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News & Notes 15
By ICCF GM Yoav Dothan

I will be happy to get comments or analyzed games – you can e-mail them directly to me.

The Bundesliga chess season in Germany second double round took place 17th-19th November 2006. Here are 16 games:

(1) Polaczek,R (2423) - Van den Doel,E (2578) [D00]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Koelln GER (7), 17.11.2006

After 40 moves, Black can keep his chances with 40...Bxf5 41.Kxf5 Kc2 42.Re1 Rxd6 43.h5 b5. 40...Ba2 Now White plays accurately and wins the game. Nice play by the lower rated player! 41.Rg1 Kxb4 42.Rg8 Rxd6 43.Kxd6 c5 44.Rc8 c4 45.Nd5+ Kb3 46.f6 b5 47.Rc7 b4 48.Rxf7 c3 49.Rc7 1–0

(2) Kritz,L (2597) - Schulz,KJ (2393) [B31]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Koelln GER (7), 17.11.2006

White can continue now 31.f5 Bg8 ( 31... Bc8 32.fxg6 Qxh4 33.gxh7+ Kh8 34.Re2 Qxe1+ 35.Rexe1 Kxh7 36.Nf3 Rg8 37.Rh1+) 32.fxg6 Nxf2 33.gxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qxf2 Be6 35.Nhg4 f5 36.Ne5 with a probable draw. 31.Re2 Rfe8 32.Neg4

Now Black had a very strong move to win instantly: 32...Qd5 33.b3 Nd2+ 34.Rxd2 Qxd2 35.Qxd2 Rxd2 36.Nf3 Re2 37.Kb2 Bd5 38.Nd4 R2e4. 32...Bxg4 33.Rxe4 [The lesser evil is 33.Nxg4 Nd2+ 34.Kc1 Qc5 35.Rxe8 Rxe8 36.Qf2 Qxf2 37.Nxf2 Nf3 38.Rd1 Kf7 39.Nd3 a5] 33...Bd7 [If 33...Rd1+ 34.Qxd1 Bxd1 35.Rxe8 Bxc2+ 36.Ka1 f5 ] 34.Ng4 [or 34.Re7+ Kf8 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 ] 34...Bxg4 35.Rxe8 Rd1+ 36.Ka2 Rxe1 37.Rgxe1 Qd5+ 38.Kb1 Bf5 39.R1e7+ Kh6 40.Rh8 Kh5 0–1 Nice win of the lower rated player- by 204 points!

(3) Navara,D (2725) - Rabiega,R (2529) [C42]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

Black came from the opening in a very good position; better developed pieces – White did not castle yet. Now almost every player will play the natural 14.Nc3 and after 14...Bxd4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4 16.0–0–0 Bxb2+ 17.Qxb2 will have some compensation for the pawn. The next move gives Black a better game: 14.Na3 Re8 15.0–0–0 f4 16.Nec2 Qf8 17.Re1 Re6 18.Qf3 Ng5 19.Qd1 Ne4 20.Qf3 Ng5 21.Qd3 White is 200 rating points above Black, and does not want to draw the game by repeating the moves. 21...f3 22.Ne3 Na6 23.Nac2 Ne4 24.Ng4 Qf4+ 25.Re3 fxg2 (maybe Bh6 is better) 26.Bxg2 Nxf2 27.Nxf2 Qxf2

White is still focused on winning the game, and makes another mistake; he could play 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Bh3 Re8 30.Ba3 Qf4+ 31.Kb1 Nc7 32.Bxe6+ Rxe6 33.h3 a5 34.Rf1 and despite a bad position, the game goes on. 28.Rg3 Nb4 29.Nxb4 Bh6+ 30.Kb1 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kc2 Bf5 33.Qxf5 Qd2+ 0–1

(4) Korneev,O (2657) - Boidman,Y (2438) [B67]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Koelln GER (7), 17.11.2006

