Knudsen, John C - Hervet, Gilles
EM/CL/Q05-1 (ICCF Email), 2002

Notes by Knudsen


A68. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.O-O Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Re8 13.a4 c4 14.Be3 Qa5
[14...a6 15.a5 Rc8 16.Re1 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Rxc5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.e6 Ne5 21.exf7+ Nxf7 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.d6 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Qf4 25.d7 Be5 26.d8=Q+ Nxd8 27.Qxd8+ Kg7 28.Kg1 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Be5 30.Qe7+ Kh6 31.Kg1 Bd4+ 32.Kf1 Re5 33.Ne2 Rxe7 34.Nxf4 Bxb2 35.Re1 Rd7 36.Re4 c3 37.Ne6 g5 38.Rc4 Re7 39.Nd8 Rd7 40.Nxb7 Rd2 41.Be4 1-0 Lukin,A-Grivas,E/Leningrad 1989/CBM 14 (41)]
[14...Rc8 15.Re1 Nc5 16.Bxc5 Rxc5 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd7 19.e6 Ne5 20.exf7+ Kxf7 21.d6 Nd3 22.Rxe8 Bd4+ 23.Kh2 Qxe8 24.Ne4 Qe5+ 25.g3 Nf2 26.Ng5+ Kf6 27.d7 Qd6 28.Ne4+ Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Qxd7 30.Qf3+ Kg7 31.Rd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Steingrimsson,H/Gausdal 1995/EXT 97 (31)]
15.Bd4 Re7
[15...a6 16.Kh1 1/2-1/2 Avshalumov,A-Cvitan,O/Cannes 1990/EXT 97 (16)]
[15...Nc5 16.e5 Nfd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.Bd5 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Qc5 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Qxc5 dxc5 23.Bxb7 Rab8 24.Nd5 Nh5 25.Ba6 Rxb2 26.Bxc4 Kg7 27.Rfe1 Nexf4 28.Rxe8 Rxg2+ 29.Kf1 Ng3+ 30.Ke1 Nxh3 31.Ne3 Rb2 32.Ng4 1-0 Fang,J-Zapata,A/Philadelphia 1994/EXT 97 (32)]
16.Kh1
[16.Kh2 Nc5 17.e5 Ne8 18.Nb5 Nb3 19.exd6 Rd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qe1 Qxe1 22.Raxe1 Nxd6 23.Nxd6 Rxd6 24.Re7 Nd2 25.Rf2 Nxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Rxd5 27.Rxb7 a5 28.Rc3 Re8 29.Rxc4 Re2 30.Rcc7 Rdd2 1/2-1/2 Hausner,I-Dochev,D/Pardubice 1994/EXT 97 (30)]
16...Nc5?!
[16...a6 17.Rf2 Nc5 18.e5 Nd3 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Qxd3 cxd3 21.Bxf6 Qc5 22.Bxe7 Qxf2 23.Rb1 Re8 24.Bxd6 d2 25.Kh2 f6 26.f5 Re1 27.Nd1 Qb6 28.Bb8 h5 29.h4 g5 0-1 Morgulev,A-Rapp,K/corr 1989/Megacorr (29)]
17.e5 Ne8 18.Nb5 Nb3
[18...Nd3!?]
19.Bc3
[19.exd6 Rd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7
(20...Nxa1?? 21.Bc3 Qb6 22.Qxa1)]
19...Qb6
[19...Qd8 20.Rb1]
20.Rb1 a6
[20...dxe5 21.d6 Rd8 22.fxe5
(22.dxe7 Rxd1 23.Rbxd1 Nd4 24.fxe5 Nf5)
22...Bxe5 23.Qxb3
(23.dxe7 Rxd1 24.Rbxd1 Bxc3)
23...Nxd6 24.Qa2 Nxb5 25.axb5]
21.Na3 Qc5
[21...dxe5?? 22.Nxc4 Qd8 23.fxe5]
22.Re1
[22.Qe2 b5 23.Nc2 bxa4]
22...b5 23.axb5
[23.Nc2 Bh6 24.f5 gxf5 25.axb5 axb5 26.exd6 Rxe1+
(26...Qxd6?? 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.d6 Qxd6 29.Bxa8)
27.Qxe1 Qxd6
(27...Nxd6?? 28.Qe5 f6 29.Qxf6)]
23...axb5 24.Nc2 Rb7?!
[24...Qf2 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Qxd4]
25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Qc7
[26...Qc8 27.Qd2]
27.g3 f6 28.exd6 Nxd6 29.Re6! This R begins an interesting adventure... Qd8
[29...Re8 30.Qe2 Rbb8 31.Ra1]
30.Qe2
[30.Kg2 f5]
30...f5
[30...Nf5 31.Bf2 Nd6 32.Bc5]
31.Be5! Rd7 32.Re1 Bxe5?! 33.fxe5!
[33.Rxe5?! Ra2 34.Qc2 b4]
33...Ne4?! 34.Bxe4! fxe4 35.Qxe4! Qg5
[35...Ra2!? 36.d6 Rxb2]
36.Rf6! Re8 37.Rff1! much worse is
[37.Qd4?]
37...Qxg3
[37...Qd2 38.Rd1 Qxb2 39.e6]
38.Re3 Qg5 39.Qd4 Rf8?
[39...Rdd8]
40.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.Rf3+ Rf7??
[41...Ke8 makes it harder for White - but it is still not very difficult, due to the far advanced, connected, passed P's.]
42.Rxf7+ Kxf7 43.e6+ Ke7?
[43...Kg8 44.d6]
[43...Ke8 44.d6]
44.Qc5+
[44.Qc5+ Ke8
(44...Kd8 45.Qd6+ Kc8 46.e7! and there is no perpetual.)
(44...Kf6?? 45.Qf8+ Ke5 46.e7! and there is no perpetual.)
45.Qxb5+ Kf8 46.Qc5+ Kg7 47.Qxc4]


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