[Event "39th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bxd5 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. O-O Na4
21. Bb3 Rdc7 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qb1 Kg7 25. g3 Nc4 26. Kg2 Qf6 27.
Bxc4 bxc4 28. Qe4 Re7 29. Qd5 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rf4 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33.
Rdd4 Rc2 34. Rd5 h5 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. h3 Ra2 37. Rfa4 Rbb2 38. Rf4 Rb7 39. g4
hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc7 41. Kg3 Rb2 42. g5 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rfa4 Rcc2 45. Rf4 Rb7
46. Kg3 Rc1 47. Rd4 Rb2 48. Rf4 Rb7 49. Rd4 Rb2 50. f3 a6 51. Rxa6 Rb5 52. f4
Rb3 53. Re4 Rcc3 54. a4 Rxe3+ 55. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Ra7 Kf8 58. a5 Ke8
59. a6 Kf8 60. Ke2 Ke8 61. Ra8+ Kd7 {[#]} 62. a7 $1 {Usually it is bad to
advance the pawn so far that White's king has no shelter on the queenside
anymore. But Giri has a plan.} (62. Kd2 $2 {runs into} Ke6 63. Ra7 (63. a7 Kf5
$11) 63... Kd5 64. Kc2 Ke4 65. Kb2 Ra5 66. Kb3 Kxf4 67. Rxf7+ Kxg5 68. a7 Kh5 (
{But not} 68... Kg4 $2 69. Rc7 g5 70. Rc4+ Kf3 71. Ra4 Rxa7 72. Rxa7 g4 73.
Rf7+ $1 {This zwischenschach is an extremely important motiv.} Ke2 74. Rg7 Kf3
75. Kc2 g3 76. Kd2 Kf2 (76... g2 77. Ke1 $18) 77. Rf7+ Kg1 78. Ke2 g2 79. Rg7
Kh2 80. Kf2 $18) 69. Kb4 Ra1 70. Rc7 g5 $11) 62... Kc6 ({After} 62... Ke7 {
Giri's intention is revealed:} 63. f5 $3 gxf5 64. g6 {to open up the seventh
rank for the final trick} fxg6 (64... Kf6 65. gxf7 Kxf7 66. Rh8 Rxa7 67. Rh7+
$18) ({After} 64... Ra2+ 65. Kf3 Ra3+ 66. Kf4 Ra4+ {White uses the pawn f5 as
umbrella:} 67. Kg5 f6+ 68. Kh5 Ra1 69. g7 Rh1+ 70. Kg6 Rg1+ 71. Kxf5 Rxg7 72.
Rb8 $18) 65. Rh8 Rxa7 66. Rh7+ $18) (62... Ra2+ 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Kc4 Ra4+ 65.
Kb5 Ra1 66. Rf8 $18) 63. Rc8+ Kb7 64. Rf8 (64. Rf8 Kxa7 (64... Rxa7 65. Rxf7+
Kb8 66. Rxa7 Kxa7 67. f5 gxf5 68. g6 $18) 65. Rxf7+ Kb8 66. Rf6 $18) 1-0

