B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5a3 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Be2)

For the game I am sharing today I changed the way the analysis is done for the notation. For this game and the ones that are coming in the future I will be using Fritz 16's Full Analysis function, which will do a tactical analysis for the full game. There will still be reference games in the notation, but there will also be engine evaluations and at what depth it was taken from. For instance, after the move 10...Nd4 it says in the notation 0.57/24, which means that the position in White's favor for 0.57 pawns and the engine came to that conclusion at depth 24. At least I think the number after the forward slash is the depth, I could not confirm that when I was looking into it. If someone reading this has better knowledge of it and disagrees with this, do let me know in the comments. There will be also some diagrams in the notation and at the end of the notation there is a comment where it says how precisely both players played the game, which in my opinion is a good addition to the analysis. The precision was not good for either player in this game, but then again this was a blitz game and neither player is that high rated, so inaccurate play is expected.

Both 1.e4 and the reply c5 (1174330 games, score 50.6%) are the most played moves. While I have tried to play the Sicilian a few times, it has never been something that I would like to play with either color. 2.Nf3 (1028045 games, score 51%) followed the path of most often played moves. The next move, 2...Nc6 (317478 games, score 51.8%), was the 2nd most played move. The most played move being 2...d6 (418805 games, score 51.4%). Next I followed the path that most players had taken with the move 3.d4 (212068 games, score 51.8%). While it is not the only move played in the position, the reply 3...cxd4 (211026 games, score 50.9%), is by far the most popular move. The second most played move is 3...e6 (572 games, score 74.9%). The same pattern of most played moves continued when I played 4.Nxd4 (209948 games, score 50.8%). Then Kojjootti played 4...e5 (25575 games, score 52%), which is the 3rd most commonly played move in my reference database. More often seen are the moves 4...Nf6 (103994 games, score 50.4%) and 4...g6 (46572 games, score 50.5%).

Clearly the most played move was played by me next, as I moved my knight to b5, which has appeared in 20830 games with a score of 54.4%. The next move, 5...d6 (14450 games, score 51.8%), is the most played move and it is a move that has been played by strong Grand Masters like Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Garry Kasparov and Teimour Radjabov. The game continued to follow the game between Magnus Carlsen (2862) and Yifan Hou (2673), played at the 77th Tata Steel Masters on January 17th, 2015, up to my next move 6.c4 (4858 games, score 52.8%). 6.c4 is the second most popular move in the position, only behind the move 6.Nc3 (7888 games, score 50.8%). Kojjootti was the first one to deviate from that game with the move 6...a6 (596 games, score 62.4%), which is the 3rd most often occurred move. The choice of the strongest players and most players reaching the position has been 6...Be7 (3385 games, score 50.6%). It was also the move that Yifan Hou played in the game against Magnus Carlsen. The second most often played move is 6...Be6 (615 games, score 52.3%).

The next move, 7.N5a3 (213 games, score 58.7%), I have played pretty much automatically in this same position, but with this analysis I have seen that highest rated players prefer to play 7.N5c3 (381 games, score 64.3%) instead, so I probably should change to it as well, especially since it scores better than the move I have previously chosen. I have played 7.N5a3 for the reason that I have wanted to develop my other knight to c3. We then followed the game between Paolo Capitelli (2161) and Rolly Martinez (2360), played at Verona on January 2nd, 2005, up to the move 9...O-O. The move 7...Nf6 is the most often played move and it has appeared in 106 games with a score of 58.1, according to my database that is. The next move 8.Nc3 (102 games, score 58.9%) is also the most popular option in the position. The same goes for the reply 8...Be7 (195 games, score 61.9%). The strongest players that have chosen the move 8...Be7 are Arkadij Naiditsch (2705) and Rauf Mamedov (2650), to name only the two strongest players. The game continued with the main move 9.Be2 (214 games, score 54.2%).

