(1) Gordon,Stephen (2535) - Rogozenco,Dorian (2541) [A56]
BL 0910 Hamburger SK - SG Turm Trier (3.3), 14.11.2009
[Reeh,Oliver]



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nge2 a6 9.a4 Ne8 10.0-0 b6 11.Be3 g6 12.Bh6 Ng7 13.f4 Ra7 14.Qd2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Nd1 Qe8 17.Ne3 Qg6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Nf4 Qh6 21.b4 Bg5
Black goes for an all-out attack on the kingside and surrenders his whole queenside. [21...a5!? ]

22.a5 Ng6 23.axb6 Rb7 24.bxc5 Nxf4 25.gxf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Qxf4 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.cxd6 Rg7 29.c5 Qg5
[29...Qh4!? would have prevented White's following move, leading to an unclear position.]

30.Qe5!
This powerful centralisation of the queen takes the sting out of Black's kingside attack.

30...f4 31.Qxg5 Rxg5
Here White can exploit the fact that the black rook f8 is an indispensable defender of the back rank - he wins with

32.Rf1! fxe3
[32...f3 33.c6! and the capture on g2 is no threat.]

33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.d7!
The decisive deflection - the rook on g5 is a fine attacking piece, yet it is no help whatsoever against the passed pawns on the queenside.

34...Bxd7 35.b7+- Bh3 36.b8Q+ Kg7 37.Qc7+ Kg6 38.Qc6+ Kf7 39.Qc7+ Kg6 40.Qd6+ Kh5 41.Qg3!
White has correctly calculated that the bishop ending is won.

41...Rxg3 42.hxg3 e2
[Or 42...Bg4 43.d6 Kg5 44.Bf3! (44.c6? Kf6= ) 44...Be6 45.c6 Kf6 46.Be2 Bd5 (46...a5 47.Bb5+- ) 47.c7 Be6 48.Bxa6 winning]

43.Bf3+! Kg5
[43...Bg4 44.Bxg4+ Kxg4 45.Kf2 Kf5 46.Kxe2 ]

44.Bxe2 a5 45.Bb5 Kf6 46.Kf2 Ke5 47.d6 Kd5 48.d7 Bxd7 49.Bxd7 Kxc5 50.Kf3 Kb4 51.Kg4 a4 52.Bxa4 1-0