[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 (5... Nh5) (5... Qb6) ( 5... e6) 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Bb5 Qb6 (7... Rc8) (7... e6) 8. c4 dxc4 9. a4 Bd3 { This ambitious and principled move has been surprisingly rare.} (9... e6) 10. Ne5 e6 11. Qf3 $2 {Either a gap in Caruana's preparation or a misassessment (or both).} (11. Ndxc4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 $14 Qd8 (14... Qc7) 15. Ne5 (15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. O-O $14 {/+/-}) 15... O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Rb8 21. a5 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Rc7 a6 24. Ra7 Rdb8 25. h4 Rb1+ 26. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 27. Kh2 g6 28. Rxa6 Ra1 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. a6 h5 31. Kg3 Ra4 32. Bc6 Rxd4 33. a7 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Ra3 35. Ke5 Nd5 36. Kd6 Ra6 37. Kc5 {1-0 (37) Swiercz,D (2649)-Baryshpolets,A (2569) ICC INT 2021}) 11... Rc8 $17 12. Nxd3 $146 (12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd3 cxd3 14. O-O Be7 15. Rae1 Qd8 16. Bxd3 O-O 17. Qh3 Bb4 18. Bf5 Ra8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Ne7 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. Re6 Kg7 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. f4 Qb6+ 28. Rxb6 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Ne4+ 30. Kxe1 Nxg5 31. Rxb7+ Nf7 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Rxd5 Rxb2 34. Kf1 a6 35. Ra5 Rb6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. g4 Kf6 38. h4 Ke6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Rb3+ 42. Kh4 Rb4 43. Ra5 Rxf4 44. Rxa6 Kd5 45. Kh5 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Gukesh,D (2599)-Del Prado Rodriguez,X (2279) Carballo 2021}) 12... cxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. Nc4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qc7 (16... Qd8 $142 $17) 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $15 18. Ne3 (18. O-O $1 Qxc4 $4 (18... O-O 19. Rac1 $15) 19. Rac1 $16 {/+-}) 18... O-O $17 19. O-O Ne4 (19... Qb6 $142 $17) 20. Qb4 (20. Qa5 $142 $15) 20... Rfd8 21. a5 Nd6 (21... Rc7 $142) 22. Rfd1 Nb5 23. d5 $5 exd5 24. Nf5 Qc5 25. Qh4 (25. Qf4 $142) (25. Qg4 $142) 25... f6 26. Qg4 $2 (26. Qf4 $142) 26... g6 $2 (26... Rc7 $1 $17 {/-+}) 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf7 29. h4 $44 Qb5 30. Re1 Re8 31. Red1 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. h5 $5 (33. Qd4 $44) (33. g3 $44) 33... gxh5 $1 34. Qf4 (34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qe4+ Kf8 37. Qe6 Qc6 38. Qf5 c3 39. bxc3 Qxc3 40. g3 $11) 34... Kg6 35. Qc7 $6 Re4 (35... h4 $142 $17) 36. Qc8 Re8 37. Qc7 Re4 (37... h4 $142) 38. Qc8 Qb4 39. Kh2 $6 (39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qh8 $11) 39... Qe7 40. g3 $6 (40. Kg1) 40... h4 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Kg2 f5 $6 (42... Qe8) (42... Qe6) 43. Qc8 $1 $11 hxg3 44. Qxf5 $2 {The obvious move, but it's a mistake.} (44. Rd7 $1 Qe8 $1 45. Qxb7 Qg6 46. Qc7 $1 gxf2+ 47. Kxf2 f4 48. Rd6 Re6 49. Rxe6 Qxe6 50. Qb6 (50. Qxf4+ $11) 50... Qg6 51. Kf3 Kg5 52. Qg1+ $11) 44... Rh4 $8 45. Kxg3 Rh5 $1 {Perhaps Caruana missed this retreat?} 46. Qf4+ Qg5+ 47. Qg4 Qxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rg5+ 49. Kf4 Rxa5 50. Rd6+ Kh5 51. Rd7 Rb5 52. Rxh7+ Kg6 53. Rc7 Rxb2 54. Ke5 b5 55. Rc6+ Kh5 56. f4 (56. Rxa6 Rxf2 57. Kd4 Rf3 58. Ra5 Rb3 $19) 56... a5 57. f5 a4 58. Rc8 a3 59. Rh8+ Kg5 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. f6 Rf2 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] {[%evp 0,71,26,21,21,21,22,21,21,5,17,17,17,-9,32,5,7,26,26,19,11,0,3,6,6,6,4, -11,6,-11,5,-2,7,-10,1,11,2,-10,10,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-5,-5,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-8, -3,-6,-7,-12,-15,-13,-7,-13,-11,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 f6 13. c3 a5 14. Qg3 Qd7 (14... Qd5) 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Be3 Re8 18. f4 