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CHALLENGE THE MASTERS
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I sympathize with Joe and commend him for being a good
sport and participating. It is hard being the highest rated player in a simul. You are often expected not to lose, but at the same time the master(s) focus all of their attention on you. The high quality of white's
play in this game lends support to the latter point.
1.e4
{OS} g6
Joe is usually a sharp Sicilian Dragon player.
Undoubtedly he did not want to expend his opening preparation in a simul.
2.d4 {OS} Bg7 3.c4 {OS}
When I used to
play the Pirc and Modern I always used to be happy when an 1.e4 player
would "trick" me into transposing to a 1.d4 opening. However playing
against a team of three players it probably doesn't matter.
3...c5
4.Nf3 {OS}
4.d5 will likely lead to a Benoni.
4...Nc6
4...cxd4 is a Maroczy Bind, Accelerated Dragon Sicilian.
5.d5
{OS}
5.Be3?! Nf6 (5...Qb6!?) 6.d5 (6.Nc3 Ng4; 6.e5
Ng4) 6...Nxe4 7.dxc6 Bxb2-/+; 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Qd2!? with the idea of an
eventual b3 & Bb2. (6.Bd2).
5...Nd4 6.Bd3 {OS}
Rather than relinquish the space advantage with dxe6, white concedes that
black has got the d4 square. White will instead play against black's fixed
pawn structure with f4 and so the bishop develops pointed towards the
kingside to support a pawn push in that direction. This is also a common
approach against the Czech Benoni where black has the same pawn structure.
6...e5 7.0–0 {OS} d6 8.Nxd4 {OS}
Before
black gets a chance to play Bg4.
8...cxd4 9.Nd2 {RJ}
Ne7 10.Kh1 {OS} 0–0 11.f4 {OS}
As
advertised.
11...f5 12.Qe2 {OS} a5 13.Nf3
{OS} fxe4 14.Bxe4 {OS} exf4?
A
bold commitment, which in the end looks like it doesn't work. Black should
have kept his structure together for the time being. 14...Bg4
15.Qd3 {OS}
Whoever was white played this very efficient and
crisp for the next ten moves.
15...Qb6 16.b3 {OS}
Bg4 17.Bb2 {OS} Nf5 18.Bxf5 {OS} Bxf5
19.Qd2 {OS} d3 20.Bxg7 {OS} Kxg7 21.Qxf4
{OS} Rae8 22.Rad1 {OS} Re4
Black looks active but it leads nowhere. White has no weaknesses and black
has many.
23.Qd2 {OS} Re2 24.Qc3+ {RJ}
Kg8 25.Nd4 {RJ} Rxa2 26.Nxf5 {OS}
26.Rxd3 Bxd3? leads to a cute little mate: 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8
28.Ne6+ Ke8 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qf8+ Kd7 31.Qf7+ Kc8 32.Qe8+.
26...Rxf5 27.Rxf5
{OS} gxf5 28.Rxd3!± {OS}
Threatening lots of
harm with Rg3.
28...f4 29.Qe1 {RJ} Rf2?
29...Qd8 to defend the threats.
30.Rh3!+- {RJ}
Very
nice.
30...Qd4 31.Qe8+ {RJ} Kg7 32.Qe7+
{RJ} Kg8 33.Qxh7+ {RJ} Kf8 34.Qh8+? {RJ}
Booooo! This soiled the beauty prize. White could have finished with
polish by checking with the queen on the back rank as black can't prevent
Rh7, because Kg7 loses the queen after Qh8. 34.Qf5+ Kg8 35.Qc8+ Kf7
36.Rh7+ Kg6 37.Qg8+ Kf5 38.Qe6+ Kg5 39.h4 mate.
34...Qxh8 35.Rxh8+
{RJ} Kg7 36.Kg1{RJ} Rb2 37.Rh3
{RJ}
But it is still hopeless for black.
37...Kg6 38.Rd3! Kg5 39.c5!
Rc2 40.cxd6 Rc8 41.Kf2 Rd8 42.Kf3 Rxd6 43.Ke4 b5 44.Ke5 Rd8 45.Ke6 a4
46.bxa4 bxa4 47.d6 Ra8 48.Ra3 Rh8 49.d7 Rh6+ 50.Kd5 Rh8 51.Kc6 Ra8 52.Kb7 1–0
A very nice game by the Team.
Other games annotated by Jack Yoos from this event: [Stockhausen,P - Suttles/Schulte/Jiganchine,D] [Suttles/Schulte/Jiganchine - Goutor,E]
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