La Partida Del Día: Akopian,Vladimir Eduardovic (2693) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2777) [B90] Corus Wijk aan Zee 2004

"If you are creative, it means that you are creative at home. Before, there was more opportunity for being creative. Now you just follow computer analysis. Time is changing. Maybe one day, chess will be finished completely".

-Vladimir Akopian-

[Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2004.01.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {[%evp 0,63,16,39,48,42,112,66,96,34,34,58,95,43,99,78,39,39,30,23,23,24,2,-19, -5,-21,6,-26,-24,-15,-4,-17,-28,-24,23,17,38,-7,17,19,11,0,19,-5,59,67,57,16,0, 0,20,21,44,144,169,79,79,106,105,229,888,904,904,1016,1050,1058] B90: Defensa Siciliana Najdorf} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. a3 O-O $146 (15... Rc8 16. Qf2 Rc6 17. h4 O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. Rh5 Ng6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. g3 Bc4 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd2 Qb5+ {0-1 (29) Topalov,V (2740)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Abidjan 2019}) (15... h5 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. O-O-O h4 18. g3 Bf6 19. Be2 b5 20. f4 hxg3 21. Qxg3 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Rb8 23. Qd2 b4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxb4 Bxe4 27. Qa4+ Bc6 28. Qxa6 Bxh1 29. Rxh1 O-O 30. Rg1+ {Colbow,C (2137)-Schuetze,N (2287) Werther 2019 1-0 (38)}) 16. h4 Ng6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Ne2 {[#]} (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Rh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Kb2 f6 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ponomariov, R/Mainz 2002/ (40)}) 19... f6 $6 {[%csl Rf6]} ( 19... Be5 $5 {[%csl Ye5]} 20. Bxe5 (20. c3 f6) 20... dxe5 21. Qxg5 Qxc2 22. Rc1 Qb3 $1 23. Rh6 Rfc8 24. Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kf6 28. Qh6+ $11) 20. Bb2 Bf7 21. Nd4 d5 22. exd5 Qe5+ (22... Bxd5 23. Bd3 (23. O-O-O Rad8 24. Bd3 $14) 23... Nf4 24. Bh7+ Kf7 25. Qf2 $14) (22... Qg3+ $2 23. Kd1 Rfd8 24. c4 $18) 23. Be2 (23. Kf2 $5 Qxd5 (23... g4 $6 24. c4 g3+ 25. Kg1 $18) 24. c4 Qd7 25. Qc2 Rfd8 $14) 23... Qxd5 24. O-O-O Rfc8 $2 {[%csl Rc8]} (24... Rfd8 $5 {[%csl Yd8]} 25. Qe3 $14) 25. Bd3 Ne5 (25... a5 $5 {[%csl Ya5] Shipov} 26. Be4 Qc4 27. Bxb7 axb4 28. axb4 Ra2 $5 29. Bxc8 Rxb2 30. Be6 $1 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 $1 $18) 26. Be4 Qa2 (26... Qd7 27. Bf5 e6 28. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 29. Qxd7 Bxd7 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 $18) 27. Nf5 {[%csl Yf5]} (27. Bxb7 $5 {[%csl Gb7]} Nc4 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. Nc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6]} (29. Bxc8 $2 Na4 30. Ne6 Nxc3 31. Rd8+ Be8 32. Bxc3 Qc4 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Bd7 Rxe8 35. Nxg5+ fxg5 36. Bxe8+ Kxe8 37. Bxg7 $11) 29... Na4 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Nxc8 Nxc3 32. Rd8+ Be8 33. Bxc3 $18) 27... Nc4 28. Qc3 Rc7 $2 {[%csl Rc7]} (28... Qxb2+ 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Nxe7+ $1 (30. Kxb2 Rc7 $11) 30... Kf8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 (31... Nxd1 32. Bxb7 $1 Nf2 (32... Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Ne3 34. Bxa6) (32... Rb8 33. Rxd1 Rxb7 34. Rd8+ Be8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Nd6+ $18) 33. Rf1 Rb8 34. Nd6 $18) 32. Rd7 $1 (32. Kxb2 $2 f5+) 32... Na4 ( 32... Nc4 33. Bxb7 Re8 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bd5+ $18) 33. Bxb7 Rc3 34. Rh7 $1 Kg8 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bd5 $18) 29. Rh7 $3 {[%csl Gh7]} Qxb2+ (29... Kxh7 30. Nxe7+ Kh6 31. Rh1+ Bh5 32. g4 $18) (29... Bf8 30. Rdh1 $18) (29... Nxb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2]} 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 32. Kxb2 e6 33. Rxf7+ (33. Rh7 $1 exf5 34. Bxf5 $18) 33... Kxf7 34. Bxb7 Rb8 35. Nd6+ Ke7 36. Bxa6 $18) 30. Qxb2 Nxb2 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rh1 $1 {[%csl Gh1]} (32. Rh1 Ke8 33. Kxb2 $18) 1-0