[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 a6 16. e3 b5 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rfc8 21. b3
Qxd3 22. Bxd3 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. exd4 b4 25. a5 Ng5 26. Be2 Rc2 27. Kf1 Rb2 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 g6 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nf3 Kf8 32. Rc1 Ke8 33. Bd2 Bd8 34. Ra1 Be7
35. Ra4 Nb8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Rxb4 Nc6 38. Ra4 Ke7 39. Ke1 f6 40. Kd2 Nc7 41.
Ne1 Nb5 42. Nc2 Kd6 43. Kd3 Re8 44. Bf3 Rc8 45. Kd2 f5 46. h5 Rc7 47. Be2 Ra7
48. h6 Ra8 49. Bd3 Ra7 50. Bf1 Ra8 51. Be2 Ra7 52. Bd3 Ra8 53. f3 Ra7 54. Bf1
Ra8 55. Be2 Ra7 56. Bd3 Ra8 57. Ke3 Re8+ 58. Kd2 Ra8 59. Ke3 Re8+ 60. Kf2 Ra8
61. Kg2 Ke6 62. f4 Kd6 63. g4 fxg4 64. Kg3 Nc3 65. Ra1 Ne4+ 66. Bxe4 dxe4 67.
Kxg4 Rb8 68. Rb1 Nxa5 69. Ra1 Nc6 70. Rxa6 {[#]} Rxb3 $2 (70... Kd5 $1 {is
called for as the resulting rook ending after} 71. Ne3+ (71. b4 Ne7 72. Ra7 Nf5
73. Kg5 Rc8 74. Ra5+ Kd6 75. Rc5 Rb8 $11) 71... Kxd4 72. Rxc6 Kxe3 {is drawn
due to the counterplay with Black's e-pawn:} 73. Rc7 Kf2 74. Rxh7 (74. Rc2+ Ke3
75. Rc7 Kf2 $11) 74... e3 75. Re7 e2 76. Kg5 Rxb3 77. h7 Rh3 78. Kxg6 Rg3+ (
78... e1=Q $2 79. Rxe1 Kxe1 80. f5 Rg3+ 81. Kf6 Rh3 82. Kg7 Rg3+ 83. Kh8 Rf3
84. f6 Rxf6 85. Kg7 $18) 79. Kf6 Rh3 80. Kg7 Rg3+ 81. Kf8 Rh3 82. Kg8 Rg3+ 83.
Rg7 e1=Q 84. Rxg3 Qe8+ $11) 71. d5 $3 Kxd5 72. Rxc6 Kxc6 (72... Rb2 73. Rc7 $18
) (72... Rb1 $5 {is relatively best, but White will win in the long run after}
73. Rc8 Rg1+ 74. Kh4 Rh1+ 75. Kg5 Rh5+ 76. Kf6 Rxh6 (76... Rf5+ 77. Kg7 Rxf4
78. Kxh7 $18) 77. Rd8+ Kc6 78. Ke5 Rh4 79. Rd1 $18 (79. Kxe4 $2 g5 $11)) 73.
Nd4+ Kd5 74. Nxb3 e3 (74... Kc4 75. Nd2+ Kd3 76. Nf1 e3 77. Ng3 e2 78. Nxe2
Kxe2 79. f5 $18) 75. Nc1 (75. Nc1 Ke4 76. Ne2 Kd3 77. Ng3 e2 78. Nxe2 Kxe2 79.
f5 gxf5+ 80. Kxf5 Ke3 81. Kf6 Ke4 82. Kg7 Kf5 83. Kxh7 Kf6 84. Kg8 $18) 1-0

