The JR Chess Report (August 29): Old Fogies Lead Young Whippersnappers in Amsterdam

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The JR Chess Report (August 29): Old Fogies Lead Young Whippersnappers in Amsterdam

Old Timers Lead Youth in Annual Team Match in Amsterdam

The annual Rising Stars-Experience team match is taking place in Amsterdam with the team of old timers posed to score their first match victory in the three-year-old series.

Experience (Alexander Beliavsky, Ljubomir Ljubojovic, Peter Heine Nielsen, Peter Svidler and Loek van Wely) leads Rising Stars (Fabiano Caruana, Hou Yifan, Hikaru Nakamura, Jan Smeets and Daniel Stellwagen) after eight rounds by a score of 22-18.

Yugoslav/Serbian legend Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 58, is anchoring the greybeards with 3 wins against a single loss and four draws. Reigning Dutch national champion Jan Smeets, who at 24 is the senior junior, has the same record to lead the youngsters, but he is the only member of the youth team with a plus score. Reigning US champion Hikaru Nakamura, widely expected to lead the Rising Stars before the event started, has been suffering the flu this week and playing poorly.

The leading player for the Rising Stars will win a birth in next year's Melody Amber Rapid/Blindfold Tournament in Nice.

The match is sponsored by NH Hoteles of Spain and the Association Max Euwe of Monte Carlo.

Russian Men, Chinese Women Win Annual Team Match

The annual Scheveningen-style team match between Russia and China, held this year on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, ended Monday in victories for the Russian men and Chinese women.

In five round of standard time control game, the Russian men beat China 13-12 while the Chines women took their Russian counterparts 13�-11�. The women's competition was noted for a low number of draws.

In rapid games men's competition, the Russians again took the Chinese by 29-21 while the women played a cat's match at 25 points apiece.

The event finished off with ten rounds of blitz games which saw Russia defeat China 30-20 in the men's group while in the women's group China beat Russian 29-22.

Empresa IT Underway in Montreal

The 10th annual Empresa International Tournament and Montreal International Chess Festival began yesterday with the strongest set of players ever to compete in the event.

French grandmaster Etienne Bacrot is the top seed of twelve players in the round robin tournament.

Other players are Alex Onischuk, Yuri Shulman, Var Akobian and Vinay Bhat of the United States; Mark Bluvshtein and Thomas Rossel-Roozemon of Canada; Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany; Segei Tiviakov of Holland; Sergei Moiseenko of Ukraine; Anton Kovalyov of Argentina; and Sebastian Maze of France;

Official Website.

Calendar

Grand Slam Final, Bilbao 2-15 September. Topalov, Karjakin, Grischuk and Shirov qualify. Topalov dropped and will be replaced by Aronian.

Second Pearl Spring Tournament, Nanjing 27 September-9 October. Topalov, Anand, Carlsen, Radjabov, Jakovenko and Wang Yue.

World Junior Championship, Mar del Plata (Argentina) 16-29 October.

European Club Cup (Team Championship), Novi Sad (Serbia) 21-31 October.

World Cup, Khanty Mansiysk 28 November-15 December.

London Chess Classic 7-16 December.

Corus Chess Tournament, Wijk aan Zee 15-31 January 2010. Nakamura has been invited to play in group A.

Anand-Topalov Match for the World Title, Site TBA c. April 2010.

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Sat Aug-29-09 07:22 PM
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1. This week's games

Your humble hare acknowledges the assistance of Fritz 6.0 on analysis.

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Sat Aug-29-09 07:24 PM
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2. NH Hoteles Team Match, Amsterdam

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Sat Aug-29-09 07:35 PM
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11. Hou Yifan - Ljubojevic, Round 2

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Hou Yifan (Rising Stars) - Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Experience)
NH Hoteles Team Match (Women's Group), Round 2
Sochi, 21 August 2009

Open Sicilian Game: Scheveningen Defense (Chandler-Nunn Opening)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2

For 7.Qd2, see Smeets-Ljubojevic, elsewhere on this thread; for other moves, see Ivanchuk-Movsesian, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee, 2009.

7...Be7 8.f4 e5

If 8...0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 then:

If 12.Bf3 Rb8 then:

If 13.g4 then:

If 13...Nd7 14.Bg2 b6 15.g5 Bb7 16.Qh5 Bf8 17.Rf3 g6 18.Qh4 Bg7 19.Rd1 Nf8 then:

20.Qf2 Ba8 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Bd4 e5 23.fxe5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Qd2 is equal (Bachmann-Leit�o, Pan-American Ch, Buenos Aires, 2005).
20.Rh3 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 e5 22.Be3 exf4 23.Bxf4 Be5 24.Rf1 gives White the advantage in space (Cermousek-Dydyshko, Op, Ostrava, 2005).

13...Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Ba7 Ra8 17.g5 Rd8 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Be3 Be6 20.Qf2 Qc4 21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Bxd1 Nd6 23.Bf3 Rc8 24.Bg2 b5 25.axb5 axb5 is equal (Lahno-Alexandrova, Ukrainian ChW, Kramatorsk, 2001).

If 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Nb3 b6 then:

If 15.g4 Bc8 16.g5 Nd7 17.Bg2 Na5 18.Qf2 Nc4 19.Bc1 Bf8 20.Nd4 Na5 21.f5 Ne5 22.Nce2 Nac6 then:

23.c3 exf5 24.exf5 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Bb7 is equal (Jansa-Ftacnik, Czechoslovakian Ch Rd 7, Prague, 1989).
23.Ra3 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 exf5 is equal (Morky-Horvath, Czechoslovakian Ch Rd 14, Prague, 1989).

15.Bf2 Bc8 16.Bg3 Nd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rae1 Bb7 19.fxe5 Ncxe5 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Qe2 f6 is equal (Anand-Topalov, IT, Linares, 1999).

12.Bd3 Nb4 13.a5 Bd7 14.Qe1 Rac8 15.Qg3 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Bc6 17.f5 e5 18.Nf3 Kh8 19.Qh3 Bf8 20.Bg5 Nd7 is equal (Nisipeanu-Schlosser, French ChT, Noyon, 2005).

9.Nb3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Qd2!?

If 11.0-0 0-0 12.Kh1 then:

If 12...d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Nxd5 Ndxe5 then:

If 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qe1 Ng6 17.Bg3 then:

17...Rad8 18.Bf3 Bd5 19.Qxe7 draw (Dr. Nunn-Wirthensohn, Op, Biel, 1982).
17...Rfe8 18.Qf2 Rad8 19.Rae1 Bxb3 20.axb3 Rd2 21.Qg1 is equal (T. L. Petrosian-Yegiazarian, Armenian Ch, Yerevan, 2008).

15.c4 Bg5 16.Nc5 Bxf4 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Nxf4 Rf6 19.Qb3 Qe7 20.Qe3 Raf8 21.h3 R8f7 22.Kg1 Rf5 is equal (Hou Yifan-Gvetadze, Euro ChT, Antalya, 2007).

If 12...a6 then:

13.Qe1 Ne8 14.Rd1 Bh4 15.Qd2 Bf6 16.Qd3 Be5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.Qg3 Rc8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 is equal (Dervishi-Danner, Euro ChT, Le�n, 2001).
13.a4 Rc8 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Bd3 Bc5 18.Qe2 h5 19.Bc4 Qe7 20.h3 h4 21.Rf3 g6 22.g4 Nh7 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 is equal (M. al-Mohammed-Sisask, Op, Gibraltar, 2006).

11...d5

The game is equal.

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Position after 11...d6d5

12.0-0-0!?

White abjures the opportunity to drive into Black's center. The pawn sacrifice is dubious.
12.e5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qe3 Bh4+ 15.g3 g5 remains equal.

12...dxe4 13.Qe3

After 13.Nb5 Nd5 14.c4 Bb4 15.Qc2 Qf6 16.Bd6 Black keeps the sacrified pawn.

13...Qc8 14.g4 0-0 15.g5 Ng4 16.Qg3 e3 17.Bxg4

If 17.Bxe3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Bxb3 19.axb3 then:

19...Qe6 20.Qf4 Rad8 21.h4 Bd6 gives Black the initiative.
19...Re8!? 20.Qf4 Qe6 21.Bd3 Rad8 22.Rhe1 Qh3 is equal.

17...Bxg4 18.Rdg1 e2

If 18...Be6 19.Re1 Bxb3 20.axb3 Qf5 then:

21.Qxe3 Rfe8 22.Qe4 Qa5 23.Kb1 Rad8 gives Black a tactical edge.
21.Bxe3 Bb4 22.Qc7 Rac8 saves Black's queenside, for if 23.Qxb7? then Black wins after after 23...Qa5! 24.Kb1 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rc7.

19.Rg2 Bh5 20.Nxe2 Re8 21.Nc3 Qf5

Also playable is 21...Bb4 22.Nb5 Qf5 23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.Bxd6 Re4.

22.Rf2 Rad8 23.Kb1 Qe6 24.Qe3!?

With Black possessing more space, White decides to exchange Queens. However, the execution of the exchange allows Black a tactical opportunity.
If 24.Rd2 then after 24...Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Bd6 26.Bf4 Bb4 Black continues to enjoy the advantage in space.

24...Qxe3 25.Bxe3

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Position after 25.Bf4e3:Q

25...Bb4!

As a result of the Queen exchange, Black has a strong initiative.

26.Bd2 Ne5 27.a3 Bd6!?

27...Ng4 28.Rf3 Bd6 29.h3 Ne5 30.Rf2 a6 (depriving the Knight at c3 the outpost at b5) 31.Ne4 Nf3 defends the kingside and gives Black more play in the center.

28.h3 Nc4 29.Bf4 Bf8

29...Be5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.h4 a6 is also playable.

30.Nd2

Since exchanging Queens failed to subside the storm, White seeks more exchanges, starting with Black's Knight at c4.

30...Bc5 31.Rfh2 Rd4

Black exploits his dominance of the center to create new threats.

32.Nb3?!

White drops a pawn.
32.Nxc4 Rxf4 33.Na5 Bf3 34.Rf1 f6 35.gxf6 Rxf6 gives Black the advantage of Bishops against Knights in an open position.

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Position after 32.Nd2b3

32...Rxf4!

Black will take the g-pawn. First, he removes the guard.

33.Nxc5 Rf5 34.Nd3

If 34.Nxb7 Rb8 35.Re1 Kf8 then:

36.Re4 Nxa3+ 37.bxa3 Rxb7+ 38.Rb4 Rxb4+ 39.axb4 Rxg5 gives Black an extra pawn.
36.g6? Bxg6! 37.Rhe2 f6 38.Re7 Rf2 39.Nc5 Rxb2+ wins for Black.

34...Rxg5

Black has won a pawn.

35.Rf1 f6 36.b3 Re2 37.Nxe2 Nd2+ 38.Kb2 Nxf1 39.Rf2 Ne3

39...Ng3 40.Nxg3 Rxg3 41.h4 Rf3 42.Rh2 Kf7 Black activates his King and still enjoys an extra pawn.

40.Nc3?

White loses a tempo better used for activating her King.
40.Kc1 Rf5 41.Kd2 Rxf2 42.Nxf2 Ng2 then:

If 43.Nd4 then after 43...Nf4 44.Nb5 a6 45.Nd6 b6 46.c4 Bf7 Black remains a pawn up.
If 43.Ng3 then after 43...Bg6 44.Nge4 Bxe4 45.Nxe4 Nf4 46.Nd6 Nxh3 Black still has an extra pawn.

40...Kf7

Black wastes no time in activating his King.

41.Rd2 Bf3 42.Nf4 Re5 43.a4

43.Nd3 Rh5 44.Nf4 Rf5 45.Rd3 Re5 46.Rd7+ Re7 Black keeps his extra pawn.

BLACK: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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Position after 43.a3a4

43...a6!

White's Knights have no good outposts.

44.Rf2 Bc6 45.Nd3

White sacrifices a second pawn in an attempt to conjur up counterplay.
Stronger is 45.Kc1 g5 46.Nd3 Re8 47.Ne1 f5.

45...Rh5!

Black's counterplay is insufficient. White takes the proffered pawn.

46.b4

If 46.Nf4 Rf5 47.Kc1 g5 48.Nd3 then:

If 48...Rxf2 49.Nxf2 f5 then:

50.Kd2 f4 51.Ncd1 Nxd1 52.Kxd1 h5 Black will soon have two connected kingside passers.
If 50.a5 h5 51.Kd2 Nf1+ 52.Ke1 Nh2 53.Ne2 g4 Black's Kingside pawns march forward.

After 48...h5 49.Kd2 Rxf2+ 50.Nxf2 Nf1+ 51.Ke1 Nh2 Black still has an extra pawn and his kingside pawns are ready to march.

46...Rxh3

Black has a second extra pawn; moreover, he has three connected kingside passers.