b6 19. b3 Rfe7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Kf7 (24... Qxd3 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qe8 Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qe8 $11) 25. Qe4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. b4 Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Kxe6 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Kf2 g5 31. Ke3 f5 32. g3 Kd5 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. Ke3 Kd5 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2629"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] {[%evp 0,55,26,27,28,19,42,2,-7,-7,22,41,51,32,33,34,65,76,65,76,66,64,49,66, 48,52,71,70,66,93,86,78,91,90,125,164,170,170,171,170,165,178,189,203,194,203, 206,190,198,175,215,215,221,206,213,203,515,525]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 $5 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 axb5 $6 (6... Bg7 $142) 7. Bxb5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Qxa6 10. Nge2 $16 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Qc4 13. g3 e6 $2 14. b3 $18 Qg4 15. Ba3 Na6 16. Rc1 exd5 $2 17. Nf4 Rfb8 18. Nb5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 d6 20. Bb2 $1 Rb7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxd5 Bg7 23. Rd3 Rab8 24. g4 c4 25. Rxc4 Nc5 26. Rd1 Nxb3 27. Nxd6 Ra7 28. Nc8 {White doesn't just threaten the rook, but also 29.Nde7+ followed by 30.Rd8+. What a rout!} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] {[%evp 0,119,26,17,17,-1,13,13,15,-13,-5,-1,7,-48,-10,16,45,15,38,16,16,62,70, 27,39,9,0,14,13,0,-6,1,25,25,44,39,62,55,85,75,129,78,90,80,66,68,90,87,87,80, 100,110,102,102,107,100,95,97,112,110,139,134,128,134,135,114,103,113,103,108, 149,142,143,147,143,147,156,159,149,128,161,125,98,112,99,102,98,114,118,116, 120,71,71,74,77,0,91,120,124,47,178,193,225,227,248,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,59,65,69, 68,68,82,68,68,88]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Be6 {Black is fine, despite his grizzled pawn structure.} 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxc5 13. Nf3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 (15... Be4+ $142 16. Ka1 Kb8) 16. Qxc4 Qf5+ 17. Ka1 Qe6 ( 17... Kb8 $142) 18. Qf4 $1 $14 Rhg8 $6 (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8) 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Qd6 {This lets the king escape to the relative safety of b8, but in return White is able to stabilize his structure while making targets of Black's kingside.} (20... Rd6 $142) 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. g3 $16 h6 23. Rhf1 Rg6 24. a3 Qd5 25. Qf4+ Qd6 26. Rde1 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 $18 Kc7 28. Kb1 Kd6 29. Kc2 h5 30. Kd3 Rh8 31. Ree4 a6 32. Rf5 Rhh6 33. Ref4 Ke6 34. Kc4 b6 35. Rd5 Rg4 36. Rf2 Re4 37. Rd8 Ke7 38. Rb8 b5+ 39. Kd5 Re6 40. Rc2 f5 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rf8 (42. Kc5) 42... Rh7 43. Rc6 Rxc6 44. Kxc6 h4 45. d5 hxg3 46. hxg3 Rh2 47. d6 Rc2+ 48. Kd7 Rxb2 49. Kd8 (49. Ra8) 49... a5 50. d7 Rc2 51. Rh8 b4 {White has been a little casual about the queenside pawns, but with correct play here it won't have mattered. Unfortunately for him, but very fortunately for the U.S. squad, he spoils what has been a very well-played game on his part.} 52. a4 $4 (52. axb4 axb4 53. Rh6+ Kg5 (53... Kg7 54. Rb6 $1 Kf8 (54... Rc4 55. Ke7 Re4+ 56. Kd6 Rd4+ 57. Kc7 $18) 55. Rxb4 Rc1 56. Rb8 Rc3 57. Rc8 Rxg3 58. Kc7+ $18) 54. Rd6 $1 f4 (54... Kg4 55. Ke7 Rc7 56. Kf6 Rxd7 57. Rxd7 Kxg3 58. Kxf5 $18) 55. gxf4+ Kxf4 56. Ke7 Rc7 57. Kxf7 b3 58. Ke6 b2 59. d8=Q b1=Q 60. Qh4+ (60. Qxc7 {also wins--there's no perpetual.}) 60... Ke3 61. Qg3+ Ke2 62. Qg2+ Ke3 63. Qd2+ Ke4 64. Rd4+ Kf3 65. Rf4+ Kg3 66. Qf2+ Kh3 67. Rh4#) 52... b3 $11 53. Rh6+ Kg7 54. Rb6 b2 55. Rb5 Kg6 56. Ke7 Re2+ 57. Kd6 Rd2+ 58. Kc6 Rc2+ 59. Kb7 Rd2 60. Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Gukesh, D."] [Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2616"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] {[%evp 0,67,26,17,28,19,15,15,15,15,44,44,56,11,24,-2,48,-3,7,-2,-2,7,7,-13,8, 11,15,11,-23,-8,-8,-43,-42,-17,3,-26,-26,-19,-45,-36,49,57,30,30,98,82,79,82, 167,134,144,149,212,217,236,256,253,224,224,219,540,205,536,321,453,504,29987, 29988,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 { The Petroff/Berlin/Marshall of 1.d4: Black has been drawing like a studio of artists with this variation. But not today!} 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 {Preferring the middlegame, despite the loss of time with the queen and Black's healthy development, has become increasingly popular given White's difficulties in proving anything real with 7.e4.} (7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 {is the most Berlin-y of the lines. It looks like Black has done everything wrong (weak e-pawns, uncastled king, giving up the bishop pair), and yet he still manages to make a draw the vast majority of the time.}) 7... Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bxf6 $146 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qb5 Bxb2 14. Rxd5 Bc3+ 15. Kd1 Qe7 $11 16. Bc4 Na6 (16... Nc6 17. Ke2 Rac8 $11) 17. Ke2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nb4 ({The immediate} 18... Bf6 {was a safe way to reach equality. Vocaturo may have rejected this because} 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Rhd1 { leaves Black with a worthless queenside majority, but his activity compensates for White's structural plus after} Rc3 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Kf1 Rb8 $11) 19. Rf5 { Black has done everything right so far, and if he finds the right move now he may even be a tiny bit better.} Bf6 $2 (19... Qd7 $1 20. g4 Qc7 $1 {is not the most obvious sequence to find, which is why this was a very good practical choice by Gukesh. If Black finds his way here, however, White has nothing better than} 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. a3 Na6 23. Rc1 Qc4+ 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. Rxc4 Bd6 {which should be drawn.}) 20. Rb5 $16 a5 21. Rxa5 Nc6 $2 22. Rb5 $18 b6 23. Bd5 Na7 $2 (23... Na5 $8) 24. Rxb6 Rc3 25. Qb1 Qc5 26. Rd1 Rc2+ 27. Kf1 {Safe and sound.} Rd8 28. Ne1 Rc3 29. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 (29... Kxf7 30. Rxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxd8 Qc4+ 32. Rd3 $18) 30. Bh5 Nc6 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Qg6 Qc4+ (32... Qxb6 33. Qe8# (33. Qf7#)) 33. Kg1 Ke7 34. Rb7+ {It's mate in two.} 1-0 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Nihal, Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2651"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] {[%evp 0,102,26,17,28,19,45,45,39,39,27,8,5,13,20,17,17,-4,-11,-15,27,1,-42, -34,-26,-58,-41,-34,-42,-38,-46,-78,-33,-67,-92,-117,-99,-204,-156,-156,-156, -150,-150,-150,-175,-223,-180,-188,-161,-154,-161,-215,-222,-225,-230,-227, -217,-217,-211,-221,-235,-232,-165,-239,-261,-319,-233,-245,-227,-247,-237, -336,-227,-341,-239,-301,-230,-239,-223,-226,-219,-219,-189,-235,-231,-237, -244,-254,-251,-293,-239,-253,-253,-257,-254,-280,-277,-274,-274,-350,-375, -379,-412,-443,-364]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 (5. Be2) 5... d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 (8. exd4 $142) 8... Nc6 9. Bc4 Qb6 10. b3 $6 $146 e5 $1 {This is nothing Moroni should have overlooked--it's a stock tactic in positions of this sort.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh2 $2 (12. Nxe5 $2 Nh5 $1 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qf3 (15. Rc1 Nxf4 16. Qf3 Kg8 17. Qxf4 Qa6 $19 {The two bishops will soon overmatch the rook; White's having two pawns rather than just one will make little difference.}) 15... Kg8 16. Rd1 Qb5 $17 {/-+}) ( 12. Bg5) 12... e4 13. Ne5 Qa5 $2 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qa5 $17 {/-+ was the right way, followed by swinging the queen across to g5.