Karelin, Evgeny Petrovich - Schmidt, Theo
EM/M/A107 (ICCF Email), 2000

Notes by Junior Tay


E90. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nh5 10.Qd2 A more flexible move which has met with practical success is
[10.Nh2! Qe8 11.Qd2
(11.Be2 f5 12.exf5 Nf4 13.O-O Bxf5 14.Re1 Qf7 NCO)
11...Kh7 12.O-O-O f5
(12...Bd7 13.Ng4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bxh6 Qg6! (15...fxg4?! 16.Bd3+ Kg8 17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.hxg4 Qe7 (18...Rf4) 19.Qh6 Qf6 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Rh6 Qf4+ 22.Rd2 Rg8 23.g5 Ke7 24.Rf6 Qg4 25.Rg6 Kf7 26.Rxg7+ Rxg7 27.Bg6+ 1-0 Krasenkow,M-Georgiev,K/Cappelle 1992/EXT 97 (27)) 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne3 f4 18.Nc2 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Qxd3 21.Rxd3 Nc5 1/2-1/2 Comas Fabrego,L-Komljenovic,D/San Sebastian 1991/TD (80))
13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bd3
(14.g4! Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Bd3 1-0 Hoi,C-Mortensen,E/Copenhagen 1983/MCL (38))
14...Nc5
(14...Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Rhe1 Qd8 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Qxf4 Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 Bd7 20.Rde3 Bf6 21.Nb5 Rf7 22.Nbd4 Qh8 23.Ne6 Bxb2+ 24.Kb1 Ba1 25.R1e2 Rg8 26.g4 b5 27.c5 b4 28.c6 Bc8 29.g5 Ba6 30.Rc2 Be5 31.Rxe5 dxe5 32.Nxe5 hxg5 33.Nxf7 1-0 Semakin,A-Ikonnikov,D/Perm 1993/CBM 36 ext (33))
15.Bc2 Bd7 16.Rde1 Qf7 17.Ng4 e4 18.Nxh6 Qg6 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.g4 Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 exd3 22.gxf5 Qxf5 23.Rhg1 Bf6 24.Rd1 Rg8 25.Rxg8 Rxg8 26.Qxd3 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 a6 28.Ne4 Bh4 29.c5 Re8 30.cxd6 Rxe4 31.dxc7 Re8 32.d6 1-0 Lalic,B-Sundararajan,K/Calcutta IND 2000/The Week in Chess 278 (32)]
10...Kh7 11.g4
[11.O-O-O f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.g4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Bc2 Kg8 17.Rhg1 b5 18.gxf5 bxc4 19.Rg6 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Qd4 Rf6 22.Rdg1 Rxg6 23.Rxg6 Qf8 24.Qxc4 Qf5 25.Rg1 Rb8 26.Nd4 Qh7 27.Ne6 Nd3+ 28.Kb1 Nxb2+ 29.Qe4 Na4+ 30.Kc2 Rb2+ 31.Kc1 1-0 Costa,J-Watanabe,R/Maringa 1991/EXT 98 (31)]
[11.Nh2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.g4 Nf4 14.O-O-O Nc5 15.Rg1 a5 16.Nf3 b6 17.g5 a4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.gxh6 Bf6 20.Bd3 a3 21.b3 Nxd3+ 22.Qxd3 Bd7 23.h4 Kxh6 24.Ne2 Qe7 25.Nxf4 Qe4 26.Ne6 Bxe6 27.dxe6 Rae8 28.Rge1 Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Rg8 30.Rd5 Rg2 31.Rxf5 Bb2+ 32.Kb1 Rxf2 33.e7 Be5 34.Re4 Rxe7 35.Nxe5 Rb2+ 36.Kc1 Rxe5 37.Rfxe5 dxe5 38.Rxe5 Rxa2 39.Re7 Rb2 40.Rxc7 Rxb3 41.Ra7 Rc3+ 42.Kd2 1/2-1/2 Trapl,J-Simek,P/CZE-chT2 1995/EXT 97 (42)]
11...Nf4! # Typical but effective KID pawn sacrifice to clear the King's Indian Bishop's diagonal.
[11...Nf6 12.g5]
12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Qxf4 Greek GM Grivas chose to consolidate with
[13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Bc2 Re8 before grabbing the booty 15.Qxf4 Qf6 16.Qxf6 Bxf6 17.O-O-O but Black's double bishops were sufficient compensation after Kg7
(17...Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nxe4 19.Rhe1 f5 20.Bxe4)
18.Nd4 a5 19.f3 Bd7 20.h4 g5 21.h5 Be5 22.Nde2 a4 23.Bd3 a3 24.b3 Na6 25.Kb1 1/2-1/2 Grivas,E-Istratescu,A/Mangalia 1992/EXT 97 (25)]
13...Bxc3+! #Which KID addict would part with his precious prelate? Not me! However, this move shows up the folly of White's pawn advances. White has no real safe haven for the King wherever he resides.
[13...f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Bc2 Kg8 17.g5 Qe8+ 18.Kf1 Qh5 19.gxh6 Bxh6 20.Rg1+ Kf7 21.Ng5+ Bxg5 22.Qxg5 Qxh3+ 23.Rg2 Qh1+ 24.Ke2 Qxa1 25.Qh5+ Kf6 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Rg7+ Rf7 28.Qg5+ Ke8 29.Qg6 Kf8 30.Qxf7# 1-0 Kachur,A-Sosnicki,M/Katowice 1995/CBM 47 ext (30)]
14.bxc3 Nc5 15.O-O-O? Perhaps necessary was the prudent
[15.Be2 Qe7 16.e5
(16.Nd2 f5)
16...dxe5 17.Qe3!
(17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Nxe5 Re8 19.Nf3 f5)]
[15.Nd2 f5!]
15...Qe8 16.Bd3 Qa4 17.Kb1 b5! # the beginning of the end. 18.Ka1
[18.cxb5 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Qxb5+ 20.Kc2 Rb8]
18...bxc4 19.e5 Rb8 20.Bxg6+ fxg6 21.Qxf8 Nb3+ 22.Kb2 Nd4+ #and it's mate in 1 no matter where the White King goes.

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