47.Ne5+

No better is 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Bf3 49.Nf4 Rg3.

47...Ke6 48.Nxc6 bxc6 49.a5 f5 50.Kb1

Better is to move the King toward the Knight: 50.Kc1 g5 51.Na4 g4 52.Nc5+ Kd6 53.Re2 h5.

50...Ke5

Stronger is 50...Rh4 51.Re2 Rxb4+ 52.Kc1 f4 53.Nd1 Re4.

51.Na4 f4

If 51...Nd5 then after 52.Re2+ Kf6 53.Kc1 Nxb4 54.Nc5 Ra3 White is three pawns to the good and wins easily.

52.Nc5 f3 53.Nxa6 Kf4 54.Nc5 Rh1+ 55.Ka2 Nd5 56.Nd3+

If 56.c4 Nxb4+ 57.Ka3 then:

57...Na6 58.Nxa6 Ke3 59.Rb2 f2 Black must give up the Rook or allow the pawn to queen.
If 57...Ke3 58.Rxf3+ Kxf3 59.Kxb4 Rb1+ then:

If 60.Nb3 Ke3 61.a6 c5+ 62.Ka4 Rb2 then:

63.Ka3 Rf2 64.Nxc5 h5 65.Kb4 g5 66.a7 Rf8 stops White's a-pawn.
If 63.Nxc5 then after 63...Kd4 64.Nd7 Kxc4 65.Ka5 Ra2+ 66.Kb6 h5 White does not have time to advance his pawn and defend against the advance on the kingside.

If 60.Kc3 then after 60.,,Re1 61.a6 Ra1 62.Kb4 h5 63.Na4 Rb1+ the Rook goes to b8 and blockades the a-pawn while Black's kingside pawns advance.

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Position after 56.Nc5d3+

56...Ke3!

White's Knight is overloaded and cannot move. If the Rook moves, the f-pawn advances.

57.a6

White's best defense is to distract White with her passed pawn.
57.Kb3?! g5 58.c4 Nf4! 59.Kc3 Ne2+ 60.Kc2 Nd4+ followed by 61...Rd1 crushes White.

57...Nc7 58.a7 g5 59.c4!?

Resignation didn't seem quite in order, but this move leaves White's Knight en prise. White is trying to get two connected passers on the queenside.

59...Na8 60.b5 cxb5 61.cxb5

She has her queenside passers.

61...Kxd3 62.Rxf3+ Kc4 63.Rf8 Rh2+ 64.Ka3 Rh3+ 65.Ka2 Nb6

Since White is a piece to the good, he is willing to sacrifice the Knight to stop the pawns.

66.Rb8

BLACK: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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Position after 66.Rf8b8

66...Kb4!

White wins after 66...Kc5?? 67.Rxb6!! Kxb6 68.a8Q.

67.Rxb6 Ra3+ 68.Kb2 Rxa7 69.Rb8 Rg7 70.Kc2

Although White has just enough time for her King to catch the g-pawn, she would have no time remaining to get Black's Rook out from behind it.

70...g4 71.b6 Kb5 72.Kd2 g3 73.b7 Kb6 74.Rc8 Kxb7 75.Rc1

BLACK: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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Position after 75.Rc8c1

75...h5!

Also good is 75...g2 76.Rg1 h5! 77.Ke2 h4 78.Kf2 h3.

76.Ke2 h4 77.Kf1 h3 78.Kg1

The King cannot stray from his post in front of Black's pawns.

78...Rc7 79.Rb1+ Kc8 80.Rf1 Rc2 81.Ra1

A similar technique follows any move White makes with the Rook.
81.Rd1 Kc7 82.Kh1 Kc6 83.Kg1 Kc5 etc.

81...Kc7 82.Kh1 Kc6

Using the Rook as a shield, the Black King come forward on the c-file.

83.Kg1 Kc5 84.Kh1 Kc4 85.Kg1 Kb3 86.Rb1+ Ka2 87.Re1 Kb2 0-1

If 88.Kh1 then Black wins after 88...Rc1 89.Rg1 Rxg1+ 90.Kxg1 Kc3 etc.
Ms. Hou resigns.

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12. Smeets - Ljubojevic, Round 4

Jan Smeets
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Jan Smeets (Rising Stars) - Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Experience)
NH Hoteles Team Match, Round 4
Sochi, 23 August 2009

Open Sicilian Game: Scheveningen Defense (Chandler-Nunn Opening)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2

For other moves, see Ivanchuk-Movsesian, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee, 2009.

7...Be7 8.f3 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5

If 9...a6 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.h4 Qc7 14.g5 then:

If 14...b4 15.Na4 Bb7 then:

If 16.b3 Bc6 17.Nb2 a5 18.h5 Ne5 then:

19.Be2 f5 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Nc4 d5 22.Nb6 Rad8 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Qe3 Ng4 25.Nxd5 Nxe3 26.Nxc7 Bxd4 27.Nxe6 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Bf6 29.Nxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ draw (Leko-Svidler, IT, Linares, 2006).
19.Qe3 a4 20.Nc4 axb3 draw (Kurmann-Cvitan, Zurich, 2004).

If 16.Qxb4 Bc6 17.Nc3 Rfb8 18.Qc4 Ne5 19.Qe2 then:

19...Bb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.c3 Nc4 22.b3 Qa5 23.Rh2 e5 24.Be3 Na3+ 25.Kb2 b4 is equal (Iordachescu-Gelfand, IT, Bermuda, 2004).
19...Qa5 20.f4 Ng6 21.Qf3 e5 22.Bf2 Qb4 23.b3 Nxf4 24.Be1 Qc5 25.Bg3 a5 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Nd5 is equal (Anand-Akopian, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee, 2004).

If 14...Rb8 15.h5 b4 16.Ne2 Ne5 then:

17.f4 Nc4 18.Qd3 e5 19.Nc1 Bg4 20.Qxc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 exd4 23.Nb3 g6 24.Nxd4 gives White more space and the initiative for the exchange (Tiviakov-van Wely, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee, 1994).
17.Ng1 f5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.h6 g6 20.b3 Qe7 21.f4 Ng4 22.Bc4 Bb7 23.Qe2 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 gives White a comfortable lead in space (Aronian-Navara, Morso, 2002).

10.Be2

If 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 then:

If 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Bd4 b6 15.Rhe1 Bb7 is equal (Ivanchuk-Navara, Rpd, Prague, 2009).
12.c4 Qd6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd3 e5 15.Qc2 f5 16.Rhe1 Be6 17.Bf2 Bd6 18.Kb1 Rae8 is equal (B. Socko-Movsesian, Euro ChT, Kallithea, 2008).

10...dxe4!?

10...Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qxd5 gives White the advantage in space (Hracek-Baumegger, Euro Ch, Plovdiv, 2008).

11.Nxc6

The game is equal.
If 11.Nxe4 then after 11...Nd5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 f5 Black has the initiative.

11...bxc6 12.Qxd8 Bxd8!?

12...Rxd8 13.Rxd8+ Bxd8 14.Rd1 Bb7 remains equal.

BLACK: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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Position after 12...Be7d8:Q

13.Nxe4

13.Bc5 Re8 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bb6 16.Bd6 gives White the advantage in space.

13...Nxe4 14.fxe4 Bb6 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.a3

White has a small advantage in space.

16...Ba6?

If 16...Ra4 17.Bf3 e5 18.Rd6 then:

If 18...Bb7 19.Rhd1 then:

19...g5 20.c3 b5 21.g3 c5 22.Rb6 gives White a more active game.
19...c5 20.Rxb6 Bxe4 21.Rb5 will yield an extra pawn for White

18...Rc4 19.Rhd1 f6 20.b3 Rc5 21.Be2 h5 22.Bc4+ White will raid Black's back rank.

17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Rd6 Ra4

Black is toast.
If 18...h5 19.Rxc6 then:

If 19...e5 20.c4 Ra4 21.Kd2 then:

If 21...Rb8 22.Rc1 Kf8 23.Kc3 then:

23...b5 24.Rc2 Ke7 25.cxb5 Rxe4 26.b6 Rd4 27.Rd2 gives White an extra pawn.
If 23...h4 then after 24.Rd1 b5 25.Rd2 Ke7 26.Kb3 Rxc4 27.Rxc4 bxc4+ 28.Kxc4 White is up by a pawn.

21...b5 22.cxb5 Rxe4 23.Kd3 f5 24.Rhc1 Rd8+ 25.Kc3 gives White the advantage of more remote and more advanced passers.

If 19...Rd8? 20.Rd1! then:

20...Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Kf8 22.c4 wins for White.
20...Rb8 21.Rd7 Ra4 22.c4 b5 23.cxb5 Rxb5 24.Rc8+ wins for White.

19.Rxc6 Rxe4

The remote passed pawn give White the advantage over Black's central passers.
If 19...e5 20.Rxb6 Rxe4 21.Rd6 f5 22.Rf1 then:

22...g5 23.Kd2 Rh4 24.h3 g4 25.Rd5 gives White an extra pawn.
22...g6 23.Rfd1 Re2 24.R6d2 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 e4 26.c4 leaves White a pawn to the good.

20.Rxb6 Re2 21.a4 Rxg2

Now it's a pawn race.

BLACK: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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Position after 21...Re2g2:p

22.a5

White already has a huge head start.

22...g5 23.a6 Ra8 24.Kb1 g4 25.b4 Rd2

25...e5 26.c4 f5 27.b5 Kf7 28.c5 f4 29.Rd6 followed by 30...b6 wins for White.

26.b5 Rd7

26...e5 27.c4 f5 28.Rb7 e4 29.a7 Rdd8 30.Rf1 wins for White.

27.c4 Rc8 28.Rc1 Kg7

28...Ra7 29.c5 Re7 30.Rb7 Ree8 31.c6 wins for White.

29.c5 Rd4 30.c6 1-0

If 30...Kf6 then after 31.Rf1+ Kg6 32.a7 Ra8 33.Rb7 White wins without any difficulty.
Grandmaster Ljubojevic resigns.

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3. Russia-China Team Match, Sochi

Sochi
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9. Tomashevsky - Wang Yue, Round 2

Evgeny Tomashevsky
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Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) - Wang Yue (China)
Russia-China Team Match (General Group), Round 2
Sochi, 16 August 2009

King's English Game: Catalan Four Knights' Opening

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4

If 4...d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d3 0-0 then:

If 9.Be3 f5 then:

If 10.b4 Bf6 then:

11.b5 Nd4 12.Nd2 a6 13.bxa6 Rxa6 14.a4 c6 15.a5 Na8 gives Black the advantage in space (Zeynalov-Dzagnidze, Op, Tbilisi, 2009).
11.Nd2 Nd4 12.a4 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.a5 Nd7 16.Nd5 Ne6 gives White better development (Ivanchuk-Lautier, IT, Tilburg, 1992).

If 10.Rc1 Be6 11.a3 then:

11...Bf6 12.b4 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Na4 Bd5 15.Nc5 Qe7 16.Qd2 Rae8 is equal (Ljubojevic-Hjartarson, Op, Reykjavik, 1991).
11...Kh8 12.b4 a5 13.b5 Nd4 14.Nxe5 Bxa3 15.Bxb7 Bxc1 16.Qxc1 Rb8 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.Nc6 gives White the initiative (Ivanchuk-Moroevich, Rpd, Le�n, 2009).

If 9.a3 Be6 10.b4 then:

If 10...a5 11.b5 Nd4 then:

12.Nd2 c6 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Rb1 a4 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Bb2 Rfc8 18.Nce4 c5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Rxb6 gives White an extra pawn (Navara-Timoshchenko, TT, Prague, 2004).
If 12.Bb2 f6 then:

If 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Na4 Bd5 15.Bh3 Bf7 16.Rc1 then:

16...Qd6 17.Bg2 Ra7 18.Nc5 Qe5 19.Nb3 Qxb5 White resigns as he must lose a piece (Moor-Kritz, Young Masters, Zug, 2001).
16...Re8 17.Bg2 Rb8 18.Re1 Bf8 19.Nc5 Bd5 20.Bh3 Bf7 21.Bg2 Bd5 22.Bxd5+ Qxd5 23.Qc2 Rbd8 is equal (Jobava-Cheparinov, Euro Ch, Antalya, 2004).

13.Nd2 a4 14.Bxb7 Ra5 15.e3 Nxb5 16.Qc2 Nd6 17.Bg2 Qd7 18.Rfc1 Rc5 19.Qd1 Rd8 is equal (Sturua-Pelletier, Euro Ch, Istanbul, 2003).

10...f6 11.Rb1 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Rf7 14.e3 Nb5 15.Nxb5 cxb5 16.Bb2 Na4 17.Ba1 Rc8 18.d4 f5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.bxc5 is equal (Bareev-Ponomariov, TMatch, Moscow, 2002).

