MT Sustarsic: Draw against GM Kögler, Klaus

Draw against GM Kögler, Klaus of Germany: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297381 . He is 47 years old, working as a freelance translator and writer. The game:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 a6 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 b5!?

Black chooses active play with a pawn sacrifice.

9.cxb5 axb5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.O-O Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Ne8

ChessOK opening tree gives only 13.Qc2 Na6 14.Ne2 Nec7 15. Nbc3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2, Serper Grigory (USA) - Smirin Ilia (ISR), Philadelphia (USA), 1996}


13.a4 Nc7 14.Na3 Ra6 (N)

Black chooses to vary. 14...Nd7 15.Nc4 Ne5 16.Ne3 Qb8 17.Rb1 Qb7 18.Bd2 f5 19.exf5 Nxd5 20.
Qc2 Nxe3 {1-0(44) Rawlings, Alan J. C (2334) - Le Page, Claude (2361)
/ WS/MN/057 (?), ICCF 2010}

15.Rb1 Nd7 16.b3 Qa8 17.Bb2 Bxb2 18.Rxb2 Rb8 19.Qc2 e6 20.dxe6 Nxe6 21.Nb5 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Ne2 d3!?

This leads to simplifications.

24.Qxd3 Nc5 25.Qd2 Nxb3 26.Rfb1 Nxd2 27.Rxb8+ Kg7 28.Rxa8 Rxa8

We reach an ending, where White is a pawn up. But can he convert to a win? That is the vital question.

29.Rb4 f5 30.f3 fxe4 31.fxe4 Re8 32.Ng3 

Was 32. Nc3 better?

32...Rc8 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Ne2 Kf6 35.Nc3 Ke5 36.Ke2 Ne3 37.Kd3 Nxg2 38.Rb5+ Ke6 39.Nd5 g5 40.Nb6 Nf4+ 41.Kd2 Rc7 42.Rxg5 Ng6 43.Rh5 Ne5 44.Rh6+ Ng6 45.Rh5 Ne5 46.Nd5 Rc4 47.Nc3 Nd7

Now White is two pawns up, but he cannot maintain it. Unfortunately, he is saddled with two rook pawns, which is very drawish.

48.Rxh7 Nc5 49.a5 Rd4+ 50.Kc2 Rc4 51.Rh4 Ke7 52.h3 Kd7 53.Rg4 Na4 54.Kb3 Rxc3+ 55.Kxa4 Kc6 56.h4 Rc5 57.Rg5 Rc4+ 58.Kb3 Rxe4

We reach a seven man position, which appears to be a draw.

59.h5 Rh4 60.Kc3 d5! 

Only move to draw?

61.a6 d4+ 62.Kc4 Kb6 63.Rg6+ Ka7 64.Rh6 Rf4 65.Rd6 Rh4 66.h6 Ka8 67.Rd8+ Ka7 68.Rd6 Ka8 69.Rd8+

And now I offered the draw, which was accepted.

1/2-1/2

With this game, I completed all games to jointly win the tournament along with Šivic, Jernej of the host nation, Slovenia. And strangely, both our SB scores are identical, and our wins were against the same players, so I don't know what tie-break can be applied. Here is the crosstable:

Israeli championship 49: Win against SIM Jędrzejowski, Maciej

Win against SIM Jędrzejowski, Maciej of Poland: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=20623. Maciej is 46 years old, working in his own small trade firm. The game:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5 9.g5 Nd5 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Qe4+ Ne7 12.Qxd4 Nf5 13.Qe4+ Ne7 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Be2 Bf5 16.Ne4 Bc7 17.O-O-O

The ChessOK opening tree only considers 17. Nh4, 17. Nd4 and 17. Bd3.

17... O-O 

17...Qd5 18.Nc3 Bxc2 19.Nxd5 Nexd5 20.Kxc2 O-O-O 1/2-1/2(54) Nylander, Eric (2458) - Mannermaa, Dr. Jari (2502) / II Nordic Club Team Championship (?.1), ICCF 2007

18.Bd3 

18...Qd5

I was wishing for 18...Bg4 19.Nf6+ !


19.b3 Ng6 20.Nd4 Bh3 21.Rhg1 Rfe8 22.Kb1 a5? 

 22...Bxh2+  23.Rh1 Bg2 24.Nc3 Qe5 25.f4 Bxf4 26.exf4 Qxd4 27.Bc1 Nd5 28.Nxd5 Qxd5 29.Bxg6 hxg6 30.Rxd5 Bxd5 31.Qh2 Be4 32.Ka1 Bxh1 33.Qxh1 leads to forced simplification where it is not clear whether White's advantage is sufficient for a win.


