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Baadur Jobava – Julian van Overdam
9th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament; Vlissingen, August 5, 2015
Bogo-Indian Defence E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne1 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. e4 a5 12. g3 Na6 13. Ng2 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rae1 c6 16. Qb1 b5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. cxb5 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Ncxe4 20. Rd1 d5 21. Ne3 d4 22. Nc4 Nc5 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Nxa5 Rxa5 25. b4 Raa8 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qd5 28. Bc4 Qd6 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Rc6 Qe7 31. b6 Rab8 32. a4 Qa3 33. Qb5 e4

34. Rxf6!? Unsurprisingly, Jobava goes in for a rather speculative Exchange sacrifice. Objectively speaking, 24. Bc4 was probably stronger. 24. ... gxf6? But this automatic recapture is very bad. After 34. ... Qxd3! 35. Rf5 g6 36. Rd5 Qc3 37. Rf1 e3! Black has at least equality. 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 d3 37. Bxd3 Rxb6 38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qxb6 Qc3? An incomprehensible error. After 39. ... Qxa4 40. Qxf6 Black at least has eliminated the terrific passed a-Pawn. 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. a5 Qe5 42. h4 1 : 0.

Baadur Jobava
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