Tay, Junior - FM Lim Hoon Cheng
19th Cairnhill Open (Singapore SIN), 2001

Junior Tay


A10. 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 It's the Botvin nik System again. This variation appeared 5 times in the tournament courtesy of NM Sadorra and yours truly and White has won 4 out of 5. d6 7.Nge2 e5 8.exf5! gxf5 9.O-O
[9.d4!]
9...c6 10.Kh1
[10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 Na6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Nc7 14.d4 e4 15.d5 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nd7 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Ne8 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Bg2 Nf6 21.Bd4 Kh8 22.Nf4 Bd7 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.dxe6 Qe7 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Ra3 27.Bb3 Raa8 28.Kh1 Qg5 29.Rf4 Rae8 30.Bb2 Qe7 31.Qh5 b5 32.Bd5 Nd3 33.Bxg7+ Qxg7 34.Rxf5 Rxf5 35.Qxf5 Qd4 36.Rf1 Ne5 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Bc6 Rb8 41.Bg2 Qc4 42.e7 Nf7 43.Qf5 Kg7 44.Bd5 1-0 Wenghoefer,M-Von Buhrmeister,P/VLSBaden 1993/GER (44)]
[10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Nc5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nfe4 14.Nde2 f4 15.Nxe4 Bxb2 16.Rb1 f3 17.Bxf3 Rxf3 18.Nxc5 Bg7 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Bh3 21.Rfd1 Rf5 22.Nxb7 Qf8 23.Nxd6 Rd5 24.cxd5 Qxd6 25.Qh4 Qd7 26.dxc6 Qf5 27.Rd8+ Kf7 28.Rd7+ Kg8 29.Qc4+ Kh8 30.Qd4+ 1-0 Dwyer,D-Roza,P/Perth 1994/EXT 98 (30)]
[10.Bg5 Be6 11.Kh1
(11.Qd2 Kh8 12.Rad1 Nbd7 13.b3 Qe8 14.d4 Qh5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.c5 dxc5 17.dxe5 Ng4 18.h3 Nxe5 19.Nf4 Qf7 20.Qe3 Rae8 21.Rfe1 Bc8 22.Nce2 b6 23.Qd2 c4 24.Qd6 cxb3 25.axb3 c5 26.b4 Nc4 27.Qc6 Ne5 28.Qd6 cxb4 29.Qxb4 Bb7 30.Nd4 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Qb7+ 32.f3 Nc6 33.Nxc6 Qxc6 34.Qb1 Be5 35.Nd3 Qf6 36.f4 Qc6+ 37.Kh2 Bc3 38.Ne5 Bxe5 39.fxe5 f4 40.gxf4 Rxf4 41.Qb2 Qe6 42.Rd6 Qf5 43.Rf6 Qg5 1/2-1/2 Piekorz,R-Graef,H/Bayern 1994/EXT 99 (43))
11...Nbd7 12.b3 Qe8 13.f4 Qh5 14.Qd2 Rae8 1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Romero Holmes,A/Terrassa 1994/EXT 99 (14)]
10...Rf7 11.f4! Na6 12.Be3 Qf8!? 13.h3 Bd7?!
[13...Be6]
14.fxe5 dxe5 15.d4! e4 16.a3 Nc7 17.Nf4 Ne6 18.Nce2 Nc7 19.Qc2
[19.Kh2]
19...b5! 20.b3 a5 21.Nc3?! Rc8?!
[21...a4! NM Koh Kum Hong 22.cxb5 Nxb5 23.Nxb5 cxb5 24.b4]
22.Qa2!? Freeing the a1 rook and introducing a possible future pin on the f7 rook. Bh6 23.Rae1 Kh8 avoiding the trap
[23...Rg7 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Bxh6 Nxd4 26.Rd1]
24.Kh2 Bg7 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.Nce2 Rd8 # And after much jostling, White finally gets in the big push and Black cannot hold out. 27.d5! cxd5 28.Bb6 Bc8 29.cxb5 Nfe8 I was concerned about not allowing d5-d4 so.. 30.Nd4
[30.Bxa5 d4 31.b6]
30...Qd6 31.Nc6 Rdd7 32.a4 Bb7 33.Qc2 Qh6 34.Be3 Nf6 35.Kg1 Qg5 36.Qf2 Nh5 37.Nxh5 Qxh5 38.Nxa5 Bc8 39.Nc6 Ne6 40.a5 d4 At this juncture, I had about 10 minutes left and thought that Nxd4 would be met by Nc5-d3 and I got worried. So I thought to snuff out all tactics, I just play 41.Rxd4?!
[41.Nxd4 Nc5 42.Qc2]
41...Nxd4 42.Nxd4 f4 43.gxf4 Rd6 44.f5! Rfd7 45.Ne6 Now it's all down to blitz but White has too much of an advantage to blow it all. Be5 46.Bf4! Bxf4 47.Qxf4 Rd1 48.Rxd1
[48.Qe5+ Kg8 49.Qg3+ Kh8 50.Qc3+ winning...]
48...Qxd1+ 49.Kh2 Qxb3
[49...Qd6 50.Qxd6 Rxd6 51.a6 Bxa6 52.bxa6 Rxa6 53.Bxe4]
50.Qe5+ Kg8 51.Qc5

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