1. e4?

The Dyfed Online League resumed on Tuesday 16th February after its winter break, and Aberystwyth resumed its campaign with a draw against Steynton A. Adam Watkin-Jones. playing White against David Pinch, could heve been in trouble early on when he missed the fact that his queen was overloaded. Fortunately for him, Black missed it, too, and he won a pawn with a dominant game, where he could have made more of the weaknesses round his opponent's king, but chose to trade off into a won ending instead. My Dutch defence against Martin Jones landed me with a pawn weakness, and no sooner had I managed to neutralize White's pressure than I allowed a tactic that left him with two powerful bishops against my rook, after which he had all the play. Tom Gunn set a new record by making a mouseslip on the first move against Mark Paffard; 1.e4 is not normally considered a blunder, but it can be disconcerting when you had intended to open with a Colle System. Instead it was a Sicilian, and White went wrong early on, allowing a devastating double attack on his f and h pawns. Sam Holman's middlegame from his Modern defence against Robert Lovegrove was roughly even, with potential for both sides, when White overlooked an attack on a knight, and more material losses soon followed. The result was a 2-2 draw.

[Event "Dyfed Online League"] [Site "Lichess"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"] [Black "Pinch, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "1918"] [BlackElo "1798"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"] [BlackTeam "Steynton A"] {[%evp 0,105,19,12,61,66,111,38,26,29,63,44,44,25,53,40,15,8,74,76,66,-310,67, 56,56,54,45,64,61,46,76,176,176,176,176,168,168,168,179,147,200,105,111,131, 134,129,139,137,176,152,271,102,103,105,105,98,100,90,99,94,90,105,101,97,102, 106,116,131,131,131,131,136,136,131,183,200,200,200,200,206,201,171,165,165, 200,101,96,97,142,145,162,153,157,160,160,168,295,262,341,374,371,481,1092, 1314,1362,1378,2190,29982]} 1. Nf3 {Colours were reversed in a previous encounter in 2018,0-1} d6 2. d4 (2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Ne7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nbc6 8. c3 O-O {Abraham-Pinch, WCU online U1800,2020,1-0}) 2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 {going for a Hippo} (4... Nf6 {main line King's Indian}) 5. O-O Ne7 6. b3 $146 (6. c4 $14 {main}) 6... c5 $11 {FatFritz2} 7. Bb2 O-O (7... Nbc6 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e3 $11 {FF2} ) 8. Qc1 (8. c4 $16 {FF2- gains extra space & the Q can go to d2, a more active square}) 8... Nbc6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Rd1 $2 {This should lose because of the overload on the Q (White nearly resigned on the spot)} (10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qb2+ f6 12. c4 $16 {FF2}) 10... Qc7 (10... Bxb2 $1 $19 11. Rxd8 Bxc1 12. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. c4 b6 (12... Bd7 {is safer}) 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qb2 Kg8 $2 (14... f6 {needs to be played, when FatFritz2 continues with} 15. g4 h6 16. h4 e5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Nh2 Qd6 20. a4 (20. e3 Nb5 21. a4 Nc7 22. g5 $16 {Bl has a shaky structure on both sides of the board}) 20... h5 21. e3 hxg4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. f3 gxf3 25. Nxf3 $16 {FF2}) 15. Ne4 $18 e5 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. Nd5 (17. Nxe5 {wastes Wh's advantage} Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 Kxf6 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 (19. d6 $1 {is much stronger-Stockfish12 & FatFritz2} Qb8 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Rxd4 $1 {Engine