Javell-Luther ANCL 2008 90+5

I was very happy to play Luther ,he is a strong Gm and even before knowing he plays in ANCL I studied some of his games ,I find his usual playing against the sicilian very interresting.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5
this variation was easy to predict as there are many games of Luther with this in line ,of course I made a deep(to me)preparation
4...Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2
ok up there I have studied at home and I worked mainly on 8..0-0 that luther played a lot :
[8...0-0 9.g3 (9.0-0-0 c4 10.f5 b5 11.Ne2 exf5 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.Nh5 f4 14.Bxf4 Bg4 15.Ng3 Na4 16.Qe1 c3 17.b3 Qa5 18.Rd3 Ba3+ 19.Kb1 Bb2 20.h3 Nb6 21.hxg4 Nc4 22.Rxc3 Bxc3 23.Bd3 h6 24.Bxh6 ½-½ Cvek,R-Luther,Germany Bundesliga 2006; 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.0-0-0 Qa5 11.Kb1 Bb4 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Nb6 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.c4 Nb8 17.Bxb6 Bxb5 18.Bxa7 ½-½ Kritz,L-Luther,T/Triesen LIE 2007) 9...Rb8 10.a3 b6 11.Be2 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Rd1 Ng4 14.Bg1 Nh6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.h3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 e5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Qg2 Bc5 20.Be2 Qg5 21.Nxd5 Rbe8 22.Be3 Qg6 23.Nf4 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Bc6 26.Rd5 Qf7 27.0-0 Qxd5 28.Qxd5+ Bxd5 29.b3 Nhf7 30.Bd1 g6 31.Bc1 Bb7 32.Kh2 Nd6 33.Bb2 Ne4 34.Re1 Nf7 35.Bf3 Nfg5 36.Bg2 Rf8 37.Rf1 Rxf1 38.Bxf1 Nf3+ 39.Kg2 Ne1+ 0-1 Bologan,V-Luther,TMoscow 2007]
I have found interresting possiblities for white (I will keep secret for another game against luther or ...yourself)but he choose another way:
8..a6
(one thing wich is very confusing in this variation is the differents moves order that black can use to play ..a6,..Qb6..Nc6,..Be7 each move order has is own caracteristics and it is difficult to understand the differences and how to react
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4
after the game Luther very kindly made a quick analysis of the game and mentionned 10.0-0-0 as main line ,I was out of my preparation .
10...0-0
here I have the choice of 2 set up Be2 and 0-0-0 (and Fd3)I dont know what is best but over the years I learn something: against a stronger opponement we must play actively so ..
11.0-0-0 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Qe3 Na4 only move
14.Nxa4 bxa4
here black have bad stucture of pawns but good attacking chances 15.a3 is interresting here
15.Bd3
Here someone suggest 12 c3 and Thomas seems to say it was possible .I must say that I dont like that move(and dont think about it during the game) at all on general ground it weakened the white side even if there is not clear way to go for black.
15...a3 16.b3 a5
look at the 2 a pawns!
17.h4
here Luther says he was fearing Qh3!,during the game I thought 17..g6 was end of the story but he shows us it was not so simple: 17.Qh3 g6 (17...h6 18.g4) 18.Qe3! and white follows with h2-h4.very interresting way to go !par ex:18...Ba6 19.h4 Qc7 20.h5 with attacking chances
17...Ba6
[ here 17...a4 18.Kb1 is possible and later ..a4 could be played on almost everymove it,s a logical way but for some reason Thomas dont play it at all,since he played this kind of positions often ,I have no doubt he is right]
18.Kb1 Qc7 19.h5 Rfc8 20.f5!
Thomas said that here the position is unclear ,of course I thought he was better
20...Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bc5
[21...exf5 22.Qxf5 Bc5 unclear; 21...a4!? 22.f6 Bf8 23.g4 gxf6 24.exf6]
22.Bxc5
[22.Ba1 enter my mind and happily go aways]
22...Qxc5 23.h6 g6 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rhf1
With counterplay ,I was still slighty pessimistic about my chances but keeping hope.
25...Rf8 [25...Qc7] 26.g4
[26.Rf6 was crying to played but I dont saw anything after 26...Rxf6 27.exf6 Kf7! to stop tactical tricks]
26...Rac8 27.c4
I am quite proud of this move because I evalueted correcty the endind after the followings moves .But yet now looking at the position quietly and with a silicon friend on the screen ,I can say it was also something near panic and certainly not the only way to go as I thought
27...dxc4 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qd4! Qxd4
[29...Qc7 30.Qd6 Qf7 31.Qd7]
30.Rxd4 Rf1+ 31.Kc2 Rf2+ 32.Kc3 Rxa2 33.bxc4 Re2
33...Rh2 34.c5= Rh3+ 35.Kc2 (35.Kc4 a2) 35...Rxh6 36.c6 Rh2+ 37.Kb3 a2 38.Ra4=
34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Rd7+ Ke8
playing to win 35...Kg8 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Rd7+=
36.Ra7
I offer a draw and Thomas quickly accepted ,as he said white may be better here ,I must say that I didnt realize it and was only looking after the draw
0,5-0,5
I likes this game very much ,it is not my first draw against a Gm but I find my play logical from beginning to end and it is very important to me.