The Jack Rabbit Chess Report (March 7): Vishy win Morelia; Fabiano shares lead in Reykjavik

Vishy wins first prize in Morelia-Linares



Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, won the pretigious annual Morelia-Linares International Tournament earlier today in the mining town of Linares, Andalucía (Spain).

Anand scored 8½ points in the event winning 4 and losing one in 14 rounds. He entered today's final round needing only to avoid loss to finish with at least a share of first place. Anand drew his game with former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, and the other three games today also ended in draws.

Seventeen-year-old Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen finished second with 8 points. Magnus actually won more games than Anand (5), but also lost three games. Topalov and Armenia's Levon Aronian tied for third place with 7½ points each. Topalov also won 5 games, but lost 4; Aronian won 3 and lost 2.

In this year's other top tournament so far, the Corus A Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, Magnus and Aronian tied for first while Anand and Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan tied for third. Radjabov finished in fifth place in Morelia-Linares at 50% with 7 points. In Wijk aan Zee, Topalov finished with a disappointing 6 points out of 13 in a three-way tie for eighth place.

The first half of the tournament was played in Morelia, Minoachán, near the Pacific coast of Mexico. After a four-day recess, the players reconvened in Linares, which is the birthplace of the famous classical guitarist, the late Andrés Segovia.



Fabulous Fabiano tied for lead in Reykjavik Open



Fabiano Caruana, at 15 years of age the Italian national champion, is tied for first place in the Reykjavik Open with Iceland's Hannes Stefansson with 4½ points each after five rounds.

The native of Miami, Florida, who holds dual citizenship with Italy and the United States, won his game today with Black against Stefan Kristjansson of Iceland in just 30 moves.

Six player are tied for third place with 4 points each, including reigning world junior champion Ahmed Adly of Egypt and top seed Wang Yue of China, who was upset in the first by tournament organizer and FM Bjorn Thorfinnsson of Iceland.

Upon defeating Wang Yue, who is China's highest ranked player with an Elo score of 2698, Bjorn, who is rated 2364, said that he would endeavor "not to humiliate myself and Wang Yue by playing like the patzer I truly am."

Several women got off to quick starts winning their first three games. They were Inna Gaponenko of Ukraine, Germany's Elisabeth Pähtz and the reigning women's champion of India, 21-year-old Tania Sachdev. Ms. Gaponenko is currently tied for ninth with 3½ points.

Vishy Anand
Photo: ChessBase.com


Vishy Anand - Alexey Shirov
Morelia-Linares International Tournament, Round 8
Linares, Andalucía (Spain), 28 February 2008

Open Sicilian Game: Sveshnikov Defense

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5

• If 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.c4 Be7 then:
• 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 a6 12.Nc3 f5 13.f4 Bf6 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Qc2 then:
• 15...exf4 16.Bxf4 Be5 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Rac1 f4 20.Ne4 Qh6 21.c5 Bg4 22.c6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 gives White the edge with the advanced passer (Schneider-Ramirez, UTD Invitational, Richardson, Texas, 2007).
• 15...g6 16.Be3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne5 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Qb3 b6 20.Be3 Rb8 21.Qa3 Qe7 22.Bf2 b5 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Qb4 Rfc8 gives White a small advantage in space (Andrijevic-Halkias, Op, Kavala (Greece), 2001).
• 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 a6 12.Nc3 f5 13.f3 Nd7 14.Kh1 Bg5 15.b4 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Qe3 20.Be2 b5 21.Qc1 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 bxc4 23.Nb5 Bb7 24.Nxd6 Bxd5 25.Bxc4 Bxc4 26.Rxc4 e4 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.Kg1 e3 29.Re4 Nf6 30.Rxe3 Rd8 31.Re6 Rb8 32.Re7 Rxb4 draw agreed (Leko-Kramnik, Amber Blind, Monte Carlo, 2003).

7...a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5

• If 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 then:
• 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 0-0 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Qh5 e4 17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Rd1 b4 19.0-0 bxc3 20.bxc3 Kh8 21.g3 Rc8 22.Bb3 Bf7 23.Qe2 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 a5 26.c4 Rb8 draw agreed (Ponomariov-Leko, World Teams, Yerevan, 2001).
• 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4 16.Bc2 Qc8 17.Rae1 0-0 18.Bb3 gives White a slight advantage in space.

9...Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5

• If 11...Ne7 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 then:
• 13.c4 13...Bb7 14.Bd3 then:
• 14...Rg8 15.cxb5 Rxg2 16.bxa6 Bxa6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nc4 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Qd5 Qa8 21.Qxa8+ Rxa8 22.Kf1 Rg4 23.Rg1 Rxg1+ 24.Kxg1 Ra4 25.b3 Rb4 26.Rd1 is equal (Zhang Pengxiang-Ni Hua, Sanjin Cup, Taiyuan, 2005).
• 14...bxc4 15.Nxc4 d5 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Be4 Qa5+ 19.Qd2 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Rd8 21.Bxb7 Rxd6+ 22.Kc2 Rb6 23.Be4 Kg7 24.Rad1 f5 25.Bd3 a5 26.Rd2 Kf6 27.Rc1 draw agreed (Ljubojevic-Tseshkovsky, Riga, 1979).
• 13.Nc2 Bb7 14.Bd3 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Qh5 0-0-0 18.Bc2 Kb8 19.Bb3 Qc6 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Ng6 22.Kc1 Qe4 23.Rd1 Nf4 24.Qf5 Qxf5 25.Nxf5 Bxg2 26.Rd6 Bb7 27.Rxf6 is equal (Preuss-Stopa, USCL, cyberspace, 2006).

