Nord-Pas-de-Calais

李超 (Lǐ Chāo) – Mikhail Ulybin
31st International Open; Cappelle-la-Grande, March 7, 2015
Dutch Defence A95

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rad1 Bf6 11. Ne5. For 11. b3 Qe7 12. Na4 g5 13. Bc7 see Barkovsky – Frolov, Leningrad 1984. 11. ... Qe7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c5

14. ... e5. Ulybin decides to sacrifice a Pawn in the (vain) hope of mounting a counterattack on the Kingside. A non-committal reply was 14. ... Qd8, although after 14. Qc3 b6 15. f3 White still stands better. 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Bg2. 李超 (Lǐ Chāo) abstains from capturing the second Pawn and, without taking any risks, he’ll consolidate and strengthen his position till the end of the game. 15. ... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rae8 20. Rd2 Rf6 21. e3 g5 22. Rd4 h5 23. h3 Kg7 24. b4 a6 25. a4 Re7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Ref7 28. Rb4 Kh6 29. Qd3 Qe7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb8 Kg7 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 Kg6 35. Rh8 Qe6. A blunder, losing a whole Rook. In any case, after 35. ... Rxf4 36. Rg8+! Kh6 37. gxf4 Black’s position would be hopeless. 36. Qd3+ Rf5 37. g4 1 : 0.