[BrianWall-ChessList] Shabalov-Mulyar

Tue Apr 17 10:03:27 MDT 2007

I have been wanting to write this email for a year. The point is that there are
a handful of Chessplayers who play like no one else. Bareev said when he plays
Kasparov, somehow Gary's pieces do not move in the same way. The most famous
example is Shirov whose style is so original they call his games - "Planet
Shirov".  The closest we have in America to this is the ex-Latvian Shabalov, a
former study partner of Tal and Shirov. The 7 g4 move that Kasparov used to
defeat Deep Junior in Game 1 of their 2003 match was a Shabalov-Shirov
invention.

[Event "X3D Man-Machine match"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov(GM)"]
[Black "Deep_Junior(C)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: Stoltz variation"]
[ECO "D45"]
[NIC "SL.08"]
[Time "14:20:47"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4
8.Bxc4 b6 9. e4 e5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. d5 b5
14. dxc6 bxc4 15. Nb5 Qxc6 16. Nxd6 Bb7 17. Qc3 Rae8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8
19. Rhe1 Qb5 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Kb1 Nf8 22. Ka1 Ng6 23. Rc1 Ba6
24. b3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 Ra8 26. Qxb5 Bxb5 27. Rc7 {White wins} 1-0

The common theme is relentless energy plus an open mind. I watched the
Shabalov-Mulyar game in the 2002 Levy Memorial tournament in awe as Shabba's
a-pawn marched right through Mulyar's position to the 8th rank. I felt like I
understood nothing that was happening except that it looked like the type of
position that Alexander excelled in. Shabalov looked very confident but Mulyar
was calm and fighting back well - it was a very intense game. I am not
satisfied with my annotations because there was such a high degree of unclear
variations.

Shabalov - Mulyar
Levy Memorial 2002

1. d4 d5  2. c4 c6  3. Nf3 Nf6  4. e3 e6  5. Nc3 Nbd7 
6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5  8. Bd3 Bb7  9. 0-0 a6  10. e4 c5 
11. d5 Qc7  12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6  14. Ng5 Nf8 
15. f4 0-0-0  16. Qe2 h6  17. Nf3 Bxf4  18. e5 Bxf3 
19. Rxf3 Bxe5  20. a4 b4  21. Qxa6+ Qb7  22. Qe2 N8d7

23. Nb5 Nd5  24. a5 Kb8  25. Rf7 Ka8  26. a6 Qb6 
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxe5 Qxb5  29. Ba4 Qd3  30. Bf4 Rf7 
31. a7 Qd4+  32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. Bc6+ Rb7  34. Bb8 Rhxb8 
35. axb8=B+ Kxb8  36. Bxb7 Kxb7 37. Kf2 e5  38. Kf3 Kc6 
39. Ke4 Kc5  40. Ra5+                  1-0

Jesse Cohen on his Chess Instructor Michael Mulyar -
" I think he is a genius. If you just take a good look at him you know he is
thinking about ideas in chess and in life you can't possibly fathom. I think he
looks like Adam Sandler but I asked him about it, and he doesnt like Adam
Sandler... He is getting his Masters degree from one of the top colleges in the
country, but I don't know the name. He taught me once a week for about a quarter
year and he is a very good instructor. Hopefully he will be getting his GM norms
soon."

Brian Wall - Philip Ponomarev should have won the 2002 Colorado Open but instead
Michael Mulyar and I tied for 1st, Michael winning on tiebreaks. During the Levy
Memorial 2002, the only Colorado players to slow down the visting professionals
Grandmasters were Mulyar and I.  My friend Michael "Fabio" Casella did a good
job slowing them down too, beating Yermolinsky and drawing Wojtkiewicz ( Vote-
kay- vitch ).

Casella always has the best finger notes on ICC - here are his current ones.

