[Event "How to become a titled player?: Topalov - Amonatov"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZMzPctyi/2FPga0DH"] [Date "2012.08.29"] [White "GM_Topalov"] [Black "GM_Amonatov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "GM Igor Smirnov (RCA)"] [UTCDate "2022.08.24"] [UTCTime "03:49:18"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D17"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZMzPctyi/2FPga0DH"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb6 11. f3 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Bd3 13. e4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kf2 a5 16. Rhd1 Ba6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxd5 Bb4 23. Rd7 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Ke2 f6 27. Kd3 Rc6 28. g4 Rd6+ 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. h3 Kf7 31. Bd2 Be5 32. b3 Bc7 33. Kc4 Ke6 34. Bc3 Bd8 35. f4 g6 36. Kb5 f5 37. gxf5+ (37. Bxa5? { is losing for White suddenly } 37... fxg4! { (Black is creating a distant passed pawn on the h-file). } 38. hxg4 (38. Bxd8 gxh3 39. f5+ { White is hoping to stop the h-pawn with the Bc7 move, but... } 39... Kd7! $19 { and it's over }) 38... Bxa5 39. Kxa5 h5 $19 { Black's h-pawn will be promoted soon. }) 37... Kxf5 { [%csl Gh7,Gg6,Ga4,Gb3][%cal Yc3a5,Yf5f4] } 38. Bxa5 { (There's no other way for White to make progress. At this point, both players should calculate all the lines until the end of the game.) } 38... Bxa5 39. Kxa5 Kxf4 40. Kb6 g5! (40... Kg3 41. Kxb7 Kxh3 42. a5 g5 43. a6 g4 44. a7 g3 45. a8=Q { and White promoted his pawn earlier. Now he's winning. } 45... g2 46. Qg8 $18) 41. Kxb7 h5 42. a5 g4 43. hxg4 h4! { This important move helps Black force a draw. } (43... hxg4 44. a6 g3 45. a7 g2 46. a8=Q g1=Q { Although it's a draw, in practice White wins such positions pretty often. He's going to push his b-pawn, and try to exchange queens. }) 44. a6 h3 45. a7 h2 46. a8=Q h1=Q+ { That's the point - Black promotes a pawn wich check! } { [%csl Ra8,Rb7][%cal Rh1a8] } 47. Kb8 Qh8+ 48. Ka7 Qa1+ 49. Kb7 Qh1+ { Quite amusing perpetual check accross the whole board. } 1/2-1/2