Solodovnichenko,Yuri (2574) - Meier,Georg (2650) [C10] TCh-FRA Top 12 2011 Mulhouse FRA (7), 01.06.2011 [Mueller,Karsten]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.c3 Qc7 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.b4 Rd8 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Nc4 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Nd5 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.Bc4 Be8 22.Bxd5 Rxd5 23.c4 Rd4 24.a3 Rcd8 25.Nf3 Rd3 26.Qb2 f6 27.Rc3 e5 28.Rxd3 Rxd3 29.Rc1 Qd7 30.b5 b6 31.a4 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 e4 33.Rxd1 Qxd1 34.Qd4 Qxd4 35.Nxd4 Domination Mostly the bishop dominates the knight, but sometimes the steed strikes back:

35...Bf7?
White wins the resulting duel on the queenside. [After activating the king with 35...Kf8! only Black can play for the full point.]

36.Nc6 Bxc4 37.Nxa7 Bb3
[37...Be6 38.Nc6 Kf7 39.a5 bxa5 40.b6 Bc8 41.Nxa5+- ]

38.a5 bxa5 39.Nc6!
The knight dominates the bishop.

39...Bc4
[39...a4 40.b6 a3 41.b7 a2 42.b8Q++- ; 39...Be6 40.b6 Bc8 41.Ne7++- ; After 39...Ba4 40.Ne7+! (But not 40.Nd4? Bxb5! 41.Nxb5 a4= ) 40...Kf7 41.b6+- the pawn queens.]

40.b6 Ba6 41.Nxa5 f5
[41...Kf7 42.g4 Ke7 43.b7 Bxb7 44.Nxb7+- ]

42.b7 Bxb7 43.Nxb7 Kf7
[43...h5 44.Nd6 g6 45.g4 hxg4 46.Kg3 Kg7 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Nxe4+ fxe4 49.Kxg4 g5 50.Kh5 Kf5 51.g3 g4 52.Kh4+- ]

44.g4!?
opens the door.

44...Ke6
[44...fxg4 45.Kg3 h5 46.Nc5 g5 47.Nxe4 Kg6 48.Nd6 Kf6 49.Nc4 Kf5 50.Ne3+ Kf6 51.Nxg4+ hxg4 52.Kxg4 Kg6 53.f3 Kf6 54.Kh5 Kf5 55.g3 Kf6 56.g4+- ; 44...f4 45.Nd6++- ]

45.Kg3 Ke5
[After 45...fxg4 46.Kxg4 Ke5 47.Nc5 Kd5 surprisingly even 48.Kf5 is playable: 48...Kxc5 49.Kxe4 Kd6 50.Kf5 Ke7 51.Kg6 Kf8 52.f4 Kg8 53.f5 Kf8 54.f6 gxf6 55.Kxf6 h5 56.Kg5 Kg7 57.Kxh5 Kh7 58.g4+- ]

46.gxf5 Kxf5 47.Nd6+ Ke5 48.Ne8 g6 49.Nc7 Kf5 50.Nd5 g5 51.Ne3+ Kg6 52.Nc4
[52.Nc4 Kf5 53.Nd6+ Ke5 54.Nf7++- ] 1-0