5.Nd5

If 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 then:

If 6...e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 then:

9...e3 10.d3 d5 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qa3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 Nc6 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Bb2 Bg4 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Nf3 Rad8 19.Qa4 Qd7 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qxc4 Kg7 23.Nh4 Rc8 24.Qa4 Re7 25.Rbc1 Nd4 draw (Sykora-Borowiec, Corres, 2004).
If 9...exf3 10.Nxf3 d5 11.d4 Ne4 12.Qc2 then:

If 12...Bf5 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Rb1 Na5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Bf4 Nc4 18.Qb3 b6 19.Be5 Rxe5 20.dxe5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Ned2 22.Qb5 Rf8 23.Qxc5 bxc5 24.e6 Nxf1 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxf1+ Ke7 27.Rxf8 Kxf8 28.Be4 g5 29.Kg2 gives White the edge, but not nearly enough to win (Reimer-van der Plas, Corres, 1991).
12...dxc4 13.Rb1 f5 14.g4 Qe7 15.gxf5 Nd6 16.Ng5 Qxe2 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Qxe2 Rxe2 19.Bf4 Nd8 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Rbe1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bd7 23.Re7 Bc6 24.f6 Black resigns as mate cannot be avoided (Kasparov-Ivanchuk, Soviet Ch, Moscow, 1988).

If 6...Re8 7.Nd5 then:

If 7...Nxd5 8.cxd5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e4 dxe3 11.dxe3 d6 12.Bd2 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Rfc1 a6 16.a4 Rc8 17.a5 gives White more space and the initiative (Voetter-Wosch, Cyberspace, 2000).
7...Bf8 8.d3 h6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Nd2 d6 11.Ne4 Qd8 12.Nc3 Be6 13.b4 a6 14.Rb1 Qd7 15.a4 Rab8 16.b5 Ne7 17.Qb3 axb5 18.axb5 Bh3 19.e4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ng6 21.Qd1 c6 22.Be3 Qe6 23.f3 Be7 24.bxc6 bxc6 is equal (Kasimdzhanov-I. Sokolov, IT, Wijk aan Zee, 1999).

5...Bc5 6.d3

If 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 d6 then:

If 8.e3 a6 9.d3 Ba7 10.Bd2 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Qb3 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.Qa3 Rd8 16.Qa4 f6 17.d4 e4 18.Nd2 d5 is equal (Tomashevsky-Turov, Russian CH HL, Krasnoyarsk, 2007).
8.d3 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.e3 Bb6 12.b4 a5 13.bxa5 Bxa5 14.Bd2 f5 15.Bxa5 Rxa5 16.f4 Qe7 17.Qd2 b6 18.e4 is equal (Grant-Markos, EU Ch, Cork (Ireland), 2005).

6...h6 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.e3 a6 10.Bd2

10.a3 Ba7 11.Nc3 Be6 12.b4 Qd7 13.Bb2 Rae8 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.Re1 Ng6 16.Nd2 c6 17.Nce4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 is equal (Bischoff-Short, Rpd, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1994).

10...Ba7!?

A few days later, in the rapid phase of the same event, Black varied with 10...Nxd5 and there followed 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Qb3 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bc3 Bb6 15.d4 exd4 16.exd4 Bg4 17.Rad1 d5 with equality (Tomashevsky-Wang Yue, Team Match, Rpd, Sochi, 2009).

11.Bc3

The game is equal.

11...Rb8 12.d4 Ne4

If 12...Bg4 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 then:

If 15.h3 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qd6 remains equal.
15.Qc2 c6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qe4 Qe6 18.b4 Rfe8 gives Black the advantage in space.

13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe4 Nxc4 15.Bc2 c6 16.Qd3

16.Nf4 d5 17.Qd3 f5 18.b3 Nd6 19.a4 Re8 remains equal.

16...f5 17.Qxc4 Be6 18.e4 fxe4

18...cxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.Qb3 Bf7 21.Bxf5 remains equal.

19.Bxe4 Qg5 20.Rae1

BLACK: Wang Yue
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Position after 20.Ra1e1

20...cxd5!?

Black might have done better after 20...Bxd5 21.Bxd5+ cxd5 22.Qe2 Rf6 23.f4 Qf5 24.Rf3 although it gives White better pawn structure, but with the light-bound Bishop traded off it will be harder for White to exploit this advantage.

21.Qb3 Bf7 22.Bg2

Black's isolated doubled d-pawns give White the advantage.

22...Qf6

22...b5 23.Qb4 Qf6 24.a4 Rfc8 25.axb5 then:

If 25...axb5 26.b3 Rc7 27.Re3 Kh8 28.Rfe1 Rbc8 29.Ra1 White has the more active game.
25...Rxb5 26.Qa4 Rcb8 27.Re3 Bh5 28.f4 Rb4 29.Bxd5+ gives White an extra pawn.

23.Re3 b5?

Black drops a pawn.
23...Bxd4 24.Rf3 Qe5 25.Re1 Bxc3 (forced) 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Rd3 gives White the more active game.

24.Rf3 Qg6

If 24...Qg5 25.Bb4 Rbd8 26.Rf4 Bb6 27.h4 then:

27...Qh5 28.Bf3 Qg6 29.Bxd5 wins a pawn.
27...Qg6 28.Bxd5 wins a pawn.

BLACK: Wang Yue
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Position after 24...Qf6g6

25.Rxf7!!

White sacrifices the exchange for a won position.
25.Rf4 Kh7 26.Qa3 Ra8 27.Re1 then:

If 27...Bb6 28.Bh3 Kg8 29.Bf5 then:

If 29...Qg5 30.Qxd6 Qd8 31.Bb4 then:

31...Qxd6 32.Bxd6 Rfe8 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Be5 gives White an extra pawn.
31...Bc7 32.Qxf8+ Qxf8 33.Bxf8 Bxf4 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.gxf4 leaves White two pawns up.

29...Qh5 30.Qxd6 Ba7 31.Bg4 Qg5 32.Bb4 Rfd8 33.Qc6 leaves White up by a pawn with a more aggressive position.

27...Kh8 28.Qxa6 Bxd4 29.Qxb5 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Rab8 31.Qd7 gives White an extra pawn.

25...Rxf7 26.Bxd5

White wins the pawn.

26...Qf6 27.Qa3!

The text is better than 27.Bxf7+ Qxf7 28.Qb4, although regains the exchange.

27...Bxd4 28.Qxa6 Bxc3 29.bxc3 Kh8

If 29...Rd8 30.Qb6 Rdf8 31.Qxb5 Qxc3 32.Bxf7+ Rxf7 33.Qe8+ Rf8 34.Qe6+ White wins a second pawn.
30...Rc8 31.Qxb5 Kh8 32.Bxf7 Qxf7 33.a4 Qf3 34.c4 gives White two extra pawns.

BLACK: Wang Yue
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Position after 29...Kg8h8

30.Bxf7

White regains the exchange a pawn to the good . . .

30...Qxf7 31.Qxd6 Ra8 32.Qc6 Qxa2 33.Qxb5

. . . make that two pawns to the good.

33...Qc2 34.Qc5 Kh7

34...Re8 35.Ra1 Qb2 36.Rd1 Qc2 37.Qd4 Qg6 38.c4 advances the pawn.

35.Qe3 Rf8 36.Rc1 Qb2

If 36...Qg6 then White inches closer by 37.c4 Qc6 38.f4 Kh8 39.Qd4 Rc8 40.c5.

37.Qe4+ Kh8 38.Qc2 Qb6 39.c4 Qc5 40.Qe2 Qa3 41.Qd2 1-0

41...Qc5 42.Qe3 Qc6 43.Qd4 Re8 44.Qd5 Qf6 45.c5 wins for White.
Grandmaster Wang resigns.

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10. Gunina - Ju, Round 3

Ju Wenjun
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Valentina Gunina (Russia) - Ju Wenjun (China)
Russia-China Team Match (Women's Group), Round 3
Sochi, 17 August 2009

West India Game: Indian Queen's Gambit (Catalan Opening) (Gr�nfeld Defense)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.e3 Be6

If 10...Qa5 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Bd2 Bg4 then:

13.d5!? c4 14.Qxc4 Bxf3 15.dxc6? Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rbc8 17.Rfc1? Rxc6 18.Qe4 Rfc8 19.Qxe7?? Qd5+! 20.Kg1 Qxd2 White resigns (Thomas-Dr. Euwe, Weston, 1926).
13.Rad1? cxd4 14.cxd4 Qh5! wins at least the exchange for Black (Bogolyubov-Dr. Euwe, Match, Holland, 1928).

15.Bxf3 Ne5 16.Qe2 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Rbd8 18.e4 f5 gives Black a slight advantage in space.

11.Qa4

11.Ba3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 Rfe8 16.Rfc1 e6 17.Kf1 Na5 18.Bb4 Nc6 19.Ba3 Na5 20.Bb4 draw (Akopian-Kuzmin, Op, Dubai, 2000).

11...cxd4 12.cxd4 Bd5!?

12...Qd7 13.Rd1 Rfd8 14.Bb2 Bg4 15.Qb3 Rac8 16.Rac1 Qf5 17.e4 Qh5 18.Rc5 Na5 19.Rxh5 Nxb3 20.Rb5 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.Kf1 Bb6 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rb2 Rd1+ White resigns (Aaron-Geller, ITZ, Stockholm, 1962).

13.Rb1

The game is equal.
13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.e4 Be6 16.Qa3 Bxd4 is also equal.

13...a6

13...Qd7 14.Qb5 Rfd8 15.a4 Qd6 remains equal.

14.Rxb7 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Qxc6 Qa5

17...e5!? 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Qf3 Qf6 20.Qxf6 Bxf6 21.Rc1 gives White a more active game.

18.Qc4

18.Bb2 e5 19.e4 Qxa2 20.Ra1 Qe6 remains equal.

18...Rac8 19.Qb3 e6 20.Qa3!?

20.Bb2 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Rcd8 22.Ra7 Rd6 23.Rc1 remains equal.

BLACK: Ju Wenjun
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Position after 20.Qb3a3

20...Qd5!

Black takes the initiative. Exchanging Queens would probably lead to a draw.
If 20...Qxa3 21.Bxa3 Rfd8 22.Rfb1 then:

22...h6 23.R1b6 a5 24.Rb5 a4 25.Ra5 remains equal.
22...Rc6 23.Kg2 h6 24.Bb4 remains equal.

21.Ra7 Rc6!?

This is too passive for this kind of situation.
Better is 21...Rc2 22.Qxa6 Rfc8 23.Ba3 Qxa2 24.e4 when White is still forced to dance to White's tuen, even as the music grows faint.

24...Bd4 ]
22.Bb2 Rb8 23.Qe7!

White finds some counterplay.
23.Bxg7!? Kxg7 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.Qxa6 Ra8! maintians Black's initiative.

23...Qf3

23...Rf8 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qb7 is again equal.

24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qd7 Rc2

25...e5 26.Qe7 Qf6 27.Qxf6+ Rxf6 gives Black, with command of the b-file, a small advantage. It's probably insufficient for a win.

26.Qd4+ Kg8 27.Qd6

27.Qa1? Rbb2 28.Rxa6 e5 29.Qe1 Re2 30.Qd1 Rbd2 wins for Black.

27...Rbc8!?

Black sacrifices a pawn. The sacrifice is speculative but at worst she should be equal.

28.Qxa6?

White leaves her back rank insufficiently guarded.
28.Qd1 Qxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxa2 30.Rdd7 remains equal.

BLACK: Ju Wenjun
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Position after 28.Qd6a6:p

28...Rc1!

That's lights out.

29.Rd7

Suddenly, White is completely lost.
29.Qd3 e5 30.Qd2 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Rc1+ 32.Qxc1 Qh1+ wins the Queen.
If 29.Qb5 h6 30.Ra4 e5 then:

If 31.e4 R8c2 32.Qe8+ Kg7 then:

33.Qxe5+ Kh7 34.h4 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Qxf2#.
33.Ra8 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Qxf2#.

31.Ra7 R8c2 32.Qe8+ Kg7 etc.

29...R8c2 30.Rd8+ Kg7 0-1

31.Rd6 Qxf2+ 32.Kh1 Qxh2#.
Ms. Gunina resigns.

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4. FIDE Grand Prix, Jermuk

Jermuk Falls
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5. Akopian - Ivanchuk, Round 13

Vassily Ivanchuk
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Vladimir Akopian - Vassily Ivanchuk
FIDE Grand Prix, Round 13
Jermuk, 23 August 2009

Spanish Grand Royal Game: Clam Opening

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.0-0

If 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 then:

If 8...0-0 9.Ng3 b5 10.Bc2 d5 11.0-0 then:

11...h6 12.h3 Be6 13.Be3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 draw (Fedorowicz-Kaidanov, US Ch, Tulsa, 2008).
11...Re8 12.h3 Bb7 13.a4 Nb8 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.b4 Qc8 16.Qb1 c5 17.bxc5 dxe4 18.dxe4 Nxc5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 is equal (Movsziszian-Granda, Op, Tarragona, 2006).

