The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled takes place 25th October - 11th November 2002.

After 8 of 14 rounds Russia have a 1.5 point lead over their closest rivals Hungary. Armenia held Russia to a 2-2 draw in round 5 with Smbat Lputian beating Alexander Grischuk on board two. Round 6 was the point where Russia's strength in depth was shown. Without Kasparov they nevertheless won 3.5-0.5 against Bosnia and Herzegovina meanwhile Armenia after their excellent draw with Russia went down to one of the surprise packages of the tournament Romania by 2.5-1.5. In round 7 Russia beat Poland 3-1 with Kasparov beating Krasenkow on top board. Russia followed this with a 2.5-1.5 against the Netherlands in round 8. Russia should be well clear by now but Hungary have put themselves right into contention with two consecutive 3.5-0.5 wins against the home nations Slovenia in round 7 and then Romania in round 8. These kind of big wins can quickly boost a team many places. Hungary will now play Russia with Kasparov most likely playing Leko.

One of the points of interest of the Olympiad is how the top players cope with the novelty of playing opponents of varying strength. So far Garry Kasparov has played five of the eight rounds and has scored 4.5/5 only being held by Vladimir Akopian in round 5. Ponomariov and Leko by contrast have struggled to find winning form both have won one game and drawn the rest. Top board for Switzerland Veteran Viktor Korchnoi has had an interesting event with wins in rounds 5 and 8 and a loss in round 6. He is combative as ever. The only leading woman's player in the men's Olympiad is Judit Polgar and she has a +3 score on board two so far, she is incredibly difficult to play with players having to watch for tactical tricks all the time for instance she was in a terrible mess against Svetushkin in round 5 but turned it round after finding a big one mover coming up to first time control. England number 1 Michael Adams has won 2 and lost 1 so far and will probably have some tough assignments before the end of the Congress if England can make some progress up the field. He drew against Ruslan Ponomariov in round 6 which was probably the first heavyweight clash of the Olympiad. Returning players Granda Zuniga and Henrique Mecking have both been winning games, the latter however against not very strong opponents.

The FIDE Congress started on 1st November. I don't have any news yet but FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov won't be in Bled until Monday so little of importance is likely to have happened. Ilyumzhinov recently survived a scare in the Kalmykian elections. After getting Stalinist levels of support of 98% in previous elections he was taken to a second round this time. Despite having complete control of the local media he only got 47.3 percent of the vote in the first round when there were a number of Candidates. He hastily organised the second round within a week, as Russian commentators pointed out this was his best chance of winning the election, and managed to get 57% of the vote in a straight runoff against banker Baatyr Shondzhiyev.

We're told by the FIDE website that "The FIDE President´s dynamic leadership has transformed chess and made it a spectator sport." which is a big spin on his achievements. Live chess has been on the internet since the Fischer - Spassky match in 1992 and FIDE have only in recent times covered their own events properly. I presume this is talking about the internet as the physical attendance at the FIDE Championships has been very poor.

Whilst Ilyumzhinov will be unopposed at this FIDE Congress there will be great interest in appointments and elections to other FIDE posts of which some are expected to be filled by supporters of Garry Kasparov. It is also expected there will be an announcement of a new head of FIDE Commerce. It will also be interesting to see what happens about the World Players Council run by retired GM Valery Salov who has material on his website that would lead to dismissal by almost international organisation I know of. If the Russian and former Soviet players need a representative (for effectively this is what the organisation is) they'd be far better having someone like Alexander Khalfiman leading them rather this increasingly deranged and marginalised figure.

Here are a few games that caught my (and some correspondents) attention over the last four rounds.

