Fester, Albrecht - Alvarez, Roberto Gabriel
WC-2000-F-00001, 2000

Notes by Albrecht Fester


B81. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.Bg2 #More popular here is g5 but I was afraid that the GM had prepared a novelty in this very complicated line, so I chose the continuation introduced by some strong Hungarian players in the past.
[9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5
(10.gxf6?! f4 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Qh5+ Kd7 14.Qf7+ Kc6 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.Qh5 b5 17.a4 b4 18.Ne2 a5 Ljubojevic,L-Polugaevsky,L Roquebrune 1992)
10...d5 11.gxf6
(11.Qf3 d4 (11...Bb4? 12.gxf6 d4 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Qe3 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bxf5 18.Bc4) (11...Bd7 12.O-O-O Bc6 13.Qe2 Bb4 14.Bd4 Ne4 15.Bxe5 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17.Kb1 Rg8? (17...O-O!!‰) 18.f3 Nd7 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.h4 Timman,J-Portisch,L Reykjavik 1987 1-0 39) 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.gxf6 (13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bc4 dxc3 16.Bxc3 Nfe4 17.Rhe1 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Bg7 19.f6 O-O 20.Rxe5 Be6 WEdberg,T-Novikov,I Copenhagen op (07) 1991 0-1 34) 13...dxc3 14.Bc4 Qxf6 15.Rhg1! Badzarani - Rybincev, URS 1989)
11...d4 12.Bc4 Qc7
(12...Qxf6 13.Nd5 (13.Ne4 Qxf5 14.Bd3 Qe6 15.Bg5 Nd7 16.Qh5 b6 17.f4 Bb7 18.f5 Qd5 1-0 Kotronias,V-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal Int (06)/1994/ (32)) 13...Qc6 14.Bxd4 Bb4+ (14...Qxc4? 15.Nf6+ Ke7 16.Bxe5) (14...exd4? 15.Qxd4) 15.c3 Qxc4 16.Be3 Be7 (16...Ba5 17.Nf6+ 1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Wijk (09) ;CBM 51 1996 (42)) 17.Nb6 Qc6 18.Rg1 Nd7 19.Nxa8 b5 20.Qd5 Qb7 21.O-O-O Bd8 22.f6 Qxd5 23.Rxd5 Bb7 24.Rd6 Bxa8 25.Rgd1 Bf3 26.Rxd7 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1992)
13.Qd3 dxe3
(13...Bb4 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.Bh6 Bb4 16.f4 Nc6 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qb3+ 1-0 Tseitlin,MD-Bosboom,M/Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995 (46))
(13...dxc3 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Rhe1 cxb2+ (15...Bb4) 16.Kb1 Bb4 17.c3 Ba3 18.Bf4 Qd7! 19.Bd5 Qxd5! 20.Qxd5 Bxf5+ 21.Rd3 O-O! Sigurjonsson - Olafsson,H, Island 1984. 22.Bh6 Rfd8 23.Rg1+ Kh8 24.Bg7+ Kg8 25.Bh6+ Kh8 26.Bg7+ Kg8 27.Bh6+ 1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Olafsson,H/Neskaupsstadur/1984/)
14.O-O-O exf2
(14...Nc6 15.Nd5 Qa5 16.f4 Bh6 17.Kb1 b5 18.fxe5 e2 19.Qxe2 Bb7 20.Bb3 1-0 Gallagher,J-Shneider,A/Bern op (09) ;EXP 46 1995 (26))
15.Bxf7+!? Kxf7 16.Qd5+ Ke8
(16...Kxf6 17.Ne4+ (17.Qf3) 17...Kxf5 (17...Kg7?? 18.Rhg1+ fxg1=Q 19.Rxg1+ Kh6 20.Qd2+ Kh5 21.Qg5#))
