[Event "Budapest Spring op 09th"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Von Alvensleben, Wolfram"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
{A standard London System.}
9.O-O
( 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bxe5 Nxd5 )
( 9.c4 d5 10.c5 Ne4 11.O-O f6! 12.Nbd2 e5 )
9...a6 10.a4
{The recommended move by Cyrus Lakdawala. Black's 9th move doesnt
really change the evaluation of c4 and d5.}
( 10.d5 Ne5 )
( 10.c4 d5 11.c5 Ne4 {With the same plan.} 12.Nc3 f6 13.Qb3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 e5 )
10...Nd5 11.Bh2 e5
{Putting pressure on d4, and controlling f4.}
12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Ne4
( 14.Ng5 Qxg5 )
14...f6
{Now that Ng5 did not hang a piece, Black defended the threat.}
15.Nc5 Bf7 16.Bc4
( 16.Nxb7 Qb8 )
( 16.Qc2 Qe7 )
16...Na5 17.Ba2 Rc8 18.b4
{This is probably a losing mistake.}
18...Re8
( 18...b6 {This was much stronger.} 19.Nxa6 Nb7 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxd5
Bxd5 22.Rfd1 Be6 {Black is better here.} )
19.Qd2 b6 20.Rfd1
( 20.Nxa6 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Rfc1 Qc8 {Double attack. Black wins the
pawn and he now has the bishop pair and gets a lot of queenside
pressure.} 23.b5 Nxc3 )
20...bxc5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Nb3 24.Rb1 Red8
( 24...cxb4 25.Rxb3?
( 25.cxb4 Rc1+ 26.Rxc1 Nxc1 27.Rd6 Rb8 28.Rxa6 Rxb4 {Equal.} )
25...bxc3 26.Ne1 c2 27.Nxc2 Rxc2 )
25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Bxe5
( 26.Rxb3?? Rd1+ 27.Ne1 Rxe1# )
( 26.Kf1 c4 )
26...fxe5 27.Rxb3 e4 28.Ng5 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 c4 30.Rb2?
( 30.Ra3 {This was equal, altho White does look under some pressure.
Maybe White was in time trouble.} 30...Be5+ 31.g3 e3 32.fxe3 Rd2+ 33.
Kg1 Re2 34.b5 Rxe3 35.Kf2 Bd4 36.Kg2 )
30...Bxc3 31.Rc2 Be5+ 32.g3 c3 33.Nxe4 Rd4 34.Nxc3 Rxb4
( 34...Rc4 {Supposedly this is equal. } 35.b5 axb5 36.axb5 Rxc3 37.
Rxc3 Bxc3 38.b6 Be5 39.h4 h5 40.b7 Kf7 41.Kh3 Ke7 42.g4 Kd7 43.gxh5
gxh5 44.Kg2 Kc7 45.Kf3 Kxb7 46.Ke4 Bf6 47.Kf5 Bxh4 48.Kg6 )
35.f4 Bg7 36.Nd5 Rxa4 37.Rc8+ Bf8
( 37...Kf7 {Accepting the draw was required according to engines, that
a-pawn looks dangerous tho, so it seems sensible to play for the win
as Black.} )
38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.Nxh7 Ra2+ 40.Kh1 Bb4 41.Ng5+
( 41.Rc7+ Ke6 42.Rg7 a5 {A very complex endgame, looks like White is
 winning here.} 43.Rxg6+ Kd5 )
41...Ke7 42.Rg8 a5 43.Rg7+ Ke8 44.Rxg6 a4 45.f5
( 45.Nf3 a3 46.Re6+ Kd7 47.Rb6 Rb2 )
45...a3 46.f6 Re2 47.f7+ Ke7 48.Ra6 Kf8 49.Ra7 Be7 50.Ra8+ Kg7 51.Rg8+ Kh6
52.Nf3??
( 52.f8=Q+ Bxf8 53.Nf7+ Kh7 54.Rxf8 a2 55.Ra8 Re1+ 56.Kg2 a1=Q 57.Rxa1
Rxa1 {A draw according to computers. } )
52...a2 53.Ra8 Kg7 54.Kg1 Kxf7 55.Kf1 Rb2 56.Ne1 Bf6 57.h4 Rd2 58.Ra7+ Kg6
{White resigns.}
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