Grischuk,A (2702) - Lputian,S (2627) [C02]
Olympiad Bled SLO (5), 30.10.2002

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2 Be7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 a5 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.b5 a4 Isolating the b5 pawn. White doesn't find a way of defending this pawn. [ 14...Na7 15.a4 Nc8 16.0-0 Qd8 17.g3 Nb6 18.Ba3 Rc8 19.Ne2 Nc4 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nf4 g6 22.Ng5 Rg8 23.Nh7 Qd8 24.Nf6+ Kf8 25.Qf3 Nd2 26.Qa3+ Kg7 27.Rfc1 Nc4 28.Qf3 Nd2 29.Qe3 1-0 Shirov,A-Taddei,B/Neuilly-Sur-Seine FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (29). ] 15.Qd3 Na7 16.0-0 Rc8 17.Bc1 Rc4 18.Rd1 Nxb5 19.Ne2 Qc6

Its really not clear what white has for his pawn. 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Nc3 22.Nxc3 Rxc3 23.Qe2 g6 24.Rd3 0-0 25.Rad1 Rc8 26.Rxc3 Qxc3 27.Qb5 Qb3 28.Rb1 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Qxb5 30.Rxb5 Rc4 31.Rxb7 Rxd4 32.Nxe6 This may be an error. The rook ending looks to be pretty bad for white. Perhaps g3 instead. 32...fxe6 33.Re7 Rxh4+ 34.Kg3 Re4 35.Rxe6 Kf7 36.Rf6+ Ke7 37.Rxg6 Rg4+ 38.Rxg4 fxg4 39.Kf4 Kf7 40.f3 gxf3 41.Kxf3 Ke6 42.Kf4 h4 43.Kg4 Kxe5 44.Kxh4 Kf4 45.g3+ Ke4

and black will get a queen whilst white won't. 0-1

Korchnoi,V (2634) - Kotsur,P (2579) [E38]
Olympiad Bled SLO (5), 30.10.2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.Nb5 Qd8 9.a3 a6 10.Nbd4 b6 11.b4 Be7 12.e4 d6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.0-0 Nbd7 15.h3 Rc8 16.Qb1 0-0 17.Re1 Rc7 18.Ra2 Qa8 19.Bf4 Rd8 20.Nb3 Rcc8 21.Bd2 Nf8 22.a4 d5 23.exd5 exd5 24.c5 Ne6

This turns out badly. [ 24...Ne4 is an alternative.] 25.cxb6 d4 26.Ng5 Bxg2 27.Bxh7+ Kf8 28.Rxe6 Korchnoi is right on top of the tactics. 28...Bxh3 29.Be4 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Bxg5 31.b7 Its all over. 31...Qb8 32.bxc8Q Rxc8 33.Re5 f5 34.Rxf5+ 1-0

Adams,M (2745) - Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2423) [B22]
Olympiad Bled SLO (5), 30.10.2002

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.0-0 Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.axb3 e5 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Nbd4 f6 15.bxc3 Be7 16.Nf5 g6 17.Nxe7 Nxe7 18.Ba3 Kf7 19.Nd2 Qc7 20.Ne4 Nbd5 21.Qf3 Qc6 22.c4 Nf4 23.g3 Nh5 24.Nd6+ Kg7 25.Qg4 f5 26.Qe2 e4 27.f3 Rad8 28.Rad1 Rhf8 29.fxe4 f4 30.Qb2+ Rf6 31.g4 Kh6 32.Qe5 1-0

Atalik,S (2575) - Grischuk,A (2702) [E12]
Olympiad Bled SLO (6), 31.10.2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Rc1 0-0 8.e3 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qe2 Rab8 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 f5 17.f3 Qe6 18.b4 exf3 19.Nxf3 Kh8 20.b5 Rbe8 21.Na4 f4 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.Rxc5 fxe3 24.Rc3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qe5 26.Rfc1 h6 27.Kh1 Rf5 28.a4 Re7 29.Rd3 Qf4 30.Rb1 Kh7 31.a5 Qc4 32.b6 Rxa5 33.Rxe3 Qxe2 34.Rxe2 Rxe2 35.b7 Re8 36.b8Q Rxb8 37.Rxb8 Ra2 38.f4 Kg6 39.Rf8 a5 40.f5+ Kg5 41.Rf7 a4 42.h4+ Kg4 43.Rxg7+ Kxf5 44.h5 Kf4 45.Kg1 a3 46.Ra7 Ke4 47.Ra8 Kd4 48.Rd8+ Kc3 49.Rc8+ Kd2 50.Ra8 Kc1 51.Ra6 Kb1 52.Kf1 Kc2 53.Kg2 Kb3+ 54.Kg3 Ra1 55.Rxh6 Rg1+ 56.Kf4 a2 57.Ra6 Rc1 58.Ra8 Rc4+ 59.Kg5 Ra4 60.Rb8+ Ka3 0-1

