Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Hitting time

Vladimir Vasilievich Fedoseev – Daniele Vocaturo
17th Open International; Dubai, April 12, 2015
King’s Indian Defence E97

DubaiChess.ae report: “Russia’s Grandmaster (GM) Vladimir Fedoseev, who turned 20 in February, broke through 25-year-old Italian GM Daniele Vocaturo’s King’s Indian Defence with a crushing Queen-and-Rook attack on the seventh rank, culminating with a Rook sacrifice on the 35th move that would either lead to mate or inflict heavy material loss. The Italian opted to resign”.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Qb3. For 10. Rc1 f5 11. Qb3 see Taimanov – R. J. Fischer, Vancover 1971, match game 3. 10. ... h6. For 10. ... b6 11. Rac1 h6 12. Ne1 Kh8 see Ftacnik – Meinsohn, Groningen 1974. 11. Ne1 c5 12. Qa3 f5 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Qc1 g5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nc2 Ned6 18. Ne3 e4 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rb3 Bg6 22. Nb5 Nf5 23. Bg4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4


25. h4 Bf4 26. Be6+ Kh7 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. c5 e3? This error perhaps owes something to time trouble. Correct was 28. ... d3! and if 29. Qb2 then 29. ... Qxh4 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Rxb6 Ra7! holding everything. 29. Qc4 bxc5 30. Qxc5 exf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qf6 32. Rb4 Qxh4. Similarly, after 32. ... Rae8 33. Qxd4 Qxh4 34. Rb7+ Re7 35. Rxa7 White has an easily won endgame. 33. Qc7+ Kh8 34. Rb7 Qf6 35. Rxf4! 1 : 0.

Vladimir Vasilievich Fedoseev vs. Daniele Vocaturo
Photo: FIDE News

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