Black's position is equal, and with 27...Bd8 28.Nf3 Qb6 29.fxe6 fxe6 30.Rc1 0–0 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.d4 Bd7 33.Bxf6 Rxf6 he even has a small advantage and certainly is not worse. Instead, 27...d5? Now, after a series of precise moves, White gets a winning position. 28.e5 Bc5 29.fxe6 fxe6 30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.exf6 0–0 32.Bf4 Bd6 33.Bxd6 Qxd6 34.Nxh5 Rf7 35.Nxg7 Rxg7 36.fxg7

36...Bf5 37.g4 Bh7 38.Rf1 Qe5 39.Qf2 Qxg7 40.Qf6 Qc7 41.Qg5+ Kh8 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.Qg5+ Kh8 44.Rc1 Bxd3+ 45.Ka1 Bc2 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Rf2 Re8 48.Rfxc2 1–0

(5) Stern,R (2476) - Baklan,V (2622) [E32]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

Now Black can play 22...Rc6 23.Qb3 Rb6 24.Qc2 Rd6 25.Rhd1 Rd8 and have a good game. 22...Neg4+ 23.fxg4 e5 24.Bc5 Rd3 25.Qb4 Nxg4+

Now White makes a mistake: it is difficult to see in real time, but Kg1 is the only move that keeps the advantage: 26.Kg1 a5 27.Qxa5 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Rxe3 29.Kf2 26.Ke2 Rd8 Now to find the move you have to be a problemist: 27.Bd4 exd4 28.Kxd3 dxe3+ 29.Kc2 Nf2 30.Rhf1 Nd3 31.Qb3 Nxc1 32.Kxc1 Qc7+ 33.Qc2 and White can draw the game. 27.Ne4 Rxe3+ 28.Bxe3 Qd3+ 29.Kf3 Qxe3+ 30.Kxg4 f5+ 31.Kxf5 Qf4+ 32.Ke6 Qf7+ 0–1

A mate in the center of the board minus a rook and a knight! (33.Kxe5 Rd5#)

(6) Polzin,R (2480) - Luther,T (2594) [C18]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

Now White has a very nice and forced win: 29.Rxb7 Qxb7 30.Rxb7 Bxb7 31.Qc7 Rhh8 32.Bf6 Rh7 33.Bf3 Bc6 34.Qb6 Rc8 35.Qxa6+. 29.Bf3 Nc8 30.R6b4 Na7 31.Rb6 Nc8 32.R6b4 Na7 33.Rb6 ½–½ Pity that such a beautiful sequence of moves was lost!

(7) Kalinitschew,S (2471) - Thiede,L (2504) [B06]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

The natural looking 35...Nb5 36.Rd2 Qf6 37.Qxd5 fxg3 38.Nxg3 Rd8 39.Qe4 Rh4 is better. 35...Qf6 36.Re8+ Nc8 37.Qxd5 fxg3 38.Nxg3

Maybe Black missed the interim move. He should play 38...Rh4 39.Nf5 Rg4+ 40.Kh1 Rgh4 41.Rxh8 Rxh8 42.Qe6 Qf8 and despite the lack of pawn, Black can still fight. 38...Rxh2 39.Rxc8+ Rxc8 40.Rxh2 Qf4 41.Qe5 Qc1+ 42.Nf1 Rf8 43.Rf2 Rc8 44.Qe3 Qd1 45.Rd2 Qh5 46.d5 Re8 47.Ng3 Qg6 48.Qf2 1–0

(8) Loeffler,S (2448) - Borriss,M (2455) [E97]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.d5 Ne7 12.Ng5 Nh6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Nhg8 15.f4 Nc6 16.f5 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Nxh6 18.Nd5

18...gxf5 19.exf5 Ng8 20.Ne3 Nge7 21.Rf2 Nd4 22.Bd3 Rg8 23.Qh5 Rg5 24.Qh6 Qf8 would open the position and give Black some counter chances. 18...Ng8 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Bh5 Nce7 21.Rf3 gxh5 22.Rg3 1–0