12.Nc2 0-0

• For moves stemming from 12...Ne7, see Leko-Carlsen, below.

13.a4 bxa4

• 13...Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Bd3 Be6 then:
• 16.Nce3 then:
• 16...Ne7 17.Bc2 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.0-0 Qd7 22.Qd3 is equal (Steenbekkers-Hugaert, IT, Vilssingen, 2007).
• 16...Bxe3 17.Nxe3 b4 18.0-0 bxc3 19.bxc3 Qc7 is equal.
• 16.Qe2 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.Nb4 Qb6 19.Qh5 h6 20.h4 g6 21.Qe2 Bf6 22.h5 Bg7 23.g4 Qc5 draw agreed (Muhren-Shiraliyeva, World Youth ChU16, Oropesa del Mar, 2001).

14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Kh8 17.Nce3

• If 17.0-0 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 then:
• 20...Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxe3 then:
• 22.fxe3 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Rxb3 24.Rc4 Rb5 25.Nc7 Rb6 26.Nd5 Rb5 27.Nc7 draw agreed (Bologan-Timofeev, IT, Sarajevo, 2005).
• 22.Nxe3 Rxb3 23.Qc4 Qb6 24.Nd5 Qb5 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Ne5 28.Qe4 g5 White resigns (Smetankin-Eljanov, Rubinstein Mem, Polanica Zdroj. 2001).
• 20...Bf7 21.Be4 Bg8 22.Ra3 Na7 23.Qd3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 gives White an excellent advantage in space (Leko-Topalov, Amber Blind, Monte Carlo, 2002).

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Position after 17...g7g6

18.Qe2!?

• This novelty will be keeping analysts busy for while looking for a refutation, or at least a decent continuation for Black.
• If 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 then:
• If 22...Ne7 then:
• 23.Kc1 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Kb1 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Bf6 is unclear: White has more space and Black has the extra pawn (Jakovenko-Shirov, Areoflot Op, 2007).
• 23.Kc2 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6 25.Ra1 Bf6 26.Rh2 Bg7 27.Qd2 a4 28.Rah1 axb3+ 29.Bxb3 Bxd5 30.Rxh7+ Kg8 31.exd5 gives White a healthy advantage in space (Korneev-Solak, Kostic Mem, Vrsac, 2006).
• 22...f5 23.Bd3 Bf2 24.exf5 Bxe3+ 25.Nxe3 Bxf5 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Qh5 Qd7 is unclear: Black has a pawn plus and White has more space (P. Smirnov-Viliavin, Op, Moscow, 2007).

18...f5

• This keeps the game even, at least momentarily.
• 18...Bxe3?! 19.Qxe3 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.0-0 Be6 22.Rfa1 gives White the advantage in space.

19.h4 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 fxe4 21.h5 g5

• If 21...gxh5 then:
• 22.Rxh5 Bg4 23.Rh2 Bf5 24.Qh6 Rb7 25.Ne3 Ne7 26.Rxa5 Ng8 27.Bxg8 Kxg8 28.b4 gives White a comfortable advantage in space.
• 22.Qxe4 Qg5 23.Ne3 Bd7 24.Qc2 Nd4 25.cxd4 then:
• 25...Bxa4 then:
• 26.bxa4 exd4 27.Nd1 Rbc8 28.Qd3 Rfe8+ 29.Kf1 Rxc4 30.Qxc4 Qd2 31.g3 Qxd1+ 32.Kg2 Qg4 Black is up by two pawns.
• 26.dxe5 Be8 27.exd6 Rd8 28.Qc3+ Qf6 29.Qxf6+ Rxf6 30.Ke2 Rfxd6Black is up by an exchange for which White has some compensation, but not enough.
• 25...exd4 26.Qb2 Qe5 27.Rxh5 Qxh5 28.Qxd4+ Qe5 29.Qxe5+ dxe5 30.Rxa5 Rfe8 gives Black an exchange, but White has a pawn and enough space in compensation.

22.Qxe4 Bb7

• 22...Bf5 23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Qd2 h6 25.Kf1 Be6 26.Kg1 Qf7 27.Ra3 gives Black a small edge in space.

23.Qe3

• 23.0-0 Ne7 24.Qd3 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Qc7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.c4 is equal.

23...e4?

• This move leads to the loss of a pawn.
• 23...Bc8 24.0-0 g4 25.Qh6 Rf5 26.Re1 Qh4 is equal.

24.0-0 Ne5

• 24...Re8 25.Rd1 Re5 26.Ra2 Bc8 27.Qg3 Be6 28.Rad2 Qf8 29.Ne3! wins a pawn for White.

BLACK: Alexey Shirov
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Position after 24...Nc6e5

25.Rfa1!

• White must not be too hasty.
• 25.Qxe4 Bc6 26.Ra3 Rf4 27.Qe2 Rh4 28.g3 Rh3 29.Qe4 g4 is equal.

25...Qe8

• After 25...Nxc4 White wins a pawn by 26.bxc4 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Rb2 28.Rxe4.

26.Rxa5

• The pawn is taken.

26...Qxh5 27.Qxe4 Rbe8

• If 27...Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Rbe8 29.Qd4 Rf4 30.Qe3 then:
• 30...Ref8 31.Ra8 Rxa8 32.Rxa8+ Kg7
• 30...Qh4 31.g3 Qg4 32.Qb6 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qxf3 34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Rxa8+

28.Be2 Qh4

• Exchanging Queens when a pawn down is not good policy. Unfortunately, there is little better.
• After 28...g4 29.Qd4 Qg5 30.Nc7 Re7 31.Nb5 g3 32.f3 Rf4 33.Qb6 White threatens the d-pawn, the back rank and a Queen fork at d8.

