Boris Gelfand wins game in World Chess Cup 2009

Boris Gelfand wins against Amonatov, Farrukh in a World Chess Cup 2009 game with a King’s Indian Classical played at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on the 24th November 2009.
[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (3m)"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
{E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6

     Picture 1. Position after black move 4…d6. 
5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d5 Na6 9.Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. Nd3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5
16. f3 Bg6 17. Be1 N
(17. Bf2 Nf5 18. Ne1 Bh6 19. Bd3 g4 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21.
fxg4 Rf4 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. h3 Raf8 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 e4 26. Qe2 Qe7 27. Be3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bg7 30. Bd2 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Nb4 {Peng,Z (2443)-Fishbein,A (2489)/Philadelphia 2002/CBM 091 ext/1-0 (45)})
(17.Qd2 Nf5 +=)
17... Nf5 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Nf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 h6 21. Nfe4 Nc7 22.Rab1 b6 23. a3 Ne8 24. b4 Nf6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rfb1 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rb8 29. Rxa7 Rb2 30. Qd1
(30. Qd3 +-) 30... Qb6 31. Nxf6+
     Picture 2. White plays 31.Nxf6+.
(31. Ra8+ !?  Kf7 32. Bc1 Bxe4 33. Bxb2 (33. Nxe4 ?! Rb1 34. Nd2 Qb7 35. Nxb1 Qxa8 +-) (33. fxe4 ?! Rb3 34. Nb5 Rxb5 35. cxb5 Qxb5 +-) 33... Bxf3 34. Qxf3 (34. gxf3?! Qb7 35. Ra5 Qxb2 +-) 34... Qxb2 35. Nb5 +-) 31... Bxf6 32. Qa4 Qd8 33. Ne4
(33. Ra8 $5 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qb5 $16) 33... Bxe4 34. fxe4 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Qf8
 
Picture 3. After white plays 36. Ra8, pinning the Black Queen. But Queen is in the line with white King, with a discovered check for black, after black bishop moves to Bd8.

36. Ra8 (36. Qd7+ Bg7+ 37. Kg3 +-) 36... Bd8+ 37. Kg3 Rf1        {Black has a mate threat} 38. Be3 (38. h3 !? is an interesting idea} Qf2+ 39. Kh2 Qg1+ 40. Kg3 Qf2+ 41. Kh2 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Qf2+ +=)  38... Re1 39. Qb3 Re2
40. h3 (40. h4 Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kh8 42. Ra8 gxh4+ 43. Kh2 $19) 40... Qf1 41. Rxd8+
Picture 4. Position after white 41. Rx d8+  checking the Black King immediately.

(41. Rxd8+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Qf7 43. Rd7 Rxe3+ 44. Kh2 Qxd7 45. Qxd7+ Kg8 46. Qxd6 +-) 1-0
White has a winning position and Black resigns on the 41st move.
(posted by firey_rook, http;//fireyrook.blogspot.com)