Then Kojjootti played 9...O-O, a move that was also played by GM John D M Nunn against Comp Mephisto 68020 in 1992, for instance. Next I also decided to castle and by so doing followed the blitz game between Thomas Luther (2577) and Eugeny Atarov, played on April 14th, 2004. The move my opponent chose next, 10...Nd4 (26 games, score 50%), which is the 2nd most common move in the position, has not been played by any Grand Master, at least according to my reference database. Most popular move has been 10...Be6 (53 games, score 56.6%). I then decided to save my bishop pair by playing 11.Bd3 (2 games, score 25%, 3rd most popular move), but it was too passive and I should have played 11.Nc2 (31 games, score 45.2%) instead, which is also the main move in the position. The 2nd most often played move is 11.Be3 (15 games, score 53.3%). It was then replied with the move 11...Bg4 (2 games, score 50%), which is barely the most often played move. In both games it was answered by 12.f3, like in my game. In both of those games the next move was 12...Be6, so the move 12...Bh5 that my opponent played in this game is a novelty.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1756"] [BlackElo "1733"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5a3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 {B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} O-O 10. O-O Nd4 {0.57/24 LiveBook: 8 Games} (10... Be6 $11 {0.10/27}) 11. Bd3 $14 (11. Nc2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Be6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Ne3 Bd8 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc6 19. b3 Bc5 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Be3 Raf8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rf1 b5 25. axb5 axb5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Piorun,K (2609) Berlin 2015 1-0 (38)}) 11... Bg4 {The position is equal.} 12. f3 Bh5 $146 {1.05/26} ( 12... Bd7 $11 {0.20/26 keeps the balance.}) (12... Be6 13. Be3 (13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. b3 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nc5 19. Bb1 Qg5 20. Rcd1 Kh8 21. Kh1 g6 22. Qb2 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (22) Grass,E-Fink,P (1755) Oberbernhards 2004}) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Nc2 Na5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Ne8 19. Bf2 g6 20. Ne3 Qd8 21. Ned5 Bg5 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 f5 24. f4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 exf4 26. Nxf4 Bg4 27. Re1 {Koszela,S (1872)-Anfinogenov,A (2100) Piestany 2011 1/2-1/2 (74)}) 13. Kh1 {0.46/27} (13. Nc2 $16 {1.05/26}) 13... Bg6 14. Nc2 {0.45/26} (14. Be3 $16 {0.86/24}) 14... Nc6 {1.00/24} (14... Ne6 $14 {0.45/26}) 15. Ne3 {0.48/29} (15. Be3 $16 {1.00/24}) 15... Nh5 {1.30/22 } (15... Rc8 $14 {0.48/29}) 16. Ncd5 {0.85/27} (16. Ned5 $142 {1.30/22}) 16... Bg5 {1.36/23} (16... Nf6 $142 {0.85/27}) 17. Qb3 {0.50/27} (17. g3 $1 $16 { 1.36/23}) 17... Rb8 18. Qb6 {0.15/28} ({White should play} 18. g3 $16 {0.82/24} ) 18... Qd7 {0.72/28} (18... Nf4 $11 {0.15/28} 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nxf4 Bxf4) 19. b3 $2 {-6.84/26 [#]} (19. Bd2 $16 {0.72/28}) 19... Nf4 $2 {0.23/30} (19... Bd8 $1 $19 {-6.84/26} 20. Ba3 Re8) 20. Nxf4 $2 {-2.65/26} (20. Ng4 $11 {0.23/30 }) 20... Bxf4 $2 {0.61/26} (20... Bd8 $1 $19 {-2.65/26} 21. Nfd5 Bxb6 22. Nxb6 Qd8) 21. Nd5 {0.04/26} (21. Ba3 $14 {0.61/26}) 21... Bxc1 $11 22. Raxc1 { 0.00/31} (22. Rfxc1 $14 {0.42/25} Nd4 23. Rd1) 22... Nd4 23. Qb4 {-0.11/26} ( 23. Qc7 $142 {0.30/25} Qxc7 24. Nxc7) 23... f5 {0.42/25} ({Better is} 23... Rfd8 $11 {-0.11/26}) 24. Qe1 f4 25. c5 Bh5 {0.44/28} (25... dxc5 $11 {0.00/34 is more appropriate.} 26. Rxc5 Qd6) 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Bc4 Kh8 28. Bd3 g5 29. h3 Qh6 30. Kg1 {-0.75/24} (30. Be2 $11 {-0.28/28 should be considered.}) 30... Qd6 {0.00/34} (30... Bxf3 $1 $17 {-0.75/24 Strongly threatening ...g4.} 31. Rxf3 ( 31. gxf3 Qxh3 32. Qf2 g4 $17) 31... Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Qxh3) 31. Rc7 {-0.60/25} ( 31. Qa5 $11 {0.00/34}) 31... Nc6 {0.00/31} ({Black should try} 31... Rfc8 $15 { -0.60/25} 32. Rc4 b5) 32. Qc3 {-0.71/28} (32. Qf2 $11 {0.00/31 remains equal.