BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 11 – ADAMS vs JUMABAYEV

This game is from round 11 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Michael Adams with White against Rinat Jumabayev with Black.

Today’s game features a Ruy Lopez.

Adams,Michael (2712) - Jumabayev,Rinat (2605)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (11.1), 05.10.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 0–0 8.Re1 Re8 9.h3 h6 10.d4 b5 11.Bc2 Bf8 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation 

13...a5 [13...g6 14.Ng3 Bg7 15.d5 Ne7 16.b3 c5 17.a4 Nh7 18.Nh2 Rf8 19.Ra2 Qc7 20.Be3 Rab8 21.Qd2 h5 22.axb5 axb5 1/2–1/2 (64) Leko,P (2707)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015] 

14.a4 b4 15.d5 White has an edge. 

15...Nb8 16.cxb4 axb4 

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17.Bd2N [17.Ne3 Na6 18.Nc4 g6 19.Be3 Nh5 20.Qd2 Kh7 1/2–1/2 (41) Lederer,G-Tiemeyer,H Germany 1972] 

17...Na6 18.Ng3 c6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Be3 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Bb3 e4 23.Nd2ƒ White has good play. 

23...Bb7 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 [25...Qxc8² 26.Nh5 Nd5] 

26.Ndxe4!+- Nxe4 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxe4 Bb7 29.Bb6 Rc8 [29...Ra8± was necessary. 30.a5 Nb8] 

30.a5 Nb8 31.Ba4 Na6 32.Kf1 Bc6 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.b3 Rc2 35.g4 f6 [¹35...Rb2 36.Re3 Be7] 

36.Rd1 Rb2 37.Rd8 Rxb3 38.Ra8 Ra3 

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39.Nd2 [Not 39.Rxa6 b3+-] 

39...b3 40.Nxb3 White is clearly winning. [Weaker is 40.Rxa6 b2+-] 

40...Rxb3 41.Rxa6 Endgame KRB-KRB 

41...h5 42.gxh5 Rb5 [¹42...f5 43.Ra7 Rb5] 

43.Ra8 Kf7 44.Rc8 Rb1+ [¹44...Bb4 45.a6 Rxb6] 

45.Kg2 Ra1 46.Ra8 Rb1 47.Be3 Rb5 

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48.h6! gxh6 49.a6  1–0

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 10 – RIVERA vs SKRIPCHENKO

This game is from round 10 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Ingris Rivera with White against Almira Skripchenko with Black.

Today’s game features a Colle System.

Rivera,Ingris (2227) - Skripchenko,Almira (2414)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (10.2), 04.10.2018

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 D05: Colle System with ...e6 

10.a3 Rc8 [10...Ne7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.c4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.cxd5 exd5 1/2–1/2 (40) Nakamura,H (2763)-Le,Q (2715) chess.com INT 2018] 

11.f4 Ne7 The position is equal. 

12.Rf3 c4 13.bxc4 dxc4 14.Ndxc4 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 

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15...Bc7N [15...b5= 16.Nxd6 Qxd6] 

16.Qh3 b5 17.Ng4 White wants to mate with Nxf6+. 

17...Nf5 18.Nce5 Nxg4 19.Nxg4 Qh4 ...Qxh3 is the strong threat. 

20.Qf3 Bb6 [20...Qe7=] 

21.Ne5 White has compensation. [21.a4!?] 

21...Qe7ƒ Black has the initiative. 

22.Qh3 f6 23.Nf3 [23.Ng4³] 

23...g6!µ 24.Nh4 Nxh4 25.Qxh4 Ba5! 26.Rf1 Bc3 27.Bc1 Rb8 28.Qg3 f5 29.h4 Qg7 30.Qf3 Rb6 [30...Qb7µ 31.Qxb7 Rxb7] 

31.d5 Qe7 32.h5 [32.g3³] 

32...Rd8 [32...e5!µ 33.fxe5 Bxe5] 

33.hxg6 hxg6 34.dxe6 Qxe6 35.e4 [35.Kf2³] 

35...Bd4+ 36.Kh2 [36.Be3µ] 

36...Kg7 [36...Rb7–+ 37.Be3 Rh7+ 38.Kg1 fxe4 39.Bxe4 Bxe3+ 40.Qxe3 Re7] 

37.Be3 [¹37.g3] 

37...fxe4 38.Bxe4 Bxe3 39.Qxe3 Re8 40.Qc3+ Qf6! 41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 Endgame KRR-KRB 

42.Bd3 Rh8+ 43.Kg3 Rc8 44.f5 gxf5 45.Rxf5+ Ke6 [Better is 45...Ke7µ Hoping for ...Rc3. 46.Re5+ Kd6] 

46.Kf4³ Rc3 47.g4 Rxa3 48.Bxb5 Rc3 49.Bd3 Rb4+ 50.Kg5 

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50...Rc8 White must now prevent ...Rg8+. 