17.f7+ Ke7 18.Qf3 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Kf8 20.Qxf2 Nd7 21.Ne4 Bg7 22.Rhg1 Nf6 23.Qg3 Qxf7
(23...Nh5 24.Qa3+ Kxf7 (24...Qe7?? 25.Rd8+ Kxf7 26.Qb3+) 25.Nd6+ Kf6 (25...Kg8 26.Ne8 Qxc2+ 27.Kxc2 Bxf5+) 26.Qh3)
24.Qa3+ Qe7
(24...Kg8 25.Rd8+ Ne8 26.Nd6)
25.Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.Rxg7+ Kf8 27.Rc7 Ne8 28.Rd8 Rg8 29.Ng3 Rg4 30.Rxh7 Rd4 31.Rh8+ Kf7 32.Rhxe8 Bd7 33.Kc1 Bxe8 34.Rxa8 Rh4 35.Rd8 Rxh2 36.Rd5
(36.Rd2 Rxd2 37.Kxd2 Bc6 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.c4 Kg5 40.b4 b6)
36...Kf6 37.Rd6+ Kg5 38.Re6 Rh8 39.f6 Bc6 40.Rxe5+ Kxf6 41.Re3 Re8 42.Kd2 Rxe3 43.Kxe3 Ke5 44.Ne2 Kd5 45.Nd4 Be8 46.Kd3 Bg6+ 47.Kc3 Kc5 48.Ne6+ Kd6 49.Nf4 Bf5 50.Nd3 Kd5 51.Kb4? Bxd3! 52.cxd3 Kd4 53.Ka5 Kxd3 54.Kb6 Kc2 55.a4
(55.Kxb7 a5 (55...Kxb2?? 56.a4 Kb3 57.a5) 56.Kb6 a4)
55...Kb3 56.a5 Ka4 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Dortmund 1996/CBM 54
(56...Kb4?? 57.b3 Kxb3 58.Kxb7)
57.b3+ Kb4]
9...d5! An excellent move
[9...gxf5 10.exf5 h6 11.Qe2 Rg8
(11...Nc6 12.O-O-O Rg8 13.h3 Qa5 (13...Bxf5?! 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.gxf5 Qa5 16.f4) 14.f4 Bd7 15.a3 O-O-O 16.Qf2! Nikolenko,O-Vorobiov,E Moscow-ch op(07) 1995 1-0 28 Kc7? (16...exf4 17.Bb6 Qe5 18.Rhe1 Re8 19.Rxe5 dxe5) (16...Rxg4!? 17.hxg4 Nxg4 18.Qe2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 exf4 20.Qxf4 Qxf5) 17.Bd2? (17.Rd5!) 17...exf4! (17...Qc5? 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Rd5! Nxd5 20.Nxd5+ Kc8 21.Bb6 Qb5 (21...Qa4 22.Bxd8 Kxd8 23.Qb6+) 22.Rd1! Nd4 (22...exf4 23.Bf1 Qa4 24.Bxd8 Kxd8 25.Qb6+) (22...Ne7 23.Bxd8 Kxd8 24.Nf6 Rg7 25.fxe5) 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rxd4! exd4 (24...Bc6 25.a4 exd4 (25...Qxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Qd2) 26.axb5 Bxd5 27.Qxd4) 25.Qg3 Qc4 26.Bc7 Bc5 27.Bb8 Bd6 28.Bxd6) 18.Bxf4 (18.Nd5+?! Qxd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5) 18...Ne5)
12.h3 Qe7
(12...Qc7 13.O-O-O (13.f4 Nc6 14.O-O-O Ne7 15.Rd2 Bd7 16.Rhd1 d5 17.Bxd5! O-O-O 18.Bxf7 Rg7 19.Be6 Anka,E-Novikov,I/Budapest/1989/1:0/43/) 13...Bd7 14.f4 Bc6 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bb6! Qxb6 17.Qxe5+ Be7 18.Rhe1 Be4 19.Nxe4 Kf8 20.Nd6 Qc7 21.Nxf7! Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V/Budapest/1989/0,5/48/)
(12...Bd7!? 13.Bxb7 Bc6 14.Bxa8 Bxa8 15.Rg1 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.c4?! (17.O-O-O†) 17...Bb7 18.O-O-O Nc6 Tayeb,S-Badea,B/Novi Sad/1990/0:1/33/)
13.Qc4 Nbd7 14.O-O-O Rb8 15.Rhe1]
10.Bg5 gxf5 11.Bxf6
[11.Nxd5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.exf5 h5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Qe2
(15.Nxf6+!? Qxf6 16.Bxb7)
15...hxg4 16.hxg4 Rxh1+ 17.Bxh1 Bc6 Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V Berlin 1989 1/2 19]
11...Qxf6 12.Nxd5 Qd6
[12...Qd8 13.exf5]
13.exf5 Nc6!
