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1.c4 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6 4.Bxf6 A beautiful move. Black is inflicted with a weak square at d5 4... exf6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.g3 White is aiming his pieces at d5 6... Nc6 7.Bg2 f5 8.e3 That's the difference between d5 and d4. White owns d5, black owns not d4 8... O-O 9.Nge2 a6 10.Rc1 b5 11.d3 Bb7 12.O-O d6 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfd1 Rab8 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 b4 17.d4 Rfd8 18.Rcd1 cxd4 19.exd4 Kf8 20.c5 Na7 21.Ne3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 dxc5 23.dxc5 The weakness is converted to a passer. The problem remains. 23... Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rc8 25.Nd5 Rxc5 26.Nxb4 a5 27.Nd5 Rc6 28.Ne3 Again the advantage of white has converted, but the problem remains. 28... Rc5 29.Nf4 Bh6 30.Rd5 Rxd5 31.Nfxd5 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Ke7 33.Nc4 Nc6 34.Kf3 Ke6 35.Ke3 Kd5 36.a3 Ke6 37.Kd3 Kd5 38.f3 h6 39.Kc3 h5 40.Kd3 f6 41.f4 g5 42.Ne3+ Ke6 43.h4 gxh4 44.gxh4 Ne7 45.Kc4 Ng6 46.Ng2 Kd6 47.Kb5 Kd5 48.Kxa5 By milking the weakness white has got a real material advantage Ke4 49.b4 Kf3 50.b5 Kxg2 51.b6 Nf8 52.Kb5 Nd7 53.a4 Nxb6 54.Kxb6 Kf3 55.a5 Kxf4 56.a6 Ke3 57.a7 f4 58.a8=Q f3 59.Qe8+ 1-0