29. ♖b3! preventing...Rd8 29... ♗e5
30. ♘d5 b6 31. ♘b4 ♖c8 32. ♘d3!
There it is! 32... ♗f6 33. h4 ♖c2
34. ♔f1 He will use his king to drive the king
from the second rank. 34... ♔e7 35. ♔e1
♔d6 36. ♖b4 ♗g7 37. ♔d1 ♖c7
38. h5 The main idea in the endgame,is the
creation of passed pawns.This move facilitates
this process. 38... gxh5 39. ♖b5 ♖d7
40. ♖xh5 ♔e7 41. ♔e2 ♖c7 42. ♖b5
♖c4 43. ♔f3 ♖a4 44. a3 ♖d4
45. ♔e3 ♖c4 46. b3 ♖c2 47. a4 ♖c6
48. g4 ♖e6+ 49. ♔f3 ♖c6 50. ♔e4
♖e6+ 51. ♔f3 ♖c6 52. ♘b4 ♖c1
53. ♔e4 ♔d6 54. ♘d3 ♖g1 55. ♔f5
♗c3 56. f4 f6 57. ♘f2 ♔c6 58. ♘e4
a6 59. ♘xc3! axb5 60. axb5+ ♔d6
61. ♘e4+ ♔e7 62. ♘xf6 The pawns
cannot be stopped.Super technique by GM
Boris Gelfand!! 62... ♖d1 63. ♔g6 ♖d3
64. f5 ♖d6 65. g5 ♔f8 66. b4 ♖d4
67. ♔h6 ♖h4+ 68. ♘h5 ♖xb4 69. g6
♖g4 70. f6 ♖g1 71. ♘f4 ♖e1
72. ♘d5 ♖f1 73. ♔g5 ♖g1+ 74. ♔f5
♖f1+ 75. ♔e6 ♖e1+ 76. ♔d6 ♖f1
77. ♔c6 [1-0]
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