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Game of the Week
With Analysis by IM Greg Shahade
(3) Blatny,Pavel (2564) -
Kreiman,Boris (2581) [A00]
43rd New York Masters New York (3), 11.02.2003
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Tonight we had a very STRONG NY Masters. We had 5 GMs
present this evening...
Participant List for 42nd NY
Masters:
1. GM Leonid Yudasin
2. GM Giorgi Kacheishvili
3. GM Alex Stripunsky
4. GM Roland Schmaltz
5. IM Boris Kreiman
6. GM Pavel Blatny
7. IM Pascal Charbonneau
8. IM Jay Bonin
9. IM Irina Krush
10. FM Ricardo D’Arruda
11. FM Lewis Eisen
12. NM Rafal Furdzik
13. FM Samson Benen
14. FM Boris Privman
15. Qualifier – David Zimbeck
16. Filler – Fedor Kharapatin
Apart from the
slugfest on board 1, there were four other strong players vying to get back
into the thick of things. Schmaltz and Yudasin was the heavyweight matchup
in this round, and Schmaltz has owned Yudasin in the past. Schmaltz has
defeated Yudasin 3 times and only drawn once. Yudasin would do better this
time as they fought to a draw. Kacheishvili regained his terrific form with
the white pieces, as he ended Charbonneau’s dream of a repeat championship.
Now for the battle of the undefeateds…..
1.g3
Blatny was
in the mood for a more peaceful struggle as he eschews his favorites 1.f4
and 1.b3
1...d5 2.Bg2 g6 3.c4 d4 4.d3 Bg7 5.b4 Nf6 6.Nd2 0-0
7.Ngf3 Nfd7 8.Bb2 e5 9.h4
       
   
 
  
   
Blatny is not
feeling so peaceful after all! He lunges at Kreiman's kingside!
9...c5 10.h5 cxb4 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.a3 b3 13.Nxb3 Nc6
14.Qc2 a5 15.Nh4 a4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.Bd5 Ne7 18.Bg2 f5
Some players would be worried about
getting mated as black, but Kreiman is confident that his king is safe and
simply proceeds with central counterplay. To all my students that I tell to
castle early in the game, please ignore this game.
19.Nhf3 Bf6 20.Kf1 Kg7 21.Re1 Nc6 22.Kg1 Be6 23.Qc1 Qd7
24.Qb1 Rfe8 25.Bc1 Bf7 26.Nf1 Qd8 27.Bh6+ Kg8 28.Nh4 e4
Kreiman is counterthrusting in the center
of the board! It seemed like Blatny was on the attack a few moves ago, but
now it has completely turned around and Boris Kreiman is dreaming about the
perfect 3-0 score. Look at how white’s pieces are completely bottled up!
29.Rd1 Qe7 30.Nh2 e3
Kreiman keeps pushing and pushing. Maybe the king was
safer in the center after all? Can Blatny defend this?
31.f4!? Bxh4 32.gxh4 Qxh4 33.Nf3!?
It seems like Blatny is completely lost,
as Qf2+ and Qxe2 is coming, however he had a nice trick up his sleeve.....
33...Qf2+ 34.Kh2 Qxe2 35.Rhe1 Qf2
36.Rf1 Qe2
The point! It turns out the black
queen is trapped between e2 and f2. White can now simply force a draw by
shuttling the rook back and forth. Given the situation on the board, and
blacks powerful e3 pawn, a draw should be on the horizon.
37.Kg3!?!?!?!?!?
WHOAAA, Pavel seems a little too
optimistic today!!
37...Kh7 38.Bg5
Overlooking a fantastic shot with
38.Ng5 Kh6 39.Bf3, trapping the queen on e2. However after 39...Qxf1, black
seems to have ample compensation for the queen, with that monstrous
protected passed pawn on e3. After 38.Bg5, white’s position seems simply
lost to me. Blatny has made it so that now after Re1, black replies Qf2
check!
38...Kg7 39.Qb6
This lone queen cannot cause
enough trouble to counteract all of black’s trumps.
39...Nxd3 40.Qxb7 Rac8 41.Rxd3 Qxd3 42.Qd7 e2 43.Rh1 Qxc4
Kreiman has
clarified the issue and the win seems well on the way. Whites piece’s are
around the black king, but there is really no way to pose any serious
danger.
44.Qd6 Qe6 45.Qc5 Kg8 46.Ne1 d3 47.Qc3 Qe3+ 48.Bf3 Nd4
49.Bf6
Ooooh free queen? Ok, not really, if
49...Rxc3 50.Rh8 mate!
49...Qg1+!
A very clever deflection, forcing
the trade of queens, at which point the pawns on d3 and e2 look MIGHTY
strong.
50.Rxg1 Rxc3 51.Bxd4 Rxa3 52.Rh1 Bc4 53.Rh8+ Kf7 54.Rh7+
Ke6 55.Be3 Ra2 56.Rc7 Kd6 57.Rxc4 Rxe3 58.Rd4+ Kc5 59.Rd8 d2 60.Rc8+ Kb4
61.Rb8+ Ka3 62.Kf2 dxe1Q+ 63.Kxe1 Ra1+ 64.Kf2 e1=Q+
Looks like black
has the advantage...Blatny resigned. However once again I have to
congratulate both contestants on a hard fought and exciting struggle! Blatny
probably should have conceded to the draw, but his bravery was well
appreciated by all of the fans watching at the Marshall and on the ICC. Now
it seemed that IM Boris Kreiman, whom I didn’t even profile at the start of
this report, had great chances to be the winner of this tournament!
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