Juan Ramon Galiana Salom (2136) - Spanton (1941)
Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bg5!?
An unusual continuation, but one that has been played by grandmasters, including Fabiano Caruana.
6...h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.b4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Be6
Stockfish17 and Dragon1 like 9...g5!? 10.Bg3 Nh5!?
10.Bb3!?
Apparently a novelty. Known moves are 10.Qb3, 10.a4 and 10.0-0.
10...Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qe7 12.Nc4 0-0 13.0-0
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| Now both sides have castled, how would you assess the position? |
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White has more queenside space, but Black has a powerful bishop on the a7-g1 diagonal. The engines reckon the game is equal.
13...g5!? 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Ne3!? Bxe3 16.fxe3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qe6 18.c4!? Kg7 19.Qc3 f6 20.Rf2 Rf7
Not 20...Qg4 21.Nh2 Qxg3?? as 22.Rf3 traps the black queen.
21.Raf1 Raf8 22.b5 axb5 23.cxb5 Nd8 24.a4 b6 25.Nd2 Qg4 26.Rf3 Ne6 27.d4 Kg6 28.Qc4 Ng7 29.Qe2
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| Threatening 30.Rxf6+! |
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29...Qe6
The engines prefer 29...h5 or 29...Kg7.
30.d5 Qd7 31.g4!? h5 32.gxh5+ Nxh5 33.Rh3 Rh7
Not 33...g4??, after which White has three winning moves: 34.Rh4, 34.Rf5!? and 34.Rxh5!?
34.Qf3!? g4??
Correct is 34...Ng7, when the engines reckon 35.Rxh7 Kxh7 36.g4 gives White at least a slight edge.
35.Qf5+ Qxf5 36.exf5+ Kg5?!
It is probably better to retreat the king, but Black is still losing material, eg 36...Kf7 37.Rh4 Rg8 38.Rc1 Ke8 39.a5! bxa5 40.b6! cxb6 41.Rc8+ etc.
37.Ne4+ Kh6 38.Rh4 Kg7 39.Rxg4+ Kf7 40.Rc1
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| White is 'only' a pawn up, but White's advantage is worth more than a rook, according to Stockfish17 - more than a rook and a minor piece, according to Dragon1 |
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40...Ke8 41.Kf2 Rhf7 42.Rh4 Ng7 43.g4 Kd7 44.Rh7 Ne8 45.Rh6 Rg8 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.Ng3 Rfg7 48.Rc4 Kd7 49.Nh5 Rf7 50.Rg6!? Rh8
If 50...Rxg6?, then 51.fxg6 Rf8 52.Ke4 etc.
51.Rc1 Kc8 52.Rh1 Rff8 53.Ng3 Rxh1 54.Nxh1 Kd7 55.Rh6 Ke7 56.Ng3 Kd7 57.Rh7+ Kd8 58.Nh5 Rg8?!
This looks like an outright mistake, and it makes White's task simpler, but the engines are OK with the move, the point being that after 58...Kc8 White wins with, for example, 59.e4 Kd8 60.g5! fxg5 61.Kg4, after which the newly passed f pawn advances decisively.
59.Rf7 Rh8 60.Nxf6 Nxf6 61.Rxf6 Rh3+ 62.Ke4 Ke7 63.Rg6 Kf7 64.Rg5 Rg3 65.Kd3 Rg2 66.Rg6 Ra2 67.g5 Rxa4 68.Rh6 e4+ 69.Kc3 Ra3+ 70.Kd2 Rd3+ 71.Ke2 Rxd5 72.Rf6+ Kg7 73.Kf2 Rxb5
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| Black has gone from two pawns down to a pawn up, but White's more advanced passers win |
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74.Kg3 Re5 75.Kf4 b5 76.Rh6 b4 77.f6+ Kg8
Or 77...Kf7 78.Rh7+ Ke6 79.Re7+ Kd5 80.f7 etc.
78.g6 Re6 79.f7+ Kg7 80.Rh7+ Kxg6 81.f8=Q Rf6+ 82.Qxf6+ Kxf6 83.Rxc7 1-0
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