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Aryan Tari – Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer
Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier; Fagernes, March 24, 2016
Torre Attack D03

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5!? A lively novelty. For 7. ... Nc6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. h3 Qc7 10. 0-0 Bf5 see Seirawan – Anand, 10th Max Euwe Memorial, Amsterdam 1996. 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+. Here the modest 9. Be2(!) deserved consideration. 9. ... Qxd7 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Re1 f6. “I was ambitious to play 11. ... f6 with a Knight on h5, but one must be ambitious when he has lost in round one”, Hammer afterwards told Tarjei J. Svensen. 12. Bh4 0-0 13. b4. “I’m not sure, but I think 13. b4 was a bad idea. Instead, 13. Nb3 followed by a2-a4-a5 was not so clear and could be an interesting plan”, then Hammer told Svensen. 13. ... g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. Nh4 f5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Be5

17. ... Bh6! Hammer has clearly got the upper hand. Now Black is ready to increase the pressure by playing ... Bh6-g5 followed by ... Nd8-f7. 18. Nf1 Bg5 19. g3 Nf7 20. Qd3 e6 21. Ng2 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf6 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Nd2 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Nh5. Her Majesty is overloaded and Tari must give up a Pawn for no compensation at all. 26. Qe3 Qxb5 27. Re1. Maybe 27. c4 Qc6 28. Re1 was worth a deeper look. 27. ... Qd7 28. Nf1. If White’s intention was to play f2-f3, it would have been better to play it now. 28. ... Ng7 29. f3 Qf7 30. Re2 Kh8. Preparing to move the Rook to the g-file. 31. Ng3 gxf3 32. Qxf3 Rc8 33. Rg2 Rc6 34. h4 Rfc8 35. Re3 Rg8 36. Nh1. A move which may be viewed as a sign of the coming defeat. 36. ... Nh5 37. Re2 Rcc8 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Rf2 Qxh4 40. Qxe6. Tantamount to resignation, but Black was lost anyway. 40. ... Rce8 0 : 1.

Aryan Tari vs. Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer
Photo: Tarjei J. Svensen