Ruy López

Amador - Walter Arencibia

Capablanca XXXI Cienfuegos 1996

Ruy López C61

[Event "Capablanca mem-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, Amador"]
[Black "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 h5 $6 {It is hard to believe in a move like this whose only purpose is to avoid h5, yet it suits well for a practical player with tactical strength as Arencibia.} (5... Bc5 $2 6. Bxf7+) 6. d3 (6. c3 Bc5 7. cxd4 (7. d3 c6 8. Qf3 Qf6 9. Nd2 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Nf3 Bb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Rad8 $10 {Zagrebelny,S-Najer,E/Moscow Petrosian (06) ;CBM 46 1995 ½-½ (52)}) 7... Bxd4 8. Nc3 c6 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qg3 h4 13. Qg5 h3 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5 hxg2 16. Kxg2 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Nxd5 19. Qxg7 O-O-O 20. d4 Qh4 21. h3 Rdg8 22. Qe5 Bc7 {0-1 Shmuter,Leonid-Najer,E/St. Petersburg 1993}) 6... Bc5 7. Nd2 $146 (7. O-O d6 8. f4 c6 9. f5 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 f6 12. Qf3 Ne7 13. h3 a5 14. a4 Kf8 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ra6 17. Bf4 g6 18. fxg6 Kg7 19. Nd2 Rh4 $36 {Marco,G-Bird,H/Hastings 1895 ½-½ (37)}) 7... c6 8. Nf3 (8. e5 d5 9. exd6 Bg4 (9... Bxd6) 10. f3 Bf5 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. Qe5 Qe8 $13) (8. c3 $5 dxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Rb1 $14) 8... d5 9. exd5 (9. Bb3 $5 dxe4 10. dxe4 (10. Ng5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 e3 $13) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bb4+ $1 12. Kf1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qf6 $132) 9... cxd5 10. Bb3 (10. Bb5+ $2 Kf8 $1) 10... Qe7+ $1 11. Qe2 (11. Kf1 $5) 11... Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Ne7 13. Ba4+ (13. Re1 $5 f6 14. Bd2 Kf7 15. c3 $14) 13... Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. b4 $1 Bxb4 16. Rb1 a5 (16... Rhe8 17. Nxd4 Nc6+ 18. Kd1 a5 $10) (16... Nc6 17. a3 $14 (17. Ne5+)) 17. a3 $6 (17. Bb2 $142 Nc6 18. Nxd4 Rhe8+ 19. Kd1 $10) 17... Bc5 18. Rxb7+ Kc6 19. Rb1 f6 20. Bb2 (20. Re1 Nf5 21. Kd2 Rhe8 22. Bb2 $10) 20... Nf5 21. Rhc1 $1 {White must play accurately in order to save the endgame.} Rhe8+ (21... Rhb8 $5 {a tricky move keeping the check on reserve.} 22. c3 dxc3 23. Rxc3 (23. Bxc3 $2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Re8+ $1 {the point  b4 and black is winning}) 23... Kd6 24. Rcc1 {and white can possibly hold the balance since black's rook cannot move along the b-file.}) 22. Kf1 Kd6 23. a4 1/2-1/2