29.Qxh4 gxh4 30.Ne3 h3 31.gxh3 Nf3+

• 31...Rc8 32.c4 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 Rxf3 34.Ra7 Rb8 35.Kf1 Rxh3 36.R1a3 keeps White's advantage in tact.

32.Bxf3 Rxf3 33.Rh5 Rg8+

• After 33...Be4 34.Raa5 Rg8+ 35.Rag5 Rxg5+ 36.Rxg5 Rxh3 37.Kf1 White remains a pawn to the good.

34.Kf1 Rgf8 35.Nd1 Rd3

• A more stubborn resistance stems from 35...Be4 36.Rc1 Rg8 37.Ke2 Ra8 38.b4 Ra2+ 39.Kf1 d5.

36.Rh4 Bf3

• After 36...Bc8 37.Ke2 Rxh3 38.Rxh3 Bxh3 39.Ne3 Rc8 40.c4 Rb8 41.Rb1 White is still a pawn up and its ready to roll.

37.Rd4 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Rf4

• After 38...Rb8 39.Ne3 Rxb3 40.Nf5 Rb6 41.Ke1 Be4 42.Ng3 Bb7 White begins pusing his passer: 43.f4.

39.Ne3 Rxd4 40.Ra4 Rd3

• If 40...Rd2 41.Rf4 Bc6 42.b4 d5 then:
• 43.Rf7 Rb2 44.Rc7 Bb5+ 45.Kg1 Rxb4 46.Nxd5
• 43...d4 44.Nf5 Kg8 45.Rg7+ Kf8 46.Rc7

41.Rf4 Bh5

• If 41...Bc6 42.b4 Kg7 43.h4 Rb3 44.Ke2 then:
• 44...Kg6 45.Nf5 Kf6 46.Nd4+ Ke5 47.Rg4 Rc3 48.Kd2 makes certain a further reduction in material, which is advantageous to White.
• 44...h5 45.Kd2 Kg6 46.Nf5 Kf6 47.Nd4+ Ke5 48.Rg4 hxg4 49.Nxb3 gives White a tremendous edge in a minor piece ending.

42.b4 d5 43.Kg2

• Better is 43.Rf5 d4 44.Rd5 then:
• 44...Kg7 45.Rxd4 Rxd4 46.Nf5+
• 44...Bg6 45.Ke2 Kg7 46.Rd6 Be4 47.h4 puts Black in Zugszwang.

43...Bg6 44.Nf5 Kg8

• 44...Rb3 45.Ne7 Rd3 46.Nc6 Rb3 47.Nd8 Be4+ 48.f3 does nothing for Black.

45.Ne7+ Kg7 46.Nxg6 Kxg6 47.Rf3 Rd1

• One does not have to be a grandmaster to see that White wins the King and pawn ending easily should Black exchange Rooks.

BLACK: Alexey Shirov
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Position after 47...Rd3d1

48.Rb3!

• Even world champions play good, fundamental chess. Rooks belong behind passers in the endgame.

48...d4 49.Kf3 d3 50.Ke3 Rh1

• After 50...d2 51.f3 Kf5 52.b5 Ra1 53.Kxd2 Kf4 there will be no stopping the b-pawn.

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51.b5!

• The pawn move puts Black's King beyond the "magic square."

51...Rxh3+ 52.f3 Rh1

• White's winning path is, after eliminating the d-pawn, advancing the pawn to b7 and the King to c7, for example: 52...Rh5 53.Kxd3 Re5 54.b6 Re8 55.b7 Rb8 56.Ke4 h5 57.Kd5 h4 58.Kc6 and 59.Kc7

53.b6 Re1+ 54.Kxd3 Re8 55.b7 Rb8 56.Ke4 1-0

• El señor Shirov resigns.

Bjorn Thorfinnsson
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Bjorn Thorfinnsson - Wang Yue
Open Tournament, Round 1
Reykjavik, 3 March 2008

West India Game: King's Indian Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4

