One round to go, Top-12 already clinched

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2015"] [Site "Montpellier FRA"] [Date "2015.06.07"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2015.05.30"] [SourceDate "2015.02.07"] [WhiteTeam "MULHOUSE PHILIDOR"] [BlackTeam "L'ECHIQUIER CHALONNAIS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nf3 $5 {Far from common, but perfectly playable!} Bb4+ $5 {Continuing the strange moves... though it had been seen in the recent game between Tari and Salgado in February.} 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O O-O-O $5 {The start of a sharp battle. The objective evaluation of this is of no importance.} 9. c3 Bc5 10. b4 $5 {Picking up the guantlet, though...} (10. Rb1 $1 {The extra tempo is not exactly lost, and White is now ready for b4.}) 10... Bxb4 11. Qa4 (11. cxb4 $5 Qxa1 12. b5 Ne5 13. Qc2 {gives White some compensation, but it's hard to evaluate and he is down a lot of material.}) 11... Bc5 12. e5 $1 {A brilliant continuation. White sacrifices more material to clear the e4 square.} Nxe5 13. Ne4 Qf5 $1 {Keeping the pressure on f3.} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 { Blow after blow! White has penetrated the queenside, but so has Black on the kingside!} 18. Bf4 $1 {Allowing the rook to come to d1 later.} Qxf4 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20. Rfd1+ Kc6 21. Qxd8 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Qc4+ 23. Qd3 $2 {Only this is too ambitious. Navara over-estimates his chances in the endgame.} Qxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Ne7 {The material balance is an exchange for two pawns; but I would take Black any day. The problem is that White's rooks will not have any good targets.} 25. Rf3 $6 (25. Rad1 $1 {It is common that when you are up an exchange, you should eliminate your opponent's remaining rook. The idea is to go Rd8 next move.}) 25... Rf8 26. Re1 Nc8 $1 27. Re4 Nd6 $1 {This knight becomes a monster on d6, completely holding together Krasenkows' position.} 28. Rh4 Rh8 29. Rfh3 h6 30. a4 Nf5 31. Re4 g6 32. Ke2 Ra8 33. Rf4 {White's rooks simply have no targets. Any sacrifice for the knight will leave Krasenkow at least up a pawn.} h5 34. Rd3 (34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rxh5 Rxa4 36. Rxf5 {seems desperate, but perhaps it was time for that kind of measures.}) 34... Nd6 35. Re3 c4 36. Re7 Rxa4 37. Rf6 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Kd5 39. f4 $6 (39. Rxc7 Ke5 40. Rf3 f5 {looks bad, but White didn't have a choice.}) 39... Rxh2 40. Rxc7 Nb5 $1 41. Rxb7 Nxc3+ 42. Kc1 Ne2+ 43. Kd2 Nd4+ {With the remaneuvering of the knight complete, the king falls under heavy pressure and the rooks are powerless to defend it. A great game from both sides.} 0-1