[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kogan, A."] [Black "Zifroni, D 2415."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2470"] [Annotator "Kogan,A"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2003.02.03"] {This game was published in few magazines around the world...is it my immortal game?!:-)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 $1 dxe4 11. Bc4 $36 Be7 {after this move I was thinking about a way to attack black K...but couldn't find...and than suddenly I pushed my full coffee cup on the board...ohhh..just few seconds after cleaning it up...suddenly I got incredible idea! Telling to myself: Â. Eureka I found it!Â. :-)} (11... Bb4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qb3+ $16) (11... Nc5 $4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qxd8 $18) 12. Bxf7+ $1 (12. e6 $5 fxe6 13. Qh5+ (13. Qg4 Nf6 $1 $17 14. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 15. Qh6 Bf8 $19 16. Qh4 (16. Qh3 e5) 16... Rg4) (13. Bxe6 Nc5 $1 $17) 13... g6 14. Qh6 (14. Qe2 {was maybe the objective (modern engines choice) way to go, but it didn't convince me...} e5 (14... b5 15. Bb3 ( 15. Bxe6 Nc5 $1 16. Bxc8 Nd3+ $19) 15... Nc5 16. O-O Qd3 17. Qe1 Qd4 $13) 15. Bh6 Bf8 $1 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[%cal Yf8g7]}) 14... b5 $1 15. Bxe6 (15. Bb3 Nc5 $17) 15... Nc5 $19) (12. O-O Nb6 (12... Nc5)) 12... Kxf7 13. e6+ $1 Kxe6 {Why not? a full piece and seems there is no force way for white to win anything...} (13... Kg8 $1 {Might be the 'normal choice' of less optimistic players, but I knew that Zifroni is a 'materialistic kind of player' and will not believe me, as usual in our games! :-)} 14. exd7 Qxd7 $1 (14... Bxd7 15. Qb3+ Kf8 16. O-O-O $18) 15. Qxd7 (15. Qa4 Qf5 $1 16. Bg3 h5) 15... Bxd7 16. Nxe4 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bf5 $1 $11) 14. Qb3+ $1 { Important detail not to give way back for the black King!} Kf5 (14... Kf6 15. Nxe4+ Kg6 16. O-O-O $40 {[%csl Gg6] [%cal Gh1e1,Ge4d6,Yh2h5,Ye1e8,Yd1d8,Yb3g3, Yb3g8] Was the point I understood while cleaning the coffee from the board! :-) ) Suddenly ALL WHITE PIECES CAN PARTICIPATE AND DANCE IN THE PARTY!!!}) 15. O-O-O $5 $36 {[%csl Ga8,Gc8,Gd8, Gf5,Gh8][%cal Gd1d8] this was the point!!!!! thx to the cofee accident I found an original idea of sacrifice,that in fact I would call positional sacrifice in the old Morphy style... White's King gets away from the possible checks and the Rook from a1 joining the attack! Having more picess in the play made similar sac's so clear in the old times...but now in the new materalistic days, it felt so nice to get free of it and just do itttt having fun!} ({I didn't check deeper this one ,following my intuition and plan , but modern engines found that after} 15. Qf7+ Bf6 $1 (15... Nf6 16. Ne2 $3 {[%cal Yg2g4] Surprsingly ignoring his possible checks, with next move g4 and the Rook from h1 joinging, White is winning!} h5 17. h3 $3 h4 18. g4+ $1 hxg3 19. fxg3 $19) 16. Ne2 h5 $1 17. Nd4+ (17. h3 Ne5 $1) 17... Kxf4 18. Ne6+ Kf5 19. Nxg7+ Kf4 20. Ne6+ Kf5 21. g4+ (21. Nxd8 Ne5 $1 $19) 21... hxg4 22. Ng7+ Kf4 23. Ne6+ Kf5 $11 {Best for both sides is a draw! :-)}) 15... Bg5 $1 ( 15... Qg8 $3 {was offered ONLY after the game...