• 5...0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 then:
• If 7...Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 then:
• If 9.Ne1 Nd7 then:
• 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Rf7 17.Qc2 Ne8 18.a4 h5 19.Nf2 Bd7 20.Qb3 Bf8 21.Rc4 a6 22.Na3 is equal (Kozul-Radjobov, IT, Sarajevo, 2003).
• 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 then:
• If 13.Nd3 then:
• If 13...h5 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 gives White more freedom (Shirov-Radjobov, IT, Morelia-Linares, 2008).
• 13...Nf6 14.c5 Rf7 15.Rc1 Ng6 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nb5 g4 18.Qb3 g3 19.hxg3 fxg3 20.Bxg3 Nh5 21.Bh2 is equal (Alshaali-Timoshenko, Op, Dubai, 2000).
• 13.a4 Ng6 14.a5 Rf7 15.c5 Nxc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.a6 Rf6 19.axb7 Bxb7 20.Nd3 Bf8 21.Rf2 Bd6 22.Na4 Qe7 23.Rc2 Rg8 is equal (Virorito-Fedorowicz, US Ch, San Diego, 2006).
• If 9.b4 then:
• If 9...Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bc2 b6 20.Qg4 e4 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Bb3 Rad8 draw agreed (Nyback-Radjobov, Euro ChT, Plovdiv, 2003).
• 9...a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.a5 f5 14.Nd2 Kh8 15.Bd3 Ng8 16.Qc2 Rf7 17.Na4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Ndf6 19.Nac3 Bf5 20.Ng3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qf8 22.Rab1 Qc8 23.Rb3 Qg4 gives Black an advantage in space (Pelletier-Renet, Euro ChT, Pila, 1997).
• If 9.Nd2 then:
• If 9...a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nb5 b6 17.Bb2 g5 18.Be2 Ne8 19.g4 fxg3 20.hxg3 g4 21.fxg4 then:
• If 21...Qg5 22.Qd3 Ndf6 23.Nf3 Qxg4 24.Nxe5 Qh3 25.Nc6 axb4 26.Rf2 bxa3 27.Nxa3 is equal (M. Guerevich-Gelfand, IT, Munich, 1992).
• 21...axb4 22.axb4 Qg5 23.Qd3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Ndf6 25.Nf3 Qg6 26.Nh4 Qxe4 27.g5 Qxd3 28.Bxd3 gives White a substantial lead in space (Sherbakov-Kharlov. Op, Aalborg, 1993).
• 9...c5 10.Rb1 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Nb3 f5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Na5 Nf6 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.Rb3 gives White the advantage in space (M.Guerevich-Shirov, IT, Prague, 2002).
• 7...Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a5 10.Rb1 Re8 11.d5 Nc5 12.b3 Bd7 then:
• If 13.a3 cxd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.b4 axb4 16.Rxb4 Rb8 17.Bd2 Qa5 18.Qa1 Qa7 19.Be3 Rec8 20.h3 Ra8 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 Qxa3 23.Qxa3 Rxa3 24.Nd2 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Reb1 gives White the intiative on the b-file (Kozma-Vogt, Capablanca Mem, Cienfuegos (Cuba), 1976).
• 13.Nd2 Bh6 14.a3 cxd5 15.cxd5 b5 16.b4 axb4 17.Rxb4 Ra5 gives Black the early edge in space (Lerner-Kovalevskaya, Areoflot Open, Moscow, 2002).

6.Be2 Nfd7 7.0-0 0-0

• 7...Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e5 9.d5 Bf6 10.Qc2 a5 11.a3 Bg5 12.b4 Na6 13.Rb1 0-0 14.Bg4 Bxc1 15.Rfxc1 f5 16.exf5 Qg5 17.Bh3 is equal (Sanguinetti-Sherwin, Interz, Portoroz, 1958).

8.Be3 a6!?

• 8...e5 9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Be2 f4 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.Bf3 Nbd7 15.Rb1 a5 16.Qc2 Qe8 17.Rfe1 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Be4 is equal (Brandts-Binet, Op, Lone Pine, California, 1972).

9.Qd2

• 9.Rc1 c5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Nd5 e6 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qb3 gives White the edge in space.

9...e5 10.dxe5

• After 10.d5 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Rae1 f4 14.Nh4 White continues to have the advantage.

10...dxe5 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Nd5 Nc6

• If 12...Kh8 13.Rfd1 Nc6 14.Nd4 then:
• 14...exd4 15.Bxg4 f5 16.exf5 Nde5 17.Bh3 gxf5 18.b3 White still has the advantage in space.
• 14...Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nc5 16.Qe3 Ne6 17.Bh6 White retains his advantage in space.

13.Nd4 exd4 14.Bxg4 f5 15.exf5

• If 15.Bh3 fxe4 16.Rfe1 h6 then:
• 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.Nxc7 Nf6 20.Be6+ Kh8 21.Nxa8
• 17.Be7 Re8 18.Rxe4 Kh7 19.Qf4 Rb8 20.Rae1 d3 21.Qd2

15...gxf5?

• This will cost Black the exchange.
• If 15...Nde5 16.Bh3 then:
• 16...Rxf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.b3 Rc8 19.Rad1 gives Black an advantage in space.
• 16...gxf5 17.b3 Qd7 18.Rac1 Rfe8 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Ng6 White has two Bishops against two Knights in a reasonably open position and better pawn structure.

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Position after 15...gf5:p

16.Bh5!!

• Black apparently underestimated the strength of this move.

16...Kh8

• Better is 16...Nde5 17.Be7 Nxc4 18.Qc1 N4e5 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 when Black picks up a pawn for the exchange.
• If 16...h6 17.Be7 then:
• If 17...Nce5 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Nxc7 wins the exchange.
• 17...Nxe7?? loses the Queen to 18.Nxe7+!.

17.Ne7 Qb8

• After 17...Nxe7 White wins the exchange with 18.Bxe7 Rg8 19.Bf7 Ne5 20.Bxg8 Qxg8 21.Qb4.

18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Be7 Ne5

• Black's alternative also loses the exchange: 19...Rc8 20.Qg5 Qxb2 21.Qxf5 Nb6 22.Bf3 Rf8 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Qh5.

20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.b3 f4 22.Bf3 Qf5

• If 22...Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Qf5 24.Rae1 Rf8 25.Kh1 Qh5 then:
• With 26.Qd3White maintains the advantage.
• Black was threatening 26...Qxf3+ 27.Kg1 Qg4+ with a draw.

23.Rae1 Rd8 24.Be4 Qf6

• 24...Qg4 25.f3 Qg5 26.Bb1 c5 27.Re4 wins a pawn.

25.f3

• 25.Qa5 f3 26.Qxc7 Rg8 27.Kh1 fxg2+ 28.Bxg2 c5 29.f4 Ng4 30.Bd5 may be stronger.

25...c5 26.Bb1 Bf8

• 26...Kg8 27.Re4 Qh6 28.Rfe1 Qg5 29.Qxf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4 wins a pawn for White.

