V. Agafonov - V. Smirnov

Comments by GM Agafonov

30 min/game.
   1. c3-d4  d6-c5   2. b2-c3  e7-d6   
   
   Name of this opening is "Old Game".

   3. g3-f4  f6-g5   4. f2-g3  g5-h4
   5. g1-f2  f8-e7   6. a1-b2  b6-a5   7. d4*b6  a7*c5   8. c3-d4  c7-b6
   9. b2-c3  d8-c7  10. f4-e5  d6*f4  11. g3*e5  e7-d6  12. f2-g3  h4*f2
  13. e1*g3  d6*f4  14. g3*e5  ...

  Bad variant 14. e3*g5, because 14. ... h6*f4 15. g3*e5 c5*e3 16. d2*f4 bc5 and
  17. ... c5-d4 with win.


  14. ... g7-f6  15. e5*g7  h8*f6  16. h2-g3  f6-g5
  17. g3-f4  b8-a7  18. f4-e5  g5-h4  19. e5-f6  h4-g3  

  Lose 19. ... h6-g5 because 20. d4-e5 X

  20. d4-e5?

  Bad move, and Black can win!
  Need 20. f6-e7, and if 20. ... g3-f2 then
  21. e3*g1 c5*e3 22. d*f4 cd6 23. e7*c5 b6*b2 24. ab4 a5*c3
  25. c1*a3 cd2 26. f4-e5 -- draw.


  20. h6-g5! Best move!

  21. f6*f2  c5-d4  22. e3*c5  b6*b2  23. e5-f6  b2-a1  
  24. f6-e7  c7-d6! 25. e7*c5  a5-b4  26. f2-g3  b4*d6  27. d2-e3  
 
  White find way to draw.

  27. ... a1-f6  28. g3-h4  a7-b6
  29. e3-f4  b6-a5  30. f4-g5  f6-g7? 

  31. g5-h6  g7-e5  32. c1-b2! e5*a1
  33. a3-b4  a5*c3  34. h6-g7 

  Black time out.

  But position is drawn.