ChessZone Magazine ENG, 6 (2008)

© ChessZone Magazine #6, 2008 http://www.chesszone.
org
Table of contents:
# 6, 2008
Our supporters:............................................................................................................ 3
News............................................................................................................................ 4
Games ......................................................................................................................... 8
(01) Cheparinov,Ivan (2695) - Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) [B90] ......................................... 8
(02) Dzagnidze,N (2443) - Schlosser,P (2563) [E35] ............................................... 9
(03) Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) - Cheparinov,Ivan (2695) [D45] ....................................... 11
(04) Socko,Bartosz (2644) - Macak,Stefan (2342) [E15]........................................ 13
(05) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2740) - Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) [A11] ....................................... 15
(06) Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) - Navara,David (2672) [E04] .................................... 16
(07) Navara,David (2672) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) [C43].................................... 17
(08) Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) - Navara,David (2672) [A37] .................................... 18
(09) Navara,David (2672) - Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) [E46] .................................... 19
(10) Negi,Parimarjan (2514) - Stefansson,Hannes (2583) [C91]............................ 21
Make Every Play for a Reason .................................................................................. 29
Editorial staff: ............................................................................................................. 33
2
© ChessZone Magazine #6, 2008 http://www.chesszone.org
Our supporters:
http://www.pokerlistings.com
Dear readers!
ChessZone Magazine is open for your advertising materials.

We have various ad packages at affordable rates!
We’re also interested in cooperation with advertising agencies,

and could offer great commissions for anyone
who could bring an advertisers to us.
Please contact us for details

chesszone@ya.ru
3
News
M-Tel Masters 2008
M-Tel Masters took place 7th-18th May 2008 in the
Central Military Club in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The event
was a 10 round double round robin with a 5 hour time
control.
Ivanchuk secured first place with a massive 8/10

score. He started with 5/5 in the first half. He slowed down
with four draws in the second half before destroying
Cheparinov with the black pieces in the final round. Topalov
also scored a fine 6.5/10 to finish a point and a half behind.
Teimour Radjabov was a further point behind. World number 6 Levon Aronian had a catastro-
phic 3/10 score in finishing joint last with Bu Xiangzhi. Cheparinov only lost a few points in
finishing with 4/10.
*4th M-Tel Masters Sofia* (BUL), 8-18 v 2008 cat. XX (2738)

1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 * * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 8 2977
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767 0 = * * = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 6,5 2841
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2751 0 = = = * * = = = 1 = 1 5,5 2770
4. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2696 0 0 0 0 = = * * 1 1 = = 4 2673
5. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2708 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 0 * * = = 3 2594
6. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2763 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = = * * 3 2583
FIDE GP Baku AZE 2008

The 1st FIDE Grand Prix took place in Baku, Azerbaijan 20th April - 6th May 2008. Vugar
Gashimov, Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen shared first place on 8/11.
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Gashimov,V 2679 +122 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8.0/13 51.50
2 Wang Yue 2689 +112 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8.0/13 50.50
3 Carlsen,M 2765 +30 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8.0/13 49.00
4 Mamedyarov,S 2752 +16 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0 7.5/13 48.75
5 Grischuk,A 2716 +55 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.5/13 45.75
6 Adams,Mi 2729 -12 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 6.5/13 41.00
7 Svidler,P 2746 -30 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5/13 39.50
8 Radjabov,T 2751 -63 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 6.0/13 38.50
9 Kamsky,G 2726 -36 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0/13 38.00
10 Karjakin,Sergey 2732 -42 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0/13 37.25
11 Cheparinov,I 2696 -30 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 5.5/13 35.75
12 Navara,D 2672 -5 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 5.5/13 35.25
13 Bacrot,E 2705 -68 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 5.0/13 32.50
14 Inarkiev,E 2684 -45 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 * 5.0/13 32.25
Cez Chess Trophy

Vladimir Kramnik beat David Navara 5.5-2.5 to win
the Cez Chess Trophy. The match of 8 games in rapid
chess was the main event of the festival CEZ CHESS
TROPHY 2008 and will take place in the Czech Republic
in Prague 14th-18th May 2008.
III President's Cup, Baku

The III President's Cup takes place 11th-21st May
2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to the memory of
Haydar Aliyev has a prize fund of $85000.
*III President's Cup Baku* (AZE), 11-21 v 2008

Leading Round 7 Standings
1 9 GM Najer Evgeniy 2627 RUS 6,5 31,0 28,0 24,5 6
2 28 GM Abbasov Farid 2528 AZE 6,0 31,0 28,0 24,0 5
3 32 GM Guliev Sarhan 2487 AZE 6,0 27,0 24,5 21,5 5
4 1 GM Milov Vadim 2690 SUI 5,5 33,5 30,0 26,0 5
5 10 GM Guseinov Gadir 2625 AZE 5,5 33,5 29,5 25,5 5
6 19 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2582 BLR 5,5 33,0 29,0 24,5 4
7 12 GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2622 GEO 5,5 32,5 29,5 25,5 4
8 5 GM Jobava Baadur 2658 GEO 5,5 32,5 28,5 24,5 4
9 13 GM Lastin Alexander 2622 RUS 5,5 31,5 28,5 25,5 4
10 18 GM Korchnoi Viktor 2598 SUI 5,5 30,5 27,5 24,0 5
11 16 GM Mamedov Rauf 2617 AZE 5,5 30,5 27,0 23,5 4
12 21 GM Timman Jan H 2565 NED 5,5 30,0 27,0 23,5 4
13 14 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2621 BEL 5,5 29,5 27,5 24,0 4
etc.
Capablanca Memorial 2008, La Habana

The 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam took place in La Habana (Cuba) 8th - 17th
May 2008, category 15 average 2602. Top seed Lenier Dominguez Perez took clear first with
6/9.
5
*43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana CUB* (CUB), cat. XV

8-17 v 2008 (2605)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Dominguez Perez, g CUB 2695 * = = = = 1 1 = 1 = 6 2719
Lenier
2. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2649 = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 5,5 2680
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2609 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 5,5 2684
4. Hernandez g CUB 2568 = = = * = = = 1 0 1 5 2652
Carmenates, Holden
5. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 = = = = * = = = = = 4,5 2601
6. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2625 0 = = = = * = = = 1 4,5 2602
7. Nogueiras Santiago, g CUB 2559 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 4 2567
Jesus
8. Quezada Perez, g CUB 2567 = = 0 0 = = = * = = 3,5 2529
Yuniesky
9. Arencibia Rodriguez, g CUB 2534 0 0 0 1 = = = = * = 3,5 2532
Walter
10. Bruzon Batista, g CUB 2608 = = = 0 = 0 0 = = * 3 2479
Lazaro
Moscow Championship
The Final tournament of the Moscow Chess Championship took place 12th-18th May
2008. Boris Savchenko took clear first with 5/7.
*ch-Moscow Moscow RUS* (RUS), 12-18 v 2008 cat. XI (2516)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2569 * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 5 2665
2. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2536 = * 1 = 0 = 1 1 4,5 2614
3. Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2494 1 0 * = = = = 1 4 2568
4. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2552 = = = * = = = 1 4 2560
5. Deviatkin, Andrei m RUS 2568 0 1 = = * = = 1 4 2558
6. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2565 0 = = = = * = 1 3,5 2508
7. Konovalov, Nikolay m RUS 2426 0 0 = = = = * 1 3 2478
8. Gorbatov, Alexej m RUS 2414 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0
Bosnia Sarajevo
The traditional Bosnia Sarajevo tournament took place 23rd May - 2nd June 2008. Alex-
ander Morozevich finished clear first with 7.5/10.
*GMA Sarajevo BIH* (BIH), 23 v-2 vi 2008 cat. XVIII (2695)

1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Morozevich, g RUS 2774 * * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 7,5 2872
Alexander
2. Dominguez Perez, g CUB 2695 = = * * = = = 1 1 = = = 6 2766
Lenier
3. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2695 0 = = = * * = = = = = 1 5 2694
4. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2664 0 = = 0 = = * * = = = 1 4,5 2665
5. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2651 0 0 0 = = = = = * * = 1 4 2631
6. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2690 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 * * 3 2546
Leko - Carlsen Match

There was an 8 game rapid match between Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen 28th May -
1st June 2008 in Miskolc, Hungary. Magnus Carlsen won the match 5-3.
Magistral Ciudad de Leon

The 21st edition of the "Magistral Ciudad de Leon" took place May 29th - June 2nd 2008 in
Leon, Spain. Vassily Ivanchuk won the final 2.5-1.5.
6
4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup took place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June 2008. There
was a four way tie on 9/14 with Pavel Tregubov taking first on tie-break from Yuri Drozdovskij,
Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov. They were half a point clear of Anatoly Karpov.
*4th Pivdenny Bank Cup Odessa* cat. XV

(UKR), 30 v-1 vi 2008 (2613)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Tregubov, g RUS 2629 * * = 1 0 = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 0 9 2712
Pavel V
2. Drozdovskij, g UKR 2581 = 0 * * 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 9 2719
Yuri
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 1 = 0 = * * = 0 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 9 2699
4. Ponomariov, g UKR 2719 = 0 = 0 = 1 * * = 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2699
Ruslan
5. Karpov, g RUS 2655 0 = = = 0 = = 1 * * 1 = 1 1 = 1 8,5 2686
Anatoly
6. Korchnoi, g SUI 2598 = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = * * 0 = 1 0 4 2456
Viktor
7. Beim, Valery g AUT 2523 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * * = 1 4 2467
8. Golubev, g UKR 2474 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 * * 3,5 2439
Mikhail
King's Tournament 2008

