Aleksandra Konstantinovna Kostenjuk – Tatiana Kosintseva
Khanty-Mansiysk, April 10, 2014
Two Knights C58
Khanty-Mansiysk, April 10, 2014
Two Knights C58
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5. As Bobby Fischer wrote in
“My 60 Memorable Games”, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1969, p.
280: “Tarrasch branded this a ‘duffer’s move’ and Panov
called it ‘primitive’. But there is no other way for White to try
for an advantage”. 4. ... d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3? A very old move, originally conceived by Isidor Gunsberg and, in my
opinion, scarcely to be commended, for it doesn’t assist at all the
development of White’s game. I much prefer 8. Be2. 8. ... Nd5 9. h4!? Another old idea, first introduced by Shimon Kagan in 1965. After 9. Nxf7? Kxf7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxh8 Qg5 Black’s attack is nearly decisive. A very infamous game – at least regarding Italy’s chess history – is the following: 9. Ne4?! f5!? (Stellwagen prefers 9. ... Nf4! 10. Bf1 f5, but... it’s just a matter of taste) 10.
Ng3 Nf4 11. Bf1 Bc5!? (again Stellwagen prefers 11. ... Bd6!) 12. c3 Bb6 13. d4 Ng6 14. Bd3 0-0 15. b4 Nb7 and Black is much
better; it
followed: 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. d5? Nd6 18. Bb3 f4 19. Nf1 Ne4 0 : 1, Castaldi – Keres, 7th Olympiad, Stockholm 1937. Castaldi resigned in a paradoxal position: almost all of his pieces are at home! 9. ... Nf4 10. Bf1. À la Castaldi! Probably, only Wilhelm Steinitz and Bobby Fischer could afford something like that! 10. ... h6 11. Ne4. Alina l’Ami: “After the game, Kostenjuk shared in the press conference that: ‘11. Nf3 was better than my 11. Ne4. Later on it became very sharp, I didn’t play accurate and I used a lot of time. Besides, I missed Black’s 22. ... f5’”. 11. ... Ne6 12. Ng3. An alternative is 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Nb7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bc4 f5?! 16. Bxe5! Kh7 (After 16. ... fxe4 17. Qg4 White recaptures the piece) 17. Ng3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Nge2 a5 21. Bd3 c5 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Ne2 Nd6 24. c4 (Clearer is 24. b5 Bb7 25. 0-0 Qxh4 26. f3) 24. ... Bb7 25. f3 Nf7 (The computer finds 25. ... Be4! 26. Qb1 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 axb4) 26. b5 Ne5 27. Qc2 Rae8 28. 0-0 (Too early, after 28. c5 Black has nothing against the white King in the center) 28. ... Qxh4 29. c5? (29. Rf2 was necessary) 29. ... Nxf3+! 30. Rxf3 (Not 30. gxf3 Rxe2! 31. Bxe2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Rf6) 30. ... Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rxe2 (After 31. ... Kh8 White has no defence against ... Rf8-f6-g6+) 32. Bxe2 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ ½ : ½ Ten Hertog – S. Ernst, Amsterdam 2012. Comments by Gert Ligterink. 12. ... Bc5 13. c3 Nb7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Na3. In order to... begin the
development. 15. ... a5 16. Nc4. Perhaps 16. b5 was better. 16. ... Bc7 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Ne3 0-0 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bb5 Nb7 21. Bb2 Nd6
22. Be2 f5. Black’s position is already ideal. 23. Nc4 f4 24. Nxd6 fxg3 25. Nxc8 gxf2+ 26. Kf1 Qxc8 27. Bc4 Kh8 28.
Qg4. If 28. d3 then 28. ... Nf4 (threatening ... Qc8-b7) 29. Bc1 Nxg2! 30. Kxg2? Qb7+ with an irresistible attack. 28. ... Qb7 29. Bc1. It does not make a good impression, but even after 29. Bxe6 Qxb2 30. Rd1 e4 White cannot survive for long.
29. ... Nf4! The coup de grâce. 30. d3. If 30. Kxf2? Qe4! wins at once. 30. ... e4 31. Be3. Also 31. Bxf4 is refuted by the “zwischenzug”. 31. ... Qb2! and so on. 31. ... Qb2! 32. Rd1 h5! 33. Bc1 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 hxg4 35. dxe4 Nh5 0 : 1.
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