Westeras, N. (NOR). - Aleshnia, Valery V.
EU/M/GT/419, 1997

Notes by Junior Tay


B04. 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 e6
[7...d5!?]
8.f4
[8.Qf3!? Qe7
(8...Qd7 9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Nf6+ Bxf6 11.Qxf6 Rg8 12.Bg5 (12.dxe5 Qd4 13.Qf4 Qxf4 14.Bxf4 g5! Konchevsky-Pushkin/URS/1989/1/2-1/2/38/) 12...exd4 13.Nd2 Nc6)
9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bf6 Bxf6 13.Qxf6 O-O 14.Qxe5 with better chanses for white in the arising ending.]
8...dxe5 9.fxe5 c5! #The purpose of the Alekhine's Defence is to entice White's pawns forward till they get overextended. Black will then undermine and destroy them! This variation illustrates this theme perfectly. 10.Qf3
[10.O-O O-O
(10...Qxd4+ 11.Qxd4 cxd4 12.Nxf7 O-O 13.Nd6 Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 Bd7 15.Nxb7 Na6 16.Nd2 Rb8 17.Nd6 Bxe5 18.N6e4 Na4 19.Nf3 Bg7 20.Bf4 Rf8 21.Bd6 Rc8 22.Nfg5 Re8 23.Bc4 h6 24.Bxa6 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Nxb2 26.Rb1 d3 27.cxd3 Ba4 28.Re1 Bf6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Nxe6 Kf7 31.Nc5 Bc6 32.Nb3 Na4 33.Bb8 Nc3 34.Bxa7 Nxa2 35.Bc4+ Ke8 36.Na5 Nb4 37.Bc5 1-0 Szuk,B-Kahn,E/Gyor 1992/EXT 97 (37))
11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Nf3
(13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Nc3 h6 (15...f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qd2 (17.Nf3 Bg4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qd7 20.Qd2 Bg7 21.Raf1 Rxf3 22.Rxf3 Re8 23.Kh1 Rf8 24.Qf2 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Nxd4 26.Qxd5+ Qxd5 27.Nxd5 Kf7 28.Kg1 Ke6 29.Nc3 Nc6 30.Bd2 Nb4 31.a3 Nd3 32.b3 Bxc3 33.Bxc3 Nc1 34.Kf2 Nxb3 35.Ke3 Kd5 36.Kf4 Nc5 37.Kg4 Ne6 38.Bb4 Ke4 0-1 Macekova,M-Reznicek,T/Moravka 1994/EXT 98 (38)) 17...Bf5 18.Rxf5 gxf5 19.Ne6 Qd7 20.Nxf8 Rxf8 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Rf1 Na5 23.b3 b5 24.Bg5 Bg7 25.Bh6 b4 26.Bxg7 bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qxg7 28.Qxa5 Qxd4 29.h3 f4 30.Qc7 Rf8 31.Qd7 Qe4 32.Qg4+ Kh8 33.Qf3 Kg7 34.Rd1 Qxf3 35.gxf3 Rd8 36.Rd4 Kf6 37.Kg2 Ke5 38.Ra4 d4 39.Kf2 d3 40.Ke1 d2+ 41.Kd1 Rd3 42.Rxa7 Rxf3 43.Rxh7 Rd3 44.h4 Ke4 45.h5 f3 46.Re7+ Kf4 47.h6 f2 48.Rf7+ Ke3 49.h7 Rd8 50.Rg7 1/2-1/2 Wacker,P-Buchkremer,F/Aachen 1993/EXT 98 (50)) (15...Bh6 16.Rf6 Be6 17.Kh1 Qb6 18.Nxe6 Bxe3 19.Nxd5 Qxb2 20.Nxf8 Bxd4 21.Rb1 Qxa2 22.Nd7 Qxd5 23.Rxg6+ 1-0 Jirovsky,P-Sikorsky,H/Mlada Boleslav 1994/EXT 97 (23)) 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Kh1 Kh7 18.Qd2 Rc8 19.Bf2 g5 20.Nb5 f5 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Bg3 g4 23.Ng1 Qg6 24.Ne2 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Rf8 26.Re1 Qf6 27.Nf4 Bf7 28.Qd3+ Kh8 29.Nc7 Nxd4 30.Ncxd5 Qf5 31.Qxf5 Nxf5 32.Nc3 Rd8 33.Bf2 a6 34.g3 Kg8 35.a3 Bc4 36.Rd1 Rxd1+ 37.Nxd1 Nd4 38.Ne3 Bb3 39.Nxg4 Nc6 40.Nd3 Bc4 41.Nc5 Be2 42.h3 Bxg4 43.hxg4 Bxb2 44.Nxb7 Bxa3 45.Be3 Bf8 46.g5 h5 47.Kh2 a5 48.Nxa5 Nxa5 49.g4 Nc4 50.Bf4 hxg4 51.Kg3 Kf7 52.Kxg4 Kg6 53.Bc1 Ne5+ 54.Kh3 Kh5 55.Kg3 Bb4 56.Bb2 Be1+ 57.Kg2 Ng6 58.Bf6 Kg4 59.Bd8 Bh4 60.Kg1 Kf3 61.Kh1 Bf2 62.Bc7 Be3 63.Bd6 Bxg5 64.Bc7 Be3 65.Bd6 Bf2 66.Bc7 Ne7 67.Bd6 Nf5 68.Bc7 Nh6 69.Bd6 Ng4 70.Bc7 Bc5 71.Bg3 Bd4 72.Be1 Ke2 73.Bg3 Kf1 74.Bh4 Bg1 75.Bg3 Be3 76.Bh4 Bg1 77.Bg3 Bh2 78.Bh4 1/2-1/2 Small,G-Chow,A/Chicago 1987/EXT 99 (78))
