[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Efstratios Grivas"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 {Not a very ambitious line,
but probably good enough to make 'Goliath' uncomfortable.} dxc6 {(D) #} 6. Bg5
({The other main White's options are:  a)} 6. Be3 Bxe3 (6... Bd6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nc4 $14 {Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2003}) (6...
Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 (8... O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qg5 Re8 12. a4
h6 13. Qe3 b6 $11 {Tiviakov,S-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 2007}) (8... Be6 9. Qd2 h6
10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rad8 $11 {Zvjaginsev,V-Ganguly,S/Mallorca 2004}) 9. h3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 $13 {Sutovsky,E-Aronian,L/Caleta 2005}) 7. fxe3 Qe7 (
7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qe7 12. Raf1 f6 13. g4
O-O-O $11 {Sutovsky,E-Ivanchuk,V/Heraklion ETC 2007}) 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O Ng4 9.
Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 $13 {
Sutovsky,E-Carlsen,M/Heraklion ETC 2007}) 8... O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O a5 11. d4
c5 12. c3 b6 13. Qf2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rad1 g6 17. h3 {
Topalov,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2003.}) ({b)} 6. h3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Nc4 (8. b3
Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Nfd2 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. Rxf4 Be6 $11 {Malakhov,V-Naiditsch,A/Sarajevo 2006}) 8... Nd7 9. O-O O-O
10. Bd2 Re8 11. a3 Nb8 12. b4 Nc6 13. c3 b5 $13 {
Morozevich,A-Naiditsch,A/Sochi 2006.}) ({c)} 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Nxf3 Qe7 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Re1 Rad8 $11 {
Radjabov,T-Topalov,V/Morelia/Linares 2006.}) ({d)} 6. O-O Qe7 (6... Qd6 7. h3
Be6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O-O
14. Rad1 Rd6 15. Rd2 b5 16. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Almasi,Z/Sibenik 2006}) 7.
h3 h6 8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. d4 Nd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14.
Re2 exd4 15. a3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rb1 d3 18. Qxd3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. e5
Bc5 21. b4 Bd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 $11 {Smirin,I-Hracek,Z/Czech Rep. 2004.}) 6... Qd6
({The alternative is} 6... h6 7. Bh4 Bd6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. h3 O-O 11.
g4 Qe6 12. Ne3 Nh7 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Zhukova,N/Odessa 2006.}) 7. Nbd2 Be6 (7...
Nd7 {is playable:} 8. Nc4 Qe6 9. O-O O-O $11 {
Ivanchuk,V-Gyimesi,Z/Remagen 2006.}) 8. Nc4 $6 ({
A novelty but at same time a dubious move. Previously White had tried} 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Nc4 Qd7 10. Ne3 Rg8 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. Kb1 Kb7 14. c3 {
1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Almasi,Z/Dresden 2007.}) 8... Bxc4 9. Bxf6 (9. dxc4 $2 Nxe4
$17 {.}) 9... Qxf6 10. dxc4 Qe6 ({Good enough is} 10... Rd8 11. Qe2 O-O $15 {.}
) 11. O-O Qxc4 $6 (11... O-O {keeps Black game preferable due to the presence
of a strong bishop versus a weak knight. Black, by exchanging his e5-pawn for
the doubled white c4-pawn looses all his advantage as now White's
pawn-structure is preferable.}) 12. Nxe5 Qe6 13. Qh5 Bb6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. a4 a5
16. e5 $5 (16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rad1 $11 {.}) 16... h6 (16... f6 17.
Rfe1 Rad8 {was about equal but probably Black was seeking something more.}) 17.
b3 Rad8 18. Rae1 $6 ({
Abandoning the open d-file cannot be a good sign in White's game. Better was} 
18. Rad1 $11 {.}) 18... Rd5 19. Nh4 $6 ({An inaccuracy. White had to go for} 
19. Re4 Rfd8 20. g3 Bc5 21. Kg2 {.}) 19... Re8 $1 20. Nf3 Red8 21. g3 Bc5 22.
Kg2 Be7 23. Re3 Rc5 $1 24. Re2 $6 ({
White should avoid passive defence and he should rather try} 24. c4 b5 25. axb5
cxb5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Rxa5 $15 {.}) 24... Rc3 $1 {
Preparing the c5-c4 advance, destroying White's queenside pawn-structure.
Black starts to get in the top.} 25. h3 c5 26. Rfe1 c4 27. bxc4 b6 28. Re4 c5 (
{Although the text-move cannot be considered bad,} 28... Bc5 29. R1e2 Ra3 {
seems to be excellent for Black.}) 29. Nh4 $6 ({White gets too optimistic with
his chances. An equal position arises after the natural} 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4
Rxc2 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Ra1 $11 {.}) 29... Rxc2 30. Nf5 Bf8 $2 ({Small and big
inaccuracies are spread around by both players as none of them seemed to be
able to control his tension. Good was} 30... Rdd2 $1 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Rf4 Qd7
$17 {.}) 31. Ne3 $1 Ra2 32. Nd5 {Now White's well-centralised knight gives him
enough compensation for the lost a4-pawn. White's activity in the kingside was
seriously underestimated by Black.} Rxa4 33. Nf4 $1 Qe8 34. e6 {
Finally, the white rooks are entering the battle.} fxe6 35. Qg4 Rd4 $6 ({
Clearly better was} 35... Qd7 36. Nxe6 Re8 37. Rf4 Rb8 38. Qg6 {with the initia
tive for White. Black's last rank is 'crying' for more protection, so he
should not exchange this valuable rook.}) 36. Nxe6 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qa8 (37... Qf7
38. Nd8 $1 Qf6 39. Qd7 Ra2 40. Rf4 Qe7 41. Qd5+ $18 {.}) 38. Kh2 $1 (38. Nxf8
$2 Qxf8 39. Qg6 Ra2 $1 40. Re8 Rxf2+ $11 {.}) 38... b5 (38... Ra1 39. Nxg7 $1
Bxg7 40. Qg6 a4 41. Re8+ Qxe8 42. Qxe8+ Kh7 43. h4 a3 44. Kh3 a2 45. Qe4+ Kg8
46. Kg4 $18 {.}) 39. Nxg7 $1 {
Strategical superiority leads to nice and effective combinations!} Bxg7 40. Re7
Qf8 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kh8 43. Re8 Rxc4 44. Rxf8+ Bxf8 45. Qe8 Kg8 46. Qxb5
Rd4 47. Qxa5 {White is clearly winning. He will push his kingside pawns,
allowing his king to enter the battle and he will create mating threats. In
the meantime the black c5-pawn cannot advance too far.} c4 48. h4 Bg7 49. Kg2
Kh8 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qc8 Bh8 52. g4 c3 53. g5 hxg5 54. hxg5 Bg7 55. Kg3 Be5+
56. Kh3 Bg7 57. Qc5 Rd2 (57... Kg6 58. Kg3 c2 59. f4 Rd2 60. Kg4 Rg2+ 61. Kf3
Rh2 62. Qc6+ Kf7 63. f5 $18 {.}) 58. Kg4 Kh8 59. Qc8+ Kh7 60. g6+ $1 Kh6 (60...
Kxg6 61. Qf5+ Kh6 62. Qh5# {.}) 61. Qf5 1-0

