keypusher: This is a weird one. Barcza is lucky to survive a bad opening and reach a slightly worse ending, but then he even wins! 
click for larger viewBlack correctly marches forward with 33....Kg4. After 34.Rh6, then 34....Rd7+ 35.Ke3 f5 is OK. Instead Barcza played 34....Kf3?!, after which the obvious 35.Rxh5 would have given white a clear edge. But Jimenez took the other pawn (time pressure?), and after 35....Rd7+ 36.Kc3 Kg2! 37.Rh6 Kxg2 38.g4! h4 39.Rxh4+ Kg3 40.Rh1 Kxf4! 
click for larger view...Black was slightly better. Now the passive 41.Rg1 would lose to the charge of the e-pawn, so Jimenez correctly mobilized his queenside pawns. It all came down to this position:
click for larger viewWhite can draw with 46.c7 Rc8 47.Rh7, e.g. 47....Kf3 48.Kd3 Kg3 49.Ke3 or 48....f2 49.Ke2. But Jimenez played the losing 46.Kc5. Now he can win Black's rook, but in that event his own rook will wind up in a hopeless battle against connected passed pawns. After 47.c7 Rc8, 48.Rh7 would lose to 48....f2 49.Rf7 Rxc7+!. After 48.Kd6 e5, 49.Kxe5 Rxc7 is hopeless. Jimenez played -- I'm guessing sealed -- 49.Rb1 and resigned. 49....f2, 49....Rxc7, and 49....e4 all win easily for Black. Pretty tough way to start an international tournament for Jimenez. You could say Barcza was lucky, but he took full advantage of his opportunities. Barcza went on to score a very credible tie for 5-6th with Ivkov, behind Korchnoi, Tal, Geller, and Pachman, while Jimenez finished in the lower half of the scoretable. | 
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