A Wonderful Swindle by Boris Gelfand

As annotated by GM Lubomir Kavalek in The Huffington Post.

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix "]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk "]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "GM Lubomir Kavalek/The Huffington Post"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5q1k/3n4/3PQ3/4nPp1/8/1B5P/PP6/7K b - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{Gelfand could have played the objectively best move 45...Kg7. Instead he went for a desperate, but tricky counterplay, sacrificing a knight.} 45... Nd3 $6 46. Qxd7 Qa8+ 47. Kg1 ({After} 47. Kh2 $6 Nf4 48. Bd5 Qxd5 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qxg5 (50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qf6+ $11) 50... Qxd6 {black can hold.}) 47... Nf4 $1 { Amazingly, White has no checks and can't protect the square g2. His king has to move.} (47... Ne1 $2 48. Kf2 {White wins.}) 48. Kf2 g4 $5 {Black seemingly creates a support point on f3, but Gelfand's move is a tricky attempt to get rid of all his pieces.} ({After} 48... Qg2+ 49. Ke3 Qe2+ 50. Kd4 Qxb2+ 51. Kc5 {the white king escapes.}) 49. hxg4 $2 {Jakovenko falls for the trap. The black king is stalemated in the corner and Gelfand easily finds a way to lose all his pieces.} ({To win the game, the white king has to run either to} 49. Kg3 Qf3+ (49... Nxh3 50. Kh4 $18) (49... gxh3 50. Qe7 $18) 50. Kh4 Qf2+ 51. Kg5 $1 Nxh3+ 52. Kg6 Nf4+ 53. Kf7 $18) ({or to} 49. Ke3 Qf3+ 50. Kd4 Qf2+ 51. Kc4 Qe2+ 52. Kc5 $18) 49... Qg2+ 50. Ke3 Nd5+ $1 {For the moment, the black knight blocks the diagonal a2-g8, but Jakovenko will be forced to take the horse in a few moves.} 51. Kd4 (51. Bxd5 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 Qf2+ 53. Ke4 Qe3+ 54. Kxe3 { stalemate.}) 51... Qf2+ {Gelfand selects a more stylish move.} (51... Qxg4+ { also lead to a draw.}) 52. Kxd5 Qd4+ $1 {Forcing the stalemate.} 53. Kxd4 {The diagonal opens up again, but the stolen goods make the thief unhappy.} (53. Kc6 Qb6+ $11) (53. Ke6 Qf6+ $11) 1/2-1/2