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[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {English attack is
the most popular weapon against Naydorf's variant} e5 ({That's a quite
different game with} 6... e6) 7. Nb3 ({more positional way is} 7. Nf3) 7... Be7
8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O {recently this move is more popular than} (9... Nbd7 {
but it turn out a just a transposition}) 10. O-O-O a5 {it is very aggressive
alternative than Nbd7, which is used by top GM's sometimes} (10... Nbd7 {
there is the latest example} 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
Bxb3 16. cxb3 a4 17. bxa4 Rxa4 18. Kb1 Qa8 19. Qd5 Rxa2 20. Qxa8 Rxa8 21. Ng3
Bd8 22. Bc4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F (2558)-Volokitin,A (2684)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/
The Week in Chess 704 (58)}) 11. Qe1 {Bu has alraedy played this position
against Ukrainian GM Sergey Karjakin it being known that it was successfully} (
11. Bb5 {is the most popular move} Na6 12. Qe2 a4 13. Bxa4 Qb8 14. g4 Rc8 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Bb5 Nc7 17. Kb1 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Bc4 19. Qd7 Rc7 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Be6 22. Qg1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 exf4 24. h4 b5 25. h5 Qb7 26. h6 Qa6 27. Nc1 Bf8 28.
Qd4 Qa3 29. Qb4 Bxa2+ 30. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 d5 32. Qd4 Ra4 33. Qe5 d4 34. Kd2
Qb2 35. Ke2 Qxc2+ 36. Rd2 d3+ {0-1 Karjakin,S (2732)-Bu Xiangzhi (2708)/
Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 700}) 11... Qc7 ({RR} 11... Qc8 12. a3 ({RR
} 12. a4 {RR} Nc6 (12... Na6 13. Kb1 Nc7 14. g4 Rd8 15. Bb6 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17.
Bb6 Nd7 18. Bf2 b6 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Nb5 Rdb8 23. c4
$14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2750)-Bu Xiangzhi (2671)/Germany 2007/CBM 118 (47)} Bd7 24.
h4 Ne6 25. g5 Rf8 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. f4 f5 29. Rhe1 Rac8 30. fxe5
Bxb5 31. cxb5 f4 32. exd6 Bxd6 33. e5 f3 34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Bc5 36. e6 f2
37. e7 Rfe8 38. Rc1 Kf7 39. b6 Bxe7 40. Rf1 Bd6 41. Rxf2+ Kg8 42. b7 Rb8 43.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 44. Rf5 Rb8 45. Be4 Bb4 46. Kc2 g6 47. Rb5 {1-0 Svidler,P (2750)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2671)/Germany 2007/CBM 118}) 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 f5 16.
gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. h4 Qf7 19. Nc1 b5 20. Bxb5 Rfc8 21. N1e2 Rc5 22. Rc1
Rac8 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. Be3 R5c7 25. Bb6 d5 26. Bxc7 Rxc7 27. exd5 {Koepke,C
(2296)-Berczes,D (2453)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 703/0-1 (41)}) 12...
a4 13. Nd2 Nbd7 ({RR} 13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Ne4
Nc6) 14. Kb1 ({RR} 14. g4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nde4 N7b6) ({RR} 14. Bb5 Nc5 15.
Kb1 Rd8) 14... Rd8 ({RR} 14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18.
fxe4 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bc5) 15. Bb5 ({RR} 15. g4 d5 16. g5 d4) 15... d5 16. exd5 ({RR
} 16. Nxa4 d4 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nb3 Rac8) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 ({RR} 17. Nxa4 Ra5
18. c4 Rxb5 ({RR} 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. b4 ({RR} 20. Nb3 Rxb5 21. cxb5
Qc4) 20... Rxb5 21. cxb5 Ra8 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rxa3 24. Nde4) 19. cxb5 Qa8
20. b3 Qa5 21. Qe2 ({RR} 21. Nc4 Qxb5) 21... Qxa4 22. bxa4 Nc3+ 23. Kb2 Nxe2)
17... Bxd5 18. Qe2 ({RR} 18. Ne4 Bc4 ({RR} 18... Be6 19. Qc3 ({RR} 19. Qg3 Qc7
20. Bh6 g6 21. Bg5 Rac8 22. Bxa4 f6 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 ({RR} 23... Bxd7 24. Bb3+ Kg7
25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qe7+) 24. Bxd7 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 Bxd7
26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Be6 28. Qe1 Qxg2) 19... Qb8 20. Ng5) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20.
Qc3 Qb5 21. Qd3) 18... Qc7 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Nc3 ({RR} 20. h4 h6 21. g4 Nb6) ({RR
} 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Be3) ({RR} 20. Rd3 Nf6 ({RR} 20... Nb6 21. Rc3)
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 20... Nb6 ({RR} 20... Nf6 21. Qf2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5
Bxd5 24. Rd1) 21. Rxd8+ ({RR} 21. Qf2 Nc4) ({RR} 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Nxa4 Qc7)
21... Rxd8 22. Nxa4 ({RR} 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 g6) ({RR} 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23.
Qxe5 Bf6 24. Nxa4 Qa5 25. b4 Qa7 ({RR} 25... Bxe5 26. bxa5 Rd5 27. Bc4 Rxa5 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Bxh2) 26. Qc5 Qb8) 22... Nc4 ({RR} 22... Nxa4 23. Bxa4 Bc4
24. Qf2 Qa5 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. cxb3 Qb5 27. Qc2 Rd3 28. Rd1 Rxe3 29. Qc8+ Bf8 30.
Rd8) 23. Bxc4 ({RR} 23. Bc1 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qa5) 23... Bxc4 24. Qf2 ({RR} 24. Bb6
Qxb6 ({RR} 24... Qc6 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qa5) 25. Qxc4 Qf2 26. Qf1 Qd2 ({RR} 26...
Qxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rd2) 27. Nb6 Bg5) 24... Qc6 25. Nb6 ({RR} 25. Nc3 Be6) ({RR} 25.
Bc5 Bg5 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Qg1) 25... Be6 26. Qe2 {Leko,P (2749)-Svidler,P (2728)/
Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Marin,M]/0-1 (37)} ({RR} 26. Rc1 f5) {RR} 26...
e4 ({RR} 26... Rd4 27. c3 ({RR} 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Na8 Qd5 29. b3 Qa5) 27... Rd8
) 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Qf3 Qe5) ({RR} 11... a4 12. Nc5) 12. Bb5 {by now the
threat a5-a4 was quite feasible.} ({it's dangerous to take pawn} 12. Nb5 Qc6
13. Nxa5 Qc8 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Qa3 d5 19.
Bc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 d4 21. b3 Qb7 22. Qxe5 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qe7 24. Rd4 Qa3+ 25. Qb2
Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 c5 27. Rd6 Rxa4 28. Bb5 Rb4 29. Bc6 c4 30. e5 Ne8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8
32. Kc3 Rb5 33. b4 Rxe5 {0-1 Andreev,E (2459)-Iskusnyh,S (2520)/Saratov 2006/
EXT 2008}) 12... Nbd7 13. Qf2 {impeding the maneuver Nb6-c4} Rfc8 $146 ({RR}
13... Bc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qf1 Qc6 16. a4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qb5 Qc7 19.
Kb1 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Bf8 21. Rhd1 Qc6 22. Rd3 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nb6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25.
Rxa5 Nc4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nc1 Rb8 28. b3 {Karjakin,S (2599)-Wojtaszek,R (2553)
/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/1-0 (44)}) 14. Kb1 Bc4 {it will be difficult to play
without that move because white bishop paralizes the black's game on queen's
side, however exchange of bishops weakens light squares in the black's camp}
15. g4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 ({after "active"} 16... Qc4 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 a4
19. g5 $1 Rc6 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Nc1 Ne8 22. a3 $16 {there are no compensation
for a pawn}) 17. a4 Ne8 $6 (17... Qc4 $5 {would be more interesting} 18. Nc3 (
18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 b5 $132) 18... b5 19. Nxb5 Qxa4 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6
Qc4 $44) 18. Rd3 $1 {it is very forcefull multipurpose move. On the one hand
white wants to move Rd3-c3 on the other extremely defends c3-square from a
possible sacrifice (when knight will returns to this square) Also it will be
possible to be double rooks on line "d" in perspective.} Qc4 19. Nc3 Nc7 ({
now against} 19... b5 {there is a powerful answer} 20. Nd2 $1 Qc7 21. axb5 $16)
20. Bb6 Nxb6 $6 {It's the first step to dawnfall} ({should have been} 20... Ne6
{to keep up an effort}) 21. Qxb6 Qb4 $2 {Diagram [#] is also a second, more
serious step there} (21... Qc6 22. Qxc6 (22. Qf2 b5) 22... bxc6 23. Nd2 $14)
22. Qxb4 $1 {computer will be never understand this decision} axb4 23. Nd5 Nxd5
24. Rxd5 Rxa4 25. Rb5 $1 {and now we have classical endgame with bad bishop
against good knight} Ra7 {Bu preferred to give it immediately} ({after} 25...
Rc7 26. Nc1 {the pawn will be lost too}) 26. Rxb4 ({for} 26. Nc1 {there is
planned move} Rc5 27. Rxb4 d5) 26... g6 ({it's important that for} 26... d5 {
there is} 27. Rb5 $1 {and already white has extra pawn}) 27. Rd1 {it is
necessary to observe permanently d5-square} f5 {the passive game is a reason
of failure. Little by little white will lead N to d5 and exchange both pair of
rooks to force through to queen side} 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rd5 $16 ({Of course,
don't give a chance to black for contra game after} 29. exf5 $2 Rf8) 29... fxe4
30. fxe4 Kf7 31. c3 (31. Na5 Rca8) 31... h5 32. Na5 Rc7 33. Nc4 Ke6 34. Ne3 {
Black's position is very difficult because rooks and bishop are passive and
pawns d6 and b7 are weak in spite of very optimistic estimate (0.25) given by
computer} Bd8 35. Nf5 Rd7 36. c4 {black are almost in the stalls} b6 (36... Bg5
$2 37. c5 $18) 37. Rb3 $1 {there is one more reasonable move} Ra4 38. Rbd3 Be7
39. b3 Ra8 40. Rg3 Bf8 41. Kb2 {it is just the right time to include a king
for fighting - he moves to b4-square and on occasion to run to b6-pawn} h4 {
hastens the way to the death, thought is insufferably to endure more.} 42. Rg6+
Kf7 43. Rg4 Rda7 44. Rxh4 $18 {There are another pawn and winning position.
