Sergey Karjakin completes incredible comeback in Baku

     

7...a6 looks safer as does 8...Na6, and 10...h5 was odd.

S. Karjakin – P. Svidler

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Ndb5! Kd8 9.Be3 Nc6 10.f3 h5 (Preventing g2-g4, but

development and king safety were higher priorities) 11.0–0–0 Kc8 12.Bg5 g6

13.Nd6+! (Black will have a long-term weakness on d6, and d5 is open to equine occupation) 13...exd6 14.Bxf6 Rg8 15.e4 Be6 16.Kb1 Kd7 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Rxg7 19.Bb5 Kd8 20.Rd2 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Kc7 22.Rc1 Re8 23.Rd4 Re5 24.Ba4 b5! 25.Bb3 Rc5 (Black’s position has improved somewhat and, if he could activate the Rg7, he might be OK) 26.Rd5 Rxc1+ 27.Kxc1 a6 28.Rd3 g5 (28...f5! 29.exf5 gxf5 30.g3 h4!= Black has brought his rook into the game) 29.Kd2 h4 30.Rc3 Kb6 31.Rd3 Kc7 32.Ke3 f6 33.Rc3 Kb6 34.Rd3 Kc7 35.Rc3 Kb6 36.Bd5 Ne7 37.Kd4 Rh7 38.Be6 Rh8 39.a3 Rd8 40.Rc2 Rh8 41.Rf2 Ng6 42.Kd5 Rd8 43.Bf5 Nf4+ 44.Kd4 Re8 (44...d5! 45.e5 fxe5+ 46.Kxe5 d4 47.Kf6 Nd5+! 48.Kxg5 Rg8+ 49.Kxh4 Ne3! is not so clear)

45.g3! (Garry Kasparov opined that Black was lost) 45...Ne6+46.Bxe6 Rxe6 47.Kd5 Re5+ 48.Kxd6 hxg3 49.hxg3 g4 50.fxg4 Rxe4 51.Rf4 Re3 52.Rxf6 Rxg3 53.Ke5+ Kb7 (53...Kc5 54.b4+ Kc4 55.Rc6+Kb3 56.Kf4 Rg1 57.Rxa6) 54.Kf5 Rb3 55.g5 Rxb2 56.g6 Rg2 57.Ke61–0 The g-pawn costs Black his rook, and his own king is cut off.

 

(Telegraph)