Information about kidman(FM) (Last disconnected Sat Jul 26 2003 01:47):
rating [need] win loss draw total best
Bullet 2119 1023 852 146 2021 2412 (07-Apr-2001)
Blitz 2441 [8] 1965 1975 443 4383 2681 (24-Apr-2001)
Standard 2450 [6] 1 0 0 1
5-minute 1987 1484 1232 296 3012 2211 (04-May-2002)
1-minute 2276 [8] 182 130 22 334 2276 (03-Sep-2002)
1: Your noplay list is too long. zeroeffect has been removed.
2: Not added. Morphogenic is already in that list.
Groups : FMs
My favorite Casella/Kidman note was after 9/11 -  " If someone hijacks my plane,
Kidman is not making any cell phone calls or taking any votes. "  Casella is a
weightlifter and looks more like Rocky Balboa than a Chessplayer.
My living Chess heroes that don't start with a K ( Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, 
Korchnoi, Kamsky, Kaidanov, Krasenkov and Kohen, Jesse ) are the Latvian school
Nimzovich, Tal, Shirov, Shabalov, Anna Hahn and Towbin, Steve.  I went up to
Shabalov at the Levy and he seemed amused when I had him sign a copy of Fire on
Board by Shirov, the book that singelhandedly changed my Chess style for good.
Jesse Cohen had Yasser Sierawan and Josh Waitzkin sign the same book of his.
I found one game more interesting to watch than any other at the Levy Memorial
2002 - that was Shabalov-Mulyar - it didn't look like any kind of Chess they
play around here.. It is quite intimidating trying to make sense of this game
but I want to try. Hopefully, everyone who reads this email in Colorado will
play this line so we can win every Black in the upcoming Levy 2003 Shabalov
simul - or we will lose every Black - I don't see any draws coming out of this.
Shabalov - Mulyar

1. d4 d5  2. c4 c6  3. Nf3 Nf6  4. e3 e6  5. Nc3 Nbd7 
6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5  8. Bd3 Bb7  9. 0-0 a6  10. e4 c5 
11. d5  ( Reynolds variation ) Qc7  12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 
14. Ng5 Nf8  15. f4 0-0-0   16. Qe2 h6  17. Nf3 Bxf4 
18. e5  Bxf3 

Let's start here - Graf,A (2585) - Dreev,A (2640) [D48]
FIDE-Wch k.o. Groningen (2), 09.12.1997  continued  19 Q:f3  Bxe5 20.Qa8+ Kd7
21.Qxa6 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Ke7  - - Graf played  23 Be3 here which Fritz 8 thinks is
way inferior to 23 N:b5  or  23 Q:b5  - The position is as messy as it gets -
both Kings look attackable, they each have a rook blocked in by a minor piece,
White has the two bishops, Black has an extra  pawn or two depending on White's
move. It's touch and go but Black seems to have enough resources to at least
hold his own - the game ended in a draw. Fritz thinks Dreev is up half a pawn.
Along comes my hero with an innovation -
- Shabalov,A (2613) - Al Modiahki,M (2571) [D48]
Bermuda-A Bermuda (6), 25.01.2003  innovated with 
19.Rxf3 TN  Bxe5 20.a4 Ng4 21.g3 Bd4+ 22.Kg2 Qe5 23.Be4!   Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rd4
25.Bf3 Qxe2+ 26.Bxe2 bxa4 27.h3 Nf6 28.Be3 Kd7 29.Bxd4 cxd4 30.Rc5 Kd6 31.Ra5
N8d7 32.R5xa4 e5 33.Rxa6+ Ke7 34.Bc4 Rb8 35.Re6+ Kd8 36.b3 Rb7 37.g4 Ne4 38.Bd5
Nec5 39.Ra8+ Rb8 40.Rxb8+ Nxb8 41.Rxe5 Nbd7 42.Rf5 Nf6 43.Bc4 Nce4 44.Bd3 1-0
Let's look for improvements in this important theoretical game -

