Gata battling IM Altounian in a difficult position

[Event “2008 NATIONAL OPEN”]
[Site “Las Vegas”]
[Date “2008.06.07”]
[Round “4”]
[White “IM Altounian, Levon”]
[Black “GM Kamsky, Gata”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteELO “2531”]
[BlackELO “2782”]
[Source “MonRoi”]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.cxd5 Na6 9.g3 Qb6 10.Bg2 Rd8 11.O-O Qxb3 12.axb3 Nb4 13.d6 exd6 14.Bf4 a6 15.Rfd1 Nc6 16.h3 h6 17.g4 Rb8 18.d5 Ne7 19.Ng3 b5 20.Nge4 Ne8 21.b4 g5 22.Be3 Bb7 23.f4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 Rbc8 25.g5 Ng6 26.Be3 h5 27.Bf3 Rc4 28.Bxh5 Rxb4 29.Rab1 Rd7 30.Ng3 Re7 31.Bd2 Bc8 32.Re1 Bd4 33.Kh1 Be5 34.Nce4 Rd4 35.Bc3 Rxd5 36.Nf6 Nxf6 37.gxf6 Rc7 38.Bxe5 Nxe5 39.Ne4 Bb7 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.Kg3 Rd3 42.Kf4 Bxe4 43.Kxe4 Rc4 44.Kf5 Rd5 45.Kg5 Nf3 46.Kh6 Rxh5 0-1

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