22...Be5 seems OK for Black.

23.Nc5 a4 24.b4 Be5 25.Bc3 Nc4 26.Ka1 b6 27.Be4 Qd6 28.Nxc6 Na3 29.Qb2!

Now, once again we have a forcing sequence at the end of which White wins a pawn.


Bxc3 30.Qxc3 Nb5 31.Qc4 bxc5 32.Qxb5 Qf8 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Qxc5 Qxf2 35.Qd5+ Kh8 36.Qd2 Qf5 37.Rc1 Re4 38.Rc5 Qf8 39.Rc3 Bf1 40.Nd4 Re5 41.h4 Rae8 42.Rh1 Kg8 43.Rh2 Qd6 44.a3 Qd5 45.Qc2 h6 46.Qxa4 Rxe3 47.Qb3 Qxb3 48.Rxb3 R3e4

 After this, White's connected passed pawns assure the victory. 


49.Nf3 Be2 50.Rc3 Rd8 51.Kb2 Rd5 52.Kc1 Re7 53.Rg2 Kh7 54.Nd2 Rd4 55.Rh2 h5 56.Rc5 Bd3 57.Nb3 Rg4 58.Kb2 Bf1 59.Rc8 Bg2 60.b5!

 All engines were against this move, but I realized that the position after 65...Rxh4 is won for White. 


60...Rb7 61.a4 Rxa4 62.Rxg2 Rxb5 63.Rc5 Rbb4 64.Rh2 Rxh4 65.Rxh4 Rxh4

The position whose evaluation was critical.

66.Nd2 Rh3 67.Rc3 Rh2 68.Kc2 Rg2 69.Rc5 Rg3 70.Ne4 Ra3 71.Rc7 Kg8 72.Nd6 Kf8 73.Rf7+ Kg8 74.Re7 Ra8 75.Kd3 h4 

Now, this pawn will be lost. Rest is a matter of time.


76.Kd4 Rd8 77.Kd5 Rf8 78.Re3 Rf1 79.Ke5 Rg1 80.Kf4 Rd1 81.Ne4 Rg1 82.Rh3 Rf1+ 83.Ke5 Rf5+ 84.Ke6 Rf4 85.Nd6 Ra4 86.Rc3 Ra8 87.Rc4 h3 88.Nc8 h2 89.Ne7+ Kf8 90.Nxg6+ Kg8 91.Rh4 Ra6+ 92.Kf5 Ra5+ 93.Ne5 Ra2 94.Nf3 Ra5+ 95.Kg6 Ra3 96.Nxh2 Ra6+ 97.Kh5 Kh7 98.Rb4 g6+ 99.Kg4

1-0

With this win, I win the championship, irrespective of the result in the remaining game. The crosstable:

MT Sustarsic: Win against SIM Gaprindashvili, Paata Amerigovich

Win against SIM Gaprindashvili, Paata Amerigovich of Georgia. He is 48 years old, beekeeper, playing correspondence chess since 1990. He is also author of the books:
a) Imagination in Chess: How to Think Creatively and Avoid Foolish Mistakes
b) Critical Moments in Chess

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 Qc7 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.h4 Bb7 12.Nf1 a5

12....Rac8 is popular, but the ChessOK opening tree shows 60 % White wins and only 15 % Black wins out of 20 games. Hence I chose an offbeat move.

13.Bf4 a4 14.a3 Qb6

14...Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nh2 Rfc8 17. Rec1 b4 18. Nf3 Qb6 etc 1-0, Jurkovic Ante (CRO) - Podkriznik Gregor (SLO), Bled (Slovenia), 2000 and 14. ... c4 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nf5 19. Ne3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Qc7 22. d4 c3 etc and 1-0, Herndlbauer Martin (AUT) - Jirovec Alfred (AUT), Austria, 2001 are the two alternatives given by the ChessOK opening tree.

15.N1h2 c4 16.h5 cxd3 17.Qxd3 b4 18.h6 bxa3 19.bxa3 g6 20.Reb1 Qc7 21.Ng4 Ba6 22.Qe3 Bc5 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Qc3 Qa7 25.Qd2

25. Be3 might have ended in a quick draw.


25...Nxf6 26.exf6 Rfe8 27.Re1 Kg8 28.Be3 d4 29.Bf4 Rac8 30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.Bxe5 Red8 32.Reb1 d3 33.cxd3 Rxd3 34.Qe1 Qd7 35.Kh2 Qd8 36.Rd1 Bf8 37.Bf1 Rxd1 38.Rxd1 Qb6 39.Bxa6 Qxa6 40.Qe3 Qa5 41.Kg1 Rd8 42.Rxd8

I think this was a wrong decision. Keeping the rooks on board generally increases drawing chances.Even after Black wins the a3 pawn, the ending may not be winnable.