}) 32... Be8 {0.44/25} (32... Bf7 $17 {-0.71/28} 33. Rc1 Bxd5 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. exd5+ Kg7 36. dxc6 Rbc8) 33. Rc1 $14 h5 {1.20/26} (33... Rg8 $14 {0.45/30}) 34. Bxa6 {-0.30/27} (34. Qc5 $16 {1.20/26} Qxc5+ 35. Rxc5) 34... bxa6 $11 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Qxc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 $16 {Endgame KRR-KRN} Kg7 {-0.13/35} (37... Rbc8 $1 $15 {-0.63/30} 38. Re6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 g4 40. hxg4 (40. fxg4 hxg4 41. hxg4 f3 $11) 40... hxg4 41. Rxe5 (41. fxg4 f3 $15) 41... gxf3 42. gxf3 Rf7 43. Rh5+ Kg7) 38. Rxa6 Rbc8 39. Re6 $1 Rc1+ $1 40. Kh2 $2 {-4.65/30} (40. Kf2 $1 $15 {-0.55/28}) 40... g4 $1 $19 41. hxg4 {-52.48/27} (41. Re7+ $142 {-4.50/33} Rf7 42. hxg4 Rxe7 43. Nxe7 hxg4 44. fxg4) 41... hxg4 {[#] ( -> ...Rh8+)} 42. fxg4 Rh8+ 43. Rh6 Rxh6# {Precision: White = 16%, Black = 18%.} 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "1702"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5a3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 {B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} O-O 10. O-O Nd4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Bd3 (11. Nc2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Be6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Ne3 Bd8 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc6 19. b3 Bc5 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Be3 Raf8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rf1 b5 25. axb5 axb5 { Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Piorun,K (2609) Berlin 2015 1-0 (38)}) 11... Bg4 { The position is equal.} 12. f3 Bh5 $146 {0.86/25} (12... Bd7 $14 {0.35/27}) ( 12... Be6 13. Be3 (13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. b3 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nc5 19. Bb1 Qg5 20. Rcd1 Kh8 21. Kh1 g6 22. Qb2 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (22) Grass,E-Fink,P (1755) Oberbernhards 2004}) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Nc2 Na5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Ne8 19. Bf2 g6 20. Ne3 Qd8 21. Ned5 Bg5 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 f5 24. f4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 exf4 26. Nxf4 Bg4 27. Re1 { Koszela,S (1872)-Anfinogenov,A (2100) Piestany 2011 1/2-1/2 (74)}) 13. Kh1 h6 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Nc2 g5 {1.13/25} (15... Nd7 $14 {0.64/28 is more appropriate.}) 16. Qd2 Nf4 17. Ne2 {0.64/28} ({Better is} 17. a4 $16 {1.12/23}) 17... Kh8 { 1.14/24} (17... Bg6 $14 {0.64/28}) 18. Ng3 {0.47/26} (18. Bf2 $16 {1.14/24}) 18... Bg6 $14 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nf5 Rg8 {0.57/24} (20... Bxf5 $1 $11 {-0.10/25} 21. exf5 d5) 21. Nxh6 {0.00/30} (21. Nxe7 $14 {0.57/24} Qxe7 22. Rfd1) 21... Rg7 $1 $11 22. Nf5 {-1.03/25} (22. Nb4 $11 {0.00/30 remains equal.}) 22... Rh7 {-0.14/29} (22... Bxf5 $1 $17 {-1.03/25} 23. exf5 d5) 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qf2 Nh5 25. Kg1 Qg5 26. Rfd1 {-0.41/29} (26. Rfe1 $1 $11 {0.00/27 was preferrable.}) 26... Rd8 {0.00/29} (26... Nf6 $15 {-0.41/29 feels stronger.}) 27. Nb4 Rg7 { 1.22/25} (27... Nf6 $11 {0.00/28}) 28. Nd5 $36 {White is in control.} Nf6 $2 { 4.96/25 [#]} (28... Rh7 $16 {1.18/28 is a better chance.}) 29. Rd2 $2 {0.67/28} ({Only move:} 29. h4 $18 {4.96/25} Nxe4 30. Bxe4) 29... Nxd5 $14 30. cxd5 f6 { 1.24/29} ({Black should try} 30... Rh7 $14 {0.66/31}) 31. Rc1 $16 Bh5 {1.75/25} (31... Rdg8 $16 {1.14/31 was called for.}) 32. Kf1 {0.97/27} (32. Rc3 $18 { 1.75/25}) 32... Be8 {2.07/27} (32... Rdg8 $16 {0.97/27}) 33. Qb6 $1 $18 Rgd7 { 2.60/26} (33... Rdd7 $142 {1.93/30} 34. Rc8 Rg8) 34. Rc7 Qg7 35. Rdc2 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 (36. Qxc7 Qd7 $18) 36... Rd7 37. Rc8 Qe7 $2 {7.18/29} (37... Qg6 {3.28/28} 38. Kg1 Kh7) 38. b4 Kg7 39. b5 Bg6 40. bxa6 bxa6 41. Bxa6 ({Much less strong is } 41. Qxa6 Rc7 $18) 41... f5 42. Qb8 {1.12/29} (42. Bd3 $18 {2.56/24 is more deadly.}) 42... fxe4 $16 43. Rg8+ ({Much worse is} 43. Rh8 $6 Qf7 $11) 43... Kh6 44. Rh8+ Kg5 $2 {4.39/29} (44... Bh7 $16 {1.09/27}) 45. h4+ $18 Kf6 46. fxe4 Ra7 $2 {5.59/27} (46... Rc7 {3.30/30 was necessary.} 47. Kg1 Rc2) 47. Rf8+ $2 {1.72/29} (47. Rh6 {5.59/27 Strongly threatening h5.} Kf7 48. Bd3) 47... Bf7 48. Bb5 {0.00/31} ({White should play} 48. h5 $16 {1.19/26}) 48... Rxa2 { 0.72/26} (48... Kg7 $11 {0.00/31} 49. a4 Rb7) 49. Bc6 {0.00/35} (49. Rd8 $1 $16 {0.72/26 Hoping for Rd7.} Kg7 50. Qxd6 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kd1 Qxd6 53. Rxd6) 49... Ra7 50. h5 {[#] Black must now prevent h6.} f3 $2 {2.18/28} (50... Ra1+ $11 {0.00/34} 51. Ke2 Kg5) 51. gxf3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