The King's Tournament took place in Bazna, Romania 24th May - 4th June 2008. Nigel
Short finished clear first with 7/10.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1 Short,N 2660 +51 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7.0/10
2 Portisch,L 2523 +89 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5/10 26.50
3 Andersson,U 2537 +74 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5/10 26.00
4 Suba,M 2487 +94 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 5.0/10 25.50
5 Beliavsky,A 2641 -74 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0/10 25.00
6 Khalifman,A 2628 -60 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0/10 25.00
7 Mecking,H 2565 +8 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 5.0/10 24.00
8 Murariu,A 2483 +98 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 5.0/10 23.25
9 Vaganian,R 2617 -118 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 4.0/10 20.00
10 Sokolov,And1 2596 -95 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 4.0/10 20.00
11 Timman,J 2565 -61 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 * 4.0/10 19.00
Sources:
1) http://www.e3e5.com
2) The Week In Chess http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
3) ChessPro.ru http://www.chesspro.ru
4) CrestBook.com http://www.crestbook.com
5) Chessbase.com http://www.chessbase.com
7
Games
(01) Cheparinov,Ivan (2695) - 25.Bb6 d5 26.Bxc7 Rxc7 27.exd5 Koepke,C
Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) [B90] (2296)-Berczes,D (2453)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/
4th M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL, 08.05.2008 The Week in Chess 703/0–1 (41)) 12...a4
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam] 13.Nd2 Nbd7 (RR 13...d5 14.exd5 Nxd5
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.Ne4 Nc6)
a6 6.Be3 English attack is the most popular 14.Kb1 (RR 14.g4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nde4
weapon against Naydorf's variant 6...e5 N7b6; RR 14.Bb5 Nc5 15.Kb1 Rd8) 14...Rd8
[That's a quite different game with 6...e6] (RR 14...d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5
7.Nb3 [more positional way is 7.Nf3] 7...Be7 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.fxe4 Nf6 19.Bd3 Bc5)
8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0–0 recently this move is more 15.Bb5 (RR 15.g4 d5 16.g5 d4) 15...d5
popular than [9...Nbd7 but it turn out a just a 16.exd5 (RR 16.Nxa4 d4 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Nb3
transposition] 10.0–0–0 a5 it is very aggres- Rac8) 16...Nxd5 17.Nxd5 (RR 17.Nxa4 Ra5
sive alternative than ¥bd7, which is used by 18.c4 Rxb5 (RR 18...Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7
top GM's sometimes [10...Nbd7 there is the 20.b4 (RR 20.Nb3 Rxb5 21.cxb5 Qc4)
latest example 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 20...Rxb5 21.cxb5 Ra8 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.Nxc3
14.f4 a5 15.f5 Bxb3 16.cxb3 a4 17.bxa4 Rxa4 Rxa3 24.Nde4) 19.cxb5 Qa8 20.b3 Qa5
18.Kb1 Qa8 19.Qd5 Rxa2 20.Qxa8 Rxa8 21.Qe2 (RR 21.Nc4 Qxb5) 21...Qxa4 22.bxa4
21.Ng3 Bd8 22.Bc4© ½–½ Nijboer,F (2558)- Nc3+ 23.Kb2 Nxe2) 17...Bxd5 18.Qe2 (RR
Volokitin,A (2684)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The 18.Ne4 Bc4 (RR 18...Be6 19.Qc3 (RR 19.Qg3
Week in Chess 704 (58)] 11.Qe1 Bu has al- Qc7 20.Bh6 g6 21.Bg5 Rac8 22.Bxa4 f6
raedy played this position against Ukrainian 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 (RR 23...Bxd7 24.Bb3+ Kg7
GM Sergey Karjakin it being known that it was 25.Nxf6 Bxf6 26.Bxf6+ Kxf6 27.Qh4+ Kg7
successfully [11.Bb5 is the most popular 28.Qe7+) 24.Bxd7 Qxc2+ 25.Ka1 Bxd7
26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Bxf6 Be6 28.Qe1 Qxg2)
move 11...Na6 12.Qe2 a4 13.Bxa4 Qb8 14.g4
Rc8 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bb5 Nc7 17.Kb1 Nxb5 19...Qb8 20.Ng5) 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Qc3 Qb5
21.Qd3) 18...Qc7 19.Ne4 Be6 20.Nc3 a) RR
18.Qxb5 Bc4 19.Qd7 Rc7 20.Qg4 Nf4 21.Bxf4
Be6 22.Qg1 Rxc3 23.bxc3 exf4 24.h4 b5 20.h4 h6 21.g4 Nb6; b) RR 20.Ng5 Bxg5
25.h5 Qb7 26.h6 Qa6 27.Nc1 Bf8 28.Qd4 21.Bxg5 f6 22.Be3; c) RR 20.Rd3 Nf6 (RR
20...Nb6 21.Rc3) 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8; 20...Nb6
Qa3 29.Qb4 Bxa2+ 30.Nxa2 Qxa2+ 31.Kc1 d5
32.Qd4 Ra4 33.Qe5 d4 34.Kd2 Qb2 35.Ke2 (RR 20...Nf6 21.Qf2 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.Rd1) 21.Rxd8+ (RR 21.Qf2
Qxc2+ 36.Rd2 d3+ 0–1 Karjakin,S (2732)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2708)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Nc4; RR 21.Bxb6 Qxb6 22.Nxa4 Qc7)
21...Rxd8 22.Nxa4 a) RR 22.Rd1 Rxd1+
Week in Chess 700] 11...Qc7 [RR 11...Qc8
12.a3 (RR 12.a4 RR 12...Nc6 (12...Na6 23.Nxd1 g6; b) RR 22.Bxb6 Qxb6 23.Qxe5
13.Kb1 Nc7 14.g4 Rd8 15.Bb6 Nd7 16.Be3 Bf6 24.Nxa4 Qa5 25.b4 Qa7 (RR 25...Bxe5
Nf6 17.Bb6 Nd7 18.Bf2 b6 19.Bd3 Qb7 26.bxa5 Rd5 27.Bc4 Rxa5 28.Bxe6 fxe6
20.Qe2 Nc5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Nb5 Rdb8 29.Re1 Bxh2) 26.Qc5 Qb8; 22...Nc4 (RR
23.c4² 1–0 Svidler,P (2750)-Bu Xiangzhi 22...Nxa4 23.Bxa4 Bc4 24.Qf2 Qa5 25.Bb3
(2671)/ Germany 2007/CBM 118 (47) Bxb3 26.cxb3 Qb5 27.Qc2 Rd3 28.Rd1 Rxe3
23...Bd7 24.h4 Ne6 25.g5 Rf8 26.Be3 Nd4 29.Qc8+ Bf8 30.Rd8) 23.Bxc4 (RR 23.Bc1
27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.f4 f5 29.Rhe1 Rac8 30.fxe5 Rc8 24.Rd1 Qa5) 23...Bxc4 24.Qf2 (RR
Bxb5 31.cxb5 f4 32.exd6 Bxd6 33.e5 f3 24.Bb6 Qxb6 (RR 24...Qc6 25.Qxe5 Re8
34.Qe4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 Bc5 36.e6 f2 37.e7 26.Qa5) 25.Qxc4 Qf2 26.Qf1 Qd2 (RR
Rfe8 38.Rc1 Kf7 39.b6 Bxe7 40.Rf1 Bd6 26...Qxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rd2) 27.Nb6 Bg5)
41.Rxf2+ Kg8 42.b7 Rb8 43.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24...Qc6 25.Nb6 (RR 25.Nc3 Be6; RR 25.Bc5
44.Rf5 Rb8 45.Be4 Bb4 46.Kc2 g6 47.Rb5 1– Bg5 26.Nc3 Rd2 27.Qg1) 25...Be6 26.Qe2
0 Svidler,P (2750)-Bu Xiangzhi (2671)/ Ger- Leko,P (2749)-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/
many 2007/CBM 118) 13.g4 Nb4 14.g5 Nh5 Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Marin,M]/0–1 (37)
15.Kb1 f5 16.gxf6 Nxf6 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.h4 (RR 26.Rc1 f5) RR 26...e4 (RR 26...Rd4 27.c3
Qf7 19.Nc1 b5 20.Bxb5 Rfc8 21.N1e2 Rc5 (RR 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Na8 Qd5 29.b3 Qa5)
22.Rc1 Rac8 23.Qd2 Kh8 24.Be3 R5c7 27...Rd8) 27.fxe4 Qxe4 28.Qf3 Qe5; RR
8
11...a4 12.Nc5] 12.Bb5 by now the threat a5- is also a second, more serious step there
a4 was quite feasible. [it's dangerous to take [21...Qc6 22.Qxc6 (22.Qf2 b5) 22...bxc6
pawn 12.Nb5 Qc6 13.Nxa5 Qc8 14.Qb4 Nc6 23.Nd2²] 22.Qxb4! computer will be never
15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Nc3 Qd7 17.a4 Rfb8 18.Qa3 understand this decision 22...axb4 23.Nd5
d5 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 d4 21.b3 Qb7 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxa4 25.Rb5! and now we have
22.Qxe5 dxc3 23.Qxc3 Qe7 24.Rd4 Qa3+ classical endgame with bad bishop against
25.Qb2 Qxb2+ 26.Kxb2 c5 27.Rd6 Rxa4 good knight 25...Ra7 Bu preferred to give it
28.Bb5 Rb4 29.Bc6 c4 30.e5 Ne8 31.Bxe8 immediately [after 25...Rc7 26.Nc1 the pawn
Rxe8 32.Kc3 Rb5 33.b4 Rxe5 0–1 Andreev,E will be lost too] 26.Rxb4 [for 26.Nc1 there is
(2459)-Iskusnyh,S (2520)/Saratov 2006/EXT planned move 26...Rc5 27.Rxb4 d5] 26...g6
2008] 12...Nbd7 13.Qf2 impeding the maneu- [it's important that for 26...d5 there is 27.Rb5!
ver ¥b6-c4 13...Rfc8N [RR 13...Bc4 14.Bxc4 and already white has extra pawn] 27.Rd1 it is
Qxc4 15.Qf1 Qc6 16.a4 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 necessary to observe permanently d5-square
18.Qb5 Qc7 19.Kb1 Rfc8 20.Rd2 Bf8 27...f5 the passive game is a reason of failure.
21.Rhd1 Qc6 22.Rd3 Nd7 23.Rd5 Nb6 Little by little white will lead ¥ to d5 and ex-
24.Qxc6 bxc6 25.Rxa5 Nc4 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 change both pair of rooks to force through to
27.Nc1 Rb8 28.b3 Karjakin,S (2599)- queen side 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Rd5± [Of course,
Wojtaszek,R (2553)/Moscow 2005/CBM don't give a chance to black for contra game
106/1–0 (44)] 14.Kb1 Bc4 it will be difficult to after 29.exf5? Rf8] 29...fxe4 30.fxe4 Kf7 31.c3
play without that move because white bishop [31.Na5 Rca8] 31...h5 32.Na5 Rc7 33.Nc4
paralizes the black's game on queen's side, Ke6 34.Ne3 Black's position is very difficult
however exchange of bishops weakens light because rooks and bishop are passive and
squares in the black's camp 15.g4 Bxb5 pawns d6 and b7 are weak in spite of very op-
16.Nxb5 Qc6 [after "active" 16...Qc4 17.Nxd6 timistic estimate (0.25) given by computer
Bxd6 18.Rxd6 a4 19.g5! Rc6 20.Rxc6 Qxc6 34...Bd8 35.Nf5 Rd7 36.c4 black are almost in
21.Nc1 Ne8 22.a3± there are no compensa- the stalls 36...b6 [36...Bg5? 37.c5+-] 37.Rb3!
tion for a pawn] 17.a4 Ne8?! [17...Qc4!? there is one more reasonable move 37...Ra4
would be more interesting 18.Nc3 (18.Nxd6 38.Rbd3 Be7 39.b3 Ra8 40.Rg3 Bf8 41.Kb2 it
Bxd6 19.Rxd6 b5„) 18...b5 19.Nxb5 Qxa4 is just the right time to include a king for fight-
20.Nxd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Qc4©] 18.Rd3! it is ing - he moves to b4-square and on occasion
very forcefull multipurpose move. On the one to run to b6-pawn 41...h4 hastens the way to
hand white wants to move ¦d3-c3 on the the death, thought is insufferably to endure
other extremely defends c3-square from a more. 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Rg4 Rda7 44.Rxh4+-
possible sacrifice (when knight will returns to There are another pawn and winning position.
this square) Also it will be possible to be dou- Further effect is to crush the enemy 44...Ra1
ble rooks on line "d" in perspective. 18...Qc4 45.Rh7+ Ke6 46.Rh8 [or more exactly 46.Rb7]
19.Nc3 Nc7 [now against 19...b5 there is a 46...Re1 47.Ng3 Kf7 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Rb7
powerful answer 20.Nd2! Qc7 21.axb5±] Rea1 50.Nf5 R8a2+ 51.Kc3 Rc1+ 52.Kb4 Rb2
20.Bb6 Nxb6?! It's the first step to dawnfall 53.Rb8 Rcb1 [it is hopless completely
[should have been 20...Ne6 to keep up an ef- 53...Kf7 54.Nxd6+ Bxd6+ 55.Rxd6 Rcb1
fort] 21.Qxb6 Qb4? Diagram 56.Rd3+-] 54.Rd3 Kf7 55.Rf3 Good job by
XABCDEFGHY Cheparinov 1–0
8r+r+-+k+(
7+psn-vlpzpp' (02) Dzagnidze,N (2443) -
Schlosser,P (2563) [E35]
6-wQ-zp-+-+& Kaupthing Open Differdange LUX (2),
5zp-+-zp-+-% 11.05.2008
4Pwq-+P+P+$ [Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
3+NsNR+P+-# 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 It's one
2-zPP+-+-zP" from three main moves [Another two are
4...0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7
1+K+-+-+R! 8.e3 d6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qe7
xabcdefghy 12.Nc3 cxd4 13.Rxd4 Rac8 14.Nb5 Rc5
15.Bh4 Rh5 16.Qd1 e5 17.Qxh5 exd4
9
18.Nxd4 Rc8 19.Bd3 Be4 20.Qd1 d5 21.0–0 (2494)/playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 114
Bxd3 22.Qxd3 dxc4 23.Qd1 c3 24.Qb3 cxb2 ext (36)] 10...Qf6 is very rare move [Main way
25.Qxb2 Qc5 26.a4= ½–½ Lysyj,I (2593)-Le of fight is 10...Qa5 11.Be5 0–0 12.Bd3 Nc6
Quang Liem (2540)/Moscow RUS 2008/The 13.Bxe4 Nxe5 14.Bxd5 (RR 14.Bh7+ Kg7
Week in Chess 693 (64); 4...c5 5.dxc5 0–0 15.Bd3 d4 16.exd4 Nxd3+ 17.Qxd3 Re8+
6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 b6 9.e3 Bb7 18.Nge2 b6) 14...Bg4 15.Nf3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3
10.Be2 Be7 11.0–0 h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 (RR 16.gxf3 Rac8) 16...Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Rac8
Qxe7 14.Rfd1 Nf6 15.b4 Rfd8 16.Qb3 d6 18.0–0 ½–½ Kasparov,G (2805)-Short,N
17.h3 Nd7 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Nf3 Nd7 20.Ra2 (2655)/London 1993/CBM 036/[Ftacnik] RR
Nce5 21.Ne1 Nf6= 0–1 Bocharov,D (2614)- 18...Rxc5 19.Qe4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 b6 21.f4
Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 Qxc3; RR 10...Nc6 11.Nf3 Qa5 (RR 11...Qf6
(79)] 5.cxd5 [lead to more complicated posi- 12.Bb5 Nxc3 (12...0–0 13.0–0 Bxc3 14.bxc3
tion 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 for instance 6...Ne4 Nxc5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.c4 Bxb5
7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 18.cxb5 Rac8= 0–1 Lahlum,H (2214)-
Qa5+ 11.b4 Nxb4 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Bb5+ Kf8 Gashimov,V (2655)/Tromsoe 2007/CBM 119
14.Ne2 a6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.f3 Ba4 17.Qb2 ext (47)) 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.a3) 12.Nd2 Nxc3
Qxb2 18.Bxb2© 1–0 Carlsen,M (2765)- 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Rb1 Qxc5 15.Rb5 Qa3
Adams,M (2729)/Baku AZE 2008/The Week in 16.Rb3 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Qa5] 11.Rc1N inter-
Chess 704 (56)] 5...exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 The esting new development is overprotection of
most aggressive [reliable 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nf3 problem point c3 [it's used before 11.Bb5+
doesn't promise a lot - position became too Nc6 (RR 11...Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nge2
simpler 8...0–0 9.a3 Bf5 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 0–0 15.Rd1 Qe6 16.h4 g4)
11.Qxc3 Nd7 12.e3 Rfc8 13.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Nge2 a6 13.Bd3 Nxc5 14.a3 Be6 15.0–0
14.Qxd3 c5 15.Qb5 Qd6 16.dxc5 Rxc5 Rc8 16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Be7 18.b4 h5
17.Qe2 Rac8 18.0–0 Rc2 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qb3 19.f3 Kf8 20.Rac1 Ne5 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8
Qb6 21.Qxb6 Nxb6 22.b3 Nd7 23.Nd4 R2c3 22.Qb3 h4 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Qc3 Qxc3
24.Rfd1 Nc5 25.Rab1= ½–½ Rychagov,A 25.Nxc3 Be6 Falchetta,G (2235)-Magalotti,A
(2571)-Jobava,B (2658)/Sochi 2007/CBM (2205)/Forli 1991/EXT 1997/½–½ (36); RR
118 (31)] 7...c5 [it is used very seldom, how- 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.f3
ever with not bad results 7...g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rc8 17.Qd4
9.e3 h5 10.Bd3 (10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 Rxc5 ½–½ Gonda,L (2507)-Saric,A
12.f3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qe7 (2438)/Nova Gorica SLO 2008/The Week in
15.Kf2 0–0–0 16.Re1 Rh6µ 0–1 Kobalia,M Chess 691] 11...Nc6 the most logical for
(2654)-Najer,E (2653)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 black is to continue to develop pieces [de-
ext (57)) 10...h4 11.Be5 f6 12.Bxe4 dxe4 served attention the 11...Bf5!? with approxi-
13.d5 Na6 14.a3 Bxc3+ 15.Bxc3 Qxd5 mate version 12.Bd3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nd7
16.Bxf6 0–0 17.Rd1 Qf5 18.Be7 Re8 19.Bb4 14.Bd6 (14.Ne2? Ndxc5?µ) 14...Bg6 15.Nf3
c5 20.Bc3 Be6ƒ 0–1 Kotanjian,T (2560)- g4 (15...Ndxc5 16.Be5) 16.Nd4 Ndxc5
Sutovsky,E (2637)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 17.Bb5+ Kd8 18.Bxc5 Nxc5 19.Qb2²;
(41)] 8.dxc5 [After classical game the move 11...Nd7 12.Nge2! Ndxc5 13.a3 Bxc3+
8.0–0–0 has gone out of fashion abruptly due 14.Nxc3 Be6 15.b4 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3+
to 8...Bxc3 9.Qxc3 g5 10.Bg3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 17.Rxc3±] 12.Bd3 [for 12.Nf3 it is possible to
Nc6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qd7 be so beautiful variant there like 12...Bf5
15.Kb1 Bxd3+ 16.Rxd3 Qf5 17.e4 Nxe4 13.Bd3 Nxc3!? 14.bxc3 Qxc3+ 15.Qxc3 Bxd3!
18.Ka1 0–0 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd4 21.Qd3 Diagram
Nc2+ 22.Kb1 Nb4 0–1 Keres,P-
Botvinnik,M/Leningrad/Moscow 1941/HCL]
8...g5 [8...Nc6 is the transposition only] 9.Bg3
Ne4 10.e3 [10.Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Rxb8
12.e3 Qf6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Nf3 Qxc3+
15.Qxc3 Nxc3 16.Bd3 Ke7 17.Kd2 Na4
18.Rhc1 Be6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.c6 bxc6
21.Nxc6+ Bxc6 22.Rxc6 Rb2+ 23.Rc2 Rhb8=
½–½ Drozdovskij,Y (2552)-Rodshtein,M
10
XABCDEFGHY it's K.O. 22...Qxc6 23.Qb8+ Kd7 24.Qxa7+

