1.e4
c5
2.Nf3
d6
3.d4
cxd4
4.Nxd4
Nf6
5.Nc3
a6
6.Be3
e5
7.Nb3
Be6
8.Qd2
Nbd7
9.0-0-0
b5
10.f4
Be7
11.f5
Bc4
12.Kb1
0-0
13.g4
Nxg4
14.Rg1
Nxe3
15.Qxe3
Bxb3
16.Qh6
Bf6
17.axb3
Kh8
18.Qh5
Be7
19.Nd5
Nf6
20.Nxf6
Bxf6
21.Rd3
h6
22.Rg2
Ra7
23.c4
Qe7
24.Rd5
bxc4
25.Bxc4
a5
26.Qd1
Rc8
27.Rxd6
a4
28.Rgd2
axb3
29.Qxb3
Kh7
30.R6d3
Bg5
31.Rd1
Qc7
32.Rc3
Rb8
33.Bxf7
Qxf7
34.Qxb8
Qa2+
35.Kc2
Qa4+
36.Qb3
Qxe4+
37.Rcd3
Qxf5
38.Kb1
e4
39.Rd5
Qe6
40.Rb5
Qg6
41.Rb6
Qf5
42.Qc2
Re7
43.Rb4
g6
44.Re1
e3
45.h4
Bf6
46.Qxf5
gxf5
47.Kc2
Rc7+
48.Kd3
f4
49.Rxf4
Bxb2
50.Rff1
Rc3+
51.Ke2
Rc4
52.h5
Rc5
53.Rh1
Bg7
54.Kxe3
Ra5
55.Rd1
Ra7
56.Rd5
Re7+
57.Kd3
Ra7
58.Rb1
Ra3+
59.Ke4
Ra7
60.Rdb5
Re7+
61.Kf3
Rf7+
62.Kg3
Rc7
63.R1b3
Rc1
64.Rb7
Rc5
65.R7b5
Rc1
66.R3b4
Rc3+
67.Kh4
Bf6+
68.Kg4
Bg7
69.Rb7
Rc1
70.Kg3
Rc3+
71.Kh4
Kh8
72.R4b6
Rc4+
73.Kg3
Rc1
74.Rg6
The desperado rook
What usually happens is that extra forces help the besieging army storm fortresses. But there is also the opposite case, when the presence of extra material actually saves the defending side, as in the present situation. If he did not have his rook, Black would be totally lost in the duel between White's remaining rook and the black bishop. But White simply cannot force the exchange of rooks:
74...Rf1!?
[Even 74...Rg1+
75.Kf4
Rxg6
76.hxg6
Bc3!
is still a draw, because the g6-pawn blocks the invasion by the white king, e.g. 77.Kf5
Kg8
78.g7
Kh7=
]
75.Kg2
[75.Rbxg7
runs into the stalemate defence 75...Rf3+
76.Kh2
Rh3+
77.Kg2
Rg3+=
(Baburin in Chess Today 3267), because the desperado rook cannot be shaken off without allowing stalemate.; A sample variation after 75.Kg4
goes: 75...Rf2
76.Rb3
Kh7
77.Rf3
Rg2+
78.Kf5
Rh2
79.Ke6
Rxh5
80.Kf7
and then a bishop move such as 80...Bh8=
(However, even here the exchange of rooks would be fatal: 80...Rg5?
81.Rxg5
hxg5
82.Rg3
Bh6
83.Rg1+-
) ]
75...Rf4
76.Rg3
Rf5
77.Rg6
Rf4
[Of course, not 77...Rxh5??
78.Rbxg7+-
because now the stalemating constellation of pieces is broken.]
78.Rb3
Rf7
79.Rgb6
Rf5
80.R3b5
Rf4
[The exchange of rooks 80...Rxb5?
loses in a typical manner: 81.Rxb5
Bf6
82.Rb7
Kg8
83.Kf3
Kf8
84.Ke4
Be7
85.Kf5
Kf7
86.Rc7
Kf8
87.Kg6
Bg5
88.Rf7+
Ke8
(After 88...Kg8?!
89.Rf2
Black is straight into a deadly zugzwang.) 89.Kg7
Be3
90.Rf1
Bd2
91.Rd1
Bg5
92.Re1+
Kd7
93.Kf7
Kd6
94.Rg1
Bf4
95.Kf6
Kd7
96.Kf5
Be3
97.Rd1+
Kc7
98.Rd3
Bg5
99.Rg3
Bd2
100.Rg2
Be3
101.Ke4
Bc5
102.Rg6
Bf8
103.Rf6+-
]
81.Rb4
Rf5
82.R6b5
Rf7
83.Rb7
Rf6
84.Re4
Rf5
85.Ree7
Rg5+
86.Kf3
Rf5+
87.Ke4
Rg5
88.Kf4
Ra5
89.Ra7
Rb5
90.Reb7
Rc5
91.Re7
Rb5
92.Ra8+
Kh7
93.Ra3
Kh8
94.Rg3
Rc5
95.Ke4
[After 95.Rgxg7
Rf5+
the white king can still not find a safe hiding place from the insistent desperado rook, e.g. 96.Ke3
(96.Kg4
Rf4+=
) 96...Rf3+
97.Kd4
Rd3+
98.Kc4
Rd4+=
]
95...Rb5
96.Rd7
Re5+
97.Kf4
Rc5
98.Rg1
Rb5
99.Rd8+
Kh7
100.Rg2
Rb4+
101.Kg3
Rb3+
102.Kf4
Rb7
103.Ke4
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