51.Rf6+ Ke7 52.Rg6 [52.Ra6!= remains equal.] 

52...a5!µ 53.Bf5 Ra8 54.Re6+ Kd8! 55.Rd6+ [¹55.Bg6 Kc7 56.Be4 Rg8+ 57.Kf5] 

55...Kc7–+ 56.Rd7+ Kb6 57.Kf6 

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57...a4! 58.Rd6+ [58.Be6 might work better.] 

58...Kc5 Black is clearly winning. 

59.Rd1 a3 60.Ra1 Ra6+ 61.Ke5 a2 62.Be6 

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62...Rb1! 63.Rxa2 Re1+ 64.Kf5 Raxe6 65.g5 R1e5+ 66.Kf4 Kd6 67.Ra7 Rc5 68.Ra6+ Ke7 ( -> ...Rc4+) 

69.Ra7+ Kf8 70.Rd7 Rg6  0–1

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 10 – PENG vs GOOSSENS

This game is from round 10 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Zhaoqin Peng with White against Hanne Goossens with Black.

Today’s game features a Dutch Defence.

Peng,Zhaoqin (2367) - Goossens,Hanne (2220)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (10.1), 04.10.2018

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bd2 A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3 [6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Rd1 Qc8 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Ne4 12.Qc1 d6 13.d5 Na6 14.Nd4 Nac5 15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Be3 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 1/2–1/2 (29) Krysa,L (2545) -Real de Azua,E (2484) Buenos Aires 2017] 

6...0–0 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 The position is equal. 

8...Ne4 

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9.Rd1N [9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nd7 11.c5 Ndf6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.0–0 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 1/2–1/2 (52) Cosman,A (2146) -Lehaci,M (1995) Baile Govora 2017] 

9...Nxd2 10.Rxd2 Nd7 11.0–0 Nf6 12.Rdd1 Strongly threatening Nb1. 

12...Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Ne4 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Nd2 Nf6 [15...Nxd2= 16.Qxd2 (16.Rxd2 e5²) 16...c6] 

16.c5 e5 17.Nc4 e4 [17...Ra6!= remains equal.] 

18.cxd6± cxd6 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Rc1 [20.Qa4±] 

20...Be6² 21.Qa4 Qd8 22.Qb5 Nd7 23.Nd5 Nf6 24.Nc7 Bd7 25.Qxa5 

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25...Bc6 [#] Threatens to win with ...Nd5! 

26.b4ƒ White has some pressure. 

26...Ne8 [26...Rf7=] 

27.d5± Qxc7 [27...Bd7±] 

28.Qxc7 [28.dxc6+- has better winning chances. f3 is the strong threat. 28...Qxa5 29.bxa5 bxc6 30.Rxc6] 

28...Nxc7 29.dxc6 b5! 30.f3 d5 31.g4 g6 [31...Ra8±] 

32.gxf5+- gxf5 

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33.fxe4 [33.Rc3!±] 

33...fxe4² 34.Rc3 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Endgame KRB-KRN 

35...Kf7 36.Bh3 Rf8 37.Bd7 Ke7+ 38.Ke1 Rf6 [38...h5!²] 

39.Rh3+- h6 40.Kd2 Kd6 41.Ke3 Rg6 [41...Ne6 might work better.] 

42.Kd4 Rf6 43.a3 Rg6 44.Rh5 Rf6? [44...e3 45.Kxe3 Ne6] 

45.e3 Rg6 46.Rf5 Rg2 47.Rf6+ Ke7 48.Rxh6 Rd2+ 49.Kc5 d4 50.Rh4 dxe3 51.Rxe4+ Kd8 52.Rxe3  

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52...Rc2+ [¹52...Rd5+ 53.Kb6 Rxd7 54.cxd7 Nd5+ 55.Kxb5 Nxe3] 

53.Kd4 Rxh2 54.Rh3 Rc2 55.Ke5 Rd2 56.Rh8+ Ke7 57.Rh7+ Kd8 58.Bg4 Rd5+ 59.Ke4 Rg5 60.Rd7+ Ke8  1–0

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 10 – YILMAZ vs BOGNER

This game is from round 10 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Mustafa Yilmaz with White against Sebastian Bogner with Black.

Today’s game features a Queens Gambit Declined.

