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Date: 09:17:36 01/29/03
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[Event "Match Evgeni Bareev vs HiarcsX"]
[Site "Maastricht, Netherlands"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Evgeni Bareev"]
[Black "HiarcsX"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "Jan van Reek"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
1. c4 1... e5 {Bareev and his second Igor Glek talked about the English
Defence before the game.} 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7.
b4 axb4 8. axb4 f5 9. b5 Nce7 10. e3 Nf6 11. Nge2 {The moves are identical to
Portisch - Hort, Skara 1980. Bishop g2 has a hypermodern influence on the
center.} 11... Be6 $5 ({The mentioned game continued with} 11... O-O 12. O-O
Be6 13. d3 {Portisch avoids the capture of pawn b7.}) 12. Bxb7 {
Bareev accepts the challenge.} 12... Ra7 13. Bg2 Bxc4 14. d3 14... Be6 {
The position is about equal. Strategic manoeuvres might begin.} 15. Bd2 h5 16.
h4 Qd7 17. Qc2 O-O 18. O-O Rb8 19. Rfc1 {
White moves his pieces to the queenside.} 19... Bf7 20. Rb4 d5 21. d4 21... e4
{Hiarcs has closed the centre. Bareev has the initiative.} 22. Nf4 22... Ng4 $2
{Black moves a knight away from the battlefield.} (22... Nc8 $1 {
and the knight jumps to b6 or d6.}) 23. Bf1 $1 23... Rba8 24. Ra4 Bh6 25. Rca1
Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb8 27. Ra6 $1 {White enters the hostile position easily.} 27...
Bxf4 28. exf4 28... Nc8 {Blacks hopes to survive by a passive defence.} 29. Bc1
Nb6 30. Be2 30... Kg7 $1 {The king overprotects weaknesses.} 31. Qa2 31... Nf6
{The idle knight returns.} 32. Ba3 Ne8 33. Bc5 Nd6 34. Qa1 34... Qd8 {
Hiarcs has reorganised his position. The knights establish strongholds in the
bastion.} 35. Qa3 Nbc4 36. Qb4 e3 37. f3 {White keeps the position closed.} ({
The error} 37. fxe3 $2 37... Qe8 $1 {allows a counterattack.}) 37... Nxb5 $5 {
Black opens the game.} 38. Nxb5 Qd7 39. Ra5 Be8 40. Bxc4 40... dxc4 {
Black will gain back the piece, but White has tactical chances in the meantime.
} 41. Qc3 Rxb5 42. Rxb5 ({A trap sets} 42. d5+ 42... Kh7 43. Qe5 $1 43... Qg7 (
{avoids} 43... Rxa5 $4 44. Bd4 Kg8 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Qg7#)) 42... Qxb5 43. d5+
Kg8 44. Qxe3 Bf7 45. Qe7 Qb8 46. Bd4 Qe8 47. Qf6 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Bf2 {
Bareev does not accept perpetual check.} 49... Be8 50. Qe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2
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