Plass-Caravan, Mariana - Samraoui, Mekki
ICCF Champions League, 2002

Notes by Mari Plass-Caravan


C05. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.h4!? Bb4+
[9...f6]
10.Kf2 f6! Knaak 11.Be3!
[11.Kg3?! Ljubojevic-M. Gruevich, Linares 1991 O-O 12.Bd3? Nxd4 13.Nxd4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Bc2 Ng6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nde2 Qf2+ 18.Kh3 Bd6 19.Qb3 e5+ 20.Kh2 Qxh4+ 21.Nh3 Bxh3 0-1 22.Qxh3 e4+ 23.g3]
11...Be7 12.Qd2 O-O
[12...Qa5 13.Bd3 Nb6 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.b3 Bd7 16.h5 Istratescu-Topalov, Budapest 1993]
13.Rd1 a5! Knaak
[13...fxe5 14.fxe5 Ndxe5 15.dxe5 d4 16.Bf4 Bb4 17.Qc1]
14.Ne2
[14.Kg3 a4 15.Bd3 Qd8 16.Ne2 f5 Beliavsky-Kindermann, Munich 1991]
14...a4 15.g3
[15.a3 Na5 16.Nc3 fxe5 17.dxe5 Nb3 18.Nxd5 Yudasin-De la Villa Garcia, Leon 1992]
15...fxe5?!
[15...a3 16.b3 Bb4]
16.fxe5 Bb4
[16...Ndxe5 17.dxe5 Bc5
(17...Qc7 18.Nf4 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Qb8 21.Bh3 Bd6 22.Be3 Bxf4 23.gxf4)
18.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Kg2 Nxe5
(19...Rxf3 20.Kxf3 Nxe5+ 21.Kg2 Ng4 22.Qd4 Ne3+ 23.Kh2)
20.Nxe5 Qf2+ 21.Kh3 Qf5+ 22.Ng4 e5
(22...h5 23.Kh2 Qxg4 24.Nf4)
23.Kh2 Qxg4 24.Qxd5+ Be6 25.Qxe5 Rf2+ 26.Kg1 Raf8 27.Rh2]
17.Qc1 Rf7 18.Nf4 Nf8 19.Ng5 Rc7 20.Qb1 h6
[20...a3 21.Bd3]
21.Bd3! hxg5 22.hxg5 a3 23.b3 Ne7
[23...Bc3 24.Ng6 Rf7+ 25.Kg2 Nxg6 26.Bxg6 Ne7 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qh7 Nf5 29.Rdf1 Qa6
(29...Bxd4? 30.g6+ Ke8 31.Rxf5)
30.Rf2 Bb4 31.g4 Bf8]
[23...Kf7 24.Rh8 Ke8 25.Rf1 Nd8 26.Rg8 Kf7 27.Bh7 Ke8 28.Bg6+ Kd7 29.Rxg7+ Be7 30.Bh5]
[23...Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Kg2 Qc3 27.Ng6 Nxg6 28.Bxg6]
24.g6! # Rc6
[24...Bc3 25.Rh5 Bxd4 26.Rdh1 Bxe3+ 27.Kg2 Nfxg6 28.Bxg6 mate in 8]
[24...Nfxg6 25.Nxg6 Nxg6 26.Bxg6]
25.Rh5 Nf5 26.Rdh1!
[26.Bxf5? exf5 27.Rdh1 Nxg6 28.Nxg6 Rxg6 29.Rh8+ Kf7 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Qxf5+ Qf6! 32.exf6 Rxf6 33.Qxf6+ Kxf6 34.Rc1]
26...Nh6 27.Rxh6 # Black resigned here. 1-0 gxh6 28.Rxh6 Qc7
[28...Kg7 mate in 7 29.Nh5+]
[28...Nxg6 29.Rxg6+ Kf7
(29...Kf8 30.Qh1)
30.Qh1]
[28...Be7 29.Qh1 Bg5 30.Nxd5 mate in 8]
[28...Rc7 29.Qh1 Nh7 mate in 5]
[28...Nd7 mate in 6]
29.Qh1 Rc2+ 30.Kf3 Qg7 31.Nh5

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