If 8...Bd7 9.Ng3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Re1 b5 then:

12.Bc2 Na5 13.b4 Nc6 14.a4 Ne7 15.h3 Qb8 16.a5 c5 17.Be3 cxb4 18.cxb4 Nc6 19.Rb1 d5 20.Bc5 d4 21.Bb3 is equal (de la Riva-Ponomariov, Op, Andorra, 2003).
12.Bb3 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Qb6 is equal (Brodsky-Rytshagov, Keres Mem Rapid, Tallinn, 2005).

7...Bg7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Nbd2 Re8

If 9...b5 10.Bc2 then:

If 10...Bb7 11.Nf1 then:

11...Nb8 12.Ng3 Nbd7 13.d4 c5 14.d5 c4 15.h3 Qc7 16.Be3 Kh8 17.Nh2 Nc5 18.b4 cxb3 19.axb3 Bc8 20.Qe2 Ng8 21.Rac1 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Nf3 is equal (Hou Yifan-Feller, Rapid, Cap d'Agde, 2008).
11...Re8 12.Ng3 Nb8 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Nh2 d5 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.hxg4 c5 17.Qf3 d4 draw (Nestorovic-Arngrimsson, Trophy, Belgrade, 2008).
11...d5 12.Bg5 Qd6 13.Ng3 d4 14.h4 Bc8 15.Qc1 Ng4 16.h5 dxc3 17.bxc3 b4 18.Ba4 Bd7 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.cxb4 Bb5 21.Qc3 h6 22.Be3 Qxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxd3 is equal (Gorlin-Z. Mamedyarova, World Youth Girls, Oropesa del Mar, 2001).

If 10...Re8 11.a4 then:

11...Bb7 12.h3 Nb8 13.b4 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Be3 d5 16.Qb1 Bf8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra5 Nb6 19.Rxb5 dxe4 20.dxe4 gives White an extra pawn (Kr. Georgiev-G. Flear, Op, Saint Affrique, 2005).
11...b4 12.a5 Rb8 13.Ba4 Bd7 14.c4 Nh5 15.Nb3 Nf4 16.d4 Nh5 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.d5 Na7 20.Qd3 Bxa4 21.Rxa4 gives White the advantage in space (Akopian-Sasikiran, Aeroflot Op, Moscow, 2006).

If 9...Nd7 10.Nf1 Nc5 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Ng3 then:

12...Qe7 13.Be3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bc1 d5 16.Bb3 e4 is equal (Fierro-Z. Mamedyarova, Grand Prix W, Istanbul, 2009).
12...Qf6 13.Ne2 g5 14.Ng3 Nf4 15.Nd2 Ne7 16.Ndf1 Neg6 17.Ne3 Nh4 18.Nd5 Qd8 is equal (Melia-Daulyte, Euro ChW, Dresden, 2007).
12...d5 13.Bb3 d4 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.c4 h6 16.Bd2 a5 17.b3 Kh7 18.a3 Qe7 19.Qe2 b6 20.h3 Rfb8 gives Black a small advantage in space (Melamed-Zaiatz, Euro ChW, Warsaw, 2001).

10.Nf1 h6 11.Ng3

11.Bd2 b5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.d4 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Bb3 Qd6 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Rxe5 Qxe5 19.Be3 Re8 gives Black a better center (Bruz�n-Ivanchuk, IT, M�rida, 2006).

11...b5 12.Bc2 d5 13.Qe2 Be6 14.h3 Nd7!?

Black intoroduces a novelty good for equality.
14...Qd7 15.Rd1 Rad8 16.a4 Qc8 17.Be3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Bc4 is equal (Adams-I. Sokolov, IT, Prague, 2002).

15.Be3 d4 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Rec1

17.b4 Nd7 18.Rec1 Qe7 19.cxd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 remains equal.

17...Qd6 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Bc3 Qd6 21.Bb4

If 21.b4 Nd7 22.a4 Reb8 then:

23.axb5 axb5 24.Qe1 Rc8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 remains equal.
23.a5 Rd8 24.Rab1 c5 25.Qd2 Rac8 26.Ne2 Rc6 gives Black the advantage on the queenside.

21...Qb6 22.Qe3 Bf8 23.Bc3

If 23.d4 exd4 24.Qxd4 Red8 25.Qe3 then:

25...Nd3 26.Qxb6 cxb6 27.Bxd3 Bxb4 gives Black the initiative.
25...Rd7!? 26.Bc3 Na4 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 remains equal.

23...Rad8 24.Qf3 Bg7 25.b4 Na4 26.Bd2

26.Bxa4 bxa4 27.Rc2 Qb5 28.Rd2 Re7 29.Rad1 c5 remains equal.

26...Rd7 27.a3 Red8!? 28.Be3! Qb7 29.Rab1 Ba2

29...Nc3 30.Rb2 f5 31.Bb3 Bxb3 32.Rxb3 Na4 remains equal.

30.Ra1 Be6 31.Rab1 Nc3 32.Ra1

32.Rb2 Kh7 33.Ne2 Nxe2+ 34.Qxe2 f5 remains equal.

32...f5 33.exf5?!

White opens the diagonal and with it an opportunity for Black.
33.Bc5 Rf7 34.Re1 Qc6 35.Rac1 Rdd7 36.Nf1 remains equal.

BLACK: Vassily Ivanchuk
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Position after 33.ef5:p

33...Qxf3!

The move strongly suggests itself and assure Black of a lasting advantage.
33...Bd5? 34.Bb3 gxf5 35.Nxf5 e4 36.Bxd5+ Qxd5 37.dxe4 gives White two extra pawns.

34.gxf3?

White does better to take an equivelant amount of material in exchange for his Queen.
If 34.fxe6 then Black is better after 34...Qd5 35.exd7 Rxd7 36.Bd2 e4 37.Bxc3 Bxc3 , but White still has fighting chances.

34...gxf5 35.Bb3

If 35.Bd2 Nd5 36.Kh2 Kf7 then:

If 37.a4 then after 37...Bf8 38.Rab1 Kf6 39.axb5 axb5 40.Bb3 Bf7 Black has withstood White's initiative.
37.Rg1 Nf4 38.Rac1 Nxd3 39.Bxd3 Rxd3 40.Rxc7+ R8d7 takes the wind out of White's sails.

35...Bxb3 36.Rxc3 Be6 37.Ba7

White avoids the pawn fork.
37.Rc6 Bd5! 38.Rxa6 f4 forks White's minor pirces.

37...Rxd3 38.Rxc7 Rxf3 39.Re7 Bf7 40.Rc1

40.Bb6 Rd6 41.Bc5 Rdd3 threatens the a-pawn.

40...Bf6 41.Rec7

41.Rb7 Rxa3 42.Bb6 Re8 43.Nxf5 Rxh3 44.Ra7 Bd5 gives Black the initiative and he still has two extra pawns.

41...Bg5 42.Re1

42.Rc8 Bxc1 43.Rxd8+ Kh7 44.Rd7 Kg7 45.Kg2 Rxa3 leaves Black two pawns to the good.

BLACK: Vassily Ivanchuk
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Position after 42.Rc1e1

42...e4!

Black solidifies his position. There is little White can do to drive away Black's attacking pieces.

43.Rc5 Rd7 44.Bb6 Be6 45.Rc8+ Kf7 46.Bc5

46.Rh8 Rxa3 47.Rh7+ Kf6 48.Rxd7 Bxd7 leaves Black two pawns up.

46...Rxa3

Black is two pawns to the good.

47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Re8 Kf7

Chuckie is simply gaining time on the clock.

49.Rf8+ Kg6 50.Re8
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Position after 50.Rf8e8

50...Bc4!

50...Bf7 51.Rb8 Kf6 52.Rb6+ Ke5 53.Bf8 Bd2 gives Black two extra pawns.

51.Rb8 e3

If 51...Bd8 52.Bb6 Bf6 then:

53.Kh2 Be5 54.Rd8 Rxd8 55.Bxd8 Ra2 56.Kg1 Bc3 gives Black an easy win.
If 53.Rc8 then after 53...Bc3 54.Rc6+ Kf7 55.Rb1 Ba2 56.Rc1 Bd2 Black remains two pawns up.

52.h4

52.Rb6+ Kh7 53.Nxf5 exf2+ 54.Bxf2 Rxh3 leaves Black with two extra pawns.

52...exf2+ 53.Bxf2 Bxh4 54.Rb6+ Kg5 55.Be3+

55.Ne2 h5 56.Bxh4+ Kxh4 57.Rg6 Bxe2 58.Rxe2 Rd1+ leaves Black three pawns to the good.

55...f4 56.Ne4+ Kf5 57.Bf2

57.Nd6+ Rxd6 58.Rxd6 fxe3 59.Red1 e2 is lights out.

57...Rg7+ 58.Kh2 Bxf2 59.Nxf2 Ra2 60.Kh1 Bd5+ 61.Ne4 Rc7 62.Rf6+ Ke5 0-1

BLACK: Vassily Ivanchuk
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Final Position after 62...Kf5e5

63.Rxh6 Bxe4+ 64.Kg1 Rc4 is an easy win for Black.
Grandmaster Akopian resigns.

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6. Aronian - Inarkiev, Round 13

Levon Aronian
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Levon Aronian - Ernesto Inarkiev
FIDE Grand Prix, Round 13
Jermuk, 23 August 2009

Semi-Slav Queen's Gambit: Accelerated Meran Defense

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3

If 6.c5 then:

If 6...b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 then:

If 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 c5 then:

If 10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 then:

If 12.Bb2 then:

If 12...0-0 13.Qe2 then:

If 13...Bb7 14.Na4 Qa7 15.Ne5 then:

15...Rfc8 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Rc2 Rxc2 19.Qxc2 Nf6 20.Nc5 Rc8 21.b4 a5 22.Qa4 gives White the advantage in space (Koneru-Cramling, No Urals Cup, Krasnoturinsk, 2008).
15...Rac8 16.Kh1 Be7 17.Rae1 Bb4 18.Rd1 a5 19.a3 Be7 20.Rde1 Qb8 21.Bb5 Rc7 22.Nxd7 draw (Kramnik-Dreev, Russian Ch, Moscow, 2005).

13...a5 14.Na4 Qa7 15.Rac1 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.Qxa6 Rxa6 is equal (Kamsky-Navara, Grand Prix, Baku, 2008).

12...Qb8 13.Qe2 0-0 14.Rfe1 Bb7 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Na4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ne4 18.Qe3 Bc6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Qxc5 Bd5 22.Qd4 is equal (Huzman-Bacrot, Euro ChT, Saint Vincent, 2005).

12.Bg5 0-0 13.Re1 Qb8 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Bh4 Rc8 16.Rc2 Bb4 17.Qc1 Qa7 18.a3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Ne4 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Qf4 Qb6 gives Black the initiative on the Queen's wing (Bacrot-Chernin, Rapid IT, Corsica, 2006).

10.Na4 Qb8 11.Ne5 c4 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.f4 0-0 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Rf3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 is equal (Pavlidis-Jakovljevic, Euro Ch, Plovdiv, 2008).

If 8.Na4 Qa7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 then:

10...c5 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.b4 Bd6 is equal (Brynell-Godena, Politiken Cup, Helsing�r, 2007).
10...Bd6 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Qb8 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 a5 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh7 Nxh7 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Qc3 gives Whitee a small advantage in space (Wang-Dive, New Zealand Ch, Wanganui, 2007).

6...Nbd7 7.b4 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Ne1 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.f3 Nf6 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Nc2 Be6 is equal (Bologan-Grischuk, IT, Poikovsky, 2004).

If 6.Qc2 c5 then:

If 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6 then:

If 9.0-0 Be6 10.Rd1 Nb4 then:

If 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.exd4 then:

14...Bd6 15.a3 Nd5 16.Qc2 f5 17.f3 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.Qa4+ Qc6 21.Qd4 Qc2 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Bd2 0-0 24.Rac1 Qb3 gives Black a small advantage in space (Mamedyarov-Navara, Rapid Op, Mainz, 2007).
14...Rc8 15.Qf4 Bd5 16.Bh5 g6 17.Nxf7 Bxf7 18.Bg4 Be7!? 19.Bxc8 Qxc8 20.Qe5 Kd7 21.d5 Bd6 is equal (Mamedyarov-Malakhatko, Op, Baku, 2006).

11.Qb1 Qc8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Nfg5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Be7 is equal (Mamedyarov-Grischuk, Grand Prix, Baku, 2008).

