[Event "Dortmund 2013"] [Site "Dortmund, Germany"] [Date "2013.08.01"] [Round "6"] [White "*GM_Leko"] [Black "*GM_Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "GM Igor Smirnov (RCA)"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/ZMzPctyi/bg0zs7Qx"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. a3 a6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. f5 Qb6 15. Qf4 d4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 exf5 18. Rd6 Qa7 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Qd2 { White installed a pin on Black's knight, and Black must be very precise now. } { [%csl Rd8,Rd7][%cal Yd2d7,Yf1e2,Yh1d1,Yd7d8] } 22... b5! 23. Be2 Qc7 24. Rd1 { It looks like Black is just losing a knight and should resign. However, he prepared a nice trick: } 24... Nc5! 25. Qc3 (25. Rxd8 Nb3+ { Black uses the same tactical motif - a pin. } 26. Kb1 Nxd2+ $19 { It's very important that Black takes White's queen with check. Otherwise, this combo would not work (his f8-rook is hanging). }) 25... Rc8 { Black escaped from the pin and got a normal position. } 26. b4 Ne4 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxa6 Rfc8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Kb2 Kg7 31. e6 Nf2 32. Rd2 Nxd3+ 33. cxd3 Rd8 34. exf7 Kxf7 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 Ke6 38. g3 Ke5 39. Kc3 Rc8+ 40. Kb3 Kd4 41. Rb2 Rc3+ 42. Ka2 Rxd3 43. Ra8 g5 44. b5 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. b6 Ke3 47. Ra7 Rdd7 48. Ra3+ Ke4 49. Re2+ Kf5 50. Rb2 Ke4 51. Re2+ Kf5 52. Rb2 { Game drawn } 1/2-1/2