[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2013.02.03"] [Round "8"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Kempinski, Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "Kempinski"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 {Before the game with Vitiugov, I thought about the choice of opening. Finally I came to the conclusion that I have to surprise my opponent.} 5. Be3 (5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 $11) (5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c5 $11) 5... Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 (8. Bxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Qe3 f5 $15) 8... c5 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. g3 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Qd2 a6 ({I should have played} 13... Rfd8 14. O-O-O Rac8 $14) 14. Na4 Rab8 15. Nb6 Qc7 16. O-O Ne8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Rfd1 f5 $5 {Since White got a clearly better position, it was time to complicate matters.} 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bd5 Qf7 21. Bg5 Bf6 (21... Nf6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qe3 Rde8 $14) 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Qg5 Ne7 ({It was better to play} 23... Nc7 24. f4 Kh8 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. c5 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. cxd6 e4 31. Rc5 Rxd6 $14) 24. Nf4 $1 Bxd5 ( 24... exf4 25. Re1 Bxd5 26. Rxe7 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg7 Rf7 29. Nxd5 Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kxg7 31. gxf4 $16) 25. Nbxd5 Nc6 26. Nh5 Kh8 27. Nxg7 Nxg7 28. Qh4 f4 29. g4 Qg6 30. Qg5 Qxg5 ({Here better was} 30... Rf7 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Bg5 Rdf8 33. f3 Ne6 34. Bh4 Kg7 $11) 31. Bxg5 Rde8 32. f3 Ne6 33. Bh4 Ned4 34. Kg2 {[#]} e4 $1 35. fxe4 (35. Bf6+ Rxf6 36. Nxf6 exf3+ 37. Kh1 Re6 38. Nh5 Ne2 39. Rc2 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Re2 $13) 35... Rxe4 36. Nc3 f3+ 37. Kf1 Re6 38. Bf2 Ne2 39. Rc2 Nf4 ({When I played 38...Ne2 I missed that I don't have} 39... Nb4 40. Rcd2 Nxc3 {because of} 41. Bd4+) 40. Rcd2 Nxh3 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 {At this point the team was leading with 3.5-2.5, so I decided to play the safe move.} ({The more risky alternative was} 41... Re2 42. Nxe2 fxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Rxf2+ 44. Ke3 Ne5) 42. Rxd6 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Ne5 44. Rd4 Kg7 45. Nd5 Rf7 46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rf8 49. Rd6+ Kg5 50. Rd5 Kf6 51. Rd2 (51. Kf4 Ke6+ 52. Nf5 Ng6+ 53. Kxf3 Ne7 54. Rd6+ Ke5 55. Rd7 Nxf5 56. gxf5 Rxf5+ 57. Ke3 b5 58. cxb5 axb5 59. Rxh7 Kd5 $14) (51. c5 f2 52. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 53. Kf3 Nxe3 54. Kxe3 Rf7 $11) 51... Ke6 52. Rh2 Rf7 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. Rh5 Ke6 55. Rh6+ Kd7 56. Rh5 Ke6 1/2-1/2