If 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxc6 then:

10...Qxc6 11.0-0 cxd4 12.exd4 Bb4 13.Bd3 0-0 14.f3 h6 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Be5 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 f6 19.Bd6 Rd8 20.Bc7 gives White the more active game (S. Atalik-Marcelin, Corus C, Wijk aan Zee, 2006).
10...bxc6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.h3 0-0 13.Rd1 Re8 14.Bf3 cxd4 15.exd4 g6 16.Be3 Bf5 17.Qd2 Rab8 18.b3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rac1 Rbd8 is equal (Milov-Jakovenko, Euro Ch, Warsaw, 2005).

If 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 then:

9...b5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.e4 Bb7 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Qe2 Qb8 16.Bd2 0-0 17.Rac1 Bd6 18.Bc3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Qh5 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ draw (Tomashevsky-Ni Hua, TeamMatch, Nizhniy Novgorod, 2007).
9...Nbd7 10.b4 Be7 11.Nd4 Nb6 12.Bd3 draw (Sorokin-Porper, Anibal Op, Linares, 2003).

6...Bb4 7.Bd2 0-0

If 7...Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 then:

If 9...Bd6 then:

If 10.Qc2 h6 then:

If 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 then:

If 12...c5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bc3 b6 then:

15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Rac1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 is equal (Navara-Dreev, Greek ChT, Ermioni, 2006).
15.Rad1 Bb7 16.Qb2 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 Qg5 gives Black the advantage in space (I. Sokolov-Najer, IT, Poikovsky,2006).

12...e5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Rad1 exd4 15.Nxd4 b5 16.Bh7+ gives White the initiative (Gelfand-I. Sokolov, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee, 2006).

If 11.Rad1 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 then:

13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nf6 17.Nf3 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Re8 19.Qd4 Bf8 is equal (Radjabov-Erenburg, World Blitz Ch, Rashon Le Zion, 2006).
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Ne2 Bg4 16.f3 Rc8 17.Qb1 Bd7 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 Re8 is equal (Sargissian-L. B. Hansen, Ol, Torino, 2006).

10.e4 e5 11.c5 Bc7 12.Na4 exd4 13.h3 Re8 14.Re1 h6 15.Rb1 Nf8 16.Qc2 N6d7 17.Rbd1 Qf6 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.Bf1 is equal (Riazantsev-Sakaev, Russian Ch, Moscow, 2008).

If 9...Qe7 10.Qc2 then:

10...dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 Bxd2 13.Nexd2 Re8 14.Bf5 c5 15.Rab1 e4 16.Ng5 Nf8 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 is equal (Matveeva-Stefanova, No Urals Cup, Krasnoturyinsk, 2006).
10...h6 11.Rfe1 Re8 12.e4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Ne2 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 is equal (Ju Wenjun-Stefanova, FIDE Knock Out W, Nalchik, 2008).

If 7...Bd6 8.Bd3 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 then:

11.0-0 0-0 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Rad1 Bd6 16.Ba1 Bg4 is equal (Beliavsky-E. Agrest, IT, Malm�, 2004).
If11.Qb1 Nc6 12.0-0 Bg4 is equal (Ftacnik-Roiz, Budesliga 0809, Bremen, 2009).

8.Bd3 Bd6!?

8...Nbd7 9.0-0 transposes into the previous note.

9.e4

The game is equal.

9...dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.c5

12.0-0 Nf6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rfe1 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 gives White the advantage in space.

12...Bc7

12...Nf6 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qc2+ Kg8 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.Rc1 remains equal.

13.Qc2

13.0-0 Nf6 14.Bd3 Qd5 15.Qe2 Rd8 16.Bg5 gives White the advantage in space.

13...Nf6 14.Bd3 b6

14...h6 15.0-0 Nd5 16.Rfe1 Qf6 17.Ne5 Rd8 18.Re4 gives White the advantage in space.

15.Rd1 h6 16.0-0

16.cxb6 Bxb6 17.Qxc6 Ra7 18.Bc2 Rd7 19.Bb4 gives White the advantage in space.

16...a5 17.cxb6 Bxb6 18.Qc1

If 18.Qxc6 Ra7 19.Be2 Bb7 20.Qa4 Ne4 21.Rfe1 Qf6 22.Qc4 Bd5 23.Qd3 remains equal.
If 20...Qd6 21.Rfe1 Rd8 22.Ne5 then:

22...Qd5 23.Bf3 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Rxd4 25.Be3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 remains equal.
22...Qxd4!? 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Be3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxe3 26.Rd8+ gives White the edge in space.

18...Nd5!?

Black leaves his c-pawn unprotected.
18...Bb7 19.Be3 a4 20.bxa4 Rxa4 21.Qb2 remains equal.

BLACK: Ernesto Inarkiev
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Position after 18...Nf6d

19.Rfe1!?

White isn't biting, although there's no reason why he shouldn't.
19.Qxc6! Bd7 20.Qd6 Bc7 21.Qa3 Bc6 22.Ne5 gives White the initiative.

19...Ra7 20.Ne5!

White takes the advantage in space.
Also good is 20.Qxc6 a4 21.bxa4 Bb7 22.Qc2 Qf6 23.a5, leaving White with two extra pawns.

20...Rc7 21.Qb2 Nb4

21...Bb7 22.Bb1 Qh4 23.Qc2 g6 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Bxh6 gives White an extra pawn.

22.Bc3 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 f6!?

23...Ba6 24.Rg3 Rc8 25.Qd2 Kh7 26.Qc2+ White continues to enjoy the advantage in space.

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Position after 23...f7f6

24.Nc4!

White takes the initiative.

24...Rcf7 25.Qd2 Ra7 26.Bb2

26.Nxb6 Qxb6 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Qc2 c5 29.Rd1 White still has the advantage in space.

26...Bc7 27.Ba3 Rf7

27...Re8 28.Bc5 Rb7 29.Qc3 Rb8 30.a3 White continues to enjoy the advantage in space.

28.Bc5 Ra8 29.a4!?

White should first see to the safety of his backward pawn.
Better is 29.Qc3 a4 30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Qc2 Ra6.

29...Qd5

If 29...Rb8 then after 30.Qc3 Rb7 31.Rde3 Kh7 32.Re4 Kg8 33.f4 White continues to enjoy the advantage in space.

30.Qc3 Qd8 31.Qc2 Rb8 32.Rc3 Qd5 33.Ne3!?

The operative adage here is to fill holes with pieces.
If 33.Qg6! then:

33...Ba6 34.Rh3 Bf4 35.Rf3 e5 36.Nd6 gives White a clear advantage.
33...Qg5 34.Qxg5 fxg5 35.Bd6 Bxd6 36.Nxd6 Rc7 37.Re5 wins a pawn for White.

33...Qh5!

The game is equal.

34.h3 Qg5?

Black fails to see the tactical threat in the c-file..
34...e5 35.Qe4 Bd7 36.Nc4 f5 37.Qe3 f4 remains equal.

BLACK: Ernesto Inarkiev
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Position after 34...Qh5g5

35.Bd6!!

The sacrifice is a sham, but it's enough to blow the game open.

35...Bxd6 36.Rxc6 Rf8

36...Bf8 37.Rxc8 Rxc8 38.Qxc8 Re7 39.Nc4 Qd5 40.Qc5 wins another pawn.

37.Rxd6

White recovers the Bishop with a clear advantage.

37...Qf4 38.Nc4 Rb4 39.Rc6 Bb7

BLACK: Ernesto Inarkiev
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Position after 39...Bc8b7

40.Rcxe6!

The text is better than the exchange sacrifice 40.Nxa5!? Bxc6 41.Qxc6 Rxd4 42.Qxe6+ Kh7 43.Qe3 when Black's Rook pair have good chances of restaining White's queenside pawns.

40...Qxd4 41.Re7 f5 42.Rd1

Also good is 42.Qd1 Qf6 43.Nxa5 Be4 44.Qd7.

42...Qf6 43.Rdd7 Bd5

If 43...Qa1+ 44.Kh2 Be4 45.Nb2 then:

45...Rf7 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Rxf7 is lights out.
45...Bxc2 46.Rxg7+ Kh8 47.Rh7+ Kg8 48.Rdg7#.

44.Rxg7+ Qxg7 45.Rxg7+ Kxg7 46.Nxa5 Re4

46...Rbb8 47.Qc7+ Bf7 48.Qe5+ Kg6 49.Nc6 Rxb3 50.Ne7+ wins easily for White.

47.f3 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Re7 49.Nc4 f4

If 49...Rf6 50.a5 f4 51.Nb6 then:

51...Bc6 then after 52.b4 Re5 53.Qc3 Rg5 54.a6 it will cost Black the Bishop to stop the pawn.
If 51...Bb7 52.b4 then:

If 52...Kf7 53.Qc4+ Kg7 54.b5 Rxb6 55.axb6 then:

55...Rf7 56.Qd4+ Kg6 57.h4 Kf5 58.Qh8 gives White a material advantange equivalent to four pawns.
Not as good is 55.Qb4 Rbe6 56.Qxf4 Re2+ 57.Kg3 R2e6 58.h4, but White still wins.

52...Rfe6 53.Qc4 Rf6 54.b5 Rxb6 55.axb6 Rf7 56.Qe6 is an easy win for White.

BLACK: Ernesto Inarkiev
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Position after 49...f5f4

50.Ne5!

White poffers the Knight.

50...Re6

If 50...Rxe5 then after 51.Qc7+! Kg6 52.Qxe5 Bxb3 53.Qd6+ White's a-pawn marches forward with decisive effect.

51.b4 h5

51...Rfe8 52.Nd3 Re2+ 53.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 54.Kxe2 Bc4 55.Kd2 wins another pawn (if 55...Bxd3, then White easily wins the King-and-pawn ending).

52.Qc5 Ba2

52...Rf5 53.Nd3 Rc6 54.Qe7+ Kh6 55.Nc5 Rb6 56.b5 wins for White.

53.Nd3 Ref6 54.Qg5+ Kh7 55.Qxh5+ Kg7 56.Qe5 Kh7 57.b5 1-0

57...Rf5 58.Qd6 Kg8 59.b6 R5f6 60.Qb4 Rc6 61.Nxf4 wins for White.
Grandmaster Inarkiev resigns.

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7. Gelfand - Leko, Round 13

Boris Gelfand
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Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko
FIDE Grand Prix, Round 13
Jermuk, 23 August 2009

East India Game: Queen's Indian Defense (Bronstein Variation)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6

Main Line If 4...Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 then:

If 6...Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 then:

If 8.Qc2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 d6 10.d5 0-0 11.0-0 then:

If 11...e5 then:

If 12.Ne1 then:

12...Nd7 13.Nc2 a5 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Ba6 16.b3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 f5 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.e3 Rae8 gives White the advantage in space (Shulman-Sadvakasov, Foxwoods Op, Mashantucket, 2008).
If 12...Bg5 13.e3 Nd7 14.Nd3 then:

14...f5 15.f4 Bf6 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 is equal.
14...Re8 15.f4 exf4 16.exf4 Bf6 17.Rae1 Nc5 18.Nf2 gives White a small advantage in space.

12.e4 Nd7 13.b4 g6 14.Bh3 Qe7 15.a3 Rfb8 16.Qc2 h5 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Nd2 Bg5 19.Nb3 axb4 20.axb4 Nf6 21.Bf1 gives White a small advantage in space (Karpov-Salov, Soviet Ch, Moscow, 1988).

11...Bxc3 12.Qxc3 exd5 13.Nh4 d4 14.Qxd4 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Nc6 16.Qc3 a5 17.Nf4 Re8 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Rad1 Re5 20.Rd5 draw (Jussupow-Makarichev, Soviet Ch, Vilnius, 1980).

8.0-0 0-0 9.Rc1 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 d6 13.Nde4 Be5 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.Rfe1 g6 16.f4 Bd4+ 17.e3 Bg7 18.Bf1 Re8 19.Bxa6 Nxa6 20.Qd3 Nc7 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Nf3 b5 23.b3 f5 24.e4 b4 25.Nd1 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Re8 28.Qd3 Qf5 29.Qxf5 gxf5 gives Black the pawn at d5 (Nauman-Oral, Czech ChU20, Prague, 1997).

If 6...d5 7.0-0 0-0 then:

8.cxd5 exd5 9.Re1 c5 10.Bf4 then:

10...Na6 11.Rc1 then:

11...Ne4 12.a3 Bf6 13.Be5 Re8 14.e3 cxd4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.exd4 Rac8 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Ne5 Qf5 gives Black the advantage in space (Speelman-D. King, Simpson's Divan, London, 2003).
11...Re8 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Ne5 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nb4 16.Na4 a5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 g5 19.Bxg5 Ne4 20.Nd7 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Ba6 22.Nxa6 Rxa6 23.Bf3 Rc6 gives Black the advantage in space(Kunte-Negi, IT, New Dehli, 2006).

10...Nbd7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 Nfe4 13.Nb5 Bf6 14.b4 Ne6 15.Be3 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Ra2 18.Nfd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rb2 20.b5 Qd7 gives Black the advantage in space (Stefanova-Werle, Corus B, Wijk aan Zee, 2002).

