1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.Bb5
Nf6
4.0-0
Nxe4
5.d4
Nd6
6.Bxc6
dxc6
7.dxe5
Nf5
8.Qxd8+
Kxd8
9.Nc3
Ke8
10.h3
h5
11.Ne2
b6
12.Rd1
Ba6
13.Ned4
Nxd4
14.Nxd4
c5
15.Nf5
Be2
16.Rd2
Bc4
17.Ne3
Be6
18.Nd5
Rc8
19.b3
c6
20.Ne3
Rd8
21.Rxd8+
Kxd8
22.Bb2
g6
23.Rd1+
Kc7
24.f3
Bh6
25.Kf2
a5
26.a4
b5
It is rather remarkable how Black has managed to activate what is usually a dead queenside majority. To his credit, the treatement of the bishop pair against bishop and knight would have made Steinitz proud. Notice how the knight is completely denuded of any squares at the moment.
27.axb5
cxb5
28.Nd5+
Kc6
29.Nc3
Bf8
30.Rd8
c4
Threatening Bc5+ and Rxd8.
31.Ke2
b4
32.Ne4
cxb3
33.cxb3
Bg7
34.Rd6+
Kb5
35.Rd3
[The engines suggest the clever 35.Nc5!
protecting b3 and attacking e6. The knight cannot be taken with 35...Kxc5
due to the mate after 36.Bd4+
Kb5
37.Rb6#
]
35...Bh6
36.Kd1
Ra8
37.Kc2
Rc8+
38.Kb1
Rc7
39.g4
Bf4
40.Nd6+
Ka6
41.Ne8
Rd7
42.Rxd7
Bxd7
43.Nf6
Be6
44.gxh5?
Though Black was much better, this mistake is decisive.
44...Bxb3!
45.Bc1
Bxc1
46.Kxc1
gxh5
47.f4
a4
48.f5
a3
49.Nd7
Bd5
50.e6
fxe6
51.f6
e5
52.Nxe5
b3
53.f7
b2+
54.Kc2
Be4+
55.Kd2
b1Q
56.f8Q
Qc2+
57.Ke3
a2
58.Qd6+
Kb5
59.Qb8+
Kc5
60.Nd7+
Kc6
61.Ne5+
Kd5
62.Nf7
Qc3+
63.Kf4
Qf6+
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