Crazy Beautiful You

Alexandr Fier – Igor-Alexandre Nataf
French Team Championship Top 12; Port-Camargue, June 5, 2015
King’s Indian Defence E75

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. e5. For 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. 0-0 Nd4 see Polugaevsky – Kasparov, Bugojno 1982. 11. ... Nfd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f6 14. 0-0. White decides to give back the Pawn and fight for the initiative. 14. ... fxe5 15. Bd3 Bf7 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 18. Bxc5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nxc4 20. b3. 20. Rd7 b6 doesn’t look much more promising.

20. ... Nd4 21. Be4 Rac8 22. bxc4 Rxc5 23. Bxb7 Rxc4 24. Ne4 Rd8 ½ : ½.

Teimour Radjabov (@rajachess)