Матрёшка (Matrioska)

郭琦 (Guō Qí) – Martin P. Burrows
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 27, 2015
Queen’s Indian Defence E15

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. Rc1 Rd8. More in the spirit of the variation selected would seem 14. ... Nce4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 h6 17. Rcd1 Bc5 18. R4d2 Bb4 19. Rd4 Bc5 20. R4d2 Bb4 21. Rd4 ½ : ½ Fridman – J. Polgár, 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012. 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5. A fatal slip. Black ought to play 16. ... exd5 although after 17. Ng5 White retains an edge. 17. b4 Na6 18. Qb1 Qb7 19. e4 e5. In sheer desperation. 20. Nxe5. A most straightforward – if not elegant – “dual” is 20. exd5 exd4 21. d6+- (21. ... Bxd6 21. Ng5). 20. ... Be6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc6 Rd7. Relatively best would have been 22. ... Rc8 which could have been followed – as in the game – by 23. e5 with an overwhelming domination. 23. e5 1 : 0. A pretty ending to a quite interesting game.

郭琦 (Guō Qí)
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