Further effect is to crush the enemy} Ra1 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Rh8 ({or more
exactly} 46. Rb7) 46... Re1 47. Ng3 Kf7 48. Rh7+ Ke6 49. Rb7 Rea1 50. Nf5 R8a2+
51. Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kb4 Rb2 53. Rb8 Rcb1 ({it is hopless completely} 53... Kf7 54.
Nxd6+ Bxd6+ 55. Rxd6 Rcb1 56. Rd3 $18) 54. Rd3 Kf7 55. Rf3 {Good job by
Cheparinov} 1-0
[Event "Kaupthing Open"]
[Site "Differdange LUX"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, N."]
[Black "Schlosser, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 705"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 {It's one from three main moves} ({
Another two are} 4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2
Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rac8 14. Nb5 Rc5 15. Bh4 Rh5
16. Qd1 e5 17. Qxh5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Qd1 d5 21. O-O Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 dxc4 23. Qd1 c3 24. Qb3 cxb2 25. Qxb2 Qc5 26. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lysyj,I
(2593)-Le Quang Liem (2540)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 693 (64)}) (4...
c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h6
12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qb3 d6 17. h3 Nd7 18.
Nd2 Nf6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nce5 21. Ne1 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Bocharov,D (2614)
-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (79)}) 5. cxd5 ({lead to more
complicated position} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {for instance} Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne2 a6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. f3 Ba4 17. Qb2 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 $44 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2765)-Adams,M
(2729)/Baku AZE 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (56)}) 5... exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 {
The most aggressive} ({reliable} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 {doesn't promise a lot -
position became too simpler} O-O 9. a3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. e3
Rfc8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15. Qb5 Qd6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. O-O
Rc2 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. b3 Nd7 23. Nd4 R2c3 24. Rfd1 Nc5
25. Rab1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rychagov,A (2571)-Jobava,B (2658)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (31)
}) 7... c5 ({it is used very seldom, however with not bad results} 7... g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 10. Bd3 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. f3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qe7 15. Kf2 O-O-O 16. Re1 Rh6 $13 {0-1 Kobalia,M (2654)-Najer,E
(2653)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (57)}) 10... h4 11. Be5 f6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5
Na6 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 O-O 17. Rd1 Qf5 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bb4 c5
20. Bc3 Be6 $36 {0-1 Kotanjian,T (2560)-Sutovsky,E (2637)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118
(41)}) 8. dxc5 ({After classical game the move} 8. O-O-O {has gone out of
fashion abruptly due to} Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5
13. e3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O 19.
Rd1 b5 20. Qxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 {0-1 Keres,P-Botvinnik,M/
Leningrad/Moscow 1941/HCL}) 8... g5 (8... Nc6 {is the transposition only}) 9.
Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 (10. Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Rxb8 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Nf3
Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Bd3 Ke7 17. Kd2 Na4 18. Rhc1 Be6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c6
bxc6 21. Nxc6+ Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rb2+ 23. Rc2 Rhb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Drozdovskij,Y
(2552)-Rodshtein,M (2494)/playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 114 ext (36)}) 10... Qf6 {
is very rare move} ({Main way of fight is} 10... Qa5 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6
13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 ({RR} 14. Bh7+ Kg7 15. Bd3 d4 16. exd4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3
Re8+ 18. Nge2 b6) 14... Bg4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 ({RR} 16. gxf3 Rac8) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2805)-Short,N (2655)/London
1993/CBM 036/[Ftacnik]} {RR} Rxc5 19. Qe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21. f4 Qxc3) ({RR}
10... Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 ({RR} 11... Qf6 12. Bb5 Nxc3 (12... O-O 13. O-O Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. c4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Lahlum,
H (2214)-Gashimov,V (2655)/Tromsoe 2007/CBM 119 ext (47)}) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
a3) 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2
Qa5) 11. Rc1 $146 {interesting new development is overprotection of problem
point c3} ({it's used before} 11. Bb5+ Nc6 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.
Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 g4) 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bd3 Nxc5 14. a3
Be6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Be7 18. b4 h5 19. f3 Kf8 20. Rac1 Ne5 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qb3 h4 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Be6 {Falchetta,G
(2235)-Magalotti,A (2205)/Forli 1991/EXT 1997/1/2-1/2 (36)}) ({RR} 11. a3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Qd4 Rxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Gonda,L (2507)-Saric,A (2438)/Nova Gorica SLO 2008/The Week in Chess
691}) 11... Nc6 {the most logical for black is to continue to develop pieces} (
{deserved attention the} 11... Bf5 $5 {with approximate version} 12. Bd3 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd6 (14. Ne2 $2 Ndxc5 $2 $17) 14... Bg6 15. Nf3 g4 (15...
Ndxc5 16. Be5) 16. Nd4 Ndxc5 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb2 $14) (11... Nd7
12. Nge2 $1 Ndxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Be6 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Rxc3
$16) 12. Bd3 ({for} 12. Nf3 {it is possible to be so beautiful variant there
like} Bf5 13. Bd3 Nxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Bxd3 $1 {Diagram [#]} 16. Nd4
Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3 Ba6 18. Nf5 $13) 12... Nxc5 $6 {not right move} ({at first
should have been started with} 12... Bxc3+ {compelling to take by pawn} 13.
bxc3 Nxc5 $13 {with acceptable position}) 13. Nge2 $14 ({for} 13. Nf3 {it's
unpleasant with} Bg4) 13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bf5 $6 {is an invitation to
complications however they provided to be advantageous for white} ({carefully}
14... Qf5) 15. Qb5 $1 {not being afraid dangers!} ({certainly not} 15. Qxd5 Rd8
$36) 15... a6 $2 {black decided to drain the cup... however it would be more
stubborn} (15... Qe7 16. O-O a6 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 {keep on fighting without
pawn}) 16. Qxb7 Ra7 ({quite bad} 16... O-O 17. O-O $18) 17. Qb6 {again the
most powerful} ({outwardly effective is mistaken} 17. Be5 $6 {in view of the
fact that single-acting like} Qe6 18. Qxa7 Nxa7 19. Bxh8 Bd3 $13) 17... Ba5 18.
Qb3 $18 Bd3 {"there are no pawn, rears are weak but I'm attacking"} ({
despondently} 18... Rd7 19. O-O Ne7) 19. O-O $1 {make no account of black's
threatening} Bxc3 {it's hard to discuss this move even through} (19... Qe6 20.
Rfd1 Bc4 21. Qa4 {black must be dead little by little}) 20. Nxc3 Bxf1 21. Nxd5
$40 {well mobilized white's pieces are ready to break to pieces the position
of black} Qg6 22. Rxc6 $1 {Diagram [#] it's K.O.} Qxc6 23. Qb8+ Kd7 24. Qxa7+
Ke6 25. e4 {The guillotine threatens black king on e7-square} Re8 ({
alternative was only} 25... Qxd5) 26. Qd4 {terrible defeat!} 1-0
[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 ({it would be a move of principle} 4. e4 {
however long forced variations aren't Bu's style.}) 4... Nf6 5. b3 {Artur
Jussupow's move} Nbd7 ({probably Ivan didn't want to repeat the variant} 5...
Bb4 {in view of the next game} 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10.
Re1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. e4 b5 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Nexd4
Bb7 17. Qc2 Nge5 {Although the black has achieved a good position Bu succeeded
in winning in the sequel 1-0 Bu Xiangzhi (2637)-Dreev,A (2694)/Stepanakert
2005/CBM 110 (53)}) 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 ({RR} 8... b6 9. O-O {
1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V (2590)-Zvjaginsev,V (2650)/Samara 1998/CBM 067}) ({RR} 8...
Qe7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Nd6 Bd7 15.
a4 f6 16. Qd2 f5 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. Ba3 a6 20. Nc4 Rbd8 21. Rae1 Be8
22. Nd6 Bg6 23. Rf2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ref1 Ra8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Bb4 Qe6 28.
Rf3 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2641)-Ovetchkin,R (2554)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118}) 9.
Nd2 $146 {Diagram [#]} ({RR} 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Bxc3 f5 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Rac1 g5
13. Nd2 Qh6 14. g3 g4 15. b4 Nf6 16. c5 Bc7 17. b5 Bd7 18. Qa4 cxb5 19. Bxb5
Qg7 20. c6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Qf7 23. Bb4 Rfc8 {Siepmann,M-Ries,B/
Bergneustadt 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (70)}) ({RR} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 e5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Rd1 f4 17. Kg1 Bf5
18. h3 f3 19. Bf1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. c5 Qd2 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. g4 Bg6 {
Csiszar,C (2385)-Korneev,O (2613)/Zalakaros 2003/EXT 2004/0-1}) 9... f5 (9...
Nxc3 {is not logical} 10. Bxc3) 10. O-O Qh4 11. f4 ({against provocative} 11.
g3 {it will be strong} Qh3 $1 ({it's less suggesting itself} 11... Nxg3 12.
fxg3 Bxg3 13. Nf3 Qh3 14. Kh1 $1 $16 ({but not} 14. hxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Kh1 Rf6 16.
Nh2 Rh6 17. Bh5 Nf6 $44))) 11... Nxd2 {is nontrivial decition} ({it was quite
possible to move just right away} 11... Ndf6) 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. a4 Rf7 14. a5 ({
now in answer to} 14. Ba3 {will be} Bc7) 14... g5 $5 {Diagram [#] It is very
abrupt move showing the fighting mood of Ivan and now fight is going for 3
results!} ({may be} 14... Bd7 {was stronger objectively}) 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bf3 {
maximum durability move} ({deserved with great attention} 16. fxg5 Ng4 (16...
Rg7 $5 17. Bf3 Ng4 (17... Rxg5 $2 18. e4 $1) 18. cxd5 exd5 19. a6 $14) 17. Bxg4
Qxg4 18. Ne2) 16... gxf4 17. exf4 (17. gxf4 $6 {gave an initiative to black}
Ng4 18. Bxg4 Rg7 $15) 17... Bd7 {attack is attack but the development
shouldn't be neglected} 18. Na4 {Bu reinforces the position own chessman by
degrees} ({immediate attack didn't pay dividends} 18. c5 Be7 19. a6 Rb8 20.
axb7 Rxb7 {and the game of white is getting to be at a deadlock}) 18... Ne4 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 ({of course self-killing was} 19... dxe4 $2 20. d5) 20. Nc5 Be8 21.
