
-3,0,21,-34,37,37,37,9,28,27,33,-7,12,53,57,53,57,73,88,94,94,95,89,65,114,87,
128,79,90,9,170,214,219,198,198,339]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {Open Game}
2. Nf3 {King's Knight Opening} Nc6 3. Bc4 {Italian Game} Bc5 {Giuoco Piano} 4.
c3 {Preparing the d4 push in the center.} Nf6 5. d4 exd4 {[#] Black releases
the tension.} 6. e5 {He wants to kick the Knight before recapturing.} (6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O d5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 $11)
6... d5 $5 {Energetic reply and the position is getting sharp.} (6... Ne4 7.
Qe2 d5 8. exd6 O-O 9. dxc7 Qd7 10. O-O $11) 7. Be2 {White decides to keep the
pieces on.} Ne4 {Black gets a menacing Knight.} 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 {
And the e4-Knight is traded for the dark square Bishop.} 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O
f6 {[#] Black attacks the White center.} 12. Rc1 Kh8 $6 {Nothing wrong with
this but maybe it doesn't do enough to warrant the move.} 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. a3
Be7 15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 {[#] Now we have two passed pawns in the center.
Which will prove the stronger?} Rf4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 {Now they
both have a Rook on the 5th rank. Which will be more effective?} d4 20. e6 {
[%CAl Rc5h5] [#] The White pawn looks more dangerous at the moment.} Bg6 21.
Bd3 Qf6 22. Ng5 {[#] It's getting incrementally but relentlessly more
dangerous for Black with every move from White. Tactical strikes based on
mating nets are beginning to show themselves. White owns f7, his Knight has a
dangerous post on g5 and his heavy pieces could at some point gain a foothold
on the h-file, to say nothing of the passer on e6.} Ne7 {Blockading the pawn
and more particularly supporting the Bishop on g6.} 23. Bxg6 hxg6 {He wants to
continue the blockade of the e6-pawn, but the price to be paid is an open
h-file with the two Black pawns forming a deadly corridor for their own King.}
24. Ne4 $1 {[%CAl Rc5h5,Rd1h5] White amazingly gives up his passed pawn and
before long we see what price he will exact.} Qxe6 25. Ng5 {He sacrificed the
pawn because it was in his way. He now skewers the Queen and will use threats
against the Knight to maneuver his forces into position.} Qf6 {The Queen holds
the Knight but this is a bad square.} 26. Re6 {[#] White is making great
progress playing with tempo, move after move. Black's Queen gets more passive
during this tussle.} Qf8 27. Rxg6 $3 {[#] Rook sacrifice is really pleasing.
Black can't take or it's # in 2.} Rh4 {Defending the h-file from the Queen's
entry.} (27... Nxg6 $4 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qh7#) 28. Ne6 $3 {[#] The attack on
the Queen provides the time needed for 29.Rh5 which will be curtains. Black
resigns.} (28. Ne6 {[%CAl Re6c7,Re6f8]} Qf7 29. Rh5+ Rxh5 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 $18 {[%CAl Rh5e5] With an easy win for White.}) 1-0
