Feldgrösse (Pixel): 42 52 64 74 84

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 [#] a6 The Panno variation, aimed at achieving favourable pawn exchanges after ...b5. 8.b3 Rb8 9.Nd5 Nd7 [ 9...Nh5 appears to be more common, but it's the same idea: white wants to exchange knights, and I have no particular reason to fall in with his plan. ]]
10.Bb2 b5 11.Rc1 [ 11.cxb5 axb5 12.e4 ( 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.e4 e6 14.Nf4 d5 15.e5 Nb4 16.Qd2 c5 17.dxc5 Nc6 18.Nd3 b4 19.Rfe1 Ba8 20.Nd4 Ncxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe6 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 fxe6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Bg2 Qf6 26.f4 Rfc8 27.Rac1 Rb5 28.Re5 Rbxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Qxb4 Rc1+ 31.Bf1 Bc6 32.Qd2 Ra1 33.Qc3 1-0 Jedlicka,A (2265)-Garcia Castro,P (2405)/Pardubice 2007 ) 12...Bb7 13.Qe2 b4 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Rac1 e6 16.Ne3 Nf6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qd2 Ra8 20.Ba1 Ra6 21.Bf1 Rb6 22.Qf4 h6 23.h4 Ba6 24.Bg2 Qd7 25.Nh2 Ne7 26.Ng4 Kh7 27.Bh3 Qd8 28.Re1 Rf8 29.h5 Bc8 30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Bxc8 dxe5 32.dxe5 Qxc8 33.Kg2 c5 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Rh1 h5 36.Bd4 Rc6 37.Qg5 Qf5 38.Qxf5 Nxf5 39.Bxc5 Rfc8 40.g4 Nd4 41.Rcd1 Ne2 42.Be3 Bxf6 43.exf6 Rxf6 44.Rhe1 Nf4+ 45.Kg3 Rc3 46.gxh5 Ne6 47.Rxd5 gxh5 48.Rxh5+ Kg7 49.Rc1 Nf4 50.Rg5+ Kf7 51.Rxc3 Ne2+ 52.Kg4 bxc3 53.Rc5 Ke8 54.f4 Rh6 55.Kf3 Rh2 56.a4 c2 57.a5 c1=Q 58.Bxc1 Nd4+ 59.Kg3 Rh1 60.a6 Kf7 61.a7 Rh8 62.Bb2 Rg8+ 63.Rg5 Nf5+ 64.Kg4 Nh6+ 65.Kh5 1-0 Neuman,P (2413)-Bindrich,F (2486)/ Czechia 2006 ]
11...bxc4 [ 11...Bb7 12.Qd2 Na7 13.Ne3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Nxc5 16.Rfd1 b4 17.Nd5 Nc6 18.Qd2 f6 19.h4 a5 20.Qe3 Rf7 21.Bh3 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Qxc8 23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 a4 25.Qe3 e6 26.Nf4 axb3 27.axb3 Qc6 28.Ra1 f5 29.h5 gxh5 30.Nxe6 Nxe6 31.Qxe6 Re8 32.Qxd6 Qxd6 33.Rxd6 f4 34.gxf4 Rxe2 35.Rb6 Rxf4 36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.Ra7+ Kf8 38.Rb8+ Re8 39.Rxb4 h4 40.Rxh7 Kg8 41.Rd7 h3 42.Rd2 Kh8 43.Rb5 Rf3 44.Kh2 Kh7 45.Rh5+ 1-0 Tomilova, E (2315)-Schepetkova,M (2148)/Ivanovo 2011 ]
12.Rxc4 Na5 13.Rc2! A nice finesse, meaning I cannot play my thematic ...c5 advance without exchanging dark-squared bishops. c6 14.Ne3 Nf6 Not really a great square for my knight, but it needs to go somewhere to allow ...Bd7, protecting my weak c-pawn. 15.Ne1 Bd7 16.Nd3 Qb6 My plan is to play ...Rfc8, ...Nb7 and then maybe ...c5 if I can. Of course, if white makes pawn advances, my plans may change. 17.Qa1 Rfc8 18.b4 Not unreasonable, but it does give me an additional target on the queenside, with a possible ...a5 break to come. Nb7 19.Nc4 Qa7 20.e4 d5 [#] 21.Nd2? [ 21.Nce5 would still keep the position finely balanced; I'd still have fancied my chances, but objectively there's probably not a lot in it. ]
21...dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Nd6 All of a sudden, white has a lot of weak pawns to defend, and one of them will soon drop off. 24.Bg2 Bf5 25.Rd1 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Rxb4 [#] A pawn up, but there's still a lot of work to do. The likely exchange of c6 for d4 will leave me with an extra kingside pawn, probably with opposite-coloured bishops. 27.Qe1 [ 27.Bxc6? Qb6 28.Qc1 Rxb2 gives me two pieces for a rook. ]]
27...Rcb8 28.Ba1 Nf5 29.Rxc6 Nxd4 30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.Rc2 White had to retreat a rook to the second rank to prevent my invading with decisive effect. e5 Making sure of my bishop's security on a good square. 32.h4 Qb6 33.Kh2 Rb1 34.Qe2 Rb2 35.Rdd2 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 a5 Removing a vulnerable pawn from danger. 37.Bd5 Rd8 38.Qf3 Rd7 39.Rc6 Qb2 [#] 40.Kg2 [ 40.Rf6 unfortunately does not work for white: e4 41.Qxe4 Bxf6 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qxd7 Qxf2+ 44.Kh3 Be5 45.Qg4 Bxg3 46.Qxg3 Qf5+ ]
40...Qxf2+ Crunch. That's now two extra pawns in the ending, and they're connected. 41.Qxf2 Bxf2 42.Bb3 Be1 43.Kf3 Kg7 44.Rc1 Bb4 45.Ke4 Re7 46.g4 f6 47.Rc8 h5 48.gxh5 [#] f5+ ...and now they are both passed, and can roll towards victory. 49.Kd5 gxh5 50.Kc6 e4 51.Rg8+ Kf6 52.Bd1 Re6+ 53.Kb5 f4 54.Bxh5? Dropping a piece, but the game is gone anyway. Re5+

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