Penguin

Peter Veniaminovich Svidler – Igor Lysyj
68th Russian Chess Championship; Chita, August 14, 2015
King’s Indian Attack A08

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. exd5 exd5 11. a4. Much more to the point than 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qxb5 Rab8 as in the game Siebrecht – Duratti, 9th Young Masters Open, Lausanne 2008. 11. ... bxa4. “11. ... bxa4 isolates Black’s a-Pawn. This weakness handicaps Black for the rest of the game”, Ulhumbrus asserted. 12. Rxa4 Re8 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Qa1! In true hypermodern mode! 19. ... a6 20. h3 Rec8 21. Qa3 Ra7 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ra1 c4 24. Rb4 Qd8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. dxc4 dxc4 27. Qa5 Qe7 28. Rb6 Rc5 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Qb6 Rac7 31. c3 Bb5 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Qxb7 Qxb7 34. Bxb7 Bd7 35. Bxa6 Bxh3 36. Ra4 Re5 37. Bxc4 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Bf1 39. Nf3 Rc1 40. Bxf7 Rc2? A mistake due to time trouble at the end of time control. If however 40. ... Bb5 then 41. Rf4 Bc6 42. Be6 h5 43. c4 when White has two Pawns to the good and a virtually won ending.

41. Ne5! 1 : 0. Black has no reasonable defence against the threat of 42. Bg6+ Kh8 43. Ra8+ Ng8 44. Nf7 mate.

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