[13...Bh6 14.h4 Bf4 15.Nxf4 Qxd1+ 16.Rxd1 exf4 17.Ke2 h5 18.Rhe1 Nc6 19.Bxc6+ bxc6 20.Kf3+ Kf8 21.Rd8+ Kg7 22.Rxh8 Kxh8 23.Re8+ Kg7 24.gxh5 Bb7 25.Re7 Rb8 26.h6+ Kf6 27.Rd7 Kxf5 28.h7 Ba8 29.Rxf7+ Kg6 30.Ra7]
[13...Rg8 14.Qf3 h5 15.h3 Bh6 16.Rd1 Nc6 17.Qe4 Rb8 18.f4 f6 19.a3 Bf8 20.Nb4 Qe7 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qc4]
14.Qe2 h5! #
[14...Bh6 15.Rd1
(15.f4 Bxf4 16.Nxf4 Qb4+ 17.c3 Qxf4 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Rf1 Qg5 20.Qxe5+ Qe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7)
(15.h4 O-O 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.g5 Kh8 (17...Nd4 18.Qh5 Nxc2+ (18...Bg7 19.f6 Bf8 20.Be4 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Ne7+ Bxe7 23.Rxd6 Bxd6) 19.Kf1 Nd4 20.gxh6 Kf8 21.Qg5 Nxf5) 18.gxh6 Bxf5 19.Ne3 Qg6 20.h5 Qg5 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Qc4 Qf6 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxc6 Rc8 26.Qg2 Rg8 27.Qd5 f6 28.Qd3 Qf4 29.Ke2 e4 30.Qe3 Qe5)
15...O-O 16.c3
(16.h4 Nd4 17.Qe4)
16...Qd8 17.h4 Qa5 18.g5 Bg7]
15.O-O-O
[15.g5 Nd4 16.Qc4 Bxf5 17.Nc7+ Ke7 18.Nxa8 Bg7 19.Qc7+ Qxc7 20.Nxc7 Nxc2+ 21.Ke2 Nxa1 22.Nd5+ Ke6 23.Rxa1 e4 24.Rd1 Bg4+ 25.f3 exf3+ 26.Bxf3 Bxb2 27.h3 Bxf3+ 28.Kxf3]
15...hxg4
[15...Be7 16.Rhe1
(16.Nb6 Nd4 17.Rxd4 Qxb6 18.Qxe5 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Bxf6 20.Re4+ Kf8 21.h3 Bd7)
16...Qh6+ 17.f4 Bd8 18.g5 Qh7 19.Nb6 Bxb6 20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.Qxe5+]
[15...Bh6+ 16.Kb1 Rb8 17.h3
(17.Rhe1 Kf8 18.f4 Bg7 19.f6 Bxg4 20.fxg7+ Kxg7 21.fxe5 Nxe5)
17...Kf8 18.f4
(18.Nb6 Qf6 19.Rhe1 Rg8 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Qxa6)
18...exf4 19.Rhe1 Bg5]
16.Nb6
[16.Qxg4!?]
[16.Be4 Bh6+ 17.Kb1 Nd4 18.Qc4 Kf8 19.c3 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Nc7 Qg6]
16...Nd4! # 17.Rxd4 Qxd4 18.Nxa8
[18.Rd1 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 Bc5 20.Nxa8 Bxf5]
18...Qf4+
[18...Bc5! 19.Nc7+?! Gelfand
(19.f6 Qf4+ 20.Kb1 Qxf6 21.Nc7+ Kf8 22.Nd5 Qd6)
(19.Be4 Bxf5 (19...Qxf2!? Ponomariov,R 20.Qxg4 Kf8 /\Rg8) 20.Bxf5 Qf4+ 21.Qd2 Qxf5 22.Qd5 O-O‡ (22...Qg5+!?))
