Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:18:46 09/13/03
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An interesting game indeed! I have gone over it with Shredder & Fritz and added
a few variations and possibilities, some of which might differ from your
comments a bit. (I removed the German comments first -- sorry.)
[Event "Hia9_Jun8 Dur 1.3/64 90m+30s"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2003.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hiarcs 9"]
[Black "Junior 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "Utzinger,K"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
1. d4 {Fritz7-GUI on Duron 1.3/256, Hiarcs9 vs Junior8 (v8.0.0.2), ponder=off,
64 MB hash each, 3- and 4-men EGTB, own write protected books, no book learning,
time control=90m+30s} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 Qe7
13. Re1 Rd8 14. e5 b6 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Bd3 Bb7 {Both last book move} 17. Be4 b5
? (17... Nf8) 18. Qe3 Nb6 19. Bd3 {Frees square e4 for the knight in case Black
plays b5-b4} c5 {Typical Junior8 but this pawn sacrifice is not fully justified
-- *maybe*} 20. dxc5 Nc4 ?! (20... Nd7 21. Ne4 (21. Bxb5 Qxc5 22. Rcd1 Qxe3 23.
Rxe3 Nb6 =) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. c6 Ba8 24. Nd2 Bc7 =) 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Ne4 Rd3 (22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxc5 24. Rxc4 +/-) (22... Bd5 23. Rc2 +/-) 23. Qe2
Bd5 24. b3 {Strong and just at the right time. Black has only one reply --
*maybe*} (24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Ne5 Qg5 27. f4 Qxf4 28. Nxd3 cxd3 29.
Qxd3 Rxb2 30. Rc2 +/-) 24... Rd8 (24... Qd8 25. bxc4 Bc6 26. Nd6 Rxf3) 25. bxc4
{In view of the threat Nd6, the following move is forced -- *maybe*} Bxe4 (25...
Bc6 26. Nd6 ?! Rxf3! 27. gxf3 {forced} Qg5+ 28. Kf1 {forced} Qh5 29. Rc3
{forced} Qxh2 30. Qe3 {forced} += ) 26. Qxe4 Qxc5 {After all its time to analyse
the position: Black is a pawn down but has complete control over the d-file and
pressure against White's pawns e5 and c4. It will be a very hard task for
Hiarcs9 to win this game} 27. h3 Bf8 28. Rc2 Qb4 {
With the threat Rxf3 followed by Qxe1 -- *maybe*} 29. Ree2 (29. Kh2 Rxf3 30.
gxf3 +-) 29... a5 {In my opinion it would have been easier for Black to return
with the queen to c5, to again put the bishop on g7, the a-pawn to a6 and to
make waiting moves. Its always dangerous to allow a free pawn to go forward}
30. Rb2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Qa3 32. Rb5 a4 33. Rb7 Qc5 34. Rc2 a3 35. Rb5 Qc8 36. c5
R1d5 37. Qe3 Rd3 38. Qe2 Qc6 39. Rb6 Qc7 40. Rd6! {A fine move with the idea to
exchange a pair of rooks} Rd5 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. c6 {White has succeeded in
bringing its pawn to c6 but it's still not easy to make further progress} g5 ?
(42... Bg7) 43. Rc1 Kh8 ? (43... Bg7) 44. Qa6 +- Rb8 45. Kg1 Bb4 {or 45...Rb6??
46.Qxb6! Qxb6 47.c7 and White wins} 46. Rd1 Kg7 ? {With 46...Rb6 Black could
have put more resistance} (46... Rb6 47. Qa8+ Rb8 48. Rd7 Rxa8 49. Rxc7 Kg7 50.
Rb7 Ba5) 47. Rd7 Rb6 48. Rxc7 Rxa6 {The most important difference to the
variation shown is that the rook does not defend the 8th rank} 49. Nd4 Bc3
(49... Ra8 50. Nb5 {+-} Ba5 51. Ra7 Rxa7 52. Nxa7 Kf8 53. Nb5 Ke8 54. Nxa3) 50.
Nxe6+ Kg6 51. Nd8 Ra5 ({or} 51... Bxe5 52. Re7 Ra8 53. Nxf7 Kf6 54. Rxe5 Kxf7)
52. Nxf7 Bxe5 53. Rb7 {Even more precise than 53.Nxe5} (53. Nxe5+ Rxe5 54. Kf1
Kf6 (54... Rc5 55. Ke2) 55. Rh7 Kg6 56. Ra7 Rc5 57. Rxa3 Rxc6 58. Re3 {is also
sufficient to win}) ({or} 53. Rd7) 53... Kf6 (53... Rc5 54. Nxe5+ Rxe5 55. c7
Re1+ 56. Kh2 Rc1 57. Kg3) 54. Nxh6 Ke6 55. Nf7 Bf6 56. Rd7 {Now it's only a
technical matter} Ra8 57. Nd6 Ra6 58. Ne8 Rxc6 59. Nxf6 Kxf6 60. Rd3 Ra6 61. f3
Ra4 62. Kf2 Ra6 63. g4 Ra8 64. Kg3 Ra4 65. h4 gxh4+ 66. Kxh4 Ra8 67. Kg3 Ra6 68.
f4 Kg6 69. g5 Kh5 70. Rd8 Ra5 71. Rh8+ Kg6 72. Rh6+ Kg7 73. Re6 Kf7 74. Re4 1-0
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