37 ... Ne4 is a blunder,  27 ... pawn-e4!  is better.
28 ... Kd7 seems misguided ,  28 ... Re4!   29 B:a6+  Kc7  30 B:c5  N8d7  seems
to hold - the extra Black pawn and 2 knights balances out the two white
bishops.
I don't know my endings that well but  28 R:c5+!   Kb7  29  Ra5  N8d7  30 
B:a6+  Kb6  31 R-either-captures-a4   R:a4  32 R:a4  looks like a two-bishop
torture session to me.
Ditto for  27 R:c5+!   Kb7  28 Ra5
Maybe Modiahki can hold the ending after 26 ... c4!  27 ab  ab   28 Ra5  Ng6  29
R:b5  Rf8  30 R:c4+  R:c4  31 B:c4  Kd7  32 Kg1  Nge5  33 Be2  g5  34 h3  Rc8 
35  B:g5  hg  36 hg  Kd6  37 Kf2  Rc1
Instead of 24 R:c3 Shabba might have been prepared to try  24 bc!   Ng6  25 
Bf4  N:f4+  26 gf  Qd6  27 ab  Qd2  28 Q:d2  R:d2+  29  Kg3  Nf6  30 Bg6  is
somewhere between a draw and a White win - Gligorich and Fischer made a living
out of winning these kinds of endings.
It's scary but I was thinking maybe Colorado could take a stand at the upcoming
Shabalov simul with  22 ... b4  23 Q:a6+  Qb7  24 Q:b7+  K:b7  25 Ne2  e5  with
a fairly solid extra pawn in the endgame. Shabba is much more likely to sac a
piece with  22 ... b4  23 Bd3!!  Kb8  ( Trust me, you want no part of  23 ...
bc  24 B:a6+  Kb8  25 bc ) 24 B:a6  Ng6  25 Nb5  Qc6  26 N:d4  R:d4  and Black
has an extra pawn and very active pieces as well.  27 Qb5+  Q:b5  28 B:b5 
Rhd8  or  27  Kg1 c4  28 Bb5  Qc5  both appear fine for us as far as I can
tell. Another try here goes  22 ... b4  23 Bd3  Kb8  24 Ne4  Ne5  25 Bf4 Nfg6 
26
B:a6  Ka7 ( or ... Qc6 or N:f4+ ) 27 B:e5 ( or 27 Bb5 Qb7  or  27 Rff1 N:f4+  
28 R:f4  c4 )  ... N:e5  28 Rff1  ( 28 Rf4  c4 )  ... B:b2 or  ... Rhf8  or ...
h5 and Black appears better here as well. 
We would be foolish to invite the  Latvian madness after  22 ... Ne5?  23 ab! 
N:f3  24 ba  B:c3  25  Q:f3  Bf6  26 a7  or  25 ... Qa7  26 Q:c3.
Instead of 21 ... Bd4+  we could also try  21 ... b4  22 Qa6+  Qb7  23 Q:b7+ 
K:b7  which appears fine for us after   24 Nb5  Ka6  25 Bd3  Ka5  or  24 Ne2  
c4  or  24 Rf7+  Rd7
21 ... b4  22 Ne4   c4   or  21 ... b4  22 Nd1  Bd4+   or  21... b4  22 Nd1 
Rd6  all look good for Team Wall - what I am proposing is that we reach deep
into the heart of Shabalov's labratory and rip it out under the code name -
Mulyar's Revenge.

OK, now you are prepared for the Shabalov - Mulyar game -
Shabba repeated his 19 Rf3  move and after   19 ...  Bxe5  20. a4   maybe
Modiahki's  20 ... Ng4  looked too Fishing Polish for IM Mulyar's taste 
because he sprung his own surprise with  20 ...  b4?

TL  Theoretical Lemon by IM Michael Mulyar.        

Queen of Lemons

Michael would have been better off prefacing  20 ... b4?  with  20 ... B:h2+  21
Kh1  and then  21 ... b4  or follow my best suggested improvement on the 
Shabalov- Modiahki game with  20 ... Ng4 (FP ) 21 g3 and then  21 ... b4.  My
other suggestion  is  20 .... Ng4  21 g3  Bd4+  22 Kg2  b4. As you can see,
there are at least 4 places in this line where you can try ... b4 all with
varying degrees of merit so it is extremely easy to get confused  - since
Michael's version is the worst I am assuming that his move was not a prepared
surprise.

 21. Qxa6+ Qb7 

Michael has several options, all close to equality and hard to distinguish.