Ponomariov,R (2743) - Adams,M (2745) [C87]
Olympiad Bled SLO (6), 31.10.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.d3 Nd7 10.Be3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bg5 12.d4 Bxe3 13.fxe3 0-0 14.Nf1 Bg6 15.Ng3 Nf6 16.Bc2 Re8 17.Qd2 Nh5 18.Qf2 Nxg3 19.Qxg3 Bh7 20.Re2 Qe7 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Nd2 Rae8 23.Ref2 Nd8 24.Bb1 Qg5 25.Qf3 Ne6 26.g3 exd4 27.exd4 Qb5 28.b4 Ng5 29.Qg2 d5 30.e5 Bxb1 31.Rxb1 Qd3 32.Rc1 f6 33.h4 Ne4 34.Nxe4 dxe4 35.Rd2 Qe3+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Rxf2 fxe5 38.d5 Rf3 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.c4 Rf8 41.Re1 Rd4 42.Rfe2 Rxc4 43.Rxe4 Rxe4 44.Rxe4 Rf5 45.g4 Rf7 46.a3 Re7 47.Kf3 Kf8 48.Re3 Ke8 1/2-1/2

Kasparov,G (2838) - Krasenkow,M (2651) [C82]
Olympiad Bled SLO (7), 01.11.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 0-0 13.Nb3 Ne4 14.Bf4 Re8 [ 14...f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qd3 Alekhine-Nimzowitsch Petersburg 1914.] 15.h3 [ 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Rxe4 Qxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rad8 19.Ree1 g5 20.Bg3+/- Kg7 21.e6 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 f5 23.Bxc7 Kf6 24.f4 g4 25.Re1 Bf8 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Rxe6 28.Be5+ Kf7 29.Rc1 Rh6 30.Rc8 Rh3 31.Ra8 h5 32.Rxa6 Be7 33.Rh6 h4 34.Rh7+ Ke8 35.Rh8+ Kf7 36.Rh7+ Ke8 37.Kf1 Rxh2 38.d5 Rh1+ 39.Ke2 h3 40.d6 Bd8 41.Bc3 Rb1 42.b3 Bb6 43.d7+ Kf8 44.Bg7+ Kg8 45.Bd4 Kxh7 46.Bxb6 h2 47.d8Q h1Q 48.Qe7+ Kh6 49.Qg5+ Kh7 50.Qxf5+ Kh6 51.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Marin,M/Budapest 1993/CBM 34/[Ernst] (51)] 15...Bh5 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Bf8 18.Nbd4 Nxe5 [ 18...Nxd4 was an alternative.] 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.g4 Qf6 21.Nc6 [ 21.gxh5 Rxh5 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rxe4 Rxh3] 21...Rg5??

[ 21...Nxc3; 21...Nxf2] 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Nxg5 Qxg5 24.Raxe4 1-0

Khalifman,A (2690) - Miton,K (2564) [A35]
Olympiad Bled SLO (7), 01.11.2002

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Na5 7.e4 Nf6 8.h3 0-0 9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 e6 11.0-0 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bxd6 Bxh3 16.Bh2 Bg4 17.e5 White has a huge center. If Miton doesn't challenge it he will lose. 17...Qb6 18.Rb1 Rad8 19.Re4 Bf5 20.Rh4 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 c4 22.Qc2 f5

I don't like this move. White now has two connected past pawns in the center. Khalfiman uses them well. 23.d6 Qc5 24.Rd1 Nc6 25.Rd5 Qb6 26.Rxc4 f4 27.a5! Winning. 27...Qa7 28.Re4 b5? Desperate and losing immediately. 29.Nxb5 axb5 30.Qxc6 Nf6 31.exf6 Rxe4 32.Rd1 Rc4 33.Qxb5 Qc5 34.Qb3 Bxf6 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Nd2 1-0

