1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 The uncompromising Bayonet attack. In earlier rounds I had lost rather chancelessly to both Timman and Adams while playing solid Catalan/English systems so I wanted to play more sharply in this game. 9...Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.c5 Nf4 12.Bf1 g5 13.Nd2 f5 At this point my theoretical knowledge ran out and I was regretting that I chosen such a committal system! 14.Nc4 dxc5?! A faulty plan that gives White a strong passed d-pawn without compensation. 15.bxc5 fxe4 16.d6 cxd6 17.cxd6 Nc6 18.Nxe4 Bf5 [McShane had planned 18...b5 but then the exchange sac 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.Qxc6 Bd7 22.Qd5 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 bxc4 24.Bxc4 is very pleasant for White.] 19.Bb2 Qe8 [19...b5 20.Qb3 bxc4 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.Qxc6±] 20.Nc5 b6 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Qe6 23.Rc1! b5 [23...Rac8 24.Nxb6 axb6 25.Bc4] 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Nxe5! The key move. Black's capture on f2 with check is irrelevant compared to the draughtiness of the White King's home. 25...Nxe5 [25...Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Qxb2 27.Qd5+ Kh7 28.Qe4+ Kg8 29.Nxc6 winning] 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qd5+ Kh7 28.Qxe5 Qxf2+ [Grovelling with 28...Qxe5 29.Rxe5 Rf7 30.Rxb5 looks hopeless.] 29.Kh1 Rae8 30.Qxe8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8 Qd2 32.Re7+ Kg6 33.Rce1 Kh5 34.d7 b4 35.h3 a5 36.R7e6? [Missing a direct win with 36.g3 a4 (After 36...g4 37.R1e5+ Kg6 38.hxg4 the White King hides on h3 and mate by R5e6+ and Rg7 cannot be reasonably avoided.) 37.R1e2 Qd6 38.Kh2 b3 39.R7e6 Qxd7 40.g4+ Kh4 41.Rxh6#] 36...Qxd7 37.g4+ Kh4 38.Rxh6+ Kg3 The move I missed! 39.Rg1+ Kf2 40.Rg2+ Ke3 41.Rf6 And soon drawn in mutual time trouble. 1/2-1/2