dynamism- the N is Bl's best piece ( though humans would rather like their own N as weell)} (21. Nc4 Bb7 22. e4 {is more human touch}) 21... cxd4 22. Qxd4 fxe5 23. Qxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Qe8 Qd5 {it seems that Bl must return the piece} (25... Rf8 26. d7 Bb7 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Qd6 {and Bl is tied down, but it takes quite a bit of seeing ahead & judgement} a5 30. Rc7 Ba6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Ra7 Bb5 33. Qe5+ {picks off the B} (33. h4)) (25... Bb7 26. d7 Rf8 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Rc1 {transposes}) 26. Qxc8 Qxd6 27. Rc1 {and Wh is 2 clear pawns up, with a safer K}) 19... exd4 20. e3 (20. d6 {still Engine recommended} Qb8 21. e3 Ra7 22. exd4 Kg8 (22... c4 23. bxc4 Qxd6 {doesn't look too good for Bl either}) 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qe5 Bg4 25. Rd2 Qb4 26. Qe3 {FF2- Bl has split Q side pawns & the pawn is more powerful on d6}) 20... Qd6 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Kg8 23. Qd2 (23. h4 $1 {FF2 & Rudy- a useful move to have in- it gives the K safety from backrank threats & also threatens to advance further}) 23... Ra7 24. Rc1 Re7 (24... Bd7 {needs to be played here}) 25. Re4 (25. Rc6 $1 { Stockfish12 & FatFritz2, while having h4 in already, there is no real way in for Bl on the backrank} Qe5 26. d6 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 Qxd2 (27... Bh3 28. Rc1 { and Bl loses material( but it takes a clear head to check this out}) 28. Rxd2 Ra7 (28... Rb7 29. Bxa6) 29. Rxb6 {and Bl has little to play for}) 25... Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Bb7 (26... Bd7 {as a reserve blockader, keeps the B a bit more active- it can be quite difficult to convert an extra pawn that is central, because an outside one can be sacrificed to lure pieces offside}) 27. Qd4 (27. h4 {Rudy & FF2 still a good idea- probing on all sides of theboard}) 27... Re8 28. f4 {neither Stockfish12 nor FF2 like this move- both still want h4 instead} Re7 (28... Bc8 {FF2 goes for the weakened K side} 29. Rc6 Qa3 30. Rc2 Bh3 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Re2 Qd6 $16) 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Bf3 $16 Re7 31. Rc2 Re8 32. b4 (32. g4 $16 {both Engines- by launching an attack on the Bl K they are seeking to force Bl to exchange some pieces}) 32... Re7 (32... h5) 33. a3 $18 Re8 34. Re2 Rxe2+ (34... Rd8 35. Qe5 $18) 35. Kxe2 f6 36. Qe4 Bc8 (36... Kf8 37. Ke3 $18) 37. Qe8+ Qf8 38. Qc6 Qd8 39. d6 {It could have gone there 20 moves ago say the Engines} Bd7 40. Qd5+ (40. Qc4+ Kg7 41. Qxa6 {picks up an extra pawn as insurance}) 40... Kf8 41. Kd2 Qe8 42. Qa8 (42. Be2 a5 (42... b5 {cedes the c5 square for K entry}) 43. Qd4 Qd8 44. g4 axb4 45. axb4 h6 46. h4 {FF2 -and Bl is running out of moves} Be6 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 Bxf5 49. Bc4 Kg7 50. Qd5 Bg6 51. d7 $18 {FF2}) 42... Qxa8 43. Bxa8 g5 {doesn't help, but the Wh K is coming in anyway} (43... Ke8 44. Ke3 (44. Bd5 {ties down the BBl B}) 44... Bb5 45. Kd4 Kd7 46. Kd5 Ba4 47. Bb7 Bb3+ 48. Kd4 Kxd6 49. Bxa6 {and Bl has to watch that his K side pawns don't disappear}) 44. Ke3 h6 45. fxg5 fxg5 (45... hxg5 46. h4 {gives Wh a distant runner, though the text cedes e5}) 46. Kd4 Kg7 47. Ke5 a5 48. Bd5 axb4 49. axb4 Kf8 50. Be6 Ke8 (50... Ba4 51. Kf6) 51. Bxd7+ Kxd7 52. g4 b5 53. Kd5 1-0 [Event "Dyfed Online League"] [Site "Lichess"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Jones, Martin C"] [Black "Francis, Matthew"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A91"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1648"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Steynton A"] [BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"] 1. d4 e6 (1... d6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nh3 {Carlsbad System} Bg7 6. Nf4 O-O 7. h4 {Jones-R Van Kemenade,Dyfed League 2015,0-1}) 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 (4... Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. Nf4 d6 7. Nc3 a6 {Jones-Miller, Dyfed League 2019,1-0}) (4... d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Qe8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 { Pinch-Francis, Dyfed Online Closed 2021,0-1}) 5. Nh3 (5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Ndf6 {Brown-Francis,Dyfed Open 2017,1/ 2-1/2}) 5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d6 {%0%} (7... d5 {main, 65% for Wh}) 8. e4 e5 {main} (8... fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 (9... e5) 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 $14 { 4 draws}) 9. d5 {2 Wh wins, 2 draws, 1 Bl win} (9. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {main, 42 % for Wh}) (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Ng5 $11 {70% , 3 Wh wins, 1 draw, 1 Bl win}) 9... Qe8 $146 (9... cxd5 10. exd5 {Cloud Engines; not yet played} Na6 $11 (10... h6 $11)) 10. f4 $16 {FatFritz2} Ng4 11. exf5 (11. Nf2 $18 {FF2}) 11... Bxf5 12. Nf2 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 exf4 14. Bxf4 c5 $2 {weakens d6} (14... Qd7) 15. Nb5 $18 Qd7 16. Qb3 (16. Qf1 {FF2} Na6 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxf5 $18) 16... Na6 17. Re1 Nb4 (17... Rf7) 18. Bf1 (18. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 19. Bxd6 Qe1+ 20. Rf1 Qe2 21. Qf3 $1 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Bf3 Qd3 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Be4 Qxb3 25. axb3 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rd8 27. Ra1 a6 28. bxa6 Nxa6 29. Ra5 $16) 21... Qxc4 22. Nc7 Qd4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rac8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. d6 $18 {FF2}) 18... Rf7 (18... a6 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd6 Bg6 21. Re2 Qf6 22. Re6 Qd4+ 23. Qe3 Nc2 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Be2 d3 26. Bd1 $14 {FF2}) 19. a3 Na6 20. Rfe2 (20. h4 Bf8 21. Re6 $1 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Bg2 Rf5 24. Qd3 (24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Qf3 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 d5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Nc3 $16) 24... Rd8 25. Be4 g6 26. Bxb7 Nb8 27. g4 $18 {FF2}) 20... Nc7 (20... g5 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bd2 (25. Bxg5 Re1 $11) 25... Rd7 26. Bxg5 $16 {FF2- the Bl pieces have little scope or cordination and Wh picks up more pawns}) 21. Nc3 (21. Rxe7 {The Engine insists it has to be played} Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd6 (23. Bxd6 Qe4 24. Bxc7 a6 25. Nd6 Qd4+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+ {turns out to be a draw}) 23... Bg6 24. Nxb7 Ne8 25. d6 Qe4 26. Qe3 Qxb7 27. Bg2 Qxb2 {best it seems, the d pawn is a danger} 28. Bxa8 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qxc4 31. g4 $18 (31. d7 Bf5+ $11)) 21... Bd3 $2 {Bl overpresses, forcing Wh to play a winning move} (21... b6 $11) (21... Raf8 22. Qxb7 Bf6 $11) 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxd3 $18 {the Bs are too powerful and d6 is still weak, though somehow it is still there 30 moves later, but, just about to drop off} Qe1+ 25. Bf1 (25. Kg2 { a solitary Q does nothing}) 25... Rf8 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Qe2 Qf6 28. Qe3 (28. Ne4 {collects d6}) 28... Re8 29. Qd2 (29. Ne4 Qxb2 30. Qd3 {ditto}) 29... h6 30. Kg2 (30. h4) 