Here are some of the latest and highest rated games that reached the position after 9.Be2.

[Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Be2 Nd4 10. Nc2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. Bb2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nb4 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. f3 Rc5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nd3 R5c7 21. Nb4 Rc5 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bd7 24. f4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bf6 26. Bb2 Re8 27. Qc2 Bg4 28. Rf1 g6 29. Nc6 Bg7 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Qc5 f6 32. d6 Bd7 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Rxf6 Rxe7 35. dxe7 Bxf6 36. e8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Be6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Ne3 Bd8 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc6 19. b3 Bc5 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Be3 Raf8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rf1 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Re8 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qg5 Re4 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. Rd5+ Qxd5 36. h4+ Rxh4 37. cxd5 Rd4 38. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Olongapo City op"] [Site "Olongapo City"] [Date "2015.11.13"] [Round "7"] [White "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"] [Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2573"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.11.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 52"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Be3 Na5 13. b3 b5 14. Nb4 bxc4 15. Nbd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 cxb3 19. Rab1 b2 20. Bd2 Nb7 21. Bxa6 Nc5 22. Bc4 Bg5 23. Bc3 Bc1 24. Rfxc1 bxc1=Q+ 25. Rxc1 Qg5 26. Re1 Na4 27. Ba5 Rfc8 28. Bb3 Nc5 29. Bc4 h6 30. a3 Na4 31. Ba2 Rc5 0-1 [Event "TUR-chT"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2016.07.27"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2584"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2016.07.25"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 45"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.12"] [WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"] [BlackTeam "Tas Duvar"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] [BlackTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 e5 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Nc2 Re8 16. Red1 Bf8 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. f3 Ne7 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. b3 Nc6 21. Bf1 Qc7 22. b4 Qb8 23. Rb1 Qa8 24. Nd5 Ne7 25. a4 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rc7 27. Na3 Rec8 28. Rbc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Bb5 Qd8 33. Nc4 Nc8 34. Qd2 Be7 35. Qa5 Nb8 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke2 Qxa5 38. Nxa5 b6 39. Nc6 Nxc6 40. Bxc6 Bg5 41. Bf2 Ke7 42. Kd3 Kd8 43. Kc4 Kc7 44. Be8 f6 45. Kb5 Bc1 46. Ka6 Ba3 47. Bf7 Bc5 48. Be1 Bd4 49. h4 Bc5 50. Be6 Bd4 51. g3 Be3 52. h5 Bd4 53. f4 exf4 54. gxf4 Ne7 55. a5 g6 56. axb6+ Bxb6 57. Bc3 gxh5 58. Bxf6 Ng6 59. f5 Nf4 60. Be7 Bd4 61. f6 Ng6 62. Bf7 Ne5 63. Bxh5 Nd7 64. f7 Bg7 65. e5 dxe5 66. d6+ Kc6 67. Bf3+ Kc5 68. Kb7 Kd4 69. Kc7 Nc5 70. d7 Nxd7 71. Kxd7 1-0