Goh Koon Jong, Jason - Zaw, Win Lay
Junior Rating Tournament (Singapore), 2002

Notes by Junior Tay


E12. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 # This relative ly rare move is a specialty of Russian GM Alexey Dreev, beating Karpov with it at Cap'd Adge 2000. dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bxc4 Nbd7
[9...Qc7 10.Nb5! Qd7 11.Bf4 Bxe4 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rd1 Qb7 14.Nc7 Gelfand-Gulko/Dos Hermanas/1994]
10.Bf4 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.O-O Qe7 14.h3 h6 15.Qe2 O-O 16.Bb1 # e5 The Myanmese GM wants to play Bxa3 here, leaving the Nc3 en-prise to the Rc8. However,
[16...Bxa3?? 17.bxa3 Rxc3 is simply met by 18.Bd6 snaring the exchange.]
17.Bh2 Bxa3 18.Nxb5 Bb4 19.Na3 Qe6 20.Rc1 a5 21.Bd3 Nh5?! #Overpressing his hand. 22.Bc4! Qf6 23.Rcd1! Bc6?? #
[23...Rcd8 24.Bb5 Nc5 25.Bxe5 Qb6 White has a slight edge.]
24.Rxd7! Bxd7 25.Nxe5 hitting the Bd7 and uncovering a discovered attack on the Nh5. Be6 26.Qxh5
[26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Nd7 Qg6 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 White is a healthy pawn up.]
26...Bxa3 27.Bxe6 fxe6 #And White goes the minor exchange up for very little with 28.bxa3??
[28.Ng4 Qxb2
(28...Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Rxf7 30.bxa3 Rc3 31.Bd6)
29.Nxh6+! gxh6 30.Be5]
28...Qxf2+!! #And White had to resign here because Rxf2 is met by Rc1+ and mate the next move!

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