If 8.Ne5 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bf4 then:

10...a6 11.Rc1 b5 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Kh2 Nh5 16.Bd2 is equal (S�misch-Nimzovich, IT, Copenhagen, 1923).
If 10...Nbd7 11.Qa4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 a6 13.Rfc1 Rc8 then:

14.Qb3 Nd7 15.Bf4 b5 16.e4 dxe4 17.a4 Nf6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Bd5 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Qc3 Qb7 22.Ra7 Qxb5 23.Rxe7 e3 24.f3 Ba8 (White has the advantage in space, but the powerful threat of 25...Nd5 gives Black a strong initiative) 25.Ra7 Nd5! 26.Qa5 Qxa5 27.Rxa5 Nxf4 28.gxf4 g6 White still has more space, but Black can easily bring his Rook into play and threaten White's back rank (Gdanski-Riazantsev,. Euro Ch, Warsaw, 2005).
14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e3 Rc6 16.Bf1 b5 17.Qb3 Qa5 18.a3 Rfc8 19.Na2 Be7 20.Qd1 g6 21.Rxc6 Rxc6 22.Rc1 Qb6 23.Rxc6 Qxc6 24.Qd2 e5 25.Nb4 Bxb4 26.Qxb4 e4 27.Bh3 Bc8 28.Bxc8 Qc1+ 29.Kg2 Qxc8 30.Qd6 Qg4 31.Qxa6 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ draws by perpetual check (Nikolic-Mecking, S�n Paulo, 1991).

5.Qc2

If 5.b3 then:

If 5...Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 then:

If 9...h6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 d5 14.Bf1 then:

14...Bxf3 15.exf3 Nbd7 16.Bd3 a4 17.Rad1 axb3 18.axb3 Ra7 19.f4 Qa8 is equal (Polugaevsky-Anand, Roquebrune, 1992).
14...c6 15.Nd2 Bg6 16.a3 Nbd7 17.Rac1 Rb8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Qe7 is equal (Alterman-Korchnoi, Beer Shiva, 1992).

If 9...d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 then:

If 11.Rfd1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 c6 14.Bf1 b5 15.Nh4 d5 16.f3 Bg6 then:

If 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.e3 Qb6 20.Be1 Rfe8 21.Bf2 b4 22.Rac1 White is maneuvering to restrain Black's Knights and has the better game (Kempinski-Safarli, Euro Ch, Kusadasi, 2006).
17.Be1 Qb6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.e3 Ne8 21.g4 is equal (Karpov-Istratescu, Rpd Match, Bucharest, 2005).

If 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 then:

13...a4 14.Bf1 Bb7 15.Nd2 c5 16.b4 a3 17.Qb3 cxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 is equal (Topalov-Adams, IT, Frankfurt, 2000).
13...Qb8 14.b4 Bxf3 15.exf3 d5 16.Rac1 c6 17.c5 Re8 is equal (Krunoslav-Polugaevsky, IZT, Zagreb, 1987).

If 5...d5 6.Bg2 then:

If 6...Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 Bb7 then:

If 11.Rc1 Na6 12.Ne5 then:

12...Re8 13.Bf4 h6 14.Qd3 c5 15.Qf5 cxd4 16.Nb5 Bc5 17.Nf3 Rxe2 18.Nfxd4 Rxa2 19.Be5 Ne4 20.h4 Qe7 21.Nc3 Rd2 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 is unclear: Black has an extra pawn and White has more space (Hebden-Langeweg, Op, Benidorm, 1992).
If 12...c5 13.Be3 Re8 then:

14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Nd3 Qe7 17.Na4 Rac8 18.Qd2 Qxe2 19.Qxe2 Rxe2 20.Naxc5 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Ba8 22.a4 a5 23.Ne4 Rcc2 24.Bf3 Black resigns (Korchnoi-Diker, Beer Shiva, 1984).
14.Nd3 Qd7 15.Na4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Ne4 17.Nf4 Bf8 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.e3 Nb4 is equal (Topalov-Kramnik, Amber Blind, Monte Carlo, 2004).

If 11.Qc2 Na6 then:

12.Rfd1 Qc8 then:

13.Bg5 Rd8 14.Rac1 Qe6 15.Qb2 c5 16.e3 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qd2 Rac8 19.dxc5 bxc5 gives Black the advantage in space (K. Georgiev-Grooten, Op, Gibraltar, 2007).
13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.Be5 g6 16.Bh3 Qe8 17.Qc1 c5 18.a4 Nh5 19.Ne6 Bc8 20.Nxd8 Bxh3 21.Nb7 Qc6 22.e4 dxe4 23.d5 Qxb7 24.d6 Bf8 25.Nd5 Be6 is equal (Kramnik-Ivanchuk, Tal Mem Blitz, Moscow, 2007).

12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Ne5 h6 15.a3 Nc7 16.e4 Ne6 17.Be3 Bf8 18.b4 Rc8 is equal (Grischuk-Gelfand, World Cup, Khanty Mansiysk, 2007).

If 6...dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6 9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.e4 Ne7 11.Bb2 Nbc6 12.Nbd2 then:

If 12...e5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Nf3 c5 15.Kg1 Bxc4 16.bxc4 0-0 then:

17.h4 Nc8 18.Bh3 Re8 19.Kg2 Bf8 20.Rc1 Nd6 21.Re1 Rb8 is equal (Huzman-Kasparov, SX, Tel Aviv, 1998).
17.Bh3 Re8 18.Kg2 Nc8 19.a4 Bf8 20.Rc1 Nd6 21.Re1 g6 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.f4 gives White the advantage in space (Devereaux-Jonsson, Euro ChT, Saint Vincent, 2005).

12...0-0 13.Kg1 b5 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.h4 Qb6 16.h5 h6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Nf1 b4 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Ne3 Rac8 21.Rh4 Rc7 22.Qd2 Rc3 23.Bxc3 bxc3 24.Qd4 leaves White an exchange to the good (Kasparov-Gelfand, IT, Novgorod, 1997).

If 5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 then:

If 6...Be7 7.Bg2 c6 then:

If 8.Bc3 d5 then:

If 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 then:

If 12...f5 13.Rc1 then:

If 13...Nf6 14.Bb2 then:

14...Bd6 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Ne5 Rac8 17.Nd3 Rfd8 is equal (Kramnik-Anand, Amber Rapid, Nice, 2008).
14...Rc8 15.Rc2 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.cxd5 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Bb7 20.Rd2 Bb4 21.Rd3 b5 22.Ne3 gives White an extra pawn, but Black has more than enough of a space advantage to compensate for it.(Polaczek-Veenstra, cyberspace, 1999).

13...Rc8 14.Bb2 Bd6 15.a3 Qe7 16.Rc2 Nf6 17.Qc1 Kh8 18.e3 Ne4 19.Rd1 Bb7 20.b4 Bb8 21.Bf1 Qe8 22.a4 a6 gives Black a small edge in space (Karpov-Z. Almasi, IT, Biel, 1996).

If 12...Rc8 13.e4 then:

If 13...b5 14.Re1 dxe4 then:

15.Nxe4 bxc4 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Bf1 Qc8 18.bxc4 Nb6 19.Nd2 Na4 20.Ba5 c5 gives Black a small advantage in space (Adams-Mamedyarov, IT, Sofia, 2007).
15.Bxe4 bxc4 16.bxc4 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Bf6 19.Rc1 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Nf6 21.Bf3 Rc7 22.Nb3 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Bc8 24.Kg2 h6 25.Rd6 Be6 26.Na5 Rb8 27.Rb3 draw (Timoshenko-V. Gurevich, Op. Mainz, 1995).

13...c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qg4 Bg5 21.Qxc4 Nd3 22.Be5 Nxe1 23.Rxe1 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.c7 Qd6 gives Black the exchange, but White space advantage compensates for it.(Sasikiran-Shirov, IT, Foros, 2007).

12...Nf6 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.Qc2 Rb8 16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Bf1 bxc4 18.bxc4 c5 19.Nxe4 cxd4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Qc5 is equal (Kallai-Adams, French ChT, Montpellier, 2001).

If 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 c5 12.e4 then:

If 12...dxe4 13.Nxe4 then:

13...Bb7 14.Nfg5 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc7 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Ne4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rad8 20.Rad1 Qa8 21.Qc3 Nb8 22.Nf6+ gxf6 23.Qxf6 Rxd1 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Qf6+ draw (Schandorff-B. Socko, Ol. Bled, 2002).
13...Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bb7 15.Re3 Bf6 16.dxc5 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Nxc5 18.b4 Qf6 19.Qd4 Ne4 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.Rd3 Rfc8 22.Nd2 f5 23.Re1 Rab8 24.Nxe4 draw (Cu. Hansen-Timman, IT, Malm�, 2001).

12...dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb7 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bb2 b5 16.Ne3 N7b6 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Qe2 b4 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Rc2 Rfc8 22.Rec1 Qf8 23.Qb5 is equal (Boychev-Cordoba, World Youth, Belfort, 2005).

If 8.0-0 d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 then:

If 12...Nh5 13.Bc1 f5 14.e3 Qe8 15.Bb2 g5 16.Ne2 Ng7 17.Ne5 h5 18.h3 Nf6 19.Nc1 Ne4 20.Ncd3 Bb7 is equal (Sakaev-Grigoriants, Russian ChT, Sochi, 2006).
If 12...h6 then:

13.e4 dxc4 14.Nd2 b5 15.bxc4 bxc4 16.Na4 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Nh5 19.Be3 Bf6 20.Rab1 Bd4 21.Ne4 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Qe7 23.Nac3 Nhf6 24.Kh1 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Nb6 26.a4 Rfd8 is equal (Yevseev-Lugovoi, Muni Ch, St. Petersburg, 2004).
13...Nhf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bc1 Nhf6 16.Bf4 is a draw by repetition that has been played more than once.
13.h3 Nh5 14.Bc1 f5 15.a4 Bd6 16.a5 bxa5 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 dxc4 19.Rda1 c5 20.Rxa5 cxd4 21.Nxd4 cxb3 22.Qxb3 Bc4 23.Qd1 gives White a modest advantage in space (Grischuk-Tomashevsky, Russian Ch, Moscow, 2007).

If 6...Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 c6 8.Bg2 d5 9.0-0 0-0 then:

If 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Rac1 Qd6 15.Rc2 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Rc7 then:

17.Nb1 Rfc8 18.Rxc7 Rxc7 19.Rxc7 Qxc7 draw (Tal-Ivkov, Sarajevo, 1966).
17.Bf1 Qe7 18.e3 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qd7 20.a4 Rfc8 21.Nb5 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Ne4 23.Qc1 Rxc2 24.Qxc2 g6 25.Ke2 Nd6 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.f4 draw (Bagirov-Razuvaev, Soviet Ch cycyle, Fruze, 1979).

10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Qb2 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.e3 Qe7 16.Rac1 Nf8 17.Nh4 Rxd8 is equal (Chernin-Razuvaev, Rapid, Tilburg, 1994).

If 5.Nbd2 then:

If 5...c5 then:

If 6.e4 d6 7.Bg2 then:

If 7...Nbd7 d6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 Rb8 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Re1 a6 then:

If 11.a4 Rb8 12.a5 Be7 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.N2b3 0-0 15.Na5 Ba8 16.b4 Rfc8 17.Be3 Qd8 18.b5 Ne5 19.Ndc6 Nxc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.bxc6 Rb4 22.Qe2 e5 23.Rxa6 draw (Sakaev-Anastasian, Euro Ch, Ohrid, 2001).
If 11.e5 Bxg2 12.exf6 then:

If 12...Bb7 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.Ne4 0-0 15.Nxd6 Ne5 16.Nxb7 Qxd4 17.Qxd4 Nf3+ 18.Kf1 Nxd4 19.Rd1 Rab8 20.Nd6 Rfd8 21.Ne4 f5 22.Nc3 Rdc8 is equal (Tregubov-Grooten, Op, Amsterdam, 2001).
12...Qxf6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Kxg2 Nc5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Be7 17.Rf4 Qe5 18.Be3 Rf8 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Qg4 (Browne-Burger, Op, Philadelphia, 1990).

If 7...Bb7 then:

If 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4 then:

If 9...Qd7 10.a4 then:

10...Be7 11.a5 bxa5 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Nxa5 Ba8 16.b3 0-0 17.Ba3 e5 18.Qd3 Qe6 19.Red1 Rfd8 (Browne-Henley, Blitz Match, Parsippany, 1999).
10...Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.a5 Rb8 13.axb6 axb6 14.Re1 b5 15.cxb5 Bxb5 16.Nb1 Be7 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxd7+ Bxd7 20.Rxe5 0-0 21.Rea5 Bb4 draw (H. Olafsson-Naiditsch, Euro Ch, Istanbul, 2003).