}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. a3 $2 (15. Rc1 $1 $11 Qxa2 16. Be5 $44) 15... Rd8 (15... Nd5 $142 $17) 16. b4 $2 Qg5 $19 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. O-O Bxh3 19. Bg3 Bxa1 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. gxh3 Be5 22. Rc1 (22. b5 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 Rab8 24. a4 Nf6 $19) 22... Bxg3 23. Nxg3 Nf6 24. Be2 Rac8 {The rest is routine.} 25. Bf3 c5 26. b5 c4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxa3 29. Ne2 Rd2 30. Qf4 Qd6 31. Qa4 Qc5 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Nd4 Rb2 34. Bc6 h6 35. h4 Nh5 36. Qe4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Nf6 41. Bf3 Rb2 42. Kg3 Ne8 43. h5 Nd6 44. Bc6 Nf5+ 45. Nxf5+ gxf5 46. f3 Kf6 47. Kf4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Rc2 49. Kf4 Rc4+ 50. e4 fxe4 51. fxe4 Rc5 0-1 [Event "44th Olympiad 2022"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Batsuren, Dambasuren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2518"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.07.29"] {[%evp 0,59,26,20,28,2,6,15,15,15,7,7,22,-73,-13,-27,17,27,26,40,39,31,46,29, 32,32,49,47,69,57,73,44,76,93,86,86,112,76,91,102,102,102,111,57,59,48,100,143, 127,141,228,228,284,212,227,-106,710,710,850,890,1279,942]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 {is far more common, but Carlsen presumably doesn't want to use his best prep on a "mere" 2518 player.}) 6... O-O $6 (6... dxc4 {is standard here.}) 7. e3 Nbd7 (7... c5 $142) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Be7 {So now we have an exchange QGD where White has two extra tempi, which is insane. Very bad prep by Batsuren.} 13. Bg3 $16 Nf8 14. h3 (14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 N8d7 18. b5 c5 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Qh3 h5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Red1 Nce4 24. Be5 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Ne4 26. Be1 Ra2 27. Rb3 Qc7 28. Rbd3 Qc2 29. Qd7 Nf6 30. Qxb7 Bb4 31. Qc6 Qb2 32. R1d2 Qb1 33. Rxa2 Qxa2 34. Qxf6 Qb1 {1-0 (34) Hawkins,J (2554) -Eggleston,D (2404) London 2015}) 14... b6 $2 15. e4 $18 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb7 17. Ne5 {Amazingly, all this has happened before. Black got butchered in the earlier game, too.} Ne6 (17... Rc8 $2 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Bc4+ Ne6 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Re1 Qd5 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qc4+ Ke7 26. Be5 c5 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Qd4+ Kg6 30. Qd7 Bd5 31. Qxa7 {Nicely done! 1-0 (31) Thorsteins,K (2493)-Kristjansson,O (2245) Reykjavik 1999}) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Rad1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. f4 c5 23. f5 Nd4 24. Qf2 {The only question now is whether it will be an f5-f6 or e5-e6 that finishes Black off.} Qd7 {Sidestepping the f-pawn, but of course the e-pawn volunteers for the job.} 25. e6 Qc6 26. Be5 Rad8 (26... f6 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Bg6 Re7 29. Rxd4 {followed by doubling on the d-file will finish things off.}) 27. Qg3 (27. f6 {would have been more aesthetically pleasing, making the answer to my question on move 24 be "both!"} Nxe6 28. fxg7+ Nxg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Be4 Qd7 31. Qf6 Ne6 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. Bf6 $18 {and destruction draweth nigh (unlike a draw, which will not draweth nigh in this game).}) 27... Ne2+ (27... f6 28. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 29. e7+ $1 Rxe7 30. Qg8#) 28. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Ke7 30. Bf6+ $1 { Not the only winning move by any means, but certainly the most picturesque.} ( 30. Bf6+ $1 gxf6 (30... Kf8 31. Qxg7#) (30... Kxf6 31. Qe5+ Ke7 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Bg6+ Kf8 34. Qxe8+ Qxe8 35. Rxe8#) 31. exf7+ Kxf7 (31... Kd8 32. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 33. Qb8+ {and White wins practically everything, with mate soon to follow. }) 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qg8#) 1-0