(1) Slatin,D (2039) - Kelemen,A (2216) [C67]

DCM Championship (6), 10.12.2001

Annotations by Fritz 5.32 (60s) and David Slatin

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Bd7N [10...Be6 11.Bb2 Be7 a)11...a5 12.h3 Bb4 13.Rad1+ Kc8 14.Ne2 a4 15.Nf4 Bc5 16.g4 Ne3 17.Nxe6 Nxd1 18.Nxc5 Nxb2 19.Re1 b6 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Kf1 Ra5 22.b4 Rb5 23.a3 Nc4 24.Nc3 Nxa3 25.Ra1 Nxc2 26.Rxa4 Kb7 27.Nxb5 cxb5 28.Ra2 Nxb4 29.Re2 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Nd5 31.Kg3 b4 0-1 De Firmian,N-Hort,V/Biel 1989/CBM 14 (31); b)11...Kc8 12.Ne2 Bd5 (b)12...c5 13.Nf4 b6 14.Rad1 g5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Nd2 Bg7 17.Nc4 Rf8 18.g3 Rf7 19.Rd3 Kb7 20.f4 gxf4 21.Rxf4 h5 22.Rff3 Bh6 23.Nd2 Bxd2 24.Rxd2 Rg8 25.Kf2 h4 26.Rd1 hxg3+ 27.hxg3 Rh7 28.Rd2 Rh2+ 29.Ke1 Rh1+ 30.Kf2 Kc6 31.Bc3 Rh2+ 32.Ke1 Rh1+ 33.Kf2 Rh3 34.g4 Rh2+ 35.Ke1 Rh1+ 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Ng3+ 38.Kg2 Ne4 39.Rd3 Nxc3 40.Rxc3 Rxg4+ 41.Kf3 Rh4 42.Ke2 Re4+ 43.Kd2 c4 44.bxc4 Kc5 45.Rd3 Rxc4 46.Kc1 Kc6 47.Re3 Kindermann,S-Smejkal,J/Munich 1988/CBM 07/0-1 (59)) 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nf5 Be6 16.Ne3 g5 17.Rad1 b5 18.Nd5 c4 19.f4 c6 20.Nf6 gxf4 21.Ne4 a5 22.Rxf4 cxb3 23.cxb3 a4 24.Rc1 axb3 25.axb3 Kb7 26.Bd4 Neunhoeffer,H-Ratzel,B/BL2-S 1993/BL2/½-½ (41); 12.Rad1+ Kc8 13.Rd3 b6 14.Rfd1 Kb7 15.Ne4 c5 16.c4 Rad8 17.Kf1 h5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 20.Ke2 Kc6 21.h3 a6 22.Kd3 Be7 23.Nfg5 Bxg5 24.Nxg5 h4 25.Nxe6 Wapner,J-Acs,P/Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994/EXP 45/½-½ (52)] 11.Bb2 Kc8 12.Rad1 b6 [12...Be7 13.Ne2²]13.Rfe1 Kasparov played 13. Ne2 against Kramnik in their World Championship match. 13. h3 is also often played here. 13...Be7 14.Ne4 Perhaps c4 followed by Bc3 is better. [14.a4 Rd8²] 14...Be6 [14...Rd8 15.a4=]15.c4 [15.a4 a5=] 15...c5 16.Nc3 c6 Consolidates b5+d5 17.Rd2 Rd8 18.Red1 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Kc7 20.h3 h5 White was planning 21. g4 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. f4 with a mobile kingside majority. But now g5 is a weak square. 21.Ne4 Rf8 [21...Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.Nfg5=] 22.Nfg5² Bc8 23.Kh2 Nd4 The sacrifice is unsound but Black was in a must win situation and felt that he had to try something. 23 ... h4 keeps White to a small edge. [23...a5 24.a4=] 24.Bxd4² cxd4 25.Rxd4 f5 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Nf3 f5 28.Ng3 h4 29.Ne2 29. Nxh4 Bf6 30. Rf4 Bg5 etc. is a draw. [Inferior is 29.Nxh4 f4 30.Ng6 fxg3+ 31.fxg3 Bc5 32.Nxf8 Bxd4³] 29...c5[29...Re8 30.Nf4±] 30.Rd3 Bb7 31.Nc3 Be4 [31...Rd8 32.Nb5+ Kb8 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Ne5±] 32.Re3[32.Nb5+!? Kb8 33.Rd7 Re8 34.Nxa7 Bf6+-] 32...Bd6+± 33.Kg1 White fights for the Initiative 33...Bf4 34.Re1 Bxf3 35.gxf3 The knight is much better than the bishop. 35...Rg8+ 36.Kf1 Bh2 [36...Kd6 37.Nd5 Bg5 38.f4±] 37.Nd5+ [37.Re7+ Kb8±] 37...Kd6 38.Re7 b5 [38...Rg1+ 39.Ke2 a5 40.Rb7±] 39.Rxa7+- bxc4 40.bxc4 Rg1+ 41.Ke2 Rc1 [41...Be5 42.Ne7 Ke6 43.a4+-] 42.Ne3 f4 [42...Ke6 43.Ra6+ Bd6 44.f4+-]43.Ng4 [43.Nf1 Rc2+ 44.Nd2 Rc1+-] 43...Bg1 44.Ra6+ [44.Kd3 Ke6+-] 44...Kc7 45.Ra4 Kc6 The final mistake but the game was lost in any case. [45...Ra1 46.Ne5+-] 46.Ne5+ Kd6 [46...Kb6 47.Nd3 Rb1 48.Nxf4 Rb2+ 49.Kf1+-] 47.Nd3 Rc2+ [47...Rb1+-] 48.Kd1 Rxf2 49.Nxf2 Bxf2 50.Kc2 [50.Kc2 Kc7 51.Kd3+-] 1-0