Author: Amir Ban
Date: 12:47:03 06/09/98
In the 6th round of the Dov Porat Memorial, Junior finally scored a
second win against IM Davie Godes (ELO 2355).
There's only one more round to play. The games Gofshtein - Kaspi and
Avrukh - Manor were drawn, and the standings are Gofshtein 5, Avrukh,
Manor & Kaspi 4.5 each, A.Greenfeld and Kantsler 4 each. Junior has 3.5
points.
Junior played white against a Modern, and used its queen-side majority
to gain the advantage, and then a pawn. However, it got saddled with a
weak d-pawn and a bishop that was out of the game, which gave black a
chance for a king-side counterattack. When the attack failed, Junior had
an easy win.
[Event "Dov Porat Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim, Israel"]
[Date "8-Jun-98"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Junior 4.9"]
[Black "Davie Godes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "?"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6
exf6 8. Bd3 O-O {White out of book} 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Rxe1 11. Qxe1 Nd7
12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Qe3 Be6 14. c4 Qb6 15. Qd2 a5 16. Re1 Qd8 17. a3 {GM A.
Greenfeld's opinion: White advantage. Black plays this line because he
thinks he can hold it} Qd7 18. Be2 g5 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Rd1 Ne7
22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Bc3 Nd6 26. c5 Nb5 {If Nf5,
white will play Bc4 to exchange bishops, and will be able to break with
d5, and may still win the a-pawn later} 27. Bxb5 cxb5 28. Qd2 Qc6 29.
Bxa5 Rd5 30. Bb6 {The bishop is now out of the game} h5 31. Ng1 {GM
Soffer's opinion at this point: Black has compensation for the pawn.
Junior thinks otherwise} g4 32. Qe3 f5 33. Ne2 gxh3 34. Qxh3 f4 35. Qc3
h4 36. Nxf4 Rxd4 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Qe3 Kf7 39. b4 Rg4 40. Qh3 Rf4 41.
Re2 Bf6 42. Kh2 Rf5 43. Qe3 Re5 44. Qh6 Rxe2 45. Qh5 Kg7 46. Qxe2 Qd7
47. Kg1 Kf7 48. Ba7 Qc6 {Black cannot keep the bishop locked any longer,
e.g. Qd8 Qe4} 49. Bb8 Qd7 50. Qh5 Ke7 51. Qg6 Qd1 52. Kh2 Qd4 53. Bd6
Kd7 54. Qf7 Kd8 55. Qxe6 Qxf2 56. Qg8 Kd7 57. Qf7 Kc6 58. Qe6 1-0
Amir
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