1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Bf3

14. O-O!? a6 15. Bf3 Rg8 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. b3 cxb3?! 18. Qxb3 Kc7 19. Rac1 Kb8 20. Rfe1 Ra7 21. g3 b4? (21... bxa4) 22. Bg2 Qc7 23. d5 Be7 24. dxc6 Bc8 25. Qf3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rg7 27. Qh5 Rg6 28. a5 e5 29. Nc5 Bg5 30. Rb1 Be7 31. Rxb4+ Ka8 32. Qxe5 Bd6 33. Qh8 Rxg3 34. Re8 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bxc5+ 37. Kf1 1-0 Vescovi,G-Abreu,A/Bermuda BER 2005.

 

14... a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qa1 Bb7 18. Qa7 Kc8 19. Nxb5

19. O-O Rg8 20. Be4 Qf4 21. Re1 f5 22. d5 fxe4 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qa6+ Kd7 25. Rd1+ Bd6 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3 e3 0-1 Bellon Lopez,J-Perez,L/Havana CUB 1999.

 

 

19... Bb4+!?

The stronger 19... Qg5!! led to immediate resignation in Moskalenko - Cifuentes Parada, XXVI Open Seville 2001, as White is clearly lost after 20. Nc3 Qc1+ 21. Bd1 (21. Nd1 Bb4+) 21... Qxb2 22. Ne4 Bb4+ 23. Kf1 Rd8

 

20. Ke2?

20. Nc3 h3 21. O-O Rg8 22. Kh1 hxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Rxg2 (23... Qg5 24. Rg1 Qf4) 24. Kxg2 c5+ 25. d5 exd5 26. f3 d4 27. Ne4 would at least present Black with a chance to go wrong.

 

20... Qf5 21. Na3?? Qd3#

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[Michael Goeller]