       Scurrying to the Kingside, ala Dreev  with  21 ... Kd7  22 Nb5  Qb8  23
Be3  Ke8  24 B:c5  Qc8  25 Qb6  Rd5  26 Bd6  B:d6  27 N:d6+  R:d6  28  Q:d6 
Q:c2  29 Q:b4  leaves Black with 2 knights for rook and pawn but frankly
Shabalov's better development and two connected passed pawns  and especially
his a-pawn supported by an a1-rook gives me faith in Alexander's chances.
       21 ... Kb8  22 Qb5+  Ka7  23 Be3  Bd4  24  Ne4 N8d7  25 B:d4  cd  26 Rg3 
Rhg8  27 B:d3  N:e4  28 B:e4  Qb6  29 Qf1  d3+  30 Kh1  d2  31 Qe2  Nc5  32 Bh7 
Rgf8  33 R:g7+  Kb8  34 Rd1  Qa6  35 Q:a6  N:a6   36 Kg1  Rd4  and White is
struggling - this is just a sample line among dozens - the initial position is
fairly even and the variations go off in all directions like a cluster bomb.
21 ... Kb8  22 Qb5+  Ka7  23 Be3  Bd4  24 Ne4 N8d7  25 B:d4  cd  26 Rg3  Rhg8 
27 B:d3  N:e4  28 B:e4  Qb6  29 Qf1  d3+  30 Kh1  d2  31 Rd1  Nc5  looks like
Mulyar has pushed back the attack and is doing fine.
21 ... Kb8  22 Qb5+  Ka7  23 Be3  Bd4  24 Ne4 N8d7  25 B:d4  cd  26 Rg3  Rhg8 
27 B:d3  N:e4  28 B:e4  Qb6  29 Qf1  Rgf8  30 Qe1  g5  looks unclear/equal but
Michael is holding his own.
21 ... Kb8  22 Qb5+  Ka7  23 Be3  Bd4  24 Ne4 N8d7  25 B:d4  cd  26 N:f6  gf  27
Rf2  Qc5  or  27  Bd3 Qb6 with the same evaluation.
21 ... Kb8 22 Qb5+  Ka7  22 Be3  Bd4  24 B:d4  R:d4  25 Ne2 Rd2 Mulyar is
comfortable.
21 ... Kb8  22 Qb5+  Kc8 unclear
21 ... Kb8   22 Ne4  B:h2+  23 Kf1  Rd4  24 N:f6  gf  looks like anything might
happen.
21 ... Kb8   22 Ne4  B:h2+  23 Kf1  Be5  Ditto.

22. Qe2!  
This is why Michael's 20 ... b4 is not the best place for the move -
Shabalov's Queen grabs the a6-pawn and lives to tell the tale -  22 Qe2  bc
doesn't work because of  23 Q:e5  cb  24 Q:c5+  Qc7  ( 24 ... Kb8  25 B:b2  or 
24 ... Kd7  25 B:b2  Q:b2  26 Rb1  Q:b1  27 B:b1 )  25 Q:c7+  K:c2  26 B:b2 
with only White having winning chances.

22 ... N8d7
      MIchael can go up two pawns with  22 ... Qb8  23 Ne4  B:h2+  24 Kh1  N:e4 
25 B:e4  Rd7  26 a5 Ra7 or ... Bd6 - but Shabalov has full compensation.

23. Nb5!  Nd5!
Michael has his work cut out for him - Shabalov is the most feared attacker in
America and he has plenty of compensation for his measly pawn with active
pieces, the two bishops and a safer King.

24. a5
       24 Bd3 is good too. The position is fairly stable with at least 15 decent
moves.

24 ... Kb8 
It might be better to nip that a-pawn in the bud with 24 ... Qa6 even though the
queen is considered the worst blockader.
25. Rf7!  Ka8!
It's getting worse - Shabba is seeping in. 