8r+-+k+-tr( Ke6 25.e4 The guillotine threatens black king
on e7-square 25...Re8 [alternative was only
7zpp+-+p+-' 25...Qxd5] 26.Qd4 terrible defeat! 1–0
6-+n+-+-zp&
5+-zPp+-zp-% (03) Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) -
4-vl-+-+-+$ Cheparinov,Ivan (2695) [D45]
3+-wQlzPNvL-# 4th M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL (6), 14.05.2008
2P+-+-zPPzP" [Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 [it would be a
1+-tR-mK-+R! move of principle 4.e4 however long forced
xabcdefghy variations aren't Bu's style.] 4...Nf6 5.b3 Artur
Jussupow's move 5...Nbd7 [probably Ivan
16.Nd4 Bxc3+ 17.Rxc3 Ba6 18.Nf5µ] didn't want to repeat the variant 5...Bb4 in
12...Nxc5?! not right move [at first should view of the next game 6.Bd2 0–0 7.Nf3 Qe7
have been started with 12...Bxc3+ compelling 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0–0 Re8 10.Re1 dxc4 11.Bxc4
to take by pawn 13.bxc3 Nxc5µ with accept- e5 12.e4 b5 13.Bd3 Ng4 14.Ne2 exd4
able position] 13.Nge2² [for 13.Nf3 it's un- 15.Bxb4 Qxb4 16.Nexd4 Bb7 17.Qc2 Nge5
pleasant with 13...Bg4] 13...Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Although the black has achieved a good posi-
Bf5?! is an invitation to complications however tion Bu succeeded in winning in the sequel 1–
they provided to be advantageous for white 0 Bu Xiangzhi (2637)-Dreev,A (2694)/ Ste-
[carefully 14...Qf5] 15.Qb5! not being afraid panakert 2005/CBM 110 (53)] 6.Bb2 Bd6
dangers! [certainly not 15.Qxd5 Rd8ƒ] 7.Nf3 0–0 8.Be2 Ne4 [RR 8...b6 9.0–0 ½–½
15...a6? black decided to drain the cup... Malaniuk,V (2590)-Zvjaginsev,V (2650)/
however it would be more stubborn [15...Qe7 Samara 1998/CBM 067; RR 8...Qe7 9.0–0
16.0–0 a6 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qf3 keep on fight- Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.c5 Bc7
ing without pawn] 16.Qxb7 Ra7 [quite bad 13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Nd6 Bd7 15.a4 f6 16.Qd2 f5
16...0–0 17.0–0+-] 17.Qb6 again the most 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Rab8 19.Ba3 a6 20.Nc4
powerful [outwardly effective is mistaken Rbd8 21.Rae1 Be8 22.Nd6 Bg6 23.Rf2 b5
17.Be5?! in view of the fact that single-acting 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ref1 Ra8 26.Bxd5 exd5
like 17...Qe6 18.Qxa7 Nxa7 19.Bxh8 Bd3µ] 27.Bb4 Qe6 28.Rf3 ½–½ Tomashevsky,E
17...Ba5 18.Qb3+- Bd3 "there are no pawn, (2641)-Ovetchkin,R (2554)/Sochi 2007/CBM
rears are weak but I'm attacking" [despon- 118] 9.Nd2N Diagram
dently 18...Rd7 19.0–0 Ne7] 19.0–0! make no
account of black's threatening 19...Bxc3 it's XABCDEFGHY
hard to discuss this move even through
[19...Qe6 20.Rfd1 Bc4 21.Qa4 black must be
8r+lwq-trk+(
dead little by little] 20.Nxc3 Bxf1 21.Nxd5‚ 7zpp+n+pzpp'
well mobilized white's pieces are ready to 6-+pvlp+-+&
break to pieces the position of black 21...Qg6 5+-+p+-+-%
22.Rxc6! Diagram 4-+PzPn+-+$
XABCDEFGHY 3+PsN-zP-+-#
8-+-+k+-tr( 2PvL-sNLzPPzP"
7tr-+-+p+-' 1tR-+QmK-+R!
6p+R+-+qzp& xabcdefghy
5+-+N+-zp-%
4-+-+-+-+$ [RR 9.0–0 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 f5 11.Qc2 Qf6
3+Q+-zP-vL-# 12.Rac1 g5 13.Nd2 Qh6 14.g3 g4 15.b4 Nf6
2PzP-+-zPPzP" 16.c5 Bc7 17.b5 Bd7 18.Qa4 cxb5 19.Bxb5
Qg7 20.c6 bxc6 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.Qxc6 Qf7
1+-+-+lmK-! 23.Bb4 Rfc8 Siepmann,M-Ries,B/ Bergneus-
xabcdefghy tadt 2000/EXT 2001/1–0 (70); RR 9.Nxe4
11
dxe4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bxe5 XABCDEFGHY

13.Qc2 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 e5 15.Qc2 f5 16.Rd1 f4 8r+-+l+k+(
17.Kg1 Bf5 18.h3 f3 19.Bf1 Rad8 20.Rxd8
Rxd8 21.c5 Qd2 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.g4 Bg6
7zp-+-+-trp'
Csiszar,C (2385)-Korneev,O (2613)/ 6PzppsNpwq-+&
Zalakaros 2003/EXT 2004/0–1] 9...f5 5+-+p+P+-%
[9...Nxc3 is not logical 10.Bxc3] 10.0–0 Qh4 4-+PzPp+-+$
11.f4 [against provocative 11.g3 it will be 3tRP+-+-zP-#
strong 11...Qh3! (it's less suggesting itself
11...Nxg3 12.fxg3 Bxg3 13.Nf3 Qh3 14.Kh1!±
2-+-wQ-+-zP"
(but not 14.hxg3 Qxg3+ 15.Kh1 Rf6 16.Nh2 1+-+-+RmK-!
Rh6 17.Bh5 Nf6©))] 11...Nxd2 is nontrivial xabcdefghy
decition [it was quite possible to move just
right away 11...Ndf6] 12.Qxd2 Nf6 13.a4 Rf7 be under time pressure Bu decided to in-
14.a5 [now in answer to 14.Ba3 will be crease the pace of the advance [calm 26.b4
14...Bc7] 14...g5!? Diagram Bh5 27.c5² gave to white a little bit better
prospects] 26...Bh5 black carry out the trans-
XABCDEFGHY fer of bishop logically [conterblow 26...e5
8r+l+-+k+( could lead to fantastical difficult game
27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Qh6 (нету 28.f6 Qxd6)
7zpp+-+r+p' 28...Bg6!? (28...Rd8 29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Qxc6
6-+pvlpsn-+& Rxg3+ 31.hxg3 Qxg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh3+=) 29.f6
5zP-+p+pzp-% Rd7 30.f7+ Bxf7 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7
4-+PzP-zP-wq$ 33.Ra2! e3 34.Qxh7+ Qg7 35.Qf5+ Qf6
3+PsN-zP-+-# 36.Qd7+ Kf8 37.cxd5 Re8 and passed pawn
2-vL-wQL+PzP" of black is very dangerous] 27.fxe6 Bf3 Black
bishop came to fighting position - there is a
1tR-+-+RmK-! smell of sarcifices around white king
xabcdefghy [27...Qxe6!? transfer cannot be allowed
28.Nf5 Rg6µ] 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Nf7! white
It is very abrupt move showing the fighting knight strives for magnificent square in the
mood of Ivan and now fight is going for 3 re- center 29...h5! Ivan is in a hurry to make the
sults! [may be 14...Bd7 was stronger objec- threat at g3 and he is right! [at 29...Qxe6
tively] 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bf3 maximum durability there is no time evidently 30.Ne5 Bg4 31.b4±
move [deserved with great attention 16.fxg5 it is better at white statically] 30.Ne5 h4
Ng4 (16...Rg7!? 17.Bf3 Ng4 (17...Rxg5? 31.Nxf3 [31.g4!? it could forced lead to no
18.e4!) 18.cxd5 exd5 19.a6²) 17.Bxg4 Qxg4 one's by two ways at that 31...Qe7 (31...h3
18.Ne2] 16...gxf4 17.exf4 [17.gxf4?! gave an 32.b4 Qxe6 33.Raxf3 exf3 34.Rxf3 Rf8
initiative to black 17...Ng4 18.Bxg4 Rg7³] 35.Rxh3 Qf5 36.Rf3 Rxg4+ 37.Nxg4 Qxf3
17...Bd7 attack is attack but the development 38.Qg5+=; 31...Qxe6? 32.h3±) 32.Raa1 Bxg4
shouldn't be neglected 18.Na4 Bu reinforces 33.Rf7 Bxe6+ 34.Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 35.Kh1 Kh7
the position own chessman by degrees [im- 36.Rg1 Qf6 37.Rg6 Qf1+ 38.Rg1 Qf6=]
mediate attack didn't pay dividends 18.c5 31...hxg3™ [primitive 31...exf3? after 32.b4!
Be7 19.a6 Rb8 20.axb7 Rxb7 and the game of condemn a white to unfortunate defence
white is getting to be at a deadlock] 18...Ne4 32...hxg3 33.Rfxf3 gxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Qxe6
19.Bxe4 fxe4 [of course self-killing was 35.Rg3‚] 32.b4™ involvement the castle
19...dxe4? 20.d5] 20.Nc5 Be8 21.Ba3 Qf5 which was dozing up to now is just one but
22.a6 in my opinion only reasonable plan of enough for balance a chance 32...Rf8! Excla-
"moving ahead" at queen flank was 22...b6 mation point to Ivan for combativity. He con-
23.Nb7 Bxa3 [23...Bc7 it's unpleasant tinue to force [32...gxh2+ got to result in a
24.Bd6] 24.Rxa3 Rg7 25.Nd6 Qf6 26.f5 Dia- peace 33.Kh1 exf3 34.Rfxf3 Qxe6 35.Rg3
gram Qe4+ 36.Kxh2 Rc8 37.Rac3 Rxc3 38.Qxc3
Qh4+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kh2 Qh4+] 33.h3 it is
most efficient way to equalization 33...g2 [af-
12
ter 33...exf3 34.Rfxf3 Qxf3 35.Rxf3 Rxf3 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.Bb2 Bd6 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Ne5
36.Qe2 Rf8 37.e7 Re8 38.Qe6+ Kh8 39.Qxd5 Rac8 17.Nd3 Rfd8 18.Re1 Qe8 19.e3 g5
Rexe7 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Kg2 by now black is 20.Rc2 g4 21.Qc1 Qe7 22.Rd1 Ne4 23.c5
fighting for no one's successfully at that bxc5 24.dxc5 Bb8 25.Ne5 Ng5 26.Qa1 Nf7
41...Ref7! 42.Qd5 Kh7 43.Qh5+ Kg8=] 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.a4 h5 29.b4 h4 30.b5 Bb7
34.Re1?? Diagram 31.Rdc1 Kg6 32.Be5 Bxe5 33.Qxe5 Qf6
34.Qd4 e5 35.Qb4 hxg3 36.hxg3 Rd7 37.Qa5
XABCDEFGHY Rh8 38.Qxa7 f4 39.exf4 exf4 40.gxf4 Rdh7
8-+-+-trk+( 41.Qb6 Qxf4 42.bxc6 Qf3!! 43.cxb7+ Kf5 0–1
Kramnik,V (2799)-Anand,V (2799)/Nice FRA
7zp-+-+-tr-' 2008/The Week in Chess 697] 5...Bb7 now
6Pzp-+Pwq-+& the bishop goes to his own place 6.Bg2 c5 us-
5+-+p+-+-% ing the defects of white's queen location at a4
4-zP-zPp+-+$ - White can't move d4-d5 now 7.dxc5
3tR-+-+N+P# [Nicolic's move 7.0–0 doesn't promise much,
because dark-coloured bishops excgange
2-+-wQ-+p+" makes black's task easier 7...cxd4 8.Nxd4
1+-+-tR-mK-! Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc7 10.Rd1 a6 11.f3 Ra7
xabcdefghy 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4
Be7 16.Rac1 0–0 17.b4µ ½–½ Nikolic,P
there is a crude oversight a step away from (2646)-Chuchelov,V (2544)/Germany 2007/
the cherished purpose. It seems that the EXT 2008 (62)] 7...Bxc5 [is possible too
Ivan's persistence tired Bu and he lost a con- 7...bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 d6
centration at the moment [34.Rf2™ exf3 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Qxb6 axb6
35.e7 Rxe7 (35...Qxe7 36.Rfxf3 Rxf3 14.Nb5 Ne8= ½–½ Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-
37.Rxf3=) 36.Raxf3 Qxf3 37.Rxf3 Rxf3 Anand,V (2786)/Linares 2005/CBM 106 (41)]
38.Kxg2 Ree3 39.Qd1=] 34...exf3 35.Qf2 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nc3 last moves was so logical so
Qf5–+ after this elegant hit the game is over. they needn't to explain 9...Na6 only the trans-
36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qf5 38.Kh2 move's repe- position [9...Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qa3
tition iis just for saving of time 38...Qf4+ Ne8 13.b4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Qb8 15.Rd2 h6
39.Kg1 Rg3! poor pawn h3... 40.e7 Rxh3?! in 16.Rad1 Qa7 17.Qa4 Ndf6 18.Nd4 Rc8
chase of beauty black run into unobvious de- 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 Ng4 21.Nb5!± 1–0
fence [instantly can finish off just with Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Karjakin,S (2732)/
40...Re8 for example, 41.Qc2 f2+ 42.Qxf2 Baku AZE 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (66)]
Qxf2+ 43.Kxf2 Rxa3–+] 41.exf8Q+ Kxf8 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Rfd1 and again we are on the
42.Rxf3 Rxf3 43.Re2!! it's very witty but alas main line 11...Nc5 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rd4 multi-
not enough 43...Kf7 44.b5 unfortunately for purpose move - rook tales control over 4th
white the pawn end is lost [44.Qxf3 Qxf3 line(include impotant squares §c4 and e4)
45.Rf2 Qxf2+ 46.Kxf2 Kf6 47.Kxg2 Kf5 48.Kf3 and with idea to double on "d" line [The sim-
b5–+; 44.Qxg2 Qxd4+ 45.Kh1 Qh4+ 46.Kg1 ple 13.Rac1 promises no advantage
Rg3–+] 44...Kf6 0–1 13...Nce4 14.Nd4 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 a6 16.b3
Ra7 17.Qd3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qb7+ 19.Qf3 Rc8
(04) Socko,Bartosz (2644) - ½–½ Gelfand,B (2696)-Anand,V (2786)/
Macak,Stefan (2342) [E15] Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext] 13...d5
Kaupthing Open Differdange LUX (1), Black is in a hurry to get rid of potencial
10.05.2008 weakness 14.cxd5 [14.Rc1 Nce4 15.Nxe4
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam] dxe4 16.Ne5 h6 17.Qc3 Rd8 18.Rcd1 Rxd4
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 19.Rxd4 Qe8 20.h3 ½–½ Khalifman,A (2688)-
[much more popular is 5.b3 whose was play- Leko,P (2713)/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087]
ing for many times at Top's level 5...Bb4+ 14...Nxd5 [14...exd5 15.Rdd1 Nce4 16.Rac1
Here is a fresh game from Amber tourney in Bc5 17.Nd4 Re8 18.e3 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Ne4
Nice 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 20.Qe1µ ½–½ Almasi,Z (2676)-Leko,P
Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0–0 12.0–0 f5 (2736)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext (70)]
15.Nxd5 [15.Bg5 Nf6 (15...Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Nf6
13
17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Nge4 Nxe4 XABCDEFGHY