Yilmaz,Mustafa (2633) - Bogner,Sebastian (2619)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (10.1), 04.10.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.0–0 Bg4 13.h3 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4 

13...Bh5 14.Bb1 

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14...Re8N [14...d4 15.Qd3 Bg6 16.e4 Re8 17.Re1 Qe7 18.Qb5 f6 19.Nh4 Bf7 20.Nf5 Qc5 1/2–1/2 (66) So,W (2780)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018] 

15.Qd3 White has an edge. 

15...Bg6 16.Qb5 a6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qa2 Bxb1 19.Raxb1 [Much worse is 19.Qxb1 Nb3=] 

19...Qd7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Rd3 d4 22.Rbd1 Qd5 23.Qxd5 Rxd5 24.exd4 f6 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Bd2 Nc4 27.Bc1 Re7 28.Ng1 Red7 29.Ne2 Ba7 30.Rc3 Ne5 31.Be3 Nc6 32.Rcd3 [32.g3 is interesting. 32...Ne7 33.Rcd3 Rd8 34.Kg2 R5d7 35.Nc3] 

32...Ne5 33.Rc3 Nc6 34.g4 R5d6 35.Rd2 Ke8 36.Bf4 Rd5 37.Be3 R5d6! 38.Rcd3 [38.Ng3 is more complex. 38...Rd5 39.Rcd3 b5 40.Kg2 Kf7 41.Ne2] 

38...Ne5 39.dxe5 Rxd3 40.Rxd3 Rxd3 41.Bxa7 And now exf6 would win. 

41...fxe5 42.Be3 Strongly threatening Nc1. 

42...Rb3! 43.Bc1 Rxh3 44.Kg2 Rd3 45.Nc3 Ke7 46.Be3 Ke6 47.Kf3 

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47...Rd8 [47...Rd7!²] 

48.Na4!± Kd5 49.Nb6+ Ke6 50.Ke4 Rd1 

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51.Na4! b5 52.Nc5+ Kd6 53.Nxa6 Rg1 [53...Rb1 was necessary.] 

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64...Rxh5 65.Bd6 g6 66.Be5 Rh4+ 67.f4 

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67...g5? [67...Rh2 68.Nxb5 Ke6 69.Nd4+ Kd7] 

68.Nf3+- Rh1 intending ...g4. 

69.Nxg5+ Ke7 70.f5 White mates. 

70...Re1+ 71.Kd5 Rd1+ 72.Bd4 Rd3 73.f6+ Kd7 74.f7  1–0

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 10 – KOVALEV vs KHUSENKHOJAEV

This game is from round 10 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Vladislav Kovalev with White against Muhammad Khusenkhojaev with Black.

Today’s game features a Scotch.

Kovalev,Vladislav (2664) - Khusenkhojaev,Muhammad (2430)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (10.1), 04.10.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 d5 [4...Bb4 5.Bd3 Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.0–0 h6 8.Re1 g5 9.Nh2 Ne7 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.a4 a5 12.Bf1 1/2–1/2 (59) Yu,Y (2760)-Vidit,S (2707) Liaocheng 2018] 

5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3 

6...Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 Re8 Black wants to play ...e4. 

10.d3 

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10...Bd7N [10...a6 11.Ba4 h6 12.Nd2 1/2–1/2 (46) Van Bommel,T (1899) -Soreghy,J (1846) LSS email 2009] 11.Ng5 Qh5 is the strong threat. 

11...h6 12.Ne4 Bf8 13.Qh5 a6 14.Ba4 g6 15.Qf3 aiming for Nf6+. 

15...f5 

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16.Nc5! e4 [16...Bxc5 17.Qd5+] 

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24.a4 b4 25.Re1 bxc3 26.Bb6 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Qxd4 28.Bf7 Qf6 [28...g5= remains equal.] 

29.Bd5± Rd8 30.Bxe4 Rd4 31.Qg4 Qg5 32.Qe6 Qf6 33.Qg4 Qg5! 34.Qc8 h5 35.Qe8 [35.g3±] 

35...Kh6? [35...Rd2=] 

36.h4!+- Qf6 

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37.g3? [37.Bd3!+- is the precise move to win.] 

37...Rd2± 38.Rf1 Qd6 [Black should try 38...Bf8 ] 

39.Qb5 [39.Bd3±] 

39...Bd4!= ( -> ...Qxg3+) 

40.Qg5+ Kg7 41.Kg2 Qe6 42.Qf4 Be5 43.Qf3 Qf6 [Black should play 43...Bd4= ] 

44.Rb1 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Endgame KRB-KRB 

45...Bd4! 46.Rb7+ Kh6 47.Bd3 Rxf2+ 48.Ke4 

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48...Bf6? [48...Bc5= and Black stays safe.] 

