Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 06:14:07 12/18/01
This is a very long story, including the familiar subplot of White trying a
little too hard to win and then losing his objectivity. Here I will present just
one snapshot. After a few inaccurate moves by White, the following position was
reached:
[D]5b2/k4N2/6p1/8/1p2Pp1p/1K5P/6P1/8 b
The tables have been turned, clearly, but one would guess White could still
hold a draw. Here Dolmatov found the remarkably subtle idea 63...Kb8!!
Dvoretsky comments:
A fantastic move! Let us try and decipher it.
Black’s first objective is to consolidate his kingside by Be7
and g6-g5, after which his opponent will constantly have to
reckon with ...g5-g4. Here 63...Be7? is not possible in
view of 64. Ne5 with the threats of 65. Nc6+ and 65.
Nxg6, so Dolmatov first wants to bring up his king.
After 63...Kb7? White saves himself by 64. Nd8+! Kc8 65.
Ne6 Bd6 66. e5! Bxe5 67. Kxb4, while if 63...Kb6? there
follows 64. Ne5 with the threats of 65. Nxg6 and 65. Nd7+.
Black’s only chance is a piece sacrifice. But where can he
move his king after 64...g5 65 Nd7+ ? [ 65...Kb5? 66. Nxf8
g4 67. Ne6 f3 68. Nd4+ and 69. Nxf3 will not do. He also
loses after 65...Kb7? 66. Kxf8 g4 67. Ne6! f3 68. gxf3 gxh3
69. Nc5+ Kc6 70. Nd3, ... while if 65...Ka5(a7) 66. Nxf8
g4 67. e5! and the pawns queen simultaneously.]
By playing 63...Kb8!! Black prepares in the variation with
the piece sacrifice to occupy c8, the ideal square for his king ,
here it does not come under check by the knight and it also
halts the advance of the e-pawn: 64. Ne5 g5! 65. Nd7+ (65.
Nc6+ Kc7 66. Nxb4? Bxb4 67. Kxb4 g4; 65. Ng6 Bc5 66.
Kc4 Kc7 67. Kxc5? b3 68. Ne7 b2 69. Nd5+ Kd7 70. Nc3
g4 71. Kd4 g3! and 72...f3) 65...Kc8! 66. Nxf8? g4, and White loses.
Phew! On this game Mikhail Tal’s comment (proudly
displayed as the opening quotation for this chapter) was :
"The young Moscow grandmaster found such a fantastic idea of
mutual zugzwang with his opponent to move, that certain
grandmasters still look at it and are unable to understand it."
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