Sunday, March 6, 2016

Breviter

Rinat Jumabayev – Temur Igonin
14th Aeroflot Open; Moscow, March 6, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Accepted D20

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. Be3 0-0-0 11. Rc1 Kb8 12. Na4 Nd5. For 12. ... Be7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Ne7 see Onischuk – Bacrot, 6th Poikovsky Karpov Chess Tournament, Poikovsky 2005. 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Nac3 h6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Nd8. Possibly better is the immediate 16. ... g5 in order to answer 17. Be3 (if 17. Bg3 there follows 17. ... h5) by 17. ... Na5 with a more balanced position. 17. Ba4 Qe6 18. Bg3 g5 19. f4 Be7 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Nc3 c6


22. Nxd5! Sic et simpliciter. 22. ... Bg4? After 22. ... Qxd5 23. Rxf5 White emerges a clear Pawn ahead, but the text is much worse. 23. Qb3 cxd5 24. Bd7! The pointe. 24. ... Qxd7 25. e6+ Qd6 26. Qa3! Mercilessly. 26. ... Nxe6 27. Bxd6+ Bxd6 28. Qxd6+ Ka8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxf7 1 : 0.

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