Antoaneta Stefanova – Romain Édouard
13th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 27, 2015
King’s Indian Attack A07
13th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 27, 2015
King’s Indian Attack A07
“Opposé à l’ancienne championne du monde Antoaneta Stefanova avec les Noirs, [Romain Édouard] s’est retrouvé en difficulté pour avoir autorisé une dangereuse percée centrale de la Bulgare, puis contraint à l’abandon au 42e coup”, the Fédération Française des Echecs sadly said. 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. c3 Nf5 6. Bf4 Nd7
7. h4. Much more enterprising than 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Nb3 cxd4 ½ : ½ Sandler – Wohl, Canberra 1996. 7. ... Nf6 8. Be5 h6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nh2 c6 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nd6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. 0-0 a5 15. b3 a4 16. c4 Qa5
17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Nhf3 b5. Apparently White’s prospects do not compensate for Black’s Queenside preponderance, but... 19. Rc1 Qb4. ... Romain becomes over-confident. 20. d5! Antoaneta doesn’t miss such a move when given a chance! 20. ... cxd5 21. Nd4 bxc4
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. bxc4 Nf7 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. c5! White is attacking furiously. 25. ... Qa6 26. Bf1 Qc8
27. c6 d4 28. Ba1 Nd5 29. Qg4 Ne5. “In bad positions, all moves are bad”, Siegbert Tarrasch said.
30. Rxe5! The refutation is easy, but pretty. The finish is played in mutual time-trouble. 30. ... Bxe5 31. Qxg6+ Bg7
32. Bxd4 Nf6 33. Nf3 Rd6 34. c7 Qb7 35. Be5 Rc8 36. Bxd6 exd6
37. Nd4 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Nxe6 Qf7 40. Qf5 d5 41. Bd3 Qd7
42. g4 1 : 0.
Antoaneta Stefanova vs. Romain Édouard
Photo: John Saunders
Photo: John Saunders
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