[Event "It (open) \"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "2005.02.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Shabalov Alexander (USA)"] [Black "Lugovoi Aleksei (RUS)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2547"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"] { Shabalov Alexander (USA) +1 =1 -0 Lugovoi Aleksei (RUS) +3 =2 -2 } 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O ( 8...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e5 d5 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.Qe3 f5 15.Qh3 h5 16.Ne2 Qb6 17.Nd4 O-O-O 18.Qd3 Kb7 19.Be2 Ka7 20.g3 Rc8 21.Rhf1 Bc5 22.Nb3 Be7 23.c3 Rc7 24.a3 a5 25.Rc1 Rc4 26.Nd2 Rc7 27.b4 f6 28.Nf3 { ...1/2-1/2, Mrdja Milan 2430 - Lugovoi Aleksei 2525 , Bozen 1998 It (open) } ) 9.f3 ( 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Nb5 Rd7 12.Qe1 a5 13.a4 Nb4 14.Kb1 e5 15.c3 Na6 16.Bc4 Nc7 17.Be3 Qc6 18.Qe2 d5 19.Nxc7 Rxc7 20.Bb5 Qe6 21.Qd3 dxe4 22.Qd8+ Bxd8 23.Rxd8+ Ne8 24.Nc5 Qe7 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Bxe8 exf3 27.Bb5 fxg2 28.Rg1 Bf5+ { ...1-0, Shabalov Alexander 2613 - Fishbein Alexander 2489 , Seattle 2002 Ch USA } ) 9...a6 10.h4 ( 10.Nb3 b5 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Rb8 13.Qf2 Qc7 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Kb1 Nce5 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.b3 Bc6 18.Nb2 Bb5 19.Be2 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Qb7 22.f4 Nc6 23.g4 Na7 24.Bxa7 Qxa7 25.Ndc4 Nc5 26.Rcd1 Qa8 27.Rhe1 Rd8 28.g5 Bf8 29.Nd3 Nxe4 { ...1-0, Bauer Christian 2490 - Nezar Mustapha 2275 , Metz 1998 It (open) } ) 10...Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 ( 11...Qa5 12.Kb1 b5 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Qd3 Be6 16.Nc1 Rfc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.g5 Be7 19.Bh3 Bc4 20.Qe3 Rc7 21.h5 Qc5 22.Qxc5 { 1/2-1/2, Lutz Christopher 2596 - Breder Dennis 2454 , Germany 2003 Bundesliga 2002/03 } ) ( 11...Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.g4 a5 16.Nd4 a4 17.Bd3 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 a3 20.b3 d5 21.Rhg1 Kh8 22.h5 Rfd8 23.h6 g6 24.Qe1 Rb6 25.Rg2 gxf5 26.exf5 e4 27.fxe4 Qe5 28.Bc1 dxe4 29.Bc4 Rxd1 30.Qxd1 e3 31.Qg1 { ...0-1, Benjamin Joel 2577 - Gulko Boris F 2643 , Seattle 2000 Ch USA } ) 12.Kb1 Qc7 { ? = } ( 12...Qa5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.c4 Be6 16.Ng3 Rfd8 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Rc1 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nh5 Be7 21.g4 Kh8 22.Ng3 Rc6 23.g5 Rdc8 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.gxh6 g6 26.Rhg1 Qd8 27.h5 gxf5 28.exf5 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.f6 Qxf6 31.Qg2 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 { ...0-1, Sax Gyula 2560 - Shengelia Davit 2482 , Diezisau 2003 It (open) } ) 