2021-09-08 - Iwi, Graham 0-1 Mordue, Tyson
[Event "Downend A v Downend B"]
[Site "Cross Hands, Bristol"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iwi, Graham"]
[Black "Mordue, Tyson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]
{This is my game from the A versus B match on 8th September 2021, the first
competitive League match to be played at the club since the suspension of the
Bristol League in March 2020. Since then I'd had as much competitive OTB chess
as my opponent and probably most other people in the room. So the order of the
day was quiet stuff, get back into the routine, play some established theory
and just grind him down. However, I hadn't reckoned on my opponent. Graham Iwi.
Graham is new to Downend & Fishponds but not to Bristol League Chess. With a
playing strength of 160-170 (yes, we'll have to get used to Elo ratings from
now on!) he was a key member of the North Bristol that gained promotion to
Division 1 a few seasons ago. At that time I was playing for South Bristol A
which had just been relegated to Division 2. In the first match of that season
SB A were away to NB A and I did some prep in anticipation of playing Graham
on board 1. Instead NB got WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni in as a guest and the
Division 2 season opened with a battle between two FIDE titled players on top
board. Back to 2021. I wasn't even aware that Graham had switched clubs let
alone that he could be a prospective opponent in the opening match. I could
remember nothing of my previous prep other than he seemed to be an aggressive
and original player who didn't rely too much on established theory. That was
quickly confirmed.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {The
extremely flexible Scheveningen variation. I do still play the Najdorf
variation (5...a6) and it is possible to transpose to it with, say, 6 Bg5 a6.
However, the Scheveningen is not as commttal as the Najdorf hence my choice in
this game. But when it came to being committal then that was my opponent's
approach.} 6. Bd3 {An infrequent move and a deliberate choice by Graham to
avoid popular theory. Once again 6...a6 would transpose back to a rarer line
of the Najdorf, but my choice forces White into an immediate decision about
the d4 Knight as it has been deprived of its natural defence with the Queen.}
Nc6 7. Nxc6 {The main alternatives are 7 Be3 and 7 Nb3. The major drawback to
the text is that the Black b-pawn is 'promoted' to c6 and this helps him to
execute the desirable central break ...d6-d5 more easily. Also the control of
d5 and b5 and the open b-file for a Black Rook are helpful factors for the
second player. Of course as an experienced player Graham would have been aware
of this. He is looking for quick unhindered development and the chance of a
Kingside attack. However, it should be noted that the opening databases show a
slight plus in Black's results from this position.} bxc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O
{Not played automatically by any means. The major alternatives are 9... Qc7, 9.
..e5 and 9...d5. My experience has shown that the best Pawn advance out of the
c-,d- and e-Pawns is ...d6-d5. After e4-e5 Nf6-d7 we arrive in French Defence
territory and there is the usual debate over whether the e5 Pawn is a strength
or a weakness. Black is certainly looking to play ...f7-f6 but here the
presence of the White Queen on e2 means that after ...f7-f6, e5xf6 Black will
probably be obliged to recapture with ...Nd7xf6 because of the loose e6 Pawn.
There is an argument for ...Rf8xf6 but in either case I'm concerned about the
weak e5 square. That same concern is the motivation for playing 9...Qc7, but
after a few minutes reflection I decided that the natural move was to castle
and keep my options open. However, serious consideration should be given to 9..
.e5 so as to have the option of, after 10 f2-f4, playing 10...e5xf4 avoiding
the double-edged scenario that happens in the game. On the database there are
five games with 9...0-0 and nine with 9...e5 and Black has plus scores in both
lines. As far as I can see no GMs feature in the games concerned.} 10. f4 {
Surprisingly this natural move takes us out of theory. The moves in previous
praxis are 10 e5 (twice) and once each for 10 Na4 (intending 11 c4 with a sort
of Maroczy bind), 10 b3 and 10 Be3. Deep Rybka suggests both 10 a3 and 10 h3
and regular readers of my annotations will know exactly what I think of that!}
e5 {As a general rule of thumb in the Scheveningen if White is threatening
e4-e5 in earnest then Black should go ... e6-e5 first. I was well aware that
White could go past with f4-f5 but that to make anything of it he would
probably need to follow up with g2-g4-g5 which exposes his own King. Black's
natural counter is to go ...d6-d5 which is made so much easier by having a
Pawn on c6. The obvious question is what happens if I play the other main move.
