Brazil

Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier – Paulo Jatobá de Oliveira Reis
83rd Brazilian Chess Championship; Rio de Janeiro, February 8, 2017
Nimzo-Indian Defence E46

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bb3 exd4 12. exd4 Bc7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Qd3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. f3 Bd6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bf4 Rac8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Be5 Be7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bd6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Qb5 31. Rc2 Re7. Black’s King’s position on the Kingside is very weak and Fier breakthroughs without too much difficulty. 32. Qd1! Rc7 33. Rd2 Re7 34. f4 Bc7 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Qg4+ Kf8. Or 36. ... Kh8 37. Kh3! with the deadly threat of Kh3-h4-h5xh6.

37. Bh7! 1 : 0.

Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier
Photo credit: Rafael Duailibe Leitão