[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stefanova, A."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Ne5 a4 17. O-O Qb7 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nd3 c4 20. Nf4 Na5 21. Qc3
Rcb8 22. Rc2 Qb3 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Rcc1 Qxb2 25. Qxd5 Bh7 26. Bf3 Ra7 27. Qc5 Qb6
28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Rfd1 g6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bd1 Rb3 32. Bxb3 axb3 33. Rb8 Nb7
34. Ne2 g5 35. Nc3 b2 36. Rf1 Bd3 37. Re1 Bg6 38. Rf1 Bd3 39. Re1 Bg6 40. a4
Nc5 41. Rxb2 Nd3 42. Ree2 Nxb2 43. Rxb2 Bf5 44. f3 Be6 45. g4 Kf6 46. Kf2 Ke7
47. Ke2 Ra8 48. e4 Ra7 49. Rb8 Bd7 50. Rb4 Be6 51. Kd2 Ra8 52. Rb7+ Kd6 53. Ke3
Kc6 54. Rb2 Rd8 55. Rd2 Ra8 56. e5 Kc5 57. Rd6 Ra5 58. Rd8 Kb4 59. Kd4 Kb3 60.
Rb8+ Kc2 61. Rb4 Ra8 62. Rb6 Ra7 63. h3 Ra8 64. Rd6 Ra5 65. Ne4 Rxa4 66. Nc5
Rb4 67. Nxe6 fxe6 68. Rxe6 c3+ 69. Ke3 Kb2 70. Rc6 c2 71. Kd2 Rd4+ 72. Ke3 Rd1
73. Ke4 Re1+ 74. Kf5 c1=Q 75. Rxc1 Kxc1 76. f4 Rf1 77. e6 Rxf4+ $2 {This is
too slow. The dynamic} (77... gxf4 $1 {wins the races:} 78. e7 ({After} 78. h4
{some kind of pawn race results:} f3 79. Kf4 (79. e7 Re1 80. Kf6 f2 $19 {[%cal
Gf2f1]}) 79... f2 80. Kf3 Rg1 81. Kxf2 Rxg4 82. Kf3 Rg6 (82... Rxh4 $4 83. e7
$18) 83. e7 Re6 84. Kg4 Rxe7 85. Kh5 Re6 $19) 78... Re1 79. Kxf4 Rxe7 {And now
Black's king is always in time in the race, but some care is required:} 80. g5
(80. Kf5 Re3 81. h4 Rh3 82. h5 (82. g5 Rxh4 83. g6 Rh5+ 84. Kf6 Rg5 $19) 82...
Rg3 83. Kg6 Rxg4+ 84. Kxh6 {[%cal Gg4g8] And it may look unlikely, but Black's
king is just quick enough:} Kd2 85. Kh7 Ke3 86. h6 Kf4 87. Kh8 Kf5 88. h7 Kg6
89. Kg8 Ra4 90. h8=N+ Kf6 $19) 80... hxg5+ 81. Kxg5 Rg7+ $1 {This
zwischenschach is a very important motif. You should know it by heart!} 82. Kf5
Rh7 {The point, which forces White's king to go backwards.} 83. Kg4 Kd2 84. h4
Ke3 85. h5 Ke4 86. Kg5 Rg7+ $1 {This zwischenschach is again neccesary
precision.} ({As} 86... Ke5 $2 {is met by} 87. Kg6 Ra7 88. h6 Ra6+ 89. Kg7 (89.
Kg5 $11) 89... Kf5 90. h7 Ra7+ 91. Kh6 $1 $11 {Bodycheck!}) 87. Kf6 (87. Kh6
Rg1 88. Kh7 Kf5 89. h6 Rg6 $19) 87... Ra7 88. h6 Kf4 89. Kg6 Ra6+ 90. Kh5 (90.
Kg7 Kg5 91. h7 Ra7+ 92. Kg8 Kg6 93. h8=N+ Kf6 $19) 90... Kf5 91. h7 Ra8 92. Kh6
Kf6 93. Kh5 Kg7 $19) 78. Kg6 $1 {The counterplay with the kingside pawns saves
the day as the way of Black's king is too long.} ({Placing all the money on
the e-pawn with} 78. Ke5 $2 {would be a mistake as Black's king is in time on
the kingside:} Kd2 79. e7 Ke3 80. Ke6 Kf3 81. e8=Q Re4+ 82. Kf7 Rxe8 83. Kxe8
Kg3 $19) 78... Re4 79. Kxh6 Re5 80. Kg6 Rxe6+ (80... Kd2 81. Kf6 Re3 82. Kxg5
Rxe6 83. Kf5 $11 {[%cal Gg4g8]}) 81. Kxg5 Kd2 82. h4 Ke3 83. h5 Re5+ (83... Ke4
84. h6 Ke5 85. h7 Re8 86. Kg6 $11) 84. Kf6 Kf4 85. h6 Ra5 86. h7 Ra6+ 87. Kg7
Ra7+ 88. Kh6 Rxh7+ 89. Kxh7 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

