Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 10:55:43 04/05/02
The second game was a Petroff. Actually the first time Emanuel faced this
opening in a tournament level game. (Except for one game played in a small
tournament several years ago, when E chose 3.Nc3). Making it into one of
the side lines, E sacrificed a pawn - actually played once by Arakhamia Grant
in 1994. Fritz saw nothing better than returning the pawn, resulting in an
ending RRB vs RRN. Black slowly got worse and drifted into an almost zugzwang
position. Emanuel probably missed the win somewhere, maybe in move 46 and the
result was a draw.
During this game we had some syncronizing problems, due to having some coffee
and not hearing the moves played by Fritz...;-) But we followed the ordinary
clock beside the board. Here's the game which surely will inspire E to
prepare something for the Petroff...
[Event "Emanuel 120'"]
[Site "Kil"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Fritz 7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{256MB, Fritz7.ctg, PIII 800} 1. e4 {0} 1... e5 {0} 2. Nf3 {21} 2... Nf6 {
0 First time Petroff for Emanuel...} 3. Nxe5 {85} 3... d6 {0} 4. Nf3 {14} 4...
Nxe4 {0} 5. d4 {13} 5... d5 {0} 6. Bd3 {22} 6... Be7 {0} 7. O-O {34} 7... Nc6 {
0} 8. c4 {(Te1) 42} 8... Nb4 {0} 9. Be2 {15} 9... O-O {0} 10. Nc3 {119} 10...
Be6 {0} 11. Bf4 {(Le3) 224} 11... c5 {0} 12. dxc5 {171} 12... Bxc5 {0} 13. Na4
$5 {(Sxc3) 416 A pawn sacrifice - actually played before by Arakhamia Grant vs
Polgar 1/2-1/2 1994.} 13... dxc4 {-0.31/13 285 Polgar played 13.-Be7} 14. Nxc5
{33} 14... Qxd1 {-0.47/13 47} 15. Rfxd1 {39} 15... Nxc5 {-0.31/14 78} 16. Bd6 {
79} 16... Rfc8 {-0.31/14 74} 17. Nd4 {601} 17... Nbd3 {
-0.16/15 0 Black finds nothing better than to return the pawn} 18. Nxe6 {
(b3) 127 18.b3 was an alternative} 18... Nxe6 {-0.28/15 105} 19. Bxd3 {106}
19... cxd3 {-0.25/16 0} 20. Rxd3 {12} 20... Rc2 {-0.16/16 369} 21. Be5 {(b4) 86
} 21... f6 {-0.38/15 256 Fritz thinks he's better here, but Emanuel was
optimistic and saw some options with bishop vs knight and pawns on both flanks.
First white has to solve some minor problems though.} 22. Bc3 {44} 22... Rc8 {
-0.28/15 249} 23. Rad1 {(Kf1) 168} 23... Nc5 {-0.22/14 200} 24. Rd4 {(Td2) 461}
24... b5 {-0.19/15 264} 25. h4 $1 {(h3) 814} 25... a6 {-0.16/14 173} 26. Bb4 {
(T1d2) 902} 26... Ne6 {-0.19/14 272} 27. Re4 {(Td6) 170} 27... Rc1 $1 {
-0.47/14 122} 28. Ree1 {(Te1) 60} 28... Rxd1 {-0.25/15 102} 29. Rxd1 {51} 29...
Rc4 {-0.22/15 45} 30. a3 {61} 30... Rd4 {-0.25/15 35} 31. Re1 {(Txd4) 260}
31... Kf7 {-0.28/16 196} 32. g3 {(h5) 9} 32... g6 {-0.22/15 239} 33. Kg2 {
(Td3) 35} 33... h6 {-0.22/15 102} 34. Rc1 {(Te3) 163} 34... Rc4 {-0.09/16 102
White will now get his bishop vs knight ending, but it's a long way to go...}
35. Rxc4 {(Td1) 209} 35... bxc4 {-0.41/16 31} 36. Kf3 {6} 36... f5 {
-0.16/17 138} 37. Ke3 {88} 37... Kf6 {-0.19/17 58} 38. Bd6 {594} 38... g5 {
0.19/18 0 Emanuel: "Black is defending well. The ending is not clear."} 39. h5
$1 {(a4) 413} 39... Kf7 {0.09/17 98} 40. f3 {(Le5) 230} 40... Kf6 {-0.03/16 71}
41. g4 {(g4) 73 Black is slowly approaching a sort of zugzwang position.} 41...
a5 {0.00/17 78} 42. a4 {(Sd4) 30} 42... Kf7 {1.06/18 71} 43. gxf5 {
60 White now has clear winning chances.} 43... Ng7 {1.19/19 0} 44. Bc7 {30}
44... Nxh5 {1.19/18 0} 45. Bxa5 {32} 45... Ng3 {1.28/18 104} 46. Bc7 $6 {
(Kd4) 106 46.Kd4 looks better.} 46... Nxf5+ {1.00/17 59} 47. Ke4 {(Ke6) 59}
47... Ke6 {1.16/19 0} 48. Bb8 {(Lh2) 103} 48... Ne7 {0.56/18 102} 49. f4 {
(a5) 108} 49... gxf4 {0.44/17 85} 50. Bxf4 {12} 50... c3 $1 {
0.34/20 0 Black manages to save the draw} 51. b3 {(bxc3) 133} 51... h5 {
0.00/19 74} 52. a5 {(Kd3) 78} 52... c2 {-0.56/17 55} 53. a6 {45} 53... Nc6 {
-0.44/17 60} 54. b4 {(Kd6) 46} 54... h4 {-0.50/16 61} 55. b5 {(Le3) 18} 55...
h3 {-0.53/17 118} 56. Kf3 {20} 56... Nd4+ {-0.63/16 61} 57. Kf2 {6} 57... Nxb5
{-0.34/16 65} 58. Kg3 {4} 58... Kf5 {-0.16/17 39} 59. Bc1 {4} 59... Ke4 {
-0.03/20 82} 60. Kxh3 {17} 60... Kf3 {-0.16/20 46} 61. Kh4 {28} 61... Na7 {
0.00/19 29} 62. Kg5 {18} 62... Ke4 {0.00/18 16} 63. Kg4 {(Kf6) 8} 63... Kd4 {
0.00/19 33} 64. Kf3 {(Kf4) 6} 64... Kd3 {0.00/20 63} 65. Kf2 {8} 65... Kc4 {
0.00/21 35} 66. Ke2 {(Ke3) 5} 1/2-1/2
Sune
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