(1) Jobava,Baadur (2695) - Khismatullin,Denis (2657) [D41]
11th European Individual Men Chess Cham Rijeka/Croatia (11), 17.03.2010



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 0-0 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.0-0 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Qf6 16.a4 Rfd8 17.a5 Qg6 18.axb6 Bxe4?


19.Ng5!
This wins material by force.

19...Bc2
[19...Bf5 20.b7 The reason for this instead of bxa7 is that it forces 20...Rb8 gaining time to play 21.d5! e5 (21...Rxb7? 22.dxe6 ) 22.d6 Rf8 23.Bd5 ; 19...Bb7? 20.Rxe6!! fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 (21...Kf8 22.Qb4+ ) 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nxd8+ ]

20.b7 Bxb3 21.bxc8Q Rxc8 22.Rc1 Ra8 23.Nh3 a5 24.Rc7 Nf8 25.Nf4 Qg5 26.Qe3 a4 27.Qf3 Re8


28.g3?
[There can be no doubt, Jobava saw 28.Rxf7 . Unfortunately, if he didn't play it, it can only be because after 28...Kxf7 29.Nxe6+ Kg8 he missed 30.Qf7+!! (and only saw 30.Qxf8+? Rxf8 31.Nxg5 a3 32.Ra1 where Black is much better.) 30...Kxf7 31.Nxg5+ Kg6 32.Rxe8 ]

28...Qf6 29.Qb7 Ng6 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Nf8 32.Re5 h6 33.h4 Bd1 34.h5 Qe7 35.Rb5 Bf3 36.Qc3 Qe8 37.Rc5 Bb7 38.Kh2 Qd7 39.Rc7 Qb5 40.Qc5 Qb2 41.d5 a3


42.Re7
[Missing 42.Nd3! which would win the piece by force since e.g. 42...Qb1 43.Qe7! leads to mate.]

42...Bxd5 43.Nxd5 a2 44.Re8 Kh7 45.Kg2 a1Q 46.Qxf8 Qxf2+ 47.Kxf2 Qa2+ 48.Ke1 Qa1+ 49.Kd2 Qd4+ 50.Kc2 Qe4+ 51.Kb2 Qe2+ 52.Kb3 Qd1+ 53.Kb4 Qd4+ 54.Kb5 Qxd5+ 55.Qc5 Qb3+ 56.Ka5 Qa2+ 57.Kb6 Qb3+ 58.Kc7 Qxg3+ 59.Kd7 Qg2 60.Rb8 Qe2 61.Ke7 Qf3 62.Qc2+ f5 63.Qc8 Qxh5 64.Qg8+ Kg6 65.Qf7+ 1-0