13...f6
(13...Nd5 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Qe1 Ne7 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Rc1 b6 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.Bf6 Nf5 22.g4 Ne7 23.Qh4 Qc6 24.Rf3 Nd5 25.Rh3 h5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Nf3 Qe4 28.gxh5 Qe3+ 29.Kg2 Bxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Qxc1 31.Bxg7 g5 32.Qe4 Kxg7 33.h6+ Kh8 34.h7 Rac8 35.Qd3 Qb2+ 36.Kh3 Qc1 37.Rg3 Qf4 38.Kg2 Qf5 39.Qe3 Qxh7 40.Rh3 g4 41.Rxh7+ Kxh7 42.Kg3 Rc7 43.Kxg4 1/2-1/2 Uhlemann,A-Kuehn,N/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (43))
(13...Nb4 14.Nc3 N4d5 15.Ne4 Bd7 16.Bg5 Qb8 17.Qd2 Bb5 18.Rf2 a5 19.Bh6 a4 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Nd6 Bd7 22.h4 f6 23.h5 fxe5 24.dxe5 Qd8 25.Raf1 Qa5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.h6+ Kg8 28.Qxa5 Rxa5 29.Ng5 Rf5 30.g4 Ne3 31.gxf5 Nxf1 32.f6 1-0 Ulibin,M-Silva,A/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (32))
(13...h6 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Ne4 Nbd5 16.Qe1 Bd7 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Qh4 Nf5 19.Qh3 Nxf6 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Ne5 Bb5 22.Rf2 Rad8 23.g4 Qh4 24.Qxh4 Nxh4 25.Be3 f6 26.Nc4 Rfe8 27.a4 Bc6 28.Nd2 f5 29.g5 hxg5 30.d5 f4 31.Bxa7 Bxd5 32.Bb6 Rd6 33.Bxd5 Rxb6 34.Nc4 Rb4 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Bxb7 Bd4 37.a5 Rxb2 38.Raf1 g4 39.a6 g3 40.hxg3 fxg3 41.Ne4 gxf2+ 42.Nxf2 Rf7 0-1 Balsinek,P-Lukes,L/Znojmo 1997/EXT 98 (42))
(13...f5 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Qd2 Bd7 16.Na3 Ne7 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Rc8 19.Bb3 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rac1 Qe6 22.Bh6 Qb6 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Rc1 f4 26.Qc3 Bf5 27.Qc7+ Rf7 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.Rc3 h6 30.h4 Re7 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.g3 fxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Ke8 34.Rb3 Re6 35.Rb5 Be4 36.Nd2 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Nxe4 dxe4 39.Rb3 Kd7 40.Re3 Kc6 41.Rxe4 Kd5 42.Rg4 Rc6 43.Rxg5 Kxd4 44.Kf4 Rc2 45.Kf5 Rxb2 46.Ke6 Rxa2 47.Kd6 b5 48.e6 b4 49.e7 Ra8 50.Rd5+ Kc4 51.Rc5+ 1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Timman,J/Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (51))
14.exf6
