[Event "20th ZMDI Open A"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Plump, D."]
[Black "Fier, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. h3 Rb8 13. O-O Be6 14. Bb3 c5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Rf2 Nd7 18. g4 Bh4 19. Rg2 Qa6 20. Qf1 Qg6 21. Qf5
Qxf5 22. gxf5 Rfc8 23. c4 Nf6 24. Ba4 Nh5 25. b3 Ng3 26. Bf2 Nxf5 27. Bd7 Bxf2+
28. Rxf2 Nd6 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Re1 e4 31. h4 f5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. Kf4
Nf7 35. Rd2 Nd6 36. Rg2 g6 37. h5 Nf7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rh1 g5+ 40. Rxg5 Nxg5
41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Kxg5 Rf8 43. Re6 f4 44. Rxe4 f3 45. Re1 f2 46. Rf1 a5 47. Kg4
a4 48. bxa4 Kg6 49. a5 Rf6 50. a6 Rxa6 51. Rxf2 Ra3 52. Rc2 Kf6 53. Kf4 Rh3 54.
Ke4 Ke7 55. Rd2 Kd6 56. Rg2 Rc3 57. Rg6+ Kd7 58. d6 Kc6 59. d7+ Kxd7 60. Kd5
Ra3 61. Rg7+ Kc8 62. Rg2 Kc7 63. Kxc5 Ra5+ 64. Kb4 Rh5 65. a4 Rh1 66. Rg3 Kb7
67. a5 Rb1+ 68. Rb3 Rh1 69. Kb5 Rc1 70. c5 Rc2 71. Rb4 Rc1 72. a6+ Ka7 73. Ra4
Rh1 {[#]} 74. Rc4 Rb1+ $1 75. Rb4 $6 {Makes it relativly easy for Fier. But
Black holds in any case, e.g.} (75. Kc6 Rh1 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2,Gh1,Gh2][%cal Gh1h8,
Gh1b1] The rook belongs in the south eastern corner to be able to deliver
checks from both directions.} (75... Kxa6 $4 76. Ra4#) 76. Rd4 Rg1 (76... Rh6+
$2 77. Kb5 Rh7 78. Rd5 Rh1 79. Rd7+ Kb8 80. c6 Rb1+ 81. Kc5 Rc1+ 82. Kd6 Rd1+
83. Ke7 Rc1 84. Rd8+ Kc7 85. a7 $18) 77. Rd8 (77. Kc7 Kxa6 $1 78. c6 Rg7+ 79.
Rd7 Rg8 $11) 77... Rh1 {The rook just waits in its corner. Black only acts
when White's kings has made a decision.} 78. Kc7 (78. Kb5 Rb1+ 79. Kc6 Rh1 $11)
78... Kxa6 $1 79. Ra8+ Kb5 80. c6 Rh7+ $11) 75... Rxb4+ 76. Kxb4 Kxa6 77. Kc4
Kb7 78. Kb5 Kc7 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6,Gd6] The king defends the key squares.} 79. c6
Kc8 (79... Kc8 80. Kb6 Kb8 81. c7+ Kc8 82. Kc6 {stalemate}) 1/2-1/2