49.Ke3!+- Rg2 50.Kf3 Rg1 51.Rb6 Kg7 52.Ra6 Be5 53.Rxg6+ Kf7 54.Rg5 Kf6 55.Ke4 Black must now prevent Rf5+. 

55...Bxg3 56.Rxa5 Bxh4 57.Rf5+ Ke7 

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58.a5 [But not 58.Rxh5?! Rg4+ 59.Kd5 Rxa4=] 

58...Rg5? [58...Rg4+± 59.Kf3 Kd6] 

59.Rxg5  1–0

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 9 – MUELLER-SEPS vs RYJANOVA

This game is from round 9 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Monika Mueller-Seps with White against Julia Ryjanova with Black.

Today’s game features a Queens Pawn Game.

Mueller-Seps,Monika (2230) - Ryjanova,Julia (2330)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (9.2), 03.10.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 [5.c3 e6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nh5 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Bb5 0–0 11.0–0 Ne7 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bh6 Rf7 1/2–1/2 (83) Caruana,F (2822) -Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018] 

5...Qb6 6.dxc5 D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 

6...Qxb2 7.Rb1 Qc3 8.Bb5 The position is equal. 

8...a6 [8...e6=] 

9.Bxc6+!² bxc6 10.0–0 Nd7 

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11...e6! 12.Rb3 Qxc5 13.Qa1 Be7? [13...Qa5= and Black is okay.] 

14.Qxg7+- Bf6 15.Qg3 

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15...Qxc2 [15...Qf8± was called for.] 

16.Rbb1! dxe4 [¹16...Qxa2 17.e5 Be7] 

17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 f6 19.Qg7 White wants to mate with Bd6. 

19...Rf8 20.Bd6 

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20...Qxd2? [20...Rf7+- 21.Qh8+ Nf8] 

21.Qe7#  1–0

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 9 – ATALIK vs GELDIYEVA

This game is from round 9 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Ekaterina Atalik with White against Mahri Geldiyeva with Black.

Today’s game features a Queens Gambit Accepted.

Atalik,Ekaterina (2447) - Geldiyeva,Mahri (2139)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (9.1), 03.10.2018

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be6 D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4 [7...Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Be4 e6 10.0–0 Bg6 11.Be3 Be7 12.a3 Bxe4 13.fxe4 Bg5 14.Bf2 0–0 15.Qc2 f5 1/2–1/2 (39) Grischuk,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2799) Saint Louis 2017] 

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9.0–0N [9.Be4 Bc4 10.Be3 e6 11.h4 Qd7 12.h5 0–0–0 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.a3 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 1–0 (73) Lautier,J (2570)-Adianto,U (2495) Novi Sad 1990 CBM 022 [Lautier,J]] 

9...Bg7 White is better. 

10.Be3 Nb4 11.Be4 N4d5 12.Qc1 c6 13.Bh6 0–0 14.Ng3 f5 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Rd1 Qe8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.h4 Qf7 19.h5 

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19...a5 [Black should play 19...Nxc3= 20.bxc3 Bd5] 

20.hxg6 [20.Kh2²] 

20...hxg6= 21.Qg5 Threatens to win with Bxd5. 

21...Rh8 22.Rac1 Kf8 23.b3 Ke8 [23...Ra8³] 

24.Kf1 [24.Bxd5= keeps the balance. 24...Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.f3] 

24...Kd7 [Black should try 24...Ra8µ 25.Qd2 Kf8] 

25.Ke2 

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[25.Bxd5= Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.f3] 

25...a4! 26.Qd2 [26.Bxd5³ Bxd5 27.bxa4; 26.bxa4 Nxc3+] 

26...axb3µ ...Nc4 is the strong threat. 

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27...Nxc3+! 28.Rxc3 Ra8 [Not 28...Bxb3 29.Rb1±] 

29.Qb2 [29.Ke1µ might work better.] 

29...Ra7 30.Ra1 Rxa1 

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31.Qxa1 And now Qa7 would win. 

31...Bxb3? [31...Ra8!µ 32.Qb1 Bd5] 

32.Bxc6+!² Kd8? [32...bxc6± 33.Qa7+ Ke8] 

33.Bb5? [33.Qa7 Bc4+ 34.Ke1] 

33...Bd5? [33...Ba2 34.Qb2 f4] 

34.Qa7+- Qe6 35.Qb8+ Nc8 36.Qc7#  1–0