(1) Sakaev,K (2620) - Kholmov,R (2475) [D37]
RUS-Cup02 Moscow (4), 24.01.1998
[Epishin]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 a6 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Na4!?N Ba7 14.Bc7 Rd7 15.Bb6 Nd5 16.Bxa7 Rxa7 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 exd5 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Nd4!+/= Nxd4 22.exd4 a5 23.Kd2 b4? 24.Na4+/- bxa3 25.bxa3 Rb7 26.Kc3 Kf8 27.Nc5 Rb5 28.Nb3! Ke7 29.Ra1+- Kd6 30.a4 Rb7 31.Nxa5 Rc7+ 32.Kd2 Bd7 33.Nb3 Rc4 34.a5 Bc6 35.a6 Rb4 36.Na5 Ba8 37.Kc3 Rb8 38.Nb3 Re8 39.Kd2 Rb8 40.Kc3 Re8 41.Kd3 Kc7 42.Nc5 Kb6 43.Rb1+ Ka7 44.Kd2 Bc6 45.Rb3 Re7 46.Re3 Rc7 47.Rg3 g6 48.Rb3 h5 49.h4 Re7 50.Re3 Rc7 51.Kc3 Bb5 52.Kb4 Kb6 53.Rf3 Bc6 54.Rf6 Ka7 55.Ka5 Ba8 56.Kb5 Kb8 57.Rd6 Kc8 58.Na4 Re7 59.Nb6+ Kc7 60.Rf6 Kb8 61.g3 Re2 62.Nxa8 Kxa8 63.Rxf7

Kholmov resigned here, but we played on to see how to win.

63...Re1 64.Rf6 64...Re2 65.Kc5 65...Ra2 66.Rxg6 Rxf2 67.Rg5 67...Rc2+ 68.Kxd5 Ra2 69.Ke4 69...Ra3 70.Rg6 Ka7 71.Rg5 Ka8 72.Kf4 72...Rxa6 73.Rxh5 Kb7 74.Re574...Ra4 75.Ke4 Kc7 76.h5 76...Ra1 77.g4 Rh1 78.Kf5 Rf1+ 79.Kg5 Rf7 80.Re6 Rg7+ 81.Kh4 Rf7 82.h6 Kd7 83.d5 Rf2 84.Kh5 Rg2 85.h7 Rh2+ 86.Kg6 Kc7 87.g5 Kb7 88.Kg7 Rg2 89.g6 89...Rc2 90.h8Q 90...Rc4 91.Qe8 91...Rc7+ 92.Kg8 92...Rc4 93.Qb5+ Kc8 94.Qxc4+ 94...Kd8 95.Qh4+ 95...Kc8 96.Qe7 96...Kb8 97.d6 97...Ka8 98.d7 Kb8 99.d8Q#

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