27.Re4 Bd6 28.Qxf4 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 Nxc4 30.Rh4 Ne3

• Black, who has been underestimating White's position all day, now looks to get the exchange back. The fact is that he's lost and it won't do him any good.

BLACK: Wang Yue
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Position after 30...Nd5e3

31.Bxh7?!

• White gives back the exchange for a pawn, but this gives him three connected unopposed pawns on the kingside. This is not the best way to go about winning the game.
• Correct, achieving the same end without returning the exchange, is 31.Rxh7+ Kg8 32.Rc1 when:
• 32...Nd5 33.Rh5 Nc3 34.Re1 yields another pawn to White.
• After 32...Bf4 33.Rh4 Nd5 34.Rxc5 it just hurts to watch.
• The winning plan from the text, simply stated, is Advance!

31...Nxf1 32.Bd3+ Kg7 33.Kxf1 a5

• Black might put up a better fight after 33...Re8 34.Rh7+ Kf6 35.g4 a5 36.Be4.

34.a4

• Better is 34.Ke2 Re8+ 35.Kd2 Re7 36.f4 Re3 37.f5 a4 38.bxa4 when:
• 38...Kf6 39.Rh6+ Ke5 40.Re6+ Kd5 41.Rxe3 dxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Bxh2 43.g4 Black's active King and the opposite-colored Bishops give Black genuine drawing possibilities.
• 38...c4 39.Rxd4 Rxd3+ 40.Rxd3 cxd3 41.h3 Kf6 42.g4 and White's pawns should be able to overcome Black's Bishop.

34...Re8 35.Re4?

• This should have cost White a half-point.
• Correct is 35.Kf2 Re3 36.Bc4 Rc3 37.Rg4+ Kf6 38.h4 when White puts his kingside in motion.

35...Rh8?

• Correct here is 35...Rxe4! 36.fxe4 Bxh2 37.Kf2 Bd6 and White has evened the material and broken up White's mightly kingside pawns. Now, where a moment ago White was winning, we now have a hopelessly drawn Bishops-of-opposite colors ending.

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Position after 35...Re8h8

36.h4!

• The pawns start advancing. White has fully restored his advantage.

36...Kh6 37.Kf2 Kh5

• If 37...Kg7 38.g3 Rb8 39.Bc4 Rh8 40.f4 Rh6 41.Re8 then:
• 41...Rh8 42.Rxh8 Kxh8 43.Kf3 Be7 44.Ke4 Kg7 45.h5 White's pawns will keep on going and going.
• 41...Bf8 42.Ra8 Rd6 43.h5 Be7 44.Rxa5 d3 45.Rxc5 d2 46.Be2 leaves White three pawns to the good.

38.Bb5 Rf8 39.g3 Rg8 40.f4 Rb8

• If 40...Kh6 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.g4 Rh8 43.h5 then:
• 43...Rh7 44.Re8 Rh8 45.Rxh8 Kxh8 46.Bc4 the saints go marching in.
• 43...c6 44.Bxc6 Rd8 45.Ke2 Rh8 46.Kd3 Black will not be able to stop White's three connected passers.

41.Re8

• 41.Re6 Kg4 42.Rg6+ Kh3 43.Kg1 Rxb5 (otherwise, White mates on f1) 44.axb5 gives White a commanding material advantage.

41...Rb6 42.Kf3 Kg6

• 42...Kh6 43.Bc4 Rb7 44.g4 Kg6 45.h5+ Kh7 46.g5 c6 47.Rd8 gives White an easy win.

43.g4 Kf7 44.Re2 Rb8

• There are not very many moves Black can make that don't lose material.

45.g5 d3 46.Rd2 Rf8 47.Kg4 Ke6

• 47...Rd8 48.Rxd3 Be7 49.Bc4+ Kg7 50.Rxd8 Bxd8 51.h5 White wins.

48.f5+ Ke5 49.f6 1-0

• Zugzwang! Black must lose material.
• Mr. Wang resigns.

Tania Sachdev
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Alojzije Jankovic - Tania Sachdev
Open Tournament, Round 2
Reykjavik, 4 March 2008

East India Game: Queen's Indian Defense (Kasparov-Petrosian Opening)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3

• This move has been dubbed the Kasparov Opening. It takes on the charateristics of older oprenings.
• The more traditional move is 4.g3 when:
• 4...Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 then:
• 7...c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 then:
• 13...b5 14.Re1 dxe4 then:
• 15.Nxe4 bxc4 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Bf1 Qc8 18.bxc4 Nb6 19.Nd2 Na4 20.Ba5 is equal (Mamedyarov-Adams, MTel, 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 26.Rc1 b5 27.Qc2 b4 28.Bb7 g6 29.h4 White will soon make up his lost material (Sasikiran-Shirov, IT, Foros, 2007).
• 7...d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qc2 Na6 then:
• 12.Rfd1 Qc8 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.Be5 g6 16.Bh3 Qe8 17.Qc1 c5 18.a4 gives White the advantage in space, but it's hard to find a focus to attack (Ivanchuk-Kramnik, Blitz Cup, Moscow, 2007).
• 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Ne5 h6 15.a3 Nc7 16.e4 Ne6 17.Be3 Bf8 18.b4 Rc8 19.Qb3 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nd5 21.Rac1 f6 22.Ng6 gives White a huge advatage in space (Grischuk-Gelfand, World Cup, Khanty Mansyisk, 2005).
• If 4...Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 then:
• 7...Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 then:
• 12...Qe7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.e4 e5 15.d5 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Rab1 Rae8 18.Ne1 g6 19.Nd3 Bg7 20.Re1 Bc8 21.f4 Qc7 22.Nf2 Re7 23.Bh3 f5 24.Re2 g5 25.Bxf5 gxf4 26.g4 Bxf5 27.gxf5 f3 28.Ree1 Be5is unclear: Black has an edge in space, but the pawn at f3 is looking death in the face (Drasko-Marjanovic, Sarajevo, 1984).
• 12...Qc7 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Qf4 Na6 16.Qxc7 Nxc7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Kf8 20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Nxd3 Ke7 22.Rd1 Ne8 23.g4 draw (Hort-Karpov, Buenos Aires, 1980).
• If 7...d5 then:
• 8.Ne5 then:
• 8...Na6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 Re8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nb5 Ne6 14.Nd3 Ba6 15.a4 Bxb5 16.axb5 Nd4 17.Be5 Nxb5 18.Nf4 Rc8(Speelman-Giardelli, Ol, Mexico City, 1980).
• 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Re1 c5 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Rc1 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 20.Qb1 will soon yield a pawn for White (Speelman-D. King, Simpson's 175th, London, 2003).
• 8...c6 9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Ba6 11.b3 b5 12.Ne3 b4 13.Ne2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qxd4 15.Bb2 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qb5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 Be7 is equal (Aronian-Tiviakov, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee, 2007).

