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Game of the Week
With Analysis by IM Greg Shahade
May 27th, 2003
This week we knew
it was possible that we wouldn’t get many strong players, as the Chicago
Open had ended just the day before, and many of our regular GM participants
might still be in Chicago. We were right, as the only GM that was able to
make it was Alex Stripunsky, who finished in a tie for second place in
Chicago (Note that in all 58 weeks, we have never had a week in which no
GM’s showed up). Fortunately we still had a decent attendance as we 15
players competing for the grand prize.
Also this week there is some great news! The final round of
the NY Masters is now being broadcast LIVE on Chess.FM, ICC’s chess radio
station, which has hundreds of listeners. Chess.FM has plans to eventually
broadcast the entire NY Masters event, which would also lead to mentions of
all sponsors during the broadcast. So from now on, every Tuesday, tune into
Chess.FM for live audio coverage of the New York Masters, with master
commentary (IM William Paschall commented on this week’s event)!
Participant List for 58th
NY Masters
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1. GM Alex
Stripunsky
2. IM Greg Shahade
3. IM Jay Bonin
4. FM Lev Milman
5. FM Bryan Smith
6. NM Evgeny Gershov
7. FM Dmitri Shevelev
8. FM Ilye Figler |
9. NM Rafal
Furdzik
10. FM Boris Privman
11. FM Erez Klein
12. NM Oliver Chernin
13. FM Joel Salman
14. Qualifier – Daniel Lowinger
15. Filler – Larry Tamarkin
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Shahade,G (2495) - Stripunsky,A (2643) [B42]
58th New York Masters New York (3), 27.05.2003
[Click
here for an interactive JavaScript board]
Let’s check out the key battle [in the 3rd] round, as I was
in sole possession of first place with 2/2, but Stripunsky was ready to make
amends for his first round accident…
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7
7.Nc3 Nc6 8.0-0 d6 9.Qe2 Nge7 10.Be3 e5
For those
avid chess fans out there, you may recognize this opening setup from the 2nd
game of the Deep Junior – Kasparov match. This game eventually ended in a
draw.
11.Nd5 0-0 12.c4 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 a5 14.Rad1 a4 15.Nc1 Nd4
16.Ne2 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Nxe2+
18.Bxe2?
18.Qe2 was better, discouraging ….f5.
I didn’t play 18.Qxe2 because I was worried about 18….Qb6, but Qb6 is not
checkmate. I can simply play Rc1, and double on the c-file and white has a
slightly better position. After Be2, black wrests the initiative.
18…f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.f4
20...Re8 21.Bb5 Re7 22.Rfe1 Qa5 23.Bd3 Rf8 24.Bf1 h6
25.Kh1 Bg4 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Qg3 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Qf4
Stripunsky
is confident that his active pieces will lead him to victory in an endgame….
30.Qxf4 Rxf4 31.h3 Bd7 32.b3 a3 33.Kg1 b5 34.Re7 Rf7
35.Re3 !
With the
idea of b4….If black plays …b4, white picks off the b-pawn with Re4.
35...Rf4 36.Re7 Rf7 37.Re3 Kf8 38.b4 Rf4 39.Rxa3 Rxb4
40.Re3?
A big mistake. Better was 40.Ra7,
keeping the rook active and on the board. For instance 40.Ra7 Ke8 41.Be2-f3,
and the position is roughly equal.
40…Rd4! 41.Rd3 Rxd3 42.Bxd3 Ke7 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Ke3 Ke5
45.Be4 b4!
Now white
is lost, as black is going to play …Bb5-c4 and pick off the pawns. I was
down to a few seconds on the clock, but there is no chance for defense
anyway.
46.Bf3 Bb5 47.g3 Bc4 0-1
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