Sunday, January 3, 2016

Repetita iuvant

Michał Krasenkow – Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer
45th Rilton Cup; Stockholm, January 2, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Declined D38

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6. “6. Bxf6 loses the Bishop pair and the game, a wise man said after watching [Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer]’s play”, Magnus Carlsen said just a few days ago, when commenting on his game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Repetita iuvant. 6. ... Qxf6 7. Qa4+. For 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 see Carlsen – Mamedyarov, 2nd Qatar Masters Open, Doha 2015. 7. ... Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. Qc2 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Rd8 12. a3 Bf8 13. Be2 Na5. For 13. ... Ne7 14. 0-0 c6 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 a5 see Radjabov – Aronian, 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games, Blitz Event, 北京 (Beijīng) 2013. 14. c5 Nc6 15. b4 g5! 16. g4 e5! 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 a5! 19. 0-0 axb4 20. axb4 c6 21. Rd1. Consideration deserves 21. Ra2 Rxa2 22. Nxa2 Bg7 when White has at least neutralised Black’s control of the open a-file. 21. ... Bg7 22. f4 Re8 23. Kf2 gxf4 24. exf4 f6! 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. h3 Ra3 27. Rd3 Kg7 28. Kf3 Be6 29. Nd1 Ra4 30. Rb3 d4 31. Bc4


31. ... Ra2!! A superb move! “Jon Ludvig Hammer’s 31. ... Ra2! is brilliant but also the whole concept of 16. ... e5, 18. ... a5 & 24. ... f6 is instructive!”, Grandmaster Lars Bo Hansen said. 32. Rxa2 Bxc4 33. g5. If 33. Rba3 then 33. ... Bh4!! with a mating attack. 33. ... Bxb3 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rd2 Bxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Re3+ 37. Kf2 Re4 38. Rd3 Rxf4+ 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Rg3 Ke4 41. Rg7 d3+ 42. Kd2 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Rc2+ 44. Kb3 Rc1 45. Re7+ Kf3 46. Rf7+ Ke2 47. Re7+ Kd1 48. Kb2 d2 49. Re4 Rc2+ 50. Kb1 Rc3 0 : 1. “Possibly the best game I’ve ever played. Creativity, aggression, alertness, beauty, endgame accuracy. It had it all”, finally Hammer said.

Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer. Photo: Lars OA Hedlund.

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