Author: Amir Ban
Date: 03:08:06 05/13/98
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On May 12, 1998 at 05:16:49, Amir Ban wrote:
>On May 11, 1998 at 08:12:48, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>
>>Junior will play in the Dov Porat Memorial starting this evening 19:00
>>(Monday). This is a 7-round swiss, 2nd round tomorrow (Tuesday), and
>>subsequent rounds on Mondays. The organizers say they have 10
>>grandmasters confirmed. The top rank will be Smirin.
>>
>
Second round was played yesterday. Smirin beat Oratovsky and Alon
Greenfeld beat Kondin to score 2 out of 2. There are others with full
points.
Next round will be played on the 18th.
Junior met GM Yehuda Greenfeld (ELO 2465), one of the veteran GM's. This
is the 3rd time we meet him in a full-length tournament game. Previous
encounters were a draw (published in ICCAJ), and a loss (a bad case of
mishandling the queen side pawns).
Once again the motif was centre passed pawns. In a strange Sicilian, the
GM gave up a pawn to give Junior double isolated d-pawns. Junior threw
back a pawn in order to push the other, and gained the advantage. The
computer got just the position it wanted to reach, but, overvaluing its
advantage, found that it cannot make progress. A draw offer by Greenfeld
on the 37th move was not accepted, but 18 moves later we decided to go
home. The expert opinion around was that there is no way to win.
[Event "Dov Porat"]
[Site "Givataim, Israel"]
[Date "12-May-1998"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Junior 4.9"]
[Black "Yehuda Greenfeld"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {What do players think about in the opening ? He took
more than 5 minutes on this move} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4
e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4
Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 {white out of book} 14. Rd1 Bg6 15. Nh4 Qe8 {Stopping e5
options. Black considered this move for 30 minutes. Junior suggests Bh5
Rd2 Bg4) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 {The logical decision if you
don't expect black's reply. Taking with the rook may be better} d5 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 21. Qe4 Rfe8 {Junior: Rad8 -0.50) 22. Qf3 Rf8
{acknowledging the error} 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Rc4 Rae8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Re4
Re5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. d4 Qxd4 29. Rd1 {Junior wanted to get here, and
from now on evaluates 0.8-1.0} Qf6 30. Qg3 Rd8 31. d6 Qe6 32. Qd3 Qf5
33. Qd4 Rd7 34. b4 g5 35. a5 g4 36. Kg1 Qe6 37. Kf2 f5 {Re1 was
threatened. Offering to draw} 38. Kg1 Kf7 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Kf2 Kf7 41.
Qc3 Kg6 42. Qc5 Qe4 43. Rd4 Qe6 44. Kf1 Kf6 45. Rd5 Qe4 46. Qc3 Kg6 47.
Rd4 Qb1+ 48. Kf2 Qa2+ 49. Rd2 Qe6 50. Qd4 Kf7 51. Rd3 Qa2+ 52. Kf1
{nearly played Kg3 with intention Kf4. Har-Zvi, retired GM at 22,
watching, thought this is the only plan with a chance} Qe6 53. Rd2 Kg6
54. Rd1 Kf7 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2
Amir
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