Tashkent R11: Karjakin, Wang and Morozevich share first

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ramirez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 {The Sveshnikov lost its early
2000's popularity largely because of this line. However recently Black has
found some interesting defensive resources.} 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Bg5
15. O-O Qb8 {Blacks' quick Be6 is somewhat unusual, but it seems he is doing
alright. a5 is coming, he is going to put something on the g1-a7 diagonal to
take control of dark squares and isn't in any immediate danger. Karjakin may
have won this game but maybe the Sveshnikov is coming back.} 16. b3 a5 17. f4
Bd8 18. Kh1 Ra7 (18... exf4 19. gxf4 Re8 20. Qd2 {retains pressure.}) 19. Qh5
f6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Nce3 Bb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 $1 {
A kind of "all-in" move, meaning a no turning back commitment. White kills his
own g2 bishop but now has the possibility of advancing with g4-g5 and
attacking on the kingside. If that doesn't work, nothing is going to work, but
Karjakin sees that the pressure is strong.} Bf7 26. g4 a4 $6 (26... Nc6 $1 {
Rerouting the knight and opening ways to defend the kingside was necessary.})
27. g5 $1 axb3 28. axb3 Kf8 (28... fxg5 29. Qg4 h6 30. h4 $16) 29. Qg4 Rda8 30.
gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4 Ng8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ra1 {Black's counterplay is
insufficient but it is annoying. If White isn't accurate his extra pawn won't
count for too much.} 34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3 Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1
Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Qe1 Bh5 $2 {This unfortunate 40th move allows Karjakin to
win another pawn and makes this a lot easier.} 41. Ng3 Be8 42. Qxb4 Qc5 43. Qe1
(43. Qxc5 dxc5 44. h4 {was probably winning but it might make progress
slightly problematic as the pawns are currently blocked.}) 43... Bc6 44. Nf1
Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1 Ke7 47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51.
Rd3 {White is getting out of the bind little by little, there simply isn't
enough pressure and eventually Black won't be able to stop the advancing pawns.
} Qa8 52. Ne3 Qh8 $1 {A strong maneouver that keeps causing problems.} 53. c5
Ra2 $2 {This move is to me a little inexplicable. Once Black's king is also
exposed it is impossible to hold the position. I'm not sure why Ponomariov
didn't take the c5 pawn - seeing ghosts?} (53... dxc5 54. Nc2 Ra5 $1 (54... Ra2
$2 55. Qf2 $18 {was 'the point'}) 55. b4 Rb5 $1 {And Black still holds.}) 54.
cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5 56. Rxd5 Qc8 57. b4 {Now the two passed pawns will
distract the Black pieces, allowing him to create strong threats against the
king.} Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5 Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2 Qxc2 62. Qb8 Qd2 63.
Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6 66. Qe7+ Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6 $1 {The pawn
is too far advanced now for Black to create counterplay. Since passive defense
of course doesn't work so Pono tries to muddle it up.} Nxe4 69. Qf3 $1 {The
only move that wins, but sufficient. This forces Black back.} Nd6 70. b7 Qb4
71. Qh5 Nf7 72. Bd5 {White's king is rather bare, but there is no perpetual
anywhere.} Nh8 (72... Qd2+ 73. Kh3 Qxd5 74. Qg6+ $18) 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6
75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2 77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 {Still no perpetuals and two
queens can't be stopped. Karjakin's technique was good enough to cause
Ponomariov to collapse, but the most important part of the game is how
powerful and swift his kingside attack was.} 1-0