Ba3 Qf5 22. a6 {in my opinion only reasonable plan of "moving ahead" at queen
flank was} b6 23. Nb7 Bxa3 (23... Bc7 {it's unpleasant} 24. Bd6) 24. Rxa3 Rg7
25. Nd6 Qf6 26. f5 {Diagram [#] be under time pressure Bu decided to increase
the pace of the advance} ({calm} 26. b4 Bh5 27. c5 $14 {gave to white a little
bit better prospects}) 26... Bh5 {black carry out the transfer of bishop
logically} ({conterblow} 26... e5 {could lead to fantastical difficult game}
27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Qh6 ({張膣} 28. f6 Qxd6) 28... Bg6 $5 (28... Rd8 29. Nxe8
Rxe8 30. Qxc6 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 29. f6 Rd7 30. f7+ Bxf7
31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Ra2 $1 e3 34. Qxh7+ Qg7 35. Qf5+ Qf6 36. Qd7+
Kf8 37. cxd5 Re8 {and passed pawn of black is very dangerous}) 27. fxe6 Bf3 {
Black bishop came to fighting position - there is a smell of sarcifices around
white king} (27... Qxe6 $5 {transfer cannot be allowed} 28. Nf5 Rg6 $13) 28.
cxd5 cxd5 29. Nf7 $1 {white knight strives for magnificent square in the center
} h5 $1 {Ivan is in a hurry to make the threat at g3 and he is right!} ({at}
29... Qxe6 {there is no time evidently} 30. Ne5 Bg4 31. b4 $16 {it is better
at white statically}) 30. Ne5 h4 31. Nxf3 (31. g4 $5 {it could forced lead to
no one's by two ways at that} Qe7 (31... h3 32. b4 Qxe6 33. Raxf3 exf3 34. Rxf3
Rf8 35. Rxh3 Qf5 36. Rf3 Rxg4+ 37. Nxg4 Qxf3 38. Qg5+ $11) (31... Qxe6 $2 32.
h3 $16) 32. Raa1 Bxg4 33. Rf7 Bxe6+ 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 35. Kh1 Kh7 36. Rg1 Qf6 37.
Rg6 Qf1+ 38. Rg1 Qf6 $11) 31... hxg3 $8 ({primitive} 31... exf3 $2 {after} 32.
b4 $1 {condemn a white to unfortunate defence} hxg3 33. Rfxf3 gxh2+ 34. Kxh2
Qxe6 35. Rg3 $40) 32. b4 $8 {involvement the castle which was dozing up to now
is just one but enough for balance a chance} Rf8 $1 {Exclamation point to Ivan
for combativity. He continue to force} (32... gxh2+ {got to result in a peace}
33. Kh1 exf3 34. Rfxf3 Qxe6 35. Rg3 Qe4+ 36. Kxh2 Rc8 37. Rac3 Rxc3 38. Qxc3
Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+) 33. h3 {it is most efficient way to
equalization} g2 ({after} 33... exf3 34. Rfxf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Qe2 Rf8
37. e7 Re8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qxd5 Rexe7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Kg2 {by now black is
fighting for no one's successfully at that} Ref7 $1 42. Qd5 Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8
$11) 34. Re1 $4 {Diagram [#] there is a crude oversight a step away from the
cherished purpose. It seems that the Ivan's persistence tired Bu and he lost a
concentration at the moment} (34. Rf2 $8 exf3 35. e7 Rxe7 (35... Qxe7 36. Rfxf3
Rxf3 37. Rxf3 $11) 36. Raxf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Kxg2 Ree3 39. Qd1 $11)
34... exf3 35. Qf2 Qf5 $19 {after this elegant hit the game is over.} 36. Kh2
Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qf5 38. Kh2 {move's repetition iis just for saving of time} Qf4+
39. Kg1 Rg3 $1 {poor pawn h3...} 40. e7 Rxh3 $6 {in chase of beauty black run
into unobvious defence} ({instantly can finish off just with} 40... Re8 {
for example,} 41. Qc2 f2+ 42. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Rxa3 $19) 41. exf8=Q+ Kxf8
42. Rxf3 Rxf3 43. Re2 $3 {it's very witty but alas not enough} Kf7 44. b5 {
unfortunately for white the pawn end is lost} (44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. Rf2 Qxf2+ 46.
Kxf2 Kf6 47. Kxg2 Kf5 48. Kf3 b5 $19) (44. Qxg2 Qxd4+ 45. Kh1 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Rg3
$19) 44... Kf6 0-1
[Event "Kaupthing Open"]
[Site "Differdange LUX"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Macak, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 ({much more popular is} 5. b3 {
whose was playing for many times at Top's level} Bb4+ {Here is a fresh game
from Amber tourney in Nice} 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7
Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8
17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e3 g5 20. Rc2 g4 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. c5
bxc5 24. dxc5 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qa1 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. a4 h5 29. b4 h4 30.
b5 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Kg6 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf6 34. Qd4 e5 35. Qb4 hxg3 36. hxg3
Rd7 37. Qa5 Rh8 38. Qxa7 f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Rdh7 41. Qb6 Qxf4 42. bxc6
Qf3 $3 43. cxb7+ Kf5 {0-1 Kramnik,V (2799)-Anand,V (2799)/Nice FRA 2008/The
Week in Chess 697}) 5... Bb7 {now the bishop goes to his own place} 6. Bg2 c5 {
using the defects of white's queen location at a4 - White can't move d4-d5 now}
7. dxc5 ({Nicolic's move} 7. O-O {doesn't promise much, because dark-coloured
bishops excgange makes black's task easier} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc7 10.
Rd1 a6 11. f3 Ra7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rac1 O-O
17. b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P (2646)-Chuchelov,V (2544)/Germany 2007/EXT 2008
(62)}) 7... Bxc5 ({is possible too} 7... bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d6
11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Ne8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F
(2686)-Anand,V (2786)/Linares 2005/CBM 106 (41)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 {last
moves was so logical so they needn't to explain} Na6 {only the transposition} (
9... Be7 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 a6 12. Qa3 Ne8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb8 15. Rd2 h6
16. Rad1 Qa7 17. Qa4 Ndf6 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Ng4 21. Nb5 $1 $16
{1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Baku AZE 2008/The Week in Chess 704
(66)}) 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfd1 {and again we are on the main line} Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8
13. Rd4 {multipurpose move - rook tales control over 4th line(include impotant
squares Pc4 and e4) and with idea to double on "d" line} ({The simple} 13. Rac1
{promises no advantage} Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 a6 16. b3 Ra7 17. Qd3 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2696)-Anand,V (2786)/Monte Carlo
2005/CBM 105 ext}) 13... d5 {Black is in a hurry to get rid of potencial
weakness} 14. cxd5 (14. Rc1 Nce4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 h6 17. Qc3 Rd8 18. Rcd1
Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe8 20. h3 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A (2688)-Leko,P (2713)/Wijk aan
Zee 2002/CBM 087}) 14... Nxd5 (14... exd5 15. Rdd1 Nce4 16. Rac1 Bc5 17. Nd4
Re8 18. e3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne4 20. Qe1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2676)-Leko,P (2736)
/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext (70)}) 15. Nxd5 (15. Bg5 Nf6 (15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Nf6 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxe4 h6 22. Nb5
a6 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rc7 Nb5 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Nxc8 Nd4
29. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 Nc1 31. a4 Kf8 32. Ke1 $1 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2674)
-Gashimov,V (2608)/Istanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext (52)}) 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. b4 Qb7+ 23. f3 Ncd7 24.
Nxd7 Nxd7 25. a3 b5 26. Ne4 Rxc1 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2709)-Anand,V (2792)/
Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111}) 15... Bxd5 16. Ng5 (16. Rc1 Qb7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qc7
Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd6 20. Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2709)-Leko,P (2722)/Monte Carlo
2004/CBM 099 ext}) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 {This variation happended in Bartosz's
practise not at first time, so I can think that this is not accidentally. Here
White can't lose but chance on win is small} (17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19.
Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Rxd5 Nxg5 21. Rxg5 Rc2 $11) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 (18... Qb7+
19. Kg1 e5 20. Rc4 Ne6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Rd7 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 f6 25.
Ra4 Rb8 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. g4 g6 28. Rc6 Ke7 29. b3 f5 30. f3 Kf7 31. gxf5 gxf5
32. Rh4 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Bc1 f4 35. Bb2 Kf5 36. Bc3 Rg5 37. Rh6 Rg6 38.
Rh5+ Rg5 39. Rh6 Rg6 40. Rh5+ Rg5 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,A (2568)-Ravi,T (2357)/
Calcutta 2002/CBM 088}) 19. Rc4 Qb7+ 20. f3 e4 ({嵬調泣 ?} 20... Ne6 21. Be3
Rad8 22. Rc1 Rfe8 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. a4 Rc8 27. Rec4 Rxc4
28. Rxc4 Re7 29. Rc8 Re8 30. Rc4 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B (2635)-Moranda,W (2533)/
Lublin POL 2008/The Week in Chess 696}) 21. Be3 {That bishop is Big white's
hope} exf3+ 22. exf3 Ne6 23. a4 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd8 ({RR} 25... h6
26. b4 Ng5 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Bf2 Ne6 29. Qc4 Rd8 30. Rc2 Qd7 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5
Ng5 33. g4 Qd1 34. Qe2 Qd5 35. Rc5 Qd7 36. Re5 Ne6 37. Qe3 a6 38. Qb6 Nf4+ 39.
Kg3 Nd3 40. Re4 {Socko,B (2630)-Macieja,B (2622)/Germany 2007/CBM 118/1/2-1/2
(45)}) 26. b4 Kf8 ({RR} 26... h6 27. h4 h5 28. Rc2 Qd7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Qd5
31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Ra2 a6 33. Bb6 Nc5 34. Rc2 Nb3 35. Rc8+ {1/2-1/2 Dlugy,M
(2531)-Stein,A (2415)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112 (35)}) 27. b5 $1 Rd7 28. Kf2 Rc7
29. Qb4+ Ke8 30. Qd6 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 Qc7 $2 {Diagram [#]} (31... Qc8 $1 {was
given cherished draw immediately} 32. Ba3 (32. Be3 $6 Qc2+ 33. Kg1 Qxa4) 32...