Leko,P (2743) - Beliavsky,A (2650) [C95]
Olympiad Bled SLO (7), 01.11.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7 16.d5 Nb6 17.Rb1 c6 18.c4 Qc7 19.Bd3 Nfd7 20.Be3 Nc5 21.Bf1 bxc4 22.bxc4 Nbd7 23.Qd2 Rab8 24.Bh6 Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Nf8 26.h4 cxd5 27.cxd5 Bc8 28.Rxb8 Qxb8 29.h5 Qc7 30.Nd2 Bd7 31.Nc4 f6 32.Re3 Re7 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Nh5 gxh5 35.Rg3+ Bg4 36.Qxh5 Nxe4 37.Qxg4+ Ng5 38.Ne3 e4 39.Qf4 1-0

Gelfand,B (2704) - Bruzon,L (2613) [E04]
Olympiad Bled SLO (7), 01.11.2002

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Qe2 b5 10.e4 Be7 11.d5 Nb4 12.Ne5 exd5 13.a3 [ 13.exd5 0-0 14.a3 Nd3 15.Nxd3 Bg4 16.Qe3 cxd3 17.Qxd3 Qd7 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.h3 Bd7 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Rfe8 23.Qc2 h5 24.Rac1 Rac8 25.h4 a5 26.Rfd1 b4 27.axb4 Qxb4 28.Qd2 Qb6 29.Bf3 g6 30.Rc3 Rb8 31.b3 Qd6 32.Rdc1 c6 33.Rd3 Bf5 34.Rxc6 Qa3 35.Rdc3 Rxb3 36.d6 Rxc3 37.Qxc3 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 Rd8 39.Rc6 Be6 40.Rb6 a4 41.Ra6 a3 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999 (41). ] 13...Nd3 14.Nxd3 cxd3 15.Qxd3 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rb8 18.Bf4 0-0 19.Rfd1 Bd6 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Rxd6 White is a tiny bit better. 21...Rb6?

[ 21...Qc8 Breaking the pin looks like the right idea.] 22.Rd2 Re8 23.Qd5 Re7 24.Bh3 Winning at least the exchange. 1-0

Esplana,C (2352) - Mannion,S (2367) [C54]
Olympiad Bled SLO (7), 01.11.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.0-0 d6 8.Be3 0-0 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Re1 h6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bxa7 Rxa7 15.d4 Ra8 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Rad1 Qf8 19.Nd2 Nf4 20.d5 Ree8 21.Nc4 g6 22.Kh2 Qe7 23.Nf1 Qd7 24.Qc2 Kg7 25.Nce3 Nh7 26.Nd2 Rf8 27.Rg1 Rbe8 28.g4 h5 29.Nf3 Rh8 30.Kg3 Nf6 31.Rh1 Rh7 32.Rh2 h4+ 33.Nxh4 Reh8 34.Nhf5+ gxf5 35.Nxf5+ Black to play and win.

35...Qxf5 0-1 Followed by Mate on h3.

Rowson,J (2547) - Granda Zuniga,J (2605) [C67]
Olympiad Bled SLO (7), 01.11.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Rad1 Bd7 14.Ne4 Kc8 15.Ng3 c5 16.Bc3 Rg8 17.Nh5 Bc6 18.e6 f6 19.Nd2 b5 20.Nb3 b4 21.Bd2 a5 22.Nc1 Nh4 23.f3 Nf5 24.Ne2 Kb7 25.Nhg3 Nd6 26.b3 a4 27.Be3 Ra5 28.Rd2 c4 29.Nd4 Be8 30.Bf4 Bg6 31.Kf2 axb3 32.axb3 c3 33.Rdd1 Rd8 34.Bxd6 Rxd6 35.Ne4 Rd8 36.Ke3?

