Position after 43.Kxa6. In spite of being down in material, Black was able to hold for a draw.
Gelfand, Boris (2720) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2708) [E00]
2008 Tal Memorial (5), 22.08.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 Rc8 15.Nc3 d4 16.Rxd4 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.h4 Nb8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qa4 Qd7 22.Qxd7 Nxd7 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 a6 25.Be3 Nxe5 26.Bxb6 Nc4 27.Na4 Nd2+ 28.Ke2 Nxe4 29.Kd3 f5 30.Nc3 Nc5+ 31.Kc4 Nd7 32.Bc7 Bc5 33.Nd1 Kf7 34.b4 Ba7 35.b5 axb5+ 36.Kxb5 e5 37.a4 Ke6 38.a5 g6 39.a6 h6 40.Ne3 Nc5 41.Bb6 Bxb6 42.Kxb6 Nxa6 43.Kxa6 (Diagram) f4 44.gxf4 exf4 45.Ng4 Kf5 46.f3 h5 47.Nf2 Ke5 48.Nd3+ Kd4 49.Nxf4 Ke3 50.Nxg6 Kxf3 51.Kb5 Kg4 52.Kc4 Kf5 ½–½
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