Sergei Iskusnyh vs Peter Svidler (1992)

Sergei Iskusnyh vs Peter Svidler
Chj-URS Jurmala 1992 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Misc. with 5.Nf3 (D73) · 0-1

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May-24-06		Mateo: Svidler elo was 2465. He was already an IM. Iskusnyh best rating seems to be 2514. This could be game a "game of the day". Both sides got two united passed pawns, leading to a very exciting endgame with some mistakes but it was very intricate. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Na3 c3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.Rac1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nb6 15.Bg2 <15.Qb5; 15.Rb1> Rfd8 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 Rac8 18.Rc2!? <This will prove useless. 18.dc?! Nc4 19.Ba1 Rd2 20.a4 Ra2 ; 18.Bc6?! bc! 19.Na7? Rc7 > a6 <18...cd 19.cd Nd4 20.Rc8 Ne2 21.Kh2 Nc8 22.Bg7 Kg7 23.Bb7=> 19.Na3 <19.dc?! Nc4 20.Nd4 N6a5 > Na4 20.Ba1 b5 21.d5 Na5 22.c4 b4!? <He could win a pawn, although doubled, with 22...Nc4!? 23.Nc4 bc as after 24.Rc4 Nb6 wins the d pawn.> 23.Bxg7 <only move> Kxg7 24.Nb1 e6 25.e4 exd5 26.exd5 Nb6 27.Nd2 Nb7 28.Nb3 Rd7! <The purpose of this move might be that after 28...a5, Svidler feared 29.d6 Nd6 30.Na5.> 29.a3 a5 <better than 29...ba 30.Ra1, disrupting Black's chain of pawns.> 30.axb4 cxb4 31.c5 a4 <only move> 32.c6 <forced> Rdd8! <32...ab 33.Rb2 Re7 34.cb Rb7 35.d6 Rbb8 36.Rb3 Nd7 is drawish.> 33.Nd4 Nd6 34.c7?! <34.Rb1 b3 35.Nb3!? cb 36.Rb3 may give some hopes of salvation.> Rd7 35.Rc6 Ndc4? <This should not have given more than a draw. Better should be 35...Nbc4 36.Ra6 Rdc7 37.Ra4 Nd2 wins the exchange because 38.Rd1 Rc1 39.Rc1 Rc1 40.Kh2 b3 41.Rb4 Rc4 wins for Black.> 36.Nb5 b3 37.Rxc4?? <losing. A key variation is 37.d6 a3 38.Na3! Rd6 39.Rd6 Nd6 40.Rb1 with a draw in view> Nxc4 38.d6 Nxd6 39.Bc6 Rcxc7 40.Nxc7 Rxc7 41.Bxa4 b2 42.Bb3 Rc1 0-1

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