Final position
GM Smeets (2573) – IM Spoelman (2424) [B51]
22.01.2008
Corus Group B
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.0–0 Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.Nc2 Nd7 12.Rd1 0–0 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qb6 15.Qd3 e6 16.Be3 d5 17.e5 Rfc8 18.Qd2 Qa5 19.Qe2 b5 20.Ne1 Rc7 21.h4 Rac8 22.h5 Qb6 23.Qg4 Ne7 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Bd3 Nf5 26.Nf3 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Nxe3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Bxe5 30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Qe2 Qxe2 32.Bxe2 Rc2 33.Bf1 Rxb2 34.a4 Kg7 35.Kg1 Rcc2 36.Rd3 b4 37.a5 b3 38.Ra3 Rc5 39.Rd1 Rc3 40.Rd3 Rxd3 41.Bxd3 Ra2 42.Rxb3 Rxa5 43.Rb7 e5 44.Ra7 e4 45.Rxa6 Rxa6 46.Bxa6 Kf6 47.Bb5 Ke6 48.Be8 g5 49.Kf2 f5 50.Ke3 Ke5 51.Bd7 d4+ 52.Kd2 Kf4 53.Ke2 g4 54.g3+ Kxg3 55.Bxf5 Kf4 56.Bd7 d3+ 57.Kf2 e3+ 58.Ke1 e2 59.Kd2 Kf3 0–1
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Yeah! The underdog won!
Susan, thank you for posting!
I never heard the name Spoelman before this tournament but his bad series of losses makes me feel sympathic for him and I am glad about his first victory (and everyone should feel so – perhaps except Smeets….).
I hope he can score another full point in this tournament.
Interesting endgame by the way!