42... Qxd8 43.Bb2 Qd1+ 44.Kg2 Qd5+ 45.Kg1 Qa2 46.Qc1 Qb3 47.g4 e5 48.g5 e4 49.Qd2 Qd3 50.Qc1 Qe2 51.Bd4 Qg4+

After this move, White did not reply, and I claimed the game after he exceeded the time limit. Black will soon win the a3 pawn. The rest is not routine, but... I was lucky this time.

0-1

Here is the crosstable: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830. Šivic, Jernej is leading the tournament with 9.5 points and has already become an ICCFGM.

MT Sustarsic: Draw against SIM Novak, Jože of Slovenia

Draw against SIM Novak, Jože of Slovenia: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297386. He is 58 yrs old, and a mechanical engineer. The game:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.e3 d5 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qc2 dxc4 (Novelty?)

ChessOK Opening Tree gives
 10. ... Nd7 and  A)  11. O-O Rc8 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 Rf6 14. c5 c6  etc 0-1, Tikovsky Armin - Farsakh Christoph, Germany, 1996
 B) 11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. O-O cxb4 14. axb4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. e4 Qg6 etc 1-0, Hage Poul - Kiprov Alexander, Munich (Germany), 1936

11.Bxc4 c5 12.O-O Nd7 13.dxc5 Nexc5 14.b4 Rc8 15.Bb2 Na4 16.Qxa4 Rxc4 17.Qb3 Bd5 18.Qd1

Hereabouts Black gets a slight pull, but he is not able to increase it further.


18...Qb8 19.Nd4 Rd8 20.Qe2 Rcc8 21.Rfc1 Ne5 22.f4 Ng6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rd1 f6 25.h4 Bc4 26.Qg4 Nf8 27.e4 b5 28.Kh2 Qb7 29.Re1 Qf7 30.h5

Now White offered a draw, which was declined.


30...h6 31.Re3 Rd8 32.Rg3 Nd7 33.Qh3 a6 34.Rg6 Kh7 35.Qf3 Re8 36.Nc6 Rc8 37.Na5 Ba2 38.Qe2 Bb1 39.Qe1 Bc2 40.Nb7 Qe7 41.Rg3 Rc7 42.Rc3 Rxb7 43.Rxc2 Nb6 44.Bd4 Nc4 45.Bc5 Qc7 46.e5 fxe5 47.fxe5 Qf7 48.Qe4+ Kg8 49.g4

And here White once again offered a draw, which was also declined.


49...Rb8 50.Rf2 Qc7 51.Qg6 Qd7 52.Qe4 Kh8 53.a4 Rd8 54.a5 Qc7 55.Bd4 Qe7 56.Bb6 Rg8 57.Bc5 Qg5 58.Qf4 Qh4+ 59.Kg2 Qd8 60.Qd4 Qxd4 61.Bxd4 Rd8 62.Bb6 Ra8 63.Bd4 Kh7 64.Rf7 Rd8 65.Bf2 Rd2 66.Ra7 Nxe5 67.Kg3 Nd3 68.Bc5 Nxc5 69.bxc5 Rc2 70.Rxa6 Rxc5 71.Rxe6 b4

It was now Black's turn to offer the draw which was accepted.

1/2 - 1/2

With this win, I achieved my first ICCFGM norm.

MT Sustarsic: Draw against GM Strautinš, Vilnis of Latvia

Draw against GM Strautinš, Vilnis of Latvia: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297334. He is 73 yrs old, and a professional musician. The game:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2

The Kramer variation

5...O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 a5

More popular is 8. Be2 and 8.h4

8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O Nc5 10.Bc2 Bd7 11.Bg5 N

Novelty? The Kings Indian is an opening that engines don't understand. In the initial stages they show a clear advantage for White, but after a dozen moves it becomes negligible. So I thought of provoking Black to try and take the initiative. In general, Kings ndian players like active play, and during that course they may weaken their Kingside critically..

( 11.a4 h5 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Qd2 Nh7 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Nb5 Bxb5 16.cxb5 Bf6 17.Ra3 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qe1 Kh8 20.Ne2 b6 1/2-1/2(47) Abbasov, Farid (2519) - Fierro Baquero, Martha L (2341) / XXIV Open (8), Cappelle la Grande FRA 2008 )

11...h6 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bd2 Qh4 14.h3 Nf6 15.Qe1 Ne8 16.f3 Bf6 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Qe7 20.Rf3 h5

Now White has achieved his plan, but he does not find a way to make use of weakened kingside.

