Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Sleepwalker


Just two lines by 布鲁托


Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipala – Marco Codenotti
53rd World Junior Chess Championship; Pune, October 11, 2014
Romi System A45

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6. On 4. ... Qxb2 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. Rb1 Qxa2= ½ : ½ Gurschler – Olivetti, Ortisei 2013. 5. Rb1 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. d5 Qc7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Nd2 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Qe2 e4!? Enterprising play! 17. Rfd1. 17. Ndxe4 (idem to say 17. Ncxe4) 17. ... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxa4 doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. 17. ... Rfe8 18. Nb3 Re5 19. Rd2 Rae8 20. Rbd1 Qc8 21. Nd5


21. ... Bxh3! The sacrifice is sound. Black obtains two Pawns and a bubbly initiative. 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Be5 26. f4?? A blunder, which finishes the game at once; but even 26. Qd2 could not have saved it, for Black would have played 26. ... b5!? 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bc7+ 30. Kg1 Re6! 31. Nxc5 Rf6 with a strong attack. 26. ... exf3 27. Qf2 Qg4+. Or 27. Qd2 Bg3 with an easy win. 28. Kh1 Bg3 29. Qd2 Qh3+ 0 : 1. For if 30. Kg1 then 30. ... Rxe3! finis.

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