World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

Vadim Milov, who had lost his first game to Indian GM Parimarjan Negi, played a wonderful game which demonstrates what happens when you give up your dark-squared bishop in a Gruenfeld. Milov took over the b2-h8 diagonal and used it to keep up the pressure until his young opponent cracked.

Milov,V 2652 Negi,P 2620

D94

22.11.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Qd2 Qxa1 12.0-0 Be6 13.Bb2 Qxa2 14.Ng5 f6 15.Bf3 Bc4

 

[ 15...fxg5 16.Qc3 Rf6 17.Bxb7 Nc6 18.Bxa8 ]

16.Rc1 e6

 

 

[ 16...Nc6 17.Rxc4 Rad8 18.Bd5+ Rxd5 19.Qxd5+ Kh8 20.Rd4 Qxb2 21.Rd2 Qb1+ 22.Rd1 Qf5 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.Ne6 ]

 17.Ne4 Nc6 18.Ra1 Rad8

 

[ 18...Rfd8 19.Qc1 Qb3 20.Bxf6 Rd3 ]

19.Qc1 Qb3 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Bxf6 Rf8 22.Bc3 Qb5 23.Bb2 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Qxc5 25.Qc3 e5 26.Rd1 b5 27.Qd2 Qf8 28.Kg2 Be6

[ 28...Qf7 29.Qd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 b4 31.Rc7 Bb5 32.Kg3 a5 33.Rb7 Bc4 34.Rc7 Bb5 35.Kg4 h6 36.f4 a4 37.Bxe5 Nxe5+ 38.fxe5 b3 ]

 

29.Qd6 Qf6 30.h4 Kg7 31.Qc7+ Kh6 32.Bc1 e4 33.Qg3 Bf5

 

[ 33...Qxf3+ 34.Qxf3 exf3+ 35.Kxf3 Ne5+ 36.Kg3 Nc4 ]

34.fxe4 Bxe4+ 35.f3 Bb1 36.e4+ Kg7 37.Qc7+ Kg8 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Qc7+

[ 39.Rd7+ Ne7 40.Qe8 Ba2 41.Rxe7+ Bf7 42.Rxf7+ Qxf7 43.Bh6+ Kf6 44.e5+ Kf5 45.Qxf7+ Kxe5 46.Qe7+ ]

39...Kg8 40.Rd7 1-0