[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Polgar, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Henderson,John"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 { The Taimanov\Ka
n Sicilian.  I'm never quite sure which it is - Taimanov only likes to
recognise himself with one particular kind of set-up. } 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O ( 12... h5 { with the idea of ..
Ng4 is a bit more adventurous - and it's also a line with a good plus score
for Black. } ) 13. e5 Ne8 14. a4 $146 { Taking on b7 and either f5 or Ne4 is par
for the course here - usually White doesn't commit the queenside pawns. } 14... b4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Ng5 g6 ( 18... Bxg5 $6 19. fxg5 Rc8 20. Bd2 $1 ( 20. Rac1 d6 $1 ) 20... a5 ( 20... Qxc2 $2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Bxb4 ) 21. c3 b3 22. Rf4 $1 d6 23. Rh4 g6 24. Qh3 { with a big attack down the h-file. } ) 19. Rad1 d6 20. Bd4 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Nf6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Nf3 ( { Bluff?  I thought defending c2 with } 23. Qb3 { was the only way. } ) 23... Ng4 ( 23... Qxc2 $5 { After a good, long think.  I don't know what spooked Judit, but
taking on c2 looked good; what does White have? } 24. Nd4 ( 24. a5 Ng4 $1 ) 24... Qxa4 25. f5 ( 25. Qh4 Nd5 $1 ) ( 25. Qd3 Qe8 $1 { a little awkward, but two pawns
are two pawns and Black should be able to untangle herself. } ) 25... Ng4 $1 ( { Could this be what Judit missed? Apart from attacking the bishop on e5, Ng4
also threatens ..Qxd1 followed by a knight fork on f2.  This just looks good
to me. } 25... exf5 $2 26. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 27. Qh4 $1 Rfd8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Rde1 { White has got a lot of pressure for the piece here. } ) 26. Qg3 exf5 { now you can take on f5 as the piece sac doesn't work anymore as there's no Qh4. } ) 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Qg3 Rad8 26. c3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd5 28. Rde1 Rc8 29. Rf3 Bf8 30. h3 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bg7 32. Rfe3 Qa5 $2 ( { Time trouble - } 32... Qc7 $1 { , not only keep's the pressure on e5, but also indirectly defending her king: } 33. Qf4 ( 33. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 34. Qxg6 Qf7 $1 ) 33... Rc5 $1 { and somethings got to
give for White - there's going to be too many weak pawns hanging at the end of
the day. } ) 33. Nxe6 $1 { The saving resource. } 33... fxe6 34. Qxg6 Qb6 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ ( { Grischuk could have put Polgar under extreme pressure with the simple } 38. Kh2 $1 { with the big threat of Rf7.  Black now has to play some very accurate
moves to survive. } 38... Qb7 39. Qxe6+ Kh8 ( 39... Kh7 40. Rf7 Rxe5 41. Qf6 $1 ) 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Rf7 Rd8 $1 { To be fair, this move
was spotted by someone whom Lubosh Kavalek once stated: "Before Fritz, we had
Ljubo!" I thought that White was simply winning here, but Ljubomir Ljubojevic
had seen something that Deep Fritz hadn't. } 44. Qe6 Qe4 $1 45. Qf6 Rg8 ( 45... Qg6 $2 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Rxg7+ { wins. } ) 46. Qg5 ( 46. e6 Kh8 $1 ) 46... Qg6 47. Qh4+ Qh6 $11 { Once the queens come off, Black will be able to activate his
rook and bishop to reach a drawish ending: } 48. Qf6 ( 48. Qxh6+ Kxh6 49. Re7 Rc8 50. Re6+ Kg5 51. Rxa6 Bxe5+ 52. Kg1 Rxc3 $11 ) 48... Kh8 49. Qxh6+ Bxh6 50. Rf6 ( 50. e6 Re8 51. e7 Kg8 52. Rf6 Bg7 53. Rxa6 Be5+ 54. g3 Rxe7 ) 50... Bg7 51. Rxa6 Bxe5+ 52. Kg1 Rc8 $1 $11 { It's going to be too difficult for White to
make progress with the pawns.  Not only are Black's pieces active. but is
pawns are too far apart - they will be easy to contain. } ) 38... Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qf7+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Rf4 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Bxe5 44. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2