13F-USCCC, 1999
Robin Smith
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1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bg5 Be7
5.e5 Nfd7
6.Bxe7 Qxe7
7.f4 | ||
[15.a3 Na5
16.Qd4 is
another way of playing it; maintaining control of d4. Solozhenkin,E-Morozevich, 1997] | ||
15...f5? Also
playable is
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| [15...Nb4 16.a3 Qa5 | ||
(16...d4? 17.axb4
dxc3 18.bxc5
cxd2+ 19.Rxd2
Rxc5 20.Ng4 ) | ||
| 17.axb4 Qa1+ 18.Nb1 Ba4 19.Bd3 | ||
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(19.c3 Bxd1
20.Qxd1) | ||
19...Nc4
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(19...Bb3? 20.Qf2
Na4 21.Kd2 1/2-1/2
Jakobtz-Frilli 1995)] | ||
| [15...Na5 16.Ng4 Nbc4 17.Bxc4 Nxc4 18.Qd4 Qb4 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.e6 1-0] | ||
| [15...f6 16.Ng4 | ||
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(16.exf6 d4
17.Nb5) | ||
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16...fxe5 17.fxe5] | ||
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16.Nf3
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[16.exf6? d4] | ||
16...Na5 17.Qd4 White
would like to see the endgame as soon as possible, while Black's best chance lies in a full scale assault
on White's King. Nac4? Black
needs to keep the Queens on the board for attacking purposes. 18.Bxc4
Nxc4 19.Qxc5 Computers
see a roughly equal game, but White is strategically already won. Rxc5
20.Rd3 Keeping Black's Knight
from playing to e3 and then g4, where it might cause some mischief by tying White to the defense of the
h6 pawn. Rfc8 21.g3 Slowly
and carefully inching towards an endgame. White's last move clears the second rank so that the weak c2
sqaure can be guarded via Rh2. a5 no
better is
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[21...b5 22.Rh2
b4 23.Ne2] | ||
| 22.Rh2 b5 23.Ne2 The two ideal squares for White's Knights are d4 and g5, so White prepares to occupy them both. b4 24.Ned4 # Re8? | ||
| [24...Rb8 with the idea that if 25.Ng5 Rb6 and Black's Rook guards e6 from a more active square.] | ||
| 25.Ng5 Rcc8 Black's passive play does not help his situation. 26.c3 Now White prepares to trade Rooks, to get that much closer to the ending. Re7 | ||
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[26...bxc3 27.Rxc3] | ||
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[26...Nb6 27.b3] | ||
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[26...Rb8 27.cxb4
axb4 28.b3] | ||
| 27.Rc2 Ra8 28.cxb4 axb4 29.b3 Na5 | ||
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[29...Na3 30.Rc7
Rc8 31.Rxc8+
Bxc8 32.Kb2] | ||
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30.Rc7
1-0 | ||