[Event "Ch Romania (team) A"] [Site "masterchessopen.com – Tusnad (Romania)"] [Date "2005.05.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Luther Thomas (GER)"] [Black "Vajda Levente (ROM)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2569"] [BlackElo "2547"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] { Luther Thomas (GER) +2 =1 -0 Vajda Levente (ROM) +0 =2 -1 } 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.d4 ( 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Be6 16.Nd2 Rae8 17.Qf3 f5 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Qh6 20.Kh1 Qxf4 21.Qxf4 Nxf4 22.Bxe6+ Nxe6 23.Nf3 c5 24.a4 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 bxa4 28.Ra1 Rb8 { ...1/2-1/2, Luther Thomas 2510 - Kovalev Andrei 2525 , Minsk 1994 Memorial I.Boleslavsky (cat.11) } ) 9...exd4 10.e5 ( 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.cxd4 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Qc2 Qd6 14.Rc1 Nde7 15.Bxb4 Qxb4 16.Qc5 Bxf3 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.gxf3 c6 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.a3 Nxd4 22.axb4 Nxb3 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxa6 Nd4 25.Kg2 f5 26.Kg3 Kf7 27.h4 Kf6 28.Kf4 Rd7 29.Rb6 Ke6 { ...1/2-1/2, Poulsen Christian - Rossolimo Nicholas 2450 , Beverwijk 1951 It (a) } ) 10...Ne4 { = } 11.cxd4 Bg4 ( 11...Bb4 12.Re3 Na5 13.Bc2 f5 14.Re2 Be6 15.Nbd2 Be7 16.Nf1 Nc4 17.a4 Nb6 18.a5 Nd7 19.Ne1 c5 20.Nd3 g5 21.dxc5 Ndxc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Bb3 Kh8 24.Be3 d4 25.Bxe6 dxe3 26.fxe3 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Rae8 28.Bb3 Rxe5 29.Rd5 Rfe8 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Bc2 { ...0-1, Nijboer Friso 2549 - Onischuk Alexander 2652 , Wijk aan Zee 29. 1.2005 It (cat.13) } ) ( 11...Bf5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qd7 14.Bg5 Ba3 15.Qe2 h6 16.Bf4 Na5 17.Bc2 Nc4 18.Rad1 Be7 19.h3 a5 20.Nh2 Ra6 21.Ng4 b4 22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.Bd2 Rg6 24.Kf1 c5 25.Ne3 Nxe3+ 26.Qxe3 c4 27.g4 Qc2 28.Rc1 Qa4 29.f4 Rb6 30.f5 Bg5 31.Qe2 { ...0-1, Bacrot Etienne 2718 - Anand Viswanathan 2781 , Bastia 3.11.2004 It "Corsica Masters" (KO-system) } ) 12.Nc3 Bxf3 ( 12...Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qd7 14.Bc2 Bh5 15.Qd3 Bg6 16.Qe2 Nd8 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.e6 Qxe6 19.Qxe6 Nxe6 20.Ne5 Bf6 21.Nxg6 Nxd4 22.Nxf8 Nc2 23.Nd7 Bxc3 24.Re2 Nxa1 25.Bb2 d4 26.Nc5 b4 27.Kf1 Rd8 28.Nd3 a5 29.Re7 Rc8 30.Bxa1 Bxa1 31.Re5 Ra8 32.Rc5 { ...0-1, Smith Robert W 2251 - Seitaj Ilir 2398 , Salonika 1984 Olympiad } ) 13.gxf3 Nxc3 ( 13...Nxf2 14.Kxf2 Bh4+ 15.Ke3 Bxe1 16.Qxe1 Ne7 17.Bc2 c5 18.Ne2 Nc6 19.Qg3 Qe7 20.Kf2 cxd4 21.Bh6 g6 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.f4 Nb4 24.Bd3 f6 25.exf6 Rxf6 26.a3 Re6 27.axb4 Re3 28.Qg5 Qxg5 29.fxg5 Rxd3 30.Nf4 Rd2+ 31.Kg3 Rxb2 32.Nxd5 Kf7 33.Rxa6 { ...1-0, Ghinda Mihail-Viorel 2445 - Lukacs Peter 2460 , Bucharest 1978 It } ) 14.bxc3 f5 15.Kh1 Kh8 { N } ( 15...Na5 16.Rg1 Qd7 ( 16...Kh8 17.Bc2 c5 18.Qf1 cxd4 19.Qg2 g6 20.Bh6 Rf7 21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Bd3 { 1/2-1/2, McShane Luke J 2629 - Almasi Zoltan 2650 , Germany 28. 3.2004 Bundesliga 2003/04 } ) 17.Qe2 Qe6 18.Bg5 c6 19.Bc2 Ra7 20.f4 Kh8 21.Qh5 Ba3 22.Rg3 Nc4 23.Rag1 Qf7 24.Qh4 Nd2 25.Rh3 Qg8 26.f3 Nc4 27.Bd3 Nb2 28.Bb1 Nc4 29.Bf6 Nd6 30.Be7 Rxe7 31.Qxe7 { 1-0, Shirov Alexei 2726 - Bacrot Etienne 2718 , Germany 2003 Bundesliga 2003/04 } ) 16.Rg1 Na5 17.Bc2 { +0.29 CAP N } 17...Nc4 18.Qf1 Bh4 { ? } ( 18...Qd7 19.Qh3 c5 20.Bf4 Qe6 { } ) 19.Qh3 Bxf2 20.Rg5 { ?! } ( 20.Bg5 { !? } 20...Qd7 21.Rg2 Be3 22.Re1 { } ) 20...g6 21.Rxg6 Qh4 22.Qxh4 Bxh4 23.Rc6 Rg8 { ?! } ( 23...Be1 { !? } 24.Bg5 Bxc3 25.Rd1 Ba5 { } ) 24.Bxf5 Raf8 25.Be6 { } {#r} 1-0