20.Rxd8+ Nxd8 21.Qxe4 h6 22.Nb5 a6 8-+-+k+-+(
23.Nd6 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Nxc6 25.Rc1 Nd4
26.Rc7 Nb5 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Nxc8 Nd4
7zp-wq-+pzpp'
29.Nxb6 Nxe2+ 30.Kf1 Nc1 31.a4 Kf8 32.Ke1! 6-zp-wQn+-+&
1–0 Mamedyarov,S (2674)-Gashimov,V 5+P+-+-+-%
(2608)/Istanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext (52)) 4P+-+-+-+$
16.Rc1 h6 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 3+-+-+PzP-#
19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rc8 21.Qd1 Qc7 22.b4
Qb7+ 23.f3 Ncd7 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 25.a3 b5
2-+-+-mK-zP"
26.Ne4 Rxc1 ½–½ Mamedyarov,S (2709)- 1+-vL-+-+-!
Anand,V (2792)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111] xabcdefghy
15...Bxd5 16.Ng5 [16.Rc1 Qb7 17.b4 Ne4
18.Qc7 Qxc7 19.Rxc7 Bd6 20.Bxd6 ½–½ Gel- [31...Qc8! was given cherished draw immedi-
fand,B (2709)-Leko,P (2722)/Monte Carlo ately 32.Ba3 (32.Be3?! Qc2+ 33.Kg1 Qxa4)
2004/CBM 099 ext] 16...Bxg5 17.Bxg5 This 32...Qc2+ 33.Kg1 (33.Ke3 Qc3+ 34.Ke4
variation happended in Bartosz's practise not Qc4+ 35.Ke3 (35.Kf5?? Nd4+–+)) 33...Qb1+
at first time, so I can think that this is not acci- 34.Kg2 Qc2+ 35.Kh3 Qf5+=] 32.Qxc7 Nxc7
dentally. Here White can't lose but chance on 33.Ke2² and now White have not large but
win is small [17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Bxg5 Ne6 stable advantage because of good bishop
19.Qxc8 Raxc8 20.Rxd5 Nxg5 21.Rxg5 Rc2=] and weakness of pawns on Queen side
17...Bxg2 18.Kxg2 e5 [18...Qb7+ 19.Kg1 e5 33...Ne6? a big mistake...Black didn't under-
20.Rc4 Ne6 21.Be3 Rfd8 22.Rc1 Rd7 23.Qe4 stand the danger of their position [alas, on
Qxe4 24.Rxe4 f6 25.Ra4 Rb8 26.Kg2 Kf7 33...a6?? there was 34.bxa6 Nxa6 35.Be3+-
27.g4 g6 28.Rc6 Ke7 29.b3 f5 30.f3 Kf7 winning; it was nesssesary to play more active
31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Rh4 Rg8+ 33.Kf2 Kf6 34.Bc1 33...Nd5! 34.Bb2 f6! 35.Kd3 Kd7 36.Kc4
f4 35.Bb2 Kf5 36.Bc3 Rg5 37.Rh6 Rg6 Ke6=] 34.Be3 Kd7 35.Kd3 Black already has
38.Rh5+ Rg5 39.Rh6 Rg6 40.Rh5+ Rg5 ½–½ some difficalts - white ¢ goes to d5 and ¤
Kuzmin,A (2568)-Ravi,T (2357)/Calcutta goes to b8 35...Nc7 36.Kc4 Black have to do
2002/CBM 088] 19.Rc4 Qb7+ 20.f3 e4 [игра- long defensive work now, but still the draw is
ли и 20...Ne6 21.Be3 Rad8 22.Rc1 Rfe8 objetive result [36.Bf4 is early 36...Ne6
23.Qe4 Qxe4 24.Rxe4 f6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.a4 37.Bb8? Nc5+] 36...Ne8? black obvious don't
Rc8 27.Rec4 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Re7 29.Rc8 Re8 see white's idea [the only way was to return -
30.Rc4 Re7 ½–½ Socko,B (2635)-Moranda,W 36...Ne6] 37.Bf4! Ke6 [after 37...f6 white
(2533)/Lublin POL 2008/The Week in Chess anyway reaches the goal 38.g4 (38.Kd5 g5
696] 21.Be3 That bishop is Big white's hope 39.Bb8 Kc8 40.Bd6 Kd7=)] 38.Bb8 Nd6+
21...exf3+ 22.exf3 Ne6 23.a4 Rac8 24.Rc1 39.Kd4 Nc8 40.g4± Diagram
Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Rd8 [RR 25...h6 26.b4 Ng5
27.Qg4 Re8 28.Bf2 Ne6 29.Qc4 Rd8 30.Rc2 XABCDEFGHY
Qd7 31.a5 bxa5 32.bxa5 Ng5 33.g4 Qd1
34.Qe2 Qd5 35.Rc5 Qd7 36.Re5 Ne6 37.Qe3
8-vLn+-+-+(
a6 38.Qb6 Nf4+ 39.Kg3 Nd3 40.Re4 Socko,B 7zp-+-+pzpp'
(2630)-Macieja,B (2622)/Germany 2007/ 6-zp-+k+-+&
CBM 118/½–½ (45)] 26.b4 Kf8 [RR 26...h6 5+P+-+-+-%
27.h4 h5 28.Rc2 Qd7 29.a5 bxa5 30.bxa5 4P+-mK-+P+$
Qd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Ra2 a6 33.Bb6 Nc5
34.Rc2 Nb3 35.Rc8+ ½–½ Dlugy,M (2531)-
3+-+-+P+-#
Stein,A (2415)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112 2-+-+-+-zP"
(35)] 27.b5! Rd7 28.Kf2 Rc7 29.Qb4+ Ke8 1+-+-+-+-!
30.Qd6 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Qc7? Diagram xabcdefghy
Suddenly black have big troubles 40...g5
[40...g6? 41.g5!+-; Still I think black should
stay king's side pawn's on basic position -
14
40...Kd7 41.f4 Nd6 42.f5 Nc8 trying to hold White's idea is to save temp and to reserve
the last fortress, but anyway white has good diagonal for own dark-square bishop 4...a6
chances here] 41.Ke4 Nd6+ 42.Kd3 Nc8 [much more popular 4...e6 5.b3 (5.d4 leads
43.Kd4 The triangle 43...f6 44.Ke4 The first to main lines) 5...Bd6 6.Bb2 0–0 7.Be2 dxc4
cugcvang - black must let white have d5- 8.bxc4 e5 9.d4 exd4 10.exd4 Bg4 11.0–0
square 44...Ke7 45.Kd4 White uses one of the Nbd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nh4 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Re8
classical endgame principles - "don't hurry" 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Neg3 Qa5 17.Qc1 Ne4 18.d5
45...Ke6 46.Kc4 Ke7 47.Kd5 Kd7 48.Bg3 Qd2 19.Qxd2 Nxd2 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Rfd1
Ne7+ 49.Kc4 Ke6 50.h3 Nc8 51.Bb8 Ke7 Nxc4 22.Bxg7 Bxg7 23.Nxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxd7
52.Kd5 Kd7 53.f4 White have understood that Nb6 25.Rb7 Reb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rc1± 1–
they haven't get any sucess without pawn ap- 0 Tomashevsky,E (2641)-Motylev,A (2642)/
proach 53...h6? The final mistake - Black cre- Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (45)] 5.Qc2 [Another
ates the second weakness in their lair [it is not way is - 5.b3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.h3
clear that black can rescue after 53...gxf4 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Bb4 10.Qc2 0–0 11.0–0 Qe7
54.Bxf4 Ne7+ 55.Ke4 Ke6 56.Bb8 Kd7 12.Rad1 Rac8 13.g3 Ne5 14.Bg2 Rfd8µ 0–1
57.h4± but of course it was the best way for Morozevich,A (2762)-Sokolov,I (2655)/ Sara-
Black] 54.Kd4 Ke6 55.f5+ Kd7 56.Kc4 Whtite jevo 2007/CBM 118 (67)] 5...b5?! The first
successfully continues to use "don't hurry" questionable move - Black have worse devel-
principle 56...Nd6+ 57.Kd5 Nc8 58.Kd4 Kd8 opment and so brave pawns game may be
59.Bg3 Ne7 [59...Kd7 60.Be1 Nd6 61.Bb4 reason of their problems in future. [it's not
Nf7 62.Kd5+-] 60.Bd6! [equivalent was best way how Black have played 5...g6 6.d4
60.Be1!] 60...Kd7 61.Bb4 Ke8 62.Ke4 Kd7 Bg7 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 Bg4 9.Ne5 Be6 10.Bd2
63.Bc3 Ng8 64.Bb2+- Diagram Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Na4
Rac8 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.Qb3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5
XABCDEFGHY 17.Rfc1± Although they were success to save
8-+-+-+n+( yourself in the sequel.½–½ Ivanchuk,V
(2751)-Van Wely,L (2681)/Wijk aan Zee NED
7zp-+k+-+-' 2008/The Week in Chess 690 (35); com-
6-zp-+-zp-zp& pletely reliably 5...e6 6.d4 (6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6
5+P+-+Pzp-% 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Be6 10.Na4 Nd7 11.d4
4P+-+K+P+$ cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.Rc1 Nf6= ½–½
3+-+-+-+P# Kachar,V (2317)-Vysochin,S (2555)/ Vo-
ronezh 2006/CBM 112 ext (53)) 6...c5 7.cxd5
2-vL-+-+-+" (7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3
1+-+-+-+-! Nbd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.e4 Bb7
xabcdefghy 14.0–0 Nd7 15.Qe2 Qb8 16.Bd2 0–0 17.Rac1
Bd6 18.Bc3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Qh5 Bxc3
The second cugcvang 64...Kd8 65.Kd5 Kd7 21.Rxc3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ ½–½ Tomashevsky,E
66.Ba3 The trird and final cugcvang 66...h5 (2654)-Ni Hua (2681)/Nizhniy Novgorod
The despair 67.gxh5 Nh6 68.Bf8 An exercise 2007/CBM 120) 7...exd5 8.Be2 cxd4 9.exd4
endgame. Very elaborate work of polish GM Nc6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Be3 0–0
deserve the highest mark! 1–0 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Qb1 ½–½ Tomashevsky,E
(2654)-Wang Yue (2696)/Nizhniy Novgorod
(05) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2740) - 2007/CBM 120] 6.b3 [6.c5 is not so clearly
Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) [A11] 6...Bg4 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxc6 Qc7 9.Nb4 Qxc5
4th M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL (3.3), 10.Ncxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxd5 0–0–
10.05.2008 0 13.Nc3 e5 14.b4 Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 Rxd3 16.a3
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam] Be7© ½–½ Anastasian,A (2587)-Minasian,A
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 the line with (2457)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 116 ext (30)]
temporary delay of move d2-d4 is a feature 6...Bg4?! Surprisingly that Black of my
weapon of young Russian Grandmaster MegaBase have chosen the "defiant" move in
Eugeni Tomashevsky, however it is used by every four games. Obvious minuses - Black
many famous chess players at different times. invite a knight to important central square fo
free, where it controls a lot of important
15
squares and can strike any complicated blow +17.38] 20...Kg5 21.a4 this pawn will be
[in my mind, deserve attention 6...g6!?; queen 21...Kh6 22.Rf3 For all that Vasily has-
6...Bb7!?; 6...e6] 7.Ne5 Bh5?? [should have decided to give the checkmate 22...Bf5
been 7...Be6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Rc1 23.Raf1 Bd6 24.Nb5 Bb8 25.Nd4 Be4 26.Rh3+
Nbd7 11.Nxd7 (11.Bxb5?! axb5 12.Nxb5 Kg6 27.d3 Bf5 28.Rhf3 Be5 29.Qe1 Bxd4
Qxc2 13.Rxc2 Nxe5 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nxa8 30.Rg3+ Kh6 31.exd4 g6 32.Rgf3 Qh4 the final
Nd3+ (15...Bf5!) 16.Ke2 Nxb2 17.Rxb2 Bc8 - move a-la Bacrot. It is surprising game for
18.b4 Bb7 19.Nb6 e5 20.a4 Nd7 21.Nxd7 such tournament. I hope, that Chinese
Kxd7 22.a5 Komarov,D (2540)-Prie,E Grandmaster will never makes us happy with
(2516)/France 2007/CBM 116 ext/0–1 (48)) such game 1–0
11...Qxd7 12.a4ƒ; 7...d4 8.Ne4!± (8.Nxg4!?
Nxg4 9.Ne4 e5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0–0 Be7 (06) Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) -
12.Bf3 0–0 13.exd4 exd4 14.d3± 1–0 Pazi- Navara,David (2672) [E04]
ficDreams-Volkov,S (2630)/playchess.com Kramnik vs Navara match Prague (1),
INT 2004/EXT 2005 (50))] 8.cxb5 cxb5? it is 14.05.2008
decisive mistake in the difficult position [Polivanov, Anatoly]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2
XABCDEFGHY Bb4+ 6.Bd2 [6.Nbd2 c3 7.bxc3 Bxc3 8.Rb1
8rsn-wqkvl-tr( 0–0] 6...a5 7.0–0 [7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
7+-+-zppzpp' 9.a4 b5 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Qg5 0–0 12.Qxb5
Ba6µ] 7...0–0 [7...b5? 8.a4 c6 9.axb5 Bxd2
6p+-+-sn-+& 10.Qxd2 cxb5 11.Qg5±] 8.Bg5!? b5 [8...h6
5+p+psN-+l% 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nbd2 (10.Ne5 Rd8!³) 10...b5
4-+-+-+-+$ 11.a3 Be7?! 12.Nh4!] 9.Ne5 Diagram
3+PsN-zP-+-#
2P+QzP-zPPzP" XABCDEFGHY
1tR-vL-mKL+R! 8rsnlwq-trk+(
xabcdefghy 7+-zp-+pzpp'
6-+-+psn-+&
[even so 8...Qc7 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.bxc6 Qxc6 5zpp+-sN-vL-%
11.b4! there is no compensation at Black for 4-vlpzP-+-+$
lost pawn 11...e5 12.b5 Qe6 13.bxa6 Bd6
14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Bb5 Rc8 16.Qb3 0–0
3+-+-+-zP-#
17.Qxd5 Qg6 18.Ne4 Nf6 19.Qxd6 Qxe4 2PzP-+PzPLzP"
20.0–0 Bf3 21.gxf3 Qxf3 22.Qxe5 Rfe8 1tRN+Q+RmK-!
23.Qg3 Agamaliev,G (2516)-Khaghani,M xabcdefghy
(2289)/Teheran 2005/CBM 104 ext/1–0]
9.Bxb5+! It is obvious sufficiently but it's ef- [9.a4 c6 10.Ne5] 9...Ra6N [9...c6 10.a4
fective blow at the same time. Black incurs (10.Nxc6?! Nxc6 11.Bxc6 Rb8³) 10...Ra6
losses 9...axb5 10.Nxb5+- e6 11.Nc7+ Ke7 11.Nc3 h6!? 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 e5! 14.e3
12.Nxa8 Nfd7 It is quite understandable Chi- Kg7µ, Buhmann-Bartel, Rubinstein mem
nese Grandmaster doesn't will to appear in 2007; 9...Ra7!? 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nxc4 Ba6]
every manual of mistakes at the opening, 10.a4 bxa4? [10...c6] 11.Nxc4 Nbd7 12.Nc3
however the only correct decision is to give up c5 13.Nxa4 h6 14.Bd2!? Qc7? Diagram
immediately ☺ 13.Ba3+ Kf6 14.Bb2 [or rather
14.Nxd7+ Nxd7 15.Bxf8] 14...Nxe5 15.f4 but
it is quiet enough too 15...Nbd7 16.Nc7 Bg6
17.Bxe5+ Nxe5 18.fxe5+ Kxe5 brave king is in
ahead of all army, Alas! this courageous
doesn't make progress 19.Qc3+ Kf5 20.0–0+
[20.e4+ crushing immediately 20...Kg4
21.Qf3+ Kh4 22.g3+ Kh3 23.g4+ Kh4
24.Qg3+ Kg5 25.Rf1! computer estimated
16
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8-+l+-trk+( 8rsnlwq-trk+(
7+-wqn+pzp-' 7zpp+-vl-zpp'
6r+-+psn-zp& 6-+p+-+-+&
5zp-zp-+-+-% 5+-+pzPp+-%
4NvlNzP-+-+$ 4-+-sN-zP-+$
3+-+-+-zP-# 3+-sNQ+-+-#
2-zP-vLPzPLzP" 2PzPP+-+PzP"
1tR-+Q+RmK-! 1tR-vL-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
[14...cxd4 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.Qxd4] 15.Bf4! Killing radically White's hypothetical attack on
Qa7 16.Nd6 Nd5 [16...cxd4 17.Nb5+-] a king side.11.Nb3 [I'm more like the block-
17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Nc7 Diagram ade: 11.a3 Na6 12.b4!?] 11...Na6 12.Be3 Nc7
It seems that a knight goes to e6, but...
XABCDEFGHY 13.Ne2 b6!³ Now clear, that after an opening
8-+l+-trk+( Black stand better. 14.Nbd4 Ba6 15.Qd2 Qe8
16.c3 c5 Kramnik drives away enemy pieces,
7+qsNn+pzp-' and placed own army to the best positions.
6r+-+p+-zp& 17.Nf3 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Ne6 19.a4! The only rea-
5zp-zpn+-+-% sonable counterplay, which can be here.
4Nvl-zP-vL-+$ 19...h6 [In such type positions, a transfer
3+-+-+-zP-# 19...Bb7 may be useful: 20.a5 b5] 20.a5 Qb5
21.Ng3 bxa5 [As Bronstein have advised, in
2-zP-+PzPLzP" middlegame it's need to advance the central
1tR-+Q+RmK-! pawn (if you have such opportunity): 21...d4!?
xabcdefghy 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.Bf2 d3µ] 22.Qc2 g6 23.Qa4
Qxa4 24.Rxa4 Diagram
18...Ra7? [18...cxd4 19.Qxd4 (19.Nxa6 Qxa6)
19...Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Rc6! 21.Rac1 (21.Bxc6 XABCDEFGHY
Qxc6©) 21...Rxc1 22.Bxb7 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 8-+-tr-trk+(
Bxb7±] 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bd6 Re8 21.dxc5+-
Nf6 22.Nb6 Bg4 23.Qd4! [23.Nxd5] 23...Bxe2
7zp-+-vl-+-'
24.Rfc1 Bb5 25.Be5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Bxc5 6l+-+n+pzp&
27.Rxc5 Qxb6 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.Rb8 Qc6 5zp-zppzPp+-%
30.Qf5+ [30.Bxd5! Nxd5 31.Qe4+ g6 32.Qd4] 4R+-+-zP-+$
30...g6 31.Qe5 Bc4 32.b3 Bd3 33.Bxd5 1–0 3+-zP-vLNsN-#
2-zP-+-+PzP"
(07) Navara,David (2672) - 1+-+R+-mK-!
Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) [C43]
Kramnik vs Navara match Prague (2),
xabcdefghy
14.05.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly] 24...d4!? Not quite clear, whether there was a
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 necessity for such tactics. [24...Bc4 25.Rxa5
[5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0–0 Bd6] 5...Nc5 a6µ] 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Nxd4 [26.Bxd4 Bb4!–+]
6.Nc3 c6 7.Nd4 Be7 8.0–0N [8.Bf5 g6 26...Bc5 27.Rxa5 Nxd4 28.Rxa6 Nf3+
(8...Ne6? 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Qg4) 9.Bxc8 Qxc8 [28...Ne2+ 29.Kf2 Nxg3 30.Kxg3 Bxe3
10.0–0 Ne6 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qe6 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxg6+ Kh7 33.Rf6 - game
13.Be3²] 8...0–0 9.f4 [9.Bf5 Ne6] 9...Nxd3 drawn is most likely outcome there.] 29.Kf2
10.Qxd3 f5! Diagram Bxe3+ 30.Kxf3 Rxd1 31.Kxe3 Diagram
17
XABCDEFGHY king flank. 48.Nb4 Rd6 49.Kxa4 Kxe7 50.Kb5