4...Bb7 5.a3

• This move is associated with the late former world champion, Tigran Petrosian, although Petrosian usually played it on move 4.
• 5.Bg5 is the Kasparov-Botvinnik Opening, which may proceed along lines of 5...Bb4 when:
• If 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nd7 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Qf6 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.Qxe6 Qxe6 17.dxe6 Nc5 18.Nd4 Rde8 19.f3 Ba6 20.Nb5 Rxe6 21.e4 Kb8 22.Rab1 h5 23.Rfe1 yields an extra pawn to White (Bacrot-Naiditsch, YM, Lausanne, 2003).
• 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Bf2 Ne6 13.g3 h5 14.h4 Nd7 15.Nb3 c5 16.d5 Nef8 17.a4 g5 18.Nd2 gxh4 19.gxh4 Ng6 is equal (Damljanovic-Pikula, Yugoslav Ch, Kopaonik, 2005).

5...d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5

• If 6...exd5 7.g3 Be7 then:
• 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 c5 10.Bf4 then:
• 10...Na6 11.Ne5 Nc7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Nc4 Rb8 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Rfd8 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Qe2 Rxd5 19.Qxe4 Qd7 20.Rfe1 Bf6 21.Rac1 h5 22.h4 Bd4 23.Rc2 a5 24.Rce2 Rf5 draw (Browne-Ljubojevic, Brasilien, 1981).
• 10...Nc6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Ne5 Nd4 13.b4 Ne6 14.bxc5 Bxc5 15.Nd3 Bd4 16.Rb1 Ba6 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Rxb5 Ne4 19.Rb3 Qa5 20.Nb4 Rac8 gives Black the advantage in space(Gaprindashvili-Ioseliani, Candidates' semif m, Tbilisi, 1980).

8.Qa4+ c6 9.Bg2 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Rad1 Nxf4 13.gxf4 Nf6 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Kh1 Nh5 16.e3 f6 17.Nd3 g5 18.Ne2 Kh8 19.Ng3 Ng7 20.fxg5 fxg5 21.Ne5 gives White the advantage in space (Jussapow-Short, Ol, Dubai, 1986).

7.Qc2

• If 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 then:
• 9...0-0 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.0-0 then:
• 12...Nd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.Nd2 Bg5 16.a4 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Nf8 18.a5 Ng6 19.axb6 axb6 20.g3 Bf6 draw (Ruck-Z, Almasi, Hungarian Ch, Szekesfehervar, 2006).
• 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Qe2 Na5 16.Rfe1 Kh8 17.h4 Bxh4 18.Rad1 Be7 19.d5 Bc5 20.Bf4 f6 21.dxe6 Qe7 22.Bb1 Qxe6 23.Nh4 g5 24.Ba2 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Rcd8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nf5 Nc6 30.Rg4 Ne5 draw (Kasparov-Groszpeter, Graz, 1981).
• 9...Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bf6 16.e4 Na5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.h3 Bc6 19.d5 exd5 20.e5 g6 21.Ba6 Rc7 22.exf6 Rxe2 23.Rxe2 h6 gives Black a Queen and a pawn to a Rook and a minor piece (Sturua-Aroshidze, Op, Batumi, 2001).

7...Be7

• If 7...Nxc3 then:
• 8.Qxc3 then:
• After 8...h6 then:
• 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bg3 Nd7 11.e3 0-0 12.Bb5 Bxg3 13.hxg3 c6 14.Ba4 Rc8 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.b4 Rfd8 17.0-0 Nf6(Lobron-Portisch, Op, Cannes, 1992).
• 9.e3 Be7 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Ba4 0-0 12.0-0 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.b4 a5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Qc2 axb4 17.axb4 Nd5 18.Qb2 is equal (Brodsky-Roeder, Isle of Man Op, Port Erin, 2005).
• 8...Nd7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Kxe7 11.e3 Nf6 12.Be2 Qd6 13.0-0 draw (Tomoshenko-Tiviakov, Euro ChT, León, 2001).
• 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 transposes into the note to Black's ninth move (see below).

8.e4

• 8.Bd2 0-0 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nd7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.0-0 c5 14.d5 c4 15.Be2 exd5 16.exd5 Bf6 17.Nd4 Bxd5 18.Nf5 Be6 19.Bxf6 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Nxf6 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Bxc4 Qd4 23.b3 is equal (Miles-Polugaevsky, Biel, 1990).

