Bxd5 27. Rf1 [ 27. Nxd5? Rxd5 –+] 27... Ree8 28. Nxd5 Rad8 [ The heavy pin along the d-file is winning for black.] 29. Kc1 Rxd5 30. Qb4 Ne6 [ Much stronger was: 30... b5!! 31. Re3( white loses his queen through a discovered check after: 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5?? Nd3 +) 31... Rxe3 32. Bxe3 Nd3 + 33. Bxd3 cxd3 –+] 31. Re3 [ With this move, white brings his queen rook into play, but black ' s advantage immediately doubles! Though two pawns down and losing, white should continue: 31. Bg3 Qb7 32. Rc3 b5 when black is still winning but not with the earlier clarity.] 31... Nxf4 32. Rxe8 + Qxe8 33. Qxc4
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 19. Nf5 Bd8! 20. Be3 [ The game is equal after: 20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Ng3 Re6 =] 20... g6 21. Nh6 + Kg7 22. Qd2 Bc7 [ Better was: 22... d4! 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Rfe1 Rxe1 + 25. Qxe1 Qe7 as the white pawn on a5 is a big liability and his knight on h6 is doing nothing.] 23. Nf5 + Kg8 [ If 23... gxf5? 24. Bh6 + Kh8 25. Qg5 Nh5 the only move. 26. Qxh5 Qd6 27. Bxf5 Re5 28. Bf4 ±] 24. Ng3 Qd6 25. Bg5 [ Also leading to equality was: 25. Rfd1 Ng4 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 fxg5 29. Qxd5 + Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rbd8 31. Bf3 =] 25... Ne5 26. Ra4!
33... Qe2! [ After 33... Qe2 34. Qxf4 Rc5 35. Rf2 Qe1 #] 0 – 1
Grigoryan, Karen H( Arm)( 2616) Rathnavel, V S( 2315) [ B84 ]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. Be2 0 – 0 9.0 – 0 Qc7 10. a5 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. Na4 Rb8 [ Rahul Sangma( 2214)- Wilson Cruz( 2021) World Junior, 2002 went: 12... Nc5 13. Naxc5 dxc5 14. c3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxa5 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxb7 Qb6 ± 1 – 0 53 ] 13. Nb6 Nf6 14. Bd3 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxc8 [ This bishop was threatening to get active with 16.... Bg4 ] 16... Rfxc8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Nd4 Re8
[ White embarks on an elaborate plan to take this rook to h4 and then play b2 – b4. It was best to play the direct 26. b4 as the rook ' s effectiveness on h4 is not clear. In hindsight one can say that the cause of white ' s doom could be traced to this rook manoeuvre.] 26... Nxd3 27. cxd3 Nd7 28. Rh4 [ The undefended dark squares around Black ' s castled position inspire white to post his rook on h4. Unfortunately the rook does nothing from h4 to attack black. Better was 28. Rc1 ] 28... Nf8 29. b4 Rbc8 30. Ne2 [ 30. Bh6 does not advance white ' s cause because of 30... Ne6! 31. Re1 b6! 32. axb6 Qxb6 ³ as black has covered his king-side weakness very well and is poised to go on the offensive against b4.] 30... Bd8 31. Nd4 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Qe7! 33. Qg3? [ 33. Rg4 Qxg5 34. Rxg5 Ne6! 35. Rxd5 Nf4
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