Its all been balanced up to now. There are a few moves here but Ke3 isn't one of them. 36...Rad5?! [ 36...f5 is very strong.] 37.Rd3? [ 37.g4 is forced.] 37...f5 Even stronger than last move. 0-1

Grischuk,A (2702) - Sokolov,I (2684) [C91]
Olympiad Bled SLO (8), 02.11.2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.d5 Nfd7 19.Nf1 Re8 20.Ng3 Bf6 21.Rb1 b4 22.Re2 h6 23.Ne1 Bh4 24.Kh2 Bxg3+ 25.Kxg3 Nf6 26.f3 c4 27.Bb2 Qe7 28.Qd4 c3 29.Qxb6 cxb2 30.Qd4 Rc3 31.Rxb2 a5 32.Bd3 Qb7 33.h4 Re5 34.Rbc2 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 h5 36.g5 Nxd5 37.f4 Re8 38.exd5 Rxe1 39.f5 Qd7 40.fxg6 Rh1 41.gxf7+ Kf8 42.Rh2 Rd1 43.Re2 Rh1 44.Re8+ Kxf7 45.Bg6+ Kxg6 46.Qe4+ 1-0

Radjabov,T (2628) - Ponomariov,R (2743) [E59]
Olympiad Bled SLO (8), 02.11.2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Ba2 Rfe8 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.c4 Qe6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qb6 22.Be5 Qa5 23.Qc1 Nd7 24.Bb2 f6 25.Qd1 Qb6 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.g4 Bg6 28.Bc3 Ne5 29.Bxe5 fxe5 30.f4 Be4 31.fxe5 h5 32.Qf2 Qd8 33.Kh2 hxg4 34.hxg4 Qg5 35.Qg3 Qh6+ 36.Kg1 Qh1+ 37.Kf2 Qd1 38.Bb3 Qd2+ 39.Kg1 g5 40.e6 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 Qb2+ 42.Kg1 Kg6 43.e7 Qa1+ 44.Kf2 Qf6+ 45.Ke1 Qxe7 46.Bd1 Kf6 47.Qf2+ Ke6 48.Qh2 Qf6 49.Qb8 Bc6 50.Be2 Qe5 51.Qg8+ Kd7 52.Qf7+ Kd6 53.Kf2 Be4 54.Qf8+ Kc7 55.Qh6 Qe7 56.Qh8 Bc6 57.Qc3 Kb6 58.Qb2+ Ka6 59.Qc3 Qd6 60.Ke1 b6 61.Qb2 Qg3+ 62.Kd2 Qf2 63.Qb1 Qf6 64.Qb3 Qd6+ 65.Ke1 Qg3+ 66.Kd2 Qg2 67.Ke1 Bd7 68.Qd1 Qg3+ 69.Kd2 Qe5 70.Qb1 Ka5 71.Qd3 Be6 72.Qc3+ Qxc3+ 73.Kxc3 Ka4 74.Kb2 a6 75.Bd1+ Ka5 76.Kc3 b5 77.cxb5 axb5 78.e4 b4+ 79.axb4+ cxb4+ 80.Kd4 b3 81.Bxb3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

Korchnoi,V (2634) - Winants,L (2504) [E12]
Olympiad Bled SLO (8), 02.11.2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Rd1 d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Qb6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rd2 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Nf8 14.Nb5 d5 15.Nc3 Rac8 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 Qxb2 21.Qxb2 Bxb2 22.Bc4 Korchnoi has always been known for his ability to exploit tiny advantages in the endgame, not that I'm sure this is an advantageous position. 22...Bf6 23.g4 h6 24.h4 g6 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Bg7 27.Ne5 Bxe5

Relieving pressure on f7 but now black won't have the possibility of getting a bishops of opposite colour ending. 28.Rxe5 Rc7 29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Re8 Rb7 31.f4 Rc7 32.Ke2 Rb7 33.a3 Rc7 34.Kd2 Rd7+ 35.Kc3 Rc7 36.e4 Nh7 37.Bd5 White has steadily improved his position and black hasn't been able to do anything about it. 37...Nf8 38.a4 c4 39.f5 gxf5 40.exf5 Nd7 41.Be4 [ 41.Be4 f6 White threatens f6 himself winning a piece. 42.Re7+ Kf8 43.gxf6] 1-0