Ruy López

Gildardo García - Amador

Capablanca XXX Matanzas 1995

Ruy López C85

[Event "Capablanca mem-A"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Qf3 Rf7 (11... Ne6 $5 12. Nf5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 (13... exd4 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Na5 (16. a4 b6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. f4 b5 19. Na5 f5 20. Qf3 c5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rfe1 c6 23. c4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd6 25. g3 c4 26. dxc4 {Wedberg-Geller/Reykjavik open  YB/1-185 1987/0-1 (40)}) 16... Qd7 17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Na5 Rxb2 19. Bxc7 Bxa2 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Bf4 Bb4 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. dxc4 {Perez,JJ-Short,P/Dubai olm (11) 1986/½-½ (40)}) 14. Be3 Qd8 (14... Qd7 15. a4 b5 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf5 e4 19. Qh4 exd3 20. axb5 Qxf5 21. bxc6 dxc2 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qxc2 {Watts-Hebden/London  YB/2-177 1984/0-1 (43)}) 15. Na5 (15. Qg3 Be6 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Kh1 Qe8 18. f4 Qg6 19. f5 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bf7 21. g4 h6 22. Rf3 Rfd8 23. Rh3 Rd7 24. Kg1 Kf8 {Doncevic,D-Herbrechtsmeier,C/BL 8283 Zähringen-Koblenz [1] 1982/½-½ (52)}) 15... Bb4 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. f3 a5 19. a4 Be6 $10 {Hort-Spassky, Reykjavik m-12 1977, 23/(293)}) (11... Be6 12. Ne3 g6 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. b3 Bf7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne6 17. Rf2 Bd6 18. Qg4 {= Wedberg,T-Reshevsky,S/Reykjavik (open) 1984}) 12. Nf5 (12. Qg3 $142 Ne6 (12... Kh8 $5) 13. Nf5 Kh8 14. Nxe7 Rxe7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. e5 Bxc4 19. exf6 {½-½ Mestel,J-Geller,E/London 1982}) 12... Bf8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Rad1 c5 15. c3 Qe8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. h4 a5 $1 18. Bc1 Ra6 $1 19. g3 a4 20. Kg2 b5 21. Nd2 (21. Na3 b4 22. Nc4 a3 $1) 21... g6 22. Ne3 h5 $1 23. Qe2 (23. Nd5 Nd4 $3 24. cxd4 Bg4 25. Qe3 cxd4 $19) 23... Rd6 $17 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Nc2 Rfd7 26. d4 c6 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Nc7 30. c4 Ba6 $2 {At this point White had only two minutes left and I wanted to have everything, so I made this quick and silly mistake.} (30... bxc4 31. Qxc4 Nxd5 32. Qxa4 Bb7 {led to a big advantage instead.} 33. Kg1 $2 Nb6 $19) 31. Qe4 $1 Kh7 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 bxc4 34. bxc4 Ne8 35. Ne3 Nd6 36. Qc2 Bh6 37. Nd2 Qa5 $2 38. Bb2 Rb7 (38... Bxc4 $2 {for the last moves I played for this trap, only to realize that is was not good in the very last minute.} 39. Ndxc4 $1 (39. Nexc4 Nxc4 40. Nxc4 Qxe1 41. Bc3 Qc1) 39... Qxe1 40. Bc3 $1 $18) 39. Bc3 Qb6 40. Rb1 Qd8 41. Ra1 Ra7 (41... Bxc4 $2 42. Ba5 $1 $18) 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Ba5 Qc8 44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. Qxe4 Bb7 {The position is about equal.} 46. f4 $2 exf4 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. d6 fxe3 $1 (48... fxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bxe3 50. d7 Qb8+ 51. Kh3 $13) 49. d7 Qc6 50. d8=Q+ Rxd8 51. Qxd8+ Bf8 $6 (51... Kf7 52. Qc7+ Qxc7 53. Bxc7 Ke6 {offered better chances to play for a win}) 52. Qd5+ Qxd5 53. cxd5 Bxd5 54. Re1 $1 Bh6 55. Bb6 Bf3 56. Bxc5 e2 57. Bb4 Kf7 58. Ra1 f5 $6 (58... g5 59. Kg1 gxh4 60. Kf2) (58... Ke6 59. Ra6+ Kf5 60. Bc3 Ke4 61. Rxf6 Bg7 62. Re6+ Kd5 (62... Kd3 $2 63. Be1 Bc3 64. Bxc3 Kxc3 65. Kg1) 63. Rxe2 $3 $10) 59. Ra7+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Ra7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2