Corus 2010: Shirov,A (2723) - Dominguez Perez,L (2712) [B94]

O jogo entre Shirov e Dominguez foi o mais "quente" na últim ronda deste torneio...

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15.
h4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6
22. Nxa5!?

with the point that 22...Qxa5? loses to 23.Rxh6! Play continued

22...Rxf3 23. e5 Be8

and now, with both flags hanging, there ensued the amazing forced sequence:

24. exd6!? Qxa5 25. Rxh6! gxh6 26. Qxh6 Bf6 27. d7 Bxc3!
28. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 29. Qh1!!

But not 29.Rd7?? Rf1+ 30.Ka2 Ra1+! when it is White who is mated.

29...Re7

The point is that White's back rank is guarded, so now a retreat of the rook, such as 29...Rf5? loses to 30.Rd7.

30. Qxf3 Bg7 ??

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