Author: Amir Ban
Date: 02:10:13 05/26/98
Fourth round of this tournament produced Junior's first loss. The
opponent was IM Alex Krayz (ELO 2395), a familiar player which, however,
we have never played before.
On other boards Gofshtein beat Manor to score full 4 points, while
Smirin lost to Michalevsky in a wild game.
Junior played black in a game that started as a Two-Knights Defence and
developed into something similar to a closed Ruy Lopez. The key point of
the game was black giving up the e5 square and getting a stranded knight
on h7. Junior started a queen-side attack, but when it had done its
worst, the game was lost anyway.
[Event "Dov Porat Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim, Israel"]
[Date "25-May-98"]
[Round "4"]
[White "IM Alex Krayz"]
[Black "Junior 4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "?"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 h6
8. Re1 {Black out of book} Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Qc7 12.
Ng3 Rac8 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Nh2 c4 {A mistake. Junior
miscalculated 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 c3 to be good for black, but white can
play 18.Bd3 with advantage. b5 is correct} 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18.
Nf3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nf5 Qb6 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. g4 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nf8
{White's d4 is under heavy pressure, and he has problems activating his
pieces, but it seems the e5 outpost is worth it} 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. Nh4 Re8
26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Nh7 {forced} 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. Qf4 {Qf3 is better}
f6 30. e6 Nb4 31. Bb1 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Be3 Qa5 34. h4 {The knight
was frozen but now it's buried} Qa3 35. Bd2 Rec8 36. Bxc3 Qxc3 37. a3
{not Qd2 because of Qh3+!, but Be4 dxe4 Qxe4 looks better} Qxa1 38. axb4
Qc3 39. Kg2 Qxb4 40. Ba2 Qa5 41. Rc1 Rg8 42. Bb1 b6 43. Qe3 Re8 44. Bd3
b5 45. Be2 Qd8 46. Bh5 Re7 47. Qa3 a5 48. Rc8 1-0
Amir
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