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FIDE World Championship 2001: Ponomariov-Tiviakov
Ruslan Ponomariov - Sergey Tiviakov
FIDE Wch KO Moscow RUS (2.2), 30.11.2001
Sicilian Dragon B78
Notes: Mikhail Golubev, 1.12.2001
This game is important for opening theory. I have written quite a lot about the nuances of this particular move-order, so below I will cite my previous publications a few times.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7
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«Black's plans possibly included the line 10 Qd2 Nxd4 11 Bxd4 b5! where he gets good play. White avoids this line in the conventional Dragon by delaying Bb3» - BCM 10/99, annotations to Golubev-Cebalo game.
«...leads to a position that results both from the Dragon and the Accelerated Dragon. Due to the early Bb3, Black has the resource 10 Qd2 Nxd4!? 11 Bxd4 b5, and the attempt 10 h4!? has its disadvantages (as in the case of 10 Qd2 Rc8 11 0-0-0 Ne5, the main move for White nowadays is not 12 h4 but 12 Kb1!).» - The Sicilian Sozin, Gambit Publications, November 2001.
10.h4
Curiously, the line 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.Kb1! Re8!? 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6!? Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 leads to a position from the game.
10...h5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.0-0-0 Ne5 13.Bg5
«For a long time 13 Bg5 was the main line of Sicilian Dragon until, by the mid-1990s, White's attempts to give checkmate had been exhausted.» - Easy Guide to the Dragon, Everyman/Gambit 1999.
13...Rc5! 14.Kb1 Re8
Another possibility is 14...b5, as in the Germany vs Deep Fritz game (Chess Today 116).
15.Bh6!?
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Here Black has more choice than in the same position but with rook on c8 instead of c5 (it arises in the way mentioned in the note after White's 10th move).
15...Nc4
15...Bh8 16.g4 Qa5 (recommended by P.Stefanov; instead 16...a5 17.gxh5 Nxh5 18.f4 Ng4 19.f5 Rxc3 20.bxc3 a4, Finn-Mestel, Hastings 1991, 21.Bxf7+! Kxf7 22.Qg5 with White's clear advantage - pointed out by Steve Ham) 17.gxh5 Nxh5 18.Be3 (18.Rhg1!?) 18...Rec8 19.Nf5 gxf5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Qg5+ Bg7 22.Qxh5 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Qxc3 24.Rd3 (24.Rhg1 Ng6!) 24...Nxd3 25.Qxf7+ Kh7 26.Qh5+ Bh6 27.cxd3 Qxd3+ = 28.Bc2 Qb5+ 29.Ka1 1/2-1/2 Pirub-Golubev, blitz www.KasparovChess.com 2001.
p.s. 15...Qa5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rhe1 Rec8 18.f4 Neg4 19.Nf3 Bc6 20.Ng5 Be8 21.Qd4 R8c6 22.f5 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Ne5 24.fxg6 Nxg6 25.Nf3 Rc5 26.Re3 Qc7 27.Rde1 e5 28.Qd2 a5 29.a4 b5 30.Ng5 bxa4 31.Ba2 Qb6+ 32.Ka1 a3 33.Qc1 Nxh4 34.Rg3 Ng6 35.Qxa3 Nh7 36.Rb1 Qc7 37.Nxh7 Kxh7 38.Rf3 Nf4 39.Rh1 Ne2 40.c4 Nd4 41.Rf2 Kg7 42.Rxh5 Kf8 43.Qg3 Ke7 44.Rh7 Kd8 45.c3 Rxc4 46.cxd4 Rc1+ 47.Kb2 Rd1 48.Qg5+ Kc8 49.Qg4+ Kb8 50.Qxd1 1-0 Ponomariov - Tiviakov, FIDE Wch KO Moscow RUS (2.4), 30.11.2001.
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Bxg7
17.Nb3 Qc7 18.g4 Rxc3 was quite good for Black in Nunn-Berndt, Bundesliga 2000.
17...Kxg7
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18.Nd5
Till now 18.Rhe1!? didn't bring opening success for White: 18...Qc7 (18...Qa5 19.Nb3 Qc7 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rxh4 22.Nd4 Qc5 23.g3 Rh3 24.Qg2 Qxd5 25.Ne6+ Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Bxe6 followed by h4, Polzin-Reschke, Bundesliga 1998/9) 19.f4?! Bg4! 20.Rc1 Qb6 21.Nb3 Rec8 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxe5 Ng8 with better chances for Black, Behling-Ham, corr. 2001.
18.Nde2 Qa5 19.Nf4 Rec8 20.Ncd5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Kf8 23.b3 R4c5 = Aseev-Nemtsev, Nizhni Novgorod 1998.
18.g4!? Mullon-Derieux, Saint Lo 2001.
18...e5!N
Not 18...e6? 19.Ne3 Rc8 20.Nb3, Ricardi-Cabrera, Cali 2001. Then 20...Rc6 fails to 21.Na5!.
19.Nxf6
After 19.Ne2 (or 19.Nb3) Black can play 19...Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Rc6;
E.g. 19.Nb3 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Rc6 21.Na5 Rb6 22.Nc4 (22.Nxb7 Qb8 23.Nxd6 Rxb2+) 22...Be6 =.
19...Qxf6 20.Nb3 Re6!
Not 20...Rc6 21.Na5!.
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Maybe White is still slighly better, but Black should have sufficient resources.
21.Qa5 Ra4
21...a6!? 22.Qb6 d5 23.Qxb7 Bc6 24.Qxa6 Ba4 with some compensation.
22.Qc3
22.Qc7 Bc6, and it's not easy for White to improve his position. E.g. 23.Na5 Re7 24.Qd8 Qe6, with counterplay.
22...Qd8 23.Rd2 Qb6 24.Nc1
24.g4?! hxg4 25.h5 g5 is good for Black.
24...Bb5 25.b3 Ra6 26.Rhd1 Qd8! 27.g3 Rc6 28.Qe3 Qb6 29.Qxb6
29.Qg5?? f6.
29...Rxb6
The endgame is equal.
30.Ka1 f5 31.Ne2 fxe4 32.fxe4 Bxe2 33.Rxe2 Rf6 34.Kb2 Rc6 35.Rd3 Kf7 36.Rg2
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