[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 5.¤c3 £c7 6.¥d3 ¤f6 7.O-O ¥e7 N
(7...¤c6 8.¤xc6 dxc6 9.f4 e5 10.¢h1 ¥c5 11.f5 h5 12.£f3 ...1-0, Radjabov Teimour 2704 - Flores Diego 2479 , Khanty Mansyisk 27.11.2005 Cup World FIDE)
(7...d6 8.f4 b5 9.a3 ¥b7 10.¥e3 ¤bd7 11.£f3 ¤c5 12.¦ae1 ...1/2-1/2, Ponomariov Ruslan 2710 - Kramnik Vladimir 2760 , Cap d'Agde 2003 It (active) (Gr.A))
(7...¥c5 8.¤b3 ¥e7 9.a4 b6 10.f4 ¥b7 11.e5 ¤d5 12.¤xd5 ...1-0, Anand Viswanathan 2781 - Rublevsky Sergei 2649 , Bastia 4.11.2004 It "Corsica Masters" (KO-system))
(7...b5 8.a4 b4 9.¤a2 ¥b7 10.£e2 ¥d6 11.¢h1 ¤c6 12.¤xc6 ...0-1, Paehtz Elisabeth 2384 - Kasparov Garry 2847 , Munich 2002 Match (blitz))
8.¥e3 d6 9.¦e1 ¤bd7 10.£d2 b6 11.¦ad1 ¥b7 12.¥g5 O-O 13.¤ce2 ¥xe4
(13...h6 14.¥xh6 gxh6 15.£xh6 This isn't really what I want to have on the board.)
14.¤g3
(14.¤f4 One of the dangerous responses. 14...¥xd3 15.¤fxe6 fxe6 16.¤xe6 £xc2 17.¤xf8 ¥xf8 18.£xd3 £xb2)
14...¥xd3 15.£xd3 ¤c5
(15...h6 I still didn't like the h6 move because White's knights are ready to get close to my king.)
(15...¤e5 This was the other move I was thinking about.)
16.£d2 d5 17.f3 ¦fe8 18.b4 ¤cd7 19.a4 ¤e5
(19...a5 The idea behind the pawn moves is something I have to look at. I didn't really think about it during the game, only in a later phase.
20.¤b5 (20.bxa5 ¦xa5) 20...£c4)
20.¥f4
(20.¦xe5 Now it gets messy. 20...£xe5 21.¥f4 ¥xb4 22.£c1 ¥a3 23.£d2 (23.¥xe5 ¥xc1 24.¦xc1 ¤d7) 23...£xd4 24.£xd4 ¥c5 25.£xc5 bxc5)
20...¥d6 21.¥xe5 ¥xe5 22.¤de2 ¦ec8
(22...a5 Again this move. Black creates weak a+b pawns that are hard to defend for White.)
23.¦c1 ¥c3 24.¤xc3 £xc3 25.¦ed1 ¦c4? Wasting a tempo. I saw this but why is it better to capture the queen immediately? See variation, it IS better.
(25...£xd2 26.¦xd2 ¦c4 27.c3 a5 28.bxa5 ¦xa5 29.¦b2 ¤d7 and the pawn is protected)
26.£xc3 ¦xc3 27.¤e2 ¦c4 28.¦d4 ¦ac8 29.c3 ¢f8 Tough decision until I finally followed the old endgame rule "not to rush". The evaluation of this move and e5 is almost equal.
(29...e5 That was the other move I was thinking about.
30.¦xc4 ¦xc4 31.¢f2 ¢f8)
30.¢f2 ¢e7 31.¦d2 a5 32.¦b2? wrong rook (
32.¦b1 axb4 33.¦xb4 ¦xb4 34.cxb4 ¦c4)
32...axb4 (
32...d4!!)
33.¦xb4 ¦xb4 34.cxb4 ¦xc1 35.¤xc1 ¢d6 36.¢e3 (
36.¤d3)
36...e5 37.¤b3? (
37.a5 bxa5 38.bxa5 ¤d7)
37...d4 38.¢d3 ¤d5 39.b5 ¤c7?
(39...¤f4 this was interesting but don't I need the knight to stop the qs pawns?)
40.¢e4? g6?! (
40...¤e6 41.f4 ¤xf4 42.¤xd4 exd4 43.¢xf4 f5)
41.g4 (
41.f4 f5 42.¢d3 e4 43.¢xd4 ¤e6 44.¢e3 ¤c5 45.¤d4 ¤xa4)
41...f6 42.h4 My opponent started to think really long now, which gave me the chance to come up with a plan on my own - if I can exchange knights, the position is clearly won.
42...¤e6 43.¢d3
(43.a5 bxa5 44.¤xa5?? ¤c5# Funny mate in the middle of the board.)
43...¤c5 44.¤xc5 ¢xc5 White resigned.