Monday, December 21, 2009

Wild Garlic

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Guliskhan Saifullinovna Nakhbayeva
3rd Asian Indoor Games; Team Rapid Prelim; time control: 25 minutes plus 5 seconds per move; Hạ Long, November 6, 2009
Sicilian Defence B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. f4 Ng4. A move which Grandmaster Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko believes to be at least questionable: “To me it seems dubious to make three moves with a Knight, in order to exchange it for a Bishop, which in any case is often given up by Be3-g5 and Bg5xf6”. (New In Chess, No. 2009/1, p. 33). 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nc6 13. Kb1 Qc7? Nakhbayeva is not mindful enough of theory and strategic details: 13. ... Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 exf4 16. gxf4 Nb8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Qe4 g6 19. h4 Bf6 20. h5 Bg7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. c3 Qf6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Nb6 25. f5 g5 26. Rdg1 Re5 27. Qh5 Kf8 28. Nf3 Rxc3 29. Nxe5 Rc7 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Ng6+ Qxg6 32. fxg6 Nxd5 33. gxf7 Nf4 34. Rxg7 1 : 0 Jakovenko – Kasimdzhanov, Grand Prix 2008–10, 3rd stage, Elista 2008. Her move is even worse. 14. f5 Bxb3 15. cxb3! Nd4 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. g4 Bf8 18. g5 b5 19. Rhg1 Qa7 20. Nd5 a5


21. Nf6+! Kh8 22. Nxh7! Nxf5. If 22. ... Kxh7 then 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. g6 forcing mate in four. 23. Qh3 Nh6 24. gxh6 g6 25. Ng5 a4 26. Qf3 1 : 0.