Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 13:08:38 07/11/01
[D]1r4k1/p2qbpn1/2n1b1p1/3pP2p/1rpP1NP1/4BP1P/1P1Q1R2/RB1N2K1 b - - 0 26
GM Agrest,Evgenij 2529 - IM Berg,Emanuel 2496
This position is from the 9th round of the ongoing SWE-ch.
White has just protected his b-pawn with 26.Nc3-d1, when black unleashes
the very aggressive 26.-c3!!?. This move starts a veritable turmoil of
tactical fireworks. Ultra-sharp calculation is a must here, else you're dead.
Black got the better of it but the experienced GM kept the balance.
Test: The real question is if there was a win for black somewhere in
this jungle of magical tricks?? A starting point could be after
27.Nxc3 hxg4 28.hxg4 *Nxe5!*. The whole game below.
[Event "SM"]
[Site "SWE"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.07.10"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 b6 5. f3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Bf2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O c4 13. Bb1 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h3
b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Qc1 Nh5 18. Qc2 g6 19. e4 Be6 20. g4 Nf6 21. e5 Ne8 22.
Be3 Ng7 23. Qd2 h5 24. Rf2 Qd7 25. Nf4 Rfb8 26. Nd1 c3 27. Nxc3 hxg4 28. hxg4
Nxe5 29. dxe5 d4 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. Nd1 Nc5 32. Bf4 Nb3 33. Qd3 Nxa1 34. Ba2 Nb3
35. e6 Qxe6 36. Bxb8 Nc1 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. fxe4+ Ke6 40. Bxa7 Ke5
41. Rc2 Nd3 42. Rc6 Kf4 43. Kg2 Nxb2 44. Nf2 Bh4 45. Rxg6 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 d3 47.
Be3+ Kxe4 48. Bd2 Nd1+ 49. Kg3 Rb2 50. Bf4 Nc3 51. Re6+ Kd5 52. Rd6+ Kc4 53.
Kf3 Nb5 54. Rd8 Nd4+ 55. Ke4 Ne6 56. Rc8+ Nc5+ 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Rd8+ Ke6 59.
Rd6+ Ke7 60. Rd5 Ne6 61. Bd6+ Kf7 62. Rxd3 Rb3 1/2-1/2
Sune
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