27. e6! Qc7 27... Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. f5 28. dxc5 28. Qf5! is quite difficult for Black. 28... Bxc5+ 29. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 Ne7 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne3 Red8 33. Nf5 Nxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kg8= 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 d4 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. g6 Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Rd3 Rd6 41. Rg1 Rc3 42. Rgg3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Rxg6 44. Rxd4 Rg3 45. Rh4+ Kg8 46. b4 axb4 47. Rxb4 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Ra3 49. Rxb7 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd4 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Kf2 18. Bf2 b6 19. Kf1 Rac8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Bc4 Kg7 22. c3 Nf5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Ke2 Rc7 25. Rd5 Re8 26. Rcd1 h5 Crosa-Chemin, Sao Paulo 2002 18... b6 In the following phase White makes some inaccuracies - despite his bishop pair it seems the position is easier to play for his opponent. 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bd5 Rfd8 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Be4 g6 24. Ra1 f5 25. Bd3 Bb6 26. Ra2 Kg7 27. g3 b4 28. Re1 Rbc8 29. Bc4 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Bxd4+ Rxd4 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Re6 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Kxe2 Rc5! 35. Kf1 Rg5 and White's h-pawn is doomed. 33... Be3 34. Rxa5 Rxc2 35. h4 Rd8 36. Rd5 Ra8 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Ba6 Rf2+ 39. Ke1 Rxb2

40. h5 At the last move before the time control, White decides to give his b-pawn instead of his h-pawn. An understandable decision but let's have a look: 40. Ree7 Rh8 41. Bc4 Bf2+ 42. Kd1 Bxh4 43. Rf7 Bg3 44. Bd5 might give better drawing chances. 40... Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rxb3 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Rdd6 Rb1+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. Kd3 Rb8 47. Ke2 b3 48. Bd3 Rg8 49. Re5 49. Be4 b2 50. Rd1 Rxd1 51. Kxd1 Rb8 52. Bxg6 Kg5 53. Bb1 Rc8 49... Ra8 0-1

15... Bxg4!? An interesting sacrifice that doesn't seem fully correct though. 16. Bxg4 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 18. Qb3 Nxg4 19. Qxb2 f5 20. Rag1 White keeps a firm hold onto e4 and this is enough to 'defend' his position. 20... Kh7 21. a4 Qd7 22. Nb5 h5 23. Qb1 Kh8 24. Qd3 Qd8 25. f3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Kh7 27. Qd3 Bh6 28. Nc4 Qf6 29. Nbxd6 Rc7 30. Rg2 Rd7 31. Nb5 Rdf7 32. d6 fxe4 33. fxe4 Qf4 34. Nc7 Qf6 35. Nd5 Qe6 36. Qh3 Qe8 37. Qb3 Qe6 38. Qh3 Qe8 39. Qb3 Qe6 40. Rhg1 b5 41. axb5 a4 42. Qg3 Rf4 43. Qxg6+ Qxg6 44. Rxg6 Rxe4+ 45. Nce3 a3 46. d7 1-0

A thing of beauty... This game is a positional joy to replay from move 1 till the end.

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Ngf3 Bg6 8. h4 Bh5 9. Be2 Ne7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. O-O Bf7 12. b4 Qd8 13. Re1 f5 14. Ng5 Bg8 15. h5 h6 16. Nh3 g5 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Be3 Bf7 19. g3 Be7 20. f4 a5 21. a3 b5 22. Nb3 a4 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Kf2 Nc4 25. Rh1 Qc7 26. Bh5 Rg8 27. Nd3 O-O-O 28. Ng1 Nh8 29. Qf3 Bxh5 30. Rxh5 Nf7 31. Ne2 Rg4 32. Ra2 Rdg8 33. Nb2 Bf8 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Rd2 Qd7 36. Ke1 Nh8 37. Bf2 Qd5 38. Ng1 Ng6 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. Nf3 Ne7 41. Ke2 Kd7 42. Nh2

42... Rxg3 43. Bxg3 Rxg3 44. Rc2 Rg2+ 45. Kd1 Rg1+ 46. Ke2 Rg2+ 47. Kd1 Rg1+ 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Rh3 Rxa3 50. Rg3 Nc6 51. Kf2

51... Bxb4 52. Rg7+ Be7 53. Nf1 b4 54. Ke3 Ra1 55. cxb4 Rxf1 56. b5 Nb4 57. Rf2 Rxf2 58. Kxf2 a3 59. b6 a2 60. b7 Nc6 61. Rg1 Kc7 0-1

Every average (online) blitz player doesn't hesitate to finish off like this:

41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Qf7 Rg8 43. Re8 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe1 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Bxc4 16. Rc1 d5 17. b3 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ka1 O-O 20. h4 Rc5 Haven't seen this before? Up till here it was all theory! Black's idea of doubling the rooks via c5 and b5 could improve the theoretical status of this specific line. 20... f6 21. f4 Rb8 22. g3 Qa3 23. Rc2 f5 24. Qc1 Rb3 25. Qxa3 Rxa3 26. Rg1 Rb8 27. Be2 Re3 28. g4 Short-Mednis, Brighton 1983 21. Qc3 Rb5 22. Be2 Rfb8 23. Rb1 Qxh4 24. Rbf1 Qd8 25. f4 Qb6 26. Rd1 Rb4 27. f5 exf5 28. Bf3 d4 29. Qc2 d3 30. Qc3 Qa5 0-1