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Subject: Re: GM Bareev vs. HIARCS X - Congrats to HIARCS Team (nm)

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 09:46:13 01/31/03

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On January 31, 2003 at 11:26:50, enrico carrisco wrote:

>Evgeni Bareev - HiarcsX [A20]
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>Match Evgeni Bareev vs HiarcsX/Maastricht, Netherlands (4) 2003
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>The annotator stood on a dike, of a Dutch island 50 years ago. Fortunately it
>held. Other islands were flooded.
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>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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