Chess game: Gandrud x Korobov

[Event "Xtracon Open 2019"] [Site "Helsingor"] [Date "2019.07.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Gandrud, Vegar Koi"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2351"] [BlackElo "2687"] [Annotator "Leitão"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {[%evp 0,19,19,31,19,0,-3,-3,26,-3,9,9,58,19,6,15,18,-8,-9,-9,23,-6] What a fantastic game! In the diagram position black found the only way to win. How would you play?} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. b3 cxb3 $1 9. axb3 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 {1-0 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Beliavsky,A (2630) Reykjavik 2016}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7 $1 13. Bxc6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 $15 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 a5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 a4 20. Rda2 f5 21. Qd3 Rdc8 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Ba3 Bf6 (24... Bxa3 25. Qxa3 $15) 25. Qa6 h5 26. Qd6 Qe8 27. h4 Rc6 28. Qf4 Rc3 29. Qd6 Kh7 30. Rb1 Qg6 31. Qf8 $2 (31. Rb8 $1 f4 32. Qf8 $11 (32. exf4 $2 Qe4 $19)) 31... Rxe3 $3 $19 32. Rb8 (32. fxe3 Qxg3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qxe3+ 35. Kf1 Qd3+ $19) 32... Rxg3+ $1 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ $19 34. Kf1 Qd3+ $1 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qxh4+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kg2 h4 $6 (40... Qg4+ 41. Kh2 (41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ $19) 41... Qe2+ 42. Kh1 Bxd4 $19) 41. Bd6 $6 (41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kh6 $1 (42... Kg5 43. Be7)) 41... Qe4+ 42. Kf1 ( 42. Kh2 a3 $3 43. Bxa3 Qe2+ 44. Kh1 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qh3+ 47. Kg1 Bxd4#) 42... Bxd4 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. Be7+ Kg4 46. Qxa4 Qd3+ 47. Ke1 f4 (47... h3 $19) 48. Qd1+ Qxd1+ 49. Kxd1 h3 50. Ke1 Kf3 51. Kf1 {[#]} g5 $3 $19 (51... h2 $2 52. Rh8) (51... e5 52. Rh8) 52. Rb3+ (52. Bxg5 h2 $19) 52... Be3 $1 53. Rb2 g4 54. Rh2 Kg3 55. Rh1 e5 56. Bb4 h2 57. Bc3 e4 58. Be1+ Kh3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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