Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:10:23 09/09/01
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Trying again with slightly better indentation and a missing evaluation:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f4 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.fxe5 Ng4
9.Be2 Nxe5 10.Be3 Be7 11.0-0 Be6 12.Qd4 0-0 13.Rad1 f6 14.b3 Qe8 15.Na4 Qg6
16.Bf4 Rf7 17.Qe3 Raf8 18.Qxa7 Qxe4 19.Bd3 Qb4 20.Qe3 Ra8 21.c3 Qb7 22.Rf2 Qa7
23.Qxa7 Rxa7 24.Be3 Ra5 25.Bb6 Ra8 26.Bc2 Bf8 27.Re1 c5 28.Be4 Ra6 29.Rb1
[29.Rd1 Bd7 30.Bb7
(30.Rb2
30... Bc6 31.Bxc6
(31.Bc2 Rb7-+)
31...Nxc6 32.Rd5 Rb7 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 35.Rxc5 Kf7-/+;
30...Rxa4 31.bxa4 Bxa4 32.Bd5 Bxd1 33.Rd2 Ba4 34.Bc7 Bb5 35.Bxf7+ Kxf7-/+]
29...f5 30.Bc2 Rb7 31.Bd8 g6 32.Re1?
[32.Bg5 Bg7 33.Re2
(33.Bf4 c4 34.Re2 Bd7 35.Rd1 Bb5 36.Ree1 Bxa4 37.bxa4 Rb2 38.Re2
(38.Rd2 Kf8!
(38...Rxa2 39.Bxf5 Rxd2 40.Be6+ Kf8 41.Bxd2 Rxa4 42.Kf1-/+)
39.Bb1
(39.Rde2 Rxa2 40.h3 Ra8 41.Rd1 Nf7 42.Bxd6+ Nxd6 43.Rxd6 Bxc3 44.Kf2 Re8
45.Rxe8+ Kxe8 46.Re6+ Kd7 47.Re2 Kd6-+;
39.h4 Bf6 40.Rf1 Bxh4 41.Bxf5 Rxd2 42.Bc8 Rxa4 43.Bxd2+ Ke7-+)
39...Rxd2 40.Bxd2 Rxa4-+;
38...Rxa2 39.Kf1 Ra3-/+;
33...Bd7 34.Ree1 c4-/+ is Black's least-convincing line, with Fritz showing
just under a 1-pawn advantage for Black.]
32...c4 33.Rb1 Bd7 34.Nb2?
[34.Bg5 Bxa4 35.bxa4 Rxb1+ 36.Bxb1 Rxa4 37.Rb2 Ra3 38.Rb8
(38.Bd2 Nd7 39.Rb7 Nc5-+)
38...Kf7 39.Kf1 Rxc3 40.Ra8-/+ Nd7?
(40...d5! 41.Bd2 Bb4 42.Ra7+ Ke6 43.Ra6+ Kd7 44.Ra7+ Kc6 45.Rxh7 d4 46.Bxc3
(46.h4 Rd3! 47.Bxd3 Bxd2 48.Ke2 Bf4 49.Bb1 d3+ 50.Ke1 Kd5 51.a4 Kd4-+)
46...Bxc3 47.h4 d3 48.h5 Ng4 49.hxg6 Ne3+ 50.Kf2 d2 51.Rh1 d1Q 52.Rxd1 Nxd1+
53.Ke2 Nb2 54.Bxf5 Kc5 should win(? somebody please check);
41.Bd2 Bg7 42.Bxc3 Bxc3 43.a4=]
34...Ra8 35.Bg5 Rxa2 36.b4 Bb5 37.Re2 Bg7 38.Nd1 Ra6 39.Bd2 Nd3 40.Ne3 Ra2
41.Bxd3 cxd3 42.Rf2 Rxd2 43.Rxd2 Bxc3 44.Nf1 Bxd2 45.Nxd2 Re7 46.Nf3 h6 47.Rb2
Re4 48.Kf2 g5 49.g3 f4 50.gxf4 Rxf4 51.Kg3 h5 52.Nd2 h4+ 53.Kg2 Bc6+ 54.Kg1 Rg4+
55.Kf2 Rg2+ 56.Ke3 Bb5 57.Ra2 Rxh2 58.Ra5 Re2+ 59.Kd4 h3 60.Rxb5 Rg2 61.Rb8+ Kg7
62.Rb7+ Kg6 63.Rd7 0-1
It looks like people who said White blundered on moves 32 and 34 were correct.
In each case, the move Bg5 would have been better. In each case, then, Black
would have to be much more careful to choose the correct moves. With best play,
Black still seems to get a significant advantage.
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