8-+-+-trk+( Rd2 51.g4 Rxh2 52.Kc5 Ke6 53.Kd4? [The
pawn g4 could be protected, and still it's not
7zp-+-+-+-' clear, whether can black win: 53.Nd3 Rg2
6R+-+-+pzp& 54.Ne5] 53...Rh4 54.f5+ Kf7 55.Ke5 Rxg4
5+-+-zPp+-% 56.Nd5 Ra4 57.Nc3 Rb4 58.Ne4 h5 That's all.
4-+-+-zP-+$ 59.Ng5+ Kg8 60.f6 h4 61.Kf5 Rb5+ 62.Kg6
3+-+-mK-sN-# Rxg5+ [62...Rxg5+ 63.Kxg5 h3–+ - Kramnik's
passers always becoming the
2-zP-+-+PzP" queens...Summary of the 2nd game: Czech
1+-+r+-+-! grandmaster plays again without any special
xabcdefghy opening claims (8.0–0), and with energetic
play (13...b6) Kramnik received an edge.
31...Rfd8?! Alike, that Vladimir gave wrong Then Russian grandmaster plunged into the
pawn - the fact is that after pawn g6 is falling, ocean depth of complications (24...d4), that
pawn f5 will become very weak. [31...Kg7!?] allowed Navara to equalize a situation. David
32.Rxg6+ Kh7 33.Ra6 R8d3+ 34.Kf2 R1d2+ wanted from position more than draw
35.Ne2 [35.Ke1 Rd1+ 36.Ke2=] 35...Rd7 (36.Ke3), but Vladimir calculated ending more
36.e6!? Fearless Navara plays only to win. It's precisely than opponent (38...R2b6). The
understandable - in fact that is required by a square d4 became fatal for Navara - if 42.Kd4
match situation. [36.Ke3 R2d3+ 37.Kf2=] could bring the deserved draw, 53.Kd4 finally
36...Rb7 37.Ke3 Rdxb2 [37...Rbxb2 38.Rxa7+ inclined the bowl of weights on the Black's
Kg6 39.Nd4 Rxg2 40.Ra8 Ra2 41.Rg8+ Kf6 side... 2–0 in Kramnik's favour.] 0–1
42.Rf8+ Ke7 43.Rxf5±] 38.Nd4 R2b6! Re-
mains only to be surprised, how Vladimir on (08) Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) -
such short time control has precisely calcu- Navara,David (2672) [A37]
lated endgame's consequences. 39.Rxb6 Kramnik vs Navara match Prague (3),
Rxb6 40.e7 Rb8 41.Nxf5 a5 Diagram 15.05.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly]
XABCDEFGHY You are welcome by ChessZone telechannel!
8-tr-+-+-+( As we expected, the second game had been
given out far more interesting and dramatic,
7+-+-zP-+k' than first. Today, we can expect a continua-
6-+-+-+-zp& tion of banquet - Navara certainly will try to
5zp-+-+N+-% correct own errors from the pilot episode.
4-+-+-zP-+$ From words to the action! 1.Nf3 c5 It is cor-
3+-+-mK-+-# rect. No more any Catalan. 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
2-+-+-+PzP" 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0–0 d6 7.a3 a5 [Navara
avoids variation 7...Nge7 8.b4!? e4 (8...cxb4
1+-+-+-+-! 9.axb4 Nxb4 10.Ba3©) 9.Ne1 f5 10.Bb2 -
xabcdefghy there is no need to give the opponent extra
opportunities.] 8.Ne1 Be6 9.d3 Nge7 10.Nc2
Do you remember the thesis - "Kramnik's d5 At the proper time. [10...0–0 11.Ne3 Rb8
passers always becoming the queens"? 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Ned5²] 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne3
42.Nd4? David aspires to suspend a pawn "a" Nde7 13.Nc4 0–0 14.Bg5 f6 [14...h6
with king and to support the pawn "e" with 15.Bxc6!±] 15.Be3 b6 16.Qa4 Rc8!N Previ-
knight... But it was necessary quite the con- ously it was thought that this move is bad in
trary! [42.Nd6 a4 43.e8Q Rxe8+ 44.Nxe8 a3– view of pawn's b6 vulnerability. [A game usu-
+; 42.Kd4! a4 43.Ke5 a3 44.Nd4 a2 45.Nc2 ally developed something like that: 16...Qc7
Kg7 46.Ke6 Rc8 47.Kd7 Rxc2 48.e8Q a1Q 17.Rfc1 Rab8 18.Rab1 Rfc8 19.Nb5 Qd7
49.Qe7+ Kg8! 50.Qe8+=] 42...a4 43.Nc6 Re8 20.Ncd6 Rf8 21.b4!?ƒ] 17.Qb5 Bxc4?! Incon-
44.Kd4 Kg7 45.Kc4 Kf7 46.Kb4 Ra8 47.Ka3 sistently. [In spirit of position was 17...Nd4!
Ra6! Black forced exchange of pawns, after 18.Qxb6 Qxb6 19.Nxb6 Rb8 20.Nba4 (20.Nc4
which they intend to eat the entire White's Bxc4 21.dxc4 Rxb2=) 20...Rfc8©, and white
18
pieces stand poorly.] 18.Qxc4+?! [I prefer something another. 52.Rxh7+ Kg8 53.Ra7
taking by pawn: 18.dxc4! Nd4 19.Qa4² - now Bxf4+ 54.exf4 Rd8 55.f5 Kf8 56.f3! Kramnik
square d5 is won forever, rook a1 receives the realizes a preponderance in his best tradi-
"d"-file, and the knight d4 can be expelled by tions. Pawn f2 is led away from under possible
pawn "e".] 18...Kh8 19.Qb5 f5 20.Bg5 [20.f4 check Nd3+. 56...Rd1 57.Kf4 Nd3+ 58.Kg5
Nd4 21.Qa4 b5!ƒ] 20...Nd4! 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 Nc5 59.Ra5 [59.f6 was good too, but Kramnik
[Endgame after 21...Nxb5 22.Bxd8 Nxc3 actes more accurately.] 59...Rc1 60.Ra8+
23.Bxb6 Nxe2+ 24.Kh1² didn't convenient Ke7 [Now, for the 60...Kf7 61.Bd5+ is possi-
Czech grandmaster. Presumably, he is right - ble - that's why rook d1 was derivated.] 61.f6+
two bishops determine White's advantage.] Kd6 62.f7 Nxe4+ 63.fxe4 Rg1+ As any move,
22.Qxb6 Rb8 23.Qa6 [23.Qxa5 Nb3] except 64.Kf4, leads to a goal, Navara de-
23...Rxb2 24.e3 Nb3 25.Rab1 [I think that cided to surrender. Kramnik imperceptible
Kramnik had underestimated the idea by overplayed his opponent...Summary of the
Navara, otherwise he would be selected in- 3rd game: Navara at last has decided to re-
termediate 25.Nd5!, forcing down a queen fuse from Kramnik's crown variants therefore
from a diagonal a3-f8.] 25...Rxb1 26.Rxb1 c4! the English opening has been played. Vladimir
27.dxc4 Qxa3„ 28.Nb5 Qa2 29.Rd1 Qc2 has received more pleasant position, but
30.Qd6 Nd4! Prevention in action. [After David by decisive actions (20...Nd4, 26...c4,
30...Qxc4 31.Nc7 Nc5 32.Qe7‚ white pieces 30...Nd4), it would seem, already "overbal-
could develop activity.] 31.Re1 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 anced a blanket" to the own side... But in
Qxc4 33.Nc7 Qc3!? [There was the idea of White's position there were an enormous hid-
immediate queen's change, but it only led to a den resources, and by his draw refusal
nice draw: 33...Rc8 34.Ne6 Qb4! 35.Qxb4 (39.Kg1) Kramnik confirmed this fact. In fur-
axb4 36.Rxe2 Rc1+ 37.Bf1 Rxf1+ 38.Kg2 Rc1 ther, Kramnik out of the blue surpassed David
39.Ra2 Rc8 40.Ra7 Rb8! 41.Nxg7 b3 42.Ne8! (46.h5) - even difficult to significantly improve
Rxe8 (42...b2? 43.Nf6+-) 43.Rb7=] 34.Rd1 somewhere the play of Black, unless 47...
Qb4 35.Ne6 It's astonishing - being without a Be5. Summing up - White demonstrated
pawn, Kramnik does not object to endgame. amazing skill. 3–0 in Kramnik's favour. 1–0
35...Qxd6 36.Rxd6 Rb8 37.Bf1 Nc3 38.Ra6
Becomes clear, what Vladimir hopes on - for (09) Navara,David (2672) -
activity of the own pieces. And for the pawn's Kramnik,Vladimir (2788) [E46]
a5 weakness too. 38...a4 39.Kg1!? Very inter- Kramnik vs Navara match Prague (4),
esting - Kramnik actually refuses from a draw. 15.05.2008
This is a praiseworthy decision, if taking into [Polivanov, Anatoly]
account a current score 2–0. [39.Nc5=] And we again on the air! The third episode has
39...Rc8 40.Ra7 Bf6 41.Ba6 Rb8 [Navara not deceived expectations - Kramnik was on
missed a chance to put the bishop to e7, that the ball. Well, it is excellent school for the
would give an opportunity for pawn a4 to pass young Czech grandmaster. We hope, that in
hardly further: 41...Re8!? 42.Bc4 Be7] 42.Bc4 the fourth game he will manage to take the
e4 43.h4! Nd1 [43...Rc8 44.Ba6 Re8 45.Bc4 points... 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0
Be7] 44.Kg2! And again Vladimir demon- 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 [8.g3
strates his agressive intentions. [44.Rf7 Be5 a5!?] 8...c6 9.Ng3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nbd7 [10...a5
45.Ng5 Bg7 46.Rd7 Nc3 47.Nf7+ Kg8 11.b5 c5 12.0–0 Nbd7µ] 11.0–0 Nb6 12.Rb1
48.Ng5+=] 44...Nb2 45.Bd5 Rc8 The David's Diagram
desire to cling to passer is clear, but perhaps
it was that case when it needed to be sacri-
ficed for activization of a knight. [45...Nd3!
46.h5 (46.Rxa4 Ne1+ 47.Kh3 Nf3) 46...Ne1+
47.Kh3 Nf3=] 46.h5! gxh5 [46...g5 47.Rf7+-]
47.Nf4 h4? Pawn f5 now remains without pro-
tection, and after it - pawn e4 too. [It was
necessary to build a fortress: 47...Be5
48.Nxh5 Rf8] 48.Be6 Rf8 49.Bxf5 Bg7
50.Bxe4 hxg3 51.Kxg3+- Be5 It's hard to offer
19
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8r+lwqr+k+( 8r+-wqrsnk+(
7zpp+-vlpzpp' 7+p+-+-vl-'
6-snp+-sn-+& 6-+p+-+p+&
5+-+p+-+-% 5zPp+pzPp+-%
4-zP-zP-+-+$ 4-zP-zP-zP-zp$
3zP-sNLzP-sN-# 3+-+QvL-+-#
2-+-+-zPPzP" 2-+-+-+PzP"
1+RvLQ+RmK-! 1+-tR-tR-mKN!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
[12.b5 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Na4 Nxa4 30.g4! hxg3 [30...fxg4 31.f5 gxf5 32.Qxf5 Qd7
15.Qxa4 d4] 12...a6!?N [12...Bd6 13.b5 c5 33.Qh5±] 31.hxg3 Ne6 32.Re2 Rf8 33.Rf1
14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Na4] 13.a4 Be6 14.a5 Qe7 34.Bd2 Kf7!? 35.g4 Ke8 [35...fxg4?
[14.b5?! cxb5 15.axb5 a5³] 14...Nc8 36.Rg2+-] 36.Rh2 Kd7 37.Ng3 Qf7 38.Kg2
[14...Nc4!?] 15.Na4 Nd6 16.Nc5 Bc8 17.Bb2 fxg4 Diagram
Bf8 18.Re1 g6?! [18...Nfe4 19.Qc2 (19.f3?
Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qg5µ) 19...f5] 19.f3 Nb5 Dia- XABCDEFGHY
gram 8r+-+-tr-+(
7+p+k+qvl-'
XABCDEFGHY 6-+p+n+p+&
8r+lwqrvlk+( 5zPp+pzP-+-%
7+p+-+p+p' 4-zP-zP-zPp+$
6p+p+-snp+& 3+-+Q+-sN-#
5zPnsNp+-+-% 2-+-vL-+KtR"
4-zP-zP-+-+$ 1+-+-+R+-!
3+-+LzPPsN-# xabcdefghy
2-vL-+-+PzP"
1+R+QtR-mK-! 39.Be3? [39.Rh4 Rg8 40.Rxg4 Bf8=] 39...Rh8
xabcdefghy 40.Rxh8 Rxh8 41.Qe2 Bf8! 42.Qxg4 Bxb4
43.f5™ gxf5 44.Rxf5 Qg8! [44...Qh7?!
20.Bxb5 [20.e4! Bg7 (20...dxe4 21.fxe4± 45.Rf6µ] 45.Rg5 Qh7 46.Nh5 Qc2+ [46...Be7
Nxd4? 22.Bc4+-) 21.e5 Nd7 22.f4ƒ] 20...axb5 47.Rg6 Qxh5 48.Qxe6+ Kd8 49.Rg8+ Rxg8+
21.e4 Bg7 22.e5 Nd7 23.Nd3 [23.e6 Nxc5 50.Qxg8+ Kc7 51.e6„] 47.Bf2 [¹47.Kg1]
24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.dxc5 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Bxb2 47...Qe4+ [47...Be7!? 48.Rf5 Qe4+ 49.Qxe4
27.Rxb2 Qf6 28.Re2 Bd7] 23...Nf8 24.Bc1 h5! dxe4 50.Nf6+ Bxf6 51.exf6 Rh5!!–+] 48.Qxe4
25.Be3 h4 26.Nh1 Bf5 27.Rc1 f6 28.f4 Bxd3! dxe4 49.Nf6+ Kc8 50.Rf5? [¹50.Rg4]
29.Qxd3 f5= Diagram 50...Rf8!–+ 51.Be3 Bxa5 52.Rh5 [52.Nxe4
Rxf5 53.Nd6+ Kd7 54.Nxf5 b4–+] 52...Bb6
[52...Bc3! 53.d5 Ng7 54.Rh7 Rxf6! 55.exf6
Bxf6–+] 53.d5! cxd5 54.Bxb6 Nf4+ 55.Kg3
Nxh5+ 56.Nxh5 Kd7 [56...Rf5 57.Nf6 b4
(57...Rxe5 58.Kf4) 58.Bd4 e3! 59.Bxe3 Rxe5
60.Bd4 Re1 61.Nxd5 b3 62.Bb2 Re2
63.Nb6+! Kc7 64.Nc4 b5 65.Kf3! Rc2
66.Be5+ Kc6 67.Nb2 Kd5 68.Kf4] 57.Ng7 Rg8
58.e6+ Diagram
20
XABCDEFGHY Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.d4 [Really -