 26. a6?
26 Ba4! is strong - the idea is to guard the b5 knight so  27 R:d7, Q:d7  28
Q:e5  works -   26 Ba4  Qb8  27 Nc3!! is pretty  then  27 ... bc  28  B:d7 
Qd6  29 Bc6+  Q:c6  30 Q:e5  gives Alex a free attack. I'll never convince
Anthea Martinez of this but sometimes prettiest is not best.  26 Ba4 Qb8 27
Be3! is stronger.  26 Ba4  Qb8  27 Na3  ba  28 B:d7  Qd6  29 Bc6+  Q:c6  30
Q:e5 is an echo variation. 
26 ... Qb6!  27. Rxd7?
Shabby -  26 a6?  released a lot of pressure - in fact it erased Shabalov's
advantage -  26 Ba4! kept the Rf7-Nd7-Qb7  pin,  26 a6 Qb6  side-stepped the
pin and now Shabba has equality with 27 Kh1  Rhf8  28 R:f8  R:f8  29 Bb3  but
Alex is not satisfied with that.

27 ...  Rxd7 28. Qxe5 Qxb5
       There was an option here with 28 ... b3!  29 Be4  Q:b5  30 Q:e6  Rhd8  31
a7  Rd6  32 Qe5  Qe8  or  32  ... g5. Mulyar is fine here.
29. Ba4!  Qd3! 
I was beating my own Latvian this round, Steve Towbin, in my one and only
slowchess victory over Steve. The game was so complicated that when IM
Donaldson went over the game in the analysis room, Steve had to keep correcting
him. Steve chose to lose the game in time pressure instead of picking off a rook
with check. Thanx. I watched this game live as much as I could but I don't
remember if time pressure was a factor. The complexity of the game so far and
the finale incline me to think so.

  30. Bf4?
Many of us are forced to play for wins like trained seals so perhaps the
knowledge that draws win no money affects decisions like 27 R:d7?!  and  30
Bf4?!  - 
  The right move is 30 B:d7  but  30 ... Qd1+  31  Kf2  Rf8+  32 Kg3  Qd3+  33
Be3  Q:e3+  34 Q:e3  N:e3  35 B:e6  Ka7 just leaves Alex fighting for a draw.
  Another line is 30 Q:e6  Qd4+  31 Be3  N:e3  32 Q:d7  Nc2+  33 Q:d4  N:d4  34
Rf1 Ka7  35 Rf7+  K:a6  36 R:g7  b3  and I don't see how White draws.
Another idea to look at is 30 B:h6 - capturing is bad -  30 ... gh?  31 Q:h8+ 
or  30 ... R:h6?  31 a7!  but the strange line  30 B:h6  Rf7!  31 B:g7  Rd8! 
leaves Mulyar in control.

30 ...  Rf7? 
The right move is strange, counter-intuitive.  30 ... Rc7!! is the only good
move. My impression/expectation as I watched this game was wrong - I thought
Shabalov had the game under control but he didn't - it went back and forth and
this is the biggest swing so far.

30 ... Rc7!!  31 Bg3  Qd4+  32 Kf2 Ka7  33 Bc2  e5  34 Ra4  Re8  35 R:b4  N:a6 
up a clear pawn
30 ... Rc7!!  31 Bd1  Rcc8  32 Bg4  Qd4+  33 Q:d4  cd
30 ... Rc7!!  31 h3  Rhc8
The pieces seem to float and it is hard to orient oneself here, especially if
zeitnot was a factor.
In between 30 ... Rc7!!  and 30 ... Rf7? lies  30 ... Qd4+  31 Q:d4  cd  32
B:d7  N:f4  33 a7!  Kb7  34 g3  Nd5  35 B:e6  Ne3  36 Kf2  and Mulyar has a
hard time rounding up that a7-pawn.
30 ... Re7 leads to a confusing endgame-  31 a7!  Qd4+  32 Q:d4  cd  33 Bc6+ 
Rb7  34 Be5  d3  35 B:g7  Rc8  36 B:b7+  K:b7  37 B:h6  Ka8  38 h4  Rc2  39 h5
e5 or  39 ... R:b2  -  White is favored but I cannot say how much -

31. a7!   Qd4+  32. Qxd4 cxd4

33. Bc6+ Rb7 
All forced since 30 ... Rc7?

34. Bb8!?
 34 Be5! is the favorable ending we looked at a bit analyzing  30 ... Re7  31
a7.  Michael spots the threat of  35 B:b7+  K:b7  36 a8(Q)+.  Shabalov comes
out the exchange ahead for two pawns - I believe Michael is still holding his
own.
34 ...  Rhxb8!  35. axb8=B+
I believe Shabalov underpromoted here.  James Kulbacki of Cheyenne, Wyoming kept
score.  