19...Kf8 20.Nd5
(20.f6 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 Qxf6 -19.f6 (21...Rxh2?! 22.Qd1! Rxh1 23.Qxh1 Qxf6 24.Nd5 Qg7 25.Qh4))
20...Bxf5 21.Ne3
(21.Rd1 Qa4!)
21...Qf4 22.Bxb7 Rh3
(22...Be6! 23.Qd2 Kg7 24.Nd1 a5!)
23.Qd2
(23.Bxa6 g3)
23...Rxe3?!
(23...Bxe3 24.fxe3 Rxe3 25.Bxa6 Svidler)
(23...Be6 24.Nd1 a5 25.Bg2 Rh8 -22...Be6)
24.Qd8+ Kg7 25.fxe3 Bxe3+ 26.Kb1 Qc4
(26...Qb4 27.Qd5)
27.Qd1 Bd4 28.Qc1 f6
(28...Be6 29.Qg5+ Kf8 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qa5 (31.Qg5+))
29.Rd1?
(29.Ka1! Bxc2 (29...Be6 30.Qb1 /\ 31.c3 Bf5 31.Qc1) 30.Bxa6 Qa4 (30...Qc5 31.Re1) 31.Bb5 Qa8 32.Bc4)
29...a5
(29...Be3! 30.b3 (30.Bxa6 Qf4) (30.Rd7+ Kg6) 30...Qc7! 31.Qxe3 Qxc2+ 32.Ka1 Qxd1+ 33.Kb2 Qc2+ 34.Ka3 Qxh2)
30.b3
(30.Ka1 Qxc2)
30...Qc3 31.Rxd4 Qxd4 32.Qf1 Bg6 33.Qc4 Qg1+ 34.Kb2 Qxh2 35.Qxg4 Qxc2+ 36.Ka3 Qc5+
(36...Qc3 37.Qc4!?)
(36...Qd2 37.Qc4 f5 38.Bd5 e4 39.Qc5 Kh6)
37.Kb2
(37.b4 Qb5 38.Bc8 f5 39.Qh4 Qd3+)
37...f5
(37...e4!? 38.Qd7+ (38.Qf4 Qd4+) 38...Kh6 39.Qh3+ Qh5 40.Qe3+ Kg7)
38.Qc4 Qxc4
(38...Qd6 39.Qc3)
(38...Qe7)
39.bxc4 Kf6 40.Kc3 f4?
(40...Ke6 41.c5 Kd7 42.Kc4 (42.a3 Kc7 43.Bd5 Be8 44.Kd3 Bc6 45.Be6 f4) 42...Bf7+ 43.Kb5 Kc7 44.Bg2 e4 (44...Bxa2 45.Kxa5 e4 46.Kb4) 45.Kxa5 (45.a4 e3 46.Bf3 f4) 45...e3 46.Bf3 Bd5 47.Bh5 (47.Bd1 f4 48.Kb4 f3) 47...f4 48.Kb4 f3 49.Kc3 f2 50.Be2 Bf3)
41.c5 Ke7 42.a3 Kd7 43.Kc4 Bc2
(43...Kc7 44.Bg2 Be8 45.Kd5 Bc6+ 46.Kxe5 Bxg2 47.Kxf4 Kc6 48.Ke3 Kb5 49.Kd2 Ka4 50.Kc2 Kxa3 51.Kb1)
44.Kd5 e4 45.Kd4 f3
(45...e3 46.Bf3 Ke6 47.c6 Kd6 48.c7 Bf5 49.Be2 a4 50.Bf3 Kxc7 51.Ke5 Bd3 52.Kxf4 e2 53.Bxe2 Bxe2 54.Ke3 Ponomariov,R)
46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Bc6 Ke5 48.Bb7 Bd3 49.Ba8 Kf5 50.Bb7 Ke6 51.Bc6 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Gelfand,B/Biel 2000/CBM 79]
19.Kb1 Rxh2
[19...Bc5 20.Nc7+ Kf8 21.Nd5 Qxf5 22.f3]
20.Rd1 # Be7
[20...Rxg2 21.Nc7+ Ke7 22.Nd5+]
21.Nc7+
[21.f6 Qxf6 22.Qc4 Bf5 23.Qc7 Rxg2 24.Qb8+ Bd8 25.Nc7+ Kf8 26.Rxd8+ Kg7]
