Author: Mark Young
Date: 20:10:29 06/09/98
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On June 09, 1998 at 15:47:03, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>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}
Why did Junior 4.9 play this move? This seems to be a strange move to
play. Was their nothing better? Why not just move the queen to free the
bishop.
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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