M. Podolski - A. Domcev

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M. Podolski - A. Domcev (Netherlands 2007, 2-0)

Traditional			Diagonal
1	32-28	18-22	1	e45	d65
2	34-29	12-18	2	gf6	cd6
3	40-34	7-12	3	hg6	bc6
4	45-40	1-7	4	ih6	ab6
5	37-32	19-23	5	e34	e76
6	28x19	14x23	6	e57x	e86x
7	32-28	23x32	7	e45	e64x
8	38x27	13-19	8	fd4x	de7
9	42-38	18-23	9	f34	de6
10	27x18	19-24	10	d46x	ef7
11	35-30	24x35	11	hg7	fh7x
12	38-32	10-14	12	fe4	e98	Up to this stage the game appears to be between two Indian draughts players, but this is actually a variant Podolski did prepare, and to his advantage too.
13	47-42	14-19	13	f23	e87
14	33-28	20-25	14	fe5	fg8	Isn't it a pretty picture!
15	29-24	19x30	15	f67	eg7x
16	18x29	5-10	16	df6x	e09
17	41-37	10-14	17	e23	e98
18	43-38	9-13	18	gf4	d87
19	38-33	17-21	19	f45	c54
20	31-26	4-9	20	dc3	d98
21	26x17	11x22	21	c35x	bd5x
22	28x17	12x21	22	ec5x	c64x
23	49-43	8-12	23	hg4	c76
24	43-38	3-8	24	gf4	c87
25	36-31	13-18	25	d23	d76
26	31-27	9-13	26	d34	d87
27	46-41	7-11	27	e12	b65
28	41-36	11-17	28	ed2	bc5
29	33-28	14-20	29	fe5	ef8	White's next move may well be considered the most beautiful of the entire tournament!
30	36-31!	21-26	30	d23!	c43	Otherwise dc3 (31-26) is all but decisive.
31	39-33!	30x39	31	gf5!	g75x
32	29-23	18x29	32	fe6	df6x
33	33x24	20x29	33	f57x	f86x
34	44x24	35x44	34	h5f7x	h75x
35	50x39		35	ig5x		Here's the pointe of 30. d23 (36-31): de7 (13-19) has simply been prevented.
35		17-21	35		c54
36	28-23	6-11	36	e56	ab5
37	38-33	11-17	37	e67	bc5
38	42-38	13-18	38	f34	d76
39	24-19	18x29	39	fe7	df6x
40	33x24	12-18	40	f57x	cd6
41	39-33	17-22	41	gf5	cd5
42	33-29	22-28	42	f56	de5
43	32x3		43	e4c8x		King
43		21x41	43		c4e2x
44	31-27	41-46	44	d34	e21	King
45	19-13	46-10	45	ed7	e19
46	38-32	10x46	46	fe4	e91x
47	29-23	46x35	47	fe6	e1h7x
48	48-42	35x8	48	gf3	hc7x
49	3x12	25-30	49	c86x	g87
50	12-45	16-21	50	ci6	bc4
51	27x16		51	db4x		Black resigns.

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