13.Qd2 ( 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.g4 Rd8 { -0.11 CAP } ) 13...Rd8 ( 13...b4 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.g4 a5 16.Nd4 a4 17.Bd3 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 a3 20.b3 d5 21.Rhg1 Kh8 22.h5 Rfd8 23.h6 g6 24.Qe1 Rb6 25.Rg2 gxf5 26.exf5 e4 27.fxe4 Qe5 28.Bc1 dxe4 29.Bc4 Rxd1 30.Qxd1 e3 31.Qg1 Rb8 32.Bxe3 Qb2# { 0-1, Benjamin Joel 2577 - Gulko Boris F 2643 , Seattle 2000 Ch USA } ) ( 13...Bb7 14.Bd3 Rfd8 15.g4 b4 16.Ne2 a5 17.Nd4 a4 18.Nb5 Qb6 19.h5 d5 { 1/2-1/2, Sax Gyula 2593 - Smirin Ilia 2698 , Pula 2001 Ch Croatia (team) (1st league) } ) ( 13...Rb8 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.g4 b4 16.Ne2 a5 17.Nd4 a4 18.Nb5 Qa5 19.a3 Rxb5 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Qxb4 Qe8 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.g5 d5 24.Qc3 fxg5 25.hxg5 dxe4 26.Rdg1 e5 27.fxe4 Rd4 28.Qf3 Qf8 29.Rxh7 Kxh7 30.Qh5+ Kg7 31.Rh1 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Kg8 33.g6 { ...1-0, Zhang Pengxiang 2557 - Kotronias Vasilios 2573 , Linares 2002 It (open) } ) 14.Bd3 ( 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.g4 b4 16.Nd4 a5 17.Be3 e5 18.Nb5 Qb7 19.c4 bxc3 20.Nxc3 Be6 21.g5 Nh5 22.Bh3 Rdc8 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Rh2 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rbc8 26.Qa3 Qc6 27.Nc3 Qb7 28.Qxd6 Bc7 29.Qa3 Bxh3 30.Rxh3 Bb6 31.Nd5 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 R4c7 33.Nd5 Rc5 { ...1-0, Castellanos Renier 2449 - Alonso Salvador 2467 , Mislata 2003 It (open) } ) 14...b4 ( 14...Bb7 15.g4 b4 16.Ne2 a5 17.Nd4 a4 18.Nb5 Qb6 19.h5 d5 { 1/2-1/2, Sax Gyula 2593 - Smirin Ilia 2698 , Pula 2001 Ch Croatia (team) (1st league) } ) 15.Ne2 a5 16.g4 { N } ( 16.Nd4 e5 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.c4 bxc3 19.Qxc3 Bb7 20.Rhe1 d5 21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Nxc7 Rac8 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxd5 Bxh4 25.Rh1 Bg5 26.Bc2 g6 27.Nb6 Rc7 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Rd1 Bg5 30.Rd7 Rxd7 31.Nxd7 f6 32.Nc5 Bc8 33.Bb3+ Kf8 34.Be6 Be3 35.Bxc8 Bxc5 { ...1/2-1/2, Iordachescu Viorel 2632 - Wells Peter K 2504 , Port Erin 2003 It (open) } ) 16...e5 17.Ng3 Be6 { ?! } ( 17...a4 { !? } 18.Qxb4 d5 19.Qe1 Rb8 { } ) 18.Nf5 d5 19.Qh2 { ?! } ( 19.Nxe7+ { !? } 19...Qxe7 20.Qe2 h6 { } ) 19...Bxf5 20.exf5 a4 21.Bc1 { ?! } ( 21.Rhe1 { !? } 21...Bd6 22.Qg2 a3 23.Bxf6 { } ) 21...Bd6 22.Qd2 e4 23.g5 exd3 24.gxf6 dxc2+ 25.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 26.Kxc2 Be5 27.fxg7 b3+ 28.Kb1 { ?! } ( 28.axb3 { !? } 28...Rdc8+ 29.Kb1 axb3 30.Rxd5 { } ) 28...Kxg7 29.Rd3 { ?! } ( 29.Rhe1 { !? } 29...Bf6 30.Rg1+ Kh8 31.Bg5 { } ) 29...Rab8 30.Rg1+ Kf8 31.Rg4 bxa2+ 32.Kxa2 Rdc8 33.Kb1 { ?! } ( 33.Bh6+ { !? } 33...Ke7 34.Rxd5 Rxb2+ 35.Ka3 { } ) 33...a3 { -0.89 CAP } 0-1