(9) Kraemer,Mart (2435) - Paehtz,E (2449) [B29]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bg5 Bf5 12.Qd2 Rfe8 13.c3 h6 14.Bh4 d4 15.Rad1 dxc3 16.Qxc3 Qf8 17.Bc4 Rac8 18.Bxf7+

Why not the move : 18...Kxf7 19.Rd5 Kg8 20.Qxc5 Ne7 21.Bxe7 Rxc5 22.Bxc5 Qf7 Until now all the moves were forced, and Back has a great advantage:

Analysis Diagram: after 22...Qf7

Instead, 18...Qxf7 19.Qxc5 Bg4 20.Qd5 Be6 21.Qd6 Bxa2 22.Rfe1 Bb3 ½–½

(10) Richter,Mic (2396) - Thinius,M (2372) [E14]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Berlin GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.d4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Qe2 Ne4 9.b3 Nd7 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Rac1 a6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Ndc4 Nf6 16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Nc6 Qg5 19.Rc2 Rec8 20.Rdc1 h6 21.Ba3 Kh7 22.h3 a5 23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4

Here Black could take the initiative and get an advantage: 24...b5 25.b4 axb4 26.Nxb4 Rxa3 27.Rxc8 Nxb4 28.Rb8 Bc6 and Black is better; or 24...b5 25.Bxd6 Ra6 26.Ne5 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Rxd6 28.Nxf7 Rc6 29.Rxc6 Bxc6 and again Black is much better. 24...Nf6 25.Ne7 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 a4 27.bxa4 Rxa4 28.Bxd6 Nxg4 29.a3 Ba6

A good move for White is now 30.Bb4 Bd3 31.Rc6 b5 32.d5 Bc4 33.d6 Ra8 34.Rc7 30.Nd5 Bd3 31.Rc7 b5 32.f3 exf3 33.gxf3 Nf6 [Better is : 33...Bc4 34.Rxc4 bxc4 35.fxg4 Ra6 36.Bb4 Rg6 37.Kh2 Rxg4 38.Nb6 f5 39.d5 f4 ] 34.Nxf6+ gxf6 35.Bb4 Kg6 36.d5 Ra8

White had : 37.e4 (cutting the passage of the black bishop!) Bc4 38.Be7 f5 39.d6 Be6 40.exf5+ Kxf5 41.d7 Bxd7 42.Rxd7 and wins. 37.d6 Bc4 Black's last chance was: 37...Bf5 38.Rb7 h5 39.Rxb5 h4 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.Bd2 Ra8 42.Rb3 Be6. 38.d7 Be6 39.Be7 1–0

(11) Volokitin,And (2645) - Wojtaszek,R (2630) [B92]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.a4 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Be3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc7 15.a5 Nd7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bf6 18.c4 Rfe8 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.b4 b6 21.Bd3 bxa5 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Qh5 Qb6+ 24.c5 Qxb4 25.Qxh7+ Kf8

White's position is difficult, and he should try 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.cxd6+ Qxd6 28.Qe3+ Kd8 29.Qd4

(analysis position)

White will remain with a bishop for the rook, but Black's two doubled pawns (one of them will be lost soon) will make a win very difficult.

26.Rf1 Qxc5+ 27.Kh1 Qc3 28.h3 Rac8 29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Bxa6 Rc5 31.Bb7 Rg8 32.Bc6 Rc4 33.Bb5 Rcc8 34.Bd3 Rg3 35.Bf5 Rc7

You can see the difference from the analysis position earlier. White is worse. Now he can try 36.Qf4 Re3 37.Qf2 a4 38.h4 a3 39.h5 Ra7 40.Bb1 but this is too late. 36.Rf4 Re3 37.Kh2 Qe5 38.Bg4 Re4 39.g3 0–1 White did not wait to get ...Re2+

(12) Glek,I (2538) - Hansen,SuB (2561) [C47]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d4 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.f4 exd4 13.cxd4 Be7 14.d5 Na5 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 b6 18.Be4 h6 19.g4 Nb7 20.g5 Nc5 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Qf5 Na4 23.c4 g6 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Qxg6 Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Qd6 27.Qc2 b5 28.Rb3 bxc4 29.Rbf3 Qxd5 30.Qxa4 hxg5 31.Qc2 g4 32.Qg6

As Black's next move leads to an immediate draw, he can try to win by: (1) 32...Rf5 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kf8 35.Qxg4 c3 36.Qg2 Bd4 37.Re1 c5 38.a4 Rb1 with pressure on White; or by (2) 32...Rf7 33.Qxg4 Rg7 34.Qh3+ Kg8 35.f5 Rb6 36.Re1 c3 37.Re8+ Bf8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 also with an advantage.

32...gxf3 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ ½–½

(13) Breutigam,M (2387) - Souleidis,G (2407) [E90]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.h3 Qe8 7.Bg5 e5 8.d5 Nh5 last book move 9.c5 dxc5 10.d6 c6 11.Be7 Bf6

Here White had a nice continuation that promises him an advantage: 12.g4 Bxe7 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.gxh5 Rd8 15.Qc1

(analysis)

12.Bxf8 Qxf8 13.Qd2 Nf4 14.Na4 Nd7 15.b4 cxb4 16.Qxb4 b5 17.Nb2 a5 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Qe3 Qxd6 and eventually White lost.

(14) Landa,K (2570) - McShane,L (2614) [E94]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 exd4 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Ne7+ Kh8 13.cxd6 f6 14.Nxc8 fxg5 15.Nxg5 Qf4 16.Bxg4 Qxg5 17.d7 Nc5 18.b4 Ne4 19.Qe2 Nc3 20.Qe6 d3 21.Rae1 h5 22.Bf3 d2 23.Re3 Kh7

Here White had a very strong move: 24.Qc4 Rfxc8 25.dxc8Q Rxc8 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 c6 28.h4 Qxh4 29.Rd1 and after this almost forced series of moves, White is won. 24.Rd3 a5 25.Qc4 Rd8 26.Qxc7 axb4 27.g3

Now Black misses a move, but this was much more difficult to calculate: 27...Qf5 28.Kg2 Qxd3 29.Qxd8 d1Q 30.Bxd1 Nxd1 31.Qe7 Ne3+ 32.fxe3 Rxa2+ 33.Rf2 Rxf2+ with a probable draw. 27...Rxa2 28.h4 [much better is : 28.Nd6 Be5 29.Qxd8 Qxd8 30.Nxb7 Bf6 31.Nxd8 Bxd8 32.Rd4 Kg7 33.Rxb4 Kf7 34.Rd4]

28...Qa5 29.Nb6 Bf6 30.Qf4 Qf5 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.Nc4 Nb5 33.Nxd2 Nd4 34.Bxh5 Rxd7 is better. 28...Qf6 29.Kg2 [Better again: 29.Nd6 Rc2 30.Qxd8 Qxd8 31.Nxb7 Qe7 32.d8Q Qxd8 33.Nxd8 b3 34.Ne6 b2 35.Rd7] 29...Rc2 30.Rd6 Qf8 31.Qc4 Rc1 [maybe: 31...Be5 is better ] 32.Qd3 Qf5 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.Rxd2 Rxf1 35.Kxf1

35...b3 36.Nb6 Ne4 37.Rd5 Nc3 38.Rd2 Ne4 39.Rd5 Nc3 can draw the game.

35...Ne4 36.Rd5 b3 37.Bd1 [Better is: 37.Bxe4 fxe4 38.Rxh5+ Kg6 39.Rg5+ Kf7 40.Rb5 b2 41.Nd6+ Kf8 42.Nc4 Rxd7 43.Nxb2 Bd4 ] 37...b2 [much better is: 37...Nc3 38.Rd2 Nxd1 39.Rxd1 b2 40.Nb6 Bd4 41.Na4 b5 42.Nxb2 Bxb2 43.Rb1 Bg7] 38.Bc2 1–0

I guess that Black lost on time, as the position is a draw. That may also explain the many errors that occurred in the last 10 moves.

(15) Babula,V (2584) - Saltaev,M (2512) [D15]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6 9.Bg5 Bg7 10.e3 0–0 11.Be2 Re8 12.0–0 e5 13.b4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nf8 15.Rad1 Ne6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.e4 Qc7 18.Be3 Bd7 19.f4 dxe4 20.Bd4 Nd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nxe4 Rf8 23.Qb2+ Kg8 24.Bc4 Qd8 25.g3 Qe7 26.Rfe1 Qg7 27.Qd2 Kh8 28.Nd6 Rab8 29.Re5 Rf6 30.Rde1 h6 31.Bf1 Ne7 32.Bh3 Rff8 33.Bg2 Nd5 34.h4

White can break through the Black position with 35.Bxd5 cxd5 36.c6 Bxc6 37.Rxe6 Rbd8 38.Re7 Qf6 39.R1e6 Qa1+ 40.Kf2 – those are all forced moves and now we get:

Analysis diagram: after 40.Kf2 "...and White is won."

35.Kh2 bxc5 36.bxc5 Nf6 37.Bh3 Nd5 38.Bg2 Nf6 39.Bf3 Nd5 40.Kg2 Rf6 41.Be4 Rff8 42.Bd3 Nf6 43.Be2 Kh7 44.Qc2 Kh8 45.Rb1 Nd5 46.Rb3 a5 47.Rxb8 Rxb8 48.Kh2 Qf6 49.Qd2 a4 50.Bc4 a3 51.Bb3 Kh7 52.Nc4 Qf8 53.Nxa3 Qxc5 54.Nc4 Rb4 55.Qe2 Qd4 56.h5 gxh5 57.Rxh5 Nf6 58.Rh4 Kg7 59.f5 Qc5 60.Qd2

Black can try : 60...Kg8 61.Rf4 Kg7 62.Rd4 Qxf5 63.Kg2 c5 64.Rxd7+ Nxd7 65.Qxd7+ Qf7 66.Qd6 Qb7+ 67.Kf2 and the game continues with, of course, an advantage to White.

60...h5?? 61.Qg5+ Kh7 62.Qg6+ 1–0

(16) Skripchenko,A (2427) - Wegener,O (2404) [B52]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.d3 0–0 11.Bg5 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Ne4 Nbc6 14.Nc4 Nd4 15.Qh5 Nd5 16.c3 Nf5 17.f4 Qc7 18.Qf3 b5 19.Ncd2 Rad8 20.Rae1 Nb6 21.g4 Nd6 22.f5 Nxe4 23.Nxe4

Here Black can open the game and fight: 23...exf5 24.gxf5 f6 25.Re3 Nd5 26.Qg3 Qc6 27.Re2 Rfe8 with a reasonable position or 23...exf5 24.Qxf5 Rd5 25.Qf3 Qd7 26.Re3 f6 27.Ng3 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.Nf5 Qd7 and again Black is OK. 23...Nd7 24.f6 Qe5 25.Qh3 Kh8

Only two moves have passed, and Black's position deteriorated completely.

26.Qh4 h6 27.Rf3 Qd5

White wins anyway, but he had a nice move to play: 28.fxg7+ Kxg7 29.g5 hxg5 30.Nxg5 Qxf3 31.Qh7+ Kf6 32.Qh6+ Kf5 (if 32...Ke7 33. Rxe6+ fxe6 34. Qxe6 mate) 33.Nxf3 and wins. 28.Rh3 Qe5 29.Rf1 Rfe8 30.fxg7+ Qxg7 31.Rxf7 1–0