Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 08:26:50 01/31/03
Evgeni Bareev - HiarcsX [A20] Match Evgeni Bareev vs HiarcsX/Maastricht, Netherlands (4) 2003 The annotator stood on a dike, of a Dutch island 50 years ago. Fortunately it held. Other islands were flooded. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Rac1 Rfd8 13... a6 was played in Kasparov - Hjartarson, Belfort 1988. 14. Nd4 The opening was English again. Positional play is similar to the Tarrash Defence, as Eric van Reem noted. 14... Bh3 15. Bh1 a6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 The position is nearly equal, although White has distant pressure on the central area. 17. Nb1!? Rdc8 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. Nb3 Bareev wants to control the strong squares c5 and d4. 19... Qb5 20. Qxb5!? axb5 21. a3 b4 Black has a sufficient counteraction on the queenside. 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Nc5 Bf5 24. Bg2 Ra2 25. Nd3 Bd6 A pawn seems to win 25... Bxd3 26. exd3 but 26... Rxb2?! 27. Bd4 Rd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Rc2 Bb4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Bxd5 brings a plus for white. 26. Bd4 Ne4 27. g4! Subtle centralisation?! The indirect approach gains control over the central area. 27... Bd7 28. f3 Ng5 29. f4?! Ne6 30. Be3 Great risk takes 30. Be5?! Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxf4 32. Nxd7 Nxe2+ 33. Kf1 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxb2 35. Bxd5 Rxh2 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 30... Re8 31. Bf3 Ng5! 32. fxg5 Rxe3 33. gxh6 g5! Black has gained a positional advantage on the kingside. 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Re6 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. b4 Kxh6 38. b5! Bareev finds a surprising defence. 38... cxb5 39. Bxd5 Rf6 The first pointe is 39... Rxe2?? 40. Ra6 40. e4 Be6 The second point is 40... Bxg4?? 41. e5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. h3 Bf8!? 43. Rb8 Bxd5 44. exd5 b4 45. Rb7 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Jan van Reek] -elc.
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