The following game was played at the the 1988 World Chess Festival in Saint John when Jeff Sarwer (Black) was 10 and his opponent, IM Igor Ivanov, was the most successful tournament player in North America.
Younger readers will not remember Jeff: he won the U10 as an 8-year-old in the first-ever WYCC in 1986, gave 40-board simuls in Ottawa on Canada Day, was a guest commentator on the Karpov-Kasparov matches for PBS and then... virtually disappeared.
[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Sarwer, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p2Np1p/5p2/P1P2P1k/1K5P/8/6b1/8 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1988.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.15"]
39. c6 {only move} (39. Kb5 $2 Kxh4 40. Kb6 Kg4 $1 41. c6 Bxc6 (41... bxc6 42.
a6 {only move} c5 43. Nc6 {only move} $18) 42. Nxc6 h5 {only move} 43. Kxb7 (43. Nd4 $2 h4 44. Kxb7 h3 $19
) 43... h4 44. a6 h3 45. a7 h2 46. a8=Q h1=Q {and Ne5+ would win for White, if
the N wasn't pinned. Instead, Black wins the Pf5 and draws.}) 39...
bxc6 (39... Bxc6 $2 {loses trivially:} 40. Nxc6 bxc6 41. a6 $18) 40. a6 {only move} (40.
Kc5 $2 Bf1 {only move} {Black stops the a-pawn and now White has to play carefully to
avoid losing.} 41. Nc8 {only move} $11 Kxh4 42. Nd6 {only move} (42. Nb6 $2 Bb5 $17 {White might
have some miracle save, but I doubt it.}) 42... Ba6 {only move} (42... Kg4 $2 43. Nc4
$18) 43. Kb6 {only move} (43. Kxc6 Be2 $3 $19 {Black now has two diagonals to stop the
a-pawn, and it it takes too many moves for the N to block one then the other.})
43... Bf1 44. Kc5 (44. Kxc6 $2 h5 $19) 44... Ba6 $11) 40... Kxh4 (40... c5+ 41.
Kxc5 Ba8 (41... Kxh4 42. Nd5 $18 {cuts off the B.}) 42. Nd5 Kxh4 43. Nc7 {
and Black loses control over a8, since} ({Passed pawns must be pushed?} 43. a7
$4 {Not this one! White gives up control of b7 and Black draws.} h5) 43... Be4
44. Nd5 {cuts off the B.}) 41. Kc5 $1 Kg4 42. a7 h5 43. a8=Q h4 44. Qb8 h3 45.
Kd4 1-0
