[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Hathaway, Mark"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "B34"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 { This leaves Nf3 to support e4-e5 and so discourages the next natural move Black would like to make, ...Ng8-f6. If instead Black secures e5 by 3...d6 then 4. Bb5 might lead to something like the Kasparov-Polgar game. However, Nc3 leaves d4 weaker than usual, so 3...g6 might work well. } ( 3. d4 ) 3... g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 ( 6... d6 { Preparing ...Ng8-f6 this way defeats one of the ideas of the Accelerated Dragon, which is to retain the possibility of playing ...d7-d5 in one move. } ) 7. Nxc6 ( 7. Bc4 ) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. f4 f6 10. Bd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 $1 ( 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 cxd4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 { and after ...Bc8-b7xa8 Black should be pleased } ) 11... fxe5 12. fxe5 c5 { Black greedily chases Bd4, so he can capture Pe5 without offering a bishop trade, but he also weakens b5 & d5 which should give White some opportunities. } ( 12... Bxe5 $15 ) 13. Be3 Bxe5 ( 13... Bb7 $2 14. Bf4 { and it's again unclear how Black develops his king-side pieces } ) 14. Bc4 { possibly threatening 15. Bxg8 Rxg8 16. Qd5 } 14... Nf6 15. O-O { Most open positions, such as this, are dominated by pure piece activity and tactical shots. } 15... Ba6 $2 { Bc4 is inhibiting ...O-O } ( { Pressuring Pb2 & Nc3 could be very productive. } 15... Rb8 16. Bf7+ Kxf7 17. Qd5+ Ke8 18. Qxe5 d6 $17 ) 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bxc5 d6 $2 { Ivanchuk is a little too cautious here and doesn't realize he could play more aggressively if he identifies Kg1 as a target. } ( 17... Qc4 18. Ba3 Qh4 19. h3 Qg3 $17 { and after ...O-O and ...Qh2+ White's king becomes exposed to major threats } ( 19... g5 $4 20. Rae1 Qg3 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Re1 $16 ) ) 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 e5 { Pd6 and Nf6 will be slightly less safe after this move, but it classically chases the opponent's pieces from the center (at least for the moment) . Which is more important, the activity or the weaknesses left in it's wake? } ( 20... Qb7 ) 21. Qd3 $1 { He has to realize that 21...Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 isn't going to be a problem and that Qb6+ doesn't endanger White's king and that a queen trade would help White to block Black's central pawns. So, how does Black continue trying to win? It's not clear he can safely do that. } 21... Qxd3 ( 21... Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Nd5 Qf2 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. c4 Rf8 27. Qd1 Qf2 28. b4 Qxa2 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. Qxd6 Qxc4 31. Qxe5+ ) 22. cxd3 { This has one benefit for Black, it blocks the d-file, so Pd6 won't be so exposed. } 22... Rab8 23. b3 ( 23. Rf2 { leaves Nc3 well protected } ) 23... Kg7 { Overprotecting Nf6 will allow ...Rf8-c8. } 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. h3 a5 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2 { perhaps encouraging the following mini-combination } 27... Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Nd5 29. Rc6 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Nxf1 ( 30... Rf8+ $2 31. Kxe3 Rxf1 32. Rxd6 Rh1 33. Ke4 Rxh3 34. Kxe5 Re3+ 35. Kf4 Re2 36. a3 Ra2 37. a4 ) 31. Kxf1 a4 $1 { Getting rid of White's queen-side pawns will make it easier to draw. } 32. bxa4 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Rxa2 35. Rxd6 Rxa4 36. Re6 Ra2 { and they drew because Black will have ...Ra2-h2xh3+ to keep material equal } 1/2-1/2