Qc2+ 33. Kg1 (33. Ke3 Qc3+ 34. Ke4 Qc4+ 35. Ke3 (35. Kf5 $4 Nd4+ $19)) 33...
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ $11) 32. Qxc7 Nxc7 33. Ke2 $14 {and now White
have not large but stable advantage because of good bishop and weakness of
pawns on Queen side} Ne6 $2 {a big mistake...Black didn't understand the
danger of their position} ({alas, on} 33... a6 $4 {there was} 34. bxa6 Nxa6 35.
Be3 $18 {winning}) ({it was nesssesary to play more active} 33... Nd5 $1 34.
Bb2 f6 $1 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Kc4 Ke6 $11) 34. Be3 Kd7 35. Kd3 {Black already has
some difficalts - white K goes to d5 and B goes to b8} Nc7 36. Kc4 {Black have
to do long defensive work now, but still the draw is objetive result} (36. Bf4
{is early} Ne6 37. Bb8 $2 Nc5+) 36... Ne8 $2 {black obvious don't see white's
idea} ({the only way was to return -} 36... Ne6) 37. Bf4 $1 Ke6 ({after} 37...
f6 {white anyway reaches the goal} 38. g4 (38. Kd5 g5 39. Bb8 Kc8 40. Bd6 Kd7
$11)) 38. Bb8 Nd6+ 39. Kd4 Nc8 40. g4 $16 {Diagram [#] Suddenly black have big
troubles} g5 (40... g6 $2 41. g5 $1 $18) ({Still I think black should stay
king's side pawn's on basic position -} 40... Kd7 41. f4 Nd6 42. f5 Nc8 {
trying to hold the last fortress, but anyway white has good chances here}) 41.
Ke4 Nd6+ 42. Kd3 Nc8 43. Kd4 {The triangle} f6 44. Ke4 {The first cugcvang -
black must let white have d5-square} Ke7 45. Kd4 {White uses one of the
classical endgame principles - "don't hurry"} Ke6 46. Kc4 Ke7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48.
Bg3 Ne7+ 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. h3 Nc8 51. Bb8 Ke7 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. f4 {White have
understood that they haven't get any sucess without pawn approach} h6 $2 {
The final mistake - Black creates the second weakness in their lair} ({it is
not clear that black can rescue after} 53... gxf4 54. Bxf4 Ne7+ 55. Ke4 Ke6 56.
Bb8 Kd7 57. h4 $16 {but of course it was the best way for Black}) 54. Kd4 Ke6
55. f5+ Kd7 56. Kc4 {Whtite successfully continues to use "don't hurry"
principle} Nd6+ 57. Kd5 Nc8 58. Kd4 Kd8 59. Bg3 Ne7 (59... Kd7 60. Be1 Nd6 61.
Bb4 Nf7 62. Kd5 $18) 60. Bd6 $1 ({equivalent was} 60. Be1 $1) 60... Kd7 61. Bb4
Ke8 62. Ke4 Kd7 63. Bc3 Ng8 64. Bb2 $18 {Diagram [#] The second cugcvang} Kd8
65. Kd5 Kd7 66. Ba3 {The trird and final cugcvang} h5 {The despair} 67. gxh5
Nh6 68. Bf8 {An exercise endgame. Very elaborate work of polish GM deserve the
highest mark!} 1-0
[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 {the line with temporary delay of move
d2-d4 is a feature weapon of young Russian Grandmaster Eugeni Tomashevsky,
however it is used by many famous chess players at different times. White's
idea is to save temp and to reserve diagonal for own dark-square bishop} a6 ({
much more popular} 4... e6 5. b3 (5. d4 {leads to main lines}) 5... Bd6 6. Bb2
O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bh5 13.
Nh4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Re8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Neg3 Qa5 17. Qc1 Ne4 18. d5 Qd2 19. Qxd2
Nxd2 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rfd1 Nxc4 22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd7 Nb6 25.
Rb7 Reb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Tomashevsky,E (2641)-Motylev,A (2642)/
Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (45)}) 5. Qc2 ({Another way is -} 5. b3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Bb2
Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. g3 Ne5
14. Bg2 Rfd8 $13 {0-1 Morozevich,A (2762)-Sokolov,I (2655)/Sarajevo 2007/CBM
118 (67)}) 5... b5 $6 {The first questionable move - Black have worse
development and so brave pawns game may be reason of their problems in future.}
({it's not best way how Black have played} 5... g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Na4 Rac8 14. Nc5
Qc7 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rfc1 $16 {Although they were success to save
yourself in the sequel. 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Van Wely,L (2681)/Wijk aan
Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690 (35)}) ({completely reliably} 5... e6 6. d4
(6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be6 10. Na4 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Rc8 13. Rc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kachar,V (2317)-Vysochin,S (2555)/Voronezh 2006/
CBM 112 ext (53)}) 6... c5 7. cxd5 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3
Nbd7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Bd2 O-O
17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ {
1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2654)-Ni Hua (2681)/Nizhniy Novgorod 2007/CBM 120}) 7...
exd5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rc8
14. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2654)-Wang Yue (2696)/Nizhniy Novgorod 2007/
CBM 120}) 6. b3 (6. c5 {is not so clearly} Bg4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc6 Qc7 9. Nb4
Qxc5 10. Ncxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxd5 O-O-O 13. Nc3 e5 14. b4 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Rxd3 16. a3 Be7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Anastasian,A (2587)-Minasian,A (2457)/
Yerevan 2007/CBM 116 ext (30)}) 6... Bg4 $6 {Surprisingly that Black of my
MegaBase have chosen the "defiant" move in every four games. Obvious minuses -
Black invite a knight to important central square fo free, where it controls a
lot of important squares and can strike any complicated blow} ({in my mind ,
deserve attention} 6... g6 $5) (6... Bb7 $5) (6... e6) 7. Ne5 Bh5 $4 ({should
have been} 7... Be6 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 (11. Bxb5 $6
axb5 12. Nxb5 Qxc2 13. Rxc2 Nxe5 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Nd3+ (15... Bf5 $1) 16.
Ke2 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 Bc8 18. b4 Bb7 19. Nb6 e5 20. a4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. a5 {
Komarov,D (2540)-Prie,E (2516)/France 2007/CBM 116 ext/0-1 (48)}) 11... Qxd7
12. a4 $36) (7... d4 8. Ne4 $1 $16 (8. Nxg4 $5 Nxg4 9. Ne4 e5 10. Be2 Nf6 11.
O-O Be7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. exd4 exd4 14. d3 $16 {1-0 PazificDreams-Volkov,S (2630)
/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (50)})) 8. cxb5 cxb5 $2 {it is decisive
mistake in the difficult position [#]} ({even so} 8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10.
bxc6 Qxc6 11. b4 $1 {there is no compensation at Black for lost pawn} e5 12. b5
Qe6 13. bxa6 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Qxd5 Qg6 18. Ne4 Nf6
19. Qxd6 Qxe4 20. O-O Bf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxe5 Rfe8 23. Qg3 {Agamaliev,G
(2516)-Khaghani,M (2289)/Teheran 2005/CBM 104 ext/1-0}) 9. Bxb5+ $1 {It is
obvious sufficiently but it's effective blow at the same time. Black incurs
losses} axb5 10. Nxb5 $18 e6 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Nfd7 {It is quite
understandable Chinese Grandmaster doesn't will to appear in every manual of
mistakes at the opening, however the only correct decision is to give up
immediately :)} 13. Ba3+ Kf6 14. Bb2 ({or rather} 14. Nxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxf8)
14... Nxe5 15. f4 {but it is quiet enough too} Nbd7 16. Nc7 Bg6 17. Bxe5+ Nxe5
18. fxe5+ Kxe5 {brave king is in ahead of all army, Alas! this courageous
doesn't make progress} 19. Qc3+ Kf5 20. O-O+ (20. e4+ {crushing immediately}
Kg4 21. Qf3+ Kh4 22. g3+ Kh3 23. g4+ Kh4 24. Qg3+ Kg5 25. Rf1 $1 {computer
estimated +17.38}) 20... Kg5 21. a4 {this pawn will be queen} Kh6 22. Rf3 {
For all that Vasily hasdecided to give the checkmate} Bf5 23. Raf1 Bd6 24. Nb5
Bb8 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rh3+ Kg6 27. d3 Bf5 28. Rhf3 Be5 29. Qe1 Bxd4 30. Rg3+ Kh6
31. exd4 g6 32. Rgf3 Qh4 {the final - move a-la Bacrot. It is surprising game
for such tournament. I hope, that Chinese Grandmaster will never makes us
happy with such game} 1-0
[Event "Kramnik vs Navara match"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{Good day, friends! Today we will observe the pilot issue of a new project -
the series entitled "Kramnik vs Navara". In total it is supposed to shoot 8
episodes, but how many of them will be actually - depends only on you,
respected audience! Each episode will last approximately 50 minutes. We will
present briefly main actings persons: world ex-champion Vladimir Kramnik,
Russia - 32 years old, current ELO - 2788, highest ELO - 2811; David Navara,
Czech Republic - 23 years old, current ELO - 2672, highest ELO - 2726. So,
forward!} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 {Catalan on chessboard - it's
hard to count how many points Kramnik has obtained with its help!} dxc4 5. Bg2
Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6. Nbd2 {is connected with unclear pawn sacrifice:} c3 7. bxc3
Bxc3 8. Rb1 O-O {- White are still have to prove its correctness.}) 6... a5 {
Navara tries to operate also, as well as Topalov in a match with Kramnik (by
the way, in the first game too).} 7. O-O ({With Bulgarian Vladimir has chosen}
7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Ba6 $13 {
- it was naive to suppose that he will not make an effort strengthen the game!}
) 7... O-O (7... b5 $2 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 cxb5 11. Qg5 $16 {
- in comparison with the previous variation, White's castle is done. And that
greatly reduces the Black's chances.}) 8. Bg5 $5 {Funny move. Usually Bg5 with
the construction of g3,Bg2 looks ridiculous... But here, apparently, Kramnik
has a concrete calculation.} b5 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nbd2 (10. Ne5 Rd8 $1
$15) 10... b5 11. a3 Be7 $6 12. Nh4 $1) 9. Ne5 {Diagram [#]} ({Sometimes White
give to Ne5 a delay on one move:} 9. a4 c6 10. Ne5) 9... Ra6 $146 {Formally -
a novelty, but usually all is taken to transposition of moves.} (9... c6 10. a4
(10. Nxc6 $6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 $15) 10... Ra6 11. Nc3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Ng4 e5 $1 14. e3 Kg7 $13 {, Buhmann-Bartel, Rubinstein mem 2007}) (9... Ra7 $5
{interesting also:} 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxc4 Ba6) 10. a4 bxa4 $2 {Navara mixes up
two plans together - but it turns out only worse. With the rook on a6, bishop
c8 can't reach the diagonal a6-f1, so 10...bxa4 should recognize meaningless.}
({As well as before,} 10... c6 {is better.}) 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nxa4
h6 14. Bd2 $5 {Kramnik invites Black to exchange, and puts a trap in passing.