21.Be3 Be5 22. Nge2 g5 23.Qd2 g4 24.Rf2 gxh3

But now, who is attacking?

25.Rg1 Ng7 26.gxh3 Bxh3 27.Bg5 f6 28.Bh4 Bg4 29.Qh6 Kf7 30.Rgf1

And now, the tables are turned.

30...Nd7 31.c5 Rh8 32.Qe3 dxc5 33.Ba4 Ra6 34.d6 Rxd6 35.Nd5  

Rxd5!

With this exchange sac, Black simplifies to a draw.

36.exd5 Ne8 37.Nf4 c4 38.Ne6 Qd6 39.Ng5+ Kg7 40.Nf3 Bf4 41.Qe4 Nc5 42.Qxc4 Nxa4 43.Qxa4 Be3 44.Re2 Qf4 45.Qxf4 Bxf4 46.Re7+ Kh6 47.Nh2 Be5 48. Be1 Bd6 49.Re4 Kg6 50.Bxa5 Bf5 51.Rd4 Be5 52.Ra4 b6 53.Nf3 Bd7 54.Re4 bxa5 55. Rxe5 fxe5 56.Nxe5+ Kh6 57.Nxd7 Rh7 58.Nc5 Re7

Now, Black offered the draw which was accepted.

1/2-1/2


SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, GM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew continue to jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830

MT Sustarsic: Win against ILM Gil, Maria do Carmo de Vasconcelos of Portugal

Win against ILM Gil, Maria do Carmo de Vasconcelos of Portugal: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297359 .

I was lucky to win this game when my opponent exceeded the time limit on the fortieth move, in a position where perhaps White had a microscopic advantage. She was close to losing on time at the previous time control also, but managed to play the thirtieth move with just a few hours to spare.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4
b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Be5

( 12.Nb3 Be4 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Bxd6 cxd6 1-0(51) Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) - Shirov, Alexei (2739) / Tal Memorial (5), Moscow RUS 2007 )

12...Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Rfd1 c5 15.Ne4 Nb4 16.Qb1 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nd5 18.a4 h6
19.Qc2 Qc7 20.Ne1 Nb4 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Qd6 Qxd6 23.exd6 bxa4 24.Rxa4

( 24.e4 was an interesting alternative over which I spent some time. )

24...Nb6 25.Ra5 Nc4 26.Rxc5 Rxd6 27.Rc1 Nxb2 28.Rb1 Rd2 29.Nf3 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1
Nxd1 31.Ne5 Nb2 32.Bh3 f5 33.g4 Na4 34.Rc4 a5 35.gxf5 exf5 36.Nd7 Rf7 37.Rc8+
Kh7 38.Nf8+ Kg8 39.Ne6+ Kh7 40.e4 1-0


SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, GM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew continue to jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830

MT Sustarsic: Draw against GM Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa de of Brazil

Draw against GM Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa de of Brazil http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297388. He is 59 years old, and a doctor radiologist. The game:

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.b4 e5 8.
Bb2 a5 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 e4 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Re8

( Novelty? 12...Nc6 13.O-O Ne5 14.Nf4 b6 15.d4 exd3 16.Nxd3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Re8 18.f3 Nd7 1/2-1/2 Cvetnic, Vladimir (2383) - Krajnc, Leon (2508) / Mare Nostrum III (?), ICCF 2008 )

13.Nf4 Nbd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.d4 exd3 16.Nxd3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Qg5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Rae1 axb4 21.axb4 h5 22.e4 h4 23.f4 Qg6 24.f5 Qg5 25.Bc1 Qh5 26.h3 Re7 27.Rf4 b6 28.Be3 Qg5 29.Bd2 Qh5 30.Qb3 Kf8 31.c5 Kg8 32.cxb6 cxb6 33.b5 Rae8 34.Qf3 d5 35.Qxh5 Nxh5 36.Rxh4 Nf6 37.Bb4 Rxe4 38.Rhxe4 dxe4 39.g4 Nd5 40.Bd2 Re5 (Here I offered a draw, which was accepted.) 1/2-1/2

SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, GM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew continue to jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830 

MT Sustarsic: Win against GM Pauwels, Christophe of Belgium

Win against GM Pauwels, Christophe of Belgium http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297384. He is 38 years old, working as quality controller in an IT company in Brussels.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2

The positional Short variation.

5...c5 6.Be3 Qb6

Entering very sharp waters.

