Sakhabeev, Rais Salmanovich (2356) - Oreopoulos, Kostas (2255)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: ICCF

Date: 2010.01.25

This game is a perfect example of how extremely difficult is chess!!

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♗f5 6.e3 e6 7.♗xc4 ♗b4 8.O-O O-O 9.♕e2 ♘bd7 10.e4 ♗g6 11.♗d3 ♗h5

11...c5 12.e5 cxd4 13.exf6 dxc3 14.fxg7 ♔xg7 15.♖d1 ♕c7 16.♗xg6 hxg6 17.♖d4 ♗c5 18.♖c4 ♘b6 19.♖xc3 ♕d6 20.b3 ♖ad8 21.♗b2⩲

12.♗f4 (12.e5 ♘d5 13.♘xd5 cxd5 14.♕e3⩲) 12...♖e8 my intention here was to play e5 ofcourse if white did not play. I also did not decide at this point if i would take on d5 with the e or c pawn 13.e5 (13.♗c4 ♗xc3 14.bxc3 e5 is ofcourse better for black) 13...♘d5 14.♘xd5 cxd5

Perfectly playable ofcourse was 14...exd5 15.h3

15.♗f5 ♘f8 16.♗e3 preparing Ne1 and f2-f4 16...♗g6 17.♗xg6 ♘xg6 18.♘e1 ♗xe1 19.♖axe1 ♘e7

15...f6!? Making use of the R at the e-file. This needs more analysis and is propably easier for black to play OTB (15...♘f8 16.♗f5 ♘e6 17.♗e3 a5 18.♔h2 ♕e7 19.♖fd1) 16.g4 ♗g6 (16...♗f7 17.♗f5 fxe5) 17.♗xg6 hxg6 18.♕c2 g5=

15.h3

15.♕e3 this is the other 'main move' 15...a6 16.♖fc1 ♕b6 17.♘d2 ♗g6 18.♗xg6 hxg6 19.♘f3 ♖ac8=

15...a6 stopping Bb5 16.g4 ♗g6 17.♗xg6 fxg6 18.♔g2 preparing for h4-h5, creating space for the rook on the first rank 18...♘b8 19.h4 ♖f8 20.♗e3 h6!? An important move. This secures that i can play for more than a draw

20...♘c6?!21.h5 gxh5 22.♖h1! the point of the king lift 22...♕e8 forced 23.♕d3 ♗e7 24.♖xh5 g6 25.♖h3⩲ and white has the better game

20...♗e7 21.♖h1 ♕e8 22.h5 gxh5 23.♖xh5 ♕g6 24.♔g3 ♘c6 25.♖ah1 this might be about equal, but it seems white has easier play 25...h6 26.♗xh6 gxh6 27.♖xh6 ♕e4 28.♕xe4 dxe4 29.♖h8 ♔g7 30.♖1h7 ♔g6 31.♖h6 ♔g7 32.♖8h7 ♔g8 33.♘d2 ♖ad8 34.♘xe4 ♖xd4 35.♘f6 is a possible variation leading to a draw

21.♕d3 ♕e8 22.♘g1

22.♖h1?!22...♘c6 23.♖ac1 ♗a5 24.♘g1 ♗b6 white's pieces are at wrong places. The pawn at h6 stops h5.

22...♗e7 trying to force g5 23.♔h3 ♘c6 24.♗d2 stopping Nb4 24...♗b4 25.♔g3 first i would like to refrain from capturing at d2 at once. White wants to play something like Nh3,f4 or Ne2,f4 keeping in mind always the f2f4 push (25.f4 ♗xd2 26.♕xd2 ♘e7=/⩱) 25...♖c8 maybe an inaccurate move 26.♘e2 ♗xd2 27.♕xd2 h5! trying to force g5. Now f3 is forced 28.f3 ♖c7 29.♖ac1 ♖cf7 now g5 is forced since hxg4 is threatened. 30.g5 ♘e7 31.b3 ♕b8! The idea is to create a second front by playing b5 and answer a5 with b4 isolating the a5 pawn. I am not sure i will gain anything substantial but its worth a try 32.♖c3 b5 33.a5 b4 34.♖d3 ♘f5 35.♔h3 ♖c7 36.♖a1 ♖fc8 37.♖a2 ♕b5 38.♕d1 looking at the computer lines, you will see a big score for black but all variations are just shufling pieces around 38...♖c4

38...♖c6 39.♕d2 ♔h7 40.♕d1 ♖8c7 41.♕d2 ♕b7 42.♖b2 the queen must keep the b4 under attack 42...♔g8 43.♖a2 i do not see a plan to break the fortress

39.♖dd2

39.♕d2 ♔h7 40.♕d1 ♖c3 41.♘xc3 ♖xc3 42.♖ad2 ♕xa5∓ breaks the fortress and keeps the better position

39...♖c3 40.♘xc3 ♖xc3 41.♖a1 ♘e3 42.♕e2 ♕xe2 43.♖xe2 ♖xb3

43...♘f5 44.♖b2 ♖xf3 45.♔g2 ♘xh4 46.♔h1 ♖h3 47.♖h2 ♖xh2 48.♔xh2 ♘f3 49.♔g3 ♘xd4 50.♔f4 ♘c6 51.♖c1 ♘xa5=

44.♖aa2 ♘c4 45.♔g3 ♖b1 46.♔f2 b3 47.♖a4 b2 48.♖b4 without any obvious mistake from black, white created some active play with the white rook 48...♖h1 49.♖e1 ♖xh4 50.♖b1 ♖h2 51.♔g3 ♖c2 52.♖b6 ♔f7 53.♖b7 ♔e8 54.♖xg7 ♖c1 (54...♘d2 55.♖xb2 ♖xb2 56.♖xg6 will move along similar lines) 55.♖xb2 ♘xb2 black is a whole piece up, but i could not find a way to convert. 56.♖xg6 ♔e7 57.♖g7 ♔f8 58.♖a7 ♖g1 59.♔f2 ♖c1 60.♔g3 ♖g1 61.♔f2 ♖a1 62.♔g3 the king and the rook eliminate black pawns and black cannot do anything about that. 62...♘c4

62...♘d3 63.g6!63...♖g1 64.♔h4 ♖xg6 65.♖xa6 ♔e8 66.♖b6=

63.♖xa6 ♘xa5 64.♖xe6 ♘b3 65.♖d6 ♘xd4 66.♖xd5 no pawns!! 66...♘f5 67.♔f4 ♘e7 68.♖d4 ♔g7 69.♖d7 ♖a4 70.♔g3 ♔f7 71.f4 ♔e6 72.♖b7 ♖a1

72...♘f5 73.♔f3 ♖a3 74.♔f2 ♘e7 75.g6 ♘xg6 76.♖b6 ♔f7 77.♖f6 ♔g7 78.♖f5 ♖a2 79.♔g1 h4 80.e6 ♖a7 81.♔h2 ♖e7 82.♖h5 ♖xe6 Draw: 83.f5 Lomonosov tables

73.♔h4 ♖h1 74.♔g3 ♘d5 75.♖h7 ♘e7 76.♖h6 ♔d5 77.♔g2 ♖h4 78.♔f3 ♘f5 79.♖h8 ♘d4 80.♔e3 ♖h3 81.♔f2 ♔e4 82.g6 ♘e6 83.♖e8 ♘g7 84.♖g8 ♘f5 85.e6 ♖h2 86.♔g1 ♖e2 87.e7 Black kept the pawn, made the king active, but white's pawns save the day. 87...♘xe7Its really hard to believe that black does not have a way to win this game, but i could not find it.

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