Navara falls into the one.} Qc7 $2 {Diagram [#]} ({It was necessary to play}
14... cxd4 {, though after} 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Qxd4 {White have an edge.}) 15.
Bf4 $1 {Why did David overlook this move? Obviously, he missed the fact that
after Bg5-d2 white profitably can go back: Bd2-f4.} Qa7 16. Nd6 {It turns out
unexpectedly, that a queen got into trouble.} Nd5 {Black have to block a
diagonal at any cost.} (16... cxd4 17. Nb5 $18) 17. Nb5 Qb7 18. Nc7 {Diagram
[#]} Ra7 $2 {Black miss an opportunity to prolong resistance.} (18... cxd4 19.
Qxd4 (19. Nxa6 Qxa6) 19... Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Rc6 $1 21. Rac1 ({after} 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
$44 {the weakened diagonal a8-h1 can affect}) 21... Rxc1 22. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 Bxb7 $16) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd6 Re8 21. dxc5 $18 {Kramnik always leads up
such positions to the victorious end.} Nf6 22. Nb6 Bg4 23. Qd4 $1 ({It was
possible to take a pawn} 23. Nxd5 {, but Vladimir decided to connect the rook
f1 to the game.}) 23... Bxe2 24. Rfc1 Bb5 25. Be5 {Now Black will have to part
with the material. It is amusing, that Kramnik has in essence won a game by
one black-square bishop.} Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxb6 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rb8
Qc6 30. Qf5+ ({The "petite combination" a-la Capablanca was possible also:} 30.
Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Qd4) 30... g6 31. Qe5 Bc4 32. b3 Bd3 33. Bxd5 {
Summary of the 1st game: Navara made a mess in favourite by Kramnik Catalan
(10... bxa4), and after this David roughly was mistaken (14... Qc7). The last
opportunity to complicate the game was 18...?d4. In finishing off Vladimir
was exact and merciless. 1-0 in Kramnik's favour.} 1-0
[Event "Kramnik vs Navara match"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{We are with you again! Judging from the feedbacks, the pilot episode of TV
series "Kramnik vs Navara" took viewers on the soul - although some people
were not delighted with the level playing by Navara... But let us charge all
this to excitement at the start. The second game promises to be very
interesting. On the way!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 {
Navara chooses an unprinciple continuation.} ({Apparently, he does not want to
compete with Kramnik in opening knowledges after} 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7.
O-O Bd6 {...}) 5... Nc5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nd4 Be7 8. O-O $146 {Languidly.} ({
A bishop could be exchanged in another way:} 8. Bf5 g6 (8... Ne6 $2 9. Bxe6
fxe6 10. Qg4) 9. Bxc8 Qxc8 10. O-O Ne6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qe6 13. Be3 $14 {
, Oral-Styblo, Moravia chT 2000.}) 8... O-O 9. f4 ({On} 9. Bf5 {it's already
possible to play} Ne6) 9... Nxd3 10. Qxd3 f5 $1 {Diagram [#] Killing radically
White's hypothetical attack on a king side.} 11. Nb3 ({I'm more like the
blockade:} 11. a3 Na6 12. b4 $5) 11... Na6 12. Be3 Nc7 {It seems that a knight
goes to e6, but...} 13. Ne2 b6 $1 $15 {Now clear, that after an opening Black
stand better.} 14. Nbd4 Ba6 15. Qd2 Qe8 16. c3 c5 {Kramnik drives away enemy
pieces, and placed own army to the best positions.} 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Ne6
19. a4 $1 {The only reasonable counterplay, which can be here.} h6 ({In such
type positions, a transfer} 19... Bb7 {may be useful:} 20. a5 b5) 20. a5 Qb5
21. Ng3 bxa5 ({As Bronstein have advised, in middlegame it's need to advance
the central pawn (if you have such opportunity):} 21... d4 $5 22. cxd4 cxd4 23.
Bf2 d3 $17) 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 {Diagram [#]} d4 $5 {Not quite
clear, whether there was a necessity for such tactics.} (24... Bc4 25. Rxa5 a6
$17) 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 (26. Bxd4 Bb4 $1 $19) 26... Bc5 27. Rxa5 Nxd4 28.
Rxa6 Nf3+ (28... Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Nxg3 30. Kxg3 Bxe3 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxg6+ Kh7
33. Rf6 {- game drawn is most likely outcome there.}) 29. Kf2 Bxe3+ 30. Kxf3
Rxd1 31. Kxe3 {Diagram [#]} Rfd8 $6 {Alike, that Vladimir gave wrong pawn -
the fact is that after pawn g6 is falling, pawn f5 will become very weak.} (
31... Kg7 $5) 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Ra6 R8d3+ 34. Kf2 R1d2+ 35. Ne2 (35. Ke1 Rd1+
36. Ke2 $11) 35... Rd7 36. e6 $5 {Fearless Navara plays only to win. It's
understandable - in fact that is required by a match situation.} (36. Ke3 R2d3+
37. Kf2 $11) 36... Rb7 37. Ke3 Rdxb2 (37... Rbxb2 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 39. Nd4 Rxg2
40. Ra8 Ra2 41. Rg8+ Kf6 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rxf5 $16) 38. Nd4 R2b6 $1 {Remains
only to be surprised, how Vladimir on such short time control has precisely
calculated endgame's consequences.} 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. e7 Rb8 41. Nxf5 a5 {
Diagram [#] Do you remember the thesis - "Kramnik's passers always becoming
the queens"?} 42. Nd4 $2 {David aspires to suspend a pawn "a" with king and to
support the pawn "e" with knight... But it was necessary quite the contrary!} (
42. Nd6 a4 43. e8=Q Rxe8+ 44. Nxe8 a3 $19) (42. Kd4 $1 a4 43. Ke5 a3 44. Nd4 a2
45. Nc2 Kg7 46. Ke6 Rc8 47. Kd7 Rxc2 48. e8=Q a1=Q 49. Qe7+ Kg8 $1 50. Qe8+ $11
) 42... a4 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Kd4 Kg7 45. Kc4 Kf7 46. Kb4 Ra8 47. Ka3 Ra6 $1 {
Black forced exchange of pawns, after which they intend to eat the entire
White's king flank.} 48. Nb4 Rd6 49. Kxa4 Kxe7 50. Kb5 Rd2 51. g4 Rxh2 52. Kc5
Ke6 53. Kd4 $2 ({The pawn g4 could be protected, and still it's not clear,
whether can black win:} 53. Nd3 Rg2 54. Ne5) 53... Rh4 54. f5+ Kf7 55. Ke5 Rxg4
56. Nd5 Ra4 57. Nc3 Rb4 58. Ne4 h5 {That's all.} 59. Ng5+ Kg8 60. f6 h4 61. Kf5
Rb5+ 62. Kg6 Rxg5+ (62... Rxg5+ 63. Kxg5 h3 $19 {- Kramnik's passers always
becoming the queens... Summary of the 2nd game: Czech grandmaster plays again
without any special opening claims (8.0-0), and with energetic play (13...b6)
Kramnik received an edge. Then Russian grandmaster plunged into the ocean
depth of complications (24...d4), that allowed Navara to equalize a situation.
David wanted from position more than draw (36.Ke3), but Vladimir calculated
ending more precisely than opponent (38...R2b6). The square d4 became fatal
for Navara - if 42.Kd4 could bring the deserved draw, 53.Kd4 finally inclined
the bowl of weights on the Black's side... 2-0 in Kramnik's favour.}) 0-1
[Event "Kramnik vs Navara match"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{You are welcome by ChessZone telechannel! As we expected, the second game had
been given out far more interesting and dramatic, than first. Today, we can
expect a continuation of banquet - Navara certainly will try to correct own
errors from the pilot episode. From words to the action!} 1. Nf3 c5 {It is
correct. No more any Catalan.} 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O
d6 7. a3 a5 ({Navara avoids variation} 7... Nge7 8. b4 $5 e4 (8... cxb4 9. axb4
Nxb4 10. Ba3 $44) 9. Ne1 f5 10. Bb2 {- there is no need to give the opponent
extra opportunities.}) 8. Ne1 Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 {At the proper time.} (
10... O-O 11. Ne3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Ned5 $14) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13.
Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 (14... h6 15. Bxc6 $1 $16) 15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4 Rc8 $1 $146 {
Previously it was thought that this move is bad in view of pawn's b6
vulnerability.} ({A game usually developed something like that:} 16... Qc7 17.
Rfc1 Rab8 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Ncd6 Rf8 21. b4 $5 $36 {,
Kaidanov-Ilinsky, Gausdal 1991.}) 17. Qb5 Bxc4 $6 {Inconsistently.} ({In
spirit of position was} 17... Nd4 $1 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Nxb6 Rb8 20. Nba4 (20.
Nc4 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Rxb2 $11) 20... Rfc8 $44 {, and white pieces stand poorly.})
18. Qxc4+ $6 ({I prefer taking by pawn:} 18. dxc4 $1 Nd4 19. Qa4 $14 {- now
square d5 is won forever, rook a1 receives the "d"-file, and the knight d4 can
be expelled by pawn "e".}) 18... Kh8 19. Qb5 f5 20. Bg5 (20. f4 Nd4 21. Qa4 b5
$1 $36) 20... Nd4 $1 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 ({Endgame after} 21... Nxb5 22. Bxd8 Nxc3
23. Bxb6 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 $14 {didn't convenient Czech grandmaster. Presumably,
he is right - two bishops determine White's advantage.}) 22. Qxb6 Rb8 23. Qa6 (
23. Qxa5 Nb3) 23... Rxb2 24. e3 Nb3 25. Rab1 ({I think that Kramnik had
underestimated the idea by Navara, otherwise he would be selected intermediate
} 25. Nd5 $1 {, forcing down a queen from a diagonal a3-f8.}) 25... Rxb1 26.