(14.Nc3!? fxe5 15.Bg5 (15.Bg5 Qd7 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Qd4+ 19.Kh1 Qxe5 20.Be7 (20.Bf4 Qf5 1/2-1/2 Mukhametov,E-Golubovic,B/Bern 1995/EXT 2000 (20)) (20.Bh4 Bd7 21.Re1 Rf8 22.Qd3 Qd4 23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.h3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Re8 26.Bf2 Nc8 27.Bc5 Kg7 28.Bd4+ Kf7 29.Rf1+ Kg8 30.Bc5 b6 31.Ba3 Kg7 32.c4 Bc6 33.c5 b5 34.Bb2+ Kg8 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Rf1+ Ke7 37.Bf6+ Kd7 38.Bg5 Bd5 39.Rf7+ Kc6 40.Be3 Re7 41.Rf8 Bxb3 42.axb3 Kc7 43.Bg5 Rd7 44.Bf4+ Kb7 45.c6+ Kxc6 46.Rxc8+ Kd5 47.Rc7 Rxc7 48.Bxc7 Kc5 49.Ba5 b4 50.g4 Kb5 51.Bd8 a5 52.Kg2 a4 53.bxa4+ Kxa4 54.Bf6 Kb3 55.Kf3 Kc2 56.Ke4 b3 57.Bd4 Kd2 58.Kf3 Kd3 59.Ba1 g5 60.Bf6 h6 61.Bg7 Kd2 62.h4 e5 63.Bxe5 gxh4 64.Kg2 Ke3 65.Kh3 Ke4 66.Bg7 Kf3 67.Kxh4 Kg2 68.Be5 Kf2 69.Kh3 Kf3 1/2-1/2 Morozov,D-Sabaev,S/Pskov 1998/EXT 2000 (69)) 20...Bd7 21.Re1 Qf5 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Bd6 Qf6 24.Ne4 Qxb2 25.Qf3 Bc6 26.Rf1 Kh8 27.Qg4 Qd4 28.Bc2 Bxe4 29.Rd1 Bf5 0-1 Pupols,V-Alburt,L/USA 1987/EXT 97 (29)) (15.d5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1 exd4 18.dxe6 Kh8 19.Ne4 Qe8 20.Nd6 Qc6 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nd8 1-0 Fiacan,R-Galvanek,L/Trencin 1995/EXT 98 (22)))
(14.Bf4 Nd5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Be5 Qf7 17.Qe2 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qf4 19.Nbd2 Ne3 20.Rfe1 Nf5 21.Qe4 Nfd4 22.Qxf4 Rxf4 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Ne4 Nxb3 25.axb3 Rf7 26.Rec1 Bd7 27.Nd6 Rff8 28.Rc7 Bc6 29.b4 Bd5 30.Re7 Rf4 31.g3 Rxb4 32.Rf1 Rxb2 33.Rff7 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Rf8 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Rxh7 Kg8 37.Rc7 a5 38.Ke3 a4 39.Kf4 a3 40.Kg5 Rb4 41.Kh6 Kf8 42.Kh7 1-0 Jirovsky,P-Sysala,S/Chrudim 1993/EXT 97 (42))
14...Qxf6
(14...Bxf6 15.Be3 Nd5 16.Bf2 Kh8 17.Nbd2 b6 18.Re1 Nf4 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Neg5 Qf6 21.Ne4 Nh3+ 22.gxh3 Qxf3 23.Qxf3 Rxf3 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.d5 Nd4 26.dxe6 Nxb3 27.axb3 Rf5 28.h4 Bxb2 29.e7 Bd7 30.Rad1 Be8 31.Rd8 1-0 Smistik,M-Fressinet,L/Szombathely 1993/TD (31))
15.Be3
(15.Bg5 Qf5 16.Be3 Nd5 17.Bxd5 (17.Bf2 Nf4 (17...Bd7 18.Nc3 Ncb4 19.a3 Nd3 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bc2 Nxf2 22.Bxf5 Nxd1 23.Bxd7 Ne3 24.Rf2 Rf4 25.Re2 Re4 26.Rae1 Rd8 27.Be6+ Rxe6 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Bf6 30.Kf1 Rc8 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 b5 33.Ne1 Kf7 34.Ke2 Be7 35.Nc2 a5 36.Kf3 Bd6 37.h3 h5 38.g4 Kf6 39.Ne3 Ke6 40.Nc2 Kf6 41.Ne3 Ke6 42.Nc2 Bf8 43.Ke2 hxg4 44.hxg4 Kf6 45.Ne3 Kg5 46.Kf3 Bxa3 47.Nxd5 Bd6 48.Ne3 a4 49.Nc2 a3 50.Na1 a2 51.Nb3 Ba3 52.d5 Bb2 53.d6 Kf6 54.Ke4 a1=Q 55.Nxa1 Bxa1 56.Kd5 Bxc3 57.Kc6 Kg5 58.Kxb5 Kxg4 59.d7 Bf6 60.Kc5 Kf4 61.Kd6 g5 62.Ke6 Bd8 63.Kf7 g4 64.Ke8 Ba5 0-1 Costa,F-Santo Roman,M/Loures 1998/CBM 67 ext (64)) 18.Bc2 (18.Nc3 Nh3+ 19.gxh3 Qxf3 20.d5 Na5 21.dxe6 Qxd1 22.e7+ Qxb3 23.exf8=Q+ Bxf8 24.axb3 b6 25.Nd5 Bxh3 26.Rfe1 Nxb3 27.Rad1 Nc5 28.Re3 Bf5 29.Ne7+ Kf7 30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Rd5 Bh6 32.Rxf5+ Kg6 33.Ref3 Ne4 34.h4 Nxf2 35.h5+ Kg7 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Kxf2 