Πόλγκαρ - Κράμνικ
Βαικ Ααν Ζε 2003
Σικελική ’μυνα

[Σχόλια Fritz 7]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5
The knight feels good on d5

9...Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3
Consolidates b4+d4

11...Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a3
Secures b4

13...Ne7 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Nb4 Qd7 16.Bd3 0–0 17.0–0 Qb7 18.a4 a5 19.Nd5
A beautiful square!

19...bxa4 20.Qxa4 Be6

[ 20...Qxb2?? the pawn of course cannot be captured 21.Rfb1+-]

21.Bc4 Qxb2 22.Ra2 Qb7 23.Qxa5 Qc6 24.Ra4 Ra8 25.Qb5 Qxb5 26.Bxb5 Rxa4 27.Bxa4 Bxd5 28.exd5 Ra8 29.Rb1 g6 30.Bc6 Ra3 31.c4 Rc3 32.g3 Rxc4 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Rb7 Rc3 35.Be8 Rf3 36.Ba4

[ 36.h4 Bd8³]

36...Ra3
[ 36...e4!?
΅]

37.Be8= Rf3 38.Ba4 e4 39.Kg2 Ra3

[ 39...Bf6 40.Rb4 Rd3 41.Rxe4 Rxd5 42.Kf3΅]

40.Be8= Rf3 41.Ba4 Bd2 42.Rb3 Rf5

[ 42...Rxb3 43.Bxb3 f5 44.Kf1΅]

43.Bc6³ Be1 44.Rb2 Bc3 45.Re2 Bd4 46.Bd7 Re5 47.Bc6 Re7 48.Ra2 Bc5 49.Re2 h5 50.h4 Kf6 51.Ra2 Re5 52.Re2 Kg7 53.f4 Re7 54.Ra2 Kf6 55.Kf1 Kf5 56.Kg2 Kg4 57.Ba4 Rb7 58.Bd1+ Kf5 59.Re2 e3

[ 59...Rc7 60.Ba4΅]

60.Kf3³ Kf6 61.Rc2 Rb4 62.Be2 Kg7 63.Rc1 Rb2 64.Rd1 Kf6 65.Rd3 Ke7 66.Rd1 Kd8 67.Ra1 Kd7 68.Rd1 Ra2 69.Bb5+ Kc7 70.Be2 f5 71.Rd3
[
¹71.Re1!?³ is worth looking at]

71...Rd2–+

72.Rxd2 exd2 73.Bd1 Kb6 74.Ke2 Ka5 75.Bc2 Bg1 76.Kxd2 Bh2 77.g4 Bxf4+ 78.Ke2 hxg4 79.h5 gxh5 80.Bxf5 Kb4 81.Bg6 h4 82.Bf5 g3 83.Kf3 Kc4 84.Bh3 Be5 85.Ke4 Bf6 86.Bf1+ Kc3 87.Bg2 Kc4 88.Bf1+ Kc5 89.Bg2 Be7 90.Bf1 Bd8 91.Bg2 Kc4 92.Bf1+ Kc3 93.Bg2 Kd2 94.Kf3 Kd3 95.Kg4 Ke3 96.Kh3 Bf6 97.Bh1

½–½