Rxb1 c4 $1 27. dxc4 Qxa3 $132 28. Nb5 Qa2 29. Rd1 Qc2 30. Qd6 Nd4 $1 {
Prevention in action.} ({After} 30... Qxc4 31. Nc7 Nc5 32. Qe7 $40 {white
pieces could develop activity.}) 31. Re1 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Qxc4 33. Nc7 Qc3 $5 ({
There was the idea of immediate queen's change, but it only led to a nice draw:
} 33... Rc8 34. Ne6 Qb4 $1 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Rxe2 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2
Rc1 39. Ra2 Rc8 40. Ra7 Rb8 $1 41. Nxg7 b3 42. Ne8 $1 Rxe8 (42... b2 $2 43. Nf6
$18) 43. Rb7 $11) 34. Rd1 Qb4 35. Ne6 {It's astonishing - being without a pawn,
Kramnik does not object to endgame.} Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Rb8 37. Bf1 Nc3 38. Ra6 {
Becomes clear, what Vladimir hopes on - for activity of the own pieces. And
for the pawn's a5 weakness too.} a4 39. Kg1 $5 {Very interesting - Kramnik
actually refuses from a draw. This is a praiseworthy decision, if taking into
account a current score 2-0.} (39. Nc5 $11) 39... Rc8 40. Ra7 Bf6 41. Ba6 Rb8 (
{Navara missed a chance to put the bishop to e7, that would give an
opportunity for pawn a4 to pass hardly further:} 41... Re8 $5 42. Bc4 Be7) 42.
Bc4 e4 43. h4 $1 Nd1 (43... Rc8 44. Ba6 Re8 45. Bc4 Be7) 44. Kg2 $1 {And again
Vladimir demonstrates his agressive intentions.} (44. Rf7 Be5 45. Ng5 Bg7 46.
Rd7 Nc3 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Ng5+ $11) 44... Nb2 45. Bd5 Rc8 {The David's desire
to cling to passer is clear, but perhaps it was that case when it needed to be
sacrificed for activization of a knight.} (45... Nd3 $1 46. h5 (46. Rxa4 Ne1+
47. Kh3 Nf3) 46... Ne1+ 47. Kh3 Nf3 $11) 46. h5 $1 gxh5 (46... g5 47. Rf7 $18)
47. Nf4 h4 $2 {Pawn f5 now remains without protection, and after it - pawn e4
too.} ({It was necessary to build a fortress:} 47... Be5 48. Nxh5 Rf8) 48. Be6
Rf8 49. Bxf5 Bg7 50. Bxe4 hxg3 51. Kxg3 $18 Be5 {It's hard to offer something
another.} 52. Rxh7+ Kg8 53. Ra7 Bxf4+ 54. exf4 Rd8 55. f5 Kf8 56. f3 $1 {
Kramnik realizes a preponderance in his best traditions. Pawn f2 is led away
from under possible check Nd3+.} Rd1 57. Kf4 Nd3+ 58. Kg5 Nc5 59. Ra5 (59. f6 {
was good too, but Kramnik actes more accurately.}) 59... Rc1 60. Ra8+ Ke7 ({
Now, for the} 60... Kf7 61. Bd5+ {is possible - that's why rook d1 was
derivated.}) 61. f6+ Kd6 62. f7 Nxe4+ 63. fxe4 Rg1+ {As any move, except 64.
Kf4, leads to a goal, Navara decided to surrender. Kramnik imperceptible
overplayed his opponent... Summary of the 3rd game: Navara at last has decided
to refuse from Kramnik's crown variants therefore the English opening has been
played. Vladimir has received more pleasant position, but David by decisive
actions (20...Nd4, 26...c4, 30...Nd4), it would seem, already "overbalanced a
blanket" to the own side... But in White's position there were an enormous
hidden resources, and by his draw refusal (39.Kg1) Kramnik confirmed this fact.
In further, Kramnik out of the blue surpassed David (46.h5) - even difficult
to significantly improve somewhere the play of Black, unless 47 ... Be5.
Summing up - White demonstrated amazing skill. 3-0 in Kramnik's favour.} 1-0
[Event "Kramnik vs Navara match"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
{And we again on the air! The third episode has not deceived expectations -
Kramnik was on the ball. Well, it is excellent school for the young Czech
grandmaster. We hope, that in the fourth game he will manage to take the
points...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5
exd5 8. b4 {Apparently, Navara likes to make move b2-b4 himself, and doesn't
like when his opponent makes the one (seeing 3th game).} (8. g3 a5 $5) 8... c6
9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 (10... a5 11. b5 c5 12. O-O Nbd7 $13) 11. O-O Nb6 12.
Rb1 {Diagram [#]} (12. b5 {gives nothing:} c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Na4 Nxa4 15.
Qxa4 d4) 12... a6 $5 $146 {A conceptual novelty by Kramnik.} ({Before there was
} 12... Bd6 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Na4 {, Volkov-Onischuk, RUS chT Sochi
2005 - in comparison to the above-stated variant, white rook located on b1.
However, I don't think, that it essentially influences an estimation of a
position.}) 13. a4 Be6 14. a5 ({In case} 14. b5 $6 {would follow a standard
reaction from Queen's Gambit:} cxb5 15. axb5 a5 $15) 14... Nc8 (14... Nc4 $5 {
looks not bad - it would not be desirable to beat it, and after f2-f3 pawn e3
will be weakened.}) 15. Na4 Nd6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. Re1 {White
prepared Botvinnik's plan: f2-f3, e3-e4 and so on...} g6 $6 {... and Black
don't hamper them.} (18... Nfe4 19. Qc2 (19. f3 $2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qg5 $17) 19...
f5 {- fight for the square e4 is before all.}) 19. f3 Nb5 {Diagram [#]} 20.
Bxb5 {Was there a need to give away the bishop? I don't think so.} (20. e4 $1
Bg7 (20... dxe4 21. fxe4 $16 Nxd4 $2 22. Bc4 $18 {- here move g7-g6 hallooed
to each other!}) 21. e5 Nd7 22. f4 $36) 20... axb5 21. e4 Bg7 22. e5 Nd7 23.
Nd3 (23. e6 Nxc5 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. dxc5 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Qf6 28.
Re2 Bd7 {- Black have no problems.}) 23... Nf8 24. Bc1 h5 $1 25. Be3 h4 26. Nh1
Bf5 27. Rc1 f6 28. f4 Bxd3 $1 {Kramnik locks a game again, as well as in the
2nd game.} 29. Qxd3 f5 $11 {Diagram [#]} 30. g4 $1 hxg3 (30... fxg4 31. f5 gxf5
32. Qxf5 Qd7 33. Qh5 $16) 31. hxg3 Ne6 32. Re2 Rf8 33. Rf1 Qe7 34. Bd2 Kf7 $5 {
The evacuation - is the right decision. On the king side can become very hot.}
35. g4 Ke8 (35... fxg4 $2 36. Rg2 $18) 36. Rh2 Kd7 37. Ng3 Qf7 38. Kg2 fxg4 {
Diagram [#]} 39. Be3 $2 {Incomprehensible.} ({After correct} 39. Rh4 Rg8 40.
Rxg4 Bf8 $11 {the position is equal, but still it is a lot of struggle.}) 39...
Rh8 40. Rxh8 Rxh8 41. Qe2 Bf8 $1 42. Qxg4 Bxb4 43. f5 $8 gxf5 44. Rxf5 Qg8 $1 {
Elegantly.} (44... Qh7 $6 45. Rf6 $13 {- there could be serious counterchances
for White.}) 45. Rg5 Qh7 46. Nh5 Qc2+ (46... Be7 47. Rg6 Qxh5 48. Qxe6+ Kd8 49.
Rg8+ Rxg8+ 50. Qxg8+ Kc7 51. e6 $132) 47. Bf2 (47. Kg1 $142) 47... Qe4+ {
Queen's exchange - is a right choice.} ({It could be carried out in another
way:} 47... Be7 $5 48. Rf5 Qe4+ 49. Qxe4 dxe4 50. Nf6+ Bxf6 51. exf6 Rh5 $3 $19
) 48. Qxe4 dxe4 49. Nf6+ Kc8 50. Rf5 $2 (50. Rg4 $142) 50... Rf8 $1 $19 51. Be3
Bxa5 52. Rh5 (52. Nxe4 Rxf5 53. Nd6+ Kd7 54. Nxf5 b4 $19) 52... Bb6 {Assuming
unnecessary tactics again (seeing 2nd game).} (52... Bc3 $1 53. d5 Ng7 54. Rh7
Rxf6 $1 55. exf6 Bxf6 $19) 53. d5 $1 cxd5 54. Bxb6 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Nxh5+ 56. Nxh5
{Number of pieces becomes less, but a sharpness does not fall.} Kd7 (56... Rf5
57. Nf6 b4 (57... Rxe5 58. Kf4) 58. Bd4 e3 $1 59. Bxe3 Rxe5 60. Bd4 Re1 61.
Nxd5 b3 62. Bb2 Re2 63. Nb6+ $1 Kc7 64. Nc4 b5 65. Kf3 $1 Rc2 66. Be5+ Kc6 67.
Nb2 Kd5 68. Kf4 {- alike, that White build anyway.}) 57. Ng7 Rg8 58. e6+ {
Diagram [#]} Ke7 $2 {The such end-game is too difficult for a rapid chess...} (
58... Kd6 59. Bd4 b4 60. Kf4 Rxg7 $1 61. Bxg7 Kxe6 $19 {- it seems, it's
possible to win. The reason: pawn "b" has come too far, and now the bishop
will not manage alone with passers "b" and "e". Here an illustrative variant:}
62. Ke3 (62. Bd4 Kd6 63. Kf5 b3 $19) 62... Kd6 63. Kd4 Kc6 64. Bf8 Kb5 65. Bd6
Ka4 66. Bf4 b3 67. Bc1 Kb4 68. Bb2 b5 $22 69. Bc1 (69. Ke3 Kc4 70. Bd4 b2 $1
71. Bxb2 Kb3 $19) 69... e3 $1 $19) 59. Bc5+ (59. Bd4 $2 Kf8 $19) 59... Kf6 60.
Bd4+ Kg6 (60... Ke7 61. Bc5+ $11) 61. e7 Kf7 62. e8=Q+ Rxe8 63. Nxe8 Kxe8 64.