} 16. Qc2 Nc5 (16... Qc4 $1 { UPDATE! Is the modern engine move...missed by so many GMs during the years , BUT WE ARE HUMANS! :-))} 17. b3 (17. g4+ Kg6) 17... Qb4) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rhe1 Kg6 $1 {Idea of the creative Zoler in the post mortem...but white got ways to keep on his dangerous attack while black can probably survive with only (engine's) moves! :-)} 19. Re3 $1 (19. Qxe4+ $4 Bf5 20. Qxe7 Qc4+ 21. Kd2 Qd3+ 22. Kc1 Qc2#) (19. g4 $5 $40 Bxg4 20. Rxe4 $40 (20. Qxe4+ Kh5 $1 21. Rd4 (21. Qxe7 Qc4+ 22. Kb1 Qxf4 $17) 21... Qe6 $1 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rad8 $17) 20... Bxd1 21. Re6+ Kf7 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Qc5+ Kf6 24. Qg5+ $11) (19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4+ Kf7 22. Rd7 Qe8 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Qb3+ Kf8 27. Qf3+ $11) 19... Bf5 20. g4 Bxg4 21. Qxe4+ Kh5 $1 22. Rg1 Qd5 23. Qc2 g5 $1 24. Rxe7 h6 25. Re5 Qf3 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qd2 Qf6 28. f4 Rad8 29. Qe3 Rd5 $1 30. h3 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qf4 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33. Rxg4 Re8 $11 { is the way Stockfish saving the game!}) 16. g4+ $1 $40 {Second piece sac with a chance to run away later with a check! How to refuse it??! :-))} Kxf4 $2 ({ Zifroni was so shocked that he couldn't see the danger and accepted my 'troyas gift'...} 16... Kg6 $1 { was the best way giving a queen back but for enough material!} 17. Rd6+ Nf6 $1 (17... Bf6 18. h4 $40 (18. g5 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5d3]} 19. Qa3 Nd3+ 20. Kb1 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rd8 $17)) 18. Rxd8 Bxf4+ 19. Rd2 Rd8 $132 20. Rhd1 Bxg4 $13 21. Kc2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 Rd7 25. Qb6 $13) 17. Nxe4 $3 Kxg4+ (17... Ke5+ 18. Kb1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yh1e1]} Qa5 19. Nxg5) (17... Kxe4+ 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. Rhe1+ $1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1+ $2 (20. Qd3+ Kf4 (20... Ke5 21. Qf5#) 21. Qf5#) 20... Kd4) 18. Kb1 $1 {another 'slow move' and black king is now hopeless vs ALL MY ATTACKING PIECES!!!} Bf4 {Now it was time to calculate the forcing lines in a search for a win and I found one!} (18... Kh5 19. Rhg1 Bh4 20. Qf3+ Kh6 21. Qf4+ g5 22. Rd6+ Kg7 23. Qxh4 h6 24. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Qxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kf7 27. Rg6 $1 $18) 19. Qe6+ Kh5 (19... Kh4 20. Rd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd3h3]} ({just not} 20. Rhg1 $4 Ne5 $1 $19)) 20. Ng3+ $1 ({ Never relax before the hadnshake! :-)} 20. Rhg1 $4 Ne5 $19) 20... Kh4 (20... Bxg3 21. hxg3+ Kg5 22. f4# {was my cute point!}) (20... Kg5 21. h4#) 21. Nf5+ Kh5 22. Nxg7+ {tecnical moment getting one defense away ! :-)} (22. Qf7+ $2 g6) (22. Rhg1 $2 Ne5 $1) 22... Kh4 23. Nf5+ Kh5 24. Qf7+ $1 Kg4 25. Rhg1+ { so my Rook from h1 also entered the party with great music and focred mate! after Kf3 25.Nd4+ Ke4 26. Q,f5#} 1-0