
[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hans Tikkanen"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Rb1 c6 11. Bc4 Na6 12. b4 b5 13. Bb3 Nxb4 14. e4 Nfxd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. d6 h6 18. Bb2 Be4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rc1 Qf6 21. Rc7
a4 22. Bxf7 $5 {This sacrifice is probably unsound, but generated a maze of
complications from which White was fortunate to emerge on top.} 22... Kxf7 23.
Qd2 Nd5 24. Rxd7+ Kg8 25. Qxh6 Qh8 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Rc7 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qh5 29.
Rfc1 Rad8 30. Qf4 Rf8 31. R1c5 Qh3 $2 {
An error which gives White his chance to win.} (31... Nd7 32. Rxh5 Rxf4 33.
Rxb5 Rd4 34. Ra7 Kf7 35. Rba5 Ke6 36. Rxa4 Rxd6) 32. Rg5 Rd7 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34.
Rg3 $2 ({Instead} 34. Rg4 $1 Nxg4 35. Rxd7+ {would have been a simple win.})
34... Qh5 35. Rg5 Qh6 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Rg6 $2 ({Instead} 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Qxb5
Nf6 39. Qe5 {and White is still winning.}) 37... Qxg6+ $1 {
Forcing the exchange of Queens and escaping to a winning end-game.} 38. Qxg6
Rg8 39. Rc8 Rdg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rc7+ Kf8+ 42. Kf1 Rg5 43. Rb7 Ke8 44. Re7+
Kd8 45. Rf7 Ne8 46. d7 Nd6 47. Rh7 Re5 48. h4 b4 49. f4 Rb5 0-1

