Philippine Chess

[Attakero]

Alekseev, Evgeny (2661) - Novikov, St (2535)
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (7), 20.02.2007
[B15]

Prepare yourself for a spectacular game with a queen sacrifice included! 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6!? [5...dxe4 is the more solid alternative] 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Ng5 c5 9.Bc4 0–0 10.c3 Sustaining the centre pawn chain. 10...cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Be3 b5!? 13.Bb3 [13.Bxb5?? would just hang a piece 13...Qa5+] 13...Bb7 14.h4!? Qa5+ 15.Kf1 White goes all-in for the attack. 15...h5 [Another sample game with this idea is 15...Rad8 16.h5 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qb4 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Qg4 Rxd4 20.Qh3 Rfd8 21.Bxf7+ Kf8 22.Qh8+!! 1–0 Fernandez Romero,E-Diaz Castro,S/Dos Hermanas 2006/CBM 111 ext (22)] 16.g4! Rad8 17.gxh5 Nxe5 18.hxg6 White must be winning here, as his attack i extremely strong. Fritz is already giving +4 for White. 18...Nf3 19.Nxf7! Rxf7 20.Bxf7+ Kf8 21.h5 b4 22.h6 Ba6+ 23.Kg2 Bf6 24.h7 Black could have easily resigned here as he is an exchange down and about to lose another piece. 24...Kg7 25.d5?! [25.Bh6+ Kh8 26.Bg8! is already winning as the threat g7 and then h8=Q can't be stopped.] 25...Qc7 26.h8Q+ Rxh8 27.Rxh8 Kxh8 28.Qh1+ Nh4+ [28...Bh4 29.Bd4+ Nxd4 30.Qxh4+ Kg7 31.Qh7+ Kf6 32.Qh8+ Kf5 33.g7+-] 29.Qxh4+!! Bxh4 30.Bd4+ Bf6 31.Bxf6+ exf6 32.Rh1+ Kg7 33.Rh7+ Kf8 34.g7+ [34.g7+ Kxf7 35.g8Q+ Kxg8 36.Rxc7+-] 1–0