(1) Jobava,Baadur (2695) - Almasi,Zoltan (2720) [E12]
11th European Individual Men Chess Cham Rijeka/Croatia (8), 14.03.2010



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.Qc2 c5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5N 11.e3 0-0 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.0-0 Ne4 14.Bb4 Qe7 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.b4 cxb4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Rfb1 Qe7 19.Nd4 g6 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qb3 Rfc8 22.h4 Rc7 23.h5 Qg5 24.Qd1 a6 25.Rb6 Bc8 26.Qb1 Bf5 27.h6 Rac8 28.Nxf5 gxf5 29.Qb2 Rd8 30.Rbxa6 Rcd7 31.g3 Qg4 32.Qf6 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.Qh4 Qxh4+ 36.gxh4


36...f4?
[Though the f-pawn is doomed, there is no reason to just hand it over. Let White spend the tempi necessary to capture it, and in the meantime get the king off the 8th and activate the rook. 36...Kf8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Kf4 Rd2 39.Kxf5 Rxf2+ 40.Ke5 (40.Kxe4 Rh2 41.Ke5 Rxh4 ) 40...Rh2 41.Ra7+ Ke8 ]

37.exf4 Kf8 38.Kg3 Ke7 39.f5 Rd3+ 40.Kf4 Rf3+ 41.Ke5! Rxf2 42.Ra7+ Ke8 43.Kf6 Kd8 44.Ra4! e3 45.Re4 e2 46.Kg7 Rxf5 47.Rxe2 Rf4 48.Kxh7 Rg4 49.Re5 f6 50.Re6 Kd7 51.Rxf6 Ke7 52.Rf5 Rxh4 53.Kg6 1-0