21...Kf8 22.Nd5 Qxf5 23.Qe1
[23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.Be4 Qf4 25.Qd3 Kf6 26.Qd6+ Kg7 27.f3]
23...Bg5
[23...Rxg2 24.Qh1 f6 25.Qxg2]
[23...Be6 24.Qg1 Qh7 25.Nxe7 Kxe7 26.Bxb7 Qh4 27.Rf1 Bc4 28.Rc1 Rxf2]
[23...b6 24.Nxe7 Kxe7 25.Qb4+ Kf6 26.Be4 Qf4 27.Qxb6+ Kg7 28.Bd3 Rxf2 29.Rh1]
[23...b5 24.Qc3 Be6 25.Qg3 Qh5 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Bb7 Kf6 28.Re1 b4]
[23...Bc5 24.Qa5 b6
(24...Bxf2 25.Ne7 Qe6 26.Qd8+ Kg7 27.Bd5 Rh8 28.Qc7 Bb6 29.Bxe6 Bxc7 30.Bxc8 Re8 31.Rd7 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Nf5+ Kg6 34.Ne3 g3 35.Bxb7)
25.Nxb6 Bd4
(25...Bxb6 26.Qxb6 Kg7 27.Rg1 g3 (27...Qf4 28.a3 Qd4) 28.Qe3 (28.fxg3 Rxg2) 28...gxf2 29.Qg3+ Kf8 30.Qxh2 Qh5 31.Qh1 fxg1=Q+ 32.Qxg1 Qe2 33.b3 Bf5 34.Qc5+ Kg7)
26.Nxc8 Qxc8 27.Be4 f5 28.Bxf5 Qxf5 29.Qd8+ Kg7 30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Qc7+ Kh6 32.Qxh2+ Kg5 33.Kc1 d3 34.cxd3 Qxd3]
24.Be4
[24.Qg1 Rh8 25.Qe1 b5 26.Be4 Qe6 27.Qc3 Kg7 28.Nc7 Qe7 29.Nd5 Qd6 30.Ne3 b4 31.Qe1 Qc5 32.Rd5 Qb6 33.Nc4 Qf6 34.b3 Be6 35.Rxe5 Bf4 36.Ra5 Qd4 37.Bf5 Bxc4 38.bxc4 Rh5 39.Rd5 Qxc4]
24...Qxf2
[24...Qe6 25.Ne3
(25.Qb4+ Kg7 26.Nb6 Rxf2)
25...Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qe7 27.f4 gxf3 28.Qxf3]
25.Qb4+
[25.Qc3 Bf5 26.Qxe5 Bxe4]
25...Kg7
[25...Kg8 26.Qd6 Qg3 27.Qb8 Rd2 28.Qxc8+ Kg7 29.Rh1 Rh2 30.Rf1 Rf2]
26.Qc3 Rh8 27.Qxe5+ Bf6 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.Qd5 Re8 30.Rh1
[30.Bd3 Rd8 31.Qh5
(31.Qh1 Bf5 32.Qxb7 g3 33.Qg2 Qg6 34.Qe2 g2 35.Rg1 Bxd3 36.cxd3 Rxd3 37.Ka1)
31...Bf5
(31...Be6 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Qa5 Rd5 34.Qb6 Qd8 35.Qe3)
32.Rh1 Bxd3 33.cxd3 g3 34.a3 Kf8 35.Qc5+ Kg8]
30...Kg8 31.Bh7+
[31.Bg2 Qe5 32.Qd2 Qe3 33.Qd1 Qe2 34.Qc1 Re5]
[31.Qh5 Re5 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Rg1 Ke7 34.Qh1 b5 35.Bd3 Be6 36.Qb7+ Bd7]
31...Kf8 32.Qd2 g3 #This P is very dangerous
[32...Rd8 33.Bd3