8-+-+-+r+( why to waste a tempo for 9.h3, when you can
move d2-d4 immediately?] 9...Bg4 10.d5
7+p+k+-sN-' [Continuing a fight is also possible with open
6-vL-+P+-+& center: 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 -
5+p+p+-+-% this is a matter of taste.] 10...Na5 11.Bc2 c6
4-+-+p+-+$ 12.h3 Diagram
3+-+-+-mK-#
2-+-+-+-+" XABCDEFGHY
1+-+-+-+-! 8r+-wq-trk+(
xabcdefghy 7+-+-vlpzpp'
6p+pzp-sn-+&
58...Ke7? [58...Kd6 59.Bd4 b4 60.Kf4 Rxg7! 5snp+Pzp-+-%
61.Bxg7 Kxe6–+ 62.Ke3 (62.Bd4 Kd6 63.Kf5 4-+-+P+l+$
b3–+) 62...Kd6 63.Kd4 Kc6 64.Bf8 Kb5 3+-zP-+N+P#
65.Bd6 Ka4 66.Bf4 b3 67.Bc1 Kb4 68.Bb2 2PzPL+-zPP+"
b5‡ 69.Bc1 (69.Ke3 Kc4 70.Bd4 b2! 71.Bxb2
Kb3–+) 69...e3!–+] 59.Bc5+ [59.Bd4? Kf8–+] 1tRNvLQtR-mK-!
59...Kf6 60.Bd4+ Kg6 [60...Ke7 61.Bc5+=] xabcdefghy
61.e7 Kf7 62.e8Q+ Rxe8 63.Nxe8 Kxe8 64.Bc5
b6 [64...b4!? 65.Bxb4 Kd7 66.Kf4 Kc6 [12.dxc6 is less precise: 12...Qc7 13.h3 Bxf3!
67.Be1™= (67.Bd2? Kc5 68.Be3+ d4!–+) 14.Qxf3 Nxc6=] 12...Bc8 [Previously, the
67...Kc5 68.Bf2+ Kc4 69.Bb6!=] 65.Bb4 Kd7 main continuation was 12...Bxf3 13.Qxf3 cxd5
66.Kg4 d4 [66...Ke6 67.Kf4 Kf6 68.Bc3+=] 14.exd5 Nc4 15.Nd2 Nb6 but since Oleg Ro-
67.Kf4 e3 68.Ke4 Ke6 Summary of the 4th manishin unveiled his idea 16.Nf1!, this posi-
game: White put on an opening solidly, and by tion began to be evaluated in White's favour.]
move 20.e4 could take initiative - unfortu- 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.a4 Negi begins
nately, it did not happen. Kramnik drove back an action against the pawn b5. 15...Bb7
the figures of opponent (24...h5), and took up [15...Be6 16.Ng5 Bd7 17.Nf1] 16.Nf1 Nc4
the line of resistance (28...Bxd3, 29...f5). 17.Ng3 g6 18.Bd3 Rfc8N Recommended by
Navara began to shake loose foundations of Vedberg. [18...Nb6?! 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.axb5
Black (30.g4, 35.g4), but overdid it after axb5 21.Qe2±, Yudasin-Tatai, Reggio-Emilia
39.Be3. Vladimir obtained the won position by 1998.] 19.Qe2 bxa4™ 20.Bg5 Diagram
the few strong moves (41...Bf8, 47...Qe4),
but in deciding moment he put king not there XABCDEFGHY
(58...Ke7), and David saved a game. 3.5–0.5 8r+r+-+k+(
in Kramnik's favour. Well, the fourth episode
became, perhaps, the most thrilling - and it
7+l+-vlp+p'
becomes the last. The reason is simple - 6p+qzp-snp+&
many spectators send us responses in which 5+-+-zp-vL-%
it is spoken about the following: serial "Kram- 4p+n+P+-+$
nik vs Navara" is interesting, but the ending is 3+-zPL+NsNP#
obvious enough... ". Therefore last four series
will be shooting, but will not be shown on our
2-zP-+QzPP+"
telechannel. Thank you for watching us! ½–½ 1tR-+-tR-mK-!
xabcdefghy
(10) Negi,Parimarjan (2514) -
Stefansson,Hannes (2583) [C91] [20.Nh4?! d5!] 20...Nb6? As a child I heard
Kaupthing Open Differdange/LUX (6), such rule that the pieces don't go back... Ice-
14.05.2008 landic grandmaster loses a lot of time by this
[Polivanov, Anatoly] maneuver. [I think that it was better to organ-
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 ize a counterplay against pawn b2:
20...Rab8!? 21.Nh4 d5! 22.exd5 (22.Nhf5
21
gxf5 23.Nxf5 Bc5–+) 22...Nxd5 23.Bxe7 Nxe7 XABCDEFGHY

24.Bxc4 Qxc4 25.Qxe5 Qxh4 26.Qxe7 Qxe7 8r+-+kvl-+(
27.Rxe7 Bc6 - White have to show an accu-
racy for a draw achievement.] 21.Nh4 Kf8?!
7+l+n+p+p'
Only assists White's attack. [21...d5 22.exd5 6p+rzp-sn-+&
Nbxd5 23.Nf3± - here knight's c4 departure 5+-+-zpN+-%
told upon!] 22.Nhf5! Standard blow, but no 4-+-+P+-vL$
less strong. 22...gxf5 23.Nxf5 Bd8 24.Qf3! Di- 3zP-wqL+-wQP#
rection of attack is chosen right. [24.Qe3
would be an error: 24...Ke8 25.Bxf6 Bxf6
2-+-+-zPP+"
26.Qh6 Be7 27.Qxh7 Bf8µ] 24...Nbd7 1+-+RtR-mK-!
25.Bc2! [If Negi desired, he could force a xabcdefghy
draw: 25.Bh6+ Ke8 26.Ng7+ Ke7 27.Nf5+= -
but youngster, of course, thirsts for a fight.] The Stefansson's idea is understandable...[...
25...Nc5 26.Bh6+ Ke8 Diagram but it can also make other, more greedy way:
32...Qxa3; here queen also can be useful in
XABCDEFGHY diagonal a3-f8 or c1 square.] 33.Re3! Excel-
8r+rvlk+-+( lent tempo transfer. 33...Qa5 [33...Qb2
34.Rf3 Rc1 35.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36.Kh2+-] 34.Rf3
7+l+-+p+p' Knight f6 again feels uncomfortably. 34...d5
6p+qzp-sn-vL& [34...Kd8 35.Bxf6+ Nxf6 36.Qg5 d5 37.exd5
5+-sn-zpN+-% Rb6 38.d6+-] 35.exd5 Qxd5 It is hardly
4p+-+P+-+$ worthwhile to take the pawn. [It was neces-
3+-zP-+Q+P# sary to be satisfied with that a rook protects a
2-zPL+-zPP+" sixth line now: 35...Rb6!? 36.Ne3 Bxd5
37.Bxf6 Nxf6 38.Rf5 Rd8 39.Bc4µ - wild posi-
1tR-+-tR-mK-! tion!] 36.Bc2 Rxc2 Time to tell "good-bye" to
xabcdefghy the queen. [36...Qc5 37.Ba4; 36...Nh5!?
37.Ng7+! Bxg7 38.Qg5 Qc5 39.Rxd7 Kxd7
27.Rad1? [Negi could beat a direct-fire: 40.Rxf7+‚ - Black will get a mate here.]
27.Ng7+ Kd7 (27...Ke7 28.Bg5+-) 28.Bg5 d5 37.Rxd5 Nxd5?? A gross error, but it logically
29.exd5 Qd6 30.c4+- - White eaten a couple ensues from all of a game. [37...Bxd5 38.Bxf6
of pawns and will attack with material superi- Rc6! (38...Nxf6 39.Qxe5+ Kd7 40.Rd3+-;
ority.] 27...Be7 Stefansson manages to re- 38...Bxf3 39.Qxf3 Rac8 40.Bh4±) 39.Bxe5
group. 28.Bg5 [28.Nxd6+ Bxd6 29.Qxf6 Bxf3 40.Qxf3 Nxe5 41.Qe4 Rd8 (41...f6 42.f4)
Bf8!µ] 28...Ncd7 29.Qg3 [29.Ra1 Qb6 42.Qxe5+ Re6] 38.Nd6+ [38.Nd6+ Bxd6
30.Bxa4 Bc6!] 29...a3!? Black are snarling. 39.Qg8+ Bf8 40.Qxf7#] 1–0
30.Bh4 Bf8! It's impossible to allow a queen in
the own camp. [30...axb2 31.Qg7 Bf8 (11) Polivanov,Anatoliy (2363) - Der-
32.Qh8+-] 31.bxa3 [31.Ng7+ Kd8! - Black jabin,Ilja (2369) [B29]
can themselves desist from repetition.] Alushta UKR ch sf (4), 14.05.2008
31...Qxc3 32.Bd3 Rc6? Diagram [Polivanov, Anatoly]
Alushta (Crimea), semifinal of Ukrainian
championship. 4th round, 1st board. Name-
boards says: "im Polivanov,A - im Derjabin,I".
1.e4 c5 Ilja from time to time nostalgies for
French defence, joys by Scandinavian some-
times, but in common he plays the Sicilian.
2.Nf3 Nc6 And we have the first surprise -
cause I expected for a Najdorf... Thinking a
little bit, I remembered, that I saw one game
by Derjabin in Sveshnikov's variation. "Nope,
today I am not ready for such discussion"...
22
3.Nc3 Nf6 Well well well! [Usually I collide with almost all variations for Black's objections -
3...e5. Boooring... 3... Nf6 - it's a kind of insis- except one, that Derjabin have chosen...
tent demand for a principal systems.] 4.e5 [If Thus, I was have to "create" unassistently
to take into account all meaning of this game, from 8th move already. Strange bomb. By the
most reasonably was 4.d4. But all the point, way, as we know - bombs are the essential
that I was analysed 4.e5 few years ago, and I part of thrillers! 00:05, 00:04, 00:03, 00:02,
was prepared something like "opening neutralized. [Text file contained the right path:
bomb". Of course, that unequal for Bulgarian 8.d4! a6 (8...cxd4 9.h3 Nh6 10.Bxh6 gxh6
12.Nxf7, but anyway!] 4...Ng4 5.Qe2 Qc7 For 11.Nd6+ exd6 12.exd6+ Kd8 13.Ne5±)
this moment, I was brokenly straining my 9.Nd6+ (9.c3!?) 9...exd6 10.exd6+ Kd8
memory, trying to extract some old variations 11.dxc5 Bxd6 12.Ng5 Bxc5 13.Nxf7+ Kc7
from it. [To me, move 5...f6!? - is quite un- 14.Nxh8 Nxf2 (14...Bxf2+ 15.Kd1 d6 16.Bf4)
pleasant for White. I think, it deserves a lot of 15.a3 - 8.h3 doesn't spoils much, but Black
attention. By the way, it was playing by now will have an extra-opportunity.] 8...Nh6
Paulsen, 128 years ago!] 6.Nb5 Qb8 Diagram [Worth a try 8...Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa1 (9...Nxf2+
10.Qxf2 Nxa1 11.Qxc5±) 10.hxg4 e6! 11.Bb2
XABCDEFGHY a6µ] 9.d4 e6 [In case 9...cxd4 would arise an
8rwql+kvl-tr( above-mention position.] 10.c3 [I spent a lot
of time, trying to find a difference between
7zpp+pzppzpp' this move and 10.a3 - in the end, I came to
6-+n+-+-+& conclusion, that move, which I made, is more
5+Nzp-zP-+-% exact - cause of control of square d4.]
4-+-+-+n+$ 10...Nc6 [10...Nd5 will fall under the tempos:
3+-+-+N+-# 11.c4 Nc7 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6+-] 11.d5
This move is follows from the White's main
2PzPPzPQzPPzP" idea (Nd6+ and unsealing of "e"-file). So,
1tR-vL-mKL+R! there is no need in exclamation mark.
xabcdefghy 11...exd5 12.Bf4 Diagram
7.b4!N Thrillers can develop by two direc- XABCDEFGHY

