Zor_champ - Relic,Rybka 1.1

CSS/Pal Freestyle Final (45+5) round 3

WHITE TO PLAY

20.b4! The only move - black was threatening Ra5 to win white Queen. 20...c:b4 21.Bb6 Qd7

WHITE TO MOVE

22.Q:d7! [22.B:d8?! Q:b5 23.c:b5 R:d8 24.Bc4 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Black has more than compensation.] 22...R:d7 Unclear position. Are whites strong center pawns and bishop pair enough compensation for a pawn? [Interesting was 22...N:d7 23.d6! Bg5 with unclear (23...N:b6? 24.d:e7 Re8 25.c5 Nc8 26.Bb5 +-) ] 23.Bd3

BLACK TO MOVE

23…Bd8 Black is trying to establish blockade in black squares by exchanging black squares bishops. Also interesting was: 23...Rdd8!? with the following possibilities:

a) 24.B:d8 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 R:d8 26.Bc2 Ra8 with compensation

b) 24.Bf5!? 24...g6 25.Bh3 Nd7!?

WHITE TO MOVE

And now:

· 26.d6 N:b6 27.d:e7 Re8 28.c5 Nc4 29.Rd7 Na5 with better position for black

· 26.B:d8 26...Bc5+ 27.Kh1 R:d8 28.B:d7 R:d7 with compensation.

WHITE TO MOVE

(Position after 26.B:d8)

Back to the game: 24.Bf2! Ba5 25.g4 h6 26.h4 27.Bc2

BLACK TO PLAY

27…b3!? Interesting sacrifice. 28.a:b3 a3 29.Ra1 Bc3 30.Ra2 White is better Kg7 31.Rd1 Bb4 32.Kg2 Rd6 33.Kg3 Rda6 34.Be1 Rb6 35.Kf2 Nd7 36.Ke2 B:e1 37.K:e1

BLACK TO MOVE

37…e4!? 38.f:e4 Ne5 39.g5 (39.Ra1!? white is better) h:g5 40.h:g5 f6 41.Rda1 f:g5 Black has got counterplay 42.R:a3 Rh8 43.Kd2 Rh3 44.Ra7 Nf3+ 44. 45.Kc1 Kf6 46.c5 Rb5 47.R7a5 R:a5 48.R:a5 Ne5 (48..g4!?) 49.Kb2 g4 50.Ra1 g3 51.Rg1 Kg5 52.b4 Kf4 53.b5 Kf3 54.c6 Rh7 55.Ba4 Nc4+ 56.Kc3 Nb6 57.Bc2 Rh8 58.c7 Rh7 59.d6 Rd7 60.e5 Nd5+ 61.Kd4 N:c7 62.Be4+ Kf4 63.Rf1+ Kg5 64.b6 Nb5+ 65.Kd5 Nc3+ 66.Ke6 Rh7 67.d7 R:d7 68.K:d7 N:e4 ' 69.e6 Nc5+ 70.Kd6 Ne4+ 71.Kc7 Nf6 72.e7 Nd5+ 73.Kd6 g2 74.Rg1 Nf6 75.R:g2+ Kh6 76.Kc7 Kg7 77.Kd8 g5 78.R:g5+ Kf7 79.Rf5 Ke6 80.R:f6+ Ke5 81.Rg6 Ke4 82.e8Q+ Kd3 83.Rg3+ Kd4 84.Qa4+ Ke5 85.Rg5+ Kf6 86.Qg4 Kf7 87.Qf5#

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