1.e4
e5
2.Cf3
Cc6
3.d4
exd4
4.Cxd4
Ac5
5.Ae3
Df6
6.c3
Cge7
7.Ac4
0-0
8.0-0
Ce5
9.Ab3!?
Morozevich remains faithful to his style. Instead of the approved 9.Be2, he plays a move that has been only rarely seen in games between strong players.
9...d6
10.f3
But this is "almost" a novelty. In most of the games, White preferred to develop his queen's knight, ignoring the threat ...Ng4.
10...Ae6
11.Rh1
Ac4
12.Tf2
d5
White's opening experiment seems to have ended into a complete fiasco. He is behind in development and his advantage of space is just about to vanish.
13.Ac2
dxe4
[Black had a wide choice of tempting moves. The most logical seems to be 13...Tad8
, but then White could consider playing f4, immediately or after driving the bishop away with b3.; Maybe 13...Dh4
is best, preventing f4 in view of ...Ng4 and planning to place his rooks on the open files. It would not have been easy for White to complete his development.]
14.Cd2!
White hurries to bring his pieces into play. The point behind his last move is that 14...exf3? loses a piece to 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qd3, atacking c4 and h7.
14...Ad3?!
[After this move White is back in the game. Once he cleared the d5-square with his previous move, Black should have used it with 14...Cd5
for instance 15.Cxe4
Db6
and White is still under pressure.]
15.Cxe4
Axe4
16.fxe4
Dg6
17.Tf4
White has a normal position now; chances are about equal. Svidler must have ben still under the impression of his missed advantage, because in the next phase of the game he effectuates a series of pseudo-active moves, completely losingcoordination.
17...Cc4
18.Ag1
Dh6
19.Tf3
Dd2
20.Db1
Ab6
21.Ab3!
Suddenly, Black is in trouble. If the knight moves, Be3 wins the queen.
21...Axd4
22.cxd4
But now, White's pair of bishops and his mobile centre offers him a huge advantage.
22...Ca5
23.Ac2
Tad8
24.Tc3
Cac6
25.d5
Cb4
26.Ab3
Ca6
27.Ae3
De2
28.Ac4
Dg4
29.h3
Dh4
30.Axa6
bxa6
31.Txc7
f5
32.Ac5
Tfe8
33.d6
Cg6
34.exf5
Cf4
35.Dc2
Te2
36.Db3+
Rh8
37.Tg1
1-0