贝叶挂毯

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Brief notes by King Lear

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Rustam M. Kasimdzhanov
FIDE Grand Prix; Tashkent, October 22, 2014
Spanish C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. c3 0-0. For 7. ... a6 8. Ba4 0-0 9. h3 Ba7 see Yurtaev – Ionescu, Debrecen 1990. 8. Nc4 h6. For 8. ... a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Na5 see Vachier-Lagrave – Sargissian, Paks 2008. 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. bxa5 Nxa5. As they say, “A Knight on the rim is dim”. 13. h3 d5!? 14. exd5 Bxb5?! After which the a5-Knight remains completely cut off. 12. ... Nxd5 13. Bd2 f6 deserves consideration, although after 16. c4 White reatins a small plus. 15. axb5 Qxd5 16. c4! Qe6. Also after 16. ... Qd8 17. Qc2 (or 17. Qe2) White keeps a slight edge. 17. Bb2 e4. If 17. ... Nd7 then 18. Nxe5!? Nxe5 19. Re1 with unpleasant consequences for Black. 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxe4 Nb3?! A dubious escapade, trying to “free” his Knight at the cost of a Pawn. After the tricky 20. ... Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxa1+ 22. Kh2 Qf6 23. g3 (intending Kh2-g2) White stands a little better, due to the Na5 badly placed. 21. Ra3! Nc5 22. Re3 Ne6. If 22. ... Qb2 – as perhaps intended earlier – then 23. d4 with an extra Pawn for White in a definitely advantageous position. 23. Qa1 Qe7 24. d4 Qf6 25. Re4 Rd6 26. d5 Qxa1+ 27. Rxa1 Nc5 28. Re3 Rc8 29. Nd2 Rd7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ne4 Rdc7. In his live commentary Grandmaster Alexei Barsov preferred 31. ... Nxe4, but after 32. Rxe4 Re7 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Ra7! White should equally win. 32. Nd6 Rd8

33. Rae1. The decisive blow! 33. ... g6. Of course the Knight is taboo: 33. ... Rxd6 34. Re8 mate. If, instead, 33. ... Ne6 may follow 34. Nxf7! with an easy win. 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Ke2 1 : 0. Simple means, convincing results!