8...Nxc3 9.bxc3 c5

• If 9...0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 then:
• If 11...Qc8 then:
• 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 Nd7 15.e5 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qc4 17.Bg5 Bd8 18.Rad1 Qd5 19.h4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Re3 h6 22.Bf4 Rae8 23.Bg3 Rf7 24.a4 Rfe7 25.Qc2 (White has a huge advantage in space) 25...Qf5 26.Qb3 Qd5 27.Qc2 Qf5 28.Qc6 Qd5 draw by repetition (Radjobov-Leko, Sparkassen, Dortmund, 2003).
• 11...Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 then:
• 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Nd2 Qf4 16.e5 f5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Ne4 Qf7 19.Rfe1 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nf8 21.Qg4 Rd5 22.Rc1 Rxc1 draw (Cmilyte-Kunte, Op, Gibraltar, 2006).
• 14.Nd2 Bg5 15.a4 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 is equal (Ruck-Z. Almasi, Hungarian Ch, Szekesfehervar, 2006).

10.Bb5+ Bc6 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 Bb7!?

• 12...Nd7 13.Bb2 b5 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.Rad1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qc7 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.c4 Nf6 20.Be4 Rab8 gives White a comfortable advatage in space and an atrocious pawn structure (Yevseev-Lanin, Muni Ch, St. Petersburg, 2007).

13.Bf4

• If 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 then:
• 14...Qxd5 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Re1 Nc6 is equal.
• 14...h6 15.Rd1 Bd6 16.c4 gives White a small edge in space.

13...Qc8

• White has the advantage in space.
• 13...Nd7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Qb2 a6 16.Rad1 gives White a considerable lead in space.

14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Rfd1

• If 15.Bxa6!? then:
• 15...Qxa6 16.Qxa6 Nxa6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 c4 20.Rd4 Nc5 Whites retains a small edge in space.
• If 15...Nxa6 16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Rab1 then:
• 17...Qb7 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Re1 Nc7 22.c4 the pawn at e5 makes it difficult for Black to maneuver.
• 17...Bd6 18.Bxd6 Rxd6 19.Ng5 f6 20.e5 Rd5 21.c4 Rxd4 22.exf6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 gxf6 24.Nxe6 leaves White in command of the center for the endgame.

15...Bxd3 16.Rxd3 Nd7

• White's central pawns are so strong that Black cannot generate any threats.
• After 16...c4 17.Rdd1 Nd7 18.a4 Qa6 19.Rdb1 Rac8 White has in maintaining his advantage in space.

17.h4 Re8 18.h5!?

• White moves for a kingside attack when perhaps a breakthrough in the center would be more feasible.
• After 18.Re3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bf6 20.Rd1 e5 21.Bg3 exd4 22.Nxd4 White continues to have the advantage in space..

18...Qa6 19.h6?!

• White lets slip his spatial advantage.
• 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bg5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f4 cxd4 23.fxg5 dxc3 24.Qf3 is clearly better for White.

BLACK: Tania Sachdev
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WHITE: Alojzije Jankovic
Position after 19.h5h6

19...g6!

• If 19...gxh6? 20.Ne5! then:
• 20...Qb7 21.Rg3+ then:
• 21...Bg5 22.Qh5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Kf8 24.Rxg5 hxg5 25.Bf6 Re7 26.Qxh7 and White gains more material as the mating attack continues.
• 21...Kh8 22.Nxf7#.
• 20...Nxe5 21.Rg3+! wins the Queen.

20.e5

• 20.Re3 Qa4 21.Qd1 Qa5 22.Bg5 f6 23.Bf4 Bf8 24.Re1 g5 25.Bd2 Bxh6 wins a pawn for Black.

20...cxd4!

• Black pries open the c-file to her advantage.
• 20...c4 21.Rdd1 Qa4 22.Be3 Rac8 23.Ng5 is equal.

21.cxd4 Rac8 22.Qe3 b5 23.Bg5 Bf8

• Black has succeeded in equalizing the game.
• If 23...Bxg5?! 24.Nxg5 then:
• 24...Rf8 25.Ne4 Rc6 26.Qg5 f6 27.exf6 Rc2 then:
• 28.Re1 28...Qc6 29.d5 exd5 30.Rxd5 Nxf6 31.Nxf6+ Qxf6 32.Qxf6 Rxf6 33.Rd7 White's threats give him a substantial advantage.
• 24...Rc2 25.d5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Re7 27.Rad1 Rc7 28.Qb3 Qc8 29.Nxf7 wins a pawn since if 29...Rxf7? then White replies 30.e6! winning a piece.
• 28.Rad1 Qc6 29.Nc5 a6 30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.d5 White is clearly better.

24.d5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Nb6 26.Rdd1

• 26.Rd3 allows Black to win a pawn with 26...b4 27.Qd4 Rc4 28.Qe3 bxa3.

26...Qb7

• 26...Qa4 27.Rd4 Rc4 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Nd5 30.Qd2 Rc5 is equal.

27.Rd3?!

• If 27.Qb3 Nc4 28.a4 then:
• 28...b4! 29.Bf4 Qe7 30.Rac1 Qe6 remains equal.
• 28...Nxe5? then:
• 29.axb5! Nxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Qxf3 31.gxf3 Rc5 32.f4 Rc7 33.Rd5White regains the advantage in space.
• 29.Nxe5? Rxe5 30.Qg3 Rce8 31.axb5 Qxb5 32.Rdb1 Qd7 gives Black an extra pawn.

