Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 09:27:22 11/12/04
1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Sc6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bc4! [the new move, improving on Romanishin-Malaniuk, Tallinn
1987, that went 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. 0-0 Be7 =]
Sources ==> http://chessbase.de/2004/sos-preis/partie.htm [in German]
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1274856
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The Carlsen Watch [by GM Lubomir Kavalek, washingtonpost.com, February 23, 2004]
Last month we saw the 13-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen winning the
Corus C-group in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. He is now playing in Moscow,
where he smashed former world championship candidate Sergey Dolmatov of Russia
in a mere 18 moves.
Carlsen is an avid reader of opening books and articles, and he could have seen
an intriguing work by Jereon Bosch, a Dutchman who is widely read, even by top
grandmasters. Bosch's "Secrets of Opening Surprises," issued by New in Chess, is
a fascinating new book that arms players with unusual and almost supernatural
opening ideas. In one chapter, Bosch provides a blueprint on how to combat the
Dutch defense. Carslen retooled the concept, and his pieces were soon swarming
around Dolmatov's king.
Carlsen-Dolmatov
1. Nf3 f5 2. d3!? (The Lisitsin gambit 2. e4, with the idea 2...fxe4 3. Ng5 d5
4. d3, might be playable. But why not simply prepare the advance of the e-pawn?)
2...d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. exf5! Bxf5 6. d4! (The double-jump of the d-pawn,
together with the threat 7. Bb5, places tremendous strain on black's pawn
center.) 6...Nxd4 (A proposed way to equality. After 6...Nb4 7.Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 e4
9. Ng5 d5 10. f3! white opens the game to his advantage.) 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4
Nf6 (At this point Bosch only shows 5. Bd3, a move that led to draws in a few
games.)
9. Bc4! (Carlsen's new idea, preventing short castling.) 9...c6 10. Bg5 b5
(Black can't blunt the range of the bishop on c4 with 10...d5 because after 11.
0-0-0 Be7 [11...dxc4 12. Qe5+ Qe7 13. Qxf5 is even worse] 12. Rhe1 0-0 13. Qe5
white's pressure is too strong.) 11. Bb3 Be7 12. 0-0-0 Qd7 13. Rhe1 (White
developed his pieces extremely well and is threatening to take twice on f6.)
13...Kd8?! (The black king can't find peace, but it is hard to combat white's
fire power. After 13...0-0-0 14. g4! Bxg4 15. Rxe7! decides.)
14. Rxe7! (After this timely sacrifice the black empire crumbles.) 14...Qxe7 (On
14...Kxe7 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Qxf6+ Kc7 18. Re7 wins.) 15. Qf4 Bd7
16. Ne4 d5 (Black can't cope with the pressure on his knight. After 16...Rf8
comes 17. Nxd6 h6 18. Qb4! with mating ideas, for example 18...a5 19. Qc5 Ra6
20. Be3! Nd5 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Qb6+! Rxb6 23. Bxb6 mate.) 17. Nxf6 h6 (On
17...Rf8 18. Nxd5! wins.) 18. Bh4 g5 19. Qd4! (A fine final touch. Black is done
after 19...gxh4 20. Nxd5!, e.g. 20...Qf8 21. Nb6! or 20...cxd5 21. Qxh8+ Qe8 22.
Qxh6. And 19...Rf8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Bg3 is hopeless in a long run.) Black
resigned.
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