35 ... Kxb8 
Only legal move.
36. Bxb7 Kxb7  37. Kf2!   e5 
Mulyar seems fine here - a sample winning line for Michael goes 37 ... Kc6  38
Kf3 Nf6  39 Ra7  e5  40 R:g7  e4+  41  Ke2 Kc5  42 Rg6  Nd5  43 g3 d3+  44 Kd2 
Nb6  45 b3 Nd5  46 R:h6  Kd4  47 Rd6  e3+  48 Kc1 Ke4  49 h4  d2+  50 Kc2 Nc3 
51 R:d2  ed  52 K:d2 Kd4  53 g4  Ne4+  54 Kc2 Nf6  and Mulyar's king and Knight
will tempo Shabalov out of his b-pawn.
38. Kf3 Kc6  39. Ke4 Kc5  40. Ra5+ 
1-0

Missed Chances - Mulyar -

Instead of 20 ... b4? I think it would be better to follow Modiahki for 2 more
moves -  20 ... Ng4  21 g3  Bd4+   22 Kg2 and then play 22 ... b4!  or try  20
... Ng4  21 g3  b4  or try  20 ... B:h2+  21 Kh1  b4   -  Mulyar's move gave
Shabalov instant equality.
24 ... Qa6 might have held.
28 ... b3 was tenable.
30 ... Rc7!!  probably won.
37 ... Kc6  or  38 ... Nf6 probably held the final exchange down ending.

Missed Chances - Shabalov

1 e4
24 Bd3!  was strong among others.
26 Ba4!  was close to winning.
After 26 a6?  Shabba could have kept it = with 27 Kb1.
30 B:d7   might have been a better try to hold than 30 Bf4.
34 Be5!  led to a favorable ending instead of the drawn ending an exchange up
for 2 pawns.

Graf,A (2585) - Dreev,A (2640) [D48]
FIDE-Wch k.o. Groningen (2), 09.12.1997

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.0-0 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 Bd6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 0-0-0
16.Qe2 h6 17.Nf3 Bxf4 18.e5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxe5 20.Qa8+ Kd7 21.Qxa6 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1
Ke7 23.Be3 Qe5 24.Rf3 N8d7 25.Re1 Qd6 26.Qxb5 Rb8 27.Qe2 Bg3 28.Rd1 Qe5 29.Bb3
Rb4 30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Rxg3 Kf7 32.Qc2 Rg4 33.Rxg4 Nxg4 34.Qe4 Nxe3 35.Qxe6+ Kxe6
36.Re1 1/2-1/2

Shabalov,A (2613) - Al Modiahki,M (2571) [D48]
Bermuda-A Bermuda (6), 25.01.2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.0-0 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 0-0-0
16.Qe2 h6 17.Nf3 Bxf4 18.e5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Bxe5 20.a4 Ng4 21.g3 Bd4+ 22.Kg2 Qe5
23.Be4 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rd4 25.Bf3 Qxe2+ 26.Bxe2 bxa4 27.h3 Nf6 28.Be3 Kd7 29.Bxd4
cxd4 30.Rc5 Kd6 31.Ra5 N8d7 32.R5xa4 e5 33.Rxa6+ Ke7 34.Bc4 Rb8 35.Re6+ Kd8
36.b3 Rb7 37.g4 Ne4 38.Bd5 Nec5 39.Ra8+ Rb8 40.Rxb8+ Nxb8 41.Rxe5 Nbd7 42.Rf5
Nf6 43.Bc4 Nce4 44.Bd3 1-0

Mulyar - 2502

Adam Sandler - Unrated

Shabalov - 2682 - 2003 U. S. Chess Champion