[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
{[%evp 0,47,19,31,59,65,68,30,30,38,41,41,41,31,29,31,25,25,25,25,24,21,21,23,23,18,40,25,22,15,18,13,31,29,33,18,43,43,37,28,26,-153,-94,94,29985,29986,29987,29988,29989,29990]} 1. e4 ({A chessgames.com commenter was reminded of the following Capablanca-Jaffe game; the funny thing is that I thought of that earlier game as well, especially with the series of sacrifices blasting away one Black kingside pawn after another.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 h6 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rae1 Nh5 16. Bc1 Kg7 17. Rxe6 Nf6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bxh6+ Kxh6 20. Nxf7+ {1-0 (20) Capablanca,J-Jaffe,C New York 1910} Rxf7 21. Qxg6#) 1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qa6 (14... Qc7 {is the most common move, and at the moment it seems we can describe it as the better move as well.}) 15. O-O $14 Rd8 (15... Ngf6 $142 {is normal, but it's possible that the moves will merge via transposition.}) 16. b4 $16 Ngf6 17. a4 {White's forceful play is making 14...Qa6 look almost embarrassingly bad.} b6 18. Rfe1 O-O 19. Nf5 $1 $18 {A standard idea, but what's coming next is special.} Rfe8 {Hoping to give up the bishop for White's knight without damaging his pawn structure. Alas for Black, White has something much better.} (19... exf5 {was better, not that Black has anything to feel good about after} 20. Rxe7 {, when one key point is that attempting to preserve the f5-pawn by playing} Ne4 {is refuted by} 21. Bxh6 $1 {, e.g.} gxh6 22. Nh4 Qc8 23. Nxf5 Ndf6 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Qe3 $1 $18 {followed by Qf4. White has three pawns and a very strong attack for the piece, and it should prove sufficient to win.}) 20. Nxg7 $1 {This is good, but it's not the *best* White had.} (20. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 21. Nxg7 $1 {was the most precise way.}) 20... Kxg7 21. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 ({The non-greedy} 21... Ng8 {was his best chance, though White should be able to win (eventually) starting with} 22. Rxc6 $18) 22. Bxh6+ $1 (22. Qg6+ $2 {would lose, as after} Kh8 $19 {White needs not only Bxh6 but Ng5 as well, as otherwise ...Rg8 puts an end to the fun.}) 22... Kh8 {But now what, as 23.Qg6 Rg8 wins for Black?} 23. Bg7+ $1 {That's the answer!} Kxg7 24. Qg6+ (24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. h6 {and it's mate on g7, unless Black decides to allow mate on f7 or h7 instead.} Qxc4 (26... Rg8 27. Nf7#) (26... Ne8 27. Qh7#) 27. Qg7#) 1-0