tions. In first - tension increases by droning 8rwql+kvl-tr(
and easy way, and achieves own culmination
in the ending. In second direction - viewers
7zpp+p+pzpp'
are drowning immediately into the whirlpool of 6-+n+-+-sn&
emotions and complications. This second di- 5+NzppzP-+-%
rection - here it is! [Before played only 7.d4.] 4-+-+-vL-+$
7...Nxb4 All analysis storaged in a text docu- 3+-zP-+N+P#
ment. If I'm not mistake, I want to erase it one 2P+-+QzPP+"
time - simply I did not believe in any possibility
of practical application. When I came back, I 1tR-+-mKL+R!
found that file - date of creation was xabcdefghy
30.07.2004. So, bomb's age - almost four
years old... I will give full analysis without any Here I thought, that my position is won com-
change: [7...Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.bxc5 a6 pletely. Perhaps, this is true. [12.Nd6+?! Bxd6
10.Bb2±; 7...cxb4 8.Bb2 a6 (8...f6 9.exf6 13.exd6+ Kd8 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Ne5? Nxe5–
Nxf6 10.Ng5!‚) 9.h3 Ngxe5 (9...Nxf2 +; 12.Bg5 looks interesting, I refused of it in
10.Qxf2 axb5 11.Bxb5©) 10.Nxe5 axb5 view, that in line 12...Be7 13.Nd6+ Kf8 I must
11.Qxb5©; 7...a6 8.Nd6+ exd6 9.exd6+ Kd8 to spent one move for bishop's g5 retreat.]
10.bxc5 Bxd6 (10...b6 11.Rb1) 11.Ng5 Nh6 12...Nd8! After a long thinking Ilja found a
(11...Bxc5 12.Nxf7+ Kc7 13.Qxg4 Re8+ good defence with some provocation context.
14.Kd1 d6 15.Qg3) 12.cxd6 Re8 13.Ne4 Nd4 [12...Be7 13.Nd6+ Kf8 14.0–0–0+-] 13.Nd6+
(13...f5 14.d3!+-) 14.Qd3 f5 (14...Qxd6 [I had very like to perform 13.e6, but after
15.Bb2 … 0–0–0) 15.Kd1! Rxe4 16.f3 Qxd6 13...Qxf4 14.exd7+ Kxd7 15.Ne5+ Ke6 I can't
17.fxe4 Ng4 18.Ke1!±] 8.h3?! I was manage find any more, than perpetual check: 16.Nc7+
23
(16.Ng6+ Qe4! 17.Qxe4+ dxe4 18.Nxh8 Kf6µ of inevitable death". [I clearly saw a winning:
could be auspicious for Black) 16...Kd6 25.Ne7+ Rxe7 (25...Kd8 26.Nc6+ Kc8
17.Ne8+ Ke6=; but this idea can be adjust by 27.Nxb8 dxe2 28.Nxd7!+-) 26.dxe7 (26.Qh8+
more precise way: 13.c4! Ne6 (13...dxc4 Re8!) 26...Kc7 27.Bxd3+-] 25...Bxg2! Here
14.e6+- - no saving Qe4 anymore) 14.Bxh6+- Derjabin did feel, that he has any mutual
] 13...Bxd6 14.exd6+ Ne6 15.Bxh6 gxh6 chances. In contrast to me... 26.Bxe8 [26.Rg1
[15...0–0 16.Qe5!] 16.Qe5 Rf8 Diagram Rf8! - no "etouffe" anymore - king can escape
to b7.] 26...Bxh1 27.Kd2 [First I was depend-
XABCDEFGHY ing on 27.Bxd7+ Kxd7 28.Qe7+ Kc6 29.Qxe6,
8rwql+ktr-+( but Black could to make 29...Qe8!] 27...Qb7
28.Qh8?? Time-trouble error. [It was to be
7zpp+p+p+p' chosen 28.Ne7+ Kb8 29.Re1!+-. Rook has
6-+-zPn+-zp& two functions: Qe4 prevention and knight e6
5+-zppwQ-+-% pressure.] 28...Qe4! 29.Ne3 Kb7 Black time-
4-+-+-+-+$ troubled also... [... otherwise he found
3+-zP-+N+P# 29...Qf4! 30.Rxh1 Qxf2+ 31.Kxd3 c4+!–+]
30.Rxh1! The only move, actually. 30...Qxh1
2P+-+-zPP+" 31.Qh7 Nf8 32.Qf7 Qe4 [32...Qc6! 33.Qxf8
1tR-+-mKL+R! Qe4µ was more artful.] 33.Bxd7 Nxd7
xabcdefghy 34.Qxd7+ Ka6 35.Qe7! The strongest move
again! 35...Qf3 [35...Qxe7 36.dxe7 Re8
[16...0–0 17.Bd3‚; 16...Rg8 17.0–0–0 - 37.Nf5!+-] 36.Kxd3 c4+ 37.Kd4? Seconds
pawn d6 will feel rook's support soon.] fade away. [37.Kxc4 Rc8+ 38.Kd3!+-]
17.Nh4! Good idea. Knight is going to f5 - that 37...Qxf2? Why to waste own precious time for
would be an ideal position for it. 17...f6 poor pawn f2? [37...Qf4+ 38.Kd5 Rc8! - White
18.Qh5+ Kd8 19.Nf5+- b6 Draw offer. Of in trouble.] 38.d7 Qf4+ 39.Kd5 Qc7 [39...Rh8!
course, I refused. [It would seem, that 40.d8Q Rxd8+ 41.Qxd8 Qxe3 42.Kxc4 Qxh3=]
19...b5!? is more unpleasant - Black are plan- 40.Nxc4 Rh8! Diagram
ning Qb6, Ba6, Kc8-b7, maybe b5-b4 some-
where.] 20.Qxh6 Bb7 21.Be2 d4!? Frankly XABCDEFGHY
speaking, this move should be lose, but any- 8-+-+-+-tr(
way - white-square bishop gaines a liberty,
and dig d4-d4 can be dangerous in some
7zp-wqPwQ-+-'
situations. 22.Qxh7 Re8 [Queen on e7 - it's a 6kzp-+-+-+&
death: 22...Bxg2 23.Qe7+ Kc8 24.Ng7+-] 5+-+K+-+-%
23.Qf7 d3 24.Qxf6+ Kc8 Diagram 4-+N+-+-+$
3+-zP-+-+P#
XABCDEFGHY 2P+-+-+-+"
8rwqk+r+-+( 1+-+-+-+-!
7zpl+p+-+-' xabcdefghy
6-zp-zPnwQ-+&
5+-zp-+N+-% A best chance - Black are going to check
4-+-+-+-+$ white king through "h"-file. Here I was made
3+-zPp+-+P# 41.Qd6, turned over my sheet for writing it -
and suddenly I felt myself like a full idiot. The
2P+-+LzPP+" point is that I forgot about time control: 90
1tR-+-mK-+R! minutes / 40 moves + 30 minutes until the
xabcdefghy end! I can no hurried with my 41 move...
41...Qb7+ 42.Ke5 Rh5+? King escapes from
25.Bh5? Reminds a cliche of American block- checks unexpectedly. [He can force a draw
busters: "before to shoot a bullet into enemy, by 42...Qf3! 43.d8Q Qe2+!= 44.Kd4? Rxd8
main hero should read him a notation, so as 45.Qxd8 Qd1+–+] 43.Kf4 [43.Kd4! Rh4+
enemy was invent any trick for the avoidance 44.Kd3 Qe4+ 45.Kd2 Qg2+ 46.Kc1 Qg5+
24
47.Nd2!] 43...Rh4+ Draw offer again. [For this XABCDEFGHY

purpose, 43...Qg2 could suit better: 44.Qa3+ 8-+-+-+-+(
Kb7 45.Nd6+ Kc6 46.d8N+!? Kd7 47.Qxa7+
Kxd6 48.Nf7+ Ke6 49.Nd8+=] 44.Kg3 Rxc4
7zp-+-+-+-'
45.Qa3+ [Too early for queen: 45.d8Q?! 6-zp-+-+-+&
Rxc3+ 46.Qd3+™] 45...Kb5 Here some kind 5mk-+-tr-+-%
man brings a second queen to me. I had re- 4-+-+-+Q+$
call one arbiter, who maintains (as a joke? as 3+-wq-+-+-#
a serious?) in discussion of similar case: "I
would adjudge a defeat immediately! This is a
2P+-+Q+-mK"
prompt! Who knows, what is he going to pro- 1+-+-+-+-!
mote - queen, rook, knight?" Yeah, that man xabcdefghy
is the most principle arbiter in Ukraine...
Therefore, he is the best arbiter! 46.Qb3+ [63...Qc2!] 64.Qec4? Awful. [64.Qd1! Qb2+
Kc5! [46...Ka5? 47.Qxc4 Qxd7 48.a4!+-] 65.Kg1 Qxa2 (65...Qb4 66.Qxb4+ Kxb4
47.Qa3+ Kb5 [47...Kc6? 48.d8N++-] 48.Qb2+ 67.Qd4++-) 66.Qg7+-] 64...Qd2+ 65.Qg2?
Ka5 49.d8Q Finally. 49...Qg7+ 50.Kh2 Awful in a square. [65.Kg3 Qe3+ 66.Kg2™
[50.Kf3? Rxc3+] 50...Qe5+ 51.Kg1 [¹51.Kh1 Qd2+=] 65...Rh5+ 66.Kg1 Rg5µ Unpleasant.
Qe1+ 52.Kg2] 51...Qe1+ [Pin wasn't danger- And time-trouble had sneaking again...
ous: 51...Rxc3! 52.Qdd2 Qg3+=] 52.Kh2 67.Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 68.Kh2 [68.Kf2 Qc5+
Qe5+ 53.Kg2 Qe4+ Diagram 69.Qxc5+ bxc5–+, "triangle" will decide a
case in Black's favour.] 68...Qe5+ 69.Kg2 b5
XABCDEFGHY 70.Qb3 Kb6 71.Kf2 a5 Diagram
8-+-wQ-+-+(
7zp-+-+-+-' XABCDEFGHY
6-zp-+-+-+& 8-+-+-+-+(
5mk-+-+-+-% 7+-+-+-+-'
4-+r+q+-+$ 6-mk-+-+-+&
3+-zP-+-+P# 5zpp+-wq-+-%
2PwQ-+-+K+" 4-+-+-+-+$
1+-+-+-+-! 3+Q+-+-+-#
xabcdefghy 2P+-+-mK-+"
1+-+-+-+-!
And here I heard again: "Draw?". Angry by xabcdefghy
these circumstances, I have replied to my op-
ponent: "You have proposed a draw three Carelessness. [71...Qd4+!] 72.Qe3+ Some
time in a row", and Ilja answered: "But posi- viewers, who gather round a board, begin to
tion is drawish!". In revenge, I decided to whisper - "ahhhh!", which can be interpretate:
move my king sideways... 54.Kf2... and it "What is he doing, this is a suicide!".
turned out that checks are gone! 54...Qf4+ 72...Qxe3+ 73.Kxe3 Kc5 74.Kd3 Kb4 75.Kc2
55.Kg1 Qe3+ [55...Qg3+ 56.Qg2 Qe1+ Kc4 [If line 75...Ka3 76.Kb1 a4 77.Ka1 b4
57.Kh2 Qe5+ 58.Qg3 Qe2+ 59.Kg1+-] 56.Qf2 78.Kb1 b3 79.axb3 axb3 80.Ka1= is drawn,
Qxh3 57.Qd5+ By this moment I was very tired than whole endgame is drawn too.] 76.Kb2
- here I didn't see the only reply for Black. Kd3 77.Kb3 Kd2 78.Kb2 a4 79.Kb1™ Kc3
57...Rc5 58.Qdd2 Qh5 59.Qg2 Qe5 60.Qde2 80.Kc1 Kd3 81.Kd1 b4 82.a3! Final chord.
Qf4 [After a game Derjabin told me, that end- 82...Kc3 [82...b3 83.Kc1 Kc3 84.Kb1=]
game 60...Qxc3!? 61.Qd2 Qxd2 62.Qxd2+ 83.Kc1 [83.axb4? a3–+] 83...Kb3 84.axb4 a3
Ka6 is drawn. Apparently, he is right.] 85.Kb1 Kxb4, and we handshaked. ½–½
61.Qeg4 Qc1+ 62.Kh2 Qxc3 63.Q2e2 Re5
Diagram
25
The Marshall Chess Club

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL June 21–25, 2008
200 Grand Prix Points (enhanced)!!
9-round Swiss-System, 40/120, SD/60 open to all players rated 2200 and
above (USCF or FIDE) and special invitees
May be limited to first 50 registrants
$10,000 GUARANTEED
$5000—2500—1500—1000
Plus special Brilliancy Prize
Awards ceremony to follow round 9. Every player will receive a special prize.
ENTRY FEE:
GMs, foreign IMs, and foreign WGMs ...................................... $100, returned on completion
................................................................... of tournament; no money deducted from prize
fund
USA IMs, USA WGMs, and Foreign FIDE-rated players ................$150 in advance / $200 at
site
USA players with FIDE ratings over 2200 ........................................$200 in advance / $250 at
site
Players with USCF ratings over 2200 and FIDE rating U2200.........$250 in advance / $300 at site
Players with USCF ratings over 2200 with no FIDE rating ..............$300 in advance / $350 at
site
All except first category:...............................................$25 less for Marshall Chess Club members
Enter:
In advance: ... By mail (checks only, made payable to The Marshall Chess Club) postmarked by 6/14
..................... By phone (credit cards only) thru 6/18 ..................... In person (cash, credit card, or check)
thru 6/18 ..................... On our website (credit cards only) thru 6/18
At site ........... No later 30 minutes before your first game (cash, credit card, or check)
Playing Schedule:
Round one: Saturday, June 21, 12:00 Noon Round six: Monday, June 23, 7:00 PM
Round two: Saturday, June 21, 7:00 PM Round seven: Tuesday, June 24, 12:00 Noon
Round Sunday, June 22, 12:00 Noon Round eight: Tuesday, June 24, 7:00 PM
three:
Round four: Sunday, June 22, 7:00 PM Round nine: Wednesday, June 25, 12:00
Noon
Round five: Monday, June 23, 12:00 Noon
Byes: Must commit by rd. 3; limit 2; limit 1 bye rounds 8–9 Players taking byes cannot make
norms
26
USCF and FIDE-Rated. IM/GM Norms may be possible.

