Thursday, May 22, 2014

Por un beso de la Flaca


Notes by Miss Lonelyhearts


Emilio Cordova – Danyyil Dvirnyy
49th Capablanca Premier; The Habana, May 11, 2014
Réti A06

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2. More usual is 5. h3; for example: 5. ... Bh5 6. Be2 e6 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. 0-0 Qe7 13. c4 a5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. b4 c6 20. Qc5 Rfd8 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rfc1 ½ : ½ Salov – Anand, Madrid 1993. 5. ... c6 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 a5 10. a3 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. c4 e6 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Rab1 Nd6 16. Rfc1 h5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. c5 Nf5 19. b4 axb4 20. Rxb4 Ra7 21. a4 e5 22. e4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Nf8 24. Qb2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bc4. After 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 d3! 28. Bf1 Ne6 Black retains a definite initiative for the Pawn. 26. ... Nd7 27. Bb3 Ne5 28. Qd2 g5 29. Rf1. If 29. Rd1 then 29. ... d3. 29. ... Qf4 30. Qd1 g4. By this Pawn sacrifice (instead of the natural 30. ... d3) Blak tries to obtain the initiative. 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 gxh3 33. g3? It worked out! After 33. gxh3 Ra8 the position is unbalanced with even chances.


33. ... Qf3? Dvirnyy misses a decisive, if not too difficult, move: 33. ... Qf6! and Black wins, e.g. 34. Qa1 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Nd2 etc. 34. Qxe5+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ ½ : ½.

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