Boleskine House

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Expressly annotated by 尼斯湖水怪

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Alina l’Ami – Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva
Sharjah; August 27, 2014
Nimzo-Indian Defence E56

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0. The most neutral development. 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. h3 Qe7 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Ne2 Bd6. Tatiana tries incisive methods. Another try is 13. ... Nb4 14. Bb1 Bf5 as in the game Mkrtchian – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Jermuk 2012. 14. Rc1 a6 15. Bb1 Be6 16. Ned4 Bd7 17. Qe2 f5 18. Rfe1 Rf8. Seeking a more favourable field of action. 19. Bd3 Rae8. Offering a Pawn. 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bxa6 f4. Partly showing her cards. 22. exf4 Bxf4 23. Rcd1 Qf7. Intending ... Bf4-d6 or ... Qf7-g6 with excellent prospects of attack. 24. Qf1. Probably safer than 24. Bd3 Nc3 (24. ... Bxh3!?). 24. ... Qh5 25. Be2

25. ... Bxh3. A break-up sacrifice. 26. gxh3 Re6. Threatening ... Re6-g6+. 27. Ne5. A lemon would be 27. Kh1? on account of 27. ... Be3! and wins. 27. ... Qg5+ 28. Qg2? The crisis. Another blunder would be 28. Ng4? Nxf2! and Black wins. In view of her adversary’s threatening position Alina should, for better or for worse, have resigned herself to 28. Bg4!, after which White may hope to hold her own. For example: 28. ... Rxe5 29. Qg2 Re7 30. Ba3 c5 31. Bf3 Rf5 with roughly equal chances. Now the sequel is dramatic: 28. ... Qxg2+. Or 28. ... Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxf2 and wins. 29. Kxg2 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rxe5 32. a4 Rf8 33. Rc1 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Rf2+ 0 : 1.

Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva
Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova