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KID Fireworks - Part 4
To whet the appetite, here are a few snippets from the book. A new game from the book will be published here at Chessville each week throughout December. Master vs Amateur Here's a typical game from an open tournament where a
motivated professional crushes a talented amateur. Superior opening
knowledge combined with an iron tactical grip gives Ibragimov an easy
victory. Ibragimov,I (2585) - Zuniga,I (2115) [E70] [Click here to follow along on an interactive JavaScript board] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 0-0?!
We normally arrive at this precise position via the 4...0-0 move-order. Black has already missed his opportunity for 5...h6! 6.Bh4 c5. At a lower level, he's probably been getting away with these imprecisions, but not against a Grandmaster. So what would Ibragimov have played against 5...h6? That is the interesting question! Maybe Petrosian's old 6 Be3 Ng4 7 Bc1!?, just to mix things up. 6.Qd2
I like White already. He's taken up a very aggressive stance and is well placed to go for the throat with Bh6, h4-h5 etc. The Bishop and Queen battery casts doubt on 4...0-0 6...Re8 Just doesn't like Bh6 but 6...Re8 is hardly a quality move. 7.Bd3 There may be more than one good way. Observe how Black is crushed in another, very recent game: 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.f4
This is the way to get to grips with moves like 6...Re8. 8...c5 9.d5 h6 10.Bh4 Nh7 11.Nf3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.0-0 Ndf6 14.Bd3 Nf8 15.Qc2 Ng6 16.g3 Nxh4 17.Nxh4 Ng4 18.Rae1 e6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Rxe6 21.Bxf5 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Qe7 23.Nd5 Qe8 24.Bxg4 Re1 25.Kg2 1-0 Kucera,T-Konopka,L/ProMoPro Open, Prague CZE 2003. 7...c5 8.d5 e6 9.Nge2 Nbd7 is also dangerous. 9...exd5 10.cxd5 (10.Nxd5 Be6 11.Nec3) 10...Nbd7 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Bc2 a6 13.a4 leaves Black short on counterplay. Somewhere along the line White will play f4! 10.Ng3 Qa5 11.0-0 a6 12.dxe6!
Black has been struggling to find a plan and now it's time to attack! 12 dxe6 departs with convention but the good players always know when best to do that. Ibraghimov notes the offside Black Queen, the backward pawn and the difficulties with queenside development. f2-f4 is coming... 12...Rxe6 13.f4 Ng4 14.Kh1 Bxc3
Just an ugly, panicky move but my analysis suggest that Black is in trouble anyway: 14...h6 15.f5 Re8 16.Bf4 Nde5 (16...Qb4 17.a3 Qb3 18.Bxd6 Nge5 19.Be2±) 17.Be2 g5 18.Nd5! Qxd2 (18...Qd8 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.f6 Bf8 21.Nf5±) 19.Bxd2±. 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.h3 f6?
It was horrible anyway, but this hastens the end. 16...h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.fxg5 Nge5 19.Nf5 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Ne5 21.Qd2 Nxc4 22.Qd5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Ne5 24.Rad1±. 17.Bh4 g5 18.fxg5 fxg5 19.Qxg5+ Rg6 1-0
White wins because of 20.Qe7. Summarizing, the best move order for White after 1 d4 Nf6 2
c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 0-0 looks like 5 Bg5! d6 6 Qd2. This gives White
excellent prospects of a quick attack. [Return to the Index of IM Andrew Martin's Columns]
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