News & Notes 3
By ICCF GM Yoav Dothan
This column contains five game from the GM tournament in Biel, and four
correspondence games that I received with notes from the winners. I
add the invitation letter of the German Correspondence Chess Federation to
the next ICCF World Cup.
I will be happy to
get comments or analyzed games – you can mail them directly to
yoavchess@gmail.com.
Bruzon,L (2667) - Carlsen,M
(2675) [A39]
GM Biel SUI (4), 27.07.2006
After 35 moves the
game reached this position:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carlsen could play
35...Nc3 36.Bxe8 Nxe4 37.Rxe4 Kxe8 and reach a position that wins a pawn and
maybe the game, for example: 38.Re2 Qa1+ 39.Qg1 Qxg1+ 40.Kxg1 Rxg3+ White has
a horrible pawn structure and he is minus one pawn. Instead Carlsen chose
35...Rc8 36.Bc4 Qf5 37.Bb3 e6 38.Kg1 Rc3 39.Qh4 Nf6 40.R4e3 Rxe3 41.Rxe3 Ra8
42.Re2 Qb1+ 43.Kg2 Qd3 44.Rxe6 Nd5 45.Re1 Ne3+ 46.Rxe3 Qxe3 47.Qf6 Qe2+
48.Kg1 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qe2+ ½–½
Radjabov,T (2728) -
Pelletier,Y (2583) [B47]
GM Biel SUI (7), 31.07.2006
After 37 moves the
game reached:
Black played
37...Rd6
and the game soon ended 38.f5 dxe6 39.Rxh6 Ke7 40.Rxe6+ Rxe6 41.fxe6 Kxe6
½–½
Could he make the
whole point by playing 37...d6 38.Rxh6 Ke7 39.Kb2 Rf5 40.Rh4 Kxe6? I
think that Black can win this ending.
Morozevich,A (2731) -
Carlsen,M (2675) [B30]
GM Biel SUI (7), 31.07.2006
After 26 moves the
game reached a position where Morozevich has a strong position:
Morozevich could
play 27.b4 Bb6 28.Qe2 Bf7 29.c5 Bc7 30.Bg5 fxg5 31.Rxf7 and thus maintain a
small advantage but instead chose 27.Bg7? and Carlsen did not miss his
chance to turn the outcome of the game: 27...Bg4 28.b4 Be3 29.h3 Rd1 30.Rxd1
Rxd1+ 31.Kh2 Bf4+ 32.g3 Rd2+ 33.Qxd2 Bxd2 34.hxg4 Bxb4 35.Bxf6 a5 36.Kg2 Kd7
37.Kf3 Bd6 38.Ke4 Bxg3 39.Kd3 Ke6 40.Bd4 a6 41.Kc2 a4 42.Kb1 Be5 43.Bf2 Kd6
44.Ka2 Bc3 45.Ka3 Ke5 46.Kxa4 Kf4 47.Bb6 Kxg4 48.Ba5 Bxa5 49.Kxa5 Kf4 50.Kb6
a5 0–1
Morozevich,A (2731) -
Radjabov,T (2728) [B30]
GM Biel SUI (4), 27.07.2006
After 34 moves
White could play now Rg4 or Re7 and get a strong advantage for example:
35.Rg4 Nd3 36.Rxg5 Qxg5 37.Qxg5 hxg5 38.Re8 Bf5 39.Bd1 Bd7 40.Rd8 Nf4
41.Bc2+ g6 42.h4 and White is much better.
The game continued
35.f4 Rxd5 36.Qd8 Rd2 37.Qxc8 Rxc2 38.Re8 Qf5 39.Rh8+ Kg6 and the position
is equal.
White could
continue 40.Qc6 for example.
40.Qg8 Kh5 41.Qe8
Qd7 42.Qe3 Qf5 43.Qf3+ Kg6 44.Qc6
Within a few moves
we see that Black's position is deteriorating. What could he play? Maybe
40...Nd3? Also here 44...Nd3 seems better.
44...Ne6 45.Rd1
Rxb2 (relatively better is Re2) 46.Rxd6 Re7 (relatively better is
46...Re2)
Another
possibility was to play: 47.Rd5 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 Qe4+ 49.Kg1 Qb1+ 50.Kf2 Qc2+
51.Kf1 with a large advantage.
47.Re8 Kf7
48.Rxe7+ Kxe7
Here White could
save himself a few hours and more then 40 moves, and win at once with 49.Rd5
Rxg2+ (or ...Qc2 50.Rd7+ Kf6 51.Bh4+ g5 52.fxg5+ hxg5 53.Qf3+ ) 50.Kxg2 Qe4+
51.Kf2 Qc2+ 52.Kf3 Kf7 53.Rd7+
49.Qd7+ Kf6
50.Bh4+ g5 51.fxg5+ hxg5 52.Qd8+ Kg6 53.Qg8+ Kf6 54.Bxg5+ Ke5
Another chance to
shorten the game comes again:
55.Qb8 Rxg2+
56.Kxg2 Qxg5+ 57.Kh1 Qf5 58.Qxb5+ Kf6 59.Qxf5+ Kxf5 60.Rc6
55.Rd2 Rxd2
56.Bxd2 Qd3 57.Be1 Qe3 58.Bg3+ Kf6 59.Bh4+ Ke5 60.Qb8+ Ke4 61.Qxb5 Qxc3
62.Qc6+ Ke5 63.Qxa4 Nd4 64.Qe8+ Kd5 65.Qd7+ Ke4 66.Qh7+ Nf5 67.Qb7+ Ke5
68.Qb5+ Ke6
Another chance to
shorten the game with a nice series of moves with the queen arrived in move
69:
69.Qe8+ Kd5
70.Qa8+ Kd6 71.Qf8+ Ke6 72.Qg8+ Kd6 73.Qg6+ Kc7 74.Qxf5
69.Qc6+ Nd6 70.Bg3
Qxa3 71.h4 Qd3 72.h5 Qd5 73.Qxd5+ Kxd5 74.Bf4 c3 75.g4 c2 76.Kg3 Ne4+ 77.Kf3
Nf6 78.Bd2 Ke6 79.Kf4 Nd5+ 80.Kg5 Nf6 81.Bc1 Kf7 82.Kf5 Nd5 83.g5 Ne7+
84.Ke5 Nc6+ 85.Ke4 Ne7 86.Kf3 Ke6 87.Kg4 Kf7 88.Bb2 Ke6 89.g6 Ng8 90.Kg5 Nf6
91.h6 Ne4+ 92.Kh4 1–0
I next bring you three
games sent to me by GM Turkov. Most of the comments are his, I just
added a few of my own. The first game is a fine example of a win in
the endgame stage:
Turkov,V (2457) - Ohtake,S (2596) [C43]
EM/GMN/004 ICCF Email, 25.06.2002
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 Nc6
A rare and rather dangerous
move in Correspondence Chess. The usual move is 4...d5.
5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6
bxc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 f5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bf8 12.Qe3 Bg7 13.Rd1 O-O
The opening phase
leaves Black with a nice position.
14.Qg3 Rb8 15.Rb1 Rb4 16.Ne2 Ba6 17.Bd2 Rb7 18.Nf4
18...Bc4 19.b3 Bf7
would bring the bishop to a better position. 20.Ne2 Re8 21.Bf4 Qe7 22.h4 h6
23.Be5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.Qe3.
18...Qd6 19.b3 Re8 20.Be3 Rbb8 21.c4 Bb7 22.h4 Qe7 23.h5 g5 24.h6!
Bxh6 25.Nh3 Qg7 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5 Qxg5 28.Nxg5 Rbd8 29.Nh3 Rd6 30.Rb2
I think that Black
should be able to draw the game, for example: 30...Kf7 31.Nf4
Rh6 32.g3 Rg8 33.d5 Ke7
30...c5 31.d5 c6 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.b4 cxb4 34.c5
(34.Rxb4 Rd7 35.d6 c5) 34...Rd7 35.d6
a5 36.a3 bxa3 37.Ra2
Maybe 37...Re5
38.Rc1 Bc8 39.Rxa3 Ra7 40.Kf1 a4 is best here.
37...Ra8 38. Rxa3
Bc8 39. f3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Rd4 exf3 43. Nd3+ Kf6 44. gxf3
Bd7 45. Rda4 Rb5 46. Kd4 Be6 47. Ne5 Bb3 48. Nxc6 Bxa4 49. Rxa4 Ke6 50.Kc4
Rb1 51. Nd4+ Ke5 52. f4+ Ke4 53. Ne2 Re1 54.Nc3+ Kxf4 55. Kd5+ Kg3 56. c6 h5
57. d7 Ree8 58. c7 h4 59. Ne2+ Kf2 60. dxe8=Q Rxe8 61. Nf4 Rc8 62. Kd6 Kf3
63. Kd7 Rg8 64. c8=Q Rxc8 65. Kxc8 1-0
Turkov v (2487) - Aronov I. (2438) [B06]
RCCA-10 B, 2004
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7
3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 c5 5.c3 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.d5 Ne5
10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 e6 12.c4 b6 13.b3 Ne8 14.Bb2 Nd6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
White is creating
a strong pawn on d6.
17.e5 Nf5 18.d6
Qd7 19.Ne4 Bb7 20.Nf6 Qc8 21.Qd3 Ne3 22.Rf1
22.Bf1 Rh8 23.Re2 Qc6
22...Nxf1
22...Nxg2 23.Qh3 h6 (I would play Rh8
-YD) 24.Rf2 Ne3 25.Rxf4
Nf5 26.Bd3
23.Rxf1 f3
23...Bc6 24.Rxf4
24.Bxf3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 h6 26.h4 Qd8 27.Qg3 a6 28.Rf4
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