ACTIVE Position A position with many possibilities for putting pressure on, or attacking the opponent. [Event "Bundesliga 9900"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2000.02.20"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Black "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Gurevich,M"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1999.10.09"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 Bc6 11. a3 N4d5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Ng5 $1 {[ following by 14.Qh5; xf7]} O-O-O 14. Qh5 $1 g6 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Nce4 Qe8 17. Nf3 Kb8 $6 (17... f6 $5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bg5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rac1 $14) 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Rfc1 {[ following by 20.Rxc6]} h6 20. Bd2 g5 21. b3 $1 {[ following by 22.a4]} f5 22. Nc5 $5 { [xBg7]} Nf4 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. a4 Bf8 25. Bb5 $1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 c6 27. a5 $1 Nd7 $6 28. a6 $1 {[ White has reached a very active position with many threats, 28. Nxb7 was also possible]} Nxc5 29. dxc5 Rd8 30. axb7 $1 Rd5 31. b4 Rh7 32. Rxa7 $1 Kxa7 (32... Rxb7 33. Rxb7+ Kxb7 34. Bc4 $18) 33. Qa3+ Kxb7 34. Qa6+ Kb8 35. Ra1 $1 $18 {[ following by 36.Qa8 Kc7 37.Ra7#]} Qc8 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. Qxc6+ Kd8 38. Qe8+ (38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Ra7+ Kb8 40. Ra8+ Kxa8 41. Qxc8+ Ka7 42. h3 $18) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
