Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
36.Rd7 Rcd8! 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.Nb3! Ne2+
39.Kh1 Rxd3 40.Nc5 Rd4³]33...Rc1!
This move exploits white's weak first rank and
threatens the winning 34....Rxf1+ 35 Kxf1
Qe1# as well as 34...Qe1!]34.f4 Rxf1+
35.Kxf1 Qxb4! [Now black is a pawn up
and continues to have mating threats.]36.
Ne2 Qd2 [Black's king-side is so secure that
he could collect one more pawn and then
return to the attack with: 36...Qxa5 The
white rook on h4 is a useless piece!]37.
Qe1 Qxd3 38.Rh3 Qb5 39.Qd2 Nd7
[After successfully defending his castled
position from f8, the knight now sallies
forth to deliver the coup de grace.]40.Rd3
Nf6 41.Nd4 Qb1+ 42.Qd1 Qa2 43.Nb3
Ne4! 44.Qe1
[Diagram #][White can lengthen the game
by: 44.Nd2 Qxa5 45.Nxe4 dxe4 when black
has three extra pawns and a totally winning
position.]
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44...Ng3+!! 45.Rxg3 [If 45.Qxg3 Qb1+
46.Kf2 Qe1+ 47.Kf3 Qe2#]45...Rxe1+
46.Kxe1 d4! [ A f t e r 4 6 . . . d 4 4 7 . R d 3
Qc2 48.Rf3 Qxg2 the plunder continues.]0–1
Praggnanandhaa,R (2368) - Grigoryan,
Karen H (Arm) (2616)
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bg2 Qd7
5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 0–0–0 7.Bg2 e5 8.dxe5
Nxe5 9.0–0 Qe6 [Gerber (2260) vs Maljutin (2385), EU Cup, Moscow, 1991 went:
9...Nf6 10.Qd4 Nc6 11.Qa4 Bc5 12.Bg5
Qf5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Qb3 c6
16.e4 d4 17.Na4 Bd6 18.f4 Qg6 19.e5=
54.1–0]10.c3 f5 11.Qa4 Bc5 [The game is
level though black has a greater presence
in the centre.]12.Nd2 Bb6 13.Nb3 Qf6
14.Bf4 g5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5
[Diagram # Black threatens 16 Qxg3 as
the f2 pawn is pinned. But white's next
move starts a counter which takes care
of the threat to his g3 pawn.]16.c4!
dxc4 [16...Qxg3?? 17.c5+–]17.Qxc4 Nf6
[Black cannot let his queen act on the protection of his bishop pinning the f2 pawn.
If now, 17...Qxg3? 18.Na5! and black can
neither capture the knight nor protect his
b7 pawn for if 18...Bxa5?? 19.fxg3]18.a4
a5 19.Qb5!