Bc5 b6 ({Worth a try} 64... b4 $5 65. Bxb4 Kd7 66. Kf4 Kc6 67. Be1 $8 $11 (67.
Bd2 $2 Kc5 68. Be3+ d4 $1 $19) 67... Kc5 68. Bf2+ Kc4 69. Bb6 $1 $11) 65. Bb4
Kd7 66. Kg4 d4 (66... Ke6 67. Kf4 Kf6 68. Bc3+ $11) 67. Kf4 e3 68. Ke4 Ke6 {
Summary of the 4th game: White put on an opening solidly, and by move 20.e4
could take initiative - unfortunately, it did not happen. Kramnik drove back
the figures of opponent (24...h5), and took up the line of resistance (28...
Bxd3, 29...f5). Navara began to shake loose foundations of Black (30.g4, 35.g4)
, but overdid it after 39.Be3. Vladimir obtained the won position by the few
strong moves (41...Bf8, 47...Qe4), but in deciding moment he put king not
there (58...Ke7), and David saved a game. 3.5-0.5 in Kramnik's favour. Well,
the fourth episode became, perhaps, the most thrilling - and it becomes the
last. The reason is simple - many spectators send us responses in which it is
spoken about the following: serial "Kramnik vs Navara" is interesting, but the
ending is obvious enough... ". Therefore last four series will be shooting,
but will not be shown on our telechannel. Thank you for watching us!} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Kaupthing Open"]
[Site "Differdange/LUX"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 ({Really - why to waste a tempo for} 9. h3 {, when you can move
d2-d4 immediately?}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 ({Continuing a fight is also possible
with open center:} 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 {- this is a matter of
taste.}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 {Diagram [#]} (12. dxc6 {is less precise:}
Qc7 13. h3 Bxf3 $1 14. Qxf3 Nxc6 $11) 12... Bc8 ({Previously, the main
continuation was} 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Nb6 {but since
Oleg Romanishin unveiled his idea} 16. Nf1 $1 {, this position began to be
evaluated in White's favour.}) 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. a4 {Negi begins
an action against the pawn b5.} Bb7 (15... Be6 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Nf1) 16. Nf1 Nc4
17. Ng3 g6 18. Bd3 Rfc8 $146 {Recommended by Vedberg.} (18... Nb6 $6 19. Bh6
Rfd8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 $16 {, Yudasin-Tatai, Reggio-Emilia 1998.}) 19. Qe2
bxa4 $8 20. Bg5 {Diagram [#]} (20. Nh4 $6 d5 $1) 20... Nb6 $2 {As a child I
heard such rule that the pieces don't go back... Icelandic grandmaster loses a
lot of time by this maneuver.} ({I think that it was better to organize a
counterplay against pawn b2:} 20... Rab8 $5 21. Nh4 d5 $1 22. exd5 (22. Nhf5
gxf5 23. Nxf5 Bc5 $19) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxe5 Qxh4 26.
Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Bc6 {- White have to show an accuracy for a draw
achievement.}) 21. Nh4 Kf8 $6 {Only assists White's attack.} (21... d5 22. exd5
Nbxd5 23. Nf3 $16 {- here knight's c4 departure told upon!}) 22. Nhf5 $1 {
Standard blow, but no less strong.} gxf5 23. Nxf5 Bd8 24. Qf3 $1 {Direction of
attack is chosen right.} (24. Qe3 {would be an error:} Ke8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Qh6 Be7 27. Qxh7 Bf8 $17) 24... Nbd7 25. Bc2 $1 ({If Negi desired, he could
force a draw:} 25. Bh6+ Ke8 26. Ng7+ Ke7 27. Nf5+ $11 {- but youngster, of
course, thirsts for a fight.}) 25... Nc5 26. Bh6+ Ke8 {Diagram [#]} 27. Rad1 $2
({Negi could beat a direct-fire:} 27. Ng7+ Kd7 (27... Ke7 28. Bg5 $18) 28. Bg5
d5 29. exd5 Qd6 30. c4 $18 {- White eaten a couple of pawns and will attack
with material superiority.}) 27... Be7 {Stefansson manages to regroup.} 28. Bg5
(28. Nxd6+ Bxd6 29. Qxf6 Bf8 $1 $17) 28... Ncd7 29. Qg3 (29. Ra1 Qb6 30. Bxa4
Bc6 $1) 29... a3 $5 {Black are snarling.} 30. Bh4 Bf8 $1 {It's impossible to
allow a queen in the own camp.} (30... axb2 31. Qg7 Bf8 32. Qh8 $18) 31. bxa3 (
31. Ng7+ Kd8 $1 {- Black can themselves desist from repetition.}) 31... Qxc3
32. Bd3 Rc6 $2 {Diagram [#] The Stefansson's idea is understandable...} ({
... but it can also make other, more greedy way:} 32... Qxa3 {; here queen
also can be useful in diagonal a3-f8 or c1 square.}) 33. Re3 $1 {Excellent
tempo transfer.} Qa5 (33... Qb2 34. Rf3 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kh2 $18) 34. Rf3
{Knight f6 again feels uncomfortably.} d5 (34... Kd8 35. Bxf6+ Nxf6 36. Qg5 d5
37. exd5 Rb6 38. d6 $18) 35. exd5 Qxd5 {It is hardly worthwhile to take the
pawn.} ({It was necessary to be satisfied with that a rook protects a sixth
line now:} 35... Rb6 $5 36. Ne3 Bxd5 37. Bxf6 Nxf6 38. Rf5 Rd8 39. Bc4 $13 {
- wild position!}) 36. Bc2 Rxc2 {Time to tell "good-bye" to the queen.} (36...
Qc5 37. Ba4) (36... Nh5 $5 37. Ng7+ $1 Bxg7 38. Qg5 Qc5 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Rxf7+
$40 {- Black will get a mate here.}) 37. Rxd5 Nxd5 $4 {A gross error, but it
logically ensues from all of a game.} (37... Bxd5 38. Bxf6 Rc6 $1 (38... Nxf6
39. Qxe5+ Kd7 40. Rd3 $18) (38... Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Rac8 40. Bh4 $16) 39. Bxe5 Bxf3
40. Qxf3 Nxe5 41. Qe4 Rd8 (41... f6 42. f4) 42. Qxe5+ Re6) 38. Nd6+ (38. Nd6+
Bxd6 39. Qg8+ Bf8 40. Qxf7#) 1-0
[Event "Alushta UKR ch sf"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Derjabin, Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2008.05.21"]
{Alushta (Crimea), semifinal of Ukrainian championship. 4th round, 1st board.
Nameboards says: "im Polivanov,A - im Derjabin,I".} 1. e4 c5 {Ilja from time
to time nostalgies for French defence, joys by Scandinavian sometimes, but in
common he plays the Sicilian.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 {And we have the first surprise -
cause I expected for a Najdorf... Thinking a little bit, I remembered, that I
saw one game by Derjabin in Sveshnikov's variation. "Nope, today I am not
ready for such discussion"...} 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Well well well!} ({Usually I
collide with} 3... e5 {. Boooring... 3... Nf6 - it's a kind of insistent
demand for a principal systems.}) 4. e5 ({If to take into account all meaning
of this game, most reasonably was} 4. d4 {. But all the point, that I was
analysed 4.e5 few years ago, and I was prepared something like "opening bomb".
Of course, that unequal for Bulgarian 12.Nxf7, but anyway!}) 4... Ng4 5. Qe2
Qc7 {For this moment, I was brokenly straining my memory, trying to extract
some old variations from it.} ({To me, move} 5... f6 $5 {- is quite unpleasant
for White. I think, it deserves a lot of attention. By the way, it was playing
by Paulsen, 128 years ago!}) 6. Nb5 Qb8 {Diagram [#]} 7. b4 $1 $146 {Thrillers
can develop by two directions. In first - tension increases by droning and
easy way, and achieves own culmination in the ending. In second direction -
viewers are drowning immediately into the whirlpool of emotions and
complications. This second direction - here it is!} ({Before played only} 7. d4
{.}) 7... Nxb4 {All analysis storaged in a text document. If I'm not mistake,
I want to erase it one time - simply I did not believe in any possibility of
practical application. When I came back, I found that file - date of creation
was 30.07.2004. So, bomb's age - almost four years old... I will give full
analysis without any change:} (7... Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. bxc5 a6 10. Bb2 $16)
(7... cxb4 8. Bb2 a6 (8... f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Ng5 $1 $40) 9. h3 Ngxe5 (9...
Nxf2 10. Qxf2 axb5 11. Bxb5 $44) 10. Nxe5 axb5 11. Qxb5 $44) (7... a6 8. Nd6+
exd6 9. exd6+ Kd8 10. bxc5 Bxd6 (10... b6 11. Rb1) 11. Ng5 Nh6 (11... Bxc5 12.
Nxf7+ Kc7 13. Qxg4 Re8+ 14. Kd1 d6 15. Qg3) 12. cxd6 Re8 13. Ne4 Nd4 (13... f5
14. d3 $1 $18) 14. Qd3 f5 (14... Qxd6 15. Bb2 {/\ 0-0-0}) 15. Kd1 $1 Rxe4 16.
f3 Qxd6 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Ke1 $1 $16) 8. h3 $6 {I was manage almost all
variations for Black's objections - except one, that Derjabin have chosen...
Thus, I was have to "create" unassistently from 8th move already. Strange bomb.
By the way, as we know - bombs are the essential part of thrillers! 00:05, 00:
04, 00:03, 00:02, neutralized.} ({Text file contained the right path:} 8. d4 $1
a6 (8... cxd4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nd6+ exd6 12. exd6+ Kd8 13. Ne5 $16)
9. Nd6+ (9. c3 $5) 9... exd6 10. exd6+ Kd8 11. dxc5 Bxd6 12. Ng5 Bxc5 13. Nxf7+
Kc7 14. Nxh8 Nxf2 (14... Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 d6 16. Bf4) 15. a3 {- 8.h3 doesn't
spoils much, but Black now will have an extra-opportunity.}) 8... Nh6 ({
Worth a try} 8... Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 Nxa1 (9... Nxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Nxa1 11. Qxc5 $16) 10.
hxg4 e6 $1 11. Bb2 a6 $13) 9. d4 e6 ({In case} 9... cxd4 {would arise an
above-mention position.}) 10. c3 ({I spent a lot of time, trying to find a
difference between this move and} 10. a3 {- in the end, I came to conclusion,
that move, which I made, is more exact - cause of control of square d4.}) 10...