9...Nbd7 10.Re1 a6 transposes to the text.

8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Nb1 a6 17.Nc3 Qb7 18.Nd5! gives White the advantage in space (Karavade-Mohota, Asian ChW, Subic Bay, 2009).

If 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.e4 cxd4 8.e5 then:

If 8...Ne4 9.0-0 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 then:

If 10...Qc7 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qxc4 13.Rc1 Qd5+ 14.Qf3 Qxf3+ 15.Kxf3 Na6 16.Nb5 Be7 17.Rfe1 f6 18.Bc3 fxe5 19.Bxe5 0-0+ 20.Ke2 d5 21.Rc6 Bf6 22.Bd6 Rfc8 gives Black excellent prospects (Van Gisbergen-van der Wiel, Op, Neremburg, 1994).
10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Qxc6 dxc6 13.Bxc6+ Qd7 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 15.Rfe1 a5 16.Kf1 f5 is equal (Salov-Karpov, IT, Wijk aan Zee, 1993).

8...Ng4 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Re1 h5 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nc6 14.Nb5 Qb7 15.Ne4 Nf5 16.Qf3 a6 17.Nbd6+ Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Nxd6 19.exd6 Na5 20.b3 Qxf3+ 21.Kxf3 Rc8 22.Be3 Rc6 is equal (M. Petursson-Ornstein, Corres, 1984).

If 5...Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 then:

If 8.Qd1 0-0 9.0-0 Bxd2 10.Qxd2 then:

If 10...a5 11.b3 d6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Qc3 a4 then:

14.Bh3 c5 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.b4 cxb4 17.Qxb4 Bxf3 18.exf3 b5 19.d5 e5 20.cxb5 Nb6 21.Qc3 Nfxd5 22.Qc6 Rac8 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Qxc8+ Nxc8 25.Rxd5 gives White two Rooks for the Queen (Eljanov-Izoria, Euro ChT, Saint Vincent, 2005).
14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Bh3 b5 16.Nd2 axb3 17.axb3 bxc4 18.bxc4 Ra2 draw (Grachev-Bartel, Euro Ch, Budva, 2009).

10...d6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Rac1 Rfe8 14.Bh3 Bb7 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Rcd1 a5 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.e4 e5 19.Bg2 gives White a small advantage in space (Mamedyarov-Adams, Tal Mem Blitz, Moscow, 2007).

If 8.Qb3 Bxd2+ 9.Bxd2 0-0 10.0-0 d6 11.Rfd1 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Qe7 13.Qa3 a5 14.Bh3 Rfe8 15.Be3 then:

15...h6 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.c5 dxc5 18.dxc5 Bd5 19.cxb6 Qxa3 20.bxa3 cxb6 gives Black better pawn structure and he threatens to win a pawn (Timman-Salov, World Cup, Rotterdam, 1989).
15...Bb7 16.Nh4 h6 17.f3 c5 is equal (Evdokimov-Eljanov, Euro Ch, Warsaw, 2005).

If 5...d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 then:

If 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 then:

10...bxc5 11.Nb3 a5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Nd2 Bf8 16.e4 g5 17.exd5 gxf4 18.Ndc4 Qa6 19.gxf4 Nbd7 20.Rd3 Bg7 21.Rg3 Nf8 22.f5 Nh5 23.Rg4 Qf6 gives Black the material advantage and the more active game (Timman-Ivanchuk, IT, Tilburg, 1990).
10...Bxc5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.b4 Na6 18.a3 Rac8 19.Qe2 Rfd8 20.Bb2 gives White the advantage in space (Nemet-Kunte, Op, Biel, 2001).

If 8.b3 then:

If 8...c5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rc8 then:

11.dxc5 bxc5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Re1 Re8 14.e4 Nb4 15.e5 Nd7 16.e6 fxe6 17.Rxe6 Nf8 18.Bh3 Rc6 19.Nd4 Rb6 20.Rxb6 Qxb6 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.Qh5 g6 gives Black the advantage in space (Korobov-Iordachescu, Euro Ch, Ohrid, 2001).
11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bh3 Rc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Re1 d4 15.Ba3 Nd5 16.Ne4 Ncb4 17.Qd2 d3 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.Bf1 dxe2 20.Bxe2 Rd7 21.Qe3 Nd5 22.Qd2 Nb4 23.Qe3 Nd5 24.Qd2 draw (Lajthajm-Azorov, Euro Ch, Budva, 2009).

If 8...Bb7 9.Ne5 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.e4 Bb7 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.e5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Be7 19.Nc4 b5 20.Nd6 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nxe5 22.Qxe5 Bf6 23.Qxb5 Bxb2 24.Rd1 Ba3 25.b4 Qb8 draw (Leit�o-Jakovenko, World Cup, Khanty Mansiysk, 2005).

5...Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5

Black has an extra pawn.
If 8...Bxd5 9.Nc3 Bc6 10.e4 then:

If 10...d6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 Be7 13.0-0-0 Nd7 then:

14.e5? Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxg2 16.Qa4+ Kf8 17.Rhg1 Bb7 gives Black two extra pawns (Gormally-Deveraux, EU CH, Liverpool, 2006).
14.g4 Nhf6 15.h3 h6 16.Nh4 0-0 is equal.

10...Be7 11.Bf4 0-0 12.0-0-0 Na6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.g4 d6 16.Nc4 d5 is equal (Zugic-Gardner, Canadian Closed, Toronto, 2006).

9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6

If 10...Qc8 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.Nc3 then:

If 12...0-0 13.Bg5 d6 14.Qxc8 Rxc8 15.Nb5 then:

15...Nbd7 16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 h6 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Nh4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ne6 is equal (Khalifman-H. Olafsson, Aeroflot Op, Moscow, 2008).
15...Bc6 16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.Bxf6 Bf8 18.Bc3 b5 19.Rac1 Re8 20.e3 Be4 21.Nh4 Bxg2 22.Nxg2 Nc6 23.Nf4 draw (Sargissian-Leko, IT, Yerevan, 2008).

If 12...Nc6 13.Bg5 d5 then:

14.Nh4 Nd4 15.Qxc8+ Rxc8 16.e3 Ne6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nf5 Rd8 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 0-0 21.Rab1 g6 22.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 fxe6 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Rd2 Bxb2 26.Rxb2 Rxd6 gives Black a remote passed pawn (Gelfand-Leko, Rpd, Odessa, 2007).
14.Qf4 d4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5 Bd8 17.e3 Ne7 18.Nxe7 Bxe7 19.exd4 0-0 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Rac1 a5 22.b3 Ra6 23.Re1 Bf6 24.Ne5 is equal and was soon drawn (Cheparinov-Kamsky, Grand Prix, Baku, 2008).

11.Qf5

If 11.Qa4 Nf6 then:

If 12.Nh4 g6 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.Nc3 Kg7 then:

16.Qf4 Re8 17.Nb5 d5 18.Nd6 Re5 19.Nxb7 Qe7 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Qa4 Re6 22.e3 Rb8 23.Qa3 d4 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.exd4 Qe2 26.Rab1 cxd4 27.Qxa7 Rxb2 28.Qxd4 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Qxa2 draw (Aronian-Karjakin, Grand Prix Rd 8, Jermuk, 2009).
If 16.Rd6 Na5 17.Qf4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 h6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 then:

20...Re8? 21.Rxg6+!! fxg6 22.Qxg6+ Kf8 23.Qxh6+ Ke7 24.Nf5+ Kf7 25.Nd6+ Ke7 26.Rd1 wins for White (Aronian-Leko, Amber Rapid, Nice, 2009).
After 20...Qe8! 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qf4 Nb7 23.Qf6+ Kh7 Black's extra pawn is still the difference.

If 12.e4 0-0 13.e5 Ne8 14.Nc3 Nc7 then:

If 15.Be3 Qe8 16.Rd2 Rd8 then:

17.Re1 Ba8 18.Ne4 Ne6 19.a3 Kh8 20.Qc2 h6 21.g4 Ncd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 d6 25.Nxd6 Bxd6 26.Bxa8 Bxe5 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Rxe5 Qxa8 29.Qe4 draw (Wang Yue-Leko, Grand Prix, Elista, 2008).
17.Rad1 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qb3+ Ne6 21.Qxb7 Ned4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4 23.Qb3+ Kh8 24.Nb5 is equal (Akopian-Palac, Euro ChT, Kallithea, 2008).

15.Bf4 Ne6 16.Be3 Qc8 17.Rd2 Rd8 18.Rad1 is equal (Sargissian-Beliavsky, IT, Paks, 2008).

11...Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf4 0-0 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qc4

15.Qg4 d5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Nc3 Qb8 18.Bh6 Re8 Black continues to enjoy an extra pawn (Wang Yue-Rowson, Team Match, Liverpool, 2007).

15...d5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Nc3!?

17.Bh6 Re8 18.Nc3 Na5 19.Qg4 Bc6 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Qh4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qc7 23.Rd3 Qc6+ gives Black an extra pawn (Rodshtein-Volke, Euro ChT, Kallithea, 2008).

17...Na5!?

Black has an extra pawn, but White has the edge in space.
Black continues to enjoy the material advantage after 17...Qb8 18.Ne4 Ne5 19.Qc2 Re8 20.Bg5 Nxf3+.

18.Qd3 Bc7 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Re1

20.Nb5 is more aggressive, but it does nothing to recover the pawn after 20...Bb8 21.Nc3 Re8 22.Bg5 Qf8.

20...Qd7 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bh6 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Qf7 24.b4!?

Black sacrifices a second pawn in order to weaken Black's queenside.
24.Nb5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 then:

26.b3 then after 26...Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 a6 28.Nxc7 Qxc7 Black keeps the pawn.
26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Qd2 Be7 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.Qxd6 Ng7 maintains the pawn for Black.

BLACK: Peter Leko
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Position after 24.b2b4

24...cxb4 25.Nb5

White would like to trade or drive away Black's queenside pieces.

25...Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nd6!

White has some partial success for his second pawn sacrifice. The Black Queen cannot abandon the Bishop at b7.

28...Qd7

28...Qc7 29.Qd3 Qe7 30.Bd2 Qd7 31.Bxb4 Bc7 still maintains a pawn.

29.Nxb7 Nxb7 30.Qc4+

White enjoys more success as he wins back one of his two pawns.

30...Kh8

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Position after 30...Kg8h8

31.Bh3

There is another way to win back the pawn.
If 31.Qxb4 Qd1+ 32.Bf1 Nc5 33.Qc4 Qd7 34.Be3 then:

If 34...Ne6 35.Bh3 Nhg7 36.Qe4 Qd6 37.Qa4 f5 then:

If 38.Nd4 a5 39.Nc6 Nc5 40.Nxd8 Qxd8 41.Bxc5 wins the second pawn.
38.Qxa7 f4 39.Bd2 fxg3 40.fxg3 is equal.

If 34...Qd6 35.Qf7 Qe7 then:

36.Qxe7!? Bxe7 37.Nd4 a5 maintains the pawn, although Black must play with extra care.
36.Qd5!? Ng7 37.Nd4 Qd7 38.Qxd7 Nxd7 39.Nc6 White wins back the second pawn.

31...Qe7 32.Qd5 Nd6 33.Nd4 Qe1+

If 33...Ng7 34.Nc6 Qe1+ then:

35.Bf1 Bc7 36.Nxa7 Ngf5 37.Bd2 Black still has an extra pawn.
35.Kg2 Bc7 36.Nxa7 Qe4+ 37.Qxe4 Nxe4 gives Black an extra pawn, although it is part of a crippled queenside majority.

34.Bf1 Qe5 35.Qa8

White must win one pawn or another.

35...Qe8

If 35...Nf7 then White wins a pawn after 36.Be3 Qe7 37.Nc6 Qe4 38.Qb7 Qe8 39.Qxa7.

36.Qxa7 Nf7 37.Be3 Ne5 38.Qa8 Qg8

If 38...Ng7 then White wins back the second pawn with advantage after 39.Nc2 Be7 40.Qxe8+ Nxe8 41.f4 Nf7 42.Bxb6.

39.Nc6 Nxc6 40.Qxc6 Ng7 41.Bh6 Be7 42.Bc4 Qd8

42...Qb8 43.Bf4 Qd8 44.Bc7 Qc8 45.Qd5 is equal as the b6 pawn must fall.

43.Be3 Nf5!?

The pawn at b6 cannot be defended any longer. Black must find a way to maintain his edge without it.
If 43...Qd1+ 44.Kg2 Qd6 then:

45.Qb7 Ne6 46.Bxb6 Nd8 is equal.
45.Qa8+!? Bd8! 46.Qb7 Ne6 maintains the pawn.

BLACK: Peter Leko
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Position after 43...Ng7f5

44.Bxb6!

