1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.d4
exd4
4.Nxd4
Bc5
5.Be3
Qf6
6.c3
Nge7
7.Bc4
0-0
8.0-0
Ne5
9.Bb3!?
Morozevich remains faithful to his style. Instead of the approved 9.Be2, he plays a move that has been only rarely seen in games between strong players.
9...d6
10.f3
But this is "almost" a novelty. In most of the games, White preferred to develop his queen's knight, ignoring the threat ...Ng4.
10...Be6
11.Kh1
Bc4
12.Rf2
d5
White's opening experiment seems to have ended into a complete fiasco. He is behind in development and his advantage of space is just about to vanish.
13.Bc2
dxe4
[Black had a wide choice of tempting moves. The most logical seems to be 13...Rad8
, but then White could consider playing f4, immediately or after driving the bishop away with b3.; Maybe 13...Qh4
is best, preventing f4 in view of ...Ng4 and planning to place his rooks on the open files. It would not have been easy for White to complete his development.]
14.Nd2!
White hurries to bring his pieces into play. The point behind his last move is that 14...exf3? loses a piece to 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qd3, atacking c4 and h7.
14...Bd3?!
[After this move White is back in the game. Once he cleared the d5-square with his previous move, Black should have used it with 14...Nd5
for instance 15.Nxe4
Qb6
and White is still under pressure.]
15.Nxe4
Bxe4
16.fxe4
Qg6
17.Rf4
White has a normal position now; chances are about equal. Svidler must have ben still under the impression of his missed advantage, because in the next phase of the game he effectuates a series of pseudo-active moves, completely losing coordination.
17...Nc4
18.Bg1
Qh6
19.Rf3
Qd2
20.Qb1
Bb6
21.Bb3!
Suddenly, Black is in trouble. If the knight moves, Be3 wins the queen.
21...Bxd4
22.cxd4
But now, White's pair of bishops and his mobile centre offers him a huge advantage.
22...Na5
23.Bc2
Rad8
24.Rc3
Nac6
25.d5
Nb4
26.Bb3
Na6
27.Be3
Qe2
28.Bc4
Qg4
29.h3
Qh4
30.Bxa6
bxa6
31.Rxc7
f5
32.Bc5
Rfe8
33.d6
Ng6
34.exf5
Nf4
35.Qc2
Re2
36.Qb3+
Kh8
37.Rg1
1-0