Spartacus

Daniele Vocaturo – Zbyněk Hráček
16th European Individual Championship; Jerusalem, March 8, 2015
King’s Indian Defence E61

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. h3 Qa5. For 9. ... a6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Na4 see Goldin – M. Tseitlin, Moscow 1989. 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. a3 Na6 13. Be3 Rec8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Qd3. White’s position looks already preferable. 15. ... Qe8 16. Rfb1 b5. A committal reply. 17. Nc1 Nh5 18. Nb3 f5 19. Na5 f4 20. Bd2 Nb8 21. a4 a6 22. g4 f3. A positional Pawn sacrifice, as after 22. ... Nf6 23. Bf1 White has a large advantage.

23. gxh5. White doesn’t take on f3, probably fearing the effects of ... Nh5-f4. 23. ... fxg2 24. Nb7 Bf8. Equally after 24. ... Rc7 25. Nxd6 Qf8 26. Be3 Qxd6 27. Bc5 Qf6 28. d6 Black stands very badly. 25. axb5 Ra7 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Qg3 Rxb7 28. Rxa6 Bb5 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. Raa1 Qe2 31. Be3 Qxh5 32. b5 Bh6 33. Bxh6 Qxh6 34. Qg4 Rc2 35. b6 Qd2 36. Qf3. Else 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Rf7 38. Ra7 transposes to the game. 36. ... Rf7 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39. bxa7 Ra2 40. Rb7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42. Qd8+ 1 : 0.