After 10...d5 11.e5 Nd7 there is the tempting 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Rf3
but after 14...f6 Deep Rybka says Black is okay. However, after an eighteen
month lay-off this is exactly the sort of line I wanted to avoid. Hence the
practical approach.} 11. f5 {This is White's only real try for an advantage.
Had he not played this I was strongly considering playing 11...Bg4 and then 12.
..exf4 and switching the Bishop to g6 via h5. That would pressure the e4 Pawn
and rule out any tactics based on e4-e5 and Bd3xh7+.} Re8 {This is Black's
first opportunity to play the highly desirable ...d6-d5. The problem seems to
be that the e5 Pawn is going to be en prise. Now after 11...d5 12.exd5 Nxd5
(if 12...cxd5 then 13 Qxe5 Black has no compensation for the Pawn) 13.Qxe5 Bf6
14.Qe1 Nxc3 15 bxc3 and Black has a fine game because White's extra Pawn is
the one on c3 and of little value. 15.. .Re8 and 15...Qa5 are handy
continuations. Unfortunately after 11...d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 White has 13 Nxd5.
Once again 13...cxd5 14 Qxe5 and Black has little for his missing Pawn, but if
instead 13...Qxd5 then White has a clear positional plus because of Black's
broken Pawns. The text move indirectly defends the e5 Pawn so the variation 12.
..d5 13 exd5 cxd5 14 Qxe5?? Bc5+ wins the Queen. Spotting that is easy so
Graham shifts his King from g1 to h1.} 12. Kh1 Bb7 {After White's precaution
12...d5 is now poor for the same reasons given in the previous note. The text
is an obvious developing move giving extra support to the d5 square and surely
it will deter White from playing g2-g4-g5. At this point Deep Rybka evaluates
the position as level.} 13. g4 $5 {It takes a lot of bravery to play this move
when Black's previous one is deliberately designed to put White off doing so.
It should be noted that there is nothing wrong with the obvious 13 Bg5. The
text has clear minuses but the onus is on Black to play accurately and try to
demonstrate what those minuses are. The first is the exposure of the King on
the h1-a8 diagonal. Secondly if the White Pawn gets to g5 then it only has one
defender whereas there are two potential attackers (Bishop e7 backed up by the
Queen d8). Thirdly White is not fully developed. His Queen's Bishop and Rook
do not contribute directly to the attack although there is potential. The
reader will not be surprised that as a regular Sicilian player I've had this
sort of scenario before. I refer you to Hall D vs Mordue, Frome 2006 which is
on the Tyson's Choice page. So I knew the main thing was not to panic and
remain objective. Black's reply was played quickly once I'd recovered from the
surprise of seeing White's 13th.} d5 $5 {Deep Rybka looks at two other moves.
One is the reflex 13...h6. Despite my misgivings about Pawn to Rook Threes I
did consider it but the basic point is that it ultimately just helps White
open lines against Black's King. 14 h4 looks decent while the engine's
preference is 14 Rg1. It was later pointed out to me that after 13...h6 14 h4
Nh7! is a good retort which probably means that White is obliged to either sac
a Pawn or play the anti-positional 15 h5. The other alternative move that
the engine looked at was 13...Nd7. I can see that this move controls g5 and
even prepares ...Be7-g5 so as to swap off the dark-squared Bishops. Indeed
this instantly reminds me of the game Barden-Rossolimo, Hastings 1950-1, which
Irving Chernev includes in his book The Most Instructive Games Of Chess Ever
Played. There are several differences between that and the current game but I
would advise any aspiring player to obtain the whole book, let alone the score
of the single game! However, the principal difference is that I have a
Pawn on c6 which helps support the ...d6-d5 break. Rossolimo's Pawn was back
on b7 and Barden had a clear strategy of restraining said break. Now my point
is that chess theory dictates that the counter to an advance on one wing
should be a break in the centre. As ...d6-d5 is readily available here then
why not play it? What's more is declining to play it a sign of cowardice by a
human or, on the other hand, just an example of the engine's lack of
strategical nous? I leave the reader to determine that for themselves, but if
I hadn't have played the text then I probably wouldn't have been able to look
at myself in the mirror the next morning! Eighteen months away from the board
should not be an excuse for a lack of resolution and determination. Forward!}
14. g5 {Clearly the most consistent and aggressive move. If White doesn't play
it now then why did he play 13 g4? I spent a little while here looking at 14...
dxe4. The obvious point is that the disconnection of the White Rooks allows
the fantasy line 15 gxf6 exd3 16 fxe7?? dxe2 17 exd8=Q exf1=Q mate! Clearly
White can just take on d3 at move 16 but after 16...Bxf6 he's just a Pawn down
for nothing. So apparently White has to recapture on e4. Unfortunately for
Black he doesn't. Instead 15 Bc4! Nd5 16 Nxe4 just leaves White with the same
positional plus given in an earlier note. I continued my analysis with 16...
Nf4!? based on 17 Bxf4 exf4 18 Rxf4? Bxg5 which Deep Rybka says is better for
White while I disagree, but instead 18 g6! is definitely good for the first
player. This theme comes up again later. Having spotted all that I resolved to
play 14... Nxe4, did so, and then realised that I'd missed something else.}
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {Graham took a while over this move and it turned out that he
was looking at exactly the same lines that I was and coming to the same
conclusions. The move I'd missed was 15 f6!?, the point being 15...gxf6 (if 15.
..Nxc3? 16 fxe7 wins a piece while Deep Rybka says 16 Bxh7+! is mate in seven.)
16 Nxe4 dxe4 (if 16...fxg5 17 Qh5 is too good) 17 Bxe4! (not 17 Qxe4 Qd5 with
rough equality) and there is no decent answer to 18 Qh5. However, the best
reply to 15 f6 is 15...Nxf6! 16 gxf6 Bxf6 when Black has three good Pawns for
a Knight, excellent central control and a much safer King. Note that 17 Qh5 is
met simply by 17...e4 blocking the d3 Bishop out. I should add that Deep Rybka
says 17...g6 may be playable but I didn't like it after 18 Qf3 Re6 19 Bg5 Kg7
20 Rae1. Instead after 17...e4 the engine says Black is better by 0.56.
Question: when are three Pawns better value than a piece? Obviously it depends
on circumstances but when Mikhail Tal was storming the chess world in the late
1950s with his sacrificial style there was an adage: Three pawns are better
than a piece when Tal has the three Pawns. Peter Clarke, in his well-known
book on Tal, suggested substituting 'better player' for Tal and the adage was
probably more objective. This is very likely correct, and Graham opined after
the game that he felt the three Pawns were much better value than the Knight
on c3 which, although on a standard central square, does nothing. Once again I
refer the reader to the game Hall D-Mordue in the Tyson's Choice section where
the steed's inaction resulted in it perishing very unexpectedly!} dxe4 16. Qxe4
$2 {This tempting move turns out to be a clear error but only because of
Black's very subtle reply with a not so subtle threat. The first point is that
the tempting 16...Bxg5 is answered by 17 f6 when 17...g6?? loses a piece to 18
Bxg5. Of course there is 17...Bxf6 instead, but after 18 Qxh7+ Kf8 Deep Rybka
claims White is better despite Black's extra Pawn and I didn't want anything
to do with the position. White is having all the fun. Of course Black can play
the simple 16...Qd5 when he is better if White trades Queens. Unfortunately
White doesn't have to and with a simple move like 17 Be3 he can probably keep
a small plus. However, White has an improvement on the text. It's not 16.Bxe4
when 16...Bxg5 and Black is a Pawn up with comfort. Here 17 f6? Bxf6 18 Qh5 g6
19 Qf3 Re6 20 Bg5 Kg7 21 Rae1 whilst being similar to a previous line leaves
Black two Pawns up and White hasn't sufficient compensation. Instead 16.Bc4!
Bxg5 (probably forced as 17 g6 is too big a threat to ignore) 17.Bxf7+ (the
alternative 17.Qh5 Bxc1 18.Qxf7+ {Deep Rybka suggests 18 Bxf7+ Kh8 19 Bxe8 Bf4
20 Bg6 Bh6 21 f6!? as a try for a White advantage and is worth looking at.} Rb8
$1 {Suddenly White has significant problems and Graham took a long time over
his reply. At this point the difference in the clocks started to be
significant with a ten to fifteen minute gap in my favour. Deep Rybka likes
this move enough to evaluate Black at standing almost +1.} 17. Qg4 {If 17. Kg1
c5 then 18. Qg4 transposes to the game while other Queen moves to say e2 or c4
simply leave the g5-Pawn en prise. The simplest answer to the further
line-opening 17. Qxe5? is 17... Bd6 18. Qc3 Be5 19. Qd2 Bd4+ 20. Rf2 Qd5.
It seems remarkable that Black is winning with only two of his pieces off his
back rank, but every one of them is doing something while White has two pieces
sleeping on the Queenside. Please recall that White could have safely played
13 Bg5. The main factor is the exposed White King and this is exactly what I
was counting on when I chose 13...d5. Articles and books on attacking
usually say that you need three main pluses when conducting an onslaught.
Those three are force, space and time. The reader will be intrigued to find
which of those factors apply here for White's attack and Black's counterattack.
But note that there are no apparent weaknesses in the Black King position. So
the question is: was White's attack justified in the first place? I leave that
for you to think about for yourself.} c5+ 18. Kg1 $2 {White needed to play 18.
Be4 although after 18... Bxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 Black has won a Pawn with a
better position.} Qd4+ $2 {Black's position is actually so good that I missed
an immediate win here. I looked at 18... c4! 19. Qxc4 Qb6+ 20. Rf2 Bc5 but
missed that 21. Qh4 is answered by 21... Qc6 with a decisive penetration
before taking the f2 Rook. Of course there is swapping everything on f2 and
emerging an Exchange up for a Pawn but I felt Black's position had more to
offer. I was right, but I missed the immediate execution. However, the text
wasn't played in haste. I had looked in some detail at the ending and I was
fairly sure with accurate play that I was going to win an Exchange or at least
the juicy b2 Pawn. After the Queen swap I have more active pieces, a lead in
development - White's c1 Bishop looks like it will be tied down to defending
b2 - and a mobile Pawn centre. Once my Bishop comes to c5 I have the threat of
...e5-e4, Bd3-c4 or b5 d4-d3+, Kg1-g2 e4-e3+ and then ...d3-d2 winning the c1
Bishop. White has ways around this but they don't improve his position and use
up valuable time. Additionally I had about 35 minutes left to Graham's twenty
and this is not an easy position for White to defend. Deep Rybka says Black is
better by roughly 0.8. There is a tempting alternative with 18...Qd5. We
looked at this after the game and determined that the sequence 19.f6 Qh1+ 20.
Kf2 Qxh2+ 21.Ke1 didn't seem to get Black very far. It's difficult to get at
the King on e1. Deep Rybka suggests 21...Bd8 22.fxg7 Bg2 23.Rf2 Qh1+ 24.Bf1
Ba5+ 25.c3 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qd5 with an evaluation of roughly +1 to Black. After
more thought it then comes up with the peculiar 27 g6 and claims the advantage
is reduced to a mere 0.45! I leave the curious reader to investigate further.}
19. Qxd4 cxd4 {This is a good position to study. I identified about five
different moves for serious consideration. See if you can find all of them!}
20. g6 {This is one of the five alternatives referred to in the previous note.
The others are: 1) 20. h4 to give the King a flight square on h2 and bolster
the g5-Pawn; 2) 20. a4 to give the d3-Bishop the b5 square from where it
shields the b2 Pawn. 3) 20. b3 to fianchetto the undeveloped Bishop. 4) 20.
Bc4 threatening 21. g6. After 20. h4 both 20.. .e4 and 20... Bc5 are good
replies. After 20. a4 a strong move is 20... Rfc8 which threatens 21... e4
and 22... Rxc2. A possible line is 21. Re1 f6 22. Bd2 Bd5!, intending 23...
Bc4 and White's Queenside Pawns become exposed as a result of a2-a4, 23. b3
Bb4! and Black gets access to c3 for a Rook and White's Queenside comes under
pressure. Note if White swaps on f6 Black will probably be the one to benefit
from the open g-file. After 20. b3 Bc5 Deep Rybka gives 21. Kf2 e4 22.
Bc4 e3+ 23. Ke2. Here Deep Rybka ignores White's 'threat' with 23... Re4 24.
g6 Rh4 and says Black is +1.5. The only one of the above three lines I
seriously looked at was 20. a4 Rfc8. It didn't think Graham was likely to play
20. h4 or 20. b3. The other two moves were 20. Bc4 and 20. g6 and both were
serious candidates. With 20. Bc4 Deep Rybka suggests a long line that's
worth looking at. It goes 20. Bc4 d3 21. Be3 dxc2 22. g6 Rf8 23. gxf7+ Rxf7
24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxa7 Rc8 26. Be3 Rc4 27. h3 Rh4 28. Kh2 Re4 29. Rae1 (if a)
29. Bc1 Re2+ 30. Kg3 [30. Kg1 Bc5+] 30... Rg2 mate or b) 29. Bf2 Bg5) 29...
Bh4 30. Re2 Ba6 regaining the Exchange with a clear advantage. This is
fascinating stuff but there are two much simpler alternatives with 20... Be4,
focusing on g6 in reverse, or 20... Bc5 21. Re1 (or 21. h4 Be4 again) 21... g6
stopping White's counterplay dead. I also considered 20... Rec8 21. Bb3 Kf8 22.
g6 hxg6 23. fxg6 f6 but was concerned about 24. h4 and the further advance of
the h-Pawn. However, 24... Be4 forks g6 and c2. Instead in this line 22. f6 is
far more troublesome after 22... gxf6 23. gxf6 Bc5 24. Bh6+ and Deep Rybka
says that it's roughly equal. I think 20. Bc4 is the best move. After a bit
of thought I found the best reply to 20. g6. Graham looked perplexed and our
board 2 Nigel Hosken said later that he was impressed by what I'd played.} Bd5
$1 {Stopping Bc4 completely and giving White another potential problem. After
Black plays ...Be7-c5 the threat is ...e5-e4, Bd3-a6 (there's currently no
other square as Bd3-e2 loses it to ...d4-d3 discovered check) and now ...
Rb8-b6 traps the Bishop! Yes, White has time to sort this one out but it's
another sign that he is in trouble.} 21. gxh7+ {If 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 is no bother
to Black. His King is more active and quite safe. After the text White
hopes for 21... Kxh7 22. f6+ e4 23. fxe7 exd3 24. cxd3 Rxe7 when Black only
has a small plus. By leaving the h7-Pawn where it is I hope to pick it up
after putting a piece on f6 to avoid the discovery. At the moment I don't want
to play ...f7-f6 because I want to keep my Pawns flexible.} Kh8 22. Re1 Bb4 {
It's difficult to criticise a move that virtually forces White to give up an
Exchange but two other moves strongly suggest themselves. After 22... Bh4 then
after the line in the game I can save a tempo by putting the Bishop straight
back to f6. Deep Rybka prefers 22... e4 23. Bf1 Kxh7 with +1.84 to Black, or
23. Bxe4 Bh4 24. Bf4 Rxb2 25. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxe1 27. Bb3 Kxh7 with +2.}
23. Re4 $1 {The best practical chance. There's no point in 23. Rf1 e4 24. Ba6
Rb6 25. Be2 d3 26. cxd3 Bc5+ winning material or 23. Rd1 Bf3 24. Rf1 e4 25.
Bc4 d3 with the same idea. After the text and the acceptance of the
sacrifice Graham seems to obtain some sort of fortress, but it's quickly
proved to be an illusion.} Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Be7 {Maybe 24... Kxh7 was playable
immediately because after 25. f6+ g6 26. Bg5 Black has 26... d3 27 cxd3 Bc5+
and 28... Rxb2. Perhaps 26. Bg5 is an error in this line but anyway I didn't
want to make waves and from f6 my Bishop has designs on White's Queenside
despite two Pawns being in the way. This also deters Graham from playing b2-b3
over the next few moves, although it should be noted that having the other
Bishop on b7 didn't deter him from playing g2-g4 with his King on h1!} 25. Kf2
Rec8 26. Kg3 {If the King was to go to the Queenside then I had the quaint
plan of playing ...Kxh7, ...Rh8 and ...Kg8 activating the Rook there and
probably immediately winning the h-Pawn depending on how unprepared White is
for this switch. The key thing in this position is open files for the Black
Rooks. There isn't a single completely open file on the board so I must remedy
that before White gets organised and uses his Queenside pieces to some effect.
The trouble with 26. b3, hoping to fianchetto, is that Black gets to play 26...
Rc3 threatening 27...Rh3, and if White chooses 27. Bd3 to prevent it then 27...
R8c8 means that 28. Bb2?? isn't playable because of 28... Rxc2+ winning both
Bishops for a Rook. Nor is 28. Bd2 any good because 28... Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Rxc2
30. Ke1 e4 and White is getting squashed. In summary 26. b3 facilitates
Black's plan of giving back the Exchange for a Pawn which comes up in a few
moves anyway.} Bf6 27. h4 {Deep Rybka doesn't like this. Then again, what can
White actually do here that is constructive? Personally I think the Pawn is
exposed on h2. Black is going to return some of his extra material by saccing
on c2. If the Pawn is still on h2 then White may have to spend a vital tempo
defending it. On h5 it creates some problems for Black in activating his King.
White will lose if he does nothing. In my opinion a computer evaluation that
effectively says 'a losing position is worse after a particular move' is
irrelevant. If the move creates practical chances to save the game then by all
means try it!} Kxh7 28. h5 {Played to restrain the ...g7-g6 break as it would
lead to the elimination of several Pawns. Black must be careful not to reduce
the Pawn population too much as it may cause technical difficulties later on.
Then again he's not averse to open lines for his Rooks. However, White
must now be careful where he puts his King as allowing ...Kh7-h6 will probably
cost a Kingside Pawn. Another example showing that in chess you don't
necessarily get something for nothing. Black now doubles his Rooks on the
c-file targeting c2. I could target b2 as well but that involves scenarios
with opposite coloured Bishops and other negatives.} Rc7 29. Kf3 Rbc8 {And it
turns out that the White King is indeed too far away. As already indicated
Black intends to return the Exchange by saccing on c2. This will make the d4
Pawn passed as well, and gives the Rook freedom to attack the White Kingside
Pawns from behind. I executed all this very quickly while Graham's clock
was clicking down into single figures. I knew that returning the Exchange was
key as frequently the way to win such endings is to give it back for a Pawn
and free up entry squares. I did the same in a league game against Duncan
Grossett several years ago and it gave my remaining Rook a real lease of life.
The same happens here.} 30. Rb1 {This Rook's first move and it's more than the
adjacent Bishop ever achieves. However, it's a sensible precaution to get off
the a1-h8 diagonal. The blockade of the light squares is about to collapse and
the f6 Bishop could be firing down the long diagonal.} Rxc2 $1 {Played with no
hesitation. Black has no other sensible way to make progress. Now Deep Rybka
puts Black's plus up to nearly +3.} 31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. a3 {Trying to create a
passed Pawn on the Queenside. Instead 32. Ke4 Re2+ 33. Kd3 Re1 and 34... e4+
gets White nowhere and Black even further up the board, a variation that was
necessary to see before returning the Exchange. Note that the further
continuation 34. Kc2 e4 35. Bd2?? d3+ costs White his Rook! That's the effect
of opening the a1-h8 diagonal for the Bishop.} a6 {Taking a small liberty in
White's time-trouble as he now had less than five minutes plus increments to
finish the game. This thoughtful move removes the Pawn from the gaze of
White's Bishop after, say, 32... d3 33. Be3 and asks White what he wants to
play now. Deep Rybka prefers 32... Rh2 with designs on the h5-Pawn and it
could well be right, but the text has some subtle points.} 33. b4 Be7 {Another
moved played instantly, and Graham has to use a few valuable seconds to work
out that 33. a4? fails to 33...Bxb4 because the Rook is overloaded. He now
goes into the sequence given earlier but what else is there?} 34. Ke4 Re2+ 35.
Kd3 Re1 {Now according to Deep Rybka Black's advantage is nearly +4. White's
Kingside Pawn advances have left a huge void while Black's central Pawns are
finally ready to march on. Pressed for time and short of decent moves Graham
falls into a simple tactic.} 36. Kc4 $2 Bg5 {After some brief consideration
Graham conceded. After 37. Bxg5 Rxb1 the Rook is in the perfect place to
hold up any further Queenside advance by White. Deep Rybka gives the tidy 38.
a4 f6 39. Bd2 Rd1! 40. Kd3 (there's nothing else!) 40... e4+ 41. Kc2 Rf1 42.
b5 axb5 43. axb5 Rxf5 and all White's Pawns vanish. Instead the desperate 37.
a4 Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. b5 axb5+ 40. axb5 is met by the simple 40... Bd2 41.
b6 Ba5 42. b7 Bc7. White's Queen's Bishop hasn't made a move while his
King has made more moves than all his Queenside pieces put together.
Development pays!} 0-1
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