Julius Caesar

Alexey Sarana – Daniele Vocaturo
16th European Individual Championship; Jerusalem, March 4, 2015
King’s Indian Defence E92

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c5 Nc6 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Qd2 Be5 15. g3. Despite his young age, Sarana shows an encyclopedic knowledge of chess openings. 15. ... Ng7 16. Rad1. The alternative 16. Rfe1 doesn’t offer much opportunity for an advantage: 16. ... Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Rad1 ½ : ½ Hort – Gligorić, Tilburg 1977. 16. ... Nxd4. For 16. ... Be6 17. Rfe1 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf5 see 周健超 (Zhōu Jiànchāo) – Volokitin, World Chess Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, 2007 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nf5 19. Qa4. Alexey loses time here. 19. Qf4 seems to be more to the point; for example: 19. ... Ne3 (19. ... g5 looks better) 20. Bb5 Nxd1 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Rxd1 Be6 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qg5 25. Kf2 a6 26. h4 Qd8 27. b4 Qd7 28. h5 h6 29. Ne2 g5 30. Qf6 Kh7 31. Nd4 Re8 32. a3 Qe7 33. Qe5 Qf8 34. Qf6 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. a4 a5 37. b5 Rc7 38. c6 bxc6 39. bxc6 Bc8 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Rb5 1 : 0 Javakhishvili – Nemcova, 8th European Team Chess Championship (Women), Novi Sad 2009. 19. ... Bd7 20. Qf4 g5 21. Qd2 Ne3 22. Nxd5 Nxd1 23. Qd4? This is a bad mistake, leading to a lost position. After 23. Rxd1 Bc6 24. Bc4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qf6 White has hardly an adequate compensation for the Exchange. However, it would have been the lesser evil. 23. ... Bc6 24. Nf6+ Kh8. Sic et simpliciter. 25. Qxd8 Rexd8 26. Bxd1 Rd2

27. Bb3 Rxb2 28. Rd1 Bxf3 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Bc6 32. Rd6. Clearly not 32. Rxf7?? because of 32. ... Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Kg7 winning a piece. 32. ... a5 33. h5 a4 34. Bc4 Rc2 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. Ng4. As bad as anything else. 36. ... Re8 37. h6+ Kf8 0 : 1. A well-played game by the eight King of Rome.