[Event "FIDE WC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Efstratios Grivas"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[WhiteTeam "Time: 1:00:00"]
[BlackTeam "Time: 1:39:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O ({Some previous games of Moiseenko went} 9... c5 10. a3 Bxc3
11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 N5f6 15. f3 $14 {Moiseenko,
A-Krasenkow,M Mulhouse 2011}) ({and} 9... h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O O-O
13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e4 Nc7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 $11 {
Moiseenko,A-Nadyrhanov,S Krasnodar 1999.}) 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. O-O ({
White decided to go for an 'easy' line which could promise him almost no
advantage, but he could get away from Black's pre-game preparations. A
previous example is} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Qxa3 15. O-O Re8 16. e4
Nf4 17. Bb1 Ng6 18. Bg3 a5 $13 {Salgado Lopez,I-Esen,B Aix-les-Bains 2011.})
12... Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd5 ({In an older game White chose} 14. exd4 Nf8
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 $13 {Moiseenko,A-Ovetchkin,R Rotterdam 1998.}) 14... Qxd5
15. Nxd4 $1 ({White keeps it simple with this novelty. Known is} 15. Rfd1 Ne5
16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Rcd1 Be6 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd3 c5
22. Re4 Qh5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Qxc5 Bh3 25. Bf3 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. gxh3 Qg6+
$11 {Jobava,B-Gurevich,M Batumi 2002 and}) (15. exd4 Nb6 16. b3 (16. Bg3 $6
Qxa2 17. Ne5 Be6 $17 {Shirov,A-Piket,J Aruba 1995}) 16... Qh5 17. Bg3 Be6 18.
Ne5 Nd5 $11 {Pekarek,A-Pinkas,K Myslowice 1985.}) 15... Nb6 $6 (15... Qxa2 $2
16. Nb3 $1 {is out of the question, but the black knight has nothing to do on
b6.}) ({Black should go for} 15... Nf8 $5 16. Bc4 Qh5 17. Bg3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rfd1 $14) ({or even better} 15... Bf8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bh7+
Kh8 18. Bg3 $14 {.}) 16. Rfd1 $2 ({White did not need to sacrifice his a-pawn,
so he should opt for} 16. Nb3 Qh5 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Rfd1 $14) ({or for} 16. a3
Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 $14 {.}) 16... Qh5 $2 ({Black was obliged to take
the challenge and grab the pawn by} 16... Qxa2 $1 {Then maybe the best
variation is} 17. Bg3 (17. Nb3 Be6 18. Nd4 Qa4 19. b3 Qa5 $13) 17... Bg4 18. f3
Bd7 19. Ra1 Qd5 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Nd6 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Bxd6 24. Bxd6
Nd5 25. Bc5 b6 26. e4 bxc5 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rxc5 Re7 $11 {.}) 17.
Bg3 {Now White stands clearly better, and his plan is to advance his centre
pawn majority. On the other hand Black has little to do but to wait passivly,
and usually this is not a good strategy against a strong opponent.} Bg4 18. f3
Bd7 19. Qf2 (19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 g6 22. Qb3 Qxf5 23. Qxb4 $16 {
was good as well, but White is not obliged to exchange pieces yet, an action
which would help Black's position to improve a bit. As Black is missing an
active plan, White can take his time as he pleases...}) 19... Be7 20. Bb1 $6 ({
This is losing time.} 20. e4 {was good and should be prefered.}) 20... g6 $6 ({
Passive. Black should go for activity with} 20... Bg5 $1 21. Re1 (21. f4 Be7
22. e4 Rad8 $13) 21... Rad8 22. Rc5 Nd5 23. e4 Be7 24. Rcc1 Nb6 25. a3 $14 {.})
21. e4 c5 $6 ({The natural} 21... Rad8 22. e5 Bc8 {was clearly better,
although White keeps an advantage after} 23. a3 Bf8 24. Ba2 {. The expansion
on the queenside is false and just gives White more targets...}) 22. Ne2 Bf8 ({
Black could (and should!) think of} 22... c4 $5 23. e5 Bf8 {and} 24. Be4 ({
when both} 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. h4 Qe7 26. h5 g5 27. e6 (27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Be6
29. Qc2 Bg7 30. Rd6 Rad8 31. Rcd1 Rxd6 32. exd6 $14) 27... Bxe6 28. Qc2 Qc5+
29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 gxf4 32. Bxf4 $16) 24... Rxe5 $5 25. Bxb7 (
25. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 26. Bxb7 Bc5 27. Nd4 Rd8 28. b4 cxb3 29. axb3 Bc8 30. Rxc5
Qxc5 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Be4 Qf6 28. Nd5 $16 {looks fine for White,
but Black can still put up a fight.}) 23. e5 Rxe5 $2 ({A mistake in an already
difficult position. Black had to go for the previous line with} 23... c4 24.
Nf4 Qg5 25. h4 Qe7 {as was analysed in the above note.}) 24. Nf4 $1 ({Of course
} 24. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 {would be fine for Black.}) 24... Qg5 25. Nxg6 $1 {The
point of White's combination.} Ree8 (25... fxg6 26. f4 Qg4 27. fxe5 {is just
curtains.}) 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxc5 {White won a good pawn and he has also
increased his positional advantages (bishop pair, wrecked black pawn structure)
.} Qe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Bf4 Re6 30. Rh5 (30. Rh5 {Black is losing more
material after} Kg7 31. Bf5 {so he decided to call it a day...}) 1-0