If 44.Qxb6!? Nxe3 45.Qxe3 Kg7 46.f4 f5 then:

47.h3 Bf6 48.Qd3 Qxd3 49.Bxd3 gives Black a small advantage.
47.Kf2 Bf6 48.Qa7+ Kh6 49.Ke2 Qe8+ 50.Qe3 Qc6 gives Black a small initiative.

44...Qf8 45.Be6 Ng7

45...Nd6 46.Bc5 Ne8 47.Bd4 Ng7 48.Bb3 Nf5 49.Bb2 White's minor pieces are better.

46.Bd7 h5

46...f5 47.Bd4 Kg8 48.Qb7 f4 49.Qd5+ gives White the more active game.

47.Qc8 Kg8 48.Kf1 Qxc8 49.Bxc8

The game is equal.

49...Kf7 50.Ke2 Ne6 51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Kc4 Ne4 53.Ba6 Ke6?

Black brings out his King to where it is exposed to White's Bishops.
53...f5 54.Be3 Nf6! 55.Bc5 Ne4 56.Bxb4 Nxf2 remains equal.

BLACK: Peter Leko
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Position after 53...Kf7e6

54.Be3!

White finds the winning line.
54.Ba5!? Nd2+ 55.Kb5 b3 56.axb3 Nxb3 57.Bc8+ remains equal.

54...Nc3 55.Kb3 Nd5 56.Bc4 Ke5 57.Bxd5

57.f4+!? Ke4 58.Bd2 Bc5 59.Bxd5+ Kxd5 60.Bxb4 Bg1! gives Black excellent drawing chances in spite of White's remote passer.

57...Kxd5 58.Bd2!

The b-pawn must fall, giving White a remote passer.

58...Bc5 59.f3 f5

59...Bg1 60.h3 Bf2 61.g4 hxg4 62.hxg4 Kd4 63.Kxb4 gives White a clear advantage.

60.Bxb4 Bg1

With the passed pawn on the a-file, Black may as well resign rather than exchange Bishops.

61.h3 Bf2 62.g4 fxg4 63.fxg4 hxg4 64.hxg4 g5

Black should keep this pawn off of a drak square.
A better defense is 64...Ke4 65.a4 Bb6 66.Be7 Kf4 67.g5, when White's pawn is likely to fall.

BLACK: Peter Leko
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Position after 64...g6g5

65.a4!

The passed pawn expands, as he must.

65...Bb6 66.Be7!

White seeks a second passed pawn with which to occupy Black's defenses.

66...Ke4

66...Be3 67.a5 Kc6 68.Ka4 Bd2 69.Bd8 Be3 70.a6 splits Black's defense.

67.Bxg5 Kf3 68.Kc4 Kxg4 69.Kb5 Bf2

Exchanging Bishops would still be suicidal for Black..

70.Bd2 Kf5 71.a5 Ke4 72.Kc6 Kd3

BLACK: Peter Leko
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Position after 72...Ke4d3

73.Bg5!

The Bishop is headed for c5 or b6.

73...Kc4

73...Ba7 74.a6 Kc4 75.Be7 transposes into the text.

74.Be7 Be3 75.a6 Ba7 76.Bd8 Bb8 77.Bc7 Ba7 78.Kb7 1-0

If 78...Bc5 then after 79.Bb6! the pawn must queen.
Grandmaster Leko resigns.

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8. Kasimdzhanov - Cheparinov, Round 9

Rustam Kasimdzhanov
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Ivan Cheparinov
FIDE Grand Prix, Round 9
Jermuk, 18 August 2009

Semi-Slav Queen's Gambit: Stoltz Opening

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2

For a more detailed look at this opening, see Ivanchuk-Aronian, IT, Linares, 2009.

6...Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6

If 9...b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 then:

If 11...Qb8 12.e4 e5 then:

If 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 then:

14...Neg4 15.g3 g6 16.Bf3 is equal (Koneru-P�rez, IT Merida, 2008).
If 14...Ng6 15.g3 Re8 16.Nf5 then:

16...Bf8 17.Bf3 b4 18.Nb1 c5 favors Black since White's queenside is cramped.(Evdokimov-Asrian, Euro Ch, Dresden, 2007).
16...Bc5 17.a3 a5 18.Bg5 Qe5 19.Bf3 Rac8 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Na4 Bf8 22.Nc5 Ne5 23.Be2 Rc7 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 is equal (Alverez-Scheffner, cyberspace, 2000).

13.g3 Re8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bg5 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Be5 17.Rd2 h6 draw (Morovic-Fridman, Ol, Calvia, 2004).

If 11...Qc7 then:

If 12.e4 e5 then:

If 13.g3 Rfe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bg5 then:

15...b4 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Nb1 c5 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Bg4 Rae8 21.f3 Rg5 22.Bf5 Bd6 23.Nf1 c4 gives Black the advantage in space (Szeberenyi-Pavasovic, Hungarian ChT, Hungary, 2003).
15...Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Qe7 17.Bg2 Be5 18.Ne2 Qb4 19.Rd2 Rad8 20.Rad1 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Qa5 22.b3 c5 23.Rd1 h6 24.Bd2 Qa6 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Nxc3 b4 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.exd5 Qd6 is equal (Ibragimov-Asrian, Op, Dubai, 2000).

13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Bc5 15.h3 Qb6 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Nf5 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Ng6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 draw (Parker-Thorhallsson, Euro ChT, Saint Vincent, 2005).

If 12.Bd2 Rfe8 13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 e5 then:

15.h3 h6 16.a3 exd4 17.exd4 Nb6 18.Re1 Nbd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bd3 a5 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Be4 gives White the advantage in space (Beliavsky-Pavasovic, Vidmar mem, Terme Zrece, 2003).
15.a3 h6 16.Bd3 exd4 17.exd4 Nb6 18.Re1 Rad8 19.Ne2 Nbd5 20.Ng3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Ng4 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Bf5 gives White the advantage in space (Soltau-Benejam, cyberspace, 2003).

10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4

12.e4 e5 13.g3 Re8 14.a3 exd4 15.Nxd4 Be5 16.Bf3 c5 17.Nde2 c4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bd6 20.Bf4 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Nd4 g6 is equal (Bologan-Karjakin, IT, Dortmund, 2001).

12...Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7

13...e5 14.Qh4 Re8 15.Bd3 h6 16.Bd2 Be7 17.Qg3 Bd6 18.Qh4 Be7 draw (Burmakin-Dreev, Op, Novgorod, 1999; several games since have ended here or after one or two more moves in an agreed draw).

14.Bd3 g6

If 14...Nf6 15.Qh4 c5 16.e4 cxd4 17.Bg5 e5? 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxd4 Bc8 20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Nc6 gives White more space and better pawn structure (Volzhin-Malakhatko, Rpd Op, Swidnica, 1998).
17...Rfd8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Kh1 gives White the advantage in space, but Balck's game is playable.

15.Qh4 c5 16.Ng5 h5 17.g4!?

17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rae8 19.Bd2 Be7 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 cxd4 22.Bc6 Rd8 23.Ba5 Ne5 is equal (Gelfand-Najer, Rpd, Odessa, 2009).

BLACK: Ivan Cheparinov
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Position after 17.g2g4

17...Nf6

The game is equal.

18.gxh5 Nxh5 19.Be2

If 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Be2 Rfd8 then:

21.Bxh5 gxh5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Qxh5 Kf8 gives White an extra pawn and Black more space.

21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.e4!? Kg7 is equal.

19...Kg7 20.dxc5 Be5

20...Qxc5 21.Bd2 Be7 22.e4 Rh8 23.Bc3+ e5 remains equal.

21.f4 Bf6 22.Bd2 Qxc5 23.Rac1 Qd5

23...Qb6 24.Bxh5 Rh8 25.Qg3 Rxh5 26.Bc3 Rd8 remains equal.

24.Qh3 Rh8

BLACK: Ivan Cheparinov
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Position after 24...Rf8h8

25.Bc3

The position is extremely sharp and it is by no means clear who is better. One misstep by either player will spell his doom.
If 25.Nxe6+? Kg8 then:

If 26.Nc7 Nxf4 27.Qxh8+ Bxh8 28.Nxd5 Nxe2+! 29.Kf1 Nxc1 then:

30.Bxc1 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Rc8 32.Bd2 Bxb2 leaves Black up by a pawn.
30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.Rxc1 Kxe7 leaves Black up by a minor piece,

27.Nxd5 Nxh3+ 28.Kf1 Bxd5 wins the Knight.

26.Bc3 Ng3 27.hxg3 Qe4 28.Qxh8+ Bxh8 29.Kf2 Qg2+ wins for Black as the Knight on e6 cannot be saved.

25...Qxa2

If 25...Qh1+?! then after 26.Kf2 Ng3 27.Bxf6+ Kxf6 28.Rxh1 Rxh3 29.Rc7 White wins material.

26.Rd7!?

This move isn't as impressive as it looks.
Better is 26.Ra1 Qb3 27.Nxe6+ Qxe6 28.Qxe6 fxe6 29.Rd7+ with equality.

26...Bxc3!

The Bishop cannot be taken.

27.Qxe6

27.Rxc3?! Nxf4 28.Qf1 Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 Qb1+ 30.Qf1 Qxf1+ leaves Back up by two pawns.

27...Qxe6 28.Nxe6+ Kh6!

If 28...Kf6!? 29.Ng5 then:

29...Bd5 30.Rxd5 Bxb2 31.Rc2 gives White excellent winning chances.
29...Bxb2?? 30.Rxf7#.

29.Rxc3 Bc8!

This is Black's only good move.
29...fxe6 30.Rxb7 Rad8 31.Rc6 wins a pawn for White.

30.Rxc8

The loss of the exchange is forced. Any other move loses.

30...Rhxc8 31.Rxf7?

This move is way too risky.
31.Ng5 Nf6 32.Rxf7 Rf8 33.Bf3 Rac8 34.Ra7 is equal.

31...Re8?

Risky or not, Black fails to find the proper winning line.
If 31...Rc2 32.Kf2 Rxb2 33.Nf8 Nf6 then:

34.h4 Rc8 35.Rxf6 Kg7 36.Rxa6 Rxf8 37.Kf3 Rd8 gives Black a material and positional advantage.
If 34.Kf3 Rc2 35.Rxf6 Kg7! 36.Nd7 Rd2 then:

If 37.Nb6 Rh8 38.Nd5 Rxd5 39.Rxa6 Black remains up by an exchange.
37.Nc5 Rxe2 38.Rxa6 Rxa6 39.Nxa6 Rxh2 Black remains up by an exchange.

BLACK: Ivan Cheparinov
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Position after 31...Rc8e8

32.Ng5!

White takes the initiative with the threat of mate on the next move.

32...Ng7 33.Kf2 Rf8

If 33...Red8 34.h4 Rd6 35.b4 then:

35...Rc8 36.Bg4 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rdd2 38.Rf8 Nf5 39.Bxf5 gives White retains the material advantage.
35...Rb6 36.Rd7! Rf6 37.Bf3 gives White a strong initiative.

34.Rd7 Rf6

If 34...Rac8 35.Bd3 Rc6 36.Nf7+ then:

36...Kh7 37.b4 Rf6 38.Ng5+ Kh6 39.Kf3 Re8 40.h4 gives White a strategically won game.
36...Rxf7 37.Rxf7 Ne8 38.e4 Rc7 39.Rxc7 Nxc7 40.Ke3 gives White a passed pawn.

35.Bd3 b4 36.h4 a5

If 36...Raf8 then 37.h5 gxh5 38.Nh7 wins the exchange.

37.h5 a4 38.hxg6 a3

38...Ra5 39.Nf7+ Kh5 40.Rd8 Rff5 41.Bxf5 Rxf5 42.Ne5 leaves White with two extra pawns.

39.Nf7+ Kh5 40.Ne5 Rxg6

40...Rg8 41.bxa3 bxa3 42.Ra7 Rff8 43.Rxa3 White's three connected pawns triumph.

41.Bxg6+ Kh6 42.bxa3 1-0

Hopelessly behind in material and with his King subject to a mating attack, Grandmaster Cheparinov resigns.

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13. Update (Monday): Fogies 27�, Whippersnappers 22� (Final)

The Experience team scored its first victory in the three-year-old team match series against Rising Stars today in Amsterdam as the latest edition of the event ended in a 27�-22� win for the old timers.

Not-so-old old timers Peter Heine Nielsen (36) and Peter Svidler (33) were the top scorers for the Experience team with 6� and 6 points respectively.

Jan Smeets, the reigning Dutch national champion, was the only Rising Star to score better than 50% in the ten round match. Smeets had 6 points out of a possible 10. As the leading scorer on the Rising Stars, Smeets will compete in next Spring's Melody Amber Rapid/Blindfold Tournament in Nice, France. The past winners of the ticket to Nice from Amsterdam were Magnus Carlsen in 2007 and Sergey Karjakin in 2008.

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