30... g5 31. Be3 Qe5 32. Bf2 Rf8 33. Qe3 (33. Bd3) 33... Qf6 34. b4 b6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. a4 (36. Ne4 Qe7 37. Be1 Rb8 38. Bc3 {FF2- and the Bl K is in the firing line}) 36... Kh8 37. Ne4 Qe5 38. Bd3 (38. Be1) 38... Ne8 39. h4 (39. Be1 {FF2}) (39. Nxc5 Qxe3 40. Bxe3 dxc5 41. Bxc5 Rf7 42. Bg6 Rc7 43. Bd4+ Kg8 44. Bxe8 $18 {FF2}) 39... Nf6 40. Nxf6 (40. Nxd6 {FF2} Qxd6 41. Qxc5 Qxc5 42. Bxc5 Rc8 43. Bd4 Kg7 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. c5 $18 {2 Bs are often better than R &N, & here Wh has 2 terrible pawns}) 40... Qxf6 41. hxg5 (41. Be1) 41... hxg5 42. Qe2 (42. Be1 Rf7 43. Bd2 Rg7 44. Qe8+ Rg8 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Bxg5 $18 { FF2}) 42... Kg7 43. g4 (43. Be1 Rb8 44. Bc2 Kf8 45. Qd3 Qf7 46. Bc3 g4 47. Qe3 Qf3+ 48. Qxf3+ gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 $18 {FF2}) 43... Qf7 44. Bf5 Qf6 45. Qe6 (45. Be1 {FF2 insists still best}) 45... Qxe6 46. dxe6 Kf6 47. Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke4 Rd8 49. Kd5 Rc8 50. Bg3 Rd8 51. Bf2 (51. Bh2) 51... Rb8 52. Bg3 Rb6 53. a5 Ra6 54. Bh2 1-0 [Event "Dyfed Online League"] [Site "Lichess"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Gunn, Tom"] [Black "Paffard, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "1398"] [BlackElo "1608"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"] [BlackTeam "Steynton A"] {[%evp 0,36,19,38,40,41,41,32,50,22,81,63,88,56,68,51,46,38,36,17,36,1,39,-119, -120,-419,-288,-288,-297,-328,-323,-323,-323,-648,-400,-481,-514,-29997,-29998] } 1. e4 {a mouse-slip; Wh had intended d4} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 {main, 233076 games. Oddly enough it is not a move that Bl has faced in Dyfed.} (3. d3) (3. c4) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 (5... Bb4 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Bd3 {Orton-Gunn, February Rapid 2021,0-1}) 6. Bd3 {main} (6. Be2 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. Bd2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ncxb5 axb5 11. Bxb4 Bxe4 {Thomas-Gunn, WCU online U1800,2020,0-1}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nf6) 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Kh1 (9. Qe2) (9. f4 {main lines}) 9... d5 (9... Be7 {alternative}) 10. Re1 $146 {this should still be =} (10. f4 {120 games}) (10. Qe2 {20 games}) 10... d4 11. Ne2 $2 {but this loses!} (11. Nb1 $11) (11. Na4 $14) (11. e5 Nd7 12. Ne4 $16 {FatFritz2} Nxe5 (12... Qxe5 13. f4 Qd5 14. f5 e5 15. b3 h6 16. Bc4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. c3 $18 {Wh gets a massive lead in development}) (12... c5 13. c3 c4 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bxc4 Bb7 17. Bf1 Qd5 18. c4 Qc5 19. Bf4 O-O 20. b4 Qa7 21. Qg4 $18 {FF2}) 13. Bf4 $18) 11... Ng4 12. Kg1 (12. Bf4 {may be best under the circumstances} Qxf4 (12... Nxf2+ 13. Kg1 Qxf4 {transposes} (13... Nxd1 14. Bxc7 Nxb2 $19 15. e5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 c5 17. Bb6 Rb8 18. Rab1 Kd7 19. Ba7 Rb7 20. Rxb7+ Bxb7 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Rb8 Kc7 23. Ng3 Bb5 24. Ne4 Bxd3 25. Nd6 f6 {and Bl emerges with even more pawns}) (13... e5 14. Kxf2 exf4 15. Kg1 Qe5 $17 {but Wh gets a bit of play })) 13. Nxf4 Nxf2+ 14. Kg1 Nxd1 15. Raxd1 {and Wh is only a pawn down}) 12... Qxh2+ 13. Kf1 Qh1+ 14. Ng1 Nh2+ 15. Ke2 Qxg2 16. c4 (16. Kd2 Qxf2+ 17. Qe2 { FF2 best for Wh}) (16. Qd2 e5 17. Kd1 Ng4 18. Rf1 Be7 19. c3 Bh4 {wins f2 anyway}) 16... Be7 (16... Bb4 {FF2-cuts off the K}) 17. a3 (17. e5 Bh4) 17... e5 18. Qd2 (18. Kd2 Bg4 19. Ne2 f5 {FF2-lasts a little longer, but Bl has all the fun}) 18... Bg4+ 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Online League"] [Site "Lichess"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Lovegrove, Robert"] [Black "Holman, Sam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1386"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Steynton A"] [BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"] {[%evp 0,78,28,25,69,77,83,64,64,64,72,54,40,36,38,42,129,113,130,69,77,37,34, 35,46,35,69,70,68,25,55,20,36,21,43,-290,-290,-297,-260,-296,-280,-286,-315, -310,-271,-320,-246,-348,-350,-438,-441,-465,-472,-456,-479,-469,-436,-509, -450,-450,-437,-430,-455,-457,-463,-459,-450,-450,-464,-561,-439,-543,-455, -460,-468,-537,-528,-550,-526,-1039,-1085]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 (5. Be2 {main}) (5. h3) 5... O-O 6. O-O (6. Qe2) (6. h3) 6... Bg4 ( 6... c6) (6... Nxe4 {main lines}) 7. h3 Bd7 {27 games, unusual, because Wh often plays h3 earlier anyway & then Bd7 is not a common response either} (7... Bxf3 {404 games}) 8. Re1 (8. e5 {Cloud Engines ,3 Wh wins, 1 draw, 2 Bl wins- FatFritz2 & Stockfish12 consider Wh to be winning}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 $146 { a bit slow, allows Bl to hit back in the centre} (9. e5 $18 Ne8 10. Bg5 {2-0} Na5 (10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Qc8 12. Nd5 {Branca-Kun, HUn ch tm 2007,1-0}) 11. exd6 {Czech-Kessler, Saarland ch 2004,1-0}) 9... e5 10. d5 {this Blocks the B onto a dead diagonal- compared to a King's Indian Wh is 3 tempi down on the normal counterplay he gets with c5- here he has to move B, N & pawn to do so. Meanwhile Bl comes down the K side} (10. dxe5) 10... Ne7 (10... Nd4 {is also quite good here}) 11. Bg5 Nh5 (11... h6) (11... Kh8 {are good alternatives- preparing for f5}) 12. Qd2 Re8 {the R does not belong here, it needs to support f5. Bl need not fear the exchange on his g7 B as Wh loses too much time in the process ( & quite often it remains a bad B, though a marvellous protector of the K. Although , if it does break out, then it can be deadly)} ( 12... f6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Kh8 15. Qd2 g5 16. Nh2 Nf4 $17 {FF2-stormclouds are gathering near the Wh K-the R is now coming to g8}) 13. Rad1 {The Engine considers it level, but what is the Wh R doing on a solidly closed file.?About the only thing it inhibits is Bl playing c6, but Bl has no interest in moving pawns on the Q side, which would also liberate Wh c4 B} (13. a4) 13... a6 { Bl should have no interest in moving Q side pawns which creates hooks f or Wh to open up lines for his Rs} (13... f6 14. Be3 Rf8 15. g4 f5 16. gxh5 f4 { and Bl's K side offensive is underway} 17. Ng5 Kh8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 gxh5 { and there will be trouble on the g file, requiring accurate defence}) 14. b4 b5 15. Be2 Nf4 {a standard pawn sacrifice to open up lines for the B, ( Here Wh fails to notice that he is sacricing a N)} 16. Bxf4 (16. Bf1 {looks better & on the previous move}) 16... exf4 17. Qxf4 $2 (17. Nb1 g5 18. Nxg5 Ng6 { gives Bl excellent play with control over e5- FF2 returns the e pawn to gain some space} 19. Nf3 (19. h4 Be5 20. Nf3 Nxh4 $19 {is worse}) 19... Rxe4 20. c4 $11 {FF2}) 17... Bxc3 $19 18. Rf1 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Nc8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qf6 22. Qe3 Qc3 23. Rc1 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Bh6 {a R is a R, especially since there are no Wh pieces left to come down the long diagonal} 25. Rce1 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nb6 27. Bb3 Kg7 28. e5 Bb5 (28... dxe5 {is simpler}) 29. e6 fxe6 30. dxe6 Bc4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Rc3 d5 33. Nd4 Kf6 34. f3 h5 35. Kf2 h4 36. f4 Rac8 37. Kf3 c5 38. bxc5 Rxc5 39. Nb3 Nd2+ 0-1