(1) Saric,Ivan - Jakovenko,Dmitry [B37]
17.ETCC 2009 Novi Sad (1.1), 22.10.2009
[Reeh,Oliver]



1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.c4 Cf6 6.Cc3 d6 7.Cc2 Ag7 8.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 Cd7 10.Ad2 Cc5 11.b4 Cd7 12.Tb1 b6 13.f4 Ab7 14.Rh1 Tc8 15.Ad3 e6 16.De1 De7 17.Df2 Cf6 18.a4 Tfd8 19.Tfe1 Dd7 20.Af1 d5 21.cxd5 exd5 22.e5 Cg4 23.Dg3 d4 24.Cb5 Ccxe5 25.fxe5 Txc2 26.Tbd1 De6 27.h3 a6 28.Ca3 Txd2
[With 28...Cf2+! 29.Dxf2 Dxh3+ 30.Rg1 Dxa3-+ Black could have crowned his powerful play.]

29.Txd2 Cxe5 30.Cc4 f6 31.Dh4 Td7 32.Rg1 g5?!
Black starts to run with the wrong pawn. [No worries whatsoever he would have after 32...f5! for instance 33.Cxe5 Axe5 34.Ad3 (34.Tde2 Ae4 ) 34...Rg7 35.Tde2 Df6! ]

33.Df2 g4 34.Cxe5 g3
This intermediate move to deflect the enemy queen could have cost Black dearly - answer C) - since White can conquer the pawn anyway.

35.Dxg3
[Immediately decisive would have been 35.Dxd4!! Txd4 36.Txd4 and Black gets grilled on the diagonal c4-g8, for instance 36...Ad5 (36...fxe5 37.Ac4 ) 37.Txd5! fxe5 38.Ac4 ]

35...fxe5
Now Black's disadvantage is kept within limits.

36.Ad3 Tf7
[36...Rh8!? ]

37.Dh4 Dh6 38.Dxh6 Axh6 39.Tde2 Tg7?
[The best chance was to play the endgame with minus pawn after 39...Rg7 40.Txe5 Ae3+ 41.T1xe3 dxe3 42.Txe3 ]

40.Ac4+ Rf8 41.Tf2+ Af4 42.Txe5 Txg2+ 43.Txg2 Axe5 44.Tf2+
and after ... Ke8 45.Re2 or ...Kg7 45.Rf7+ one of the black bishops drops. 1-0