Deontological ethics

Baadur Jobava – Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin
FIDE Grand Prix; Tbilisi, February 27, 2015
Queen’s Gambit Declined D15

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3

8. ... b5!? A surprising Exchange sacrifice! For 8. ... Bd6 9. Bxc4 0-0 see Moiseenko – Tomashevsky, 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012. 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bb7 12. Ra1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Qd6 14. f3 0-0 15. Kf2 f5 16. g3 Bxd2. A Pawn is cashed. 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. Kxf3. Now White could simply play 18. Rg1 or 18. Bg2, but – as usual – Baadur seeks complications. 18. ... Qd5+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. Qa5 Nc6. The most rational course. After 20. ... Qd5 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. Qb6 White stands a little better. 21. Bg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 Rb8 24. Kf3 b4. The calmness after the storm. White is a Pawn down but he obviously has sufficient counterplay. 25. Ke2 g6 26. Kd2 Rc8 27. Rb5 c3+ 28. bxc3 bxc3+ 29. Kc2 Kf8 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. Kb3 Ra1 32. Rxc3 Rh1 33. Rc2 Re1 34. Kc4 Rxe3 35. Kc5 g5 36. d5 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Rf2 Rh3 40. Ke4 f3 41. Rxf3 Rxh2 42. d6+ Ke6 43. d7 Rd2 44. Rh3 ½ : ½.

Baadur Jobava
Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova