[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o NED"] [Site "Groningen NED"] [Date "1997.12.11"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ivan Sokolov (?)"] [Black "Vladimir Epishin (?)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "E42"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Hübner Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Main Line"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 { E42 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Hübner Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Main Line } Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bg5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Bxg5 Qd7 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. Bb5 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Be3 a6 21. Ba4 Qd8 22. Bb3 Na7 23. Rc5 Be6 24. Qh5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Nc6 26. Bc2 h6 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Qd7?! { (0.00 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } (28... Qe8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. h4 Bd7 31. Be4+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8) 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. f4 d4?? { (0.60 → 5.18) Blunder. Qe8 was best. } (30... Qe8 31. Kf2 Bd7 32. Be4+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bxd5 a5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qc3 Kf8 37. bxa5) 31. f5 d3?? { (4.92 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (31... f6 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. fxe6 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Bf5 Ne7 36. Be4 d3 37. Kf2 Nc6 38. Ke3) 32. fxe6?? { (Mate in 4 → 5.70) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bg6+ was best. } (32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. f6#) 32... Qd4+ 33. Kf1 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Ne5?? { (4.73 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd4+ was best. } (34... Qd4+ 35. Kg3) 35. Bxd3+ Kg8 36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Bg6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0