UON May-Aug 2009 Issue 24 - Asigc

UON 24
(21) Kamsky,Gata - Ponomariov,Ruslan [A00]
World Blitz Championship 2007 Moscow (36), 2007
[Ben Spink]
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.b3 e5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.d3 h5 6.h3 Bb4+! 7.Nd2 Be6 8.a3 Bd6 9.e3 Qe7
10.b4 0–0–0 11.b5 Nb8 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Ngf3 White doesn't play the standard 13.Ne2 but tries to
exploit the early ..h5 and weakening of g5. 13...Kb8 14.a5 Rc8 15.a6 b6 16.Ng5
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White is aiming for long term play on the light squares. 16...c6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.bxc6 Rxc6 19.0–
0 Rc7 20.c4 Rhc8 21.Qe2 Bb4 22.Rfc1 Qd6 23.Nf3 e4 24.dxe4 dxe4 25.Nd4 Qe7 26.Nb5 Rc6
27.Rc2 e5 28.Ra4 Bc5 29.Nc3 R6c7 30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Bxe4 Nf6 32.Bg2 e4 33.Bxf6 gxf6
34.Qxh5 Rd7 35.Ra1 Rcd8 36.Qf5 Re8 37.Rcc1 Qe6 38.Qxe6 Rxe6 39.Rd1 Kc7 40.Rxd7+
Kxd7 41.Rd1+ Kc6 42.g4 b5 43.cxb5+ Kxb5 44.Bf1+ Kb4 45.Rb1+ Kc3 46.Rc1+ Kb4 47.Rc4+
1–0
(22) Kauppala,Pekka (2615) - Fries-Nielsen,Niels Jorgen (2645) [A00]
NOR jub50 corr Norway, 1994
[Ben Spink]
This is a long grind of our Hippo which happens due to White putting the Queen is the wrong
square 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nd2 Bc5 5.e3 e5 6.Ne2 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a3 Bf5 9.Bb2 Nbd7
10.h3 h5 11.b4 11.Nf3 looks reasonable 11...Bb6 12.e4 Bg6 13.c4 a5 14.c5 Bc7 15.0–0 0–0
16.Qc2! The Queen would be better on b3 16...Rfe8 17.Nc3 dxe4 18.dxe4 h4 19.g4 b6 20.Na4
b5 21.Nc3 Nf8! This knight aims for the much happier square of e6 with lots of nice holes to look
at ! 22.Rfe1 Ne6 23.Ne2 Nd5 24.Qb3 a4 25.Qc2 Bh7 26.Nf1 Ng5 27.Nd2 Rad8 28.Rad1 Nf6
29.Bc3 Rd7 30.f3 Red8 31.Nf1 Nd5 32.Bd2 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Nc3 Qe5 35.Nh2 Rxd1
36.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37.Nxd1 Qd4+ 38.Kh1 Be5 39.Qc1 f6 40.Nf1 Bg6 41.Nd2 Bf7 42.Bf1 Bb3
43.Bg2 Qd3 44.Bf1 Qc2 45.Qxc2 Bxc2 46.Be2 Nxh3 47.Kg2 Ng5 48.Kf1 h3 49.Kg1 Bd4+
50.Kh2 Kf7 51.e5 fxe5 0–1
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