Bg7 38.b3 a5 39.Rd7 Bf8 40.Rb7 Bc5+ 41.Kg2 Rd8 42.Rg3+ Kh8 43.Rgg7 Rd2+ 44.Kf1 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rf5 46.Rxh7+ Kg8 47.Rbg7+ Kf8 48.h6 Ke8 49.Rc7 Re5+ 50.Kd1 1-0 Serafino,D-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Buenos Aires 1994/TD (50)) 18...Qb5 19.Bb3 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Nexd4 21.Nc3 Qb4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qxd4 1/2-1/2 Podkriznik,G-Hechl,G/Finkenstein 1994/EXT 97 (24)) 17...exd5 18.Nc3 Bd7 (18...Be6 19.Qd2 Qf7 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Bh6 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Bf5 24.Rf4 Bd3 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.h3 Be4 28.Re1 Qf5 29.Qe3 Re8 30.Re2 Kg7 31.Rf2 Qe6 32.Qf4 Qe7 33.Re2 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Kf2 Re6 36.Nxe4 dxe4 37.Ke3 g5 38.b3 Kf6 39.Rf2+ Kg6 40.Rd2 h5 41.d5 Rd6 42.Kxe4 Kf6 43.Rf2+ Ke7 44.Ke5 Rg6 45.g4 h4 46.d6+ Rxd6 47.Rf7+ Kxf7 48.Kxd6 Kf6 49.b4 1-0 Anka,E-Reinemer,F/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (49)) (18...Qh5 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.Nxd5 Bg4 22.Ng5 Bxd4 23.Bxd4+ Nxd4 24.Nf6 Be2 25.Rf4 Bb5 26.Rxd4 Rxf6 27.a4 Bc6 1/2-1/2 Villar Nieves,A-Hensbergen,W/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (27)) 19.Qd2 (19.Qb3 Na5 20.Qxd5+ Qxd5 21.Nxd5 Rae8 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Bh6 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Bf5 26.Ne3 Re8 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Rxf5 Nc6 29.Rg5+ Kh8 30.Bg7+ Kg8 31.Bc3+ Kf8 32.Kf2 Re7 33.Kf3 Rc7 34.Ke4 Ne7 35.g3 Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc7 37.h4 a6 38.h5 Nc8 39.g4 Ne7 40.Re5 Kf7 41.g5 b5 42.a3 Rc4 43.Re4 Rxe4 44.Kxe4 Ke6 45.Kd4 Kf5 46.Bd2 Nc6+ 47.Kd5 Ne5 48.g6 hxg6 49.h6 Ng4 50.Kc6 Nf6 51.Kb6 g5 52.Kxa6 1-0 Szalanczy,E-Blees,A/Budapest 1990/EXT 97 (52)) 19...Qh5 20.Rae1 Bg4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.h3 Rad8 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Bd4 1-0 Lloyd,O-Zuccotti,E/Buenos Aires 1985/EXT 2002 (26))
15...Nd5 16.Bf2
(16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nc3 Bg4 (17...Qd6 18.h3 (18.Nb5 Qd8 19.h3 Bf5 20.Qd2 Qd7 21.Nc3 Rae8 22.Rae1 Be4 23.Ng5 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Bf5 25.Nf3 Qe6 26.Bh6 Bh8 27.Re1 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Be5 29.Nxe5 Nxe5 30.Bf4 Be4 31.Nxe4 Nc4 32.Nf6+ 1-0 Unzicker,W-Jaeckle,M/Dortmund 1992/TD (32)) (18.Qd2 Be6 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Rf2 Bg4 21.Ref1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Bxd4 25.Kh1 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 d4 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.Ne4 Qd5 29.a3 d3 30.Nd2 b5 31.Qe3 a5 32.b3 a4 33.bxa4 bxa4 34.h3 g5 35.Ne4 h6 36.Nd2 Qd4 37.Qe6 Ne5 38.Qe7+ Nf7 39.Qc7 Qb2 40.Qa5 Qxa3 41.Kh2 Qd6+ 42.Kh1 Qe5 43.Qb4 a3 44.Nb3 a2 0-1 Muutnik,V-Olde,H/EST 1999/EXT 2002 (44)) 18...Bxh3