( 6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Rd1 Bd3 13.Bxd3 cxd3 14.Rxd3 Bc5 15.Ne4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2(27) Topalov, Veselin (2796) - Anand, Viswanathan (2791) / 18. Amber Blindfold (9), Nice FRA 2009)

7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2 9.Nb5 c4 10.Rb1 Qxa2 N

Novelty?

( 10...Qxc2 11.Qxc2 Bxc2 12.Rb2 Ba4 13.Nc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa8 b5 15.Bd1 Ba3 1-0(45) Gueci, Alberto (2257) - Santana Peٌate, Guillermo (2528) / WC15/SF06 (?), ICCF 2009 )

( 10...Qxc2 11.Qxc2 Bxc2 12.Rb2 Ba4 13.Nc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa8 b5 15.Rfb1 b4 1/2-1/2(64) Pommrich, Rainer (2280) - Morley, Paul (2198) / WS/M/263 (?), ICCF 2010 )

11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.Ra1

This seems to lose a tempo.

( 12.Nxa8 seems better )

12...Qxc2 13.Qxc2 Bxc2 14.Nxa8 Nge7 15.Ra2

Now slowly Black activates his pieces, after which White has nothing to show for compensation. 

...Be4 16.Ng5 Bg6 17.h4 h5 18.Bd1 Kc8 19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Nd8 21.Rb2 f6 22.Nf3 Kb8 23.Nb6 axb6 24.Rxb6 Nc8 25.Rb2 b6 26.Rfb1 Kb7 27.Bf4 Nc6 28.Re2 f5 29.Be3 Bb4 30.Kf1 Ba5 31.Ra2 Re8 32.Ne1 f4 33.Bxf4 Bc3 34.Nf3

( 34.g3 may have been necessary )

34...Nxd4 35.Nxd4 Bxd4 36.Rd1 Bc5 37.Be3 Bxe3 38.fxe3 Ne7 39.Ke1 Rf8 40.Rb2 Rf5 41.Rdb1 Nc8 42.Rf2 Rxe5 43.g4?

White gets desperate.

43...Rxe3+ 44.Re2 Rh3 45.Kd2 c3+ 46.Kc2 Ne7 47.Rb3 Nc6 48.Rd2 d4 49.gxh5 Ka6 50.Rg2 Ka5 0-1

SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, GM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew continue to jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points,http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830:

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MT Sustarsic: Win against SIM Karacsony, Zsolt of Romania

Win against SIM Karacsony, Zsolt of Romania http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297385. He is only 32 years old, and works in University of Miskolc as Assistant Professor in Mathematics. The game started as a peaceful Catalan

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qd2 c5

The ChessOK opening tree http://www.chessok.com/?page_id=352 gives only 13.a3 and 13.Rfd1 

13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qxd8 Novelty?

( 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Nc6 17.Qf4 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Qd8 1/2-1/2(25) Nierobisz, Jim (2371) - Myers, David R (2411) / 1st Webchess Open Tournament - Final (?), ICCF 2009 )

( 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.a3 Nbd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.b4 Bb6 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Be5 Rfd8 20.Bd4 h6 1-0(66) Taksrud, Vidar (2157) - Johansson, Jan (Vنsterهs) (2075) / Sweden - Rest of the World (?), ICCF 2008 )

I decided to exchange queens, since nowadays that's the only way to outplay engines.

14...Rfxd8 15.a4 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Rfc1 Nc2 18.Nd2 Nxa1 19.Bxe4 Rac8 20.Rxa1 e5 21.Bf5 exf4 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.axb5 axb5 24.gxf4 Bf8

White is temporarily a pawn up, but he cannot retain it. However, Black misplays the ending

25.Nf3 Rc2 26.e3 Rxb2 27.Ra8 b4 28.Kg2 g6 29.Ne5 Rd2 30.Rb8 f5 31.h4 Rd1 32.Nf3 Rc1 33.Nd4 Kf7 34.Rb7+ Kg8 35.Rb8 Kf7

This move was accompanied by a draw offer, which was declined.

36.h5 gxh5 37.Rb5 h4 38.Rxf5+ Ke8 39.Rb5 Rd1?

Necessary was 39...Kd7. Now Black goes rapidly downhill.

40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Rb7+ Ke8 42.f5 Bc5 43.Ne6 Be7 44.e4 Rd3 45.f4 Rd2+ 46.Kg1 Rd1+ 47.Kf2 h3 48.Kg3 Rd3+ 49.Kh2 Bh4 50.Ng7+ Kd8 51.Nh5 b3 52.f6 1-0

SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, SIM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points each, see http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830:

Curiously, all three of them have achieved GM norms and the first two achieve the GM title!