Tournament director: Steve Immitt Dr. Frank Brady, International Arbiter
Marshall Chess Club 23 West 10th Street For information on lodgings,

New York, NY 10011 Phone 2124773716 Fax 2129959281
contact the Marshall Chess Club
www.marshallchessclub.org
27
CENTRAL CHESS CLUB TROPHY
INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
CAP AURORA, 20 - 29 June 2008

Individual competitions in four groups:
Open “A” – for youth under 8 (boys and girls) 9 rounds;
Open “B” – for children under 10 (boys and girls) 9 rounds;
Open “C” – for children under 12 (boys and girls) 9 rounds;
Open “D” – for FIDE rating (no age limit), 9 rounds
Tournament is arranged by Central Chess Club Bucharest, Romania
Venue : Hotel DELTA, at Cap Aurora, Mangalia, Romania.
Accomodation and board are provided at the Hotel DELTA 3 *, which is situated on the Blach
Sea Coast with beach, pool and sport field. Two beds, bathroom, toilet and balcony belong
to each room.Refrigerator and TV satelit.The hotel also offers buffet and car parking.
Accessible: Road Constanta – Mangalia left to Neptun Resort. If you travel by train and your
arrivel is noticed, we will wait for you at the station. ( Mangalia station).
System of the tournament:
In all three groups it is the Swiss system by F.I.D.E. rules with a quick play finish.
Prizes:
Open “A” Loc I = 500 lei, Loc II = 350 lei, Loc III = 250 lei, Loc IV = 150 lei, Loc V = 80 lei
Girls: Loc I = 250 lei, Loc II = 150 lei, Loc III = 100 lei. SPECIAL PRIZES: Trainers : Loc I =
250 lei, Loc II = 150 lei, Loc III = 100 lei; Cups and medals;
Open “B” Loc I = 500 lei, Loc II = 350 lei, Loc III = 250 lei, Loc IV = 150 lei, Loc V = 80 lei
Girls: Loc I = 250 lei, Loc II = 150 lei, Loc III = 100 lei. SPECIAL PRIZES: Trainers : Loc I =
250 lei, Loc II = 150 lei, Loc III = 100 lei; Cups and medals;
Open “C” Loc I = 500 lei, Loc II = 300 lei, Loc III = 250 lei, Loc IV = 100 lei, Loc V 50 lei;
Girls: Loc I = 300 lei, Loc II = 200 lei, Loc III = 150 lei, Loc IV = 50 lei SPECIAL PRIZES:
Trainers : Loc I = 200 lei, Loc II = 100 lei, Loc III = 100 lei; Cups and medals;
Open “A” Loc I = 1.500 lei, Loc II = 800 lei, Loc III = 600 lei, Loc IV = 300 lei, Loc V =
200 lei, Loc VI = 100 lei, Loc VII = 70 lei. Best women:Loc I = 500 lei, Loc II = 350 lei, Loc III
= 100 lei; Best juniors: Loc I = 400 lei Loc II = 250 lei, Loc III = 200 lei, locul IV = 150 lei;
Best player without ELO: Loc I = 150 lei, Loc II = 100 lei
Entry fee:
35 lei 35 lei 45 lei D Seniori: 70 lei; juniors: 50 lei

A B C
There is no entry fee for the G.M. and IM.
Accomodation : 12 Euro/pers/day in Hotel DELTA 3* 1 Euro ~ 3,6 lei

Payment: Is possible to pay total amount on arrival.
Information: Mrs.Mariana Ionita, Clubul Central de Sah-Bucuresti, str.Otetari nr.2

Tel/fax + 4021- 314.68.13 or tel. + 4 0723.574.212
E-mail: ionitamar@yahoo.com
28
Make Every Play for a Reason

By Daniel Skolovy
Sponsored article by
http://www.pokerlistings.com
So many players make plays just for the sake of making them. Don't let this be
you. With every play you make, you should have a clear view of what it is you
want to accomplish.
The key to making good decisions is to have an outcome in mind. You should make
every play for a reason. So ask yourself what you're accomplishing before you make
your play.
I have a friend who "plays" poker; sometimes I rail him. Whenever I see him make a
questionable move I ask him, "Why did you do that?"
Often I'm met with replies like, "I don't know" or "Didn't really think about it" or "Just be-
cause."
This is not the way to play poker. Just guessing at things and betting or checking for the
sake of doing it is not playing poker. Each decision you make could lead to winning or
losing your stack. So you have to be sure to give each decision your full attention.
Whenever you act, you should have a goal. Are you trying to make the your opponent
fold? Are you making a value bet? You must clearly conceptualize the purpose of each
action before you perform it.
Let's look at a couple of examples.
Example 1
Game: $1/$2 No-Limit six-max
Effective stacks: $200. You have A -J in the big blind. It's folded to the button, who
raises to $8. The player on the button is a tight-aggressive player, stats-wise something
like 19/16/3.
The small blind folds and you.... Take some time to think about the situation.
Your options are three-betting, calling and folding, all of which are decent choices.
Some of course are better than others.
Because the button is raising a fairly wide range you decide you're not going to fold your
A-J. Against a tight opponent, raising from EP and then folding is an easy play.
But the raiser from the button will be raising a huge range. Since you're way ahead of
the bulk of his range, you're torn between three-betting and smooth-calling. Let's look at
both carefully.
29
Three-Betting
If you three-bet, he will fold out the worst of his range and will continue with A-K, A-Q,
K-Qs, AA-88, and some suited connectors. Some of these will be four-bet, some of
them will not.
If he folds, which is one of the better scenarios, you win a small 4xBB pot. If he calls
you'll be playing out of position with a growing pot against a range that largely domi-
nates you. You beat his button-raising range, but his three-bet calling range is better
than your hand.
Most of the time the flop is not going to help you; you'll be playing out of position against
a decent TAG on a flop that didn't improve your hand against a range that largely domi-
nates you.
The one positive aspect to three-betting is that you will win a number of pots before the
flop and when you do see the flop you'll have the initiative. However, the initiative is sel-
dom enough to overcome playing out of position against another good player whose
range beats you.
Thus, when you three-bet your goal is to get your opponent to fold.
Calling
Now let's look at the flat-call. There are several plus sides to smooth-calling. The main
drawback of course is that you let your opponent take the lead in the hand.
On the plus side, you keep the pot small with a potentially dominated hand. Also your
opponent will continue with the bulk of his range. If his button-raising range is something
like AA-22, A-Ks, 4-5s, A-Ko-6-7o, Axs, A-To-A-6o, K-Jo-T-8o, Q-9s-9-7s (most TAG's
button ranges are similar), you're actually ahead of his range.
By smooth-calling you allow him to continue with his entire range, as opposed to three-
betting, which lets him define his range to one that beats you.
Another positive of calling is if the flop comes ace-high he'll continue his aggression with
many worse aces than yours, whereas if you three-bet and he calls and the board
comes ace-high you will often find yourself out-kicked at showdown!
So by flat-calling you get your opponent to continue with worse hands than he would if
you were to three-bet him, and you get to keep the pot small for when you're behind.
What you give up is your initiative in the hand.
In the end the EV of calling versus three-betting is fairly close. What you give up in post-
flop EV by three-betting is made up all the times you win the hand before the flop. What
you give up in EV by not three-betting pre-flop is made up each time you flop a better
hand than him and see a showdown.
Each side has its positives and negatives, with neither one showing a great advantage
over the other. What I'm trying to get you to do is fully contemplate each decision and
know what you are going to accomplish before you act.
30
Example 2
Game: $1/$2 No-Limit six-max
Effective stacks: $200. You have K -Q on the button. It's folded to you and you make
it $8. The small blind folds and the big blind calls. The big blind is your average fishy
player. He calls too much pre-flop and calls too many streets with dominated hands.
In PokerTracker terms, he plays around 32/8/1. The board comes 3 -4 -T .
Your opponent checks and you... ?
Well, this is an easy bet. After taking the lead pre-flop and flopping the second nut flush
draw and two overcards, you have a strong hand. This bet is a continuation bet/strong
semi-bluff.
Your bet has a split goal - either way is good. If you bet and he folds, you win. If you bet
and he calls, you have a strong hand and are building a pot should you hit. So you bet
$14 and he calls.
The turn brings the 9 . Your opponent once again checks. You... ?
Now you have the option of checking or betting. You did pick up three more outs with
the 9 . Now any jack also gives you a straight.
Checking
By checking, you gain a free shot at your 12 outs to a near nut hand as well as six more
outs to top pair. However, if you check and the river blanks, you have a very small
chance of winning the pot. So what checking accomplishes is a free shot at your many
outs.
Betting
Now the betting argument. Against a ten you have 18 outs. Your equity in this hand is
very strong.
Your opponent could also be calling with a wide range of hands on the flop. He could
have a mid pocket pair as well as a ten or maybe even overcards. He probably does not
have an overpair.
This means you have 18 clear outs. You can also win this pot with a bet on the turn. If
your opponent was calling the flop really light, he'll likely fold to the turn bet. Your goal in
betting the turn is the exact same as when you bet the flop. You don't mind if he calls
because of your outs and you really don't mind if he folds.
You bet $35 and once again your opponent calls. The river drops down the Q . There's
$115 in the pot. Your opponent again checks.
Should you bet or check through?
31
Well, to make a properly informed decision you must look at what our opponent's range
consists of. You know our opponent is fairly bad. His flop call could mean anything. His
turn call defines his range a little better.
He most likely has some kind of ten (AT-JT), JJ, a flush draw or Q-J for a straight draw.
Now you know what a check would accomplish. It will let you show down your hand and
see if it is best.
Now, if you bet, you have to decide whether you're betting to make a better hand fold
(not likely) or to make a worse hand call. Obviously your bet will not make any better
hand fold. So you have to decide if a worse hand will call.
Since you've determined your opponent is a bit of a calling station, you surmise he'll call
with a worse hand. Your goal, therefore, is betting for value.
You bet $50 and your opponent calls with Q -J .
Success.
Conclusion
As you can see there's a lot beneath the surface of your average poker hand. You must
always be evaluating and reevaluating what your goals are in your hand. It may start out
as a bluff and by the end turn into a value bet.
So do yourself a favor. Stop just acting instinctually, and start giving each decision the
attention it deserves. Ask yourself why, and ask yourself what you hope to accomplish
before you act. It will help your game immensely.
32
Editorial staff:
IM Anatoliy Polivanov (ELO 2391)

IM Rustam Khusnutdinov (ELO 2452)
Dmitry Posokhov (ELO 2298)
Chief editor Roman Viliavin (ELO 2239)

email: chesszone@ya.ru
33

ChessZone Magazine ENG, 6 (2008)

Enviado por

Dados do documento

Direitos autorais

Formatos disponíveis

Compartilhar este documento

Compartilhar ou incorporar documento

Opções de compartilhamento

Você considera este documento útil?

Este conteúdo é inapropriado?

Direitos autorais:

Formatos disponíveis

ChessZone Magazine ENG, 6 (2008)

Enviado por

Direitos autorais:

Formatos disponíveis

© ChessZone Magazine #6, 2008 http://www.chesszone.

ChessZone Magazine is open for your advertising materials.

We’re also interested in cooperation with advertising agencies,

Please contact us for details

Ivanchuk secured first place with a massive 8/10

*4th M-Tel Masters Sofia* (BUL), 8-18 v 2008 cat. XX (2738)

FIDE GP Baku AZE 2008

Cez Chess Trophy

III President's Cup, Baku

*III President's Cup Baku* (AZE), 11-21 v 2008

Capablanca Memorial 2008, La Habana

*43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana CUB* (CUB), cat. XV

*ch-Moscow Moscow RUS* (RUS), 12-18 v 2008 cat. XI (2516)

*GMA Sarajevo BIH* (BIH), 23 v-2 vi 2008 cat. XVIII (2695)

Leko - Carlsen Match

Magistral Ciudad de Leon

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

*4th Pivdenny Bank Cup Odessa* cat. XV

King's Tournament 2008

XABCDEFGHY it's K.O. 22...Qxc6 23.Qb8+ Kd7 24.Qxa7+

dxe4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bxe5 XABCDEFGHY

17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Nge4 Nxe4 XABCDEFGHY

XABCDEFGHY king flank. 48.Nb4 Rd6 49.Kxa4 Kxe7 50.Kb5

XABCDEFGHY Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.d4 [Really -

gxf5 23.Nxf5 Bc5–+) 22...Nxd5 23.Bxe7 Nxe7 XABCDEFGHY

7.b4!N Thrillers can develop by two direc- XABCDEFGHY

47.Nd2!] 43...Rh4+ Draw offer again. [For this XABCDEFGHY

The Marshall Chess Club

USCF and FIDE-Rated. IM/GM Norms may be possible.

Marshall Chess Club 23 West 10th Street For information on lodgings,

CENTRAL CHESS CLUB TROPHY

INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT

CAP AURORA, 20 - 29 June 2008

35 lei 35 lei 45 lei D Seniori: 70 lei; juniors: 50 lei

There is no entry fee for the G.M. and IM.

Accomodation : 12 Euro/pers/day in Hotel DELTA 3* 1 Euro ~ 3,6 lei

Information: Mrs.Mariana Ionita, Clubul Central de Sah-Bucuresti, str.Otetari nr.2

Make Every Play for a Reason

Let's look at a couple of examples.

Game: $1/$2 No-Limit six-max

Game: $1/$2 No-Limit six-max

In PokerTracker terms, he plays around 32/8/1. The board comes 3 -4 -T .

Your opponent checks and you... ?

Should you bet or check through?

You bet $50 and your opponent calls with Q -J .

IM Anatoliy Polivanov (ELO 2391)

Chief editor Roman Viliavin (ELO 2239)

Você também pode gostar

4th M-Tel Masters Sofia (BUL), 8-18 v 2008 cat. XX (2738)

III President's Cup Baku (AZE), 11-21 v 2008

43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana CUB (CUB), cat. XV

ch-Moscow Moscow RUS (RUS), 12-18 v 2008 cat. XI (2516)

GMA Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 23 v-2 vi 2008 cat. XVIII (2695)

4th Pivdenny Bank Cup Odessa cat. XV