27...Rc4!

• Black now has the advantage in space, but the position is volitile and for both players the advantage hinges on every move.

28.Rad1 Re4 29.Qc1 Rg4!?

• 29...Nc4 30.Bf6 Qb6 31.a4 Re2 32.Rd4 Nb2 is equal.

30.Bf6

• 30.Qc3! Na4 31.Qa1 Qe4 32.Kh1 Nc5 33.Rd5 Qe2 34.Be3 Ne4 35.R5d4 is equal.

30...Nd7

• Black sets to exchange White's dangerous Bishop.

31.Kf1?

• Black plays for a win and it backfires. It was better to retain the Bishop.
• If 31.Rxd7 Qxf3 32.g3 then:
• 32...Rc4 33.Qd2 a6 34.Qd3 Qxd3 35.R7xd3 Bxh6 36.Rd6 a5 37.R6d5 White wins back the pawn with equality.
• If 32...Bxa3 33.Rd8 Rxg3+ 34.fxg3 Qxg3+ 35.Kf1 Qf3+ then:
• 36.Kg1 Qg3+ draws by perpetual check, since White delivers mate on e8 if not in check.
• After 36.Ke1?? Black wins with 36...Bb4+ 37.R1d2 Rxd8.

BLACK: Tania Sachdev
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Position after 31.Kg1f1

31...Nxf6!

• Black completely destroys White's kingside threats.

32.exf6 Qb6 33.Qb2

• If the pawn at f6 were a Bishop, White would be clearly winning.
• After 33.Re3 Black wins a pawn with 33...Rge4 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.Qc3 Ra4 36.Ng5 Rf4 37.f3 Rh4 38.Nh3 Rxh6.

33...Rf4 34.Rb3 a6 35.g3 Rxf6 36.Nh2 Qc6!

• Black is a pawn up and threatening mate on h1. She is clearly in command.

37.Kg1 Rfe6 38.Qd2

• 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.Rxc3 Re1+ 40.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 41.Kg2 Bxh6 gives Black pawn majorities on both wings.

38...Re2 39.Qd5 Qxd5 40.Rxd5 Bxh6

• Black now actually has pawn majorities on both wings. She takes the slow and steady course to victory.

BLACK: Tania Sachdev
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Position after 40...Bf8h6:p

41.a4

• If 41.Ng4 Bg7 42.Ne3 h5 43.Kg2 Bf8 then:
• 44.Rdd3 Ra2 45.Rbc3 a5 then:
• After 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.Rb3 b4 48.axb4 Bxb4 it will cost White dearly to stop the a-pawn.
• 46.Rd5 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.Rcd3 Rb8 the b-pawn decides.
• If 44.Rd7 Ra2 45.Rbd3 Bc5 then:
After
• 46.Rd2 Rxd2 47.Rxd2 Bxa3 48.Ra2 b4 Black has three extra pawns.
• 46.Kf3 Rxa3 47.Rxa3 Bxa3 48.Ra7 Re6 gives Black three extra pawns.

41...bxa4 42.Ra3 R8e4 43.Ra5 Bf8

• After 43...Bd2 44.R5xa4 Bb4 45.Ra2 Rxa2 46.Rxa2 a5 White can take no action against the passed pawn for the time being.

44.R3xa4 Rxa4 45.Rxa4 Bc5 46.Ng4 Re6 47.Rc4 Bb6 48.Kf1

• 48.Re4 a5 49.Kf1 Rxe4 50.Nf6+ Kg7 51.Nxe4 a4 52.Nc3 a3 followed by 53.-- Bd4 brings the pawn to Scone.

48...h5 49.Nh2 Rf6 50.f4 g5 51.Kg2 g4

• If 51...gxf4 52.gxf4 Be3 then:
• After 53.Kg3 Kg7 54.Nf1 Bxf4+ 55.Rxf4 Rxf4 56.Kxf4 Kg6, with pawns on both wings against the Knight, Black wins.
• 53.Nf3 Rxf4 54.Rc3 Bb6 55.Rb3 Rg4+ 56.Kf1 Rg6 leaves Black three pawns to the good.

52.Nf1 Re6 53.Rc2 Kg7 54.Rb2 a5 55.Nd2

• After 55.f5 Rd6 56.Nd2 Bd8 57.Ne4 Rd5 58.Rb8 Rd4 59.Nc5 Kf6 the f-pawn falls.

55...Re2+ 56.Kf1 Rf2+ 57.Ke1 Be3 58.Rb3 Rxd2

• The text is an easier win than 58...Bd4 59.Rb5 h4 60.Rd5 Rxd2 61.Kxd2 hxg3 62.Rg5+ Kf6.

59.Rxe3 Rd6 60.Ra3 Ra6 61.Ra4 Kg6 62.Ke2

• 62.Kf2 Ra7 63.Kg2 Kf6 64.Kf2 Kf5 65.Ke3 Ra8 then:
• After 66.Ke2 Ke6 67.Re4+ Kd6 68.Ra4 Kc5 the King relieves the Rook of sentry duty.
• 66.Kf2 Ra6 67.Ke2 f6 68.Ke3 Ra8 69.Kf2 Ke6 70.Ke3 Kd5 71.Kd3 f5 Black's King move to the queenside to support the pawn on its path to promotion.

62...h4 63.gxh4 Kh5 0-1

• After 64.Kf2 Kxh4 65.Ra1 Kh5 66.Ra4 f5 67.Kg3 Kg6 Black brings her King to the queenside to drive away the Rook and support an advance of the a-pawn.
• Jankovic resigns.

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