Nc6 (10... Nd5 {will fall under the tempos:} 11. c4 Nc7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6
$18) 11. d5 {This move is follows from the White's main idea (Nd6+ and
unsealing of "e"-file). So, there is no need in exclamation mark.} exd5 12. Bf4
{Diagram [#] Here I thought, that my position is won completely. Perhaps, this
is true.} (12. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 13. exd6+ Kd8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 $19) (
12. Bg5 {looks interesting, I refused of it in view, that in line} Be7 13. Nd6+
Kf8 {I must to spent one move for bishop's g5 retreat.}) 12... Nd8 $1 {After a
long thinking Ilja found a good defence with some provocation context.} (12...
Be7 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O $18) 13. Nd6+ ({I had very like to perform} 13. e6 {
, but after} Qxf4 14. exd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne5+ Ke6 {I can't find any more, than
perpetual check:} 16. Nc7+ (16. Ng6+ Qe4 $1 17. Qxe4+ dxe4 18. Nxh8 Kf6 $13 {
could be auspicious for Black}) 16... Kd6 17. Ne8+ Ke6 $11) ({but this idea
can be adjust by more precise way:} 13. c4 $1 Ne6 (13... dxc4 14. e6 $18 {
- no saving Qe4 anymore}) 14. Bxh6 $18) 13... Bxd6 14. exd6+ Ne6 15. Bxh6 gxh6
(15... O-O 16. Qe5 $1) 16. Qe5 Rf8 {Diagram [#]} (16... O-O 17. Bd3 $40) (16...
Rg8 17. O-O-O {- pawn d6 will feel rook's support soon.}) 17. Nh4 $1 {Good
idea. Knight is going to f5 - that would be an ideal position for it.} f6 18.
Qh5+ Kd8 19. Nf5 $18 b6 {Draw offer. Of course, I refused.} ({It would seem,
that} 19... b5 $5 {is more unpleasant - Black are planning Qb6, Ba6, Kc8-b7,
maybe b5-b4 somewhere.}) 20. Qxh6 Bb7 21. Be2 d4 $5 {Frankly speaking, this
move should be lose, but anyway - white-square bishop gaines a liberty, and
dig d4-d4 can be dangerous in some situations.} 22. Qxh7 Re8 ({Queen on e7 -
it's a death:} 22... Bxg2 23. Qe7+ Kc8 24. Ng7 $18) 23. Qf7 d3 24. Qxf6+ Kc8 {
Diagram [#]} 25. Bh5 $2 {Reminds a cliche of American blockbusters: "before to
shoot a bullet into enemy, main hero should read him a notation, so as enemy
was invent any trick for the avoidance of inevitable death".} ({I clearly saw
a winning:} 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 (25... Kd8 26. Nc6+ Kc8 27. Nxb8 dxe2 28. Nxd7 $1 $18
) 26. dxe7 (26. Qh8+ Re8 $1) 26... Kc7 27. Bxd3 $18) 25... Bxg2 $1 {Here
Derjabin did feel, that he has any mutual chances. In contrast to me...} 26.
Bxe8 (26. Rg1 Rf8 $1 {- no "etouffe" anymore - king can escape to b7.}) 26...
Bxh1 27. Kd2 ({First I was depending on} 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. Qe7+ Kc6 29. Qxe6 {
, but Black could to make} Qe8 $1) 27... Qb7 28. Qh8 $4 {Time-trouble error.} (
{It was to be chosen} 28. Ne7+ Kb8 29. Re1 $1 $18 {. Rook has two functions:
Qe4 prevention and knight e6 pressure.}) 28... Qe4 $1 29. Ne3 Kb7 {Black
time-troubled also...} ({... otherwise he found} 29... Qf4 $1 30. Rxh1 Qxf2+
31. Kxd3 c4+ $1 $19) 30. Rxh1 $1 {The only move, actually.} Qxh1 31. Qh7 Nf8
32. Qf7 Qe4 (32... Qc6 $1 33. Qxf8 Qe4 $13 {was more artful.}) 33. Bxd7 Nxd7
34. Qxd7+ Ka6 35. Qe7 $1 {The strongest move again!} Qf3 (35... Qxe7 36. dxe7
Re8 37. Nf5 $1 $18) 36. Kxd3 c4+ 37. Kd4 $2 {Seconds fade away.} (37. Kxc4 Rc8+
38. Kd3 $1 $18) 37... Qxf2 $2 {Why to waste own precious time for poor pawn f2?
} (37... Qf4+ 38. Kd5 Rc8 $1 {- White in trouble.}) 38. d7 Qf4+ 39. Kd5 Qc7 (
39... Rh8 $1 40. d8=Q Rxd8+ 41. Qxd8 Qxe3 42. Kxc4 Qxh3 $11) 40. Nxc4 Rh8 $1 {
Diagram [#] A best chance - Black are going to check white king through
"h"-file. Here I was made} 41. Qd6 {, turned over my sheet for writing it -
and suddenly I felt myself like a full idiot. The point is that I forgot about
time control: 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 minutes until the end! I can no
hurried with my 41 move...} Qb7+ 42. Ke5 Rh5+ $2 {King escapes from checks
unexpectedly.} ({He can force a draw by} 42... Qf3 $1 43. d8=Q Qe2+ $1 $11 44.
Kd4 $2 Rxd8 45. Qxd8 Qd1+ $19) 43. Kf4 (43. Kd4 $1 Rh4+ 44. Kd3 Qe4+ 45. Kd2
Qg2+ 46. Kc1 Qg5+ 47. Nd2 $1) 43... Rh4+ {Draw offer again.} ({For this
purpose,} 43... Qg2 {could suit better:} 44. Qa3+ Kb7 45. Nd6+ Kc6 46. d8=N+ $5
Kd7 47. Qxa7+ Kxd6 48. Nf7+ Ke6 49. Nd8+ $11) 44. Kg3 Rxc4 45. Qa3+ ({Too
early for queen:} 45. d8=Q $6 Rxc3+ 46. Qd3+ $8) 45... Kb5 {Here some kind man
brings a second queen to me. I had recall one arbiter, who maintains (as a
joke? as a serious?) in discussion of similar case: "I would adjudge a defeat
immediately! This is a prompt! Who knows, what is he going to promote - queen,
rook, knight?" Yeah, that man is the most principle arbiter in Ukraine...
Therefore, he is the best arbiter!} 46. Qb3+ Kc5 $1 (46... Ka5 $2 47. Qxc4 Qxd7
48. a4 $1 $18) 47. Qa3+ Kb5 (47... Kc6 $2 48. d8=N+ $18) 48. Qb2+ Ka5 49. d8=Q
{Finally.} Qg7+ 50. Kh2 (50. Kf3 $2 Rxc3+) 50... Qe5+ 51. Kg1 (51. Kh1 $142
Qe1+ 52. Kg2) 51... Qe1+ ({Pin wasn't dangerous:} 51... Rxc3 $1 52. Qdd2 Qg3+
$11) 52. Kh2 Qe5+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ {Diagram [#] And here I heard again: "Draw?".
Angry by these circumstances, I have replied to my opponent: "You have
proposed a draw three time in a row", and Ilja answered: "But position is
drawish!". In revenge, I decided to move my king sideways...} 54. Kf2 {... and
it turned out that checks are gone!} Qf4+ 55. Kg1 Qe3+ (55... Qg3+ 56. Qg2 Qe1+
57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58. Qg3 Qe2+ 59. Kg1 $18) 56. Qf2 Qxh3 57. Qd5+ {By this moment I
was very tired - here I didn't see the only reply for Black.} Rc5 58. Qdd2 Qh5
59. Qg2 Qe5 60. Qde2 Qf4 ({After a game Derjabin told me, that endgame} 60...
Qxc3 $5 61. Qd2 Qxd2 62. Qxd2+ Ka6 {is drawn. Apparently, he is right.}) 61.
Qeg4 Qc1+ 62. Kh2 Qxc3 63. Q2e2 Re5 {Diagram [#]} (63... Qc2 $1) 64. Qec4 $2 {
Awful.} (64. Qd1 $1 Qb2+ 65. Kg1 Qxa2 (65... Qb4 66. Qxb4+ Kxb4 67. Qd4+ $18)
66. Qg7 $18) 64... Qd2+ 65. Qg2 $2 {Awful in a square.} (65. Kg3 Qe3+ 66. Kg2
$8 Qd2+ $11) 65... Rh5+ 66. Kg1 Rg5 $17 {Unpleasant. And time-trouble had
sneaking again...} 67. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 68. Kh2 (68. Kf2 Qc5+ 69. Qxc5+ bxc5 $19 {
, "triangle" will decide a case in Black's favour.}) 68... Qe5+ 69. Kg2 b5 70.
Qb3 Kb6 71. Kf2 a5 {Diagram [#] Carelessness.} (71... Qd4+ $1) 72. Qe3+ {
Some viewers, who gather round a board, begin to whisper - "ahhhh!", which can
be interpretate: "What is he doing, this is a suicide!".} Qxe3+ 73. Kxe3 Kc5
74. Kd3 Kb4 75. Kc2 Kc4 ({If line} 75... Ka3 76. Kb1 a4 77. Ka1 b4 78. Kb1 b3
79. axb3 axb3 80. Ka1 $11 {is drawn, than whole endgame is drawn too.}) 76. Kb2
Kd3 77. Kb3 Kd2 78. Kb2 a4 79. Kb1 $8 Kc3 80. Kc1 Kd3 81. Kd1 b4 82. a3 $1 {
Final chord.} Kc3 (82... b3 83. Kc1 Kc3 84. Kb1 $11) 83. Kc1 (83. axb4 $2 a3
$19) 83... Kb3